LNG.
Today we'll start as we do every Monday with an LNG.
FORESHADOWING. OF MICE & MEN.
From there, we'll discuss the results of your foreshadowing work from Friday, connecting the dots between Steinbeck's first chapter of Of Mice & Men and what follows in the rest of the novel.
Remember, Steinbeck was a designer. He wanted his users to have very specific reactions to his worked with intention.
In fact, take a look at these 6 tips on writing from the man himself. How do these tips help us better understand what he intended to do with Of Mice & Men? How can you see them reflected in the novel he wrote?
FORESHADOWING & SYMBOLISM. TO KILL a MOCKINGBIRD.
We are going to study the film To Kill a Mockingbird at the end of this week. To help us, we are going to tune up our symbolism lens, as well as our photography and videography skills.
Today we will watch just the first three minutes of the film. Just like a Of Mice & Men, the opening tells us a great deal about the end. We will be making predictions of what we believe this film will be about, what will happen, and what sorts of symbolism we will encounter. How can we do this? Because we've uncovered Speak and Of Mice & Men. We can do this. We're ready for the challenge of making some evidence & pattern-based predictions.
The clip is the Humanities OUT folder.
You'll need to grab screencaps from the film and put them in the graphic organizer I've placed there as well.
ASSESSMENTS.
Blog. 3+ Posts
Req'd Post. Foreshadowing with Pictures. Tell a 3 to 5 picture story in images that uses at least one instance of foreshadowing in the first image. How can you hint at what will happen in the end by hinting in the first image? You may take photos or draw this story. Explain your thinking at the end.
Due. Friday, Mar 27. Last Req'd Post of the Quarter.
Of Mice & Men Foreshadowing Graphic Organizer.
Due. Today. Mar 23.
To Kill a Mockingbird Foreshadowing Graphic Organizer.
Due. Tuesday. Mar 24.
Romeo & Juliet Projects. Due ASAP.
Theme Song Essay Revisions. Due ASAP.
Sunday, March 22, 2015
AP Lit: The Ultimate Joycean Story & Test Prep
TEST PREP. MULTIPLE CHOICE. MARVELL.
We'll start the day with some test prep. Rather than an on demand, however, it will be the first of our multiple choice.
I've shared with you the reading and the questions. It's a poem by Andrew Marvell. Refrain from reading it until class, if you can resist. Want a print copy? Print one off when we get to class and it's all yours. Whatever works for you.
I'll be sending the questions along in a Google form as well for you to respond -- it'll let us look at the data afterward.
JOYCEAN 3X3.
Next. We'll be trying to figure the one word Joyce believed captured Dublin at the time of his writing. We'll try to uncover this using our literary 3x3s.
Bust out all of your Dubliners decks. Give yourself plenty of space to work. Lay them out.
Then start remixing. Shuffling. Trading. See what sorts of stories reveal themselves to you. Develop an original 3x3 and quickly note the story you see revealed. You might sketchnote it. You might audio record it. At any rate . . . capture that story.
Then, find a partner. Combine your decks. Repeat the process. Create a story together. Capture that story.
You now have three stories that have revealed themselves to you and your partner (1 from each of you solo, 1 collaboration.)
Revisit your decks together. Identify trends. Consider Joyce's stories. Your original stories. See if you can narrow your own decks down to one three-word-line to capture all of the stories. Use the words from your decks to create that three-word line.
As a class, lay out those three-word lines together.
Identify the trends. Distill. Narrow. Just like the NCAA tourney.
What's the one word? Check it against the stories. Does it work?
Capture all of this work. Document. Put it up on your blogs.
ASSESSMENTS.
Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Post: In How to Read Lit, Read both "Geography Matters" & "Season." Then, using your ingenuity & creative spirits, create a 3 to 5 image photo essay (a sequence of images unified by intention) of where you live that you believe reflects the ideas present in Foster's work. Explain your thinking.
Due. Friday. March 27. Last Blog Post of Q3.
Complete. Frankliners.
Due. Today. March 23.
Submit. Q3 Indie Book Project Self Assessments. Get them in ASAP so I can assess your work from the beginning of the Quarter!
Complete. Revisions. Blog Posts.
Due ASAP. Quarter closes April 3.
Design. Q4 Indie Book Projects.
Due Thursday & Friday Before April Vacation. April16 & 17.
We'll start the day with some test prep. Rather than an on demand, however, it will be the first of our multiple choice.
I've shared with you the reading and the questions. It's a poem by Andrew Marvell. Refrain from reading it until class, if you can resist. Want a print copy? Print one off when we get to class and it's all yours. Whatever works for you.
I'll be sending the questions along in a Google form as well for you to respond -- it'll let us look at the data afterward.
JOYCEAN 3X3.
Next. We'll be trying to figure the one word Joyce believed captured Dublin at the time of his writing. We'll try to uncover this using our literary 3x3s.
Bust out all of your Dubliners decks. Give yourself plenty of space to work. Lay them out.
Then start remixing. Shuffling. Trading. See what sorts of stories reveal themselves to you. Develop an original 3x3 and quickly note the story you see revealed. You might sketchnote it. You might audio record it. At any rate . . . capture that story.
Then, find a partner. Combine your decks. Repeat the process. Create a story together. Capture that story.
You now have three stories that have revealed themselves to you and your partner (1 from each of you solo, 1 collaboration.)
Revisit your decks together. Identify trends. Consider Joyce's stories. Your original stories. See if you can narrow your own decks down to one three-word-line to capture all of the stories. Use the words from your decks to create that three-word line.
As a class, lay out those three-word lines together.
Identify the trends. Distill. Narrow. Just like the NCAA tourney.
What's the one word? Check it against the stories. Does it work?
Capture all of this work. Document. Put it up on your blogs.
ASSESSMENTS.
Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Post: In How to Read Lit, Read both "Geography Matters" & "Season." Then, using your ingenuity & creative spirits, create a 3 to 5 image photo essay (a sequence of images unified by intention) of where you live that you believe reflects the ideas present in Foster's work. Explain your thinking.
Due. Friday. March 27. Last Blog Post of Q3.
Complete. Frankliners.
Due. Today. March 23.
Submit. Q3 Indie Book Project Self Assessments. Get them in ASAP so I can assess your work from the beginning of the Quarter!
Complete. Revisions. Blog Posts.
Due ASAP. Quarter closes April 3.
Design. Q4 Indie Book Projects.
Due Thursday & Friday Before April Vacation. April16 & 17.
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