Wednesday, September 16, 2009

This week we have finished reading Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and started performances of various scenes. We even had a narrator who was a dog... you'd have to see it to believe it. Everyone is putting the finishing touches on his or her Renaissance project diary or resume. We'll try and post a few to the blog so people out there in Bloggerland have the opportunity to see the talent in the Enriched English classes of Oregon Middle School!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

A great start to the year!

Everyone is getting settled in wonderfully this year. We have begun reading Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors in our Enriched English class. We've looked at the differences between comedy and tragedy in Shakespeare's plays. Students have begun researching the Renaissance and will create a character from that time period. They will then write that character's resume or a diary entry. There have been quite a few creative twists on this assignment!

In two weeks we will be visiting American Player's Theater in Spring Green to see the play. Everyone is looking forward to the field trip.

We're off to a great start this year!

Friday, September 4, 2009

School has begun and we're off to a great start! In our Enriched English class we've begun to research the Renaissance and we are reading the play A Comedy of Errors. We'll visit APT on 9/23 to see the play.