Thursday, January 30, 2014

February 2: Sleeping Beauty

Write your full name and class period on the first line of your entry.

In class, we have read five versions of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, including the version by Tchaikovsky.  Write ten sentences describing important details from the version you read and write about one similarity or difference between your version and one other version.  Also, write your thoughts about the importance of fairy tales in general and your experience with them as you've been growing up.

As always be brilliant, thoughtful, original and creative.

Friday, January 17, 2014

Extra Credit Blog due Thursday, January 23 at Midnight

Write your full name and class period on the first line of your entry.

Write at least 15 sentences describing the three most memorable things that you learned during semester one in Humanities.


Monday, January 13, 2014

Jan 19 Martin Luther King Day

There will be no blog this week because of the three day weekend and because you are working on your timelines.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Jan 12 Rigoletto Performance

Be sure to write you full name and class period on the first line of your entry.

Write at least 15 sentences in which you discuss you your observations of the opera.  In your discussion you can write about the singing, the orchestra, the sets, costumes, lighting, the concept of the production, any aspect of the performance.  I'm not so much interested in whether you liked it or not, but I'm much more interested in what you observed and it that worked to create an overall positive production and performance.  Give concrete specific examples.  For example, don't say, "I liked the costumes," but rather say, "I liked how the costumes helped to create this or that sort of social environment.  For example, when Maddelena shows up in ... it creates the effect of ..."
  And as always be brilliant, insightful, individual, and creative.  Do not say the same thing everyone else says.  Thank you.