Homework for 13 April 2011

Freshmen:

Next class will be your final class before Spring Break.  To start class we will have a warm-up check and I will be checking your two homework assignments that are due.  Remember that you will need to have your WHO, WHAT, WHEN, and WHERE notes for Act II Scenes 1, 2, and 3.  Furthermore, you will need to have your notecards for your project.  I'll be looking for anywhere from five to ten notecards.  Over break you will not have any additional reading to do, but you will need to keep researching for your project.  You should be moving on to your second topic if you are in Honors or continuing to research for your first topic if you're in Standard.

Juniors:

For tonight I would like for you to do some reading for me.  Take our discussion of Transcendentalism and use that to understand Henry David Thoreau's Walden.  In the textbook I would like for you to read the excerpts "Economy," "Where I Lived," "Solitude," and "The Bean Field."  As you read, you should take notes as to interesting quotations and ideas that relate to Romanticism and Transcendentalism.  We will spend some time working through this piece on Thursday and doing some work on our two Transcendental thinkers - Emerson and Thoreau.  Be sure that you're ready for your group meeting on Friday!