Due for Wednesday 1. Read Book 9. 2. Take notes on Odysseus' leadership style - how does he lead? Do you think he is a good leader? Do you think he/his crew is primed for success? Would you want him to be your coach or captain?
Due for Thursday Study for book 9 quiz Due for Monday 1. Read Book 10 2. Complete Odysseus Leadership Debate Preparation Sheet! Don't do the paragraph portion of the assignment.
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Due for Tuesday Read the "Poverty" example of the summer reading - take notes on "take aways" - things that you like about this piece and things to keep in mind/aspire for while you write your own
Due for Tuesday, 11:59 pm Submit your "They Say, I say" assignment onto Turn It In Due for Friday Come to class with your rough draft ready! We'll be sharing them for a portion of our class Due for Monday Blog Post: What is wrong with high school? Try to pair your idea with or present your idea through some tangible objects (the ladder of abstraction). Due for Wednesday Remember to come to the Goodwin Lab for class!
Due for Friday Submit your paper on Turn It In! Make sure to print it out and bring it class as well. Due for Monday Finish Stage 1 of your Hero Project Dues for Tuesday Blog Post: Watch or read Steve Job's Stanford Commencement Address. Do you personally find his words inspiring? Would you consider your affective response to his words to be signifiers of your perception of your social-economic class? Does appropriating the language of love for labor disguise and disenfranchise the "proletariat"?
Due for Wednesday 1. Read the final chapter in the packet 2. Read parts 1 and 4 of Malcolm Gladwell's "The Sports Taboo". Due for Friday Remember to go to Goodwin Lab for class! Due for Monday, 11:59 pm Submit "They Say, I Say" assignment on Turn It In Due for Wednesday Watch TED's The Danger of a Single Story. What "single story" have you been exposed to in your life? Be prepared to discuss and share!
Due for Thursday Read AV/TV's piece on Master of None. Write a paragraph combining a point from the article on Master of None and a point from the movie review. Due for Friday Remember that we'll be meeting in the library classroom on Friday! Due for Monday Make an outline for our short essay on the question "Does Wonder Woman make a difference?" Due for Wednesday Read and outline the New Yorker's "I Don't Want to be Right". Share this with me by placing it in your Google Docs folder.
Due for Friday 1. Read the introduction and Chapter 1 of "They Say, I Say." Due for Monday 1. Write for 10 minutes straight or 750 words (whichever is shorter) on your summer reading. 2. Read "In the Name of Love." Annotate how a passage of your choice displays a concept that you read in "They Say, I Say." Due for Friday 1. Get ready for your in-class diagnostic exam 2. Complete AP Tech set-up!
Due for Monday 1. Finish your poster! No larger than 8.5 x 11 - make sure you have your name and face somewhere on there. Baby pictures count! 2. Bring in an old essay that you are proud of 3. Read the Wesley Morris' piece on racism in culture this summer (also available on our resources tab) and create an outline that sums up what each paragraph tries to do. Share this with me by placing it in your shared Google Docs folder. 3. Blog Post: How do you respond to Morris' central claim that, "We’re supposed to be fixated, at the moment, on the shock of a president capable of finding “fine people” among hordes of white supremacists...But to watch the movies or TV — or even to catch the hype for a certain boxing match — is to know that normalized white supremacy has been here all summer." ? Do you agree with the notion that our popular culture, our media-delivered entertainment industry, reflects our national sentiment regarding race this summer? In general? What about other issues? Both Blocks
Due for Thursday 1. Finish Student Interest Survey 2. Read The one of the following articles from The Pudding and note what general conclusions can you draw when it comes to men and women in film? An analysis of screen directions or an analysis of dialogue. Due for Monday 1. Finish your individual poster! No bigger than 8.5 x 11, must include your name and your face. Baby faces count! 2. Print out or draw a picture of the female character that has meant the most to you throughout your life. On the back of this picture, write a few qualities that are remarkable about this individual. |
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