Humanities: Whole New Mind Portfolio Work & Review & Tips on Better Presentations

Hey folks,

WHOLE NEW MIND.
On Monday, we reviewed the Whole New Mind senses by first putting the definitions in our own words (using the 3 second pause to check for understanding), then putting the senses on notecards to create maps that help us connect the dots between the senses we understand and the ones we don't, and then used doodle to think skills to create doodle representations of each sense on the cards.  We put those decks in our books for easy access and remembering later.  (That was a huge run-on sentence back there.  Sorry for that.)

Tuesday, we worked.  We also ate sweet blueberry kielbasa from Gavin.

On Tuesday, we forgot to assign Roots List #2.  There will be a quiz next Thursday over both Roots #1 & #2.  Also, a Roots Product #2.  It needs to use at least 5 roots-based words from Roots List #2.

DESIGN.
Here's a GREAT slide deck to help you with your portfolios.  Don't feel like you have to read every slide, especially if you don't understand the wording.  There are tons of great examples and tons of TERRIBLE examples.  Just be sure you know if you are looking at  good examples or bad examples.

Tweak Your Slides: Ten Design Principles for Educators (version 3.0) from Chiara Ojeda

Here's another one.  Each slide pairing is a bad one, then a better one.

Bad PowerPoint Slides from HADOMAN

HOMEWORK

Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Blog Post:  #showyourwork. Share some of the images and ideas of your Whole New Mind portfolio as you are working on it.  What are you struggling with?  What are you proud of so far?

Roots: Roots 2
Study: Quiz Over Roots 1 & 2
Create: Roots Product
Due: Thursday, Oct 16th

Complete: Whole New Mind Portfolio
Due: Thursday, Oct 9th

Pop Culture: Music & Politics & Blogging

BLOGGING.
We started today by looking at the Blog Post Tracker in your Google Drive.  It can be found the in Pop Culture 2014 OUT folder.

This was also a reminder to blog and to be consistent in your blogging.  If you get behind, it gets difficult to catch up.  There has been time in almost every class to blog IF you take advantage of it.

What do I mean by "Connections?" That's reading something online related to pop culture and/or reading someone else's blog post and commenting about it on your blog.

INTRO TO MUSIC MATTERS.
From there we watched this clip from Portlandia featuring Carrie Brownstein.

She's a more important figure to modern music than a lot of folks realize because of her band Sleater-Kinney which was hugely influential in establishing the indie rock scene of the mid-90s.  We watched this interview where she discusses the influence of gender on music listening.  (Spoiler: She doesn't think it matters too much.)

While Sleater-Kinney weren't a political band in terms of singing about government and laws and such, they were political in that they pushed for DIY over corporate control, were feminists in a way that said "feminism isn't about man-hating; it's about being hardcore rad women -- period."  Listen to their stuff.  Highly recommended.

MUSIC MATTERS.  MUSIC AND POLITICS.

This led us to day one of our music as politics exploration.

We looked at this Music Matters graphic organizer which is also in your Google Drive under Pop Culture 2014 OUT.

We chose Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" as the song to use as a model for the class.  This led us to The Roots & John Legend as well as Pharrell and Robin Thicke and what is currently going on in Ferguson, Mo.

This work is due at the end of class on Wednesday.  You may work with by yourself, with a partner, or with two partners to complete that work.

You have your first of two major projects for this quarter due this week.  (The second is a restaurant project to be introduced next week.)  The rubric for the Side A/Side B Soundtrack is available right here and embedded here as well.

Finally, you have a req'd blog post due this week.  It is described in the Pop Culture 2014 Blogs link to the right and also here below.

HOMEWORK.

Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Post:
Week of 10.3
To what extent should music be edited/censored before being broadcast/played in public i.e. on radio, television, sporting events, school?Provide two points of view (at least one paragraph for each):1. Your own.2. That of someone who thinks the opposite of your opinion.  Try to see it from their point of view and present an honest version of what that individual would say.
Due: Friday, Oct 3

Complete: A-Side/B-Side Soundtrack Project
Rubric: Here.
Described:
Create: A-Side/B-Side Soundtrack
A-Side Soundtrack of Your Life (4+ Songs)
B-Side Soundtrack for Others (4+ Songs)

A-Side Soundtrack of Your Life
Consider:

Music tied to experiences

• Music that tells the story of who you are and where you have been
• Music that could take the place of your presence

B-Side Soundtrack for Others
Consider:

• Who is your audience? Be specific.  Crystal clear.
• Interview your audience.  Empathize.
• Music that serves your audience's needs

Also

• One-paragraph rationale for each of your songs.
• Cover art for each side; be intentional

Due: Friday, Oct 3

In-Class Work for Wednesday: Music Matters: Music and Politics

AP Lit 3B: Frankenstein & Synthesis

CLOSE READING.
Today we'll focus our energies on close readings of Frankenstein and then an exploration of Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias."

We'll use GoSoapbox as a back channel for our discussion.  Check your email for the access code.

We'll follow this with another essay workshop and time to connect to one another on the blogs, show you how to turn in your blog posts on our new tracking tool.

When working on  your synthesis essays, keep these structural and contextual ideas in mind.

Also Mr. Ryder's feedback shorthand...

HOMEWORK.

Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Creative Post:  Casting Call.  Cast a high quality new film version of Frankenstein.  Justify your choices.

Compose: Synthesis #1

Submit: First Submission Draft
Due: Wednesday, Oct 1
Note: Submit as Google Doc; Place in AP Lit IN folder

Humanities: LNG, Blogging & Play

L-N-G.

We'll start his morning going with our second L-N-G current events reading from newsela.com .

WHOLE NEW MIND. PLAY.
From there, we'll talk about play sense for a few minutes. 

And DOODLE CIRCLES!  

Also, you need to complete the 2nd -- and final -- Notice/Wish/Wonder over Whole New Mind -- this one about design/play/meaning.  This is due on Thursday.

You'll be working with a group of likeminded folks to determine a way to turn work into play in a class where you may struggle a bit.

That work is the subject of your creative blog post for this week.

Week of 10/3
Creative Blog Post:  Invent a game to help you learn in a class where you usually struggle.  It may be the same game you create with your class partners or it may be another.  Explain how the game works and why you think it will help you in that class.

Update: Here's some of what people came up with in a hurry.  There will be more time.

BLOGGING.
We will be showing you how to post links to our new blog tracking document, so we can best assess your blogs quickly and efficiently.

And finally, we'll be getting everyone signed up on Remind today who isn't. Instructions are in the Humanities 2014 OUT folder on Google Drive.

GETTING ASSESSED? HOW TO READ OUR COMMENTS.

HOMEWORK.

Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Post:
Creative Blog Post:  Invent a game to help you learn in a class where you usually struggle.  It may be the same game you create with your class partners or it may be another.  Explain how the game works and why you think it will help you in that class.

Due: Friday, Oct 3

Complete: Whole New Mind: I Notice/I Wish/I Wonder #2

Focus on Portfolio Sections:  Design/Play/Meaning

Due: Thursday, Oct 2

Roots: Roots List #1 (See right hand side bar for lists and Quizlet links)

Quiz: Thursday, Oct 2nd

Roots-Word Product: Story/poem/song/film/letter/essay/blog post/etc that uses at least 5 root-based words

Due: Thursday, Oct 2nd

Compile & Design: Whole New Mind Portfolio

Rubric: http://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?code=KXWB553&sp=yes

Due: Thursday, Oct 9

Brit Lit CPI: 20% Project Proposal Form

Humanities: Vocab & Design & Blogging

Today, we start with a roots activity from Mr. Mason.

VOCAB.


Whole New Mind.
This will lead into our first exploration of Design sense from Whole New Mind.

In groups of one, two or three, we will create movie posters and tag lines for root-based words and vocab.  This serves a few different purposes.

One.  You will better learn your vocab.
Two. You will practice design.
Three.  You will have an item to add to your portfolio if you finish it.
Four.  You will have great material for a blog post.

You will be using MoviePoster.com as a source of inspiration.

This video helps explain the rule of thirds if I'm not around.

Rule of thirds from Jayne Whitelock on Vimeo.

And Whole New Mind discusses CRAP-ify your design

Contrast
Repetition
Alignment
Proximity

found here: http://howtwosondesign.blogspot.com/2012/03/crap-theory.html

Consider each of these elements in your design.

So what do you need to do?
Imagine you want everyone to use your root or root-based word or imagine you are making a movie about your root or root-based word.
1. Choose your root or root-based word.
2. Create a tag line i.e.  "This Time It's Personal" or "Who Knows What Happens When the Sun Goes Out?" Look at movie posters.  There are tag lines everywhere.  Bonus challenge: Use four root-based words in your movie poster and you have your Roots 1 Product for next Thursday DONE.
3.  Use the elements of good design and CRAP-ify to design a movie poster.

You'll have 20 minutes or so in class to work on this today and some more time tomorrow.  We'd like to share and discuss these on Monday.

BLOGGING. 

We want to give you time to post to your blog today and to read others' blog posts, make connections.

HOMEWORK.

Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Creative Post: Creative Blog Post: Post a Six-Word Memoir & a Six-Image Memoir on your blog.  Consider how you present those images, the arrangement, the format, etc.
Due: Friday, 9/26

Complete: I Notice/I Wish/I Wonder chart.  Over Story, Empathy, Symphony.
Due: Thursday, Sept 25 (TODAY!  Put in your Humanities IN folder on Google Drive.)

Study:  Roots Quiz 1
Complete: Roots 1 Product (Use 5+ roots-based words in context.)
Due: Thursday, Oct 2

Start Collecting Evidence and Planning: Whole New Mind Portfolio
Due: Thursday, Oct 9

Brit Lit CPI: Guidance Presentation & Frankenstein Begins

We started today with a guidance presentation.

After that, we took a look at the 20% Time Project Proposal form.  This must be completed in detail and with proper spelling, punctuation, grammar and such as it is being treated as professional document.

I've embedded it there.  You do not need to worry about the taxonomy spaces at this point in the game.

FRANKENSTEIN.

We started the 1931 Frankenstein film today.  Our initial activities will be around the I Notice/I Wish/I Wonder Checking for Understanding form.  This, as well as a F clip can be found under "shared with me."

HOMEWORK.

Be Thinking: How will you narrow and define your 20% time project.

Friday:  We set up blogs, folks finish their I Notice/I  Wish/I Wonder.