4-25/4-26-2007 Hitler Youth and Resistance

Lesson:
We talked about how the Nazi party rose to power after the elections. If absent, see me to get an alternative reading.
We then watched the first 60 minutes of Swing Kids. If absent, you will probably want to rent this and view the first part before our next class when we finish the film.

HMWK:
Read "The Master Race" and answer three of the six questions found on the assignments page.
Holocaust Vocab Day one and two

4-23/4-24 2007 WWI and the rise of the Nazi Party

Lesson:
If you were absent, please pick up a copy of the chapter title, "Why Germany?" to get the information discussed in today's lecture. You need this information as background to our next novel.

HMWK:
Read "The Master Race" reading
Answer three questions off the question sheet found on the
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4-19/4-20-2007 European Literture Museum at South

4-19/4-20-2007 European Literture Museum at South

More photos!!

4-19/4-20-2007 European Literture Museum at South

More photos!!

4-19/4-20-2007 European Literture Museum at South

More Photos!!

4-19/ 4-20 2007 Museum continued!!

Even more pics of the fabulous museum!!

4-19/ 4-20 2007 Museum continued!!

Even more pics of the museum!!

4-19/ 4-20 2007 Museum continued!!

Here are some more pics from the museum!!

4-19/ 4-20 2007 Museum!!

Lesson:
We had our Museum of European Literature today. See the above pics to check out some of the coolest exhibits!!

4-17/4-18-07 Final work day for European Musem

Lesson:
I collected all the history packets and history worksheets from the beginning of the unit.
Final work day for European Museum.
Finished all projects. Everything is due next class. No exceptions!! Make sure to come early to set up. You will also need to make arrangements to take everything down this same day!!
Homework:
Be ready for the museum!

4-12/ 4-16 2007 European Graphic novels

Lesson:
We checked off the history and author study pieces for the museum.
We met in groups to go over the analysis of the second story from your literary movement. If absent, please turn this in next class.
We then worked on creating a graphic novel for one of the short stories or plays you have read from your literary movement that you will be displaying in your museum. The directions for this are on page.http://www2.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
We then had work time and chose a final story to analyze individually from the literary movement you have been studying. You may choose one on your own as well but it must be OKed by me before you begin.

Homework:
Continue working on the museum (Graphic novel, author pieces, history board, overall structure)
Read your final selection from your literary movement.

4-10/4-11 2007 2nd group reading and work day

Lesson:
Read the play "That's All" by Harold Pinter as a class. You can find a copy of this play on the assignments page.
If absent, complete a reading log. I collected the logs this class. Make sure you turn in your completed log next class if absent.
We then had class time to finish author and history pieces for the museum or to begin the second reading for your literary movement. If absent, be sure to contact your group to get the reading and to make sure your part of the project is complete. The author and history pieces are due next class.

Homework:
FInish author and history pieces
Read the second reading for your group and complete the analysis sheet found on the assignments page.

4-6/ 4-9-2007 Meet the Authors!!!

Lesson:
If absent, make sure you turn in your analysis sheet from your first group story.
We worked most of the day on researching authors from your literary movement. If absent, contact your group to see what you can do to help out. You can find the directions for this on the assignments page.
On the assignments page, as well, you can now find a calendar for the literary museum and rubrics for all of the elements. Please view these to see what is coming up. The final museum is due on the 19th for Sheldon and the 20th for South.

Hmwk:
Work on the author bios and the history board

4-4/4-5 2007 First short story from your region

Lesson:
Remember that if you are absent you need to show me what you did to get credit for class participation for the day you missed.

We checked off that we made progress in each group. Typed history information was due today.
Went over goals for the museum again.
Check out the movie extra credit options on the assignments page.
We went over a sonnet in class. If you were absent, analyze this Shakespearean sonnet on your reading log:

That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruin’d choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou seest the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadetn in the west,
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death ‘s second self, that seals up all in rest.
In me thou seeest the glowing of such fire,
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the death-bed whereon it must expire,
Consum’d with that which it was nourish’d by.
This thou perceiv’st which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long:

Remember to look at form, sound, and meaning.
We worked in groups assembling the history displays and reading our first stories. Here is the list of the story you need to read. When through you need to complete an analysis sheet. I will give your group members extra copies of the stories to give to absent members.
Gothic: “The Monkey’s Paw”-Jacobs
Victorian Oliver Twist (Excerpt or novel)- Dickens
Shakespeare “Macbeth” prose version (Play available if you want a challenge)
WW1 & WW2 “Beware the Dog”- Dahl
Empires “Poison”- Dahl
Existentialist “Rhinoceros” -Ionesco
Russia “How much land does a man need”- Tolstoy
Medieval “Le Morte D’ Arthur”- Mallory
Detective “The witness for the prosecution”-Christie
Sci Fi “The Sentinnel” Arthur C. Clark


Homework:
Read your first story and complete the analysis sheet found on the assignments page
Continue working on overall museum