Final exams for the course took place yesterday and take place today.
Have a good summer!
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
Last Day of Class- 5/19
Warm Up:
-Students will view Honest Trailers to contemporary movies
Work Session:
-Students will take the final practice exam, which is either an American Literature or World Literature pretest
-Responses will be recorded in the classroom iRespond system
-Students will be shown the online review games on the class blog and given a study packet of final exam vocabulary skills they should review prior to the exam
-Students will write letters to incoming 2014-15 Freshmen discussing high school, study habits, extra-curricular activities, organizations, and athletics students can participate in.
-They will also discuss the particulars of Freshmen English and general advice for having a successful school year
-Students will receive my yearly list of literary and media summer recommendations and view the trailers for the summer movies of artistic note
Summarizer:
-Students will turn in Freshmen letters to be given out to next year's students
-Students will view Honest Trailers to contemporary movies
Work Session:
-Students will take the final practice exam, which is either an American Literature or World Literature pretest
-Responses will be recorded in the classroom iRespond system
-Students will be shown the online review games on the class blog and given a study packet of final exam vocabulary skills they should review prior to the exam
-Students will write letters to incoming 2014-15 Freshmen discussing high school, study habits, extra-curricular activities, organizations, and athletics students can participate in.
-They will also discuss the particulars of Freshmen English and general advice for having a successful school year
-Students will receive my yearly list of literary and media summer recommendations and view the trailers for the summer movies of artistic note
Summarizer:
-Students will turn in Freshmen letters to be given out to next year's students
Friday, May 16, 2014
Character Education Continued- 5/16
Warm Up:
-Students will review and discuss ancient and contemporary views of ethics and morals by responding to hypothetical situations (taken from Chuck Klosterman's Hypotheticals)
Work Session:
-The instructor will connect today's concepts to yesterday's by emphasizing personal, community, and world wide accountability via visual representation of Aristotle's Analects
-Students will view clips from "Bull" and "Valentine Road"
-Students will respond to specific questions that focuses on the bullying apparent in each clip and solutions to this issue
-The class will have a frank discussion on bullying they encounter, implicitly and unknowingly reinforce by non-action, and witness in high school
-Students will write statements of purpose in which they list solutions to this problem and their next steps
Summarizer:
-All written work submitted will serve as the year's final assessment prior to the final exam
-Students will review and discuss ancient and contemporary views of ethics and morals by responding to hypothetical situations (taken from Chuck Klosterman's Hypotheticals)
Work Session:
-The instructor will connect today's concepts to yesterday's by emphasizing personal, community, and world wide accountability via visual representation of Aristotle's Analects
-Students will view clips from "Bull" and "Valentine Road"
-Students will respond to specific questions that focuses on the bullying apparent in each clip and solutions to this issue
-The class will have a frank discussion on bullying they encounter, implicitly and unknowingly reinforce by non-action, and witness in high school
-Students will write statements of purpose in which they list solutions to this problem and their next steps
Summarizer:
-All written work submitted will serve as the year's final assessment prior to the final exam
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Character Education- 5/15
Warm Up:
-Students will take the comprehensive assessment on "Blackfish"
-This is the summative assessment for this mini-unit
Work Session:
-Students will begin a mini-unit of Character Education that focuses on morals and ethics
-Students will receive copies of the articles on "The Cove" and the international fishing/whaling trade
-Students are asked to contextualize the information by writing descriptive paragraphs of their campus and what could be done to beautify the environment
-Students will be given a list of community service projects and nonprofit organizations in which they could seek further involvement
-The instructor will emphasize the personal benefits (college resumes) and the more international need for social activism and community outreach
Summarizer:
-Students will write responses to the issues raised in class today and submit them for today's Exit Ticket
-Students will take the comprehensive assessment on "Blackfish"
-This is the summative assessment for this mini-unit
Work Session:
-Students will begin a mini-unit of Character Education that focuses on morals and ethics
-Students will receive copies of the articles on "The Cove" and the international fishing/whaling trade
-Students are asked to contextualize the information by writing descriptive paragraphs of their campus and what could be done to beautify the environment
-Students will be given a list of community service projects and nonprofit organizations in which they could seek further involvement
-The instructor will emphasize the personal benefits (college resumes) and the more international need for social activism and community outreach
Summarizer:
-Students will write responses to the issues raised in class today and submit them for today's Exit Ticket
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Sherlock- 5/14
Warm Up:
-Students will review the elements of nonfiction we discussed prior to the PBL mini-unit with a quick game of digital Concentration
Work Session:
-Students will use the 9 Event advanced graphic organizer to summarize the events of "Sherlock" so far
-These graphic organizers will be collected and serve as today's formative assessment
-As a class we will continue viewing and discussing the social/moral issues raised in "Sherlock"
-Students will Think-Pair-Share responses to the end of the documentary before reporting responses to the instructor
Summarizer:
-Students will turn in Window Pane responses to questions about today's learning standard
-Students will review the elements of nonfiction we discussed prior to the PBL mini-unit with a quick game of digital Concentration
Work Session:
-Students will use the 9 Event advanced graphic organizer to summarize the events of "Sherlock" so far
-These graphic organizers will be collected and serve as today's formative assessment
-As a class we will continue viewing and discussing the social/moral issues raised in "Sherlock"
-Students will Think-Pair-Share responses to the end of the documentary before reporting responses to the instructor
Summarizer:
-Students will turn in Window Pane responses to questions about today's learning standard
PBL Presentations Continued- 5/13
NOTE: The work session and summarizer from yesterday is duplicate to accommodate the remainder of student presentations.
Warm Up:
-Students will view the "Blue River Dog Food" sketch from Youtube
-As a class we will review the uses of irony in contemporary culture
Work Session:
-A majority of class today will be spent as students present the cultural/social heritage aspects of their overall project
-After each presentation students will be encouraged to fill out their own rubric based on all products of their entire project
-Students will also include answers to the reflection questions on the back of their individual rubrics
-Students will turn in this rubric with their projects and it will comprise 1/5 of their final grade
Summarizer:
-Student rubrics and reflections will serve as today's Exit Ticket
Warm Up:
-Students will view the "Blue River Dog Food" sketch from Youtube
-As a class we will review the uses of irony in contemporary culture
Work Session:
-A majority of class today will be spent as students present the cultural/social heritage aspects of their overall project
-After each presentation students will be encouraged to fill out their own rubric based on all products of their entire project
-Students will also include answers to the reflection questions on the back of their individual rubrics
-Students will turn in this rubric with their projects and it will comprise 1/5 of their final grade
Summarizer:
-Student rubrics and reflections will serve as today's Exit Ticket
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
PBL Presentations Continued- 5/13
NOTE: The work session and summarizer from yesterday is duplicate to accommodate the remainder of student presentations.
Warm Up:
-Students will view the "Blue River Dog Food" sketch from Youtube
-As a class we will review the uses of irony in contemporary culture
Work Session:
-A majority of class today will be spent as students present the cultural/social heritage aspects of their overall project
-After each presentation students will be encouraged to fill out their own rubric based on all products of their entire project
-Students will also include answers to the reflection questions on the back of their individual rubrics
-Students will turn in this rubric with their projects and it will comprise 1/5 of their final grade
Summarizer:
-Student rubrics and reflections will serve as today's Exit Ticket
Warm Up:
-Students will view the "Blue River Dog Food" sketch from Youtube
-As a class we will review the uses of irony in contemporary culture
Work Session:
-A majority of class today will be spent as students present the cultural/social heritage aspects of their overall project
-After each presentation students will be encouraged to fill out their own rubric based on all products of their entire project
-Students will also include answers to the reflection questions on the back of their individual rubrics
-Students will turn in this rubric with their projects and it will comprise 1/5 of their final grade
Summarizer:
-Student rubrics and reflections will serve as today's Exit Ticket
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