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Watch YouTube video on Secrets to great public speakingWork on “60 sec talks” American Literature Warm-up: Think about it Thursday Review Persuasive Speech Assignment as needed
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Continue Cultural Criticism powerpoint notes Introduce Sr. Capstone Presentation expectations American Literature Warm-up – Focus on Detail Independent Reading
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Independent Reading Students took their Feminist Criticism quiz Mr. Broome introduced Cultural Criticism American Literature Warm-up: Focusing on Tone - Sylvia Plath's "Cut: For Susan O'Neill Roe" Introduced the Research Persuasive Speech Assignment Mrs. Ford (Media Specialist) visited and provided an overview of researching using Cobb Digital Library Students (virtual) worked asynchronously on finding basic information on a 2-3 topics using Google Students (F2F) worked in the Media Center finding basic info using Google. Multicultural Literature
Warm-up: Students answered the question: "What's the point: Is Feminist Criticism important or useful? Why or Why Not?" Mr. Broome shared the link www.clever.com/in/cobb where students could log in and access their digital textbook Students began reading "Cinderella, the Legend" (Activity 2.16 in the Springboard text) as an example of Feminist Criticism and were tasked with answering the three Knowledge Quest questions American Literature Warm-up: Think About it Thursday Study Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"
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Students watched a YouTube video of "The Giving Tree" (Silverstein) and discussed it through a feminist critical lens Students then worked on a Disney pdf looking at Feminist Criticisms of YouTube clips of Moana, and Mulan Students were a HW assignment due by the beginning of class Thursday 11/12: American Literature Warm-up: She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then sank again. Edna heard her father’s voice and her sister Margaret’s. She heard the barking of an old dog that was chained to the sycamore tree. The spurs of the cavalry officer clanged as he walked across the porch. There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of pinks filled the air. (Kate Chopin, The Awakening) 1. Although the narrator “looks into the distance,” the images are primarily auditory. What are the auditory images in the passage? What mood do these images create? 2. The last sentence of this passage contains an olfactory image (the musky odor of pinks fill the air). What effect does the use of an olfactory image, after a series of auditory images, have on the reader? 3. Write a paragraph in which you create a scene through auditory imagery. The purpose of your paragraph is to create a calm, peaceful mood. Use one olfactory image to enhance the mood created by auditory imagery. Students will submit their paragraph for Question 3 in CTLS, due tomorrow Wed. 11/11/20 The class completed their analysis of Patrick Henry's "Speech to the VA Convention" and students were tasked with a HW assignment (in CTLS): Complete the Quickwrite on page. 281 (Unit 2.21) of the text. This is due by the end of the day tomorrow (Wed. 11/11/20) in CTLS. Multicultural Literature
Students continued working on their Research Paper. The class began with students posing questions/concerns about their Research. Students were then allowed to continue working asynchronously on their papers. American Literature Warm-up: Would you consider yourself a Transcendentalist? Why/Why not? What aspects of Transcendentalism do you relate to or disagree with? Student watched and discussed Transcendentalist aspects of the following four clips from Dead Poets' Society: 1. Movie trailer: https://youtu.be/ye4KFyWu2do 2. "What will your verse be?": https://youtu.be/-7OE6bDfM2M 3. The conformity scene: https://youtu.be/nJ_htuCMCqM 4. First day of class: https://youtu.be/xv9JOVkR5PQ The Transcendentalism Unit Assessment was assigned and is DUE BY TUESDAY, 10/27/20 by 3:30pm Multicultural Literature
Students were supplied with a template for their Research Paper outline Mr. Broome reminded students of the Sample Student paper and modeled how to structure their outlines. Those students who had been absent, made up the "Sun is also a Star" socratic seminar while the remaining students continued working on their papers. Students who missed the TSAS Quiz #2 will be provided a time to access the make-up link. American Literature Warm-up: What is one social issue you would possibly sacrifice everything to change? Why?
Students logged into Common Lit where they were to complete the reading and questions on an excerpt of Thoreau's "Walden"
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Reminders
Students were informed that they will have access to the 2nd TSAS book quiz tomorrow from 11-11:35am on Microsoft Forms Students were allowed to continue working on their Capstone process. American Literature Warm-up--Diction: "Once I am sure there's nothing going on, I step inside, letting the door thud shut" - Philip Larkin
Students were assigned another Common Lit assignment (reading Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience") due today Students considered the following MLK, Jr. quote and answered the accompanying questions: “An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Students again explained their current progress on the Sr. Capstone Mr. Broome shared with students (and reminded them) about the Sr. Capstone paper rubric which can be found on the Capstone website under the Rubrics page:
American Literature Warm-up: What is the most surprising thing you learned about Transcendentalism while completing your Webquest? Mr. Broome discussed and modeled for students how to submit their papers to www.turnitin.com (See blog post for Tuesday, October 13th for sign-up information) Students were reminded that the Transcendentalism Webquest (assigned last week) was due today before class on CTLS. Students then were assigned to read an excerpt of "Self-Reliance" (Emerson) on Clever.com
Reminders: THE PAPER IS DUE TODAY BEFORE 11:59pm on www.turnitin.com |