November 29, 2016 - Tuesday

Class Work

1. Finish the wall presentations - last day.
2. Begin In the Time of the Butterflies.

Questions to answer:

1. At the beginning of the movie, where do the Mirabal sisters go? Who comes to visit?
2. What does Anita tell Minerva about Trujillo? What happened to Anita?
3. How many years did the girls spend at school?
4. What does Minerva want to study at the University?
5. What book does Leo give Minerva to read?
6. Why does Trujillo kill the black Haitians?
7. For what is Leo fighting?
8. How many of Leo’s  friends have disappeared?
9. To where are Minerva, her sisters and father invited?
10. What do Trujillo and Minerva talk about as they dance?
11. What does Minerva have to do to help her father? What does Minerva win?
12. What happened to Señor Mirabal? Why?


3. Be sure you have finished reading "The Things They Carried" by Thursday. You need to be ready for a class activity. http://pages.uoregon.edu/eherman/teaching/texts/OBrien_TheThingsTheyCarried.pdf

Here are the characters. List what each carried - physically and emotionally.

Jimmy Cross – field commander

Henry Dubbins – big man – big guns

Dave Jensen

Ted Lavender - tranquilizers

Pat Kiley- medic

Kiowa

Michael Sanders – you win some you loose some and sometimes you take a rain check

Lee Struck

Norman Bowker

Exam notes:
Our exam is Thursday, December 15, 2016.

AM Class: 8:00-9:50.
PM Class: 12:00-1:50

You MUST be present on exam day.
 

 

November 2, 2016 - Tuesday

Class Work

1. Let's go traveling!

• Give a paper copy to at least four tables. Table teams - you will be viewing and discussing the brochures. (See the topics below.)
• You will be given a note card. Place your name at the top. Write a brief paragraph explaining which wall you would like to visit and  explain what in the brochure convinced you.

Discuss the following:

• Location
• Cost
• Geography 
• Cities
• History
• Recreation
• Entertainment
• Climate
• Transportation
• Art/culture/museums
• Language
• Food
• Graphics
• Other . . .

Now, listen and view the individual brochures on the screen. At the end of the presentations, you will note on the back of the index card if your choice of walls remains the same or if you have decided to travel to a different wall. Explain your decision.

Homework

Enjoy the time with friends and family.

• Catch up on missing assignments.
•  Clearly note the title of the assignment and attach the work in a CANVAS message.
• Be sure you can identify the things they carried from the story of he same name.

November 17, 2016 - Thursday

Class Work

1. Brochure - questions, please!
2.. Movie reaction/review - should others see that movie?
Watch a war movie. You will be writing a movie review in the future. If you need ideas, Google "Famous War Movies" and review the lists that pop up.

 Sharing . . .

Pay attention to:

• music
• sound
• acting
• directing
• plot
• visual effects
• costuming
• http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Movie-Review
• http://www.dailywritingtips.com/7-tips-for-writing-a-film-review/
• http://www.apsu.edu/sites/apsu.edu/files/academic-support-center/Movie_Review15.pdf or http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/how-write-a-movie-review

Samples:

• http://www.rogerebert.com/
• https://academichelp.net/samples/academics/reviews/movie/

Homework

 

1.Finish the brochure. We will share on Tuesday.

2. Revise the movie review.

 

 

3. Read: "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. Make  list of the characters and note what each did in the story. http://pages.uoregon.edu/eherman/teaching/texts/OBrien_TheThingsTheyCarried.pdf

November 15, 2016 - Tuesday

Class Work

If you have not yet presented your GUM lesson, today is the day!  We will participate in a short review activity on Thursday. You may use your notes at that time.

Let's look back at information from Thursday's blog. How is your wall activity coming along? (Time to share.)

Wall Research

     Select a wall

     Find the who, what, when, where, why, and how of your wall.

•           Who built it?
•           Of what is it made?
•           When was it built?
•           Where is it located?
•           Why was it built?
•           How was it built?

     These should be fully researched answers. Give credit to your sources. Check at least three when locating the answers.

 

Locate at least one picture of the wall to include with your report. Your report will be in the form of a travel brochure. Your audience will include people who travel your people who long to travel.

• Keep in mind that travel can be expensive. Present your information in such a way that people will be longing to come and visit your wall.
• People want the most for their money. Tell them about the climate. Explain what other attractions are also in the area.
• Here is a link to Things to Include in a Travel Brochure: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson961/Things2Include.pdf
   
  You do not need to include all items. Include the information that seems most interesting to you and to your audience.

Let's go traveling today! Take a look at these wonderful destinations!https://www.notesfromtheroad.com/
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/continents/north-america/

Look for:

• Are there maps? photos? diagrams? other illustrations?
• What kind of language and vocabulary is used?
• How is text presented? paragraphs? bulleted lists?
• Are there specific places highlighted? What kind?

Creating your brochure:

Brochure templates are available with WORD and on-line. Be sure to include the following:

1. Historically accurate content.

2. Answers to the who, what, when, where, and why questions.

3. Correct grammar, usage, and mechanics. You may use bulleted lists in some instances and complete sentences in others.

4. Visuals

5. Clear reasons why the traveler should go.

 

This project is due one week from today -November 22. Submit on CANVAS and have five paper copies available - one for each table. You will be presenting orally and visually.

Brochure: 75 points

Presentation: 25 points

What war movie did you watch over the weekend? How did it stack up in categories listed? Let's look at the "how to" write a movie review guidelines as listed last Thursday.


Watch a war movie. You will be writing a movie review in the future. If you need ideas, Google "Famous War Movies" and review the lists that pop up.

 

Pay attention to:

• music
• sound
• acting
• directing
• plot
• visual effects
• costuming
• http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Movie-Review
• http://www.dailywritingtips.com/7-tips-for-writing-a-film-review/
• http://www.apsu.edu/sites/apsu.edu/files/academic-support-center/Movie_Review15.pdf or http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/how-write-a-movie-review

Samples:

• http://www.rogerebert.com/
• https://academichelp.net/samples/academics/reviews/movie/

Your draft is due on Thursday, November 17, 2016. (50 points)

November 10, 2016 - Thursday

Class Work
1. Finish GUM presentations.
2. Wall Research
     Select a wall
     Find the who, what, when, where, why, and how of your wall.

•           Who built it?
•           Of what is it made?
•           When was it built?
•           Where is it located?
•           Why was it built?
•           How was it built?

     These should be fully researched answers. Give credit to your sources. Check at least three when locating the answers.

Locate at least one picture of the wall to include with your report. Your report will be in the form of a travel brochure. Your audience will include people who travel your people who long to travel.

• Keep in mind that travel can be expensive. Present your information in such a way that people will be longing to come and visit your wall.
• People want the most for their money. Tell them about the climate. Explain what other attractions are also in the area.
• Here is a link to Things to Include in a Travel Brochure: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson961/Things2Include.pdf
  
  You do not need to include all items. Include the information that seems most interesting to you and to your audience.

Let's go traveling today! Take a look at these wonderful destinations!
https://www.notesfromtheroad.com/
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/continents/north-america/

Look for:

• Are there maps? photos? diagrams? other illustrations?
• What kind of language and vocabulary is used?
• How is text presented? paragraphs? bulleted lists?
• Are there specific places highlighted? What kind?

Creating your brochure:

Brochure templates are available with WORD and on-line. Be sure to include the following:

1. Historically accurate content.

2. Answers to the who, what, when, where, and why questions.

3. Correct grammar, usage, and mechanics. You may use bulleted lists in some instances and complete sentences in others.

4. Visuals

5. Clear reasons why the traveler should go.

 

This project is due one week from today. Submit on CANVAS and have five paper copies available - one for each table. You will be presenting orally and visually.

Brochure: 75 points

Presentation: 25 points

 

 

 

Other homework:  Watch a war movie. You will be writing a movie review in the future. If you need ideas, Google "Famous War Movies" and review the lists that pop up.

 

Pay attention to:

• music
• sound
• acting
• directing
• plot
• visual effects
• costuming

 

November 8, 2016 - Election Day - Tuesday

Class Work

7:30 am class
1. Share the "rock" papers.
2. Please get your visual ready to share. Be sure you have it on CANVAS and/or on a jump drive. Here was the assignment:
Fix-it advice for other GUM problems_

• Use of commas
• There/their/they're
• two/too/to
• possessives
• numbers vs. numerals
• Point of view -1, 2, 3
• who/whom/whoever,whomever/whose
• your/you're/yore
• its/it's
• that/which/who
• between/among
• less/fewer
• parallel structure
• direct quotations (conversation)
• punctuating dates
• past/present/future . . . be consistent in your essay
• lay/lie
• hear/here

1. Select one of the items listed above. (One choice per person) You will become our resident expert on the topic.
A. Learn the rules and be ready to share.
B. Create/find a visual to help us remember the rules!
C. Provide sample sentences.
D. Create a five question quiz to test our understanding. (I need a paper copy of this on Tuesday.)

PowerPoint or Prezi , please. However, if you get a different idea, please clear it with me.

12:00 Class - See above. You will be presenting on Thursday.

All:  Now that you are experts on rocks, what do you know about walls?

A. "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44266




Preview of coming attractions . . .
Select a wall for research. There are many walls around the world . . . let's brainstorm a few.
Select one. You will become the class expert on this wall. You only need to select the wall by Thursday.

November 4, 2016 - Thursday

Class Work

A. All about a rock . . . share, please!
B. Getting rid of run-on sentences-

A PowerPoint! http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm

•  View: Our Friend the Semicolon and Avoiding Run-on Sentences

• The rules: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm (Quizzes are at the bottom of this page. Click on a link. Take the quiz. Report your progress.)

Class Work/Homework
1.Take the practice quizzes. Report your scores and explain your progress for each. (30 points)
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova4.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova3.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/runons_quiz.htm

C. Fix-it advice for other GUM problems_

• Use of commas
• There/their/they're
• two/too/to
• possessives
• numbers vs. numerals
• Point of view -1, 2, 3
• who/whom/whoever,whomever/whose
• your/you're/yore
• its/it's
• that/which/who
• between/among
• less/fewer
• parallel structure
• direct quotations (conversation)
• punctuating dates
• past/present/future . . . be consistent in your essay
• lay/lie
• hear/here

1. Select one of the items listed above. (One choice per person) You will become our resident expert on the topic.
A. Learn the rules and be ready to share.
B. Create/find a visual to help us remember the rules!
C. Provide sample sentences.
D. Create a five question quiz to test our understanding. (I need a paper copy of this on Tuesday.)

PowerPoint or Prezi , please. However, if you get a different idea, please clear it with me.

November 1, 2016 - Tuesday

Class Work

1. Share a memoir.

• Share at your table.
• Share with the class.

2. Adopt a rock  - listen for instructions

3. Learn to fix those pesky run-on sentences and comma splices!
(7:30 am and 12:00 pm . . . we will save this for Thursday!)

A PowerPoint! http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm

•  View: Our Friend the Semicolon and Avoiding Run-on Sentences

• The rules: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm (Quizzes are at the bottom of this page. Click on a link. Take the quiz. Report your progress.)

Homework
1.Take the practice quizzes. Report your scores and explain your progress for each. (30 points)
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova4.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova3.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/runons_quiz.htm


2. Polish your memoir and post the revision. (100 points)

3. Create a three-four paragraph paper "All About a Rock!" (30 points)
You can:

• Personify your rock. Introduce your rock as if it were a person.
• Sell your rock. Create an ad appropriate for radio and convince listeners to buy your rock!
• Use your rock as the main item in a story, memoir, or report.