Poetry

Today the students analyzed "Terence this is stupid stuff"

Sound and Sense

We have continued our discussion of The Handmaid's Tale in class. Students have received copies of Sound and Sense and are expected to read the first 3 chapters by Monday. We will begin our poetry unit next week.

Blogs

Students received instructions for setting up their blog yesterday. They will receive new instructions every marking period regarding what is expected of their posts. We also continued our discussion of the novel.

We continued our discussion of The Handmaid's Tale, specifically Offred's mother and the role of feminism in the novel.

Socratic seminar

Today the students had a socratic discussion of passages and topics of their choosing from The Handmaid's Tale. It was completely run by the students. I only made some closing comments. Students are to read through page 199 by Monday.

The Handmaid's Tale

Students are to read through pg 199 by Monday. For tomorrow, students are to select a passage for discussion. Students should either have a reason for selecting the passage or a question about it.

The Handmaid's Tale

Today we began discussing the satirical purpose of the novel.