Saturday, April 16, 2016

English Ten period 3

1.Continue reading your Independent Novel. On Monday, I will collect three journal responses. Be sure to begin with a quote, the page number, and your response.
2. Be sure to finish each of the three Venn diagrams that you started in class on the false analogy.
Then, write a response to the following: Explain each of Brutus' false analogies. Explain the error in Brutus logic, and how they may foreshadow doom for the conspiracy.

Thursday, April 14, 2016

ERWC Period 1

Today's class read from Act II scene six to Act four scene 7. Please listen to the audio; read the modern version, if needed, and be reading for a reading quiz.  Some questions you might be asked: Why is blindness a befitting punishment for Gloucester? How does Albany demonstrate his loyalty to Lear? How does Gonereil demonstrate her savagery?

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

English Ten period 3

1. Complete your Appositive Phrase Handout questions 2-10.
2. What errors and flaws do you notice/find in Brutus soliloquy regarding Caesar?
2. Why does Brutus argue that the conspiracy does not need to take an oath?
3. Who is should be killed, suggested by Decius?
4. Re-read Brutus' response to the question of another being killed in addition to Caesar.
5. Who will persuade Caesar to come to the Capitol?

Monday, April 11, 2016