For years I've been encouraging my high school students to proactively pursue participation in "Massive Open Online Courses". Many have...

The IB English team has decided it is most beneficial for you to sit a "mock exam" for Paper II as your final exam for the course (20% of...

We will brainstorm titles and outlines on May 16; the first draft is due May 21 (if you do not submit it by this date you will need to...

Let's revisit George Orwell's 1984 do you can prepare for your final exam! First jot down FOUR standout parts you remember - these can be...

This is worth 50 pts. and is due no later than midnight on May 22 "An unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates For your final...

You have practiced this in the previous class, so it should be familiar. You will have the entire period - it is suggest you use the time...

Since the consensus was you found the Kokoro mapped so helpful, we will reprise this creative unpacking of a novel. TIME FRAME: You will...

For the first part of class you will be presenting your "Macbeth Noir" - the sub might ask one person to "donate" their device and access...

some reminders... Your Reflective Statement for Perfume will be composed at home and submitted in class on Thursday, May 9 as a printed...

“This scent had a freshness, but not the freshness of limes or pomegranates, not the freshness of myrrh or cinnamon bark or curly mint or...

You just worked with a group to think metaphorically about Grenouille's life events. Perfume is considered a bildungsroman. What's that?...

There is a lot of symbolism in the play Macbeth...lots of shadows, dark deeds, and hiding the truth. Let's use black and white...

One motif in Macbeth is the notion of "manhood" (especially versus womanhood!). First, skim over these excerpts from the script to...

Macbeth as a tale is timeless. So are the characters. It's been staged and filmed and even modernized (set in different contexts)...

Please use the time wisely on May 2 to catch up on any outstanding assignments that should be posted to your blog. You can use this list...

The author of Perfume decided to create a main character with a "super sense" of smell, officially known as "Hyperosmia". Why, do you...

The quiz is on Google Forms. You must log in with your school email. You may take the quiz up to 3 times and I will record your best...

Before we have our Macbeth test and start our last unit you will have a much-needed opportunity to "catch up" on any late / missing...

For this Interactive Oral, your group will research a topic related to the cultural and historical context of Perfume and create a game...

For this journal, reflect on how Macbeth approaches the meaning of life and the human experience here on earth before inevitable death....