SENIORS: We started the new unit, Poetry, with a viewing of the documentary Louder Than a Bomb. This will be the style of poetry that you will present for your final. There is a packet that you need to get from me. If you're not going to be present for a while, you can view the documentary on Netflix and click on this link for what you need to do while you watch.
SOPHOMORES: Either you took the CST today or you will take it tomorrow; either way, good luck! Bring a book so you have something quiet to do if you finish the test early.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Monday, May 4, 2015
CHILDREN'S BOOK DUE/THE PRINCE
SENIORS: Your completed children's book is due today; tomorrow we will begin the Poetry unit. However, I noticed that some of you have the makings for a good children's book, but you haven't finished it. Keep working on it as homework, and you can turn it in next Monday with no reduction in the grade.
SOPHOMORES: We read The Prince from the the Nature of Man packet. In your notebook, under the title The Prince, answer the six questions at the bottom of the page. Write your answers in complete sentences, embedding the question within your answer and always explaining WHY or HOW you arrived at your answer.
SOPHOMORES: We read The Prince from the the Nature of Man packet. In your notebook, under the title The Prince, answer the six questions at the bottom of the page. Write your answers in complete sentences, embedding the question within your answer and always explaining WHY or HOW you arrived at your answer.
Friday, May 1, 2015
WORK BOOK/B.F. SKINNER
SENIORS: Your children's book is due on Monday at the end of the period.
SOPHOMORES: Read Man is a Product of His Environment by B.F. Skinner (you will find it in your Nature of Man packet). Click on this link for the responses you'll need to write in your notebook under the title B.F. Skinner. You'll notice that the first set of questions are for group work, so if you can't find the answer to your questions on your own, see me at the beginning of class upon your return.
SOPHOMORES: Read Man is a Product of His Environment by B.F. Skinner (you will find it in your Nature of Man packet). Click on this link for the responses you'll need to write in your notebook under the title B.F. Skinner. You'll notice that the first set of questions are for group work, so if you can't find the answer to your questions on your own, see me at the beginning of class upon your return.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
WORK BOOK/THE MYTH OF CASSANDRA
SENIORS: It would be a good idea to check your book for grammar and spelling at this point.
SOPHOMORES: You read The Tragic Myth of Cassandra from the Nature of Man packet. In your notebook, under the title Cassandra, answer the questions on this link.
SOPHOMORES: You read The Tragic Myth of Cassandra from the Nature of Man packet. In your notebook, under the title Cassandra, answer the questions on this link.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
NEW DUE DATE/NATURE OF MAN PACKET
SENIORS: Since I was absent yesterday (flat tire) and the sub did not know how to open the Netbook cart, I am extending the due date of your completed children's book to Monday, May 4.
SOPHOMORES: You received a Nature of Man packet; in it is a variety of short readings, surveys, song lyrics, articles, etc. that should stimulate your thinking as you create your own philosophy on the nature of man. Within the packet, we worked on Human Nature:Opinion Survey and What I Know for Sure. In your notebook, under the title What I Know for Sure, answer the following questions:
1. What does Oprah mean when she says, "I've got on gospel music to both open and steel myself for the journey ahead"?
2. Why is it important to "pay attention"?
3. Oprah writes, "...for language is an obstacle to describing [the holocaust]." How can that be? Don't we use language to describe things?
4. What do you think is Oprah's opinion on the nature of man?
SOPHOMORES: You received a Nature of Man packet; in it is a variety of short readings, surveys, song lyrics, articles, etc. that should stimulate your thinking as you create your own philosophy on the nature of man. Within the packet, we worked on Human Nature:Opinion Survey and What I Know for Sure. In your notebook, under the title What I Know for Sure, answer the following questions:
1. What does Oprah mean when she says, "I've got on gospel music to both open and steel myself for the journey ahead"?
2. Why is it important to "pay attention"?
3. Oprah writes, "...for language is an obstacle to describing [the holocaust]." How can that be? Don't we use language to describe things?
4. What do you think is Oprah's opinion on the nature of man?
Monday, April 27, 2015
WORK BOOK/SOCRATIC;MACHIAVELLI;GENOCIDE;AFTER RELECTION
SENIORS: Continue working on your children's book; it is due this Friday.
SOPHOMORES: It was a busy day today. First, in your notebook, under the title Genocide, respond to the following question: How can a cultured people allow genocide? Then, to prepare you for tomorrow's Socratic Seminar, write all of the questions you created while doing the section work for NIGHT. Write those questions down on a separate sheet of paper. Also, look at the quotes you wrote down; these might useful to bring up for the Socratic Seminar. I will have other questions you might want to discuss displayed on the Promethian Board; click on this link if you would like to see those questions in advance. While you did this, I collected the Vocab Sheet on Sections 4-9. Then, you took a test (don't panic, this one is fun) to find out how Machiavellian you are. Click on this link to take the test. Finally, for homework, finish the AFTER section on the handout titled AVID Before and After Reflection (you wrote on the first half before reading NIGHT, now you're finishing it). I will collect that handout first-thing tomorrow.
SOPHOMORES: It was a busy day today. First, in your notebook, under the title Genocide, respond to the following question: How can a cultured people allow genocide? Then, to prepare you for tomorrow's Socratic Seminar, write all of the questions you created while doing the section work for NIGHT. Write those questions down on a separate sheet of paper. Also, look at the quotes you wrote down; these might useful to bring up for the Socratic Seminar. I will have other questions you might want to discuss displayed on the Promethian Board; click on this link if you would like to see those questions in advance. While you did this, I collected the Vocab Sheet on Sections 4-9. Then, you took a test (don't panic, this one is fun) to find out how Machiavellian you are. Click on this link to take the test. Finally, for homework, finish the AFTER section on the handout titled AVID Before and After Reflection (you wrote on the first half before reading NIGHT, now you're finishing it). I will collect that handout first-thing tomorrow.
Friday, April 24, 2015
NOTEBOOK CHECK/SECOND VOCAB SHEET
SENIORS: I finished the Notebook Check today; continue with the process of creating your children's book as it is due next Friday.
SOPHOMORES: I finished the Notebook Check today; continue with NIGHT and have it finished, along with the second vocabulary sheet, by Monday.
SOPHOMORES: I finished the Notebook Check today; continue with NIGHT and have it finished, along with the second vocabulary sheet, by Monday.
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