HAMLET POSTED!

Our version of Hamlet is posted at the following link:

http://www.evscicats.com/terry/classes/hamlet.html

I thought you were all awesome! (Especially considering we had NO IDEA what we were getting into when we started!)

The actors, editors, musicians, and camera people.......great job!

I'll include the link below under "Helpful Links."

There is still more to add, which I'll work on from home. Check back for updates.

Colten, are you still working on bloopers? Even a short version of that would be fun to add.

FINAL EXAMS

Final exams are approaching. Your offical review day is Tuesday, May 12. Your final is on Thursday, May 14.

Although the offical review day is a couple of weeks away, I am working on your review now and hope to have it posted to my teacher web page (not the blog....the page found through the Reitz web site) by the end of the week.

If you'd like to get an early start, go to my teacher web page and print a review sheet over the weekend.

The exam will be 100 questions covering Oedipus, Death of a Salesman, R and G are Dead, The Stranger, and various literary terms.

The review will contain ALL of the final exam questions, so be sure to complete it! There won't be any surprises on the final.

Hope you are all getting excited about graduation!

BABY TIME!

John Patrick Dimmett arrived on Tuesday, April 21. (We are still in the hospital because it was a surgery).

Here are a couple of photos. Mom and baby are doing great. Tired, but great.

Hope you are all doing well and coming along with your scrapbooks.

Expect a final exam review sometime next week. It will contain all of the final exam questions and quotes (only without the answer choices), just like first semester.

Also like first semester, the final will be all multiple choice, matching, or quote identification.

HOW DID HAMLET TURN OUT?

Hello All,

I check into the hospital tomorrow for the week, so naturally I'm wondering about ..........Hamlet! What else????

How did it turn out? Have you all had a chance to watch it? Can anyone burn me a DVD? It seems like we spent A LOT of time on it, so I would love to see the end result and hear what you guys thought after seeing it (if indeed you've seen it!)

I'm very out of the loop, so fill me in. I need something to distract me when I'm up all night with a crying baby:)

Hope you all are doing well.

POETRY READINGS

Don't forget that your main assignment now (besides creative projects due Thursday) are your poetry readings. These are worth 40 points, and you need to take plenty of time to prepare.

POETRY READING TIPS:

1. ALTHOUGH IT IS CONSIDERED A "READING," YOU NEED TO KNOW THE POEM (S) SO WELL THAT YOUR WRITTEN POEM IS ONLY THERE FOR AN EMERGENCY. You should not have your face plastered to the poem during your presentation. It's important to look at your audience.

2. USE YOUR CLASS TIME WISELY. You are being given class time to prepare, so if you bring other things to do or work on homework from other classes, Mr. Gladdish sees that you are not using your classtime to prepare. This is unacceptable. Use your class time wisely!

3. PRACTICE YOUR READING NUMEROUS TIMES! As you probably remember from the oral interp assignment or Hamlet project, it's one thing to feel prepared when your giving your reading in your room at home in front of NO ONE! It's another to perform in front of your classmates. Preparation will go a long way to solving this problem.

4. BE CREATIVE WITH PROPS, COSTUMES, VISUAL AND AUDIO AIDS, ETC. It's obvious when thought and effort is put into this, and your grade will reflect your effort. Also, your classmates will notice whether you've put effort into it or not. It's awkward to watch presenters that aren't prepared and don't have the proper materials.

5. PRINT YOUR OWN COPIES OF THE POEMS FOR YOUR READING. DON'T TRY TO USE THE ANTHOLOGY. IT'S A BIG, AWKWARD BOOK AND WILL GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR PRESENTATION.

6. AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR READING, TELL THE CLASS THE NAME OF THE POEM, AUTHOR, AND PAGE NUMBER WHERE THE POEM CAN BE FOUND SO THEY CAN FOLLOW ALONG.

7. ALSO BEGIN YOUR READING WITH A THOROUGH EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE POEM IS ABOUT. This will help your audience understand your reading.

8. YOU ARE WELCOME TO POST ANY QUESTIONS HERE, BUT SINCE MR. GLADDISH IS DOING THE GRADING YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO DIRECT THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO HIM.

LITERARY ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT

Don't forget your literary analysis is due tomorrow.

Also, come prepared to sign up for you poems and work on your poetry readings......that means YOU MUST BRING YOUR ANTHOLOGIES TO CLASS!

Also, creative projects are due Thursday.

LATE ASSIGNMENTS!!!!!!

FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE NOT TURNED IN THE MOST RECENT LITERARY ANALYSIS AND TIMED WRITING.......THIS IS FOR YOU:

1). I am almost finished grading your literary analyses over either Oedipus or Death of a Salesman (whichever play you chose for your essay).

A couple of you HAVE NOT TURNED THEM IN! Once I record grades, you will see that a 0 out of 50 does bad things to your overall grade.

After I have the baby, I will not be grading any more essays. THEREFORE, if you want any sort of credit for this assignment, you must turn it in NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, APRIL 10. Sooner rather than later would be good. I could be on my way to the hospital any day now, and we are WAY past the due date for the essay, so don't wait to turn it in if you want some credit.

2). It has come to my attention that several of you were absent on the day of The Stranger timed writing (Friday before Spring Break). I am also grading those papers, and again......NO GRADING ONCE THE NEW PERSON ARRIVES! That means, you MUST MAKE THIS UP ASAP if you missed it.

You have enrichment this week, as well as workdays during 1st period so there's no reason this shouldn't be made up immediately. Don't forget that if you miss class, you are responsible for setting up a time to make up timed writings, quizzes, or anything else you missed! Don't make Mr. Gladdish chase you down.

Use your time wisely in class this week!

LITERARY ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT

I posted the handout detailing the literary analysis assignment you will work on next week. Mr. Gladdish will have a copy on Monday, but if any of you want to look at it or print it before then, you can go to my teacher web site.

1. Go to my teacher web page (click on the link on this blog, under "helpful links," that says "Reitz Web Page."

2. Click on "Faculty and Staff."

3. Click on "Teacher websites."

4. Click on my name and hit "go".

5. Click on "Courses."

6. Click on your course (English Lit CAP).

7. Click on the link that says "choice novel literary analysis assignment (2 page handout)."

Let me know if you have any trouble accessing the handout. Have a great weekend, and read those novels! Take notes as you go!

Wednesday, April 1--reminders and info

***Mr. Gladdish said everyone worked hard on their scrapbooks yesterday. Keep up the good work! Don't forget that you must have 25 COMPLETE pages by the end of the period on Thursday.

***Also, creative projects are due in TWO WEEKS. Don't wait until the last minute!

***I will post info on the blog AND on my teacher website by the end of the week (Friday) about your literary analysis for your choice AP novel. I'll try to put something on my teacher site that you can print out and keep as your handout. You'll have all next week in class to work, but you'll probably need to work on the reading and writing outside of class as well.

***I will try to make it up to school next week sometime to return and go over graded papers. Don't be shocked when you see me!!!!! I'm three weeks away from my due date and this baby has seriously grown!!!! (I'm blaming it all on the baby, of course). I am scheduled to check in the hospital on April 21, so I'm hoping this child doesn't get ideas about showing up early. I'd like to be able to come and see the finished HAMLET!

***I have some photos of you all working on Hamlet in full costume that are pretty good. I will post those in the next couple of days.

***Hope you are all doing well! Can you believe graduation is almost here??? Is everyone ready?