Glad to see you all again today, if only briefly. Here are your reminders and announcements for the weekend!
AP English III
Our next step on the work related to our final project is our proposal. In the proposal you'll be telling me what you'll be exploring (the topic/idea) and how you'll be exploring it (what examples will you discuss and what form will your final product take). This is due on Friday next week. We'll have additional time on Wednesday next week in the Media Center for research. Over the weekend you should continue looking for articles or examples - remember that these concepts are seen in a variety of ways. You may want to open up how you are finding examples in order to widen the scope for your examples.
The other major task that you have for the weekend is the reading of Chapters 10-13. In this section you should use your unit plans in order to annotate. I've got several topics for you to look at as you're looking and reading - the main thing to look at is the rules around life. Who determines what the rules are? What are the punishments? Why does it matter who makes the rules?
English IV
We spent the majority of our day today completing our reflection on class so far, and then working on our projects. The major thing to focus on was being clear in the explanation of your evidence. You want to make sure that you are connecting your actor/actress or song clearly to the play. How does this connect to A Doll's House.
I would also say that you will want to put your movie poster together on paper so that you can get all of the key elements taken care of. I'll update scores soon!
Showing posts with label adaptation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adaptation. Show all posts
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Friday, November 30, 2018
Homework for the Weekend - 30 November - A Day
AP English III
During today's class we were really focused on understanding how Chapter 5 and the arrival of Beloved act as a break or a caesura in the text. This is a clear moment that affects the characters now, and it will continue to affect them as we move forward in the text. As we investigated the changes in the characters, I want you to follow this as you keep reading by looking at the changes in the symbols in the text as well.
Over the weekend, read and annotate Chapters 6-8. As you're reading, look for symbols that we have noticed before, but also consider the way that these symbols are shifting or developing in their meaning. You're also going to want to keep an eye out for irony in the text too. As we discovered, irony really is the key device Morrison will be using through her text to communicate big understandings to us.
Remember that for Thursday we'll have the end of James Baldwin's piece as well. There will be an in-class writing/synthesis assignment on this day where you'll draw on many of our different authors to understand how many of them are developing a meaning around a particular idea.
English IV
We're spending our time working our way through Act III. Today we saw the beginnings of the end as Torvald and Nora begin to argue heatedly. For the weekend I think that it's a good idea to work on your projects if you can. We'll have a workshop in class on Tuesday, but I would suggest finishing your paragraph or other project so that we can move on to finishing the play.
During today's class we were really focused on understanding how Chapter 5 and the arrival of Beloved act as a break or a caesura in the text. This is a clear moment that affects the characters now, and it will continue to affect them as we move forward in the text. As we investigated the changes in the characters, I want you to follow this as you keep reading by looking at the changes in the symbols in the text as well.
Over the weekend, read and annotate Chapters 6-8. As you're reading, look for symbols that we have noticed before, but also consider the way that these symbols are shifting or developing in their meaning. You're also going to want to keep an eye out for irony in the text too. As we discovered, irony really is the key device Morrison will be using through her text to communicate big understandings to us.
Remember that for Thursday we'll have the end of James Baldwin's piece as well. There will be an in-class writing/synthesis assignment on this day where you'll draw on many of our different authors to understand how many of them are developing a meaning around a particular idea.
English IV
We're spending our time working our way through Act III. Today we saw the beginnings of the end as Torvald and Nora begin to argue heatedly. For the weekend I think that it's a good idea to work on your projects if you can. We'll have a workshop in class on Tuesday, but I would suggest finishing your paragraph or other project so that we can move on to finishing the play.
Monday, November 26, 2018
Homework for A-Day - 26 November
What a good first day back! I'm a bit tired, but I think I'll rally. Here are the things to accomplish before next class.
AP English III
Today we had a very thorough conversation related to Sethe, slavery, and some of Morrison's other key ideas in the opening of Beloved. You all were very engaged in the work which was lovely to see. For tonight, we have a parallel author to read and consider. On Google Classroom you'll find Angelou's "Graduation" which is all about her...graduation. There are a lot of big parallels to Beloved that we can also draw. Pay close attention to her tone and especially how it changes in the text.
For Friday we'll have Chapters 3-5 of Beloved as well as the next set of vocabulary cards (16-20). Remember to review the previous slides about what to do if you've been losing points on vocabulary cards.
English IV
Today in class we focused on our first project. Some of you were able to get this done and everyone else got some great decisions made related to the project. We'll have more time on Wednesday and Friday to keep working on these projects. For tonight, I would say to finish choosing which projects you'll do for this adaptation of A Doll's House. From there, you may want to take a look at your Act I test corrections. It's important to make any corrections now, so that you're in a good place before we finish our unit!
AP English III
Today we had a very thorough conversation related to Sethe, slavery, and some of Morrison's other key ideas in the opening of Beloved. You all were very engaged in the work which was lovely to see. For tonight, we have a parallel author to read and consider. On Google Classroom you'll find Angelou's "Graduation" which is all about her...graduation. There are a lot of big parallels to Beloved that we can also draw. Pay close attention to her tone and especially how it changes in the text.
For Friday we'll have Chapters 3-5 of Beloved as well as the next set of vocabulary cards (16-20). Remember to review the previous slides about what to do if you've been losing points on vocabulary cards.
English IV
Today in class we focused on our first project. Some of you were able to get this done and everyone else got some great decisions made related to the project. We'll have more time on Wednesday and Friday to keep working on these projects. For tonight, I would say to finish choosing which projects you'll do for this adaptation of A Doll's House. From there, you may want to take a look at your Act I test corrections. It's important to make any corrections now, so that you're in a good place before we finish our unit!
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Homework for the Weekend - A Day - 15 November
AP English III
Today in class we had our timed writing/reassessment on rhetorical analysis. I think that this one was a relatively straight forward one to flex our muscles and show that we all understand how to complete an analysis. I'll have them scored and grades posted/updated by the end of the weekend.
After that, we worked through a quick discussion of a few of our poets as a way to reflect on our understanding of the ideas of double consciousness and the veil from Dubois's From the Souls of Black Folk. These concepts are highly important as we move into Beloved since we'll be seeing these ideas (as well as others) being used by Morrison to communicate her arguments about slavery and racism as it pertains to women.
For tonight, you have another fantastic author - James Baldwin - who will explore his own experiences with the veil and double consciousness through his piece "Notes of a Native Son." The article is in our Google Classroom page. You're reading only the first section. As you read and annotate consider where you see the veil, double consciousness, and family. Consider how family is part of Baldwin's overall argument related to racism/the veil/double consciousness. This is a very angry text - I hope that you'll be able to appreciate why Baldwin feels the way he does. Here's a clip from a documentary about James Baldwin called I Am Not Your Negro which gives a bit more insight into him.
Be sure to bring Beloved with you next class as we will begin our study of the novel.
English IV
Today in class we worked through a bit more of Act III, focused on vocabulary work, and then we began developing our projects in class. Hopefully you were able to finish our planning and make one of your project choices. Next class we'll be focusing in on this project more!
Additionally, some of you are missing a major assignment. It's important that this assignment is completed on Monday or Tuesday. Please come during lunch if you are missing the Act I Quiz.
We'll be done with A Doll's House in the next few classes. You should review your notes for our final test on the book and you should be working on the three elements of your project. Remember that your project and your test will have the same amount of points, so a good project score is a way to outweigh a bad test grade.
Today in class we had our timed writing/reassessment on rhetorical analysis. I think that this one was a relatively straight forward one to flex our muscles and show that we all understand how to complete an analysis. I'll have them scored and grades posted/updated by the end of the weekend.
After that, we worked through a quick discussion of a few of our poets as a way to reflect on our understanding of the ideas of double consciousness and the veil from Dubois's From the Souls of Black Folk. These concepts are highly important as we move into Beloved since we'll be seeing these ideas (as well as others) being used by Morrison to communicate her arguments about slavery and racism as it pertains to women.
For tonight, you have another fantastic author - James Baldwin - who will explore his own experiences with the veil and double consciousness through his piece "Notes of a Native Son." The article is in our Google Classroom page. You're reading only the first section. As you read and annotate consider where you see the veil, double consciousness, and family. Consider how family is part of Baldwin's overall argument related to racism/the veil/double consciousness. This is a very angry text - I hope that you'll be able to appreciate why Baldwin feels the way he does. Here's a clip from a documentary about James Baldwin called I Am Not Your Negro which gives a bit more insight into him.
Be sure to bring Beloved with you next class as we will begin our study of the novel.
English IV
Today in class we worked through a bit more of Act III, focused on vocabulary work, and then we began developing our projects in class. Hopefully you were able to finish our planning and make one of your project choices. Next class we'll be focusing in on this project more!
Additionally, some of you are missing a major assignment. It's important that this assignment is completed on Monday or Tuesday. Please come during lunch if you are missing the Act I Quiz.
We'll be done with A Doll's House in the next few classes. You should review your notes for our final test on the book and you should be working on the three elements of your project. Remember that your project and your test will have the same amount of points, so a good project score is a way to outweigh a bad test grade.
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Homework for the Weekend - A Day Students - 25 October
AP English III
Good work today finishing up our discussion on The Crucible and how some of the big changes in the play are indicative of Miller's overall arguments. I also think that many of you had some great breakthroughs today as you were working with your groups to develop your rhetorical analyses. Let's keep all of this moving forward as we consider the weekend's tasks.
First, continue your reading of Denisovich and be ready for some work on the text on Monday. You should be to the point when the men return to the prison from work. You will want to read the scene that involves the searching of the prisoners as they return. This is an important scene to consider the dehuminization and the injustice that Solzhenitsyn wants his reader to understand.
Second, keep working on your websites! Next week should really be the end of the work so that you are revising and editing in advance of the final due date. We'll present these websites on Thursday, November 8.
Lastly, remember that you have your final quiz on The Crucible on Wednesday. Vocabulary cards (11-15) will be collected no later than Tuesday, November 6.
English IV
We did a lot of good work today in class focused around the secrets that Nora is keeping from her husband. I was also really happy to see a lot of good vocabulary work going on at the end of class as you all investigated new words.
For this weekend, be sure that you go through and answer as many of the Act I questions that you can. We'll go over them on Monday as we prepare for our Act I Quiz. Also, remember we started to talk today about our adaptation for your final project. An adaptation is an update of a play or story for a new audience. As you consider this think about the soundtrack, the setting, the costumes, the movie poster, and how the people would talk. We'll start working on this more next week as we prepare for our final project and move on to the other acts.
Good work today finishing up our discussion on The Crucible and how some of the big changes in the play are indicative of Miller's overall arguments. I also think that many of you had some great breakthroughs today as you were working with your groups to develop your rhetorical analyses. Let's keep all of this moving forward as we consider the weekend's tasks.
First, continue your reading of Denisovich and be ready for some work on the text on Monday. You should be to the point when the men return to the prison from work. You will want to read the scene that involves the searching of the prisoners as they return. This is an important scene to consider the dehuminization and the injustice that Solzhenitsyn wants his reader to understand.
Second, keep working on your websites! Next week should really be the end of the work so that you are revising and editing in advance of the final due date. We'll present these websites on Thursday, November 8.
Lastly, remember that you have your final quiz on The Crucible on Wednesday. Vocabulary cards (11-15) will be collected no later than Tuesday, November 6.
English IV
We did a lot of good work today in class focused around the secrets that Nora is keeping from her husband. I was also really happy to see a lot of good vocabulary work going on at the end of class as you all investigated new words.
For this weekend, be sure that you go through and answer as many of the Act I questions that you can. We'll go over them on Monday as we prepare for our Act I Quiz. Also, remember we started to talk today about our adaptation for your final project. An adaptation is an update of a play or story for a new audience. As you consider this think about the soundtrack, the setting, the costumes, the movie poster, and how the people would talk. We'll start working on this more next week as we prepare for our final project and move on to the other acts.
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