Category: Rhet-Comp 102 / ENG 8A DC
Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, February 26th
Book talk & Indie read. Notes: Conducting Academic Research. Intro to Hamlet group rhetorical analysis assignment & schedule. Collected notebooks!
Rhetoric & Comp – Monday, February 25th
Book talk & Indie read. Study Hamlet in film by viewing 4 versions of the “to be or not to be” soliloquy. Quickwrite #25: make notes on each & then reflect & compare.
Deadline: Notebooks collected Tuesday, February 26th TOMORROW!
Upcoming: Writing about Hamlet!!
Rhetoric & Comp – Friday, February 22nd
Indie read. Sonnet share ❤ Quickwrite #24: The Rules. Videos: Crash Course Hamlet – Part I Crash Cours Hamlet – Part II Notebook checklist. Hamlet as a comic.
Deadline: Notebooks collected Tuesday, February 26th
Upcoming: Writing about Hamlet!!
Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, February 21st
Quickwrite #23: Deaths in Hamlet (keep track of them here). Read/watch Hamlet Act V.
Deadline: Share senior year sonnets tomorrow! (They go in your notebook as QW #22)
Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, February 20th
Book talk & Indie read. Sonnets! A quick review of iambic pentameter. An intro to Shakespearean sonnet form.
Quickwrite #22: Write a sonnet about senior year with your WRITE CLUB group!
Deadline: Share senior year sonnets on Friday!
Tomorrow: Hamlet Act V – spoiler alert “they all die”
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Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, February 19th
Book talk & Indie read. Read/watch Hamlet Act IV scenes 4 – 7.
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Rhetoric & Comp / English 8 – Friday, February 15th
PLD 1/2 day schedule:
3rd hour – Indie Read / work on draft#2
6th hour – Reading Day! ❤
Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, February 14th
Indie read. Quickwrite #21: Love ❤ Letter – to and from Teen TV Stereotypes. Read/watch Hamlet Act III scenes 3 & 4 Act IV scenes 1 – 3.
FLIPGRID!!! Past Deadline: Submit an audio of your CCR via flipgrid. Login with flipcode 251rc102 and your school @gcsd9.net email. THIS DEADLINE has passed, but many of you still need to submit AUDIO. Please do so ASAP!
Ongoing Hamlet assignment: Each day we read/watch, do what you need to do to have an idea of what’s going on (e.g. reread, check sparknotes, get a no-fear version, ask, etc.).
Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, February 13th
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #20: Is Hamlet mad? Explain yourself. Read/watch Hamlet Act III scenes 1 & 2.
Past Deadline: Submit an audio of your CCR via flipgrid. Login with flipcode 251rc102 and your school @gcsd9.net email. THIS DEADLINE has passed, but many of you still need to submit AUDIO. Please do so ASAP!
Ongoing Hamlet assignment: Each day we read/watch, do what you need to do to have an idea of what’s going on (e.g. reread, check sparknotes, get a no-fear version, ask, etc.).