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| Today, we are srting to think about themes from Romeo and Juliet and background information we already know about Shakespeare or the play itself. To begin the process, consider your own qualities for a Perfect Mate. Romeo and Juliet chose each other as mates and they were only your ages! Is it possible as a teenager? Could your parents choose a person to marry? Would they pick similar qualities? Fill out the Perfect Mate form and have a parent, guardian, etc. fill out the opposite side. This is due Tuesday. | Tue, Jan 6
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| As background for the Middle Ages, Shakespeare, and Romeo and Juliet, you are researching one focused topic within these. Find 5 specific facts, include a Works Cited, and complete a model that is creativity and more visual than words. This is due on Monday. | | | | Mon, Jan 12
| You had a sub on Monday and presented your projects. In 2nd hour a few of you will need to present on Wed. The sub said you all did an excellent job creating interesting and creative projects. I am excited to see them! | Tue, Jan 13
| In class, we discussed the Book of Days project. HERE is a document that contains: 1) directions (I will give you a copy in class as well) and 2) an example of my typed pages for the Book of Days. Your cover taped/glued onto the art tablet is due on Thursday; you need your name and the title BOOK OF DAYS somewhere on the cover. Think about the theme you would like to stretch through your book (even if it's colors) and use them on the cover page. We then, in preparation for a study of poetry and poetic devices as we read Romeo and Juliet, drew a symbolic representation of our hearts. This heart drawing, including words, symbols, pictures, color and/or shading is due tomorrow. The following are the directions for the Heart Drawing. | Wed, Jan 14
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| Add the following prompts and answers to your Book of Days:
One’s personality can determine one’s response to a life-or-death decision. Agree or disagree and provide an example. What is love? When will you know you're in love (do you think)? AND...Can teenagers truly be in love? | Tue, Jan 27
| See above for tonight's homework as it was extended to tonight. | Wed, Jan 28
| For homework, add the inaugeration prompt to your Book of Days: In your eyes, what is the significance of Barack Obama becoming the U.S.'s 44th President? What do you hope for our country over the next 4 years? What do you want to remember about today (Jan. 20th when Obama became President)? | Thu, Jan 29 | For Monday, add a celebration page(s) to your Book of Days. This is where you create a calendar with names and dates of people who are important to you: their birthdays, weddings, divorces, deaths, faith celebrations, etc. | Fri, Jan 30
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| Type or hand write the anger prompt to be added to your Book of Days: Anger has power. Explain how this is true. Then, give 3 examples of where you see anger having power. Lastly, explain what the consequences are for such power (negative and/or positive). | Tue, Feb 3
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| Directors--> bring a 3-ring binder and ideas for setting Props-->bring ideas Costumes-->bring ideas Actors-->EACH OF YOU copy your scene | Tue, Feb 10 | Tonight is the last night to get your prompt book in order. Make sure you have included: --cover page with creative company name, scene, and quote that you think holds the essence of the scene --handouts: company and character reports --costumes and typed rationale --props and typed rationale --typed rationale for translation --set design (very basic layout of props, actors,etc.) --blocking --actors' scripts with notes on movement, emotion, etc. | Wed, Feb 11
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| Great job with your presentations, everyone! 2nd hour, here are pictures...more to come! | Fri, Feb 13
| For Monday, add to your Book of Days the prompt about whether you think a person should keep secrets. Add an image to the page as well. | | | | Mon, Feb 16 | No School | Tue, Feb 17 | No homework | Wed, Feb 18 | Today, we wrote about our futures: your career (or ideas that might interest you), your dreams (can be a bulleted list), and finishing this prompt: WHEN I'M 30, I will be... Add this prompt to your Book of Days by Friday. You need to ask your parent(s) to write you a letter about what they hope for you. Again, have them write about what they hope you will have in a career, write about dreams they can see you wanting/achieving, and where they hope you will be when you are 30. This too, is due on Friday. | Thu, Feb 19 | See above description to complete tonight's homework. | Fri, Feb 20 | Watch the 2 movies, adding to your movie Venn diagrams. No homework! | | | | Mon, Feb 23 | Romeo and Juliet review. The 1st 4 bullets are due at the beginning of the exam. | Tue, Feb 24 | Romeo and Juliet objective exam: fill in the blank, true/false, and multiple choice. | Wed, Feb 25 | Romeo and Juliet essay exam: today is a shortened class period, but we will finish the objective portion of the exam as well as finish the accordian paragraph. If you do not finish, come see me to discuss a time for you to complete your exam(s). No homework. | Thu, Feb 26 | 2nd hour: Bring your yellow sheet to class tomorrow. 4th hour: type and title the 3 poems we wrote in class (paper clip, simple object, simple object personified) and then write and type the Poetry Hides...poem. Write down 7-8 lines that come to mind after you type Poetry hides.... Look at my 3 examples on the yellow sheet. Great job today, too! | Fri, Feb 27 | 2nd hour--no homewordk 4th hour---typed and title your 4 poems: paper clip, simple object, simple object personified, and poetry hides... | | | | Mon, Mar 2 | 2nd hour---typed and title your 4 poems: paper clip, simple object, simple object personified, and poetry hides... 4th hour---type both sensory poems: place and holiday. Finish your tear art and attach the right poem to it. | Tue, Mar 3 | 2nd hour---type both sensory poems: place and holiday. Finish your tear art and attach the right poem to it. 4th hour---no homework | Wed, Mar 4 | 2nd hour---attempt your own concrete poem and bring it to class 4th hour---Finish your 3 poems we started in class: 1) concrete poem about a hobby/activity you love to do; 2) concrete poem that critiques something about society; and 3) TYPED instruction poem, listing instructions on how to empty something or on how something changes, then RELATE IT TO POETRY in a final simile or in the title. | Thu, Mar 5 | 2nd hour--Finish your 3 poems we started in class: 1) concrete poem about a hobby/activity you love to do; 2) concrete poem that critiques something about society; and 3) TYPED instruction poem, listing instructions on how to empty something or on how something changes, then RELATE IT TO POETRY in a final simile or in the title. 4th hour--finish your 2-two poem and include a collage showing the two colors, the two sides of your personality.
| Fri, Mar 6 | No School | | | | Mon, Mar 9 | Type up your two-tone poems for Tuesday. | Tue, Mar10 | 2nd hour: Read the "Cremation of Sam McGee" and fill out the plot line: 2 expositions, 3 rising action events, 1 climax, 1 falling action, and 1 resolution. AND bring in a photo (see directions for Thursday). | Wed, Mar 11 | 4th hour: Read the "Cremation of Sam McGee" and fill out the plot line: 2 expositions, 3 rising action events, 1 climax, 1 falling action, and 1 resolution. | Thu, Mar 12 | BOTH classes: bring in a photo (family or friends, age of a possible story, clipart related to your story, OR a photo from the website I gave you on the yellow handout). | Fri, Mar 13 | | | | | Mon, Mar 16 | We are looking at unusual forms of poetry today: list poems, instruction poems, concrete poems, etc. Today we will write an instruction poem relating it to poetry. | Tue, Mar 17 | Today in class, we will work on our concrete poems: one for a hobby or activity we do and one for critiquing something in society. | Wed, Mar 18 | Today, we are looking at the use of prepositions and how they can be effective in poetry. Write a preposition poem using one prepositional phrase in each line, leading toward an activity or place. | Thu, Mar 19 | We are taking care of each other today and enjoying life by playing fun, metaphor/poetry games. | Fri, Mar 20 | Acrostic and cut-out poetry. | | | | | Mon, Mar 23 | No School | | Tue, Mar 24 | No School | | Wed, Mar 25 | No School | | Thu, Mar 26 | No School | | Fri, Mar 27 | No School | | | | Mon, Mar 30
| Today, in class we started our online portfolio using the educational site: www.wikispaces.com You will need to create an account and a protected wiki. I will walk you through the steps for changing the colors, adding a logo, and adding pages. We will work on this Mon-Wed. with the final due Thursday. | Tue, Mar 31 | Today we are adding the actual poems to our pages. You will either copy/paste them from Word or typed them directly onto the page. This will take some time, so you may need to work on this at home. Here are the pages/poems you should have: Paper clip, Simple Object (or object personified), Object you see everyday, Poetry Hides, Instruction, Preposition, Color 1, Color 2, Holiday, Place, Acrostic, Cut-out, and Narrative | Wed, Apr 1
| Today is our last day to work on our online portfolio. We will write our introduction, condense our poems onto our Poetry/My Poetry page, and scan our tear art, concrete poems, and possibly the acrostic/cut-out poems. I will start grading these tomorrow, so these need to be finished tonight at home. | Thu, Apr 2
| The Position Paper starts today! The great news about the position paper is that there are many points available of which 1/2 are earned by simply meeting the deadlines and goals...compliance. The other 1/2 will be from your writing score on the piece. Much of the research needs to be done out of class as there are not computers available to us. You need to stay on top of this and computer issues are possible for each of us, so plan for this making time in the library, on an off hour, after school, or at a friend's house. It is essential you meet the deadlines. To generate topics that interest us, we are starting with some personality tests. These will help us determine our inherent strengths and weaknesses and, figure out some career possibilities. Once we research these, we can find topics with multiple viewpoints to argue for our position paper. Start here with the Career Webquest printing the NOTES page to fill out as you go through the steps on the website. Here's another personality test that will give you info about yourself: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/art/ | Fri, Apr 3 | | | | | Mon, Apr 6 | It's sounds like many of you are having trouble finding Noodle Tools. Go to the Library tab above and right below the yellow-outlined box on the left-hand side is the link to the AHS subscription services. I have provided the link HERE as well. Good luck! | Tue, Apr 7 | | Wed, Apr 8
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