Today we read some of act 2 in Macbeth. Comes to find out Macbeth and his lady took part in the murder of King Duncan. Once we finished reading, Mr.Reese instructed for us to do an investigation on the murder of Duncan and figure out how no one suspect that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth did indeed murder him. We were also told to write 5 quotes from act 2 scenes 1-4.
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Macbeth
Mr. Reese was in today and he introduced a play to us called Macbeth by Shakespeare. We didn't read it, but he did give a basic summary onbwhat it will be about. We also answered questions pertaining to our lives that connects with this book in a way. I personally am hoping that this play is as good as the other stories we read in Reese's class.
Monday, September 9, 2019
Free Day
Today, Mr. Reese didn't show up so the class went to Mr.Mai's class. We didnt do much except for watching funny animal videos.
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Sonnet 29
Today, we were split into groups to summarize one of Shakespeare's sonnets, "When in disgrace with Fortune and mens eyes." In order for the whole class to have an understanding on how to analyze and paraphrase a sonnet, we were assigned to summarize and analyze this sonnet on our own. This assignment was easy and the sonnet wasn't hard to understand, in fact it's very relatable. Once we were finished Mr.Rease, my AP Lit. teacher, had us turn in our paragraph explaining our claims that were made about the speaker.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Sunshine And Shakespeare
Today, we learned the basics about Shakespearean sonnets. It's going to take a little while for me to fully understand, but it is easy to remember. We summarized each stanza as well as telling the them of one of William Shakespeare's sonnets. This poem was very lovely, it told a lot about beauty within oneself. I also learned that Shakespeare's plays and sonnets are written in blank verse using Iambic Pentameter.
Thursday, August 29, 2019
A Short Day
Today wasn't much in class. I came in late and made up a test. After i finished, the other 2 groups presented their poems to the class. The poem were okay, but i left early, therefore, i didn't get to listen to them speak about the rest of their poem in the last group. Both poems revolved around saddness amd dispair in a way, but they were ok poems.
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Im Nobody! Who are You?
Today in AP Literature, we were assigned to groups for a poem assignment. In my group, we mainly focused on a poem called I'm Nobody! Who are You? by Emily Dickinson. In order for us to understand this poem, we had to basically break down each line, summarise the poem, characterize the authour, and find a literary device then evaluate why it is effective in order to understand our poems. After 20 minutes of doing this, each group went up to present their poem to the class. Only 2 groups went today, my group and group 3. My group, which was group 1, did a good job and I wasn't nervous about presenting my portion of the assignmet to the class. This is great because, I once was very nervous about doing presentations.