Heads up: Allusion Megamix

Many of you have been asking what's the next step here. What are doing next? I can't tell you just yet, but here is some of the stuff we've just done.

Projects with author research, Poetry terminology, poetry analysis, 16th century perspective, presentations :) Hmm so by the way 16th century and poetry vocabulary quiz the 16th sound good? Tone vocabulary quiz the week after that maybe....

Soon there will be rewriting and in that there will be discussion of senior essays. Also we'll be getting into our allusion megamix--which will make your kungfu backpacks so heavy you'll need even more will power just to carry it :) The allusion megamix is something like a scavenger hunt. I look forward to it because like your author research it becomes this game of hide and seek with information and people.

For those of you eager to know, you will need to be like the Renaissance Courier. Informed on not only Christianity but also Mythology and Folklore. You will know so much crap by the time we're done it'll boggle everyone's mine :) You'll be like a quality wikipedia with feet.

The Allusion Megamix will probably run parallel to Othello. so double duty my loves--but by that point you won't be presenting :D It'll be a nice change of pace. I look forward to it so much. I may give it to you in pieces.

Also for those of you who feel I haven't been doing a lot of "teaching" it's honestly because you guys are intelligent and can figure things out alone with a little push in the right direction. I mean Mack and Cheese proved that her Fu was killer today. Also I think you guys had a better time hearing it from her than me lecturing. Trust me, you guys are the authority, I'm just here to keep the authority in the realm of rhyme and reason :) If any of you need to talk to me after school, I'll be in the media center from 3-3:30 and then I'll be in my tin can on Thursday.