A "Magical" Arts Moment Journal Prompt

I hope you all completed your journal topic from yesterday!  I know a lot of you were having difficulty thinking about what to write about, but I'm sure everyone thought of something great!  I couldn't decide on just one, so I wrote a long list...here goes...

1. Seeing my high school band perform a piece from the Robin Hood score
2. Performing "Down to the River to Pray" in a quartet my senior year
3. Watching a symphony for the first time
4. Watching an opera for the first time
5. Reading Lord of the Flies in 8th grade and that "aha" moment of understanding metaphors
6. Seeing a Michelangelo sculpture at the Louvre in Paris
7. Going to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
8. Seeing As You Like It performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, England
9. Watching Grease performed at the Firehouse 5 in Livingston when I was 12
10. Going to the Seattle Symphony
11. Reading Wordsworth's poetry outside of his home - Dove Cottage - in Grasmere, England
12. Fleet Foxes concert...amazing
13. Writing in my journal while sitting in the grass in the English countryside
14. Reading Jane Eyre as a senior in high school - falling in love with literature because of Charlotte Bronte
15. Seeing John Mayer rock out on his guitar for hours at the Fieldhouse in Bozeman
16. Watching the film Nine.  For the first time in my life I enjoyed a musical
17. Seeing Storyhill perform at the Emerson one wintry December night

There.  I have 17 and could go on - you guys have to have at least one moving experience concerning the Arts ;)  I look forward to reading/hearing about them.

August 30th Agenda

Homework for this evening:

1. Make sure to review your notes on Shakespeare's biography - there will be a quiz tomorrow! (Wednesday)

2. Finish your journal entry if you did not do so in class today:

Write about a magical moment that you have had concerning the Arts.  This could be an experience you had while watching a play, going to a concert, walking around a museum or even reading a piece of writing.  What about this experience was so moving to you?

Journal Prompt 8/29

Shakespeare's name is known around the world.  When you hear the name "Shakespeare", what do you think of?  How have Shakespeare's works impacted your life?

Your Expectations

Thank you all for taking the time yesterday to write down what you'd like to gain from taking Shakespeare this semester, as well as what you expect of me, your teacher.  I will do my best to accommodate all of you as we study Shakespeare, his works and the Elizabethan period!

Some things that you would like to learn/do/gain from this class:

a. understand Shakespeare
b. new vocabulary
c. learn about the plays
d. have fun while learning
e. no R&J
f. have a sword fight!
g. memorize a sonnet
h. better reading skills
i. Much Ado about Nothing
j. analyze sonnets
k. memorization
l. learn the importance of Shakespeare today
m. different writing styles
n. watch some Shakespeare movies
o. be able to use what is learned outside of class
p. Why the fancy words?
q. improved writing skills
r. new experiences
s. memorize a stanza
t. Shakespearean history
u. patience and appreciation of Shakespeare
v. understand Shakespearean language

Some things that you expect of me:

a. make the class fun/exciting
b. be understanding
c. help explain Shakespeare
d. interactive lessons
e. don't be strict about everything
f. be a good teacher
g. be fair and helpful
h. get to know you as individuals
i. have fun with you
j. teach you about Shakespeare
k. show movies
l. not too much homework
m. assign projects
n. make the class fun, yet beneficial
o. make students earn their grades by effort and participation
p. have a good sense of humor

Due Dates!

Remember what you need to have by Friday, August 26th -

1. Letter of Introduction (25 points)
2. Notebook for Journaling
3. SSR Book

And by Monday, August 29th, please return your Student Behavior Acknowledgment Forms - signed by you and your parent/guardian!  They will be an easy 20 points, so make sure to get them in!

Welcome!

Welcome to Miss Perkins' Shakespeare Blog site!  I'm looking forward to getting to know each one of you during this class and as I follow your Shakespeare blogs this Fall semester!  We will be using blogging as a tool of communication and brainstorming while sharing our thoughts, ideas and opinions about Shakespeare's works and the time period in which he wrote. 

Please look to this page for any assignments that may be due, to peruse and comment on your fellow classmates' writings about the world's most famous author, and to check out any helpful links that we may use throughout the semester.  Happy blogging!

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages." -As You Like It