Finish Up Presentations

Today's Agenda:

"1993 World Trade Center bombing debris investigations"
by FBI.  Used under a Creative Commons License.  This
image is for use under the public domain.

• Review Friday's topics
• Presentations:
• Foreign Terrorism
• Columbine
• Final Exam - discussion and planning
• see English and history review sheets

HW:  Plan your final exam essay

The 90s

Today's Agenda:

Presentations:

• LA Race Riots (Emily, Matt)
• Domestic terrorism (Kerri, Isabella)
• Technology explosion (Internet/cell phones)
• Clinton Impeachment (Elena/Mercedez)

Things Carried Assessment/80s and 90s

Today's Agenda:

The Things They Carried assessment

Project Presentations

• Reagonomics
• Desert Storm
• LA Race Riots

Personal Essays (optional) are due tomorrow. Please share with Jolicoeur at mjolicoeur@nhsau57.org

The 1980s/1990s

Today's Agenda:

• Discussion: Final thoughts on the Things They Carried. Final assessment is tomorrow
• Stories read:



USS Missouri during Desert Storm, 1991

• "The Things They Carried"
• "Love" 
• "Spin"
• "On the Rainy River"
• "How to Tell a True War Story"
• "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong"
• "The Man I Killed"
• "Speaking of Courage"
• "The Lives of the Dead"

• 1980s/1990s presentations today
• Reagonomics
• 1st Persian Gulf War
• LA race Riots

Planning Ahead:  Generally this is assigned to help you prepare for the college essay.

The 1980s and Conservatism

Today's Agenda:

• "Lives of the Dead"
• English Review
• 1980s Presentations
• Reagonomics
• War on Drugs
• The New Right
• Iran-Contra Scandal

President Ronald Reagan
1981-1989

***We will review The Things They Carried on Wednesday.  Test on the book will be on Thursday.  

The 1970s

Today's Agenda:

3 project presentations today

• Watergate
• Oil Crisis
• Iranian Hostage Crisis

Finish The Things They Carried

Here is the link to the History Final Exam Review

Indifference...What does it show?

Today's Agenda:

"U.S. Special Forces patrol enters Vietnam village" by
U.S. Army Audiovisual Center.  This images is
for use under the public domain.

• "Speaking of Courage"
• Library research time

HW:  "Lives of the Dead"

**The Things They Carried will be assessed on Tuesday or Wednesday next week

Remember that 70 years ago today the invasion of Normandy (D-Day) occurred!

3 years ago, Jolicoeur's daughter Rylee was born.

Truth?!?!

Today's Agenda:

"Jungle Combat Vietnam" by United States Army
Heritage and Education Center.  Used
under the permission of a Creative Commons License

• "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong"
• "The Man He Killed" by Thomas Hardy
• "The Man I Killed" and "Ambush"

HW:  "Speaking of Courage"

The Things They Carried

Today's Agenda:

• Quiz on "How to Tell a True War Story"
• Discuss the charts that you completed on this chapter
• Vietnam Veteran interview

HW: Continue working on your Final projects and read "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" for tomorrow.

The Things They Carried/Final Projects

Today's Agenda:

• Go over "On the Rainy River"
• "How to Tell a True War Story" is due for tomorrow. There is an accompanying chart to complete as well
• Library time to research and start putting our presentations together.

Research/The Things They Carried

Today's Agenda:

• Spin and On The Rainy River
• Final Projects
• Comments or Questions?
• Evaluate the interviews that you did.
• Library time for Research

Tim O'Brien 2012

Internal Conflicts

Today's Agenda:

• Spin
• Library Observations
• Use Ebsco - if you struggle with search terms or filters...ASK!
• Library work time

HW: 

•  Interview - complete this weekend.  Be sure each group member records his/her interview.
• " On the Rainy River" in The Things They Carried is due Monday

Research and The Things They Carried

Today's Agenda:

• The Things They Carried: 
• "The Things They Carried"
• discussion
• Love and Spin
• Library time for research our 70s-90s topics

Begin planning your interviews:

• Who are you going to interview and when?
• What questions will you ask them?
• How are you going to record the conversation?

Observations in the library:

• use Ebsco to limit your search - it will tell you what publications may have your topic

HW:  Spin and Spin chart due tomorrow

Getting ready to research

Today's Agenda:

• History Exam
• Researching Tips
• You must do work at home
• library is the time to ask specific questions - not just search
• Get the facts on your topic - so you have background - HW
• Look at the news sources from the time
• What bias is there in the articles you find?
• Mrs. Hopkins
• EBSCO search
• publication search
• identifying bias
• bibliographic record vs full text
• advanced search features
• libguide
• linking us to your research findings
• must record information on Google Drive 
• Research rubric will be used to assess your research process
• Choose topics
• The Things They Carried

HW:  Background research on your topic - decide how you will record information and be sure to share with us

Vietnam

Today's Agenda:

• Vietnam review should be completed.
• Vietnam Discussion: What questions do you still have about the conflict?
• Civil Rights and Vietnam assessment tomorrow: Open Note/Book - This is a timed exam.  You will have a half hour to complete the test.
• Introduce project
• The Things They Carried 
• intro

HW:  "The Things They Carried" due Tuesday

Vietnam Map

The Civil Rights Movement

Today's Agenda:

• The March on Washington through Contemporary issues.
• Comparison: Martin Luther King Jr. vs. Malcolm X The texts of the two speeches are linked. You should also youtube both speeches and listen them being delivered. 
• Intro: The conflict in Vietnam American Pageant Chapters 39-40. Here is the link to the google doc

The Civil Rights movement and the conflict in Vietnam will be assessed together Wednesday or Thursday of next week. Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!

Tie up loose ends

Today's Agenda:

• The Catcher in the Rye discussion
• Research paper check in 

HW:  Final draft of paper due tomorrow

Research Papers/The Civil Rights movement

Today's Agenda:

Working Rough Drafts are due today.

• Finish the Catcher visuals today
• Peer Edit research papers
• Catcher discussion 
• Intro the Civil Rights Movement-Chapters 38 and 39 in Pageant

Optional: award-winning article and video on an Iraqi war veteran and his difficulties with PTSD  from the LA Times (this is Matt D's research paper topic)

Story Analysis

Today's Agenda:

• We will try to complete this Catcher in the Rye assignment
• Conferencing
• History documentary

HW:  Rough draft due Monday

Research paper/The Cold War

Today's Agenda:

Finish conferencing with students (8 left)
Finish the Cold War review of chapters 37-39
Lecture/Discussion: The climax of the Cold War: President Kennedy

Optional: 13 days (2000) is available on Youtube.com

Kennedy and Kruschev 1961

Conferences and Catch Up

Today's Agenda:

• Conferencing
• Outline due Wednesday
• Parenthetical Notes
• Outlining Notes
• Review work on Cold War

Research

Today's Agenda:

• College Project - Commenting for the weekend
• Comment on all of the projects in your category at least 3 times by Sunday, May 11 at 12 p.m.  You may:
• Ask questions for clarification or further information
• Make connections to your school
• Presentation authors should respond to comments Sunday afternoon and evening.
• Research project
• Thesis statements

Research Papers

Today's Agenda:

• College Visits projects are due tomorrow-any questions?
• Library-Research papers (24 note cards are due by the end of today)
• 11 students have not shared their easybib projects with Jolicoeur. Please share at mjolicoeur@nhsau57.org

Interesting article for high school students in the Atlantic if you have time.

Research Papers

Today's Agenda:

• Mrs. Hopkins-Presentation on Technology
• Answer any last questions on the College Project/Voicethread
• Library time to research-25 note cards are due by the end of Thursday

Research paper...1950s and 1960s continued

Today's Agenda:

• Catcher in the Rye Test
• Research Paper -
•  initial brainstorm
• Sample thesis statements from the past
• History - Kennedy (?)

HW:  Preliminary research on your topic

• create Easybib project for this
• use general sources to get an overview
• submit your topic and preliminary thesis statement
• Struggling?  You can look at this libguide for the research paper.  It is currently "under construction", but the first tab may be helpful!

Assessment - Catcher Intro

Today's Agenda:

• DOAS essay assessment
• Done:  
• Quickwrite:  What pressure do adolescents encounter today?  How do these pressures make you feel?  (journal or Today's Meet)
• Read "The Myth of Frankenstudent"
• Pre-Reading Discussion
• Catcher in the Rye introduction
• "Teens in Distress"
• Faulty Reasoning Notes
• Faulty Reasoning Chart

HW:  Read Catcher in the Rye by Monday, May 5.   Continue to post comments to this post throughout the week to ask questions and build upon one another's ideas.  If you want to create a new post, please feel free to do so.

Concluding thoughts on tragedy - What should we learn?

Today's Agenda:

• Quiz on end of DOAS
• Discussion
• Perception
• Success
• Symbols in play
• characterization
• Miller's belief's - connection to his initial essay
• Essay tomorrow
• one page of quotes/ideas based on major ideas discussed today
• 35-40 minute timed essay

Bringing the words to life

Today's Agenda:

• Characterization Chart 
• Discuss Bernard from yesterday's worksheet
• What do these characters show us about Willy?
• Watch pages 50-74; 74-91
• Thoughts?  Observations?
• Questions for 76-91; 98-116 - Watch movie

HW: Finish the play

The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-2 in favor of upholding Michigan's ban on using race as a factor in the college admissions process at state schools. The decision is discussed in this article from the Wall Street Journal. Also included is the ABC World News video clip (2min.) from last night discussing the decision, Justice Sotomayor's fiery dissent, and the local impact on a college applicant.

Do you agree with the court's decision?
Should individual states be allowed to determine for themselves whether or not to racially profile college applicants?
How will this decision affect affirmative action in other states?

I meant to post this on the Race, Class, and Gender blog, but if you would like to comment here feel free. Well constructed comments that specifically reference either the Wall Street Journal article or the ABC World News video will receive 40 points. If you do not want to respond to this, we will exempt you so it will not help or hurt you.

Death of a Salesman/The 1950s

Today's Agenda:

Review last night's reading (pages 74-98)

The Century: America's Time. Happy Days (1953-1960)

The American Pageant chapters for this unit are 37 and some of 38. You should read both for Friday.

Death of a Salesman/The 1950s

Today's Agenda:

• Act I Test
• Lecture/Discussion: President Eisenhower and Foreign Policy
• New York Times Article: Looking back at Eisenhower/Iran/Guatemala
• Bowling For Columbine video clip
• Contemporary Foreign Policy: Drone Strikes this past weekend 

HW:  Read pages 74-98 in DOAS.  Complete worksheet


If you want more information about drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen New America Foundation has the numbers and some interesting graphs

Good luck to Principal Collyer and the other runners today in the Boston Marathon! You can follow her progress here

"Boston Strong"

Characterization and Conflict

Today's Agenda:

• share your descriptive writing
• Characterization Activity/Reflection
• pg 15-28 discussion
• father/son relationships
• characterization of Willy
• p28-34 on tape

Jackie Robinson!

Every year, Major League Baseball sets aside one day in April to honor Jackie Robinson, the first Black baseball player to break the color barrier in 1949. He was an important part of the Civil Rights Movement, and I recently found this article on 538.com about how more modern statistical analysis proves that Robinson was one of the greatest second basemen of all time. I also have a man crush on the founder of 538.com, Nate Silver, who uses statistical analysis to predict political trends, elections, and he loves baseball!

Jackie Robinson
1950

Death of a Salesman/The 1950s

Today's Agenda:

• The Cold war: the Korean "war"
• Blog Comments - What conclusions can we make about the "typical" night in an American home with teens?
• Death of a Salesman p 2-15; 12-26 
• Set Photos
• Characterization
• Symbols
• Questions
• Descriptive writing
• Death of a Salesman 15-30; 27-39

HW: Continue reading the play 27-39

Optional: Video by ABC news about Korean veterans (6 minutes long)

Death of a Salesman/The 1950s

Today's Agenda:

Setting Discussion
Beginning of Act I
Lecture/Discussion: An overview of the 1950s

The Donna Reed Show
1958

HW:

Read 12-26 in DOAS

Commenting on the blog:

Include a strong discussion on this blog post.  If you can build off another person's ideas, please do so!

What is going on in your house?  What does an evening look like at your house?  What "messes" are there?  Provide specifics.  

Death of a Salesman/Post-War America

Today's Agenda:

Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe
1956

Lit. Brick Quiz
Drama background
Intro Arthur Miller
Setting Discussion

Homework:

• Setting handout - questions on back
• Try to read 2-15 or 12-26, (pages depend on the text you have)

NH gets some love

Just saw this article on the Atlantic website about NH Governor Maggie Hassan.

Tragedy

Today's Agenda:

• "Tragedy and the Common Man"
• Pre-reading Questions
• Prom assembly

HW:  Lit Brick 2261-2266 and Modern American Drama handout

WWII Assessment

Today's Agenda:

• World War II history assessment
• Tragedy Brainstorm/Discussion
• Read "Tragedy and the Common Man" by Arthur Miller

HW: 

•  "Tragedy and the Common Man" due Friday - Quiz on Friday prior to assembly
• Lit Brick pages 2261-2266 due on Monday

World War II Assessment

Today's Agenda:

• In-class essay (30-40 min.)
• Review group projects/American Pageant chapters 35-36/Answer any last questions

The Conclusion of World War II

Today's Agenda:

Last two presentations:

• Nuremberg Trials
• Allied leadership

Lit reading on Hiroshima

Unit Exam will be divided into 2 parts:

Wednesday: in class writing assignment
Thursday: traditional exam with a variety of types of questions

World War II

Today's Agenda:

The Atomic Bomb

Last 2 presentations:

Nagasaki 1945

• Post-War Trials
• Post-War Leadership

Lit reading: Hiroshima

Unit ends tomorrow, WWII exam on Wednesday

Optional: From 60 minutes last night, Nazi stolen artwork discovered.

World War II Infographics

Spencer
Taylor
Colton
Fernanda
Jess
Matt
James
Elena
Patrick
Kerri
John
Mercedez
Maleeha
Emily M
Olivia M
Emma
Emilyann
Dominic
Mikey
Mikayla
Brad
Olivia R
Steph
Kaleigh
Logan
Isabella
Ben
Janny

Infographics - What are they? What is their purpose? How are they created?

Teaching with Infographics 


Text Heavy

How long does a person want to analyze?

Simple Statistics

Simple Graph

Interactive Graph

Infographics

Today's Agenda:

• Presentation
• Infograms
• Assignment - Due Monday

World War II

Today's Agenda:

2 more presentations today:

D-Day June 6th 1944

• D-day
• Battle of the Bulge

Lit readings due:

Maus and All Rivers...

Firebombing of Japan during WWII

Here is the link to the infographic I mentioned in class today. Check it out. It is interactive as well.

Pacific Theater Questions and Review

Link to Google Form

World War II

Today's Agenda:

Last night on ABC's World News..."Rosies" were honored.

3 presentations:

• The Russian Front (Brad and Ben)
• Allied Strategy in N. Africa and Europe (Kerri and Isabella)
• Allied Strategy in the Pacific (Matt and Logan)

HW: Tomorrow, Maus and All Rivers Run to the Sea are due.

"Iwo Jima Memorial" in DC

World War II

Today's Agenda:

Lit. review:

German POW's at Stalingrad

Brokaw's The Greatest Generation

2 more presentations:

• Concentration and internment camps (Steph and Emily M)
• Russian Front (Brad and Ben)

Lit due:

All Rivers Run to the Sea and Maus are due on Thursday.

World War II

Today's Agenda:


2 project presentations

"We Can Do It"
Rosie the Riveter

• New technologies (Janny and Olivia R)
• The Home Front (Fernanda and Jess)

Lit. readings:

• Lomell/Caulfield
• The Bracelet

Blogging this week are Brad, Olivia R, Steph, and Ben
Begin reading chapter 36 "America in World War II" in American Pageant

World War II

Today's Agenda:

"FDR and Churchill in North Africa"
This image is in the public domain

3 presentations are scheduled:

• Allied Leaders (Taylor and Olivia)
• Axis Leaders (Emilyann and Mikayla)
• Pearl Harbor (Mercedez and Elena)

FDR's Dec. 7th speech

Readings due:

Lomell and Caulfield

Readings Assigned:

"The Bracelet"

Hoops Player Stripped of Award

NH Coaches Association revoked this year's D.II Player of the Year Award from Pembroke player after an unsportsmanlike/offensive tweet. Here is the article from Monday.

Presentation Wrap Up

Today's Agenda:

• Final Presentation Work.  Suggestions:
• Deliver your presentation to another group
• Do you know your content?
• Works Cited - print 
• Complete this Google Form so we can link to your Attribution Page and your presentation
• Presentation schedule is on the Google Calendar.  We plan to stick closely to this schedule.  

World War II

Today's Agenda:

Research in the Library today
We are adding another day of research tomorrow
Projects now are due on Friday

Link to your research

Setting the Stage: 1940s; Project Reminders

Today's Agenda:

• "The Time of Their Lives" 

• Presentation Reminders:
• Photo Attribution and Works Cited Page
• Two separate documents shared with us
• Expectations
• Rubric for researching
• Rubric for project
• Integrating tools; rehearsing; working off of one another

World War II

Today's Agenda:

Research: WWII project work today in the Library

• Presentation Reminders 
• Libguide

Blogging this week are Dom, Mikey, Mikayla, and Kaleigh

Begin reading Pageant Chapter 35: FDR and the Shadow of War

"Hitler in Paris" 1940

HW:

• What background information do you need so that you can research your topic more effectively?  Add these questions to the comments under this post. 
• Read "The Time of Their Lives"

The 1930s Assessment

Today's Agenda:

• 1930s Exam
• Intro the World War II projects

Fear generated by media

Today's Agenda:

**You guys check this before class.  If you are interested, let's try a pre-class discussion.  Check the Today's Meet link below.  You can also check Twitter #desjeng.

"Publicity Photo of Orson Welles".  This image
is for use under the public domain.

• Complete discussion of Lindbergh and New York Times article
• Mien Kempf excerpt by Hitler
• War of the Worlds - Orson Welles and Media
• Today's Meet

Tomorrow: 1930s Exam

The 1930s

Today's Agenda:

Isolationism in the 1930s (Lecture)
Article Evaluation: Lindbergh and the New York Times

Unit Exam: moved from Thursday to Friday

The 1930s

Today's Agenda:

• Breakfast by John Steinbeck
• Article evaluation: Obama and FDR?
• Isolationism in the 1930s (Lecture/Discussion)

Unit Exam is on Thursday: the majority of the exam is on Chapter 34 in Pageant.

"John Steinbeck and son visit LBJ"

The New Deal

Today's Agenda:

• Quiz on Chapter 34 (27-36)
• The End of the New Deal and its Legacy
• Breakfast by John Steinbeck
• Comparison: FDR and Obama-Finish for homework

Blogging this week are Emily, Logan, Olivia M, and Emilyann

The New Deal

Today's Agenda:

Quiz on Chapter 34 (12-26)
New Deal Charts-finish today
The Century: Stormy Weather (1929-1936)

HW: Finish the terms for Chapter 34 (27-36). Quiz on Monday

The New Deal

Today's Agenda:

The voters of Salem approved all of the school budget warrant articles yesterday, including the renovation of the high school. Thank you to all that contributed!

• New Deal Quiz: Section 1 "The Architects"
• Finish Terms and Concepts for Chapter 34
• New Deal Chart

HW: Chapter 34 Section 2 and 3(left side only) due tomorrow (Quiz)

Roosevelt Signs the Social Security Act

FDR and the New Deal

Today's Agenda:

Self Assess your Essays
The New Deal Intro (John Green video 15 minutes)
New Deal Activity-Chapter 34

From Prezi

A prezi on the 10 most common mistakes made by presenters. Worth a look if you have a couple of minutes...

The Great Depression

Today's Agenda:

Finish Breakfast
Hoover/FDR Comparison: Papers are due and discussion.
American Pageant Chapter 34 worksheet: the Great Depression and the New Deal

Blogging this week are John, Mercedez, Maleeha, and Elena

Harlem Renaissance - 1930s

Today's Agenda:

• Langston Hughes poetry 
• Themes in his poetry
• Themes in the 1930s photography
• "Breakfast" by Steinbeck
• "Or the Bible" from How to Read Literature Like a Professor

Assignment:  See yesterday's post

Hoover/FDR Comparison

Here is the assignment for Monday.

The Great Depression and Photojournalism

Today's Agenda:

• Here is Today's Activity: Analyzing the art of the Great Depression
• Here is the link to today's activity-The Library of Congress

HW: For Monday, please read the bio. and handout comparing Hoover and FDR.

Gatsby Test/The Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression

Today's Agenda:

• Test on the novel, The Great Gatsby
• The Stock Market Crash and the Great Depression
• The Crash of '29-Time Photojournlism

Begin reading American Pageant for this next unit: Review just the end of Chapter 33 on Hoover's response to the economic difficulties that the U.S. was experiencing.

Wall Street Oct. 25 1929

The Great Gatsby/The 1920s

Today's Agenda:

• Review Gatsby Chapters 7 and 8 
• Chapter 9 is due tomorrow
• Gatsby Exam is on Wednesday

Blogging this week are Fern, Jess, Matt, and James

Symbols, Mood, and Characterization in Gatsby

 Today's Agenda:

• 1920s Exam
• Presentation feedback - 
• Chapter 7 Gatsby

HW:  finish chapters 8 and 9 in Gatsby

The 1920s\the Great Gatsby

"The Jazz Singer" 1927
This work is in the public domain 

Today's Agenda:

• Review of the 1920s.
• Chapters 6 "Facts"
• Chapter 7 - Logistics

Tomorrow: Unit Exam on the 1920s-Pageant chapters 32 and 33

Native American Photography: Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota

1920s/The Great Gatsby

Today's Agenda:

• Gatsby Chapter 6

• Presentation:
• Lindbergh
• Hoover/Stock Market Crash

Tomorrow: Gatsby Chapter 7 is due

Friday: Pageant Exam    

Alli singing the National Anthem at last Friday night's basketball game here at SHS!                                                   

Tuesday Feb. 18

We are being dismissed at 12 today, so we will not meet as a class. Thus:

• We are not going to finish Gatsby this week. Review chapter 6 for a possible quiz tomorrow.
• The last two presentations need to present tomorrow, so that we can wrap up the history of the 1920s.
• There will be a Pageant Exam on Friday on Chapters 32-33. 

The Century: America's Time does a nice job of explaining the major events of each decade of the 20th Century in about 45 minutes. Here is the link to the episode on the 1920s. It may help you with some of the concepts that we covered.

1920s/The Great Gatsby

Today's Agenda:

• Chapter 5:  Motifs and Symbols
• Group Activity
• Essential Question:  How do the motifs and symbols in chapter five work together?
• Review chapters 1-4 Activity
• What do we know about Gatsby?
• Chapter 6 Discussion - Love: Can it and does "old" love last?
• Chapter 6 Characterization of Gatsby

Opportunity: the Players Ring in Portsmouth NH is performing Death of a Salesman Feb. 14-Mar. 2. Eventually, we will read this play!

Calendar

Not sure if you can see the calendar, but blogging this week are Janny, Kerri, Emma, and Pat.

College Visits Project

Here is the list of college selections.

1920s/The Great Gatsby

Today's Agenda:

Thursday and Friday's Presentations

• Communist Scare
• Saco and Vanzetti
• Scopes Monkey Trial
• Hoover and the FBI

1920s/The Great Gatsby

Today's Agenda:

Discussion: Margaret Sanger Spirit reading. "Examining the moral code of the 1920s versus the moral code of today."

Continue Gatsby Chapter 4

1920s/The Great Gatsby

Today's Agenda:

• Chapter 4 of Gatsby
• Presentations:
• Resurgence of the KKK
• Al Capone/Organized Crime

HW: Spirit reading on Margaret Sanger

"KKK Parade" Washington DC 1925

1920s/The Great Gatsby

Today's Agenda:

• President Harding Presentation (from Friday)
• Chapter 3 in Gatsby

Check the calendar to see who is blogging this week.

1920s/The Great Gatsby

Today's Agenda:

Hardings and Coolidges 1921
This media file is in the public domain in the United States.

• The Charleston
• Gatsby-Chapter 2
• 2 presentations
• President Harding
• President Coolidge

HW: Continue reading and taking good notes on Gatsby and Chapters 32-33 in Pageant

Extra: Amazon produced a list of the 100 books that you should read in your lifetime. I have read 20 of them, and Gatsby made the list!

1920s/The Great Gatsby

Today's Agenda:

• Collect the Blog Rubrics that you wrote comments on.
• 2 presentations today
• Entertainment
• Harlem Renn.
• Gatsby Chapter 2

Extra: I watched this documentary last night on HBO called "Manhunt" about Osama bin Laden that was really well done! I linked the website and trailer.

Wednesday February 5th

The class discussion yesterday got me thinking about tone, and whether or not it is possible to be critical and still maintain a positive tone. So, I decided to try to take our 3 examples from class and try to say the same thing but with a more positive tone. Here is a link to the document and check out what I came up with.

Tuesday Feb. 4, 2014

I forgot to collect the Blog Rubrics from the class. Hang on to them, and I will collect them tomorrow or Thursday depending on the weather. People commented on the rubric and I would like to read them. Thanks

Characterization and Imagery

Today's Agenda:

• The Blogging Rubric
• College Project - hand out and discuss
• Chapter 1 Gatsby - characterization
• Chapter 1 Gatsby - imagery
• Director's License/Intent - 
• How does a director use imagery in a text?
• What is the effect of changing characterization?
• Word Choice/Imagery/Characterization in Chapter 2

HW:  Chapter 2 Gatbsy

Societal Expectations 1920s

Today's Agenda:

• Collect Works Cited/Picture Attribution
• Links - share them with us via email
• Chapter 1 Gatsby
• Presentations - Flappers and Prohibition

HW:  Chapter 2 due Wednesday/Begin reading Chapter 33 in Pageant

"Where There's Smoke, There's Fire"
by Ruben Patterson
This work is in the public domain in the United States

The Great Gatsby/1920s

Weekend Reminders:

Chapter 1 is due in the Great Gatsby: Read, analyze, and take good notes. The new film is interesting, but it is different from the novel!

Check the calendar. The presentation schedule is up, so you can see when you are presenting your 1920s project.

"F. Scott Fitzgerald and Wife Zelda 1921"
This media file is in the public domain in the United States. 

#desjeng

Honors Comp,

I have started using #desjeng on Twitter for all of my classes.  If you are interested, I can post homework and pictures of some of the activities we do, when appropriate.

Let me know your thoughts by posting comments to this post.

Desj

1920s Research

Today's Agenda:

We are in the library today to research our 1920s projects. Here is the libguide from Mrs. Hopkins

Blog comments are due tomorrow.

20s Research

Today's Agenda:

• 1920s Project Intro
• Project goals/presentation
• Google Presentation - Haiku deck
• Prezi
• Library research time

HW:  

• Project work time
• Gatsby chapter 1 due Monday

Presenting Content/The 1920s

Today's Agenda:

• Review: The Aftermath of WWI
• 1920s content from litbrick
• New Presentation Guidelines
• 1920s Project Introduction

HW: American Pageant Chapter 32 was assigned yesterday.

"Close the Gate"
This media file is in the public domain in the United States

New Unit-The 1920s

Today's Agenda:

We are moving across the hall second semester to Room 229/231.

• The Aftermath of WWI: article and questions
• The Race, Class, and Gender blog: moving forward and improving.
• Lit brick reading on the 1920s

HW: Begin reading American Pageant Chapter 32, "American Life in the Roaring Twenties"

In Another Country Quiz

If you would like your quiz from In Another Country, I have them graded.  Right after finals I will be in 258.  By 11:00 I will be in 237.

Wednesday January 22, 2014

Today's Agenda:

• Mid-term essay: Write the essay in class
• Second Part of the Mid-term exam is on Friday 
• The Currier Art Analysis
• The Race, Class, and Gender Blog: Where do we go from here? 

HW: Study for midterms/finals. Good Luck!

Plans for a delay or school closing on Wednesday January 22, 2014

Here is the link to the email from Principal Collyer

Review

Today's Agenda:

"Studying French in the Trenches"
This image is public domain.

• Smore's 
• exemplars 
• corrections
• Skills covered this semester
• Writing
• Reading
• Researching
• Presenting
• Transferable skills
• Content covered this semester
• Midterm Review sheets - English
• Midterm Essay
• Unit 27-31 Pageant test

HW: If you have not posted the Currier Art Analysis to your Blog, you need to do so by 7 AM on Monday 20th.

WWI

Today's Agenda:

"Portrait of author Ernest Hemingway
with a Sailfish in Key West" use with no
copyright restrictions

• WWI Veterens 
• "In Another Country" analysis
• What elements does Hemingway use?
• How do you use this analysis on future pieces?
• Imperialism Unit Exam (review)

"Hemingway Residence in Key West" by Serge Melki
Used under the permission of a Creative Commons License

World War I

Today's Agenda:

"Ernest Hemingway Aboard the Pilar"
This media file is in the public domain in the United States

• Review of Hemingway's Soldiers Home
• In Another Country is due tomorrow
• Lecture/Discussion: The End of the War
• Activity: Map of Europe-1918 What has changed?
• Unit Review: Pageant Chapters 27-31

World War I

Today's Agenda:

"Uncle Sam Wants You"
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• Review of Hemingway's Soldier's Home
• Lecture/Discussion: World War I/The Home Front and American Involvement in Europe.
• The last veteran of WWI died in 2011!

HW: Read/Analyze Hemingway's In Another Country

Rest in Peace Sam.

This weekend, 17 year old Massachusetts native Sam Berns passed away. He had a very rare disease called progeria that makes you age incredibly fast. Here is the Ted talk that he did a couple of months ago about his philosophy of life.

WWI

Today's Agenda:

• Hemingway Background - lit brick assignment (?)
• Map of Europe-1914
• The start of WWI
• Sinking of the Lusitania

HW:  Read Soldier's Home for tomorrow

Early 20th Century

Today's Agenda:

• Discuss/Review concepts in lit brick reading
• Go over "Acquainted with the Night"
• Discuss Project Expecations
• Mrs. Desjadon's Example
• Library Time
• Play in the "sand box" on  SoundCloud today!
• Complete any other research

HW:  Project is due by Monday.  Submit a link to your project on this form by Monday morning, 7 a.m.

Food for Thought: According to a recent report by the National Students Clearinghouse, only 54% of students that enrolled in college in 2007 have earned their degree. Here is the link to the report.

New 2014 Winter Olympics Commercial

Moms!

Early 20th Century Introduction and Research

Today's Agenda:

• WWI-Map of Europe
• Early 20th Century assignment
• Choose/assign topics
• Libguide - 
• format
• Using Easybib
• Library research time - 45 min to 1 hour

Imperialism in the early 20th Century

Today's Agenda:

• Finish the Lecture/Discussion: Foreign policy under the Progressive Presidents
• Map of Europe
• Lit Brick Reading - p1866 Handout - due Thursday 

  

  "Winter Wonderland" by Albertherring
  Image used with a Creative Commons Attribution License

• Robert Frost poetry - 
• Biography/background
• "Stopping by Woods on Snowy Evening"
• Map of Europe (1914)

HW: Lit Brick reading is due tomorrow

Foreign Policy under the Progressive Presidents

Today's Agenda:

• Quiz on the Progressive Presidents
• William Carlos Williams Reading
• Modern Poetry - William Carlos Williams
• Reading the Lit Brick - 
• taking notes
• Lecture/Discussion: Foreign policy from 1901-1916
• Extreme Engineering: the Panama Canal
• Map of Europe

HW:

•  begin reading chapter 31 in Pageant
• Lit Brick reading is due on Thursday

"Letter From the President" 1915
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American Imperialism

Today's Agenda:

Review Spanish-American War paragraphs
Activity: the Progressive Presidents and Foreign Policy

"Baby Kiss Papa Goodbye" 1909
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