Due for Tuesday: Read 2.1 and 2.2. Write a paragraph answering this question: what do you think is Odysseus' most heroic quality? Why?
Due over break: Watch a superhero movie. Take notes on what standards this movie places upon an individual in order for him/her/it to be considered a hero. D Block will have a vocab quiz on the Monday we return.
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AMENDMENT: Please make your remarks and comments fit a 175-200 word count; don't feel pressure to provide a link for personal or creative pieces! This week, like our previous week, I will be asking you to take your conversations onto the blog. Remember to provide sources and links whenever necessary. Also, you might want to copy and save your comments on another document as there have been some technical difficulties in the comments being published.
A Block Due for Wednesday: Youth: Think of your stereotypical adolescent male. What does he look like? What does he like to do? What is he interested in? How does he feel about his family, siblings, girls, teachers, and friends? What is important to him? What does he wear? Due for Thursday: 1. Read "The Maui Surfer Girls" (P.37) 2. Anthem: What song would you consider a "teenage anthem" - a song that speaks the voice of today's teenagers in that it reflects the ideals, priorities, wants, and experiences of your generation? Is this song still as authentic or accurate for our Maui Surfer Girls? Due for Friday: 1. Read "Show Dog" (P. 27) 2. Priorities: What is important in your life in this very moment? List at least three things. How might these principles be captured in snapshots of moments in your life? What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you seeing, eating, singing, feeling, shouting? Due for Monday: 1. Read "Seriously Silly" (P. 269). 2. Toilets: Try your hand at adapting the Orlean's conceit for her "Show Dog" lead: write a paragraph describing a non-human item in terms of a relationship partner (maybe watch Wong Fu's "When Five Fell" for ideas). E Block Due for Tuesday: Youth: Think of your stereotypical adolescent male. What does he look like? What does he like to do? What is he interested in? How does he feel about his family, siblings, girls, teachers, and friends? What is important to him? What does he wear? Due for Wednesday: 1. Read "The Maui Surfer Girls" (P.37) 2. Anthem: What song would you consider a "teenage anthem" - a song that speaks the voice of today's teenagers in that it reflects the ideals, priorities, wants, and experiences of your generation? Is this song still as authentic or accurate for our Maui Surfer Girls? Due for Thursday: 1. Read "Show Dog" (P. 27) 2. Priorities: What is important in your life in this very moment? List at least three things. How might these principles be captured in snapshots of moments in your life? What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you seeing, eating, singing, feeling, shouting? Due for Monday: 1. Read "Seriously Silly" (P. 269). 2. Toilets: Try your hand at adapting the Orlean's conceit for her "Show Dog" lead: write a paragraph describing a non-human item in terms of a relationship partner (maybe watch Wong Fu's "When Five Fell" for ideas). C Block
Due for Tuesday: If necessary, finish your poster. Due for Monday: 1. Finish reading Part 1. 2. Make a list of your five favorite memories. D Block Due for Tuesday: If necessary, finish your poster. Due for Monday: 1. Finish reading Part 1. 2. Make a list of your five favorite memories. Reminder: Please fill out the "Shadowing Day" document on the "Resources" page. Also, we will begin reading The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup this week; please bring your copy to class.
Both Blocks: For our homework this week, I will be asking you to participate in an online discussion. You will notice a link to the page titled "AP Language Online Conversation" on website header. On that page, you will be asked to respond to three different topics this week. For each topic, please write at least 220 words of response (to either the prompt or to someone else's response) and include either a link to an article or a video that informs/furthers your writing. Include memes and gifs as necessary. Due for Wednesday: Read the document titled "rick bragg's oyster", located on the resources page; then head to the blog and respond. Due for Thursday: Read up on the recent UVA scandal; then head to the blog and respond. Due for Monday: Read just the first paragraph of 12 Orleans stories; then head to the blog and respond. Both Blocks:
Due for Monday: Complete your essay; turn it in on Turn It In and have it printed, ready to submit in class. Reminder:
As soon as you can, fill out the information requested by the "shadow day" google document located in the "resources" page. A Block Due for Friday: 1. Find a soft news article on Ferguson published in the last year. Take notes on how the article develops a human aspect of this issue; bring your notes and your article to class. 2. Read the chapter titled "Icons" in Somebody Told Me (Pg. 126-139); pick one of these stories and compare/contrast Bragg's treatment of his subjects with a previous story; what conclusions can you make about Bragg’s treatment of his subjects, if any? (400 words; submit to google docs). 3. Review notes for our in-class essay on Monday. E Block Due for Tuesday: Find a soft news article on Ferguson published in the last year. Take notes on how the article develops a human aspect of this issue; bring your notes and your article to class. Due for Friday: 1. Read the chapter titled "Icons" in Somebody Told Me (Pg. 126-139); pick one of these stories and compare/contrast Bragg's treatment of his subjects with a previous story; what conclusions can you make about Bragg’s treatment of his subjects, if any? (400 words; submit to google docs). 2. Review notes for our in-class essay on Monday. Reminders:
C Block will meet at the Goodwin Computer Lab on Thursday, Dec 4th. D Block will meet at the Goodwin Computer Lab on Friday, Dec 5th. Our Lord of the Flies papers will be due on Dec 11th. Please use the light homework load this week to work a bit on your paper each night! C Block Due for Tuesday: Review notes on Hobbes and Locke. We will be having a discussion on how we can read the concepts put forth by our philosopher in our class tomorrow, and I don't want to spend much - if any - of our time together reviewing their assumptions and conclusions. Due for Thursday: Write a counter-argument arguing that pandas are the world's worst animals. The first sentence should resemble "Some people say that angler fish are actually the world's worst animals, but..." or "Some people may try to point out that pandas do contribute to our world, but..." Due for Friday: Study for Vocabulary Quiz Due for Monday: Write the first body paragraph of your Lord of the Flies paper; bring in for peer critique D Block Due for Tuesday: Review notes on Hobbes and Locke. We will be having a discussion on how we can read the concepts put forth by our philosopher in our class tomorrow, and I don't want to spend much - if any - of our time together reviewing their assumptions and conclusions. Due for Friday: Write a counter-argument arguing that pandas are the world's worst animals. The first sentence should resemble "Some people say that angler fish are actually the world's worst animals, but..." or "Some people may try to point out that pandas do contribute to our world, but..." Due for Monday: 1. Study for Vocabulary Quiz. 2. Write the first body paragraph of your Lord of the Flies paper; bring in for peer critique |
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