Week of January 30, 2017
11th English
This week we will continue our work with Act I of Hamlet.  We will discuss the events in Act I and will talk about character motivation--why the characters in the play do the things they do.  You will take a quiz on the Act I study guide, then will begin work on Act II.

11th Academic English
On Monday you will view a documentary, "Why Shakespeare?", that will give you an understanding of Shakespeare's influence on our present day lives.  We will read together and discuss Act I of Hamlet, then you will take a quiz on the Act I study guide.  After the quiz, you will begin work on Act II of this drama

12th Academic English
This week you will begin to gather and process the information you will need for this research writing assignment.  In small groups, you will take a brief tour of our library and discuss the various resources available to you for this project.  Your Thesis Statement is due on Tuesday.

SAT Prep
We will continue work in the SAT Prep workbooks.  This week we will review the work you did on Chapter 13, then will work on both Chapter 14 and 15.