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.

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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.

Humanities: L-N-G View Readings, Symphony & Whole New Mind Portfolio Introduced

WARM-UP.  IMPROV.
We opened today with a round of an improv game called "Machine."  It was great fun.

CURRENT EVENTS. L-N-G READINGS.

From there, Mr. Brackett explained L-N-G readings which you can expect at least two times a week (Mondays and Wednesdays) and sometimes three times a week.  You will be using sources such as NewsELA.com to identify articles to read about issues that matter to you or hold some interest for you.  One of the cool features of NewsELA is  that you can adjust the reading level of the article to suit your needs while still reading the same article as everyone else.

Then you will fill out this form to record your understandings from the L-N-G article you read.

You may want to post screenshots or copy and paste your text of your L-N-G responses into your blog.  It would make for some very interesting reading and possible connections.

WHOLE NEW MIND.  PORTFOLIO.

We followed this work with an explanation of the Whole New Mind portfolio project due on October 9th.  The rubric is available below.

On Thursday, we continue working with our vocabulary and dig into Design sense.  We'll be making some cool stuff related to poster design and the vocabulary.

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

Study:  Roots Quiz 1
Complete: Roots 1 Product
Due: Thursday, Oct 2

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

Pop Culture: Getting Blogging Going

With many of our seniors at a guidance presentation, we are going to get going on blogs because this can be done even if you aren't in class.

Here's the blogging rubric for this year.


HOMEWORK.

Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Blog Post:
a) Read this article http://www.wired.com/2013/04/how-to-make-itunes-awesome-again/
b) Write your own "How to Make __________ " Choose a music app, music related device OR musical artist that you used to like, but feel like has been in need of some improvements for a while.  Identify two to three (or more) key areas of improvement and describe not only what needs to change but how you'd change it.

Try to use images to illustrate  your point.  Can't find a pic online?  Take your own.
Due: Friday 9/26



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, 10/3

Humanities: Vocab Begins and Symphony

ROOTS EXPLAINED.
Today we'll start our first experiences with vocab by looking at Roots 1.  Most of our vocab this year will be from our Greek and Latin roots work.  You can see all of our lists for the year here.  There's also a link in the sidebar.


We will be working on vocab on Tuesdays and Thursdays.   Our first quiz will be next Thursday.  We will show you in class how the quiz format works.  It is also important to know that each quiz builds on the next.  Thus, Roots Quiz 2 is over roots list 1 and 2.

In addition to the quiz, you must create a vocab-based product for your list.  Products have to use root-based words effectively and in context.

A root-based word is any word that uses your root.
For example, anti- is a root that means "against."
The word antidote is a word that uses anti-.

For your product, you might create a song, poem, story, speech, movie, video game, comic book, art, who-knows-what?  It needs to use 5 roots-based words effectively from the current list.  These products are always due the same day as the quiz.

WHOLE NEW MIND.  I NOTICE/I WISH/I WONDER.

After intro to the vocab you'll be completing a I Notice/I Wish/I Wonder chart over the empathy, story and symphony sections of Whole New Mind.  The chart is in the Humanities OUT folder.


BLOGGING.

You'll have time to blog today.  During this time, you may want to complete your six-word memoir  or you might want to look at someone else's blog and make a connect.

WHOLE NEW MIND.  SYMPHONY.

Five Line Drawings.

Want to start building your skills in Whole New Mind?  Check out this slideshare!  All sorts of activities you can do -- most of the chunks of the portfolio.  

Pink Portfolio Exercises from ajohnsonwh

HOMEWORK.

Complete: I Notice/I Wish/I Wonder chart.
Due: Thursday, Sept 25

Study:  Roots Quiz 1
Complete: Roots 1 Product
Due: Thursday, Oct 2

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