Category: Rhet-Comp 102 / ENG 8A DC
Rhetoric & Comp – Monday, February 12th
Read/watch Hamlet Act IV scenes 4 – 7.
Deadline: Submit Connexions paper no later than 11:59pm Thursday 2/15
Rhetoric & Comp – Friday, February 9th
Book trailers & Indie read. Read/watch Hamlet Act III scenes 3 & 4, Act IV scenes 1 – 3.
With blood drive/field trip/etc. there will be a re-showing of Friday’s Hamlet scenes during 4th hour on Monday. (For hours 1 & 2, it will put you a little out of order, but you’ll still get to see it at least. And you can bring your lunch in if you need to.)
Deadline Extended:
- Connexions paper by end of Thursday 2/15 (I want to get your first paper back before you submit this one with the same citation errors).
Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, February 8th
Book talk & Indie read. Read/watch: Hamlet Act III scene 1. Quickwrite #14: Is Hamlet “mad”? Why or why not? Explain. (crazy-insane-mad, not angry-mad).
With blood drive/field trip/etc. there will be a re-showing of Friday’s Hamlet scenes during 4th hour on Monday. (For hours 1 & 2, it will put you a little out of order, but you’ll still get to see it at least. And you can bring your lunch in if you need to.)
Deadline Extended:
- Connexions paper by end of Thursday 2/15 (I want to get your first paper back before you submit this one with the same citation errors).
Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, February 7th
Book browse & Indie read. Read/watch: Hamlet Act II scene 2 & Act III scene 1. Quickwrite #13: To Be or Not To Be – retell the soliloquy in your own words.
Do you know what’s going on with the Prince of Denmark? Re-read and/or review Hamlet as needed.
Submit SIUE Lovejoy Library Library writing contest entries! (I’ll still take them until Thursday morning!)
Deadlines:
- Connexions paper due no later than 11:59pm Sunday 2/11
Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, February 6th
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #12: Write a love letter to and from any teen tv character stereotypes. Read/watch: Hamlet Act II scenes 1 & most of 2 (to the players).
Do you know what’s going on with the Prince of Denmark? Re-read and/or review Hamlet as needed.
Submit SIUE Lovejoy Library Library writing contest entries! (I’ll still take them until Thursday morning!)
Deadlines:
- Connexions paper due no later than 11:59pm Sunday 2/11
Rhetoric & Comp – Monday, February 5th
Indie read. Read/watch: Hamlet Act I scenes 4 & 5. Quickwrite #11: watch these videos Mufasa’s Death&Mufasa’s Ghost and connect them to Hamlet. Checked SEARCH IT!
Submit SIUE Lovejoy Library Library writing contest entries!
Deadlines:
- SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by end of Monday 2/5
- Connexions paper due no later than 11:59pm Sunday 2/11
Rhetoric & Comp – Friday, February 2nd
Book trailers & Indie read. Read/watch: Hamlet Act 1 scenes 2 & 3. (1st hour scenes 1, 2, & 3).
Deadlines:
- SEARCH IT! due Monday, February 5 IN CLASS
- SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by end of Monday 2/5
- Connexions paper due no later than 11:59pm Sunday 2/11
Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, February 1st
Read aloud A Perfectly Messed Up Story by Patrick McDonnell. Indie read. Quickwrite #10: YOUR Shakespeare experience/story. Intro points for Hamlet & “translating” Shakespeare’s English. Read/watch: Hamlet act I scenes 1 & part of 2 (except in 1st hour – tech problems – we’ll catch up tomorrow).
Deadlines:
- SEARCH IT! due Monday, February 5
- SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by Monday 2/5.
- Connexions paper due no later than 11:59pm Sunday 2/11
Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, January 31st
Book talk & Indie read. Quickwrite #9: In defense/explanation of an action. . . Shakespeare background and intro. info. Shakespeare Brief and Naughty
Deadlines:
- SEARCH IT! due Monday, February 5
- SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by Monday 2/5.
- Connexions paper due Sunday, February 11
Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, January 30th
Book talk & Indie read. WRITE CLUB.
To Do: Take a new look at your connexions paper and make changes while your WC’s comments are still fresh in your mind. Submit “teacher-ready” version of connexions paper no later than Sunday 2/11. See submission sheet for details.
Deadlines:
- SEARCH IT! due Monday, February 5
- SIUE contest entries to Mrs. C by Monday 2/5.
- Connexions paper due Sunday, February 11