English Literature 12

I have created a document that may help you in doing your portfolio work on the Information Technology portion. I will provide a paper copy of this on Tuesday’s class, but here is a link in case you are chomping at the bit or loose your copy:
http://www.ourmedia.org/node/135251
Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

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As discussed in class, please be aware of the following:
We read Act 3.1 in class –> 3.2 is assigned for you to read for Thursday. This is an important scene, so please read it!
Quiz! –> At the end of Thursday’s class you will be given an open book take home quiz. Please read the instructions [...]

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Today’s class was spent reviewing Act I.ii-iii and reading I.iv-v. This completes Act I for us. I will post my short notes on each scene to the blog.
Remember, you must submit a log entry either on paper or on your blog for Act I. Let’s make that due on the day you return from [...]

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A big thanks goes out to Rhea Borja of Education Week in Washington, D.C. for mentioning the literature blog in her articles entitled: “‘Blogs Catching On as Tool for Instruction”, and “Blog Basics”. Education Week is an American weekly publication that is circulated throughout the United States with a worldwide [...]

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We have completed experiencing Mel Gibson’s “Hamlet”. My hope is that this pre-viewing of the film will enable us to travel more smoothly through the text together. I have to admit that I have read “Hamlet” approx. five or six times, but each time I find more areas to explore. It is exciting stuff!
Reading for [...]

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Just wanted to let everyone know that I sent out a mass e-mail to your parents updating them on the class and blogging.
I have pasted it below in case you wanted to read it as well. I was going to e-mail it to you as students as well, but decided it was pretty much old [...]

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Hi everyone,
Just a reminder that your essay outlines are due at the beginning of class on Tuesday.
We will be finishing up Mel Gibson’s Hamlet on Tuesday and then beginning to go through the text.
I have been doing a lot of thinking about the log/blog project, and we will discuss that on Tuesday as [...]

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As announced in class on Tuesday, we will be viewing the movie adaptation of Hamlet starring Mel Gibson today and tommorow.
This is a warmup to our reading the text starting next week.
Enjoy the show.

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Literature 12
Medieval Essay Assignment
Mr. Nelson
In order to help us keep the Medieval texts we have encountered in our brains, as well as get going on essay writing, we will begin with outlining a comparative essay. This assignment will go through the steps of preparing for writing an essay, BUT does not end with the [...]

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For Thursday’s class, examine page 245. There are two poems there:
Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”
and Raleigh’s “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”
Pay attention to the tone in each and how they compare. We will explore this in class and you will probably be blogging a response.
I will also give time in class for [...]

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