January 23, 2009

Period 1:
Sunrise quiz
Review expectations for current events & academic honor policy
Distributed vocabulary
Finish war research and use Noodletools accounts

Period 2:
Don Quixote quiz
Review expectations for current events & academic honor policy
Distribute vocabulary
Work on DQ research and using Noodletools accounts

Period 3: Literally Film
Continue reviewing film terms and vocabulary
Understanding camera angles and shots
Begin active viewing of Citizen Kane

Period 5: Creative Writing
Sharing setting and character informations
Building a scene
Begin story arc

Thought for the day...
The most original authors are not so because they advance what is new, but because they put what they have to say as if it had never been said before.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Period 1:
Persepolis Test
Independent Reading Project

Period 2:
Reading Quiz Ch. 1-5
Finish debriefing Apple commercial
Discussion on censorship, history, etc.
Work on Community Project

A brief intro regarding 1984...


Introducing Winston Smith, INGSOC, Oceania, Eurasia, and East Asia. Discovery Channel School. 2001.
Discovery Education. 2 December 2008


And for Catch-22 readers... a short video clip about Yossarian


The Madness of Countries: The Impact and Message of "Catch-22". Discovery Channel School. 1997.
Discovery Education. 2 December 2008


Period 6:
Discuss/Review Faustus Act 4
After 24 years...was it worth it?
Read Act 5
Independent Reading Project

Thought for the day...

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. - Goethe

Monday, November 17, 2008

As some of you already know, Mrs. Williams is your substitute today. I did not plan to be out today, so please be patient and on task for her.

Period 1:
Read: "Epilogue: Hands" and hands activity
Review for test tomorrow

Period 2:
Work on Frost Poet research

Period 6:
Read Doctor Faustus scenes 1 & 2
Graphic vocabulary words

Thought for the day...
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Friday, September 5, 2008

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discuss I, Robot & Cornell Notes
Work on Technology Paper

Period 2:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discuss Antigone & Cornell Notes
Work on essays

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz
Metamorphosis Test

Thought for the day...

"We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What changes are you seeking in yourself? How will you accomplish them?