Thursday, December 5, 2013
AP Lit 3G: Sonnets & The Swimmer & Design Thinking (& Hamlet ?)
We'll start today with a deep dive into Foster's chapter on sonnets. Woot. We'll be doing a lot jot experience, then culling the sonnets you read for today for evidence of Foster's brilliant assertions in action. It shall be grand and marvelous and cause people to christen ships with bottles of homemade brandy.
Then . . . design thinking. A review of the DEEP design thinking stages and how you employed them to make meaning of Cheever's "The Swimmer."
Finally, we'll discuss your work for the weekend: ideating & developing working prototypes of our personal analysis & writing process products.
How might we create a process of gathering evidence of our thinking/analysis & writing processes and how might we demonstrate our understanding through a product?
Document the development of your ideas on your blog so we can all see and share as we try to figure out what works best for us.
If there is time today, Hamlet!
Next class? Meet in commercial arts. 2nd floor. boom.
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
Design THinking:
How might we create a process of gathering evidence of our thinking/analysis & writing processes and how might we demonstrate our understanding through a product?
Document the development of your ideas on your blog so we can all see and share as we try to figure out what works best for us.
Due: Monday, December 9
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: TODAY
Read Hamlet:
Hold . . . we may be a little bit getting back to H.
Due: tBA
Then . . . design thinking. A review of the DEEP design thinking stages and how you employed them to make meaning of Cheever's "The Swimmer."
Finally, we'll discuss your work for the weekend: ideating & developing working prototypes of our personal analysis & writing process products.
How might we create a process of gathering evidence of our thinking/analysis & writing processes and how might we demonstrate our understanding through a product?
Document the development of your ideas on your blog so we can all see and share as we try to figure out what works best for us.
If there is time today, Hamlet!
Next class? Meet in commercial arts. 2nd floor. boom.
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
Design THinking:
How might we create a process of gathering evidence of our thinking/analysis & writing processes and how might we demonstrate our understanding through a product?
Document the development of your ideas on your blog so we can all see and share as we try to figure out what works best for us.
Due: Monday, December 9
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: TODAY
Read Hamlet:
Hold . . . we may be a little bit getting back to H.
Due: tBA
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
AP Lit 2B/3B: The Swimmer
AP Lit 3G: The Swimmer & Hamlet
You'll start class today by solving a design and literary analysis challenge.
How might we create a visual that maps the sequence of events in "The Swimmer," the change in the protagonist over the course of the narrative, and Cheever's means of revealing truth?
Suggestion: work big. You might use the roll paper in the closets in the hallway. Feel free to use the back side of already used rolls. Nothing is sacred out there. Take advantage of LEGO bricks and any materials on the design cart or in the closets. Use your design kits.
I strongly suggest following the DEEP process/stages here:
Use the entire class time to do this. If you are able to finish it, you may get rolling on more Hamlet aloud, but I've a feeling this may take the entire class to do well.
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 (NEXT CLASS)
Read Hamlet:
Up to Act 2
Due: Friday, December 6
How might we create a visual that maps the sequence of events in "The Swimmer," the change in the protagonist over the course of the narrative, and Cheever's means of revealing truth?
Suggestion: work big. You might use the roll paper in the closets in the hallway. Feel free to use the back side of already used rolls. Nothing is sacred out there. Take advantage of LEGO bricks and any materials on the design cart or in the closets. Use your design kits.
I strongly suggest following the DEEP process/stages here:
- Discover (what are we trying to answer? research and gather evidence from the text? how might we make this map? what might it look like?)
- Empathize (what will be useful to the viewer? how will this be presented in a way that makes sense to people looking at images of it online? what works best for the people making this? what mediums are most comfortable to those in the room?)
- Experiment (what materials can be used? in what way? how can this look? how might we draft it out? how can we build a prototype?)
- Produce (how do we produce a working model? how might we receive feedback on the model? How might we create a 2nd iteration?)
Use the entire class time to do this. If you are able to finish it, you may get rolling on more Hamlet aloud, but I've a feeling this may take the entire class to do well.
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 (NEXT CLASS)
Read Hamlet:
Up to Act 2
Due: Friday, December 6
Humanities: Work Session
Today you will have time to do work.
Start by working on roots 6. Remember, we brainstormed a number of products you could make that are not word maps.
In your inbox, you have an exit ticket that MUST BE COMPLETED at the end of the day. This will be an academic initiative grade.
HOMEWORK
Start by working on roots 6. Remember, we brainstormed a number of products you could make that are not word maps.
In your inbox, you have an exit ticket that MUST BE COMPLETED at the end of the day. This will be an academic initiative grade.
- Exceed the standard by providing DETAILED, SPECIFIC information about your work for the day.
- Meet the standard by providing specific information about your work for the day.
- Partially meet the standard by providing some information about your work for the day. How might you go deeper?
- Do not yet meet the standard by providing minimal information about your work for the day. How can we help you fill this out more effectively?
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 (one day later than due date)
Study: Roots 6 Quiz & Product
Due: Thursday, December 5
Closing Arguments
Due: Friday, December 6
Photo Essay/StoryCorps
Due: Tuesday, December 10
AP Lit 3G: The Swimmer & Hamlet
You'll start class today by solving a design and literary analysis challenge.
How might we create a visual that maps the sequence of events in "The Swimmer," the change in the protagonist over the course of the narrative, and Cheever's means of revealing truth?
Suggestion: work big. You might use the roll paper in the closets in the hallway. Feel free to use the back side of already used rolls. Nothing is sacred out there. Take advantage of LEGO bricks and any materials on the design cart or in the closets. Use your design kits.
I strongly suggest following the DEEP process/stages here:
Use the entire class time to do this. If you are able to finish it, you may get rolling on more Hamlet aloud, but I've a feeling this may take the entire class to do well.
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: THURSDAY, December 5 (NEXT CLASS)
Read Hamlet:
Act 2.1
Due: Friday, December 4
How might we create a visual that maps the sequence of events in "The Swimmer," the change in the protagonist over the course of the narrative, and Cheever's means of revealing truth?
Suggestion: work big. You might use the roll paper in the closets in the hallway. Feel free to use the back side of already used rolls. Nothing is sacred out there. Take advantage of LEGO bricks and any materials on the design cart or in the closets. Use your design kits.
I strongly suggest following the DEEP process/stages here:
- Discover (what are we trying to answer? research and gather evidence from the text? how might we make this map? what might it look like?)
- Empathize (what will be useful to the viewer? how will this be presented in a way that makes sense to people looking at images of it online? what works best for the people making this? what mediums are most comfortable to those in the room?)
- Experiment (what materials can be used? in what way? how can this look? how might we draft it out? how can we build a prototype?)
- Produce (how do we produce a working model? how might we receive feedback on the model? How might we create a 2nd iteration?)
Use the entire class time to do this. If you are able to finish it, you may get rolling on more Hamlet aloud, but I've a feeling this may take the entire class to do well.
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: THURSDAY, December 5 (NEXT CLASS)
Read Hamlet:
Act 2.1
Due: Friday, December 4
Monday, December 2, 2013
PACE: Poetry Project Proposals & Gearing Up for the Essay
Today you will work with Miss Rumble to make amazing things happen while I am not there. I'm off learning how to better run PACE. (It's true. That's where I'll be.)
You'll start in Ohana teams to complete a quick little team challenge around haiku.
That will lead to a few quick "I can" statements to get you recalibrated. As a team you will generate five "If I understand ______ then I can _______" statements related to the standards for the project. Put them on sticky notes and get them up on the board.
Then you will make weekly work plans by accessing the doc in your Google Drives.
From there, you have one task you must complete in class today: project proposal form. (It is in your e-mail.) You must propose what you will make. It can change, but you must propose it today. Why? Because the Teacher PACE due date is Thursday, December 19. You can choose another due date, of course. but that's the one that will ensure you having an actual break.
Thursday we will do some reviewing of figurative language, since that was the big gap our work before break revealed.
HOMEWORK
Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Creative Post: Using GarageBand, any music creation app, or your own instruments, create a short instrumental score that could be played in the background while you are walking through the halls of MBC.
Due: Friday, December 6
Complete:
Project Proposal Form
Due: Today, December 2nd
Complete:
Poetry/Music Project
Due:
Teacher PACE: Thursday, December 19
Complete:
Poetry/Music Essay
Due:
Teacher PACE: Thursday, December 19
You'll start in Ohana teams to complete a quick little team challenge around haiku.
A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression. - See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5782#sthash.BZTBiCiA.dpufWork in your team to write a haiku about PACE and how it is going in class lately.
That will lead to a few quick "I can" statements to get you recalibrated. As a team you will generate five "If I understand ______ then I can _______" statements related to the standards for the project. Put them on sticky notes and get them up on the board.
Then you will make weekly work plans by accessing the doc in your Google Drives.
From there, you have one task you must complete in class today: project proposal form. (It is in your e-mail.) You must propose what you will make. It can change, but you must propose it today. Why? Because the Teacher PACE due date is Thursday, December 19. You can choose another due date, of course. but that's the one that will ensure you having an actual break.
Thursday we will do some reviewing of figurative language, since that was the big gap our work before break revealed.
HOMEWORK
Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Creative Post: Using GarageBand, any music creation app, or your own instruments, create a short instrumental score that could be played in the background while you are walking through the halls of MBC.
Due: Friday, December 6
Complete:
Project Proposal Form
Due: Today, December 2nd
Complete:
Poetry/Music Project
Due:
Teacher PACE: Thursday, December 19
Complete:
Poetry/Music Essay
Due:
Teacher PACE: Thursday, December 19
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