Wednesday, September 18, 2013
AP Lit: Great Expectations (2013 Trailer)
Curious what people think about this. Coming out in limited release Nov. 8. Expect it to land in Waterville at Railroad Square before Christmas.
AP Lit 3G: Synthesis Workshop 1 & Mrs. Dalloway Begins
Two goals on this far too short of a day.
1. Workshop Synthesis Essays. Our focus for this session will be strictly upon the introduction & thesis statement. Why? Go back and take a look at our data on where we believe our strengths and weaknesses as writers lie. Also, important to have that foundation and as we discuss them, we can also raise ideas from Ender's Game and the other texts for which we haven't had much opportunity. Yet.
We'll start with you posting your introductions on this Google doc right here.
For those anxious to discuss, know that there is a graded class discussion/seminar in our near future. It is on its way.
2. Discuss Mrs. Dalloway. We will look at Woolf's style & techniques, clarify characters & plot events, and make sense of it all.
Blog: 3+ entries (3 effective, meaningful entries = meets; exceeds = 4 OR mindblowing, uber brilliant 3) for Friday including 1st creative prompt:
Soundtracking a Most Cinematic Moment: Each of our novels thus far has possessed certain cinematic qualities. Choose a passage from a particularly cinematic moment, post that passage, and link/embed a song that you believe would serve as an effective soundtrack to that moment. Added challenge? Compose your own original.
Write: Synthesis Essay: 2nd Workshop worthy draft due in class on Friday, 9/20
Read: Mrs. Dalloway up to "He went away that night. He never saw her again."
1. Workshop Synthesis Essays. Our focus for this session will be strictly upon the introduction & thesis statement. Why? Go back and take a look at our data on where we believe our strengths and weaknesses as writers lie. Also, important to have that foundation and as we discuss them, we can also raise ideas from Ender's Game and the other texts for which we haven't had much opportunity. Yet.
We'll start with you posting your introductions on this Google doc right here.
For those anxious to discuss, know that there is a graded class discussion/seminar in our near future. It is on its way.
2. Discuss Mrs. Dalloway. We will look at Woolf's style & techniques, clarify characters & plot events, and make sense of it all.
Homework
Soundtracking a Most Cinematic Moment: Each of our novels thus far has possessed certain cinematic qualities. Choose a passage from a particularly cinematic moment, post that passage, and link/embed a song that you believe would serve as an effective soundtrack to that moment. Added challenge? Compose your own original.
Write: Synthesis Essay: 2nd Workshop worthy draft due in class on Friday, 9/20
Read: Mrs. Dalloway up to "He went away that night. He never saw her again."
PACE 1G: An Improvised Heroic Journey
Meet in the Mt. Blue Campus Food Court.
Be prepared.
For anything.
Epic.
Monomyth style.
Teacher PACE: Finish book by Sept. 30
Student PACE: Your group's next assignment.
Reading/Writing
Teacher PACE: I Am Hero Graphic organizer #1: Due Friday, Sept 20
Next Class: Meet in Food Court for a Heroic Journey!
Be prepared.
For anything.
Epic.
Monomyth style.
Homework
ReadingTeacher PACE: Finish book by Sept. 30
Student PACE: Your group's next assignment.
Reading/Writing
Teacher PACE: I Am Hero Graphic organizer #1: Due Friday, Sept 20
Next Class: Meet in Food Court for a Heroic Journey!
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Humanities: Roots #1 & Cardboard Challenging
We'll start with some improv (sorry we missed it on Monday) and then dive into Roots #1, our first vocabulary unit.
When we study vocabulary here, our goal is for you to learn Greek, Latin, Old English root words so you can then figure out a lot more words from those understandings.
You can find all of our roots lists to for the entire here at THIS LINK for VOCAB. You will also find links to Quizlet there as well.
For now, just worry about Roots List 1.
We'll get you oriented to the words, you can print off lists if you like, and then we'll be doing an activity on Thursday with them.
Besides the quiz next Thursday, you have a product to complete with your Roots 1 list as well. More on that in class.
For the rest of the day, Mr. Dunbar and Mr. Ryder will be meeting with cardboard challenge teams.
Mr. Dunbar will be showing folks how to organize Google Drive folders.
Mr. Ryder will be helping folks understand design thinking and show their understanding for project design work. The DEEP Design Thinking Graphic Organizer is due on Wednesday.
When we study vocabulary here, our goal is for you to learn Greek, Latin, Old English root words so you can then figure out a lot more words from those understandings.
You can find all of our roots lists to for the entire here at THIS LINK for VOCAB. You will also find links to Quizlet there as well.
For now, just worry about Roots List 1.
We'll get you oriented to the words, you can print off lists if you like, and then we'll be doing an activity on Thursday with them.
Besides the quiz next Thursday, you have a product to complete with your Roots 1 list as well. More on that in class.
For the rest of the day, Mr. Dunbar and Mr. Ryder will be meeting with cardboard challenge teams.
Mr. Dunbar will be showing folks how to organize Google Drive folders.
Mr. Ryder will be helping folks understand design thinking and show their understanding for project design work. The DEEP Design Thinking Graphic Organizer is due on Wednesday.
Homework
DEEP Design Thinking Graphic Organizer Due Wednesday, 9/18
Gather resources! Bring them in! See the Cardboard Challenge document for stuff we might need. We have space! We need all the cardboard you folks can find!
Monday, September 16, 2013
AP Lit 2B/3B: Brainstorming & Synthesis Thinking & Mrs. Dalloway-ing
We start today with setting up our blogs. Blogs -- and soon Google+ -- are going to be vital for folks to share the ideas and continue the conversations that get the short shrift in class.
Then we'll formulate ideas for our synthesis essays by brainstorming connects between the works we have read and putting that on paper. After the brainstorm, the workshop turns to construction as each group will build a powerful synthesis thinking thesis statement to serve as a model as you embark on your individual work.
We will document the snot out of this work and put it here as well for continued referencing.
Synthesis essay rubric, culled from your group work, lands Thursday. A workshop worthy draft is due that day as well.
This is also our opportunity to raise ideas from Ender's Game that we have not yet had a chance to explore.
And we'll start the reading together as a class so we have a shared experience with the narrative.
Blog: 3+ entries (3 effective, meaningful entries = meets; exceeds = 4 OR mindblowing, uber brilliant 3) for Friday including 1st creative prompt:
Soundtracking a Most Cinematic Moment: Each of our novels thus far has possessed certain cinematic qualities. Choose a passage from a particularly cinematic moment, post that passage, and link/embed a song that you believe would serve as an effective soundtrack to that moment. Added challenge? Compose your own original.
Write: Synthesis Essay: Workshop worthy draft due in class on Thursday, 9/19
Read: Mrs. Dalloway up to "T, an O, an F."
Blog
We should be able to do this rather quickly and start our synthesis work which requires our handy dandy DESIGN KITS! Yay! (Seriously. I'm excited. A lot.)
Synthesis Thinking
We'll look at this post from OpenIDEO to get tips on brainstorming.Then we'll formulate ideas for our synthesis essays by brainstorming connects between the works we have read and putting that on paper. After the brainstorm, the workshop turns to construction as each group will build a powerful synthesis thinking thesis statement to serve as a model as you embark on your individual work.
We will document the snot out of this work and put it here as well for continued referencing.
Synthesis essay rubric, culled from your group work, lands Thursday. A workshop worthy draft is due that day as well.
This is also our opportunity to raise ideas from Ender's Game that we have not yet had a chance to explore.
Mrs. Dalloway
From there, we dive into Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. We will discuss stream of consciousness narratives and the challenges they pose both reader and creator. There's a great article here that discusses the syntax & construction Woolf uses in her narrative. (Click on "Download PDF" to read the whole thing.)And we'll start the reading together as a class so we have a shared experience with the narrative.
Homework
Soundtracking a Most Cinematic Moment: Each of our novels thus far has possessed certain cinematic qualities. Choose a passage from a particularly cinematic moment, post that passage, and link/embed a song that you believe would serve as an effective soundtrack to that moment. Added challenge? Compose your own original.
Write: Synthesis Essay: Workshop worthy draft due in class on Thursday, 9/19
Read: Mrs. Dalloway up to "T, an O, an F."
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