Day before Turkey Break and we are going to do a ton of stuff!
1. Roots 1-5 Quiz. We'll tackle that right away.
2. Literary 3x3: Of Mice & Men.
We haven't done these in Eng 9 yet this year. Here's how it works.
Take the book and break it down into three, three-word sentences.
For example, if I were to write:
Tornado transports girl
Adventures reveal strengths
Discovers home persists
What movie would I have created?
How about . . .
Boy inhabits closet
School reveals fate
Friendship conquers magic
Now it is your turn. Write a Literary 3x3 of Of Mice and Men.
Do not repeat any words. Try to use only powerful words. Try to get an action word in each line.
Once we have our Literary 3x3s written, we'll transfer them over to index cards for the next round of thinking. There will be a lot of shuffling and moving around and experimenting. We'll take lots of pics for our blogs.
All of this is helping us to tune our brains around what really matters in our tiny house design, because then . . .
3. Tiny House, Big Dreams. Discovery Phase continues. First, we'll name our teams and determine team leaders.
We'll dig out your work you did for today and make visual maps of your information using Post-It notes. We want to figure out if we are identifying the needs of our users and finding all of the information we need. Then we need to identify the cracks -- what information are we missing? what do we really need in order to meet the needs? How are we going to find that out?
We'll use whatever time we have left to keep gathering information we need and also looking at the fantastic prototype that Jeremy already made!
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Thursday, November 19, 2015
AP Lit: Bradstreet and The Hours
We'll open with setting up our Google Drive IN folders. This is something we should have done months ago. Turn in your Frankliners.
From there, we look at Anne Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband." We will SCOUT this poem, a technique we have not used for a while.
We'll use that work with Bradstreet as an in-roads to the three protagonists of The Hours and the key paragraph for each.
From there, we look at Anne Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband." We will SCOUT this poem, a technique we have not used for a while.
We'll use that work with Bradstreet as an in-roads to the three protagonists of The Hours and the key paragraph for each.
Show Your Thinking
Blog. Due Friday 11.20.15
Critical Creativity Challenge: Score the Lit. Choose any of our most recent readings and create an original score using either live instrumentation, Garage Band, Wolfram Tones, Beat Lab, or another online/digital music generator/creator.
Read. The Hours. Gold Day: Up to Page 121 for Friday .
Identify a Key Paragraph for Each Protagonist.
Ask yourself, "If Cunningham had only one paragraph per section, which would it be?"
Submission Draft. Frankliners.
Due. Wednesday/Thursday. November 18 & 19.
Humanities: Joni James Photography Workshop Day Two: Critique
Today in class, Joni James will return to work with us on our Capture Our Culture photo essay design challenge. We're in the middle of Experiment phase here. (Note: We didn't complete Empathy phase as intended this week. That's on me. I have a plan though. It could bring us some interesting feedback and understanding.)
We'll focus on critiquing photos today to improve upon the composition skills Joni provided us last week. Here are the notes she gave us.
We'll focus on critiquing photos today to improve upon the composition skills Joni provided us last week. Here are the notes she gave us.
Decisive Moment
Leading Lines
Find a frame
Rule Of thirds
Color or B+w?
What do you see?
SHOW YOUR WORK.
Blog.
1+ Posts
Critical Creativity Challenge: Photo Essay in Progress.
Due. 11.20.15
Design. Capture Your Culture Photo Essay.
Due. Monday. 11.23.15
Study. Roots Quiz 105.
Due. Tuesday. 11.24.15
Return: Of Mice & Men to Library.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Pop Culture: Phrankenomenon Design Challenge: Day Two & Reflections
First, we will create Google Drive Pop Culture In Folders.
a. Create a folder in Google Drive.
b. Title It: [Your name] Pop Culture Fall 2015 IN
c. Share it with me and make me someone who can EDIT your Inbox.
From now on, including any materials for your Film Culture project, you will put anything you are turning in for class in this folder. Remember that Pages documents still need to be exported as PDFs or copy and pasted into Google Docs.
Today your team of one, two, or three members will need to complete the Experiment and Production phases of your Phrankenomenon design challenge.
EXPERIMENT Phase. Remix and mashup various features of other phenomena in order to create an original idea you believe capable of having the same degree of cultural impact.
Demonstrate your ideas through a slide deck, sketchnote, video or Prezi. This will make for excellent blog materail.
PRODUCTION Phase. After sharing your ideas, we will conduct feedback rounds using the 4 Corners feedback form.
And then you have three mandatory questions to answer. You may want to blog them as evidence there or you may choose to submit them in your Pop Culture IN folder. The extent to which you answer these questions will appear as a Media assessment in PowerSchool.
Question 1. After seeing the various phrankenomena developed in class, what characteristics seem to surface most frequently? Why do you think this is the case?
Question 2. Based on your understanding of pop culture phenomena, which of the phrankenomena developed in class do you believe would have the great chance of becoming a real success story? What understandings of the world around you lead you this conclusion?
Question 3. How might understanding the features and characteristics of what makes a cultural phenomenon help you be successful in one of your possible future career paths? How might you apply that knowledge to solve problems and achieve goals? Be specific in your thinking.
a. Create a folder in Google Drive.
b. Title It: [Your name] Pop Culture Fall 2015 IN
c. Share it with me and make me someone who can EDIT your Inbox.
From now on, including any materials for your Film Culture project, you will put anything you are turning in for class in this folder. Remember that Pages documents still need to be exported as PDFs or copy and pasted into Google Docs.
Today your team of one, two, or three members will need to complete the Experiment and Production phases of your Phrankenomenon design challenge.
EXPERIMENT Phase. Remix and mashup various features of other phenomena in order to create an original idea you believe capable of having the same degree of cultural impact.
Demonstrate your ideas through a slide deck, sketchnote, video or Prezi. This will make for excellent blog materail.
PRODUCTION Phase. After sharing your ideas, we will conduct feedback rounds using the 4 Corners feedback form.
SHOW YOUR LEARNING.
Blog.
Critical Creativity Challenge: Phrankenomenon.
1+ Posts Due 11.20.15
And then you have three mandatory questions to answer. You may want to blog them as evidence there or you may choose to submit them in your Pop Culture IN folder. The extent to which you answer these questions will appear as a Media assessment in PowerSchool.
Question 1. After seeing the various phrankenomena developed in class, what characteristics seem to surface most frequently? Why do you think this is the case?
Question 2. Based on your understanding of pop culture phenomena, which of the phrankenomena developed in class do you believe would have the great chance of becoming a real success story? What understandings of the world around you lead you this conclusion?
Question 3. How might understanding the features and characteristics of what makes a cultural phenomenon help you be successful in one of your possible future career paths? How might you apply that knowledge to solve problems and achieve goals? Be specific in your thinking.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Pop Culture: HMW Design a Phrankenomenon?
HMW Design a Phrankenomenon?
DISCOVER Phase.
EMPATHY Phase.
EXPERIMENT Phase.
PRODUCE Phase.
Monday, November 16, 2015
AP Lit: Design Challenge: Making the Ladies of The Hours
Today we ran a design challenge flashlab: How might we demonstrate our understanding of the protagonists in The Hours through physical representations?
I blogged about the day's events on my Medium blog so the Blue Day crew can see what's coming their way.
Show Your Thinking
Blog. Due Friday 11.20.15
Critical Creativity Challenge: Score the Lit. Choose any of our most recent readings and create an original score using either live instrumentation, Garage Band, Wolfram Tones, Beat Lab, or another online/digital music generator/creator.
Read. The Hours. Up to Page 80.
Identify a Key Paragraph for Each Protagonist.
Ask yourself, "If Cunningham had only one paragraph per section, which would it be?"
Submission Draft. Frankliners.
Due. Wednesday/Thursday. November 18 & 19.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Pop Culture: Stars Wars: Still Relevant?
We have a very short class today due to the very cool career expo happening on campus today.
We'll focus on energy on looking at two different articles about Star Wars and the extent to which it is still relevant today.
Here's the example of the work we will do. An article about Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer and its arrival on the internet from EW.com
We took just the opening paragraphs and made this blackout poem.
Now it's your turn.
Two articles, which gives you 15 minutes to work with each one. I'll be holding you tight to that time. (You can always go back and revise your thinking later; it would make for glorious blog posting that would demonstrate your reading skills and potentially others as well.)
Article One. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/troy-campbell/why-star-wars-matters_b_5246549.html
Article Two. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-05-31/entertainment/ct-ae-0602-johnson-star-wars-20130531_1_naboo-millennium-falcon-star-wars
Here's your process:
1. Read one article with this question in mind? "To what extent does this author feel Star Wars is important to our society today?"
2. Make a list of up to nine key words/phrases from the text. It may be fewer than this.
3. Create a blackout poem from the article that captures the essence of what the author is trying to say. (Use digital or analog means. Highlight in black on Google docs/preview works well)
Then . . .
1. Read the other article.
2. Make a list of up to nine key words/phrases from the text. Again, it may be fewer than this.
3. Create a blackout poem from this article that captures the essence of what the author is trying to say.
Then
1. Take pics of both blackout poems.
2. Post on your blog.
3. Compare and contrast your two blackout poems as well as the big ideas of the authors.
4. What do you think?
We'll focus on energy on looking at two different articles about Star Wars and the extent to which it is still relevant today.
Here's the example of the work we will do. An article about Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer and its arrival on the internet from EW.com
We took just the opening paragraphs and made this blackout poem.
Now it's your turn.
Two articles, which gives you 15 minutes to work with each one. I'll be holding you tight to that time. (You can always go back and revise your thinking later; it would make for glorious blog posting that would demonstrate your reading skills and potentially others as well.)
Article One. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/troy-campbell/why-star-wars-matters_b_5246549.html
Article Two. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-05-31/entertainment/ct-ae-0602-johnson-star-wars-20130531_1_naboo-millennium-falcon-star-wars
Here's your process:
1. Read one article with this question in mind? "To what extent does this author feel Star Wars is important to our society today?"
2. Make a list of up to nine key words/phrases from the text. It may be fewer than this.
3. Create a blackout poem from the article that captures the essence of what the author is trying to say. (Use digital or analog means. Highlight in black on Google docs/preview works well)
Then . . .
1. Read the other article.
2. Make a list of up to nine key words/phrases from the text. Again, it may be fewer than this.
3. Create a blackout poem from this article that captures the essence of what the author is trying to say.
Then
1. Take pics of both blackout poems.
2. Post on your blog.
3. Compare and contrast your two blackout poems as well as the big ideas of the authors.
4. What do you think?
Critical Creativity Challenges for the Week.
Blogging.
Due. Friday. 11.13.15.
1. Blackout Poetry: Star Wars and Relevance. Use the process above.
or
Create a blackout poem from article about a pop culture phenomenon that interests you
2. Infographic. Use Piktochart or another infographic tool (Google Draw works well) to show the impact/role of Star Wars OR another pop culture phenomenon in your life.
3. Recut Trailer. Take any Star Wars footage (or other pop culture phenomenon footage) and recut it/re-score it to change the mood and/or tone and create a trailer for a different genre of film. An example is the Mary Poppins horror trailer or the Frozen horror trailer.
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