Due for Tuesday, Oct 31 Complete your rough draft (75%). Bring this into class!
Due for Wednesday Read the first four pages of "Thank God for the Atom Bomb." Blog post: To what extent (or situations) do you personally agree with the following statement: "If it doesn't immediately concern you, you don't have a say in the conversation." Should we listen to the voices of men in women's health rights? Should we listen to Asian Americans when it comes to conversations about Black Lives Matter? Should we listen to academics on the morality of dropping an atom bomb if their lives weren't on the line? Due for Friday, 11:59 PM Complete your trend story and submit it on Turn It In Due for Monday 1. Read Chapter 1 of Hiroshima 2. Blog Post: Less than Human - What group of people are treated as "less than human" by society today? Can you find an article or a blog or an opinions piece that relates this treatment/ conceptualization?
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Due for Wednesday Bring in a deck of cards if you can! Due for Thursday 1. Read Chapter 1 2. Imagine you got to live the "Friends" set up in which you and your squad live in two apartments across the hall from each other. Write me 400 words on what that would be like, who would be there, what jobs would you all have, what kind of adventures would you have, the pets, etc. Due for Monday 1. Read Chapter 2 2. Pick two of the following characters and:
B Block Due for Wednesday Bring in a deck of cards if you can! Due for Friday 1. Read Chapter 1 2. Imagine you got to live the "Friends" set up in which you and your squad live in two apartments across the hall from each other. Write me 400 words on what that would be like, who would be there, what jobs would you all have, what kind of adventures would you have, the pets, etc. Due for Monday 1. Read Chapter 2 2. Pick two of the following characters and:
Due for Tuesday Remember, it's a work day! If you don't plan to be in our room on Tuesday, please send me an email so that I can be aware.
Due for Friday Blog Post: Copy and paste an anecdotal lead from a features story or trend story that you find only - should tell a story or focus on just one person who is representative of a larger idea or trend - what do you think the angle of the story is just from the opening? Due for Tuesday, Oct 31 Complete your rough draft (75%). Bring this into class! Due for Thursday Submit your essay on Turn It In! Make sure you print out a copy and bring it into class as well.
Due for Friday Complete this survey! Due for Wednesday, Nov 1 Complete your Act 1 of your first comic book! Due for Tuesday NOTHING I'm sick. cough cough.
Due for Wednesday 1. Find an example of a trend story and bring it into class. 2. Blog post: Find a segment from a stand-up comic or a segment from a talk show that you think makes a poignant comment on modern society. If you had to prescribe a cynical heart behind the comment, what sentiment or critique of our times, generation, religion, politics, etc. is the individual making? Would you agree or disagree with the notion being articulated? Due for Friday Complete your trend story reporting plan (remember, this is your goal and plan, not a contract! If it doesn't work out, no shame or blame). Share this with me by placing it in our shared Google folder. Due for Monday NOTHING it's a homework free weekend Due for Wednesday 1. A Block has a vocab quiz! 2. Finish reading books 22 and 23. You will have a quick reading quiz!
Due for Thursday Complete the "material gathering" sheet for your essay! Due for Friday 1. B Block has a vocab quiz! 2. Bring in one body paragraph for peer editing. Due for for Thursday, the 26th Finish your essay! Submit it on Turn It In and print it out and bring a printed copy for collection in class. Due for Friday 1. Submit your summer reading essay by 11:59 pm! If you plan to use your 4 day extension, please email me before Friday. 2. Assume you were tasked to write an article covering Wednesday's Tuvan Musical Event and currently plan to interview two students who were in attendance as well as a teacher who helped organize the event. Come to class with 5-7 questions for each of these individuals 3. Blog Post: Watch the following clip from Charlie Brooker's Newswipe on mass shootings or read the Uproxx article detailing CNN's coverage of the Oregon Shooting from 2015. In your estimation, how do you judge the coverage of the Los Vegas shooting from major media outlets? Is there any particular storyline, headline, article, segment, etc. that feels better/worse than the others? What particular risks came from the way that they chose to report the news? What risks did they successfully avoid? How conscious should media organizations be when weighing impact of the news vs the newsworthiness of the details of the events?
Due for Monday Complete your article on South's hosting of the Tuvan musicians - at most 400 words. Turn this in by placing it into our shared Google Doc folder. Due for Wednesday 1. A Block has a vocab quiz! 2. Bring in your typed paragraph on Odysseus' leadership using an outside standard (last page on the debate packet). This will be worth 15 points!
Due for Thursday 1. Read Book 20 2. Answer the following questions (and be ready to share in class): 1. What is the most disrespectful thing that someone has done to you? 2. What sort of disrespect gets under your skin the most often? 3. What sort of disrespect is easy for you to shrug off? 4. What do your answers to the questions above tell you about what aspects of your life do you place a lot of pride in? Due for Friday 1. B Block has a vocab quiz! 2. Answer the following question before reading: if restitution is recompense for loss, what has Odysseus lost at this point in the narrative? 3. Read Book 21. Prepare for a quiz on Books 20 and 21 Due for Monday Watch a superhero movie that came out in the past 10 years. As you watch it, take notes on the characteristics, attitudes, values, and actions that seem remarkable about your superhero (it doesn't have to be all positive items!) This will help for your essay! Due for Wednesday A Block has a vocab quiz! Get ready for a reading quiz on Book 10
Due for Friday B Block has a vocab quiz! Get ready for a reading quiz on Book 12 Due for Wednesday Compose your paragraph on Chapter 12! A Block also has a reading quiz on Stem List 2. Due for Tuesday Read through three articles from New York Time's Modern Love Series and then link to the one that you find effective or striking. Copy and paste a couple of sentences that stick out to you: what is so effective about this piece? What notes can you offer on its structure, play with the ladder of the abstraction, tone, etc.? What allows this piece to feel "authentic and pristine?" What did your pieces have common? What made one better than the others? Would you personally want to date the authors of any of these pieces?
Due for Wednesday Add at least two items onto this list from our readings in class. Place your initials next to your submission Due for Monday Take a hard news article and extract all the information into a "fact sheet". Print this out and bring it to class! Due for Monday, 30th Submit your college essay onto Turn It In. |
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