Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Period 1:
Class in Room 19
Issue Research


Period 2:
Class in Art Room
Discussion on passages
Work on memoirs

Period 6:
Things Fall Apart discussion & presentations

Thought of the day...
"Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life."
- Elie Wiesel

Website Update & Things Fall Apart

Hi, all,

I have updated my website. Please let me know what you think of the new section - books to check out - and let me know how I can make it more useful to you.

We will be playing Things Fall Apart later in the week - or early next week. In the meantime, check out this blog: http://www.africanscramble.blogspot.com. Professor Webb's blog has a lot of information regarding postcolonial literature and some great questions regarding some of our recent works... yes, including the Heart of Darkness...and how they relate to Things Fall Apart.

See you in class...

Monday, October 6, 2008

Period 1:
Anthem Quiz & Discussion
Examining Bill of Rights
"I Got Rights" Introduction

Period 2:
Finish Persepolis Packet
Discuss passages
Work on Memoir

Period 6:
Things Fall Apart Quiz & Discussion
Work on Presentations

Thought for the day...
A. J. Liebling - "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."

What does this mean? How is it true? How is it not?

Friday, October 3, 2008

Period 1:
Discussion of Anthem
Looking at the Declaration of Independence
Vocabulary Quiz

Period 2:
Vocabulary Quiz
Personal narrative conferences
Begin memoir project

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discuss Things Fall Apart
Work on TFA Research

Thought for the day...
"I dwell in possibility..."
— Emily Dickinson

Happy dwelling!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Period 1:
Present Current Events
Discuss Anthem in small groups: houses & rules
Begin talking about rights

Period 2:
Discuss Community Project
Present Current Events
Persepolis Packet (Islam)
Share images

Period 6:
Present Current Events
Discuss Things Fall Apart
Work on research project

Thought for the day...
"Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be."
Daniel J. Boorstin

Links for Persepolis Packet...

For those of you looking for new/replacement links... Here are some links that offer some good information to finish your packet:

Please be aware that some of these articles are biased and are not meant to represent my own views. The bias in these articles does however offer a different viewpoint than we might normally be exposed to and should be considered as you evaluate the information given.
http://www.carm.org/islam/faith_five_pillars.htm
http://www.islamicpath.org/pillars.html
http://ucpress.typepad.com/ucpresslog/2008/06/the-veil-women.html
http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2002/veil.html
http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/w_islam/veil.htm

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/lifestyles/links/veils_05.html

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/lifestyles/links/veils_05.html

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Period 1:
Review Vocabulary
Brief introduction to Anthem
Breathing Underwater Test

Period 2:
*Shortened Period* (class meeting)
Review Vocabulary
Introduction to reading graphic novels
Begin review of Persepolis Packet

Period 6:
Review Vocabulary
Discuss Things Fall Apart
Postcolonialism, postmodernism & Enlightenment values

Thought for the day...
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
— Herman Melville