Today we will begin with "Trifles" and close with a couple of voluntary project shares.
In a first for this class, we will stage a dramatic reading of Susan Glaspill's "Trifles." As we move through the dialogue, we will storyboard the action as well. (My hope and dream is that one of our artistically inclined folk will take marker in hand and illustrate for us as we go.) The intent here is to see the importance of blocking, while also aligning movement to dialogue and such. (I'm less than articulate at the moment. I know what I mean. I think.)
And we very well may need to stand up and act to make it all work.
We'll end class with a couple of project shares. We'll keep sharing as we go through the next several classes. Sharing is completely voluntary.
Lastly, note the new synthesis essay is due for workshopping next week. Plan wisely. Start some pre-planning now and document, document, document your process. You will want it all for your big self-analysis project in the spring.
Homework
Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Creative Post:
Write a brief dialogue in which two characters reveal exactly how they feel about a third, not-present character, without ever using the phrasing, "I don't like ... " or "I really appreciate ____" etc. This is an opportunity to practice showing vs. telling while also gaining perspective on the challenge facing a playwright that doesn't want to bore audiences with exposition.
Due: Friday, November 15
Read & Annotate: Hamlet, 1.1 (Click for Folger edition online; download PDF from them for handwritten markups)
It is an admitted challenge. Be brave. We will be reading it all in class as well.
Due: Thurs, November 14
Prethinking & Starting to Write: Synthesis #2
Source material is anything you've read for class by assigment or choice
Workshop Draft Due: Wed., November 20th
Submission Draft Due: Tuesday, November 26th
Monday, November 11, 2013
PACE: Music & Poetry Solving Problems as We Solve Our Own
We'll start Tuesday with a look at this. (If you are looking at this on an iPad, you'll likely see nothing but a jigsaw puzzle piece or some such indicator that there's no Flash available to you.)
We'll briefly explore these words, who wrote them, what they mean, and what it means for your work this week. I'm being a little shifty and mysterious because of the lesson itself, but basically we are going to practice in class the work you will be doing on your blogs this week.
After this activity, we have some very important work to complete. We have to walk out the door with our essential questions established for this unit, a clear sense of project choices that should allow you to answer those questions, and some lists of the steps and stages we'll need to go through in order to accomplish the goal.
HOMEWORK
Blog: 3+ posts
Req'd Creative Post: Select a favorite musical artist of yours and create a lyrical remix, an original song made up from the words of that artist's previous words. This is an opportunity to examine how songwriters craft their work, while at the same time giving you a chance to look at the patterns and repetition, rhyme and figurative language of your favorite music.
Include a brief analysis of your song that explains your thinking, the choices you made and how you believe your song reflects that artist's other work.
Due: Friday, Nov. 15
Complete:
Three 4 Thinking over Beat Making Lab videos
Due: Today
Be Thinking:
Project Choices & Essay Topics
We'll briefly explore these words, who wrote them, what they mean, and what it means for your work this week. I'm being a little shifty and mysterious because of the lesson itself, but basically we are going to practice in class the work you will be doing on your blogs this week.
After this activity, we have some very important work to complete. We have to walk out the door with our essential questions established for this unit, a clear sense of project choices that should allow you to answer those questions, and some lists of the steps and stages we'll need to go through in order to accomplish the goal.
HOMEWORK
Blog: 3+ posts
Req'd Creative Post: Select a favorite musical artist of yours and create a lyrical remix, an original song made up from the words of that artist's previous words. This is an opportunity to examine how songwriters craft their work, while at the same time giving you a chance to look at the patterns and repetition, rhyme and figurative language of your favorite music.
Include a brief analysis of your song that explains your thinking, the choices you made and how you believe your song reflects that artist's other work.
Due: Friday, Nov. 15
Complete:
Three 4 Thinking over Beat Making Lab videos
Due: Today
Be Thinking:
Project Choices & Essay Topics
Friday, November 8, 2013
Humanities: No Red Ink, Projects, Of Mice & Men & Socratic Seminar
Today in class we started by splitting in two groups. Those groups got underway with another round of No Red Ink and it's/its. We'll be taking a quiz on this next Friday, November 15. You may want to practice on your own.
From there, Mr. Ryder discussed the Story Corps project and what that will involve. Mr. Dunbar talked about the photo essay project and what that will involve. We also talked about the building a studio project. (This will probably be a major design challenge anchor project.)
We came together and Mr. Ryder read nearly all of the next section of Of Mice and Men, beginning on page 66 and ending . . . after that.
Folks had twenty minutes to work on:
Three 4 Thinking: Of Mice & Men #2
Blogging
Story Corps/Photo Essay PreThinking/Planning (Good stuff to put on blog)
Word Map #4 (Due yesterday)
We ended with a GoSoapbox experience. We took a couple of polls and completed our socratic seminar. To access it again, just enter the access code in your gmail inbox.
Poll results:
From there, Mr. Ryder discussed the Story Corps project and what that will involve. Mr. Dunbar talked about the photo essay project and what that will involve. We also talked about the building a studio project. (This will probably be a major design challenge anchor project.)
We came together and Mr. Ryder read nearly all of the next section of Of Mice and Men, beginning on page 66 and ending . . . after that.
Folks had twenty minutes to work on:
Three 4 Thinking: Of Mice & Men #2
Blogging
Story Corps/Photo Essay PreThinking/Planning (Good stuff to put on blog)
Word Map #4 (Due yesterday)
We ended with a GoSoapbox experience. We took a couple of polls and completed our socratic seminar. To access it again, just enter the access code in your gmail inbox.
Poll results:
Homework
Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd: Post/embed a song that belongs on the soundtrack to Of Mice & Men. Include a paragraph of explanation.
Due: Friday, November 8
Complete: Three 4 Thinking: Of Mice & Men #2
Due: Tuesday, November 12
Complete: Word Map #4
Past Due: Thursday, November 7
Start Planning/Prethinking: Story Corps or Photo Essay
Due: TBA(probably before Thanksgiving break)
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Humanities: Roots Quiz 4, Photo Essays & Of Mice & Men
We'll start with Roots Quiz 4. Look for it in your e-mail. Word Map #4 due today as well.
From there, we'll arrange the room in similar fashion to what we did in yesterday's class. Those folks who want more T-direction, sit near the T, the further way you sit, the more independently you believe you can work today.
That work will revolve around understanding photo essays, much as yesterday involved getting an understanding of StoryCorps.
Note: What would be great material for a blog post? Find a photo essay or a story corps story, link to it on your blog and share your thinking/reaction.
Explore the Photo Essays found on the TIME Magazine Website: http://content.time.com/time/
Using the same questions as yesterday for continuity:
Reading aloud (two rooms)Time for the second Three4Thinking (Due Tuesday 11/12).
Homework
From there, we'll arrange the room in similar fashion to what we did in yesterday's class. Those folks who want more T-direction, sit near the T, the further way you sit, the more independently you believe you can work today.
That work will revolve around understanding photo essays, much as yesterday involved getting an understanding of StoryCorps.
Note: What would be great material for a blog post? Find a photo essay or a story corps story, link to it on your blog and share your thinking/reaction.
Explore the Photo Essays found on the TIME Magazine Website: http://content.time.com/time/
Using the same questions as yesterday for continuity:
- What sort of stories would you want to see?
- What sorts of stories are you seeing on this site
- How might you be able to capture these sorts of stories?
Reading aloud (two rooms)Time for the second Three4Thinking (Due Tuesday 11/12).
Homework
Blog:
3+ Posts
Req'd Post:
Find a song that would belong on a soundtrack for Of Mice & Men. Post the song/embed the video and write a paragraph explaining your thinking.
Be sure to check the blogging rubric in the right hand sidebar; to meet the standard you must now make posts connect to outside information and/or another student's thinking
Due: Friday, November 8
Complete:
Roots 4 Word Map or Roots Product
Due: Today
Complete:
Three 4 Thinking #2: Of Mice & Men
Due: Tuesday, November 12
Be Thinking:
Are you thinking about doing a photo essay, story corps? Do you want to take on the design challenge of making the recording booth? What would your angle be in tackling these questions and ideas? What questions do you have?
AP Lit 3G: Feedback, Dolls, Raisins & Andre's Mother
We'll open today by taking out our projects again.
WHAT?!?! But didn't we just?
Yes. Here's how it is all going to go down.
1) Display your book projects again for a 2nd gallery walk. (3 min.)
2) Provide as much as quality FB as possible (I noticed statements & questions) on Post-Its. Think about the sorting we did last class. (7 min.)
3) Take a moment to see what FB you received on your project this time around. (3 min.)
4) As a class, sort all of the new FB into categories that make sense to you. (5 min.)
5) Now, here's a new wrinkle. Go sit w/ a piece of paper or laptop and brainstorm qualities of effective FB (i.e. "specific," "meaningful,") (2 min.)
6) Turn to a partner and share your lists. (2 min.)
7) Choose three key/vital items to put on Post-Its (one item per sticky) (2 min)
8) Put those 3 items up on the board. (2 min.)
9) As a class, sort those qualities into a way that makes sense. Consider the relationship between the different qualities -- what unites them? makes them unique? (3 - 5 min.)
10) Now, go over to the big huge board of past FB and see if you can find examples from the FB we've given this week that reflect the qualities.
And then we do some acting.
WHAT?!?! But didn't we just?
Yes. Here's how it is all going to go down.
1) Display your book projects again for a 2nd gallery walk. (3 min.)
2) Provide as much as quality FB as possible (I noticed statements & questions) on Post-Its. Think about the sorting we did last class. (7 min.)
3) Take a moment to see what FB you received on your project this time around. (3 min.)
4) As a class, sort all of the new FB into categories that make sense to you. (5 min.)
5) Now, here's a new wrinkle. Go sit w/ a piece of paper or laptop and brainstorm qualities of effective FB (i.e. "specific," "meaningful,") (2 min.)
6) Turn to a partner and share your lists. (2 min.)
7) Choose three key/vital items to put on Post-Its (one item per sticky) (2 min)
8) Put those 3 items up on the board. (2 min.)
9) As a class, sort those qualities into a way that makes sense. Consider the relationship between the different qualities -- what unites them? makes them unique? (3 - 5 min.)
10) Now, go over to the big huge board of past FB and see if you can find examples from the FB we've given this week that reflect the qualities.
And then we do some acting.
PACE: Beats & Beats & Beats
We'll start today by playing in www.beatlab.com and seeking what sorts of sweetness we can build in there.
That will take us to an exploration of Beat Making Lab, an amazing program that started at the University of North Carolina and is now doing work around the world to use music as an agent for change and justice.
That will take us to an exploration of Beat Making Lab, an amazing program that started at the University of North Carolina and is now doing work around the world to use music as an agent for change and justice.
To demonstrate understanding of the work at Beat Making Lab, we will use the Three 4 Thinking graphic organizer. The fillable form is available in your PACE 2013 OUT folder on Google Drive.
From there we will get into our Ohana teams and continue shaping the music unit. As a group, you will discuss the sorts of work you would like to do, would not like to do, the essential questions you would like to answer, and then bring that thinking back to me. We'll be using a different format for this conversation than we've used before.
1) Ohana Teams
- * Discuss the unit so far
- What you like, what concerns you
- What else can we/should we do?
2) Send Ohana Rep to Conf. w/ Mr Ryder
* Share thinking
* Collaborate w/ Mr Ryder
3) Mr Ryder goes and revises unit plans to reflect Ohana input
Homework
Blogs: 3+ Posts
Req. Blog: Post a link/embed a song that speaks to you TO RIGHT NOW. Write a short explanation of why that song is meaningful and connects to you.
Due: Friday, Nov. 8
Due: Friday, Nov. 8
Three 4 Thinking: Beat Making Lab
Due: Tuesday, Nov 12, 2013
Due: Tuesday, Nov 12, 2013
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Humanities: LoNGview, NoRedInk, StoryCorps & Of Mice & Men
Note: You can do everything up to the blogging discussion w/o Mr. Ryder saying a word. Just jump right into it. We'll be having people move around to places in the room based on how much help and direction they would like.
LoNGview
Today we begin with a LoNGview reading and discussion of this article from Fast CoExist about building sustainable low income housing.
MUGS/NoRedInk
We will do a quick MUGS exercise around it's/its and get on NoRedInk to do it. Look for the next assignment in your list.
Here's a video to watch to help w/ it's/its.
StoryCorps
From there we take a look at the StoryCorps site and do a little spelunking. Make sure you check out the mobile lab and see what sorts of ideas it gives you for our recording booth project (if that's something you'd like to be a part of.)
Homework
LoNGview
Today we begin with a LoNGview reading and discussion of this article from Fast CoExist about building sustainable low income housing.
MUGS/NoRedInk
We will do a quick MUGS exercise around it's/its and get on NoRedInk to do it. Look for the next assignment in your list.
Here's a video to watch to help w/ it's/its.
StoryCorps
From there we take a look at the StoryCorps site and do a little spelunking. Make sure you check out the mobile lab and see what sorts of ideas it gives you for our recording booth project (if that's something you'd like to be a part of.)
- What sort of stories would you want to hear?
- What sorts of stories are you hearing on this site
- How might you be able to capture these sorts of stories?
Blogging
There will be time to work on your blogs today as well as look at the new expectations for the blogs. Look at the blogging rubric in the right hand sidebar.
We'll end the day with some continued reading of Of Mice & Men and the beginnings of our second 3-4-Thinking graphic organizer.
Homework
Blog:
3+ Posts
Req'd Post:
Find a song that would belong on a soundtrack for Of Mice & Men. Post the song/embed the video and write a paragraph explaining your thinking.
Be sure to check the blogging rubric in the right hand sidebar; to meet the standard you must now make posts connect to outside information and/or another student's thinking
Be Thinking:
Are you thinking about doing a photo essay, story corps? Do you want to take on the design challenge of making the recording booth? What would your angle be in tackling these questions and ideas? What questions do you have?
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