After that, we finished going over the test review worksheet and also completed some notes on the main themes in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. If you were absent, make sure to get the notes on both these things; the content will be on the test.
The last line of The Boy int eh Striped Pajamas states: "Of course this happened a long time ago and nothing like this would ever happen again. Not this day in age." We discussed the verbal irony of this statement and looked at a couple of videos demonstrating the history of the genocide in Rwanda and in Bosnia.
I then gave the class time to work on their BSP final projects.
Toward the end of class, we watched the first 20 minutes of Shakespeare in Love, as an introduction to Shakespeare. Our next unit will be "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
Reminders:
- BSP Test: Friday, April 15, 2016
- BSP Project: Friday. April 15, 2016
- Thursday is the last day to hand in assignments for Term 1!
