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  • Payments and signed parent letters for Grad Night are due to Rm. 200 no later than March 25th if you are interested in going. If you need a copy of the packet, see Ms. Aguilar.

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    • You have each been invited (via your Mary Star email) to join our Google Classroom for World Literature. If you have not yet accepted, do so ASAP in order to keep up to date with our daily lectures + assignments. In case you need it, the join code for our class is listed below:
      • Period 3 (AP Lit) = w4j52dv
    • Below you will also find the Student Resources PDF file that Mr. Nguyen sent to your Mary Star email address. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. It contains important information for our online classes, including links that you can click on to see how you navigate Google Classroom, submit assignments, etc.

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    • Add the following terms to your notes -- these will be the first half of Sadlier #8. Begin studying these, as we will have an upcoming practice with them.
      1. Aberration -- (n) a departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal; a lapse from a sound mental state.
      2. Ad hoc -- (adj) for this specific purpose; improvised.  
      3. Bane -- (n) the source or cause of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin; death or ruin itself; poison.
      4. Bathos -- (n) very insincere or exaggerated sentimentality; anticlimax or the lowest phase of something.
      5. Cantankerous -- (adj) ill-tempered, quarrelsome; difficult to get along or deal with.
      6. Casuistry -- (n) the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general ethical principles; specious argument.
      7. De facto -- (adj) actually existing or in effect, although not legally required or sanctioned. (adv) in reality; actually.
      8. Depredation -- (n) the act of preying upon or plundering.
      9. Empathy -- (n) a sympathetic understanding of or identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of someone else.
      10. Harbinger -- (n) a forerunner or herald. (v) to herald the approach of.

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    • Read the following section from Hamlet and be ready to discuss in class. 
      • Act 2 Scene 1
      • Act 2 Scene 2 only up to p. 93 (stop just as Hamlet enters, reading a book)
    • Finish the discussion questions from the final scenes of Act 1 if you did not do so in class. We will be collecting these for a quick check on Friday.

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  • Study for Tuesday's test on Sadlier #7 and the opening scenes of Hamlet. The responses to the discussion questions from Monday's class have been posted in the PDF below for you to review as well. Each item has the group response(s) from the expert groups that were assigned to it, as well as a few additional notes that can help clarify or expand upon the ideas presented in each question.
  • Read Scenes 4-5 from Act 1 of Hamlet. For the test, all you will need to know on these scenes is what secret is revealed to Hamlet. We will dive more deeply into these scenes after the test.

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  • Read/review Act 1 Scenes 1-3 of Hamlet, and be ready to discuss on Monday.

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    • Poetry submissions for our extra credit opportunity are due - there are two contests that can be entered. See the flyers below for submission details + forms. For extra credit, please give a copy to me in class as well.

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  • Add the following terms to your notes -- these will be the second half of Sadlier #7. Begin studying these, as we will have an upcoming practice with them.
    1. Inchoate -- (adj) just beginning; not fully shaped or formed.
    2. Lampoon -- (n) a malicious satire. (v) to satirize or ridicule. 
    3. Malleable -- (adj) capable of being formed into different shapes or being altered, adapted, or influenced.
    4. Nemesis -- (n) an agent or force inflicting vengeance or punishment; an unbeatable rival. 
    5. Opt -- (v) to make a choice or decision.
    6. Philistine -- (adj) lacking in cultural or artistic values or refinements. (n) someone with the aforementioned description.
    7. Picaresque -- (adj) involving clever rogues or adventurers.
    8. Queasy -- (adj) nauseated or uneasy; troubled.
    9. Refractory -- (adj) stubborn; hard to manage; not responsive to treatment/cure.
    10. Savoir-faire -- (n) the ability to say/do the right thing in any situation; social competence.
  • If you have not already done so, bring your copy of Hamlet for a check - we are getting ready to start this play.

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  • In your groups from Thursday's class, write a joint thesis statement for the two remaining prompts for the stations you did not visit yet. Remember to use either The Road, A Doll's House, or The Metamorphosis to respond. These will be due by Tuesday's class for feedback.
    • Prompt #1:
      • Morally ambiguous characters - characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good - are at the heart of many works of literature. Choose a novel or play in which a morally ambiguous character plays a pivotal role. Then write an essay in which you explain how your character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.
    • Prompt #2:
      • The most important themes in literature are sometimes developed in scenes in which a death or deaths take place. Choose a novel or play and write a well-organized essay in which you show how a specific death scene helps to illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.
    • Prompt #3:
      • In retrospect, the reader often discovers that the first chapter of a novel or the opening scene of a drama introduces some of the major themes of the work. Write an essay about the opening scene of a drama or the first chapter of a novel in which you explain how it functions in this way.
  • Add the following terms to your notes -- these will be the first half of Sadlier #7. Begin studying these, as we will have an upcoming practice with them.
    1. Abeyance -- (n) a state of being temporarily inactive, suspended, or set aside.
    2. Ambivalent-- (adj) having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone or something.
    3. Beleaguer -- (v) to set upon from all sides; to surround with an army; to trouble or harass.
    4. Carte blanche -- (n) full freedom or authority to act at one's own discretion. 
    5. Cataclysm-- (n) a sudden, violent, or devastating upheaval; a surging flood or deluge.
    6. Debauch -- (v) to corrupt morally or seduce. (n) an act or occasion of vice.
    7. Éclat-- (n) dazzling or conspicuous success or acclaim; great brilliance (of performance or achievement).
    8. Fastidious -- (adj) overly demanding or hard to please; excessively careful in regard to details; easily disgusted.
    9. Gambol -- (v) to jump or skip about playfully.
    10. Imbue -- (v) to soak or stain thoroughly; to fill the mind.

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    • The information for both parts of our Metamorphosis project are posted below for your reference - both parts are due by the end of the school day on Friday. We will have some time to work on these during block period (after the test), but otherwise the rest will be done at home.

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