Walden Poster activity (click this link if you weren't here: Walden Poster)
HOMEWORK: Read Walden pages 1-53; 54-64; 206-216
HOMEWORK: Monday: All 25 quotes are due, handwritten with pages numbers. See me if you're reading it on Kindle.
Find three quotes by Thoreau to use for the following three writing assignments.
1. Journal: Write1/2 page explaining the point that you think Thoreau is making in one of his quotes?
2. HOMEWORK: Type a 1 page double-spaced response to one of Thoreau's quotes. What point do you think that he is making? To what extent do you agree?
3. WALDEN POSTER due December Monday 8th
Poster requirements
A. Choose a quote from Walden. Then take a photo that illustrates the idea in the quote. superimpose/paste the quote on the photo (see examples). No need to print in color. You may draw or paint your picture.
B. Type 3/4-1 page single-spaced explaining what the quote means AND how your picture illustrates that idea. For example, you will likely talk about the subject of the photo and what it, he, she, they are doing and how this relates to the idea of the quote. Sometimes students discuss lighting and other aspects of the photo, which can be very effective.
Three Dickinson poems
Monday, November 30, 2015
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Thur/Friday
Crucible Test
Walden Poster activity (click this link if you weren't here: Walden Poster)
HOMEWORK: Read Walden pages 1-53; 54-64; 206-216
HOMEWORK: When you show up on Monday, all 25 quotes are due (handwritten with pages numbers. See me if you're reading it on Kindle).
WALDEN POSTER due December 3rd/4th
Walden Poster activity (click this link if you weren't here: Walden Poster)
HOMEWORK: Read Walden pages 1-53; 54-64; 206-216
HOMEWORK: When you show up on Monday, all 25 quotes are due (handwritten with pages numbers. See me if you're reading it on Kindle).
WALDEN POSTER due December 3rd/4th
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Thur/Frid
HOMEWORK: Learn the following vocabulary words:
Crucible another 20 difficult words
For test Monday 11/16
HOMEWORK: READ Walden pages 1-53. By the end of page 53 you should have at least 15 quotes total. Remember, they must be handwritten with page references.
HOMEWORK: Write a 1 page reflection similar to your Nature walk reflection. What I would like you to write about is your attempt to go three days with no cell phone and to generally live a more free yourself from the same influences in life that Henry David Thoreau attempted to free himself from. Some of you will write about the fact that you are unable to go without your phones or other technology. This is fine. I have had similar struggles and only went 2/3 of the day yesterday without my phone. Why is this? What has changed in the world? What has changed in us? You may write this reflection on the back of your Nature walk reflection and submit it Monday.
Crucible test Thur/Friday next week, the 18th/19th
15 min reflection on your Nature walk (I only capitalize Nature when I'm in a Transcendentalist mood).
Homework: finish The Crucible
Read The Crucible in class--parts. "Oh heavenly Father, release this torment . . ."
"Yellow bird"; Hale's speech, Proctor's speech
End of movie
What is Miller saying about good and evil?
Going off the grid
Read My Life Without a Cell Phone--It's hilarious, mildly irreverent, and very thought-provoking.
Talk to people in person (walk over to their house)
Challenge: No cell phones for three days. (See exemptions below)
This is an optional assignment for students who really want to learn (true learning should change your perspective on life, not just give you facts, by the way) and for students who want to convince me that we should go on a Nature walk in the spring, as well as do generally cool and creative things throughout the year. Do as much of the three days as you can (no, not 3 min, Srikar).
What I would like you to do during this time is to slow down, truly savor life, and reflect on things that matter most.
Write a letter to someone and mail it
Read books
Play board games, Balderdash, etc.
Head off on walks; go for a run (listen to the wind, Cassie, not music ;)
Journalize: record your thoughts. I'm doing this assignment, too, and will likely write about 4 pages and do some drawings in a sketch book. Don't you love those blank sketch pads that can be used as a journal that you illustrate? Very cool
Why Cell Phones are Bad for Parenting (TIME magazine)
Exemptions: Talking with parents (to ask for a ride if you're stranded in the South Bronx, for example); Communicating for vital school related activities (e.g.The Musical)
Crucible another 20 difficult words
For test Monday 11/16
HOMEWORK: READ Walden pages 1-53. By the end of page 53 you should have at least 15 quotes total. Remember, they must be handwritten with page references.
HOMEWORK: Write a 1 page reflection similar to your Nature walk reflection. What I would like you to write about is your attempt to go three days with no cell phone and to generally live a more free yourself from the same influences in life that Henry David Thoreau attempted to free himself from. Some of you will write about the fact that you are unable to go without your phones or other technology. This is fine. I have had similar struggles and only went 2/3 of the day yesterday without my phone. Why is this? What has changed in the world? What has changed in us? You may write this reflection on the back of your Nature walk reflection and submit it Monday.
Crucible test Thur/Friday next week, the 18th/19th
15 min reflection on your Nature walk (I only capitalize Nature when I'm in a Transcendentalist mood).
Homework: finish The Crucible
Read The Crucible in class--parts. "Oh heavenly Father, release this torment . . ."
"Yellow bird"; Hale's speech, Proctor's speech
End of movie
What is Miller saying about good and evil?
Going off the grid
Read My Life Without a Cell Phone--It's hilarious, mildly irreverent, and very thought-provoking.
Talk to people in person (walk over to their house)
Challenge: No cell phones for three days. (See exemptions below)
This is an optional assignment for students who really want to learn (true learning should change your perspective on life, not just give you facts, by the way) and for students who want to convince me that we should go on a Nature walk in the spring, as well as do generally cool and creative things throughout the year. Do as much of the three days as you can (no, not 3 min, Srikar).
What I would like you to do during this time is to slow down, truly savor life, and reflect on things that matter most.
Write a letter to someone and mail it
Read books
Play board games, Balderdash, etc.
Head off on walks; go for a run (listen to the wind, Cassie, not music ;)
Journalize: record your thoughts. I'm doing this assignment, too, and will likely write about 4 pages and do some drawings in a sketch book. Don't you love those blank sketch pads that can be used as a journal that you illustrate? Very cool
Why Cell Phones are Bad for Parenting (TIME magazine)
Exemptions: Talking with parents (to ask for a ride if you're stranded in the South Bronx, for example); Communicating for vital school related activities (e.g.The Musical)
Monday, November 9, 2015
Monday/Tuesday
Crucible another 20 difficult words
For test Monday/Tuesday 11/16,17
Crucible test Thur/Friday next week, the 18th/19th
15 min reflection on your Nature walk (I only capitalize Nature when I'm in a Transcendentalist mood).
Homework: finish The Crucible
Read The Crucible in class--parts. "Oh heavenly Father, release this torment . . ."
"Yellow bird"; Hale's speech, Proctor's speech
End of movie
What is Miller saying about good and evil?
Going off the grid
Challenge: No cell phones for three days. (See exemptions below)
This is an optional assignment for students who really want to learn (true learning should change your perspective on life, not just give you facts, by the way) and for students who want to convince me that we should go on a Nature walk in the spring, as well as do generally cool and creative things throughout the year. Do as much of the three days as you can (no, not 3 min, Srikar).
What I would like you to do during this time is to slow down, truly savor life, and reflect on things that matter most.
Read My Life Without a Cell Phone--It's hilarious, mildly irreverent, and very thought-provoking.
Talk to people in person (walk over to their house)
Write a letter to someone and mail it
Read books
Play board games, Balderdash, etc.
Head off on walks; go for a run (listen to the wind, Cassie, not music ;)
Journalize: record your thoughts. I'm doing this assignment, too, and will likely write about 4 pages and do some drawings in a sketch book. Don't you love those blank sketch pads that can be used as a journal that you illustrate? Very cool
Why Cell Phones are Bad for Parenting (TIME magazine)
Exemptions: Talking with parents (to ask for a ride if you're stranded in the South Bronx, for example); Communicating for vital school related activities (e.g.The Musical)
For test Monday/Tuesday 11/16,17
Crucible test Thur/Friday next week, the 18th/19th
15 min reflection on your Nature walk (I only capitalize Nature when I'm in a Transcendentalist mood).
Homework: finish The Crucible
Read The Crucible in class--parts. "Oh heavenly Father, release this torment . . ."
"Yellow bird"; Hale's speech, Proctor's speech
End of movie
What is Miller saying about good and evil?
Going off the grid
Challenge: No cell phones for three days. (See exemptions below)
This is an optional assignment for students who really want to learn (true learning should change your perspective on life, not just give you facts, by the way) and for students who want to convince me that we should go on a Nature walk in the spring, as well as do generally cool and creative things throughout the year. Do as much of the three days as you can (no, not 3 min, Srikar).
What I would like you to do during this time is to slow down, truly savor life, and reflect on things that matter most.
Read My Life Without a Cell Phone--It's hilarious, mildly irreverent, and very thought-provoking.
Talk to people in person (walk over to their house)
Write a letter to someone and mail it
Read books
Play board games, Balderdash, etc.
Head off on walks; go for a run (listen to the wind, Cassie, not music ;)
Journalize: record your thoughts. I'm doing this assignment, too, and will likely write about 4 pages and do some drawings in a sketch book. Don't you love those blank sketch pads that can be used as a journal that you illustrate? Very cool
Why Cell Phones are Bad for Parenting (TIME magazine)
Exemptions: Talking with parents (to ask for a ride if you're stranded in the South Bronx, for example); Communicating for vital school related activities (e.g.The Musical)
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Nov. 5
The Summer Day, by the American poet Mary Oliver, captures the Thoreavian spirit I believe, and illustrates the perspective on the world that I want you to have as we head out on the nature walk.
Vocab quiz--Mon/Tue Crucible vocabulary Crucible 20 difficult words
Learn all 20 words for Mon/Tue. I will show you which ones I will test (the hard ones}:]
Wikipedia article on medical explanations for "afflicted" girls
HOMEWORK: Read pages 1-12 of Walden. Find more quotes. You should have around seven by that point.
Homework: Read Crucible. By Monday/Tuesday to 112; have the play finished by Thur/Friday, but preferably by Monday/Tuesday.
Over the next two weeks, you will read the first 64 pages of Walden plus the conclusion.
Keep a list of 25 quotes from the book (a handwritten list with page references.) Try to find quotes that speak to you. If you do that, your list will be unique. It's a bad sign when almost all of your quotes are the same as those of your neighbor.
Vocab quiz--Mon/Tue Crucible vocabulary Crucible 20 difficult words
Learn all 20 words for Mon/Tue. I will show you which ones I will test (the hard ones}:]
Wikipedia article on medical explanations for "afflicted" girls
HOMEWORK: Read pages 1-12 of Walden. Find more quotes. You should have around seven by that point.
Homework: Read Crucible. By Monday/Tuesday to 112; have the play finished by Thur/Friday, but preferably by Monday/Tuesday.
Over the next two weeks, you will read the first 64 pages of Walden plus the conclusion.
Keep a list of 25 quotes from the book (a handwritten list with page references.) Try to find quotes that speak to you. If you do that, your list will be unique. It's a bad sign when almost all of your quotes are the same as those of your neighbor.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Tuesday, November 3
We will go on a nature walk Thur/Friday. Bring your coats! We will be outside most of the period.
And bring your books. We will read and study Walden in Nature, as it should be studied.
1. Crucible--read 20 min.
2. Crucible vocabulary Crucible 20 difficult words
Learn all 20 words for next Monday. I will show you which ones I will test (the hard ones}:]
3. Crucible "What really happened"
Why were the girls "afflicted"?
Ergotism theory
Encephalitis theory
PTSD theory
Other
Wikipedia article on medical explanations for "afflicted" girls
4. Walden. Find more quotes.
Homework: Read Crucible. By Thur/Fri to 76; by Monday to 112; have the play finished by Tue/Wed (one week from today)
Over the next two weeks, you will read the first 64 pages of Walden plus the conclusion.
Keep a list of 25 quotes from the book (handwritten with page references.)
4. Check out The Crucible.
Homework: This weekend: read 3-34.
By Tue/Wed read to 45; by Thur/Fri to 76; by Monday to 112; have the play finished by Thur/Fri.
And bring your books. We will read and study Walden in Nature, as it should be studied.
1. Crucible--read 20 min.
2. Crucible vocabulary Crucible 20 difficult words
Learn all 20 words for next Monday. I will show you which ones I will test (the hard ones}:]
3. Crucible "What really happened"
Why were the girls "afflicted"?
Ergotism theory
Encephalitis theory
PTSD theory
Other
Wikipedia article on medical explanations for "afflicted" girls
4. Walden. Find more quotes.
Homework: Read Crucible. By Thur/Fri to 76; by Monday to 112; have the play finished by Tue/Wed (one week from today)
Over the next two weeks, you will read the first 64 pages of Walden plus the conclusion.
Keep a list of 25 quotes from the book (handwritten with page references.)
4. Check out The Crucible.
Homework: This weekend: read 3-34.
By Tue/Wed read to 45; by Thur/Fri to 76; by Monday to 112; have the play finished by Thur/Fri.
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