Agenda:

1. Journal Write
2. Binder Check
3. Review Chapter 7
4. Chapter 8

HW: Read chapter 9 and answer the questions in your yellow packet

Hope you had a �great weekend!

Grab a comic

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Last day to submit missing work:

THIS Friday, 5/26 by 12:30 PM

Chapter 9: The Darkness of Mere Being�HW: Read & answer questions by Wednesday

End of the year….

• AMA Portfolio due 5/31 by 10 PM
• Watchmen Project due 5/31 in class
• AMA students exempt
• Watchmen final exam:
• NEXT Wednesday, 5/31 in class. �Open note.

Senior Fail List due: 6/2

Journal Write: Rorschach

Think back on Chapter 6…

1. How does the chapter humanize Rorschach?
1. Provide a moment from the chapter to support
2. Do you find Rorschach a sympathetic character and a reliable narrator? Explain.

Binder Check:

On your half sheet of paper… �Write down the assignment titles. Have a partner check off what you have. IT MUST BE STAMPED FOR CREDIT.

1. JW: El Pachuco
2. JW: Leopard
3. JW: Calo
4. JW: Yellow Journalism
5. JW: Cesar Chavez

6. Watchmen Vocab #1�7. Watchmen Vocab #2�8. JW: Times a Changin’�9. JW: Time�10. JW: Rorschach

CHAPTER 7: A BROTHER TO DRAGONS

Any questions on the chapter?

CHAPTER 8 Page 247

Answer the questions as you watch.

Welcome!

Grab a comic & have your yellow chapter packet out

Last day to submit missing work:

THIS Friday, 5/26 by 12:30 PM

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• AMA Portfolio due: Next Wednesday 5/31
• Watchmen Project due: Next Wednesday 5/31
• Watchmen Exam: also, Wed. 5/31

Agenda:

1. Journal Write
2. Chapter 10 + Questions

Friday @ 12:30 LAST DAY FOR MISSING WORK!!!!!!!!!!!

Journal Write: Halloween

“On Hallowe’en �The old ghosts come�About us, and �They speak to some;�To others they �Are dumb.”

-Hallowe’en �Eleanor Farjean

Analyze the quote to the left. What is the author saying about ‘old ghosts’?? Remember, most poems/lyrics/quotes are not intended to be taken literally.

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What could the quote be foreshadowing in Watchmen?

Chapter 10: Two Riders Approaching

Watchmen Final Exam Study Tips

• Complete all questions for every chapter
• Read them yourself, do not rely on copying other people’s handouts. Exam is not simply regurgitated questions
• Go over yellow graphic novel vocabulary: graphic weight, negative space, etc.
• Major protagonists/antagonists
• Significant plot points
• Complete quote analysis sheet
• 3 quotes from the handout will be on the exam
• Quote ID’s: Speaker, context (what’s happening in the text before and after, analysis: what’s the hidden meaning behind the quote? What is it telling us about themes, larger ideas, or characters in the text?)

HW: Read chapter 11 & complete questions by next class

Hola!

Grab a comic, have your yellow chapter handouts out

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Agenda:

1. Chapter 12

WATCHMEN FINAL NEXT WEDNESDAY!!! Bring notes.

Instagram Activity - 20 points

1. Pretend that you are one of the characters in Watchmen.
2. Choose a quote from your character’s perspective that resonates with you. Write the direct quote in the image box.
3. Draw a picture that connects to the quote/character.
4. Choose a caption that relates to the quote/image
5. Write your character’s name in the @ space

Due on Monday, if you don’t finish.

2017 English 12:

STOP HERE→ Ignore following slides :)

Happy Monday

Have your Watchmen notes out & a separate sheet of paper for the quiz

Listen as we read the Rorschach Case file.

Annotate for moments where the authors humanize Rorschach

Humanize: Make something seem more human or civilized

Rorschach Questions

1. What do the detectives suspect Rorschach of?
2. What is the deeper significance of Rorschach’s “broken nostalgia” perfume?
3. In what ways does Malcom’s report on Rorschach humanize him?
4. How does Rorschach view his father?
5. What is your opinion of Rorschach? Do you find him a sympathetic character and a reliable narrator? Explain.