Combined classes this week to work on your project in 9202 (3rd lunch!)
Due for Wednesday Submit your group's progress and first 400 words on Mr. Lee's Schoology Due for Wednesday, the 8th Submit your group's final product on Mr. Lee's Schoology. Also, try to get a copy of Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians (1980)
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Due for Tuesday Read one of the following pieces on adolescent suicide intersecting with football: 1. New York Times 2. Bleacher Report. Blog post: At what age would you allow your child to play football, if ever? Did reading the piece affect your thinking about this at all? What might be missing from the conversation if this was all you read about adolescent football?
Due for Thursday Send me an email with your responses to the feature story proposal! Due for Monday, the 6th Read the following articles from Rick Bragg: "A Theif Dines Out, Hoping Later to Eat In" and "Prisoner's Pittance is Meant as a Reminder of a Great Loss". Blog post: How should prison systems deal with prisoners like Graham Mahes? How do you respond to a sentence that asks Brandon Blenden to write a weekly check as pittance? How should we understand remorsefulness as a factor in prison sentencing / the prison system? Due for Tuesday, the 7th It will mostly be a work day! So schedule interviews for this time, be ready to do work in the classroom / campus, or come to class prepared to make use of the time. Combined classes this week! 9202 for both C and D block (third lunch!)
Due for Wednesday 1. Finish reading Chapter 6. Schoology post: 3-5 sentences. How would you describe Minerva's moral code throughout this chapter? Do you agree with this moral code / sense of morality? Do you believe this moral code would be beneficial for starting and sustaining a revolution? 2. Fill out the Civil War Survey! Due for Sunday, the 28th Fill out the survey on your Revolution Project groups! Ms. Gallagher and I will meet on Sunday the 28th and make your groups. Due for Mon the 29th Come to class having read a feature piece! If you need help finding one, consider looking for profiles, long reads, or trend stories - these are usually features.
Reminder: Both blocks will be combined this week!
Monday - 9202 for both blocks (3rd lunch!) Wednesday - 9202 for both blocks (3rd lunch!) Friday - Lecture Hall for C Block; 9202 for D Block; 3rd Lunch! Due for Wednesday, 11:59 pm Turn in your project on Schoology! Due for Monday, the 22nd Read from the start of Chapter 6 until the line break on page 100 (of the novel) "He yanks me by the wrist, thrusting his pelvis at me in a vulgar way, and I can see my hand in an endless slow motion rise—a mind all its own-- and come down on the astonished, made-up face." Schoology discussion: Do you blame Minerva's father for hiding the letters from her? Also, we'll be together again in 9202 for C and D Block on the 22nd. 3rd lunch! Due for Tuesday Read Chapter 4! No writing this time. Also, only if you have time and are bored, we will discuss what's covered in this podcast a bit - give it a listen!
Due for Thursday 1. Blog Post: Do you believe that the concentration of production and moderation of technological advancement / discussion in Western communities lends itself to critiques of some sort of moral imperialism? How should a company approach designing or moderating the use its product if cultural differences exist that are diametrically opposed to the its general posture? 2. Come to class with a dope passage (max 600ish words in length) and a thesis if you were to write it up as an explication. (You'll submit an outline on this during class) Due for Monday Write up an outline for an explication on the passage provided. Reminder: Both blocks will be combined this week!
Monday - 9202 for C Block (3rd lunch!); Lecture hall for D Block Wednesday - Lecture Hall for C Block; 9202 for D Block; 3rd Lunch! Friday - Lecture Hall for C Block; 9202 for D Block; 3rd Lunch! Work on your project this week! Due for Thursday 11:59 PM: Turn in response paper 2 on schoology!
Due for Tuesday, the 9th Read Chapter 1 of Hiroshima. Blog post: Is there a group of people or a movement that is being othered by society today? Or do you believe, that in today's internet age where communities based on identities can develop globally, no one can truly be othered? Try to link us to an example to prove your point if you can! Due for Thursday Nothing; we don't have class because of Veteran's Day! Due for Monday, the 14th 1. Read Chapter 2 and 3 of Hiroshima. 2. Blog Post On pages 29-30, we follow the perspective of Mr. Tanimoto as he races into the city, unharmed. The narration puts forth that, "the wounded limped past the screams, and Mr. Tanimoto ran past them. As a Christian he was filled with compassion for those who were trapped, and as a Japanese he was overwhelmed by the shame of being unhurt, and he prayed as he ran, 'God help them and take them out of the fire.'" Revisit these pages and consider whether or not the "shame of being unhurt" has any echoes or reflections in our society and context today. Does this idea register to us as foreign or familiar? In what ways do we see this notion, if at all, in our society or our school today? 3. Play around on the Moral Machine from MIT a bit and take note of the trends in your responses (also, be sure to read the instructions really well!) |
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