Respond in a well-organized paragraph – include a clear statement of your position on the statement, and give reasons, examples and anecdotes to support your view. Make sure all sentences stick to your position.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?
November 21st, 2009 by hharvey in Uncategorized · No Comments
What are you reading? And why?
November 6th, 2009 by hharvey in Uncategorized · 18 Comments
THE INFERNO BY DANTE
October 26th, 2009 by hharvey in Uncategorized · No Comments
READ UP ON DANTE’S DIVINE COMEDY – WE WILL BE READING THE INFERNO
http://www.shmoop.com/inferno/
http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/eng251/dante.html
http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/DivineCom.html
DANTE Alighieri (1265-1321)
Read carefully Canto 1, 3, 5 and 34. Read and summarize.
In your group, divide the remaining Cantos and read summaries or combine reading the text and summaries, put your name on the summaries that you did and hand in with the rest of your group. These are due Monday,
Then your group will create their own version of the Inferno as a powerpoint, drawing, enactment, make your version with modern sins and indiscretions
Check this out:
My Life So Far
October 14th, 2009 by hharvey in Uncategorized · No Comments
Add a post to your blog called “My Life So Far”.
Write a poem , in any style that describes either your life or a teen’s life so far.
Make Sure you make a category for your post called Poetry or Poems

See the full PicLit at PicLits.com
No due date – this is part of your blog portfolio and end of year grade.
SIDDHARTHA
October 12th, 2009 by hharvey in Uncategorized · No Comments
SIDDHARTHA
The Research
1. Read Siddhartha and understand the sequence of the story.
Having trouble while you read? Try this:
http://www.shmoop.com/siddhartha/
2. Investigate the origins of Hinduism and of Buddhist philosophy and how it applies to Siddhartha’s life.
3. Reflect on your own life and your developmental stages and then project yourself into the future extrapolating what might ensue.
Resources
Hermann Hesse and Siddhartha
http://www.aasianst.org/EAA/Siddhartha.htm
: A good collection of essays concerning Siddhartha
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GLOSSARY/ATMAN.HTM
:A glossary that will give you a good definition of Atman
http://www.modernbuddhism.com/a-whoisbuddha.htm : Background on Buddha
http://www.easternreligions.com/hframe.html : Background on Hinduism
Life and times of Siddhartha Gautama http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/tshinseki/sidd.html
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/BUDDHISM/SIDD.HTM
Siddhartha’s Journey: http://www.imsa.edu/~trasched/siddhartha/
Links for underestanding Siddhartha: http://www.gss.ucsb.edu/projects/hesse/works/sidd.html
Online searchable text of Siddhartha: http://www.online-literature.com/hesse/siddhartha/
Background on Hesse and his life: http://www.hermann-hesse.com/
http://museum.oglethorpe.edu/Hesse.htm
Information on the culture of India: http://www.geographia.com/india/
http://www.indianchild.com/culture%20_1.htm
YOU CAN GET A COPY OF YOUR ASSIGNMENT UNDER PROJECTS
1. Who is Hermann Hesse?
2. What were the social conditions that existed in India which lead Siddhartha on his journey?
3. What were the chronological steps that Siddhartha took to reach Nirvana?
4. What were the philosophical steps that allowed Siddhartha to reach Nirvana?
5. How is your life like/unlike Siddhartha’s
6. What are the chronological steps that you have taken to develop to where you are today?
7. What are the philosophical steps that have helped shape your life?
8. What are the social conditions in your life that have influenced your development?
RESPONSE TO OEDIPUS
September 30th, 2009 by hharvey in Uncategorized · 12 Comments
Please read info at these links and write a three paragraph response to the play in the comment section of this post.
Be able to discuss dramatic irony, role of the chorus, and is Oedipus a victim of fate?
Due Tuesday, Oct. 5.
Role of the chorus.
The Greek tragedies Agamemnon and Oedipus Rex both make use of a group of characters called the “chorus” to forward the action of the plays, to garner sympathy for the heroes of the plays, and to draw the audience in, even if the audience is already aware of the outcomes of the stories. There are some differences between the specific uses of the chorus in these two plays, but the overall purpose of the groups in the two plays is the same.
In Oedipus, the chorus functions almost entirely as a normal character in the drama of the play, responding to others in the story, reacting to the action, and behaving in a fairly standard manner. The chorus also recounts what is happening in the plot by means of the “strophe/ antistrophe” verses, which could have been sung or spoken by the chorus. Further, the chorus is the “soul prophetic” of the play, foreshadowing the doom that is to befall Oedipus with doubts and desperately hoping that the prophecies are untrue. The chorus in Oedipus Rex has a more important role, however: to generate sympathy in the audience for Oedipus’s situation. When the truth is uncovered about Oedipus’s true identity, the chorus cries out in woe for him, and pities him greatly as he is banished by his own decree.
The chorus plays a similar but much larger role in Agamemnon than in Oedipus. The chorus has over half of the lines in the play, most of which deal with the voyage to, and the fall of Troy. The chorus recounts the fantastic and dangerous journey, telling the audience what has already come to pass. between lengthy narratives, the chorus also interacts with Clytemnestra, who they regard with a terrified loathing. As in Oedipus, the chorus garners sympathy for Agamemnon and for Cassandra, but the chorus in Agamemnon is responsible for almost the entire action of the play- the past.
In both plays, the chorus keeps the audience or reader intrigued with their ironic hope. In Oedipus, the chorus hopes that the terrible truth of Oedipus’s life is erroneous, and in Agamemnon, when the chorus waits outside the palace while Clytemnestra is killing Cassandra and Oedipus, they hope that the screams they hear from inside are not screams of death. They add an almost humorous element to this tragic moment by being totally unable to take any action on their own, doomed only to tell the tales of others.
SEPT. 28-OCT. 2
September 26th, 2009 by hharvey in Weekly Assigments · No Comments
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN DATE FOR REVIEWS IS FRIDAY
MONDAY – we begin with Oedipus
TUESDAY – we continue Oedipus
WEDNESDAY – we read
THURSDAY – we blog, write, catch up
FRIDAY – debate topics, activism blogs, Craig Keilburger
WHO IS SOPHOCLES?
September 15th, 2009 by hharvey in Uncategorized · No Comments
WRITE A REPORT ON SOPHOCLES AND GREEK THEATER.
Due Fri.Sept. 25.
1. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
2. HIS IMPORTANCE
3. LIST HIS IMPORTANT PLAYS WITH A BRIEF PLOT SUMMARY
Use three sources, minimum of 4 paragraphs – don’t forget to use quotations for words that are not your own.
A PLAGIARIZED PAPER WILL RECEIVE AN F
http://www.online-literature.com/sophocles/
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc1.htm
Watch these videos:
SEPT 14 – 18
September 14th, 2009 by hharvey in Uncategorized · No Comments
FIRST JOURNAL RESPONSE DONE TODAY SEPT 14.
SEE YOUR GRADES FOR MISSING WORK
Make a list of debate topics – keep it in your binder.
Make your classroom blog – wait to make your second blog.
Do you have a book you’ve been reading??? A MOVIE TO REPORT ON?
