Assignment: Eng10: Media: The Mighty Date:Tue, Dec 12, 2006
English11 American LitCreating an ad: Discuss what is a “communications objective” as opposed to a “marketing objective”
Hand out viewing guide and assignment sheetDiscuss: King Arthur
Discuss: camera point of viewContinue viewing the film
Assignment: Eng11: Civil Disobedience writing Date:Tue, Dec 12, 2006
English10 CompositionReading quiz over Civil Disobedience.
Check for finished draft of paragraph at beginning of period.Revise for these things:
1. perfect spelling and capitalization
2. no run on sentences
3. no sentence fragments
Assignment: Eng10 Comp: Copyediting the report Date:Mon, Dec 11, 2006
English11 American LitYou will copy edit a classmate’s report.
Highlight the following errors:
1. Misspelled words
2. Capitalization errors
3. Sentence fragments or run-ons
4. Subject-verb agreement problems
5. Pronoun-antecedent problems
Before tomorrow, have 2 other people proofread your paper and sign it at the end. I will check these tomorrow. This is worth 10 points.
Assignment: Eng11: Thoreau / Civil Disobedience Date:Mon, Dec 11, 2006
English10 CompositionReading quiz over Civil Disobedience
Those who do not score 70% or higher: Answer all the questions on this handout in writing for Tuesday:
Those who pass the reading quiz and whose paragraphs demonstrate an understanding of the text will prepare for a Socratic Dialogue. They will be assessed over this reading by the amount and quality of their participation in the Dialogue. Others will be assessed over this reading through a comprehensive test.
Assignment: Eng10: Comp: Revision Date:Mon, Dec 11, 2006
English10 CompositionReview sentence fragments and run-on sentences here.
Print a copy of your essay. Get in your peer groups. Read and mark two other essays.
First reading:
Circle any misspelled words.
Circle an capitalization problems.
double underline any sentence fragments or run-on sentences.Second reading:
Is each paragraph developed and unified?
Cross a line through any sentences that do not belong.
Put a question mark where more development is needed.Sign your name to the paper and return it to the author.
Assignment: Eng 10 Comp: Revising the first draft Date:Fri, Dec 08, 2006
English11 American LitPaste your introduction and conclusion into the Word document where you saved the body of your research report.
You should now have a complete draft.
Spend today revising this report, including making sure all material taken from sources includes an endnote that is properly formatted.
Be sure to print a copy before class Monday. You will not have time to do this in class.These need to be finished and ready for copyediting by Monday. This finished draft of your paper is worth 15 points. Papers not ready at the beginning of the period Monday will receive zero points. These points are for having the work done on time so the next step can be taken.
Assignment: Eng11: Discuss Civil Disobedience Date:Fri, Dec 08, 2006
English 10 Speech & MediaDiscuss guidelines for a Socratic seminar.
Discuss Civil Disobedience.
Discuss the arguments against civil disobedience--especially the rule of law and the social contract--represented in these readings:
First things First
Insight on the News
The Future of the End of Democracy
Uncivil Disobedience
Assignment: Eng10 Media: Designing a print ad Date:Fri, Dec 08, 2006
English10 CompositionCollect one-paragraph summaries of “Selling the Dream.”
Outline a five paragraph persuasive essay on advertising. Scatter, cluster, generalize.
Hand out Creating a print ad
Assign: Begin planning an ad that you will create.
For Monday, decide on (1) your objective (2) your target audience (3) your concept.
Assignment: Eng10 Comp: Finish draft of occupations report Date:Fri, Dec 08, 2006
English10 CompositionWork on first draft
Assignment: Eng10 comp: write the introduction and conclusion Date:Thu, Dec 07, 2006
English10 CompositionWrite the introduction and conclusion to your research report. This consists of the sections in bold below:
A. Who am I?
B. What do I want?
C. Why I am choosing the occupation I have chosen
D. Research on the career choice
1. Working conditions (including salary)
2. Future outlook
3. How to prepare: Training or education needed
4. The next step: Schools that provide this trainingE. Conclusion
Assignment: Eng 10: Comp Date:Thu, Dec 07, 2006
English 10 Speech & MediaPublish the body of your research essay on your blog. Some students may go to either the library or the computer lab, since there won’t be enough computers in the classroom.
Once the body is published, begin writing the intro and the conclusion.
Here is the overview of the project.
Assignment: Eng10: Media Selling the Dream Date:Thu, Dec 07, 2006
English11 American LitCollect: worksheets from yesterday’s video: “TV--What you Don’t See” These are due at the beginning of the period.
Objective: Understand how “storyworlds” are constructed by advertising agencies. Practice evaluating those story worlds using multiple frameworks (aesthetic, moral, political, economic).
Today’s video is a bit longer than the period, so it needs to start as quicly as possible. Play the VHS tape: “Selling the Dream.” Students should write one-paragraph summaring the main idea of the movie and including at least three specific details from the movie that support that main idea. These will be due at the beginning of the class on Friday.
Assignment: Eng11: Thoreau Date:Thu, Dec 07, 2006
English10 CompositionIn class: You should have your 300-word paragraph on Walden completed. It should either be posted on your blog or handed in as a typewritten paper by the end of the day.
Take turns reading aloud the background on Civil Disobedience on page 248 (Elements of Literature text).
Begin reading Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience, p. 249-254. This is a 3,000-word excerpt of a 10,000-word essay.
Hand out (1) the guidelines for a seminar, (2) the sample of a page from Civil Disobedience that I took notes on, and (3) a photocopied text of Thoreau’s essay (so students can annotate and mark on the text, getting ready for a Socratic Seminar.
Announce that students should have read the text by Friday, and Friday they will have time to write a paragraph about the text to get ready for the Seminar. Students whose paragraph is acceptable will participate in the Seminar. Others will take a test over the reading instead.
In the Socratic Seminar, students will be able to discuss both Walden and Civil Disobedience.
Assignment: Eng10 Comp: Submitting a draft Date:Wed, Dec 06, 2006
English11 American LitUse your blog to submit your draft.
First, set up your blog.
1. Pick a template you like (click the “presentation” tab)
2. Be sure you have comments enabled. Click the “options” tab, and then the “Discussion” tab
3. Be sure you have your email address entered into your profile (and not the teachers). This is especially critical for those whose blog was created by me.
4. In the blogroll, create links to MLU’s home page, to the assignment page for this class, to my learnerblog, and to the student wiki.
Here’s the URL for the assignment page for this class:
http://www.flatheadreservation.org/index.php/assign/C118/5. Use the “write” tab to start a new entry. Copy and paste your draft into your blog, spell check it, and hit “publish”.
6. Click “view site” to be sure the “publish” worked.
7. Use the “Manage” tab to go back to your entry. At the top of it, list three people who will read and copy edit your essay before you turn it in to me. Save this new version.
Assignment: Eng11: writing about Walden Date:Tue, Dec 05, 2006
English 10 Speech & MediaThe Walden Writing Assignment is due at end of class period. Or at 9:00 pm, for those working on blogs.
You may want to respond to what others have said about Walden. Here are recent articles by Michael Evans (More face-to-face, less Facebook), John Kaufman (Technology has made us slaves to our machines), and Neville Barry (The importance of understanding Thoreau).
Assignment: Eng10 Media: collect worksheets: film language Date:Mon, Dec 04, 2006
English11 American LitCollect worksheets completed on “film language”
Watch video on advertising
Assignment: Eng11: Write About Walden Date:Mon, Dec 04, 2006
English10 CompositionListen to the conclusion to Walden
Go over assignment: write a blog entry about Walden: Walden Writing Assignment
You will have all period Tuesday to work on this. Due Tuesday at end of class period. Or at 9:00 pm, for those working on blogs.
You may want to respond to what others have said about Walden. Here are recent articles by Michael Evans (More face-to-face, less Facebook), John Kaufman (Technology has made us slaves to our machines), and Neville Barry (The importance of understanding Thoreau).
Assignment: Eng10 Comp: Researching an Occupation Date:Mon, Dec 04, 2006
In class: show 5 notes to teacher
Write additional 5 notes
Each notecard should include the topic, the quote, and a code number linking it to a bibliographic card
Begin writing the body of the report:
The occupation I have chosen:
1. Working conditions (including salary)
2. Future outlook
3. How to prepare: Training or education needed
4. The next step: Schools that provide this trainingA draft of the body should be finished by the end of the period on Tuesday.
Overview of research project
Copy editing guidelines
Assignment: Eng10 Comp: Draft of body Date:Sun, Dec 03, 2006
English 10 Speech & MediaDraft of the body of the research paper should be finished at end of the period:
The occupation I have chosen:
1. Working conditions (including salary)
2. Future outlook
3. How to prepare: Training or education needed
4. The next step: Schools that provide this trainingA draft of the body should be finished by the end of the period on Tuesday.
This should include endnotes for all material used from other sources.
Overview of research project
Copy editing guidelines
Assignment: Eng10: Media: Discuss the Key Questions of Media Literacy Date:Fri, Dec 01, 2006
English11 American LitIn class: Hand in the 4 questions about the Hollywood style
Watch Film Language. Complete and hand in this worksheet.
Hand out the 5 key questions for media literacy. Work in groups, based on which question you have. Form possible answers to the question, using Casablanca as the “message.”
Assignment: Eng11 Thoreau: Walden, conclusion Date:Fri, Dec 01, 2006
English10 CompositionIn class: Listen to the conclusion of Walden. Discuss.
Journal: Write a page or page and half essay dealing with some aspect of Walden. For example, you might summarize Thoreau’s ideas on technological progress, judging from what he says about railroads and other inventions of his era? Quote specific passages to support your interpretation. Do you agree with him? Why or why not?
Assignment: Eng10 Comp: Research Date:Fri, Dec 01, 2006
In class: Hand in paragraph “Who I Am”
Take notes online for occupational research report, following this outline
Have at least 5 notes done by Monday