Barbara Kingsolver on YouTube (9/10 Girls)

This is an interview with Barbara Kingsolver, one of my absolute favorite authors ever. She's talking about her nonfiction novel "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle," which I highly recommend if you like "The Bean Trees" and "Pigs in Heaven." It isn't on the books we're reading for class, but it's a great interview and you might get interested in reading more of her stuff.

Theatre Arts Mime link

Here is a YouTube video of Marcel Marceau, the famous French mime. He was a master of the themed pantomime, which we know is the difference between "pantomime" and "mime"-- the idea that a mime is showing us a theme rather than a strict imitation of something without words. If you find any other videos of Marceau, or other pantomime artists, please share them with us.

Reminders for all Mrs. Hood's Classes

11/12: You have a quiz over HP 2, through Chapter 9, on Monday. Boys, you will have a vocabulary test/quiz on Friday the 20th.

Theatre Arts boys: Quiz Monday, and bring books so we can start our new chapter when you're through with the quiz.

9/10 all: The second assignment on the "Tuesdays with Morrie" yearly project is due, and we will have a quick vocabulary review before our quiz on Tuesday over units 1 and 2. Also, girls will need to be ready to start "Pigs in Heaven" on Tuesday.

Hope you all enjoy the gorgeous weather this weekend! Shabbat Shalom!

11/12 Papers Due Thursday

SOIN is not allowing me to post assignments right now, so as a reminder, you have papers due to me on Thursday. If you are going on the Shabbaton, and I don't have the papers before you leave, you will get a zero. I will not accept the papers after the deadline.
Please remind your friends-- pass this along to those who may or may not remember, as SOIN is not taking posts right now.

9/10 Updates: assignment due dates and deadlines

All 9th and 10th grade boys and girls: Don't forget that your outlines for your first essay are due to me tomorrow, your rough drafts are due Tuesday, and your 1st "Tuesdays with Morrie" assignment is due on Wednesday. We are ending the 1st 9 week grading period this week so we need to get some more grades in for everyone.
Please continue bringing your essay books to class and be working on your projects for "Tuesdays with Morrie." I will announce more deadlines shortly.

Boys, you need to get a copy of the novel "A Separate Peace." We will be doing our novel study on this book starting in a few weeks, so please get it and start reading it on your own. We will do some reading and discussion in class but starting it on your own will be helpful.

Girls, don't forget to read "The Bean Trees" on your own and get a copy of "Pigs in Heaven" to begin reading pretty soon. We have a long stretch of time without much interruption and that means lots of opportunities to get some real work done this semester.

11/12 News: Harry Potter is Coming to MHAFYOS

Juniors and seniors: we will be holding off on reading "Grendel" for the time being and will instead be spending some time with Harry and his crew. Though pretty simple to read, these books provide a PERFECT example of the hero cycle and can be compared to Odysseus' journey as well as other stories that we have already read or discussed this year.

So please have a copy of the book-- hardback, paperback, it doesn't matter to me-- by next Monday, October 26th. Please let the students who are not signed up for the blog that they will need the book and that they also need to subscribe to the blog ASAP. I will eventually stop reminding you of things in class because I generally put those reminders here, and if you're signed up to get notifications from the blog, then you'll be okay:)

Also, don't forget the quiz tomorrow. Check SOIN or read up on SparkNotes if you aren't sure what we're talking about.

Reminder: Send Essays to Me! (Revised)

All 12th graders, and any 9th graders who haven't, you need to send me the essays you wrote and/or turned in to the sub in my absence just before Sukkot. I would like to be able to look them over before returning to classes next week!

Hope you all enjoyed your time away from classes. Let's come back ready to jam-- 5 weeks before Thanksgiving!