Homework 3/27

Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack 
Post Act II, scene iii-iv soundtrack paragraphs and reply to a minimum of 2 peers per scene.

Core Final Due 4/6 --> Submit your information and URL to this Google Form.

Agenda 3/26

Homework 3/24

The Canned Food Drive has officially begun. 
The first Tucker Challenge is to bring in 3 nonperishable food items on Thursday! 

I want to see just how committed YOU are to the WIN. 

Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack Project - Post your songs and analysis for Act II, scenes i-ii. Reply thoughtfully to at least 2 peers in each discussion. 

Study for SAT vocabulary 12 quiz - Thursday!

Agenda 3/24

Homework 3/21

Complete the StudySync assignment on story structure. Use the digital annotation tool to take notes on story structure and complete the activity. Be prepared for a quiz on this info!

Schoology - Post Vocabulary 12 narrative and reply thoughtfully and substantively to at least 2 peers.

Shakespeare Soundtrack Project - Post song and analysis for Act I, scene v and reply thoughtfully to at least 2 peers.

Agenda 3/21

Homework 3/18

Soundtrack Project Act I, scenes iii-iv

Post your song for Act I, scene iii & iv on our Schoology site. Please read the directions carefully. Reply thoughtfully and substantively to at least four peers. For more on the project, read the explanation below.

*Click here to access the entire play online. Remember you can go to "Edit" at the top of your screen and click "Find" then enter keywords to search for them on a webpage. That may make using the online text and finding evidence quickly.

 Watch SAT Vocabulary #12 and take Cornell notes.

Finish Expert Group Investigation Multimedia Presentations. 

• 2 groups selected at random will present on Friday.
• Review you information. You need to be the expert!
• Make sure your final slide has complete MLA citations.
• Your entire presentation should follow the guidelines from the video tutorial. 

Agenda 3/18

Homework 3/16

Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack Act I, scene ii

Post your song for Act I, scene i on our Schoology site. Please read the directions carefully. Reply thoughtfully and substantively to at least two peers. For more on the project, read the explanation below.

*Click here to access the entire play online. Remember you can go to "Edit" at the top of your screen and click "Find" then enter keywords to search for them on a webpage. That may make using the online text and finding evidence quickly.

Then We Masked...

 You’ve been invited to the Capulet’s feast.  A mask is part of the dress code, so you will need to make one tonight.  It does not have to be extremely artistic or complicated, but it should reflect some time, energy and thought!  There will be prizes given to the following masks:

•      Most unique materials
•       Most original design
•       Most carefully done

You can use any materials you already have at home. Suggested Materials: Cardboard, felt, fabric scraps, construction paper, aluminum foil, tissue paper, wrapping paper, crayons, glitter, sequins, paint, markers, stickers, feathers, magazine pictures, ribbon, string, etc…

*Important:  Your mask should be easily tied to your face or held in hand using a stick!  Your mask does not have to cover the entire face, but should cover the eyes!

Agenda 3/16

A Google A Day

• Get into teams of two or three
• Go to www.agoogleaday.com
• Click "Start Playing" 
• 5 minutes to answer all three questions correctly using your Google search savvy

Explore Digital Story Tools & Strategies (20)

• iMovie or Movie Maker
• GoAnimate
• RSA Animation (white board and recording with a device)
• Slide Story
• VideoScribe 
• Lego Movie Maker (stop motion animation)

Explore different tools and decide how you want to "show" the story you are telling. If you're ready, you can submit the proposal via this Google Form.

Romeo & Juliet Act I, scene ii (15)
Listen to the audio recording of Act I, scene ii.

Romeo & Juliet Film Adaptation (10)
Watch prologue through Act I, scene ii of film version.

"Then We Masked..." (5)
Discuss the mask assignment.

Expert Group Investigations (30)
Work with your group to design your slides. Remember to add a complete citation for each online resource you used to find information and every image in your slide show.  See the excerpt below from the OWL Purdue website. Please note the different formats for web pages and images.

A Page on a Web Site

For an individual page on a Web site, list the author or alias if known, followed by the information covered above for entire Web sites. Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.

"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.

An Image (Including a Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph)

Provide the artist's name, the work of art italicized, the date of creation, the institution and city where the work is housed. Follow this initial entry with the name of the Website in italics, the medium of publication, and the date of access.

Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.  Museo National del Prado. Web. 22 May 2006.

Klee, Paul. Twittering Machine. 1922. Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Artchive. Web. 22 May 2006.

If the work is cited on the web only, then provide the name of the artist, the title of the work, the medium of the work, and then follow the citation format for a website. If the work is posted via a username, use that username for the author.

brandychloe. "Great Horned Owl Family." Photograph. Webshots. American Greetings, 22 May 2006. Web. 5 Nov. 2009.

An Article in a Web Magazine

Provide the author name, article name in quotation marks, title of the Web magazine in italics, publisher name, publication date, medium of publication, and the date of access. Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.

Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites. A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009.

Homework 3/12

Joy Luck Club Essay Edits

Make any last minute peer edits on your essay. I will begin grading them beginning on Monday. There should be NO peer notes on your document when I begin grading. All edits should be revised or resolves. 

Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack Act I, scene i

Post your song for Act I, scene i on our Schoology site. Please read the directions carefully. Reply thoughtfully and substantively to at least two peers. For more on the project, read the explanation below.

*Click here to access the entire play online. Remember you can go to "Edit" at the top of your screen and click "Find" then enter keywords to search for them on a webpage. That may make using the online text and finding evidence quickly.

Expert Group Investigations

Watch "Tutorial: Tips for Designing a Strong Google Presentation" and take Cornell notes (*to be checked on Monday). After watching the tutorial, begin working on your Shared Google Slide Presentation. Make notes on the slides indicating who will edit each slide and what the topic of each slide will be. Remember to share your presentation with me!

*Presentations Due: Friday, March 20th

Important: Monday I'm assigning a creative mask. I realize the weekend may be a more convenient time to pick up supplies to create a face mask. I'll post the assignment Monday with details, but you may want to pick up supplies this weekend. 

Agenda 3/12

Vocabulary 11 quiz (15)

Organize Your Existing (10)

Sign into your Gmail account and organize your files/documents

• Class Folders - Create a folder for each class if you have not done so already
• You can even color code your folders. i.e. English = yellow because it is luminescent and Tucker's favorite color. Science = green because plants are green and it's Hadley's favorite color. Purple = history because it is the color of royalty and it also happens to be Saldana's favorite color.
• Create a folder for the different types of papers and assignments:
• For English, you might have an argumentative, informative, narrative, and business writing folders. You might also have a folder labeled projects.

New Email Account (10)

Using another browser (Chrome, Safari or Firefox), log into your new Google Apps for Education Account. See directions on the board.

• You will be prompted to change your password. I'd recommend you use the same password that you set up for your original Gmail account.

Peer Edits on The Joy Luck Club Essay (15)

You will exchange your paper with one other person. As you edit each other's papers, you will look for the following:

      Necessary Elements 

• Hook strategy
• Clear & complete thesis 
• Topic sentences that state the main point of paragraph clearly & concisely
• Evidence in each paragraph from BOTH the novel and the film
• Analysis of how the scenes emphasized, altered or absent impact the plot (sequence of events), character development, and/or themes. They should NOT summarize plot or events in movie. Are they answering the WHY and HOW?
• Conclusion that restates main points and answers the "so what"? Think about what you learned about film adaptations for the "so what" question.

     Mechanics & Formal Writing Norms

• No contractions
• No first or second person (*1st person okay in hook if it's a personal story)
• Avoid bland language...things, show, good, bad...blah
• Avoid language that makes you sound unsure...may, might, maybe

Expert Group Investigations (20) 

• Begin your Google Slides presentations and share with each member of your group & me.
• Divide up slides by adding a comment to each noting who is responsible for that slide and stating the information that needs to go on that slide
• Establish font type and size (20 point font is smallest allowed) norms
• Last slide must be marked for complete works cited. 

Romeo & Juliet - Act I, scene i with audio performance. Click here to view text online (15)

Homework 3/10

The Joy Luck Club Essay Due by Midnight. Please polish and edit your paper. Make sure you include a complete works cited page. Click "Insert" and select "Page Break" to ensure your works cited begins on the next available page. You must include complete citation information for both the novel and the film. Citation information can be found on previous homework postings.

Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack Project - Post your first song for the prologue on our Schoology site. Please read the directions carefully. Reply thoughtfully and substantively to at least two peers. For more on the project, read the explanation below.

Click here to access the entire play online. Remember you can go to "Edit" at the top of your screen and click "Find" then enter keywords to search for them on a webpage. That may make using the online text and finding evidence quickly.

Romeo and Juliet

Soundtrack Project

You will be creating a soundtrack for Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, based on your knowledge of the characters, events, themes, emotions, and pacing of the play.  Your soundtrack should consist of a total of 26 songs.  You must assign a song to each scene of each act (including the prologues) based on your interpretation of that scene.

You will need to post a 3-5 sentence well-written paragraph analyzing how the song you chose matches the scene.   You may choose any type of music for your soundtrack. You will be graded on the quality of your textual evidence and the depth of your analysis. You can use instrumental music or music with lyrics (or a combination of both) in this assignment; however, you must be specific in your explanation of why you chose a particular song.  This may be easier to do if you have lyrics you can quote and use to support your explanation. You should explain why you chose each song:

• Did you connect the song to a theme in the scene?
• Does the song describe the emotions in that particular scene or evoke a similar   

              feeling in you?

• Did the song mirror the action in the play?
• Does the pacing of the song match that of the scene?

Act and Scene Breakdown:

Prologue

Act one (scene 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Act two (prologue, scene 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Act three (scene 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Act four (scene 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Act five (scene 1, 2, 3)

Extra-Credit opportunities:

• You can creative cover for your soundtrack with imagery on one side and song titles on back.
• You can make an actual CD of your soundtrack, create a playlist on Spotify, or find another creative way to share your music with me.
• You can individually or collaboratively create an original score, perform and record a song for your soundtrack.  

Agenda 3/10

Homework 3/6

CORE FINAL: Capture an audio recording of your script. Bring the MP3 file to class on Tuesday to share with 2A teacher. If you cannot bring the device it was recorded on, please send the file as an email attachment to your 2A core teacher.

Joy Luck Club essay is due 3/10. Don't forget your works cited page.

Study for your SAT vocabulary 11 quiz on Tuesday.

Agenda 3/6

Homework 3/4

Schoology - Post SAT vocabulary #11 narrative and reply substantively to at least two peers.

Begin your Joy Luck Club essay:

• Complete your works cited page with the full MLA citation information for both the novel and the film. See details below on MLA citation format for films. Click here to see film info. If you need to review how to cite a book, please visit the Owl Purdue site.
• Write a working thesis statement (it's okay to have some blanks that need to be filled in later).
• Begin collecting quotes and prewriting right on the Google document I shared with you. Remember that I see everything you do on your document and I want to see evidence of prewriting. 

The Joy Luck Club

Formal Writing Assignment

Due March 10, 2015

Your essay must contain a clear thesis statement, an introduction paragraph, 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph.  Each of your body paragraphs must contain a minimum of 2 quotes from the novel and/or film. Your spelling, grammar and overall mechanics will be graded on this assignment, so use Grammarly to check your spelling and grammar.

Informative Essay

Critically analyze the similarities and differences between the film version of The Joy Luck Club and the book. What is emphasized in the movie? What is altered or changed? What is absent? How do these emphasized, altered, or absent elements impact the plot, character development and/or themes?

Focus on three specific elements that are emphasized, altered or absent in the film version. Analyze in depth (do not describe) how each element impacts the plot, character development and/or themes. Your paragraphs should include strong textual evidence and thorough analysis.

MLA citation format for films:

In-text Citation Info

(Director’s Last name, Title of the Film)

Example

(Nolan, Dark Knight)

Complete Citation Info

List films by their title. Include the name of the director, the distributor, and the release year. If relevant, list performer names after the director’s name. Use the abbreviation perf. to head the list. End the entry with the appropriate medium of publication (e.g. DVD, VHS, Laser disc).

Example

Ed Wood. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker,

Patricia Arquette. Touchstone, 1994. DVD.

Agenda 3/4

Homework 3/2 Read Across America Day Continues...

Find some time tonight to curl up with a good book and get lost in literature!

Thank you all for making today a success! I thoroughly enjoyed reading with you.