"No Take Backs" does not apply when you are an English Teacher

English 12

Okay, so we are now in Two Camps: Those who study Hamlet and Those who study Othello. Both good plays, rest assured (yes, I am biased).

Hamlet: please do journal entry #1 (I know, I know, I said no hw) and write for 10 minutes on the following topic:
Why, if at all, do we need to still read Shakespeare and/or other 'great' classic authors of days-gone-by.

Othello: please do journal entry #1 on the handout I gave at the end of class, either the play on words or the poem.

Screwtape 

thanks for your patience...

Read Letters 8 & 9 and answer the following questions:

1. In Letter 8, Screwtape plainly lays out the opposing war efforts of God and Satan. What is Satan's ultimate aim regarding humanity? In contrast, what is God's? How do Genesis 1:27, John 12:27-32, 17:20-24, and Ephesians 1:3-14 support Screwtape's understanding of God's goal?

2. In Letter 8, Screwtape comments that God 'cannot ravish' but 'can only woo'. What does this mean and do you agree?

3. In Letter 9, Screwtape mentions that 'desires of the flesh' can be much more easily turned sinful when a person is in a trough. What is his explanation for this. Agree?

4. In Letter 9, Screwtape tells Wormwood that, during his patient's dry spell, he must keep his inexperienced patient away from ore experienced Christians. Why?

5. How does Jesus exemplify those conditions under which Screwtape says the demonic cause 'is never more in danger'? Consider Matthew 26: 36-46; 27:46; John 12:27, 28; Philippians 2:5-11; and Hebrews 5:7-10 when answering.