PROJECT:  THE ROME DAY
                             DATE:  14TH OCTOBER 2015

Students were asked to prepare an interactive presentation based on their research on various aspects of Roman lifestyle. The use of props, videos, images and handouts were encouraged to enhance quality of presentation.

The groups were as follows:

• Games: gladiators and chariot races, holidays, and entertainment (JOSEPH, ALETHEA, DAVINA) 

• Baths and bath rituals • Family life (ALEENA, SANEAH)

• Weddings, marriages, and divorce (AMY, HODA)

• Housing and food and mealtime customs for the various classes( SHREYA, SCHWETA, JEWELLYN)

• Education, funerals, and theatre (JANANI, DINA, NIRANJANA)

Focus was on the major factors affecting social class such as  heredity, property, wealth, citizenship, and freedom.

• Students: Please comment on how you would rate you experience with the overall flipped lesson.

• Audience: Please comment on the presentation. What you liked and suggestions on how it can be further developed. Feel free to copy paste the link onto your browser to view our flipped lesson.                                                                                                 http://ed.ted.com/on/1UMefA70  

                           

W. Wordsworth

"She was a Phantom of delight"

 

SHE was a Phantom of delight
When first she gleam'd upon my sight;
A lovely Apparition, sent
To be a moment's ornament:
Her eyes as stars of twilight fair;	5
Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair;
But all things else about her drawn
From May-time and the cheerful dawn;
A dancing shape, an image gay,
To haunt, to startle, and waylay.	10
I saw her upon nearer view,
A Spirit, yet a Woman too!
Her household motions light and free,
And steps of virgin liberty;
A countenance in which did meet	15
Sweet records, promises as sweet;
A creature not too bright or good
For human nature's daily food,
For transient sorrows, simple wiles,
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.	20
And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A traveller between life and death:
The reason firm, the temperate will,	25
Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill;
A perfect Woman, nobly plann'd
To warn, to comfort, and command;
And yet a Spirit still, and bright
With something of an angel light.	30
You have already done a research in class on the historical, literary and biographical context. I would like all of you to share your research on this page. I is important that every single one of you contribute to this task. Please ensure that content is not repeated and there is a clarity on which context you are focusing on.