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1. We are meeting in Goodwin Lab on Monday, 03/30 2. Please purchase a Folger's Edition of Hamlet (Amazon Link) for class by Monday, 04/06. A Block Due for Wednesday: Read "Who the Hell is Tauriel"; concentrate on the last half of the paper to consider a model of synthesis. Due for Thursday: Read the following articles - take notes on how would you adopt this to make this longform and fit the requirements of our culture essay? Submit this via Google Docs Article 1 Article 2 Due for Monday: 1. AP in-class essays will be submitted and worked on; please write yours with a CODENAME (be creative!) so that - when we peer edit - no one pulls any punches. 2. work on your final draft E Block Due for Tuesday: Read "Who the Hell is Tauriel"; concentrate on the last half of the paper to consider a model of synthesis. Due for Wednesday: Read the following articles - take notes on how would you adopt this to make this longform and fit the requirements of our culture essay? Submit this via Google Docs Article 1 Article 2 Due for Monday: 1. AP in-class essays will be submitted and worked on; please write yours with a CODENAME (be creative!) so that - when we peer edit - no one pulls any punches. 2. work on your final draft
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C Block
Due for Tuesday: Read Act 2 Scenes 3-4. Take notes on humor in our text: what are funny about these scenes? What makes something funny in general? What kind of humor does Shakespeare like to employ? Due for Thursday: Read Act 2 Scenes 5-6; study for quotation quiz on Act 2 (pay attention to new characters and plot points!) Due for Monday: 1. Look at Act 2 Scene 6. Find a few quotations from this scene that help you see whether or not they are in love. 2. Read Act 3 Scene 1; write a 5 sentence argument on who is to blame for the actions that transpire in these scene. D Block Due for Tuesday: Read Act 2 Scenes 3-4. Take notes on humor in our text: what are funny about these scenes? What makes something funny in general? What kind of humor does Shakespeare like to employ? Due for Wednesday: Read Act 2 Scenes 5-6; study for quotation quiz on Act 2 (pay attention to new characters and plot points!) Due for Monday: 1. Look at Act 2 Scene 6. Find a few quotations from this scene that help you see whether or not they are in love. 2. Read Act 3 Scene 1; write a 5 sentence argument on who is to blame for the actions that transpire in these scene. 3. Study for vocab quiz C Block
Due for Tuesday: Review poetic devices and poetry form for our in-class analysis Due for Thursday: Read through Act 2 Scene 2; highlight important passages. Due for Friday: 1. Make a list of all the ways we label people in our society today. 2. Look up the definition of your name; if you have one, write a few sentences of whether or not you think the identity or idea portrayed by your name (first or last) is true for yourself. 3. Study for Vocab Quiz. Due for Monday: Write first draft of "Labeling Experience"; please print it out and bring it in for a workshop D Block Due for Tuesday: Review poetic devices and poetry form for our in-class analysis Due for Wednesday: Read through Act 2 Scene 2; highlight important passages. Due for Friday: 1. Make a list of all the ways we label people in our society today. 2. Look up the definition of your name; if you have one, write a few sentences of whether or not you think the identity or idea portrayed by your name (first or last) is true for yourself. Due for Monday: 1. Write first draft of "Labeling Experience"; please print it out and bring it in for a workshop 2. Study for vocab quiz REMINDER: BOTH BLOCKS ARE MEETING IN GOODWIN COMPUTER LAB MONDAY, 03/23
Due Tuesday: Structural outline submitted via Google Docs. This exercise intended to force you to think through the entirety of your paper, incorporating your sources and considering how to move from one idea/ understanding to another. Feel free to make this as bare or extensive as you wish, but I will expect to see 1. A tentative progression of conclusions and thoughts about your subject and 2. ideas of how at least 5 of your sources will be utilized in specific instances in your paper. Due Thursday: Editorial rewrites! Please submit this via Google Docs under a title that contain the words "editorial rewrite". Due sometime Monday: Rough draft (at least 4 pages written). Please submit this through Google Docs. We will be meeting in the Goodwin Computer Lab on Monday, March 30th Notes:
E Block will meet in the SCIENCE COMPUTER LAB on Wednesday, the 18th. A Block will meet in the CUTLER COMPUTER LAB on Thursday, the 19th. Both Blocks will meet in the GOODWIN COMPUTER LAB on Monday, the 23rd. Due for Wednesday (E Block): Culture essay proposal (submit through Google Docs) and write up of 2 sources (create a Google doc to write up all of your sources) Due for Thursday (A Block): Culture essay proposal (submit through Google Docs) and write up of 2 sources (create a Google doc to write up all of your sources) Due for Friday (Both blocks): Write up of 3 more sources (update your Google Doc) Due for Tuesday, the 24th (Both blocks): Initial outline (Submit through Google Doc and bring to class) The prompt, proposal, and document write up sheets are available on our Resources Page. C Block
Due for Tuesday: 1. Answer questions on comprehension sheet. 2. Read Act 1 Scene 3 Due for Thursday: 1. Read Act 1 Scene 4. 2. Mark down and explain an instance of wordplay in this scene. Due for Friday: 1. Read Act 1 Scene 5. 2. What poetic devices have you seen being used in this act? Inspect one instance of this - take notes. 3. Study for Vocab quiz. Due for Monday: Review for Act 1 Quotation Quiz D Block Due for Tuesday: 1. Answer questions on comprehension sheet. 2. Read Act 1 Scene 3 Due for Wednesday: 1. Read Act 1 Scene 4. 2. Mark down and explain an instance of wordplay in this scene. Due for Friday: 1. Read Act 1 Scene 5. 2. What poetic devices have you seen being used in this act? Inspect one instance of this - take notes. Due for Monday: Review for Act 1 Quotation Quiz; study for Vocab Quiz C Block
Due for Friday: 1. Study for vocab quiz 2. Submit your poetry explication Due for Monday: Read Act 1, Scene 1-2. Write up 3 comprehension questions for our comprehension quiz. D Block Due for Friday: Submit your poetry explication Due for Monday: Read Act 1, Scene 1-2. Write up 3 comprehension questions for our comprehension quiz. A Block
Due for Wednesday: Read the following article on the death of American Adulthood (I will also provide a link to the document on the Resources Page). Come to class with your notes on the basic idea of the overarching thesis and how might it factor into our conversation on the role of fathers in our society. Due for Thursday: Read the following article that examines the claim in the NYT Mag piece through an economic lens. Write 300 words on how this idea might be reflected in the Superbowl Advertisements we saw earlier this year. Submit this through Google Docs Due for Friday: Read chapter on Teen Movies (handout) Due for Monday: Research a moment or event in recent cultural history that intrigues you. Bring in an article (printed please!) that discusses this moment through a lens other than simply reporting. E Block Due for Tuesday: Read the following article on the death of American Adulthood (I will also provide a link to the document on the Resources Page). Come to class with your notes on the basic idea of the overarching thesis and how might it factor into our conversation on the role of fathers in our society. Due for Wednesday: Read the following article that examines the claim in the NYT Mag piece through an economic lens. Write 300 words on how this idea might be reflected in the Superbowl Advertisements we saw earlier this year. Submit this through Google Docs Due for Thursday: Read chapter on Teen Movies (handout) Due for Monday: Research a moment or event in recent cultural history that intrigues you. Bring in an article (printed please!) that discusses this moment through a lens other than simply reporting. Please bring in your own copy of Romeo and Juliet (Folger Library Edition) by next Monday! Here is the Amazon link (less than $4!).
C Block Due for Thursday: 1. Bring in one of the poems for your portfolio. 2. Paraphrase Sonnet 127 and Sonnet 130 Due for Friday: Complete your edits on your poems for your portfolio. Bring in the new draft as well as a draft of its explication. Due for next Tuesday: Submit your poetry explication in class as well as on Turn It In. D Block Due for Wednesday: 1. Bring in one of the poems for your portfolio. 2. Paraphrase Sonnet 127 and Sonnet 130 Due for Friday: Complete your edits on your poems for your portfolio. Bring in the new draft as well as a draft of its explication. Due for Monday: Study for vocabulary quiz. Due for next Tuesday: Submit your poetry explication in class as well as on Turn It In. Due for Friday: Blog post! Find an example of a school or institution that assumes a program that mandates occasional separation from technology OR find an example of a school or institution that mandates an inclusion of technology (try Googling "one to one technology"): Is there any value to regular/ lengthy periods of "unplugging" from the technological world around us? Consider your own life and experiences with phones, blogs, websites, social media, school, and relationships in your answers.
Due for Monday: 1. Heintzelman entries are due on Monday (before F block if you want to submit it for reading); please let me know if you want to submit it for the contest by emailing me 2. Please take this survey! 3. Complete Technology editorial. Here are your readings: Students have difficulty focusing due to technology in this study? Schools should look to including technology? Don't look at your phone for five days? Hyperlink wars The Joy of Quiet 2 Mins of Mindfulness Tablets but no Teachers? |
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