What's Your Life's Blueprint?

Unit 3: What's Your Life's Blueprint?

Friday's Quickwrite:
Dear Scholars,
Please reflect on your life’s blueprint and write your responses to these questions:
What are your dreams?
 How do you hope to achieve them?
 What changes can you make in your daily life to make those dreams possible?
Who will you rely on when you encounter barriers?
What will give you strength to overcome adversity?

2nd-4th Block:
1. Complete your Blueprint ( a creative depiction of the plans you have for your life using pictures, drawings, symbols, quotes, words/ phrases, original poetry, lyrics, etc.) Your 8x11 inch white paper should be completely full...no white space.

2.Read chapters 1-4 of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and complete the guided reding questions for chapters 1-2.

3. Extra credit for presenting your blueprint!

Looking Ahead...

 

 

Please make sure to get your copy of The Fault in Our Stars by 10/31/14.

In what ways does watching the film versions of Romeo & Juliet help to enhance your understanding of the text?

Tuesday- 10/21/14

2nd block-

Quickwrite: Assert your own definition/description of the type of ideal romantic love Romeo and Juliet think they have.  Then, use text from the play as positive or negative examples to support your definition/description.

 

Act V Journals are now past due!!! Please submit ASAP!

 

H.W.-Complete Movie analysis Graphic organizer(Lurhman and Text analysis sections)

 

3rd block and 4th block-

Quickwrite: Based on what you have watched so far of the Lurhmann version(Leonardo Dicaprio) and the Zeffirelli version (the older movie), which movie do you like best? Why do you like that movie better? What parts of the movie have been your favorite so far? Why?

 

Act V Journals are now past due!!! Please submit ASAP!

H.W.-Complete Movie analysis Graphic organizer(Lurhman, Zeffirelli and Text analysis sections)

 

ALL CLASSES: You need your own copy of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green on 10/27/14

 

 

 

Motivational Monday: BELIEVE That You Are SMART!!

Dear Scholars,

How do you see yourself...Do you think you can more than you think you can't?

Do you think that hard work is not not worth the struggle?

Where do you see yourself in five years?

Did you know...


Belief that you can become smarter and more talented opens the doorways to success. That’s what twenty years of research has shown Carol Dweck of Stanford University. She has identified two opposing beliefs about intelligence and talent, beliefs that strongly impact our ability to learn.

Though the fixed mindset has traditionally held sway, many recent studies show that the growth mindset better represents our abilities. Our brains are much more elastic than previously thought, constantly growing new connections. IQ and talent are not fixed, but are mutable based on experience and attitude.
In her book Mindset, Dweck outlines the dramatic effect that these opposing beliefs have on learners:

Fixed Mindset	Growth Mindset
Wants to prove intelligence or talent.	Wants to improve intelligence or talent.
Avoids challenges for fear of failure.	Engages challenges to improve.
Gives up in the face of tough obstacles.	Persists in overcoming obstacles.
Avoids hard labor.	Sees labor as the path to success.
Treats criticism as an attack.	Treats criticism as an opportunity.
Feels threatened by others’ success.	Feels inspired by others’ success.

As you can see from this chart, the fixed mindset leads to many of the learning and discipline problems in school, while the growth mindset leads to optimal learning.

Homework: Please bring a copy of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green to class with you by 10-27-14.

What's Love Got To Do With IT??? How is analysis a detailed examination of a literary text?

Monday--

Quickwrite:

Take out clean paper or quickwrites from last week. Prepare to write a reaction to today’s motivational speaker: Mr. Eric Thomas: Nothing to Something

 

Your response should: identify author's purpose and intended message

                                        make a connection to your life or to the world that we live in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CocjtcTJaio

1. Student Grade Reflections-studentsUSED progress reports to analyze current progress.  Students were minded of article analysis “Freshman Year: Make It or Break It” and were  encouraged to take school seriously and see it as a vehicle to reach personal success.
2. Romeo & Juliet: Continue collaborative group work (see above)
3.  Continue to work on ACT Journals &   R & J Flipbooks

Tuesday---Wednesday---
Drama Elements Review (students use close notes):

http://prezi.com/9sp1qqppusjz/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

ACTS III-IV Quiz (please come in during tutoring to make this up if you were not present.

Thursday--
Quickwrite:

Write Juliet’s or Romeo’s diary entry after Romeo has been banished by the Prince or after Juliet receives the potion from Friar Lawrence. How do you feel as Romeo or Juliet? What are you thinking about? Remember to consider all that has happened thus far in Romeo & Juliet.

Socratic Seminar Introduction/Guidelines

Friday--

Finishing up ACT V and ACT V QUIZ
Socratic Seminar Questions
PEP RALLY!!!

Weekly Reminders:

àFINISH READING ACT V if necessary. Do Act V Journal (due Monday October 20th)

àYou only have to do a single entry for all of Act V. BE DETAILED

àExpect journals back October 17th (at least Act II & III).

àAs always, if you need to do work that you are behind on, please come in during the morning tutoring hours EVERYDAY 7:45-8:15 before First Block.

YOU NEED A COPY OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS BY JOHN GREEN NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 27, 2014.

 

Week of October 6-10th: How is analysis a detailed examination of a literary text?

Monday- ACT II Quiz; ACT II T-Chart & Contructed Response
 Update journals and flipbooks/ 30 minute Homeroom
Tuesday-Review ACT II and begin ACT III Musical Predictions
Wednesday- Continue whole class reading of ACTIII
Thursday-Poetry Intro & Spoken Word Analysis; continue ACT III
Friday- Poetry Analysis & Watch Act II & III

Click on the titles below to view activities or websites:

Musical Predictions ACT II

Musical Predictions ACT III

1.Fold a new sheet of  paper into 8 squares.

2.Number each square.

Add the title “Act III Musical Predictions”



Spoken Word Videos

Identify author's purpose & message. Make a personal connection to the poem or a connection to something going on in the world around us for each piece. Constructed response should be 3-4 sentences.

Quickwrites

10/7-

Think back to the beginning of Romeo and Juliet…do you think it is ok for your parents to make decisions for you once you become a true teenager?

10/8-

In life, we are not allowed to choose our families. We are essentially “born into” a family without having any choice in the matter. If you were allowed to choose your family, would you make any changes? Why or why not?

Also, if you were living in Shakespearian times would you become a member of the Capulet or Montague family? Explain your response. Include details and examples to support your viewpoint.

 

 

 

September 29th-October 3rd

No Fear, It's Shakespeare!!!!

Listen UP GUYS and GALS...This week  it's super important for you to keep up with the weekly reading and journal assignments. Last week we took an assessment for Act I. Friday of this week we will have an assessment that will cover what we have read for Act II. As mentioned in class at the start of this unit, it is your responsibility to keep up with what's going on with Romeo & Juliet. This is also the case if you are absent from class. If you are out, please know that you are still required to keep up with the reading and journals for each Act.

Suggestions for keeping up if you are absent for all or part of class:
1. Call or text a classmate to find out what you missed
2. Check the blog
3. Keep up with what we are doing daily, and read the next part of the play


Monday- Watch ACT I (1968) compare it to the text, musical predictions ACT II (8 square), read ACT i:i

Tuesday- 2nd and 4th Reality U, 3rd read Act ii: ii-iv; read vi for h.w., keep up with journals

Wednesday- 2nd & 4th Reality U evaluations; all classes article annotation (high school graduation article); complete ACT ii, flip books; journals

Thursday- Begin ACT III. Read up to scene ii. All journals for ACT II due tomorrow; quiz ACT II and journals due tomorrow.

Friday- Quiz ACT II; flip books; significant quotes activity. Begin ACT III.


If you do not have your own copy of the play, look it up online or go check out a copy from the media center...you can also find a copy of the movie online to help your understanding of the text...not as a substitution for reading of course. Check out www.shmoop.com