"A Rose for Emily"

The Juniors read "A Rose for Emily" and create the following thing links. Thing links allow students to add videos, links, and text to an image.

Tuesdays With Morrie

The Seniors have been reading "Tuesdays With Morrie". This is the perfect novel for them to read right before they go to college. The book is full of aphorisms about life that let them contemplate important themes like the meaning of life, influence of media and others, the importance of family, and death. See their blogs here.

Senior Poetry Project

The Seniors just finished their Poetry Projects. For this, they completed the following:

Task: You are the teacher.  You will need to create a Google Slide that demonstrates your understanding of the poetry elements in the poems and the messages from the poems.  You will then need to connect the messages to the historical time period of the poems and how the poems relate to our society today. You will then need to record a “webinar” using Screencastify.

Requirements:

1. You must choose three poems (only two may be from Shakespeare).
2. No spelling or grammar errors.
3. For each poem, you must include the following in your presentation:
1. the title of the poem
2. the poet of the poem
3. a brief historical background to set up an understanding of your poem
4. “show” your audience the words of the poem and how the poetry terms relate to those words-this means you need to find a way to highlight or underline the words in the poem which show the simile, metaphor, etc.
5. an analysis of theme
6. explain the connection to the poem’s historical time period and how it relates to our society today (and maybe even the future!).  
4. Be creative!
5. Use Screencasify to record your presentation. Pretend like you are hosting a “webinar” on these poems. Explain to your audience and elaborate on your slides.
6. You must discuss as many of the following poetry elements as found in the poem:

Rhyme scheme Iambic pentameter Italian (Petrarchan) sonnet

Tone/tonal shift Metaphor Simile

Setting Paradox Speaker of the poem

Shakespearean sonnet Inversion Pastoral poetry

Repetition Hyperbole Imagery

Stanzas Allusions Purpose

Conceits (metaphysical) Alliteration Metaphysical poetry

Poems to choose from:

Edmund Spenser: “Sonnet 30” (273), “Sonnet 73” (274)

Christopher Marlowe: “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” (278)

Andrew Marvell: “To His Coy Mistress” (285)

John Donne: “Song” (290), “Death be not Proud” (301)

William Shakespeare: “Sonnet 18” (391), “Sonnet 29” (392), “Sonnet 30” (393), “Sonnet 71” (395), “Sonnet 73” (396), “Sonnet 116” (397), “Sonnet 130” (398)


Click here for the YouTube playlist of their projects!

Technical Theatre Project

The Theatre class recently finished their Technical Theatre Project. This project was an expansive project that asked students to perform the roles of multiple technical theatre personnel. Here are the project directions.

Director: Answer the following questions:

1. Summarize the play?
2. Where is the play set?
3. When is the play set (year)?
4. Describe your director’s concept of the show.

Sound: List all sound cues in the script and what page they are on. Then, list 10 songs you might use for pre and post show music. (Songs must be school appropriate and fit the tone of your play)

Lights: Describe what color lights you would use for each scene. Keep in mind what colors look like when they are on paint. What areas of the stage are lit?

Costumes: Draw a costume sketch for each character in the play.

Props: Go through the script and create a list of props you will need.

Set: For each scene, draw a sketch of what the scene will look like. This will not be judged on artistic ability but on the placement of the items and the appropriateness of the items.

Stage Manager: List items you would put in your Stage Manager kit. Then, create all of the following paperwork and fill in when appropriate:

1. Audition Schedule
2. Audition Form
3. Production Fact Sheet
4. Audition Scenes
5. Cast List
6. Tech Checklist
7. Sign in Sheet
8. Rehearsal Report
9. Performance Report
10. Schedule (performance is 5/15-17; no more than 5 rehearsals a week)
11. Weekly Attendance Sheet
12. Contact Sheet
13. Program Approval Sheet
14. Scene Breakdown
15. Scenic Notes
16. Prop Notes
17. Costume Notes
18. Lighting Notes
19. Sound Notes
20. Shift Assignments
21. Costume Change Plot
22. Lighting Cue Sheet
23. Sound Cue Sheet
24. Crew List

See some of their work here!