Thursday, April 7, 2016

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Comp. Lit. II

Today:

We reviewed ch 1-2

We completed LotF Journal #22.  Today you had to:  Explain your shelter situation, what food have you had for the last 3 days, and one unexplained event.

We used the ipads and went to storyboardthat.com.  You were tasked with making a 3 slide cartoon using the program that explains the main events in ch 1-2

HW Read CH 3 +4

Brit Lit:

Today:

A Block:  First 1/3 of class we went to the art/science fair and supported the great work and research on display.  Great job!

B Block:  Beta tested storyboardit on the ipads. 

A Block: Completed assignment as a skit.

Both classes: Imagine the 3 new prophesies.  What 3 things could eliminate all of his problems?

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

I passed out our next novel, Lord of the Flies.

Intro lecture to Lord of the Flies via powerpoint.  You took notes.

We heard the author describe why he wrote the novel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYnfSV27vLY

We looked at the top 10 quotes from the book

We began looking at the main question:  Is man inherently evil?  Where does evil come from?  Are we born this way, or is it learned behavior?

Pre-reading activity: 
We packed for our trip.
We wrote about our trip while on the plane.
We crashed the plane, but you all survived.
We journaled (not a real word) about the first cold night
We journaled about the next morning.

HW:  Read CH 1,2,3.  I smell a quiz Wed.

Brit Lit

Today:

We finished act III
We took notes on act III.
We looked at the gross ingredients in the stew from act 4.  Do these hold up 400 yeats after?
I tasked you to make a 20 ingredient stew, using 2016 to freshen it up.

What is social media existed 400 years ago?  In small groups you picked one of the following:

Facebook Page- 15 wall posts.
Twitter- 10 twitter posts
txt:  25 txt msgs between 2 or more characters.