Jenny Crisp's classes

Monday: Work on a presentation on one of our Enlightenment works and authors. You’ll need a poster, powerpoint, handout, transparency – some “visual aid” for a 5-minute presentation to be given to class on Friday.

Tuesday: Begin planning your Phaedra test essay. It's due at the beginning of class on Monday 1/29, and you'll have Thursday (1/25) in class to work on it (you can also write at home). Choose one of the following:

1. Research classical tragedy and discuss how Phaedra fits or does not fit it.

2. Oenone: Well-intentioned or evil?

3. What should Phaedra have done when she heard Theseus was dead?

4. Did Hippolytus act irrationally at the end of the play?

5. Who in the play is the most rational and why?

6. Who in the play is the least rational and why?

Wednesday: Work on essay and/or presentation

Friday: Finish essay

Monday: Write a paragraph on setting in “To Build a Fire” Your paragraph should answer the questions provided.

• How would you describe the setting in this opening paragraph?
• What is the mood of this opening paragraph?
• How does this opening make you feel as a reader?
• What is the man's reaction to the landscape?

Tuesday: Bring ten examples of when the narrator either has knowledge unknown to the characters themselves or provides his own commentary. If you like, cut and paste them from the online version: http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/LostFace/fire.html

Wednesday: No HS

Thursday: Read Stephen Crane biography and background info on pages 557-558.

Friday: No HS

Monday: Choose a speech of not less than 12 lines to memorize and give a dramatic presentation of.

Tuesday: Rehearse your presentation

Wednesday: Rehearse your presentation

Thursday: No HS

Friday:List 5 similarities and 5 differences between West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet for our next project.

Monday: No HS

Tuesday: No HS

Wednesday: No HS

Thursday: No HS

Friday: Observe a bird, animal, or plant and make a journal page modeled on the one from class today.