Knowing Poe Quiz

The quiz today was meant to be easy....but it seemed
that most of you didn't do so well on it.

After the quiz we watched a video about Poe's life.

HERE IS A SHORT 3 MIN. VIDEO ON POE'S
HOME AS IT REMAINS IN PHILADELPHIA.

Knowing Poe

We had a PC room interactive lesson today.

Please remember that next Monday will be your

quiz on Poe.

Use the information about his life that you read

in class to today to help you prepare for the test.

http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/person/

BE SURE YOU KNOW POE!

Horror Stories

Though Poe's stories told of madness, Poe is now recognized as a genius who reinvented the Gothic tale of mystery and horror for his age.

Today we had an introduction horror stories. Students were asked to work in small groups and they answered these questions:

1. What are some famous Japanese horror movies?

2. Is it important that the writer be 'mad' in order to write good horror stories?

3. Are black cats 'evil' in Japanese society?

4. Name a few Japanese superstitions?

5. What is an Omen?

We will be in the PC room Tuesday, October, 30th

CLICK HERE FOR TUESDAY'S CLASS the black cat picture this http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/writer/picturethis.asp

Interactive timeline http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/person/timeline.asp

Working on the script today

Today we started working on the rough draft of the scripts for the short movie project. Most groups worked very hard in class. I mentioned that the movie scenes will be about 3-4 mins. Please don't write too much as cast members need to memorize their lines. If you want to make up a conversation based on a certain scene, you may do so.

Let's continue next Tuesday-double period since Monday is a holiday!

The yellow wall paper student movie project

Today I introduced to the class a power point slide show on the THEMES and SYMBOLS of the yellow wall paper. We also learned of the "YELLOW WALL PAPER STUDENT MOVIE PROJECT". As a class we watched some examples of student made movies for the yellow wall paper.

HOMEWORK:
-assign roles for the 4 group member
-start developing ideas for your movie script

The Yellow wall paper computer animation movie

Movie made in flash video by U.S High school students.

The Yellow wallpaper short video

We watched a short video on the yellow wallpaper today. We noted that there were several things that were very different from the video and the actual book.

Some things that students came up with were:

- The names were different Elizabeth in the video Jane in the story
-John does not faint in the movie
- No baby in the movie
-The woman's illness seemed very serious, as compared to the story
-Elizabeth unlocks the door at the end in the movie-different from the story in which she tells John to find the key under a leaf.

HOMEWORK:
-Yellow wallpaper word search
-Questions #s 1-7 due next class on TUESDAY.

Rest Cure

The powerpoint was about the rest cure that was widely used
by Doctors in the 18th century.

Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell developed the rest cure.
He essentially imprisoned women for up to two months, and gave them little contact with the outside world.
In the first few weeks, women were not allowed to engage their minds by reading or performing small activities.
Most were even not allowed to roll over in their beds, suggesting that they may have been restrained.
The attempt to do brain work sooner or later brings on symptoms of exhaustion he thought.

HOMEWORK:
Finish the Yellow wallpaper questions due Sept.27.

Setting:New England

The New England presentations were in most part

very well done.

HOMEWORK:

-Complete the description/symbol sheet

We shall talk about 19th century medical practices next class!

The Yellow wallpaper radio play

The Yellow Wallpaper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Dramatized by Laura Harrington
Directed by David Zoffoli

CAST

Ann/Narrator
Sandra Shipley

John
Jeremiah Kissel

Jenny
Sheila Ferrini

Dr. Weir Mitchell
Richard McElvain

PRODUCTION STAFF

Executive Producer.
Valerie Henderson

Sound Engineer
Jeff Whitehead

Literary Director Rachel Kadish
Associate Producer Scott Burnham

HUMANITIES ADVISORS

Joan D. Hedrick
James A. Miller

Funded by The Connecticut Humanities Council

We listened to the radio play of THE YELLOW WALLPAPER.

New England
A region of the northeast United States comprising the modern-day states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

HOMEWORK

-Find 5 facts that relate to any part of life during the 19th

century in New England USA. Include 2 pictures in your

paper.

-Half page to one page.

The Mark Twain House and Museum (Hartford, CONNECTICUT)

Throughout his career, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) published more than 30 books, hundreds of short stories and essays and gave lecture tours around the world. By the end of his life in 1910, Clemens had become known as the quintessential American author having captured in his works the spirit, character and even dialect of a diverse nation. His writing also served to voice his running commentary on American society. Thinly veiled behind the mask of humor and satire, Clemens' writing often critiqued social morals, politics and human nature, making his literature a unique reflection of the American experience in the latter part of the nineteenth century.

Listening to The Yellow wallpaper

We listened to the Yellow wallpaper today.

HOMEWORK:

-Read Biography:Charlotte Perkins Gilman

-Write half a page to one page about your room.

Try to be very descriptive and include as many of the 5

senses as you can in your writing.

Welcome back!

Glad you all returned safely to school.

The Mockingbird songs were reallywell done!

Congrats to all class members for your efforts!!!

In class we talked about the Yellow wallpaper in our groups.

Please do the following for homework next class.

HOMEWORK:

-Make a character list/describe them

-What point of view is the story in?

-Setting/where/when..etc.

-Basic plot events/highlights

-Conflicts/problems

WE SHALL LISTEN TO THE STORY NEXT CLASS!

The Yellow Wallpaper

You will be reading an American Gothic short story titled

"THE YELLOW WALLPAPER" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

ABOUT THE BOOK:
The story details in first-person (in the form of a series of journal entries) the descent into madness of a woman suffering from what her physician husband describes as a "temporary nervous depression — a slight hysterical tendency." The story hints that part of the woman's problem is that she recently gave birth to a child, insinuating she may be suffering from what would, in modern times, be called postpartum depression.

The narrator is confined in an upstairs room to recuperate by her well-meaning but dictatorial and oblivious husband, but this treatment only exacerbates her depression.

The room is decorated with yellow wallpaper that becomes the focal point of her insanity. She devotes many journal entries to obsessively describing the wallpaper — its "yellow" smell, its "breakneck", scrawling pattern, and the fact that it leaves yellow smears on the skin and clothing of anyone who touches it.

She also obsesses over the hatred she believes radiates from the room, supposing that it must have once been a nursery, and that the children who lived in it hated the wallpaper as much as she. She describes how the longer they stay in the bedroom, the more the wallpaper appears to mutate and change, especially in the moonlight.

I was able to check your Final exams!
Please pickup your tests in the Teacher's
room pickup box.

6 students got 90% or better!!!!
Everyone did pretty good!