Due for Thursday 05/24 1. Finish reading our book. 2. Have your notes and your outline!
Due for Friday 05/25 Fill out this survey. Due for Monday 06/04 Be prepared to present your children's book - have the accompanying written piece prepared to be submitted to me as well! If you are writing an essay, please have this prepared. Due for Thursday 06/07 Be prepared for our "Socratic Debate" on which books we should and shouldn't teach! A Block Project Groups Essays
Picture Books
B Block Essays
Picture Books
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Due Monday, May 14th: Write back to your freshmen self. Looking back on the items and issues that concerned you four years ago, craft a response that addresses the topics you felt compelled to remark upon during your freshmen year. Reflect upon how much you’ve grown, how your priorities have shifted, how you have met or failed expectations, how your relationships have blossomed and withered. Give examples, answer questions, and comment on how your perspective as a senior differs from yours as a freshmen. (500-600 words). Share this with me by placing it in your Google Docs folder.
OR Write a letter to someone who holds significant value to you at this current moment. In this letter, comment upon how you’ve grown through your relationship and how the events and experiences that you’ve shared or received has developed your sense of self and worth. What lessons have this person taught you? What moments stand out in your mind as being symbolic for the space this individual occupies in your life? What commitments, values, or understandings would be vacant if it weren’t for this person? (500 – 600 words). Share this with me by placing it in your Google Docs folder. Due Friday, May 18th: Make a list of 18 things you never want to forget about the past four years. The items that comprise this list can be moments, lessons, individuals, songs, promises, relationships, experiences, people, emotions, etc. Try to be as specific as possible. Share this with me by placing it in your Google Docs folder. Due Monday, May 21th: Imagine there were some sort of intimate, exclusive candle-lit ceremony in which you and forty other seniors of your choice (and everyone’s parents) were in attendance to recognize and honor all that you’ve gone through over the past four years. The penultimate portion of this ceremony was an “open mic” session in which any senior is allowed to address the congregation of peers and parents say whatever is on his/her/their heart. You walk up there, grab the mic, and start, “Hello, everyone. It's been a minute, but I just wanted to say…” (500-600 words). Share this with me by placing it in your Google Docs folder. Due Tuesday, May 29th 11:59 pm Turn in your Reflection Paper on Turn It In. Highlights first!
Due for Thursday Fill out this survey! Due for Friday Find three articles (at least 600 words each) that engages with the question: what does it mean to be an adult/ professional/ parent in today's society? Due for Thursday, May 24th 1. Finish reading Catcher in the Rye 2. Compile your notes on the topic of your choice onto a single document 3. Compile your notes on the prompt into an outline for an essay - make sure you have a bullet for each paragraph you plan to write! Just as we did with our last novel, we will be spending most of our classtime over the next week and a half simply reading our next novel: JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. This American classic is widely heralded as a seminal work, strongly defining American adolescence and the tensions that exist between the innocence of childhood and the seeming corruption of adulthood. Here's what I'm asking you to do to prepare for our conversations on this text: 1. Before you start reading, find three articles (at least 600 words each) that engages with the question: what does it mean to be an adult/ professional/ parent in today's society? 2. Finish reading this novel by May 23rd 3. As you read, compile 15 notes on one of the following topics:
Many people consider Catcher in the Rye to be the quintessential American "coming of age" novel in which our protagonist transitions into adulthood through a profound experience. If we buy into this notion, consider what it might mean to be “an adult” through the lens of our novel, and argue whether or not this definition/ commentary still holds validity in 2018, over 60 years later? This outline will be checked on May 24th. While you will not have reading quizzes, we will still be trying to have our vocab quizzes, so make sure our lists stay current on your mind! Also, as the final piece of our Lord of the Flies project, please fill out this reflection survey! |
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