Part I
Part II
Monday, December 2, 2013
All Classes: PBL Proposal Form Tutorials (Without Bloom's)
These were made during class on December 2nd. Reference them to help you complete the PBL proposal form. We'll make one that includes Bloom's Taxonomy soon.
Part I
Part I
Humanities: Projects, Closing Arguments, Blogging and Back to Basics
Hi, folks. We have a routine in Humanities that can get disrupted sometimes. We are going to get back on that routine this week.
- Monday: LoNGview & Project Proposals & Blog Quality
- Tuesday: Roots Activity & Project/Closing Argument Work & Exit Tickets
- Wednesday: LoNGview & Project/Closing Argument Work & No Red Ink & Exit Tickets
- Thursday: Roots 6 Quiz & Product Due & Closing Argument Workshop
- Friday: No Red Ink & Closing Arguments DUE & Blogs Due
Today, we will start with a LoNGview reading that ties into your work with Of Mice & Men and poverty.
From there you will have to complete a project proposal form for your photo essay or StoryCorps IN CLASS. It can be found in your inbox. This is due today, in class.
I posted a tutorial to help you with your blogging.
I posted a tutorial to help you with your blogging.
HOMEWORK
Blog: 3+ Posts this week
Creative Blog Entry: Casting Call. Select at least two actors/actresses for a new version of Of Mice & Men. Explain your casting decisions by referencing the performers prior roles, embedding images that prove they have the necessary "look," and making an argument that these are the BEST people for the roles.
Due: Friday, December 6
Complete: Project Proposal Form
Due: Today, Monday, December 2
Study: Roots 6 Quiz & Product
Due: Thursday, December 5
Closing Arguments
Due: Friday, December 6
Photo Essay/StoryCorps
Due: Tuesday, December 10
Creative Blog Post Sample: Casting Call: Of Mice & Men
Here's a tutorial that shows how the following was made.
I think these two fine performers would do a superb job in the roles of George and Curley's wife in a 2014 version of Of Mice & Men.
Renner proved through The Hurt Locker that he has some serious acting skills. He played a bomb squad technician who struggles with PTSD and generally connecting to the people around him. While George isn't suffering, he definitely has a tough time connecting to the people around him. He's always on his guard. He has difficulty trusting people. He's got hopes and dreams, but he keeps finding himself stuck back where he started. And that's at lot like the character in The Hurt Locker. He played Hawkeye in The Avengers which is just awesome. So he's got that going for him too.
I think these two fine performers would do a superb job in the roles of George and Curley's wife in a 2014 version of Of Mice & Men.
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| pic via www.imdb.com |
Jeremy Renner as George Milton.
Renner proved through The Hurt Locker that he has some serious acting skills. He played a bomb squad technician who struggles with PTSD and generally connecting to the people around him. While George isn't suffering, he definitely has a tough time connecting to the people around him. He's always on his guard. He has difficulty trusting people. He's got hopes and dreams, but he keeps finding himself stuck back where he started. And that's at lot like the character in The Hurt Locker. He played Hawkeye in The Avengers which is just awesome. So he's got that going for him too.
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| pic via imdb.com |
Elizabeth Debicki as Curley's Wife
Debicki played Jordan in the 2013 version of The Great Gatsby. She was a powerful, independent woman in that film. Curley's wife seems to want independence even though she doesn't have it herself. She clearly struggles with that. She's got a great look in her eyes though and that seems important to Curley's wife who uses her eyes and her looks and her voice to get what she wants. And Jordan in Gatsby does the same. Plus, we don't a lot about Curley's wife. She sort of an unknown and that's a lot like casting a relatively unknown actress.
Hey listen up folks. We gotta a serious situation. We are going into production on a new Of Mice and Men in two weeks! And we got no one! Yet.
AP Lit 2B & 3B: Hamlet, Hamlet,, Hamlet
Monday: Hamlet.
We will focus on energies on Hamlet. We will open with another little exercise to get us in the headspace and cause a little anxiety in the room. A little. Not a lot. Enough to be productive and useful.
Wednesday will be a big The Swimmer activity. Emphasis on big.
Friday, we will review design thinking, the process analysis product, and discussing all of the sonnet work you will be doing. As well as more with Hamlet. How will we ever fit in all in? Magic.
Homework
Blogs: 3+ Posts
Req'd Post: Hamlet Writes a Sonnet
Choose any character from Hamlet and write a sonnet from that character's point of view. Pay particular attention to which sonnet form you choose. Be certain to include all elements of that sonnet form within your creation AND to make those choices with deliberate intention. How can the format and rhyme scheme reflect the character?
Due: Friday, December 6
Sonnet Work:
Read: "The Sonnet" chapter in "How to Read Lit" and annotate.
Read: you’ve got a pile of poetry to read and it’s gonna be great. We will be examining the sonnet form and discussing why it endures. I’ve put three links on Diigo — and highlighted the poems you need to read on the “Sonnet” page. There are two Shakespearean sonnets you need to read as well, ”Let Those Who Are in Favour”and “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”
Annotate three of the above sonnets. Your choice.
Due: Friday, December 6
Review & Annotate:
Cheever's The Swimmer (Check your AP Lit Out)
Due: Wednesday, December 4
Read Hamlet:
TBA
Due: Wednesday, December 4
We will focus on energies on Hamlet. We will open with another little exercise to get us in the headspace and cause a little anxiety in the room. A little. Not a lot. Enough to be productive and useful.
Wednesday will be a big The Swimmer activity. Emphasis on big.
Friday, we will review design thinking, the process analysis product, and discussing all of the sonnet work you will be doing. As well as more with Hamlet. How will we ever fit in all in? Magic.
Homework
Blogs: 3+ Posts
Req'd Post: Hamlet Writes a Sonnet
Choose any character from Hamlet and write a sonnet from that character's point of view. Pay particular attention to which sonnet form you choose. Be certain to include all elements of that sonnet form within your creation AND to make those choices with deliberate intention. How can the format and rhyme scheme reflect the character?
Due: Friday, December 6
Sonnet Work:
Read: "The Sonnet" chapter in "How to Read Lit" and annotate.
Read: you’ve got a pile of poetry to read and it’s gonna be great. We will be examining the sonnet form and discussing why it endures. I’ve put three links on Diigo — and highlighted the poems you need to read on the “Sonnet” page. There are two Shakespearean sonnets you need to read as well, ”Let Those Who Are in Favour”and “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”
Annotate three of the above sonnets. Your choice.
Due: Friday, December 6
Review & Annotate:
Cheever's The Swimmer (Check your AP Lit Out)
Due: Wednesday, December 4
Read Hamlet:
TBA
Due: Wednesday, December 4
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Humanities: Work, Work, Work
Monday and Tuesday prior to Thanksgiving break are all about the work. We've put a lot on the plate -- though in bite sized chunks -- and here are two class periods to accomplish goals.
Vocab.
Tuesday we introduced Roots 6. This is a big deal because it is a reset. You need only know these ten roots for the next quiz. That quiz will happen on Thursday, December 5.
Today we will do a couple of activities designed to help you come up with alternative ways of demonstrating understanding of roots other than word maps.
And here's pics of them!
Vocab.
Tuesday we introduced Roots 6. This is a big deal because it is a reset. You need only know these ten roots for the next quiz. That quiz will happen on Thursday, December 5.
Today we will do a couple of activities designed to help you come up with alternative ways of demonstrating understanding of roots other than word maps.
And here's pics of them!
Homework
Closing Argument: Due Friday, December 6
Photo Essay/Story Corps: Due Tuesday, December 10
Blogs: Get caught up! Should be 12 posts as of Nov 22; be sure to make connections to others and to do the req'd posts for each week.
AP Lit: Hamlet & More . . . ?
Today we start with a couple of key questions that will determine our next steps in the day.
Before lunch, though, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. We will read aloud and dissect and analyze and consider. It shall be glorious.
Post the time of the lunch eating, well, we shall see. We shall be spending some time in the inspiration corner, ideating and brainstorming. That's for certain. The rest of the time is largely dependent upon the answers to questions that yet to be asked as I write these lines.
Homework
Blog: NONE! Take the week to catch up on past entries or just plain chill. And if you want to blog, I will read it! Blogs continue to be a source of inspiration for me. So much good stuff. If you haven't read through your classmates' thoughts yet, do so post haste!
Synthesis Essay 2: Due Tuesday, November 26th. Google Drive that sucker.
Hamlet: We will pause until we have read in class up to where we have read outside of class. We will be calibrated when we are back from Turkey Day.
Before lunch, though, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. We will read aloud and dissect and analyze and consider. It shall be glorious.
Post the time of the lunch eating, well, we shall see. We shall be spending some time in the inspiration corner, ideating and brainstorming. That's for certain. The rest of the time is largely dependent upon the answers to questions that yet to be asked as I write these lines.
Homework
Blog: NONE! Take the week to catch up on past entries or just plain chill. And if you want to blog, I will read it! Blogs continue to be a source of inspiration for me. So much good stuff. If you haven't read through your classmates' thoughts yet, do so post haste!
Synthesis Essay 2: Due Tuesday, November 26th. Google Drive that sucker.
Hamlet: We will pause until we have read in class up to where we have read outside of class. We will be calibrated when we are back from Turkey Day.
PACE: Repetition Rhyme & Unpacking Standards
Here's some pics of what we did in class on Tuesday the 26th.
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