Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Winter Carnival: Early Release Schedule!
Best of luck at Quiz Bowl and Lip Sync

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
All Quiet quiz
In-class reading

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Don Quixote test

Period 3:
Reading Our Town

Period 5:
You are a detective - in a kitchen....

Thought for the day...
"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game. "
Michael Jordan

May you all enjoy this week's events!

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Period 1:
Discussed All Quiet & reading quiz
The image of earth
What is irony and how is it used...
Comparing Sunrise & All Quiet

Period 2:
Discussing Don Quixote
Work on essays

Period 3:
Finish A River Runs Through It
Examining the fidelity
Why the changes?

Period 5:
Flying...
Onomatopoeia

Thought for the day...
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
- Henry Drummond

February 6, 2009

Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
All Quiet on the Western Front quiz
How to take notes: characters, major events/changes, relationships - how do the characters relate to one another....
Taking notes on Ch. 1 - reviewing some of the characters

Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Reviewing Don Quixote
Finishing Archetypes - Present on Monday

Period 3:
A River Runs Through It

Period 5:
Reading and discussing: "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros
Writing about your "ugly red sweater"

Thought for the day...
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." - Arthur Schopenhauer

February 5, 2009

Period 1:
Present current events
Sunrise over Fallujah test

Period 2:
Present current events
Don Quixote quiz
Components of a literary analysis essay
Finish character archetypes

Period 3:
Film Vocabulary Test
Viewing A River Runs Through It

Period 5:
Discussing "Young Goodman Brown"
Role of description in writing

Thought for the day...
"Every time we say, "Let there be!" in any form, something happens." - Stella Terrill Mann

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Early Release Day - Shortened Periods

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Sunrise over Fallujah review

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Don Quixote quiz
Work on archetypes

Period 3:
Viewing A River Runs Through It

No Period 5 due to Honor Roll and Attendance Assembly
I'll see you tomorrow - be prepared to discuss "Young Goodman Brown"

Thought for the day...
Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.
- Joseph Addison

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Period 1:
Sunrise quiz & discussion
Looking at archetypes in literature and identifying roles in novel

Period 2:
Don Quixote quiz & discussion
Tracing theme/archetype through novel
Bringing an archetype to life

Period 3:
Types of montages and their uses
Building a scene from A River Runs Through It - movie tomorrow, I found it! :)

Period 5:
Describing "a scary place"

Thought for the day...
Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.
- Hermann Hesse

Monday, February 2, 2009

Period 1:
Sunrise quiz
In-class reading
War presentations

Vietnam




World War II:


Iraq War


Korea:


Period 2:
Don Quixote quiz
Exploring themes and key passages of DQ
Working with archetypes

Period 3:
Categories for analyzing film
Lighting & shot length
Independent Film Assignment: Selecting a work
Review scenes from Citizen Kane

Period 5:
Literary devices: What is an archetype?
Identifying and using a situational archetype

Thought for the day...
"You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself." - Harvey Firestone

Friday, January 30, 2009

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
Reading Quiz
Present Current Events
PRESENTATIONS ARE DUE WEDNESDAY

Period 2:
Vocabulary Quiz
Review Part One
Archetypes

Period 3:
A River Runs Through It test
Discuss scenes from Citizen Kane

Period 5:
Finish conferencing
Begin reviewing and revising - revision due Tuesday

Thought for the day...

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. - Abraham Lincoln

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Snow delay - No Period 1. Keep reading you should be at page 207 for tomorrow.

Period 2:
Present current events
Discuss Don Quixote
Continue archetype notes

Period 3:
What/Who is "Rosebud" and why?
Looking at mise-en-scene in Citizen Kane
FINISH A River Runs Through It

Period 5:
My day - from your shoes' persepective
Peer conferences on short story

Thought for the day...
For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.
— Ingrid Bengis

January 28, 2009

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Reading Quiz and discussion
Letter to Robin...

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Reading quiz and discussion
Archetype notes

Period 3:
Viewing Citizen Kane

Period 5:
Conference Protocol
Conferencing Mrs. Tyler's story

Thought for the day...
Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond.
- Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Period 1:
Sunrise quiz & discussion
Work on presentations

Period 2:
Don Quixote quiz & discussion
A Hero's Journey notes
Begin literary archetype notes

Period 3:
Who are the essential characters?
Mise-en-scene
Viewing Citizen Kane

Period 5:
Writing short story

Thought for the day...
"The man who has no imagination has no wings. "
-Muhammad Ali

Monday, January 26, 2009

Period 1:
Sunrise over Fallujah Quiz
In-class reading time
Work on War Presentations - Due Thurs.

Period 2:
Don Quixote Quiz & Review
Reviewing and identifying steps in a Hero's Journey: Departure & Initiation Stages
Work on presentations - Due Wed.

Period 3:
Why does identity matter? Perception?
Viewing Citizen Kane

Period 5:
Identifying point of view
What is a short story?
Working on short story

Thought for the day...

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities." - Dr. Seuss

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

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Period 1:
Sunrise over Fallujah quiz
Discuss novel, characters
Continue war research

Period 2:
Don Quixote quiz
Discuss novel, characters, events
Begin hero notes
Continue period research

Period 3:
Film & elements of fiction vocabulary
Camera angles...
Skits

Period 5:
Working with a character
Setting up a conflict... what if?

Thought for the day...
"The more you read
The more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
the more places you'll go."
- Dr. Seuss, I CAN READ WITH MY EYES SHUT!

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

I am out today, but I know you will have a great day with my fabulous, fantastic substitute! See you tomorrow!

Period 1:
Class will be held in the library...
Quiz on Sunrise and begin war research

Period 2:
Class in the library
Quiz on Don Quixote and begin related research

Period 3:
Writing a script for a show debating movie vs. book

Period 5:
Reading "Desiree's Baby" and answering related questions
Creating a character and a setting

Thought for the day...
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, they send forward a ripple of hope.
— Robert F. Kennedy