Due for Wednesday 1. A Block has a Vocab quiz on list 5! 2. Finish reading Act 2
Due for Thursday 1. Get ready for a reading quiz! 2. Read Act 3 Scene 1. It's a bit longer than usual, so you might want to get a head start when your reading is light. Due for Wednesday, the 7th 1. Read Act 3, Scenes 2-4. 2. Write a deductive reasoning paragraph on whether or not justice was served in the prince's decree in Act 3 Scene 1 (worth 15 points). 3. Write a deductive reasoning paragraph on whether or not Romeo or Juliet meets contemporary gender stereotypes (also worth 15 points).
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Read the following articles in preparation for our seminar on Friday!
Require Readings
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Due for Wednesday Blog Post: Should schools promote or teach patriotism as a school or social value? What values should schools promote? What rules or standards should a value or moral fulfill in order for it to be taught explicitly in a school? What morals should never be taught in a school, even if they seem benign or even good? Due for Friday 1. If you are to be part of our Socratic Seminar, please be prepared! 2. Blog Post: Who gets to be an ally? Do certain qualities or histories immediately disqualify an individual from being an ally? Is someone too old, too young, too "dirty" to be an ally? What risks are posed by being an ally? When does being an ally cross a line? In what ways can someone hurt a cause or detract from a cause by trying to be an ally? Due for Monday Create a document on Google Drive with your first editorial! Due for Tuesday Bring in an example of an editorial that you find compelling to class!
Due for Friday Nothing because Mr. Lee had a pink eye scare! Due for Monday Blog Post: Write about a time or of an example of how you may have fallen prey to a cognitive bias or a logical fallacy in your own life/ opinions. How did you realize that your thinking wasn't as sound as you believed it to be? What should you, personally, be more mindful of when you find yourself in situations that produce intellectual dissonance? Due for Monday, Feb 5th 1. Share with me a link to your short film that only uses 5 cuts! 2. Blog Post: Pick an editorial or opinions piece that fails to compel you or that you vehemently disagree with. Link to it, then trash it based on the concepts that we've discussed in class this week: What about its ethos, logos, or pathos is ineffective? What cognitive or logical fallacies does it seem to operate upon? What errors do you see in its inductive or deductive reasoning? What makes this piece invalid? Due for Wednesday Nothing because Mr. Lee had a pink eye scare!
Due for Thursday Read Act 2 Scene 2; come into class with a list of all the ways we label people in our society Due for Friday Read Act 2 Scene 3; come to class with a paraphrase of the Friar's opening monologue. Due for Monday Read Act 2 Scenes 4 and 5; come to class with notes on 3 moments in our play so far that you found funny or humorous - what makes them funny? What makes anything funny? Due for Wednesday 1. Read Act 1 Scene 3; try to answer the comprehension questions! A Block, get ready for your vocab quiz. 2. Read Act 1 Scene 4. Make a list of all the characters we've met so far and match them with another character that resembles them from another narrative. Be prepared to justify and share!
Due for Thursday 1. Finish reading Act 1. Get ready for your in-class test! Due for Monday 1. Read Act 2 Scene 1. 2. Make a list of 10 statements that Romeo and Juliet/ High School Musical seem to be making about the following topics: 1. The nature of love 2. The role of adults vs children. 3. The nature of youth and youthfulness 4. How a society should function in regards to rule and power of laws and manners 5. Who is allowed to give advice? Due for Friday Share your HNZLMN brainstorm with a peer in class. Then, comment on the one shared with you - what ideas are worth keeping? Worth ditching? What are some ways to expand the ideas on the page? What additions or subtractions would you recommend? How would you approach writing this story?
Due for Tuesday, the 23rd 1. Bring in your edited movie ready to show the class! 2. Bring in an example of an editorial or opinions piece that you found compelling/ won you over. Be ready to defend it! Due for Friday, March 2 Submit your HNZLMN on Turn It In Due for Friday, 11:59 pm 1. Turn in your profile piece on Turn It In 2. Complete the blog posts for last week!
Due for Tuesday, Jan 16 Complete 3 of the Ten Minute Prompts. Share this with me on Google Docs in your TERM THREE FOLDER!! Mama, we made it! 1. What's in your closet? 2. The shoulder angel and devil are actually in love, and they can only be present together while their human host is having a moral conflict. 3. Try to end with this sentence: “Grey is a beautiful thing to someone who lives in a black world.” 4. Must begin with: "My favorite number? 12. Obviously." 5. What teacher has influenced you the most? 6. Write a letter in which you use an extended metaphor to your city, school, or other larger non-human entity (think Common's I Used to Love HER or Kanye's Homecoming or Eminem's 25 to life) 7. Describe your favorite work of art. 8. Who is a stranger you see regularly? 9. What is the last promise you've broken? 10. Write a story that starts by quoting a receipt. Due for Wednesday Submit your poetry portfolio and explications on Turn It In. Make sure print out a copy for submission during class as well.
Due for Thursday Read Act 1 Scene 1; try to answer the comprehension questions! Due for Friday Read Act 1 Scene 2; try to answer the comprehension questions! Due for Wednesday, Jan 10 1. Read Act 1 Scene 3; try to answer the comprehension questions! A Block, get ready for your vocab quiz. 2. Read Act 1 Scene 4. Make a list of all the characters we've met so far and match them with another character that resembles them from another narrative. Be prepared to justify and share! IF WE DO NOT HAVE CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, READ THE REST OF ACT ONE Due for Friday Have your two poems written.
Due for Monday 1. Have your copy of Romeo and Juliet ready! 2. Come in with one paragraph analyzing your own poetry ready for peer editing ...psych! there was too much snow! Just focus on your poetry portfolios. Due for Wednesday 1. Come in with your rough draft! If this is a lot to ask, then try and make sure you have a bomb outline with what 2. Read "Maui Surfer Girls"
Due for Friday 1. Blog Post What sort of attitude towards gender have you noticed in the way that Orlean approaches her subjects? Does her writing betray any stereotypes or frames of masculinity/femininity that feel outdated? What would Bono say? 2. Read the first two chapters of 5 different Orlean stories - answer these questions: what is Orlean's "style"? How does she engage a reader or establish/disrupt your sympathies? What can you incorporate into your own profile? 3. (You can also hand this in on Monday if you choose to) Write a letter to yourself with your hopes and goals before you graduate! I'll mail you this on graduation day. Due for Monday 1. Read "Show Dog" 2. Try your hand at adapting the Orlean's conceit for her "Show Dog" lead: write a paragraph describing a non-human item in terms of a relationship partner . Remember your final draft of your profile is due on 01/12! |
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