The Prologue - Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

As we begin our Shakespeare experience, we notice that the Prologue to Romeo and Juliet is a sonnet.  Please choose a work we've read so far this year (or a favorite cartoon) and write your own Prologue/sonnet.  Share it here.  Be sure to SIGN your name!!

Fahrenheit 451 and the 1st Amendment - Classroom discussion on Jan. 18th

Please post your comments from your classroom discussions with peers regarding the First Amendment and the quotes I gave you.  What are your thoughts?

Fahrenheit 451 - Discussion Questions

1.  Who should be in charge of monitoring the types of materials (books, music, movies,etc.) we are exposed to?  Why?


2.  "Television is a really dreadful influence on all of us.  don't ever look at local television news again.  It's all crap.  There's no news, there's no information.  It's negative, negative, negative.  You look at that, and you think the world is coming to an end.  Television is very dangerous, because it repeats and repeats and repeats our disasters instead of our triumphs." -- Ray Bradbury, Paris Voice 1990.

Agree?  Disagree?  Explain.

Poetry Out Loud... how was your experience?

What did you learn about yourself or the poem you chose to interpret during Poetry Out Loud?

Macbeth...fate or free will?

What is your take on the role of the three weird sisters in Macbeth?

It's time for poetry!

As you read poetry in or out of class, post your critiques here.  Be sure to include the poet's name and title of the poem. If you can, add a link to the poem.

Figures of Speech in To Kill A Mockingbird

William Shakespeare's Macbeth

Write a review of the play.

"The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs

You've just read "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs.  What did you think?  Give us your review.