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We took a quick quiz on yesterday’s information regarding the introduction to the play Henry V.

Then, we finished watching Act I and talked about how the King is almost forced into going to war with France.

HOMEWORK:  Bring in a copy of the first two Acts of Henry V and continue reading your novel.  Next weblog due on Friday.

We reviewed the Dickinson poems for the quiz tomorrow.

HOMEWORK:  Review your notes and make sure to bring your book to class.

Most of the class was taking MCAS today, and the internet was down for most of the period.  Not much got done.

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We began watching The Great Debaters, a film dealing with racism in 1930’s America.

HOMEWORK:  Continue reading novel.

We began our unit on Shakespeare’s Henry V, and I started with the following PowerPoint presentation:

We also watched the first two scenes of Branagh version of Henry V.

HOMEWORK:  Continue reading your novel.

We finished up the Dickinson presentations today.

HOMEWORK:  Review notes in preparation for lecture tomorrow.  Quiz on poems on Wednesday.

We discussed our sales strategies for the latest issue which hit the streets today.

HOMEWORK:  Articles due Wednesday.

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We began watching The Great Debaters today.

HOMEWORK:  Bring your novel to class on Tuesday.

We worked on our American Revolution novel projects today.

We continued with the presentations of our Emily Dickinson projects.