Good afternoon!
Today was cold and without electricity in my trailer, it was really cold. While Georgia Power fixed the power outage, we went to different classrooms for 1st and 2nd period. I’m glad it’s back on now and I have my classroom. What would Thoreau say about this? Is is the same as his example walking on the same path unconsciously to and from the lake in Walden? Does this mean I’ve acclimated to a pattern and just follow it because. Sometimes changing rooms or areas or locations does help with a new mindset. What did I learn from my experience? I’ve learned that after being in Ms. Genauer’s room in the main building, which coincidentally used to be my same classroom two and a half years ago, that I love being out in a trailer — the classroom is much bigger, so there’s more room to move around, etc. I also like having one widow, yes, it’s very small but it’s all mine. Too much pondering for one day? Okay, I’ll move onto the nitty-gritty or as Thoreau says, “details…details…” Here I go again…
American Literature: We finished the poetry discussion groups today. I was in awe at your improvement with poetic terms and your analysis of the poems. Yay! Go, you! FYI – the Transcendentalist Test has been postponed until Monday. Your Transcendentalist Field Experience journal entry is due Wed. 3/5 for a quiz grade and your reflective Transcendentalist Essay is due Friday, 3/6.
HW: Read Emerson’s “Civil Disobedience” and be prepared for a reading quiz tomorrow.
Sophomores: We discussed our class NING. If you still need instructions, go to yesterday’s post and read the instructions. It’s important that you email me early so that we can get the two emails between us back and forth so that you can register, create your page, and answer the question on the forum. Second period performed the rest of 1:3 and 1:iv and third period performed the rest of I:ii and part of I:iii. I’m noticing that some of you appeared stunned when I call on you and ask you to interpret a speech or a few lines…this shouldn’t be happening because you’re read each of these scenes (with the exception of second period and I:iv) aloud and to yourself. You NEED to be taking notes as you read. You are responsible for understanding the material. If you need help, you need to ask about language or phrasing that confuses you.
HW: Read I:iv., register for our NING and answer the question on the forum. Also, look for my email about Hamlet Vocabulary. I’m about to send it out.
Have a good night!
Mrs.B
