We are just hammering you with big thinking right now and here comes some more . . .
We'll start with an opt-in MUGS activity to help you with "your/you're" before your quiz on Wednesday. If you'd like to participate, work with Mr. Ryder on one side of the room. You may choose to use this time to blog instead, if you feel like you don't need any help understanding the differences between your and you're.
From there, we will do a sorting activity based on the learning styles quizzes you took the other day. You will be up. You will be moving. It will be most fantastic.
That takes us to watching a couple of videos that tie in directly to all the work we've been doing with design thinking, habits of mind, and learning styles.
One is this episode of SplitScreen with Shannon Moss featuring the Howe Brothers from Howe & Howe.
The other is a preview of a design thinking documentary we'll be watching in chunks this week, Extreme by Design.
You can see even more a preview here and more of the documentary here.
We'll be using a variety of strategies to help capture our thinking about these videos and how they tie into the work we've been doing with Habits of Mind.
HOMEWORK
MUGS Quiz NEXT CLASS!
Habits of Mind Assessment next Thursday and Friday!
Roots Quiz Thursday!
Get your missing work IN!!!! Revisions!
Monday, January 13, 2014
Literary 3x3 Into Thesis Statements Essay Maps & Poetry!
Today we'll start with getting NoRedInk.com up and running and the first lesson on there. Quiz on Friday.
We'll run ripshod over Hamlet, Act II, scene 2. (Or at least, part of it. We have a tendency to get carried away on the Hamlet and we have other things to do!)
Then, we'll return to our Literary 3x3s for "Araby" and use them to shape thesis statements & essay maps. (The results of our work will be posted here for perusal.)
Then we'll complete the lesson plan from last week:
Blog: 3+ posts
Req'd Post: Create a Literary 3x3 for Joyce's "Eveline" and for Houseman's "To an Athlete Dying Young." Choose one of the those two 3x3s and turn it into a thesis statement & map your thinking about an essay. Those maps can be visual! Or verbal! Just get 'em up on your blog.
AE Houseman's "To an Athlete Dying Young"
James Joyce's "Eveline"
Due: Friday, Jan. 17
MUGS Quiz: Apostrophes 1
In Class: Friday, Jan 17 on NoRedInk.com
Revise: Synthesis #2
Due: Friday, Jan 17 (if you want a 2nd revision)
Design & Create: Poetry as Design pieces
Due: Wednesday, Jan 13 (Next Class!)
Installation: Monday, Jan 20 (voluntary)
Read & Create: Indie Book Project #3
Due: Wednesday, Jan 29
Note: We will be taking time Jan 28 - Feb 7 to explore our readings & share our products in depth
We'll run ripshod over Hamlet, Act II, scene 2. (Or at least, part of it. We have a tendency to get carried away on the Hamlet and we have other things to do!)
Then, we'll return to our Literary 3x3s for "Araby" and use them to shape thesis statements & essay maps. (The results of our work will be posted here for perusal.)
Then we'll complete the lesson plan from last week:
"From there, we are going to try a little experiment connected to our "Poetry as Design" work.
We will transfer our literary 3x3s to index cards, one word per card. Thus, every student will end up with a deck of nine cards. We will start by rearranging our down decks. What other configurations can we make of those nine words? It's okay to mentally adjust tense and such to make it work.
From there, we will continue the experiment by passing decks. See if you can create a 3x3 with another deck.
And from there, things great really crazy. We will take the decks. Combine. Shuffle. Deal nine.
And then . . . design poems. Design a companion poem to Joyce's "Araby" using the nine words (and others) and what you understand about design."
Blog: 3+ posts
Req'd Post: Create a Literary 3x3 for Joyce's "Eveline" and for Houseman's "To an Athlete Dying Young." Choose one of the those two 3x3s and turn it into a thesis statement & map your thinking about an essay. Those maps can be visual! Or verbal! Just get 'em up on your blog.
AE Houseman's "To an Athlete Dying Young"
James Joyce's "Eveline"
Due: Friday, Jan. 17
MUGS Quiz: Apostrophes 1
In Class: Friday, Jan 17 on NoRedInk.com
Revise: Synthesis #2
Due: Friday, Jan 17 (if you want a 2nd revision)
Design & Create: Poetry as Design pieces
Due: Wednesday, Jan 13 (Next Class!)
Installation: Monday, Jan 20 (voluntary)
Read & Create: Indie Book Project #3
Due: Wednesday, Jan 29
Note: We will be taking time Jan 28 - Feb 7 to explore our readings & share our products in depth
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Thursday, January 9, 2014
AP Lit 3G: Hamlet returns & Araby & Literary 3x3s
Start with Hamlet. Read Hamlet Act II, scene 1 aloud. Follow my instructions in this video! (It'll involve recording and a little bit of directing from me!)
After completing the Hamlet work you will shift to Joyce's "Araby."
Share your literary 3x3s of James Joyce's "Araby." (Next week we will use these 3x3s to formulate thesis statements and propose structure of essays about Joyce's short story. That's going to be more helpful with me around.)
From there, we are going to try a little experiment connected to our "Poetry as Design" work.
We will transfer our literary 3x3s to index cards, one word per card. Thus, every student will end up with a deck of nine cards. We will start by rearranging our down decks. What other configurations can we make of those nine words? It's okay to mentally adjust tense and such to make it work.
From there, we will continue the experiment by passing decks. See if you can create a 3x3 with another deck.
And from there, things great really crazy. We will take the decks. Combine. Shuffle. Deal nine.
And then . . . design poems. Design a companion poem to Joyce's "Araby" using the nine words (and others) and what you understand about design.
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Blog: 3+ posts
Req'd Post: Create a Literary 3x3 for one of these other two poems that reflect the contemporary African-American experience of the poets in their respective times (consider them as a collection alongside Clifton's "miss rosie")
Rita Dove's "Vacation"
Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Sympathy"
Due: Friday, Jan. 10
Read & Annotate: "Araby" by James Joyce (check your inbox)Due: Friday, Jan 10
Revise: Synthesis #2
Due: Friday, Jan 17 (if you want a 2nd revision)
Design & Create: Poetry as Design piecesDue: Monday, Jan 13Installation: Monday, Jan 20 (voluntary)
Read & Create: Indie Book Project #3Due: Wednesday, Jan 29Note: We will be taking time Jan 28 - Feb 7 to explore our readings & share our products in depth
Heads UpReading Hamlet in Class starting again MUGS quizzes & opt-in mini-lessons on the way
After completing the Hamlet work you will shift to Joyce's "Araby."
Share your literary 3x3s of James Joyce's "Araby." (Next week we will use these 3x3s to formulate thesis statements and propose structure of essays about Joyce's short story. That's going to be more helpful with me around.)
From there, we are going to try a little experiment connected to our "Poetry as Design" work.
We will transfer our literary 3x3s to index cards, one word per card. Thus, every student will end up with a deck of nine cards. We will start by rearranging our down decks. What other configurations can we make of those nine words? It's okay to mentally adjust tense and such to make it work.
From there, we will continue the experiment by passing decks. See if you can create a 3x3 with another deck.
And from there, things great really crazy. We will take the decks. Combine. Shuffle. Deal nine.
And then . . . design poems. Design a companion poem to Joyce's "Araby" using the nine words (and others) and what you understand about design.
]
Blog: 3+ posts
Req'd Post: Create a Literary 3x3 for one of these other two poems that reflect the contemporary African-American experience of the poets in their respective times (consider them as a collection alongside Clifton's "miss rosie")
Rita Dove's "Vacation"
Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Sympathy"
Due: Friday, Jan. 10
Read & Annotate: "Araby" by James Joyce (check your inbox)Due: Friday, Jan 10
Revise: Synthesis #2
Due: Friday, Jan 17 (if you want a 2nd revision)
Design & Create: Poetry as Design piecesDue: Monday, Jan 13Installation: Monday, Jan 20 (voluntary)
Read & Create: Indie Book Project #3Due: Wednesday, Jan 29Note: We will be taking time Jan 28 - Feb 7 to explore our readings & share our products in depth
Heads UpReading Hamlet in Class starting again MUGS quizzes & opt-in mini-lessons on the way
PACE: Getting Ready for the Next Chapter of PACE
Today, I'll be learning how to operate the new lighting arrays in the auditorium and forum. These are exciting things but pull me away from you.
Here's the thing. Last class? I took most of those 40 minutes to lay out the work that needs to happen before we transition to our next work in PACE. We'll be unpacking writing standards next week and starting out essay.
Today, you have time. Time. Time. Time.
Treat those paragraphs just like you have been your thinking about standards and authentic understanding. If I just write three sentences because that's what makes a paragraph, have I truly reflected on what I've created? If you treat it like busy work, it becomes busy work. If you treat it like a meaningful look at your experience making and creating and understanding, it becomes helpful.
Ask yourself:
Do I really understand figurative language now? How they convey meaning and ideas? Can I identify specific types of figurative language (hyperbole, metaphor, personification, etc.)
Do I really understand repetition & rhyme? How they add emphasis? How they affect the language of a poem in important ways?
Do I really understand diction and how choosing a particular word can affect a reader? Can influence meaning? Have I demonstrated this in my product and have I explained it?
You folks have come so far 2nd Quarter. Really. I've been so impressed with everyone these past two months in terms of investment in their thinking. (Blogs... not so much. AND... we're righting that ship! Yes!)
Today is a big deal. Take advantage. Tuesday we share projects, start MUGS work & unpack writing standards.
HOMEWORK
Blog: 3+ posts
Req'd Post: Create a "What If 2014" list for yourself. Check out my model in the right sidebar.
Complete: Poetry/Music Projects. Think about what we talked about the other day with design. Making a finished complete project.
Complete: Graphic organizers.
Complete: Three reflective paragraphs on your poetry/music project: product, process, outcome
Here's the thing. Last class? I took most of those 40 minutes to lay out the work that needs to happen before we transition to our next work in PACE. We'll be unpacking writing standards next week and starting out essay.
Today, you have time. Time. Time. Time.
- Time to blog.
- Time to put the finishing touches on projects.
- Time to finish the graphic organizers for the poetry unit.
- Time to write your project reflections -- that must be completed before I assess the project -- a paragraph on product, paragraph on process, and a paragraph on outcome.
Treat those paragraphs just like you have been your thinking about standards and authentic understanding. If I just write three sentences because that's what makes a paragraph, have I truly reflected on what I've created? If you treat it like busy work, it becomes busy work. If you treat it like a meaningful look at your experience making and creating and understanding, it becomes helpful.
Ask yourself:
Do I really understand figurative language now? How they convey meaning and ideas? Can I identify specific types of figurative language (hyperbole, metaphor, personification, etc.)
Do I really understand repetition & rhyme? How they add emphasis? How they affect the language of a poem in important ways?
Do I really understand diction and how choosing a particular word can affect a reader? Can influence meaning? Have I demonstrated this in my product and have I explained it?
You folks have come so far 2nd Quarter. Really. I've been so impressed with everyone these past two months in terms of investment in their thinking. (Blogs... not so much. AND... we're righting that ship! Yes!)
Today is a big deal. Take advantage. Tuesday we share projects, start MUGS work & unpack writing standards.
HOMEWORK
Blog: 3+ posts
Req'd Post: Create a "What If 2014" list for yourself. Check out my model in the right sidebar.
Complete: Poetry/Music Projects. Think about what we talked about the other day with design. Making a finished complete project.
Complete: Graphic organizers.
Complete: Three reflective paragraphs on your poetry/music project: product, process, outcome
Humanities: Knockout & Habits of Mind & Blogging
Today we'll start with an activity to help with vocab, in particular, Roots 8. Knock out. Roots style. Boom.
From there we will consider the work we have done for the past couple of days and figure out which of the Habits of Mind we've been practicing. Yup, we've been focused on metacognition, but which of the others as well?
Then we'll briefly review the article we read on metacognition from BrainFacts.org and we will blog. We'll look at "What If" 2014 over in the right side bar, as well as the other tools under "blogging prompts & rubric" and you will be set up to do your own list on your blog.
That will lead to the survey on learning styles from Edutopia that we didn't take yesterday. Take screen shots. Posts your results.
HOMEWORK
Blog: 3+ posts
Req'd Post: Create your own list of "What If's" for 2014. Look at Mr Ryder's example in the right sidebar. He's posted his huge list.
Due: Friday, Jan 11
Study: Roots 8 (& 6, 7)
Quiz: Thursday, Jan 16
Complete: Word Map or Product for Roots 8
Practice: MUGS your/you're
Quiz: No Red Ink, Wed Jan 15
Submit: Missing closing arguments & story corps/photo essays; self assessments
Put in Humanities IN folder on Google Drive
From there we will consider the work we have done for the past couple of days and figure out which of the Habits of Mind we've been practicing. Yup, we've been focused on metacognition, but which of the others as well?
Then we'll briefly review the article we read on metacognition from BrainFacts.org and we will blog. We'll look at "What If" 2014 over in the right side bar, as well as the other tools under "blogging prompts & rubric" and you will be set up to do your own list on your blog.
That will lead to the survey on learning styles from Edutopia that we didn't take yesterday. Take screen shots. Posts your results.
HOMEWORK
Blog: 3+ posts
Req'd Post: Create your own list of "What If's" for 2014. Look at Mr Ryder's example in the right sidebar. He's posted his huge list.
Due: Friday, Jan 11
Study: Roots 8 (& 6, 7)
Quiz: Thursday, Jan 16
Complete: Word Map or Product for Roots 8
Practice: MUGS your/you're
Quiz: No Red Ink, Wed Jan 15
Submit: Missing closing arguments & story corps/photo essays; self assessments
Put in Humanities IN folder on Google Drive
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