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Week of 10/23-10/26

10/28/2012

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American Literature:

We watched the video of Mr. Thomasson reading Chapter 20 in Their Eyes Were Watching God and we started working on Close Read #5. It is due Friday by midnight.
We also started watching The Crucible. It's available on Netflix streaming if you need to see it. 1st period finished to just over an hour, and 4th period finished to 1:14:00.

SAX:

We wrote a Review of New Food and read some examples (on this playlist). Your review was due Tuesday.
We started the musicology project. It is due next week.
We read a list narrative and then wrote an observation piece. I shared my example. Yours is due Monday, and can be on anything you've seen. It should be short.

Language of Humour:

3rd period: We wrote a Review of New Food and read some examples (on this playlist). Your review was due Friday. Then we wrote list narratives, and yours is due on Monday.
6th period: We read examples of Review of New Food, wrote the Style Alike Essay #2 and turned it in. Then we had a Socratic Seminar on the question, "Why do we have humour?"

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Week of 10/15-10/19 (Morris)

10/16/2012

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American Literature:
Playlist

On Monday, we worked on the Activity Menu and wrote a collaborative close read (1st 4th).
On Tuesday, we turned in the Activity Menu work, had a reading quiz over chapters 11-14, and watched this video and talked about how to prepare for the Socratic Seminar on block day. We also did DOL 4.
On block day, we will do CTA #6, have two Socratic Seminars (one on Jody, one on Tea Cake), and some time to finish the book.
On Friday, all students should finish chapters 1-19 and come ready to discuss the events leading up to the ending for our final reading quiz. We will read chapter 20 (the last one!) in class, and discuss Close Read #5 - your final project for the unit.

SAX:
Playlist

On Monday, we finished the Open Letter assignment and read three lists (1 2 3). Then we wrote narrative lists. We also completed the Mastery Form and the Cookie Day Form.
On Tuesday, we did DOL 4 and wrote a collaborative narrative. You can submit yours here.
On Thursday, we wrote CTA #6, completed our class collaborative narrative and started our own atypical narrative.
On Friday, we finished our atypical narrative and worked on making them as awesome as possible.

Language of Humour:
Main playlist (6th period playlist for Friday)

On Monday, we filled out the Mastery Form and talked about the New Rules. We also agreed to respect the Quiet Coyote.
On Tuesday, in 3rd period, we did DOL 4 and started our collaborative narrative. In 6th period, we worked on finishing some assignments from Friday, and then started our collaborative narrative.
On the block day, we worked on writing our collaborative narrative, and completed CTA #6.
On Friday, we started our own narrative.

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Weeks of 10/1-10/5 and 10/8-10/12 (Morris)

10/9/2012

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All Classes:
The Do Nows, DOLs and CTAs we've completed can be found on this playlist. Every Monday is a Do Now (for SAX and American Literature), every Tuesday is a DOL, every block day is a CTA, and Fridays are various activities.

SAX and American Literature:
After the Unit 1 Assessment, we talked about how to revise it. You can just re-do any questions in Steps 3-4 that you missed, and you'll get the points back. For the Proficiency Scale, you need to compare your answers to the ones we develop in these videos - how were your answers similar/different from ours? What did you learn about the text from watching the videos?

We also viewed this video in some classes to help define what this class is all about.

American Literature:

We read "How it Feels to Be Coloured Me" and completed this assignment.
We read the first chapter of Their Eyes Were Watching God and found examples of archetypes of how women were view.
We have had two reading quizzes so far (chapters 2-4 and 5-6).
Videos for chapters 2-9 are available on this playlist, where I read the text for you.
We watched Close Read #1 and Close Read #2.
You will be choosing any passage from Chapters 5-6 and doing your own Close Read (#3), following these instructions: Choose a passage and write it out (you may write it abbreviated: "Firstline...lastline" (page) instead of copying it word for word). Then develop a question that is asked in this passage or that can be answered through a close reading of the passage (like, Does Janie do the right thing? What is Janie's motivation for leaving Logan?). Finally, use evidence from the story to answer the question. You may directly quote, but it is not required. This is due in class on 10/10 (1st) or 10/11 (4th).
We will be having our first Socratic Seminar in class next week, using the question: "Is there love in any of Janie's relationships?". You will choose either Tea Cake or Jody
The final major assignment in the unit is to record yourself and a small group doing Close Read #5. More instructions to come.

SAX
All of the assignments we completed are on this playlist. We also had a Socratic Seminar on the three texts so far: "How to Become a Writer," "Under Water," and "In the Ruins of the Future."

Then we developed a toolkit for Narrative Technique. The list is as follows:

relatable to reader and to "real life"
emotional impact is in the content, not the tone/style
descriptive, vivid imagery, and unique metaphor and similes
tone becomes emotional when reflecting on the significance of the event and reactions to the event
balance between fact and emotion
leaves the reader with a clear impression, often of hope, possibility for change, or a greater appreciation of life
the impression the reader gets is the one the author intended (you feel what the author wants you to feel)
clear stance on an issue that is balanced and rational
there is an underlying/deeper message, but it is subtle and/or does not have a clear/right answer

Using that list, we created Blog Post #3, where you re-read your definition essay from Unit 1 (the Life Changing Event) and evaluated its narrative according to this criteria. Click here to log in to your blog.

Language of Humour
The main playlist for this unit is here.

We finished Unit 1 with an assessment, using David Sedaris' "City of Angels" and the South Park episode of the class' choosing. If you missed the test, see Ms. Morris immediately.

Main Assignments:

Read Chapter 1 of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (H2G2)
Listened to the first radio drama of H2G2
Wrote a blog post about both texts
Did CTA 4 and compared the funny stories to the non-funny stories.
Wrote a monologue about an inanimate object (due to Edmodo on 10/9)
Analysed several examples of those monologues
Revised our monologues

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