Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Early Release Day....meaning shortened periods

Period 1:
Review Animal Farm
Work on beast fables

Period 2:
Persepolis Jeopardy
Introduce American Born Chinese
Work on graphic memoir - remember minimum of 15 blocks.

Period 3:
Finish (for real) 2001: A Space Odyssey
What is Kubrick & Clarke's message?
What was it about???
Return to Our Town

Period 5:
Writing creatively
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Thought for the day...
The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.
- Francois de La Rochefoulauld

Monday, March 9, 2009

Period 1:
Animal Farm quiz & discussion
Reading Aesop's fables
What is the moral of Animal Farm?
Creating own beast fable

Period 2:
Discuss/review Persepolis
Work on crafting graphic memoirs

Period 3:
Finish 2001: A Space Odyssey
Fidelity between film and short story
What is the message/warning re: Hal?

Period 5:
Writing creatively... using what you've learned

Thought for the day...
"Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness." - Jim Rohn

Friday, March 6, 2009

Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Animal Farm quiz & discussion
Begin working on propaganda project

Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Persepolis quiz & discussion
Begin working on memoir project

Period 3:
2001: A Space Odyssey

Period 5:
Free Verse

Thought for the day...
Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
— Dag Hammarskjold

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Period 1:
Present current events
Animal Farm reading quiz & discussion
Continue historical information
What is propaganda?

Period 2:
Present current events
Persepolis Presentations
Persepolis response/discussion

Period 3:
Watch 2001: A Space Odyssey

Period 5:
Publish & Comment on Sestinas

Thought for the day...
"You create your opportunities by asking for them." - Shakti Gawain

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Period 1:
All Quiet on the Western Front Test
Finish Research on Animal Farm

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard Test
Finish Persepolis Presentation work

Period 3:
Viewing Rear Window

Period 5:
Post/Respond to Ballads

Thought for the day...
Confucius says..."I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."

Monday, March 2, 2009

Period 1:
Review All Quiet Review
Work on Animal Farm Research

Period 2:
Review Hullabaloo
How to read graphic novels
Work on Persepolis Presentations

Period 3:
Viewing Rear Window

Period 5:
Introduce Ballads
Post Free Verses

Thought for the day...
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
- Frederick Douglass

Friday, February 27, 2009

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
All Quiet reading quiz and review
Animal Farm research

Period 2:
Shortened due to special senior meeting in Room 18!!!
Vocabulary Quiz
Quick book discussion
Work on presentations

Period 3:
Viewing Rear Window - evaluating fidelity

Period 5:
Publish and comment on odes
Free verse?

Thought for the day.... (because perspective matters)
"I do not seek. I find." - Pablo Picasso