Students will give examples of creativity (or lack-thereof) in schools.
Sir Ken Robinson: Part 1, Part 2
Exit Card:
1) Do schools kill creativity? Why or why not?
2) What can we do to make school/education more creative?
HW:
Have a fun and safe winter break!
12/22: AP Lang
Students will be able to analyze rhetorical devices by completing a practice AP multiple choice test.
HW:
Have a safe and fun winter break!
Agenda:
Multiple Choice, Mon!
Multiple Choice, Mon!
HW:
Have a safe and fun winter break!
12/19: AP Lang
Students will demonstrate their ability to think deeply and specifically about how man defines himself.
Agenda: Survey (Pd. 1 only)
PSAT Score Report
William Hazlitt wrote, “Man is a make-believe animal—he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.” Do you agree? Explain your answer using specific reasons and examples.
HW:
Grab a book from my library to read over break.
Agenda: Survey (Pd. 1 only)
PSAT Score Report
William Hazlitt wrote, “Man is a make-believe animal—he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.” Do you agree? Explain your answer using specific reasons and examples.
HW:
Grab a book from my library to read over break.
12/19-12/23: Honors English 10
Students will identify epic conventions in a film.
Agenda:
Vocab Test, 12/19
Narrative due Monday, 12/22
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Setup for Odyssey Party, 12/23:
Everyone must wear a toga!
Everyone must research their role. Know 5 of these:
a. Title of text
b. Gender
c. Birth Place
d. Power/skills
e. Family ties/members
f. Mortal or god
g. Flaws
h. Successes
i. Death
j. Thoughts on humility and hospitality
Agenda:
Vocab Test, 12/19
Narrative due Monday, 12/22
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Setup for Odyssey Party, 12/23:
Everyone must wear a toga!
Everyone must research their role. Know 5 of these:
a. Title of text
b. Gender
c. Birth Place
d. Power/skills
e. Family ties/members
f. Mortal or god
g. Flaws
h. Successes
i. Death
j. Thoughts on humility and hospitality
12/18: AP Lang
Students will be able to generate specific and appropriate examples to support or challenge Horace’s quotation.
Agenda:
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.—Horace
Consider this quotation about adversity from the Roman poet Horace. Then write an essay that defends, challenges,or qualifies Horaceʼs assertion about the role that adversity (financial or political hardship, danger, misfortune, etc.) plays in developing a personʼs character. Support your argument with appropriate evidence from your reading, observation, or experience.
HW: William Hazlitt wrote, “Man is a make-believe animal—he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.” Do you agree? Explain your answer using specific reasons and examples.
Agenda:
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.—Horace
Consider this quotation about adversity from the Roman poet Horace. Then write an essay that defends, challenges,or qualifies Horaceʼs assertion about the role that adversity (financial or political hardship, danger, misfortune, etc.) plays in developing a personʼs character. Support your argument with appropriate evidence from your reading, observation, or experience.
12/18: Honors English 10
Students will develop a narrative that continues or resolves the story of a character in The Odyssey.
Agenda:
Narrative
HW:
Study vocabulary #5 (test tomorrow)
Rough draft due tomorrow
Agenda:
Narrative
HW:
Study vocabulary #5 (test tomorrow)
Rough draft due tomorrow
12/16 & 12/17: Honors English 10
Mr. Arora was absent 12/15. We worked on adaptations of The Odyssey.
TODAY:
Students will discover how adaptations transform source materials by completing a chart and an essay.
HW:
HW:
Chart due Thursday
Essay due Thursday
Essay due Thursday
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