Week+19+--+Titus+Andronicus

//Thursday -- collect 'Question to Consider'// //Silent reading...Mr. Ingraham will have the class list to record those w/o books. Mr. Ingraham, I do allow them to listen to music in headphones, or read books on a phone (as long as it IS a book).// // Expectations for end-of-class Friday (I’ll be here on the weekend to collect them) //
 * //16 and 17 February//**


 * // Line summaries to end of Act 2, sc.iii – Minimum 1 entry for each paragraph. This is to be placed in the drop box under my name. Make sure your name is on it. There will be a completion mark for this. //
 * // Progress report for project. In paragraph form, please outline the following – //
 * // The grade level you will be attemting (A –A+, etc) //
 * // Which media you will be using //
 * // Your thesis – what will you be trying to prove in your project? What will you show us? //
 * // Three general ideas / topics / concepts you have learned and will be applying to your project. //

Procne's husband, King [|Tereus] of [|Thrace] (son of [|Ares]), agreed to travel to [|Athens] and escort Philomela to Thrace for a visit. Tereus lusted for Philomela on the voyage. Arriving in Thrace, he forced her to a cabin in the woods and [|raped] her. Then he cut out her tongue so she couldn't tell. Sound familiar?

//Silent reading / writing// //Question due for hand in tomorrow.// //Homework check -- line summaries// //Can we put these to drop box?// //Puppet show -- Lavinia is ravished.// //Show the Lavinia scene...// //Silent reading...20 minutes// //Collect ideas from everybody re: project.// //....i made a mistake re sc/acts. Act 1 is only 1 scene. Aaron's soliloquy opens Act 2.// //Demo a closed reading with 'Review' on word.// //Assignment for tomorrow -- line translations for Act2 / i-iii// //Titus Andronicus Sparknotes//
 * //15 February//**
 * //Start netbooks...//**
 * //14 February//**
 * //13 February//**


 * //Silent reading. DO it. You are half way done the year. If silent reading is a problem, then we really need to look at your situation in this class.//**

//Today you need to begin your research and develop ideas for your final project. I know you have the project sheet, but the main points you need to consider today are these://

//* This needs to be a multimedia project. Consider this to be your opportunity to __teach__ us about something in which you have an interest and consider how an effective teacher might approach it. Music, print, powerpoint or prezi, 3-D model. Each of these media have specific impacts on the audience. Figure out which are best for you.//

//* Here is the list of topics we created in class. Take a look through them and decide which one (or two, if you're really slick) intrigue you.//

//* Your topic is, for the most part, up to you. You do have some requirements, though. It MUST be related to what we have discussed in class since beginning our unit on Shakespeare and it MUST be specific. Do not do a project on ROME. It's a country. That topic is too big. Consider, instead, marriage rituals in Rome.//

//* You must have a topic decided on by tomorrow (Tuesday). No topic = lunch date with me and I eat a lot. And I'm boring. This is your warning.//

//* Record all of your work and the sites you are using. Proper citation is a MUST for this project.//

//Silent reading or writing...20 minutes. Sign up sheet for book.// __//The Myth of Tereus and Philomela//__
 * //9 February//**

Introduce project sheet.

//Silent reading ... 20 minutes// //Reminder tomorrow is writing day. Have a topic.// //Superbowl commercial//
 * //7 February//**
 * POTENTIAL ESSAY QUESTION #1: **

//Review characters and plot so far. MAKE NOTES!// //ACT 1 is all about the setting and relationships. We also see a contrast in parenting styles. How do Tamora and Titus differ in the love of their children?// //ACT 2 -- 'The woods are ruthless, dreadful, deaf and dull.'// //SPARKNOTES...//
 * Titus' country is falling apart. With the death of the Emperor, the divide between values and traditions is widening and creating a fractured state. How is this desire for Titus to 'put a head on headless Rome' echoed in the brutality of the play? **
 * POTENTIAL ESSAY QUESTION #2 **
 * Compare and contrast the parenting styles of Tamora, Titus and Aron. Which, in your opinion, is a stronger parent? How does this relate to their value as a person? How would these charateristics apply to modern-day parents? Would any of these characters make a suitable parent today? **
 * //HOMEWORK FOR WEDNESDAY -- PLEASE HAVE A SUMMARY (POINT FORM IS FINE) FOR ACT 1. YOU MAY USE SPARKNOTES IF YOU LIKE.//**