We watched the “play within a play” scene and compared the definition of bipolar disorder with Hamlet’s behavior – they match up pretty well.  The rest of the class was spent in conferences with individual students.

HOMEWORK:  Read through Act IV and prepare for a one minute drill on Wednesday.

We looked at more war blogs today.

HOMEWORK:  Continue reading The Kite Runner.

We finished reviewing the Bradford selection in the text book in preparation for the quiz on Tuesday.

HOMEWORK:  Study for quiz tomorrow.

We looked at an article from the Boston Globe on steps high schools are taking to crack down on student drinking.  We looked at the sources used and some of the strengths and weaknesses of the writing.

HOMEWORK:  Prepare questions for Dr. Lockwood’s visit on Wednesday.  New articles due on Friday.