Welcome back, Friend!
Yesterday was a great day in the English classes! Mrs. Taylor and I collected the letters for President Obama, and of those I looked over I was quite impressed with the writing and content these young adults displayed. A number of excellent questions and respectfully, well-worded and presented disagreements of opinion on major topics. All in all, some hope for the future still exists!
The classes have been watching "Much Ado About Nothing", the version with Denzel Washington, Michael Keaton, and Keanu Reeves (Hope I spelled his name correctly!). The students seemed to enjoy the presentation very much. Mrs Taylor took the opportunity to point out Shakespeare's use of comedic relief in his serious plays to lessen some of the tragedy and make his work more enjoyable to the mass audience. I was able to add that he often used his "fool" characters to make indirect references to the royal families in a way that would not end with his being charged with treason.
We are trying to arrange an outing to Nashville for this next week were "Richard III" is being preformed. More on that Monday!
Have a fantastic day!
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