November 12

AGENDA:

1. Literary Circles
2. Hand back papers, tests

HW: Bring your papers back tomorrow as we will be going over them in class

LITERARY CIRCLES TOMORROW - BE PREPARED WITH A QUESTION

November 7

AGENDA:

1. Vocabulary Review
2. Journal write: Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot is a parade of non-sequitors. Why? What happens with the disconnected moments encapsulated within the dialogue? And what might it say about humanity?


http://samuel-beckett.net/Waiting_for_Godot_Part1.html     

in case you need the text - it's all online



HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

Literary Circles when we come back on Wednesday

November 6

AGENDA:

1. Turn in your homework on logos, pathos, ethos
2. Rorschach Test and Interpretation/Director's choices
3. Setting and Genre
4. Begin reading Act 1


HW: Vocab review tomorrow

November 5

AGENDA:

1. Understated insults / quotes - comedy rides a fine line....

Read the 32 insults and the 21 humorous quips and select five and tell me why you think they are funny or what makes them funny? How can humor enhance our understanding of an idea's meaning? Where is the line between purposeful humor and humor that diminishes our understanding of an ideas' meaning through distraction or insult?

Work together  - or separate.

Due at end of class.


HW: Vocab review on Friday; Argument paragraph using logos/ethos/pathos due tomorrow

November 4

AGENDA:

1. Unit Test


HW: Vocab review on Friday

November 3

AGENDA:

1. Make sure your papers are all in
2. Switch seats
3. Difference between Tragedy and Comedy
4. When Hallmark Has  Bad Day....
5. if time, Theater of the Absurd
6. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett


HW: Unit Test tomorrow; Vocabulary Review on Friday



When Hallmark Has a Bad Day

Diff between comedy and tragedy

Introduction to Theater of the Absurd