Monday 5/21/12

In Class:

• Starter - critique TPOL video from last year
• Metaphor lecture
• Metaphor notes
• Metaphor free-write
• Metaphor activity
• TEA paragraph activity

Homework:

• Finish writing TEA paragraphs.

Friday 5/18/12

In Class:

• TPOL Prep Handouts
• TPOL Prep Prezi Presenation
• TPOL Prep Video
• Growth Categories
• Drafting Growth Categories, Metaphors, Evidence

Homework:

• Come to class Monday with your growth categories chosen.

Wednesday 5/16/12

In Class:

• Overpopulation movie and mini-project
• Here is the link to the Nova site to complete your mini-project.

No Homework.

Tuesday 5/15/12

In Class:

• Socratic Seminar - 

Seminar Make Up:

• Write a 1 - 2 page paper on the question - was the agricultural revolution the worst mistake in the history of the human race.  Be sure to use Diamond's text in your discussion.

Monday 5/14/12

In Class:

• Seminar Coaching
• Seminar Pre-Write

1. Was the agricultural revolution the worst mistake in the history of the human race? Why or why not?
2. What is Diamond's most convincing piece of evidence?  Why?
3. What evidence could be found to make this argument more convincing? Why?
4. Obviously we are not going to kill off most of our population and return to hunting and gathering.  What can we take from this perspective to improve, better interact with, better relate to, or better appreciate our world?  Give specific examples in your answer.  

• Optional activities
• Finish reading the Hadza article
• Watch Guns, Germs and Steel
• Read the article linked below this criticizing Diamond
• Draw a comic or write a piece of short fiction that illustrates a crucial difference between hunter gatherer life and life after the agricultural revolution

No Homework

Criticism of Diamond

Once you have read the criticism of Diamond article, reply to this post with your specific thoughts and ideas to have a conversation with your classmates.

Thursday, Friday, Monday

In Class:

• Finish quiz in morning class, finish Guns Germs and Steel in the afternoon
• Begin activity list preparing for socratic seminar on Tuesday May 15

No Homework

Monday 5/7/12 /Wednesday 5/9/12

Morning Class
In Class: 

1. Prepare for the quiz tomorrow.  
2. Update your digital portfolio with
• Photoshop image
• Essay
• Seminar reflection (should already be there)
3. Project Feedback for me on Survey Monkey

Homework:

• Prepare for the quiz tomorrow

Afternoon Class
In Class:

1. Starter - Is geography destiny?
2. Guns, Germs and Steel

Homework

• Read the article on the Hazda 

Tuesday 5/2/12

In Class:

• Finish final revisions to papers.
• Set up for exhibition.

Homework:

• Final, printed version of your paper due BOC Thursday
• Clean formatting
• Original title
• Page #s
• Your name on front page
• Impeccable proofreading

Monday 5/1/12

In Class:

• Proofreading Starter - list the types of errors that you know, with examples and explanations for how to fix them
• Proofreading Pairs - partner reads out loud, both eyes on paper, mark errors for later revision
• Proofreading Priorities - Complete activity sheet that has you prioritize the types of proofreading errors you commonly make
• Revise your paper for proofreading errors.

Homework:

• Final, printed version of your paper due BOC Thursday
• Clean formatting
• Original title
• Page #s
• Your name on front page
• Impeccable proofreading

Monday 4/30/12

In Class:

• Last class work day to write your revisions responding to my feedback.  

Homework:

• Printed final content draft due tomorrow for proofreading workshop.  
• Draft for grading and exhibition due Thursday BOC.

Friday 4/27/12

In Class:

• Writing and work time - get your draft ready for my feedback, or revise based on my feedback if you have it already.

Homework:

• Email me your draft ready for my feedback asap, but at least before I wake up Saturday.

Thursday 4/26/12

In Class:

• Text critiques (all class)
• Writing and revising

Homework:

• No more critiques.  Get your draft ready for feedback emailed to me before I wake up Saturday.  

Wednesday 4/25/12

In Class:

• Text critiques (all class)
• Writing and revising

Homework:

• Discuss the strengths, areas for refinement and author's questions as we have been doing for two student texts.

Tuesday 4/23/12

In Class:

• Text critiques (all class)
• Writing and revising

Homework:

• Discuss the strengths, areas for refinement and author's questions as we have been doing for two student texts.

Monday 4/23/12

In Class:

• Text critiques (all class)
• Writing and revising

Homework:

• Discuss the strengths, areas for refinement and author's questions as we have been doing for two student texts.

Friday 4/20/12

In Class:

• Text critiques (all class)
• Writing and revising

Homework:

• Discuss the strengths, areas for refinement and author's questions as we have been doing for two student texts.

Thursday 4/19/12

In Class:

• Text critiques (all class)
• Writing and revising

Homework:

• Discuss the strengths, areas for refinement and author's questions as we have been doing for two student texts.

Wednesday 4/18/12

In Class:

• Text critiques (all class)
• Writing and revising

Homework:

• Discuss the strengths, areas for refinement and author's questions as we have been doing for two student texts.

Tuesday 4/17/12

In Class:

• Planner/Critique
• Review feedback notes
• Class critique
• Work Time.

Homework:

• Critique two student texts according to the parameters described Monday.

Monday 4/16/12

Annc: Homework set – building to project work.

Starter: 

What is truth? Give an example.

What is beauty? Give an example.

What truth or beauty are you trying to convey in this piece of writing.

Pairs:  Find child’s drafts.

Students read each other’s child’s drafts, and try to predict the truth or beauty the author is getting at.

Critique Sign Up: On board

Homework: for each text

1. Focus is on content over proofreading for now

2. Circle a part of the text that gets at something true or beautiful and explain why you circled it.

3. Underline a part of the text that needs refinement and explain in detail what needs to be refined and why. (This is not optional.  If the text seems solid to you, find a way they could make it even more true or beautiful.)   

4. Respond to the author’s question.   

Thursday 4/5/12

In Class:

• Project ideas
• Shifty first drafts
• Finish your shifty first draft by the EOC

Homework - for Spring Break:

• "Enjoy" a difficult pleasure.

Wednesday 4/4/12

In Class:

• Vocabulary Quiz
• Project Proposal
• Begin early first draft for project.

Homework:

• Finish project proposal if not done so already.

Tuesday 2/3/12

In Class:

• Study for vocabulary quiz
• Email me seminar reflection
• Project brainstorming

Homework:

• Study for vocabulary quiz tomorrow.

Friday 3/30/12

In Class:

• Vocab Study
• Genre Brainstorm
• Seminar Reflection
• Put Seminar Reflection on Dp

Seminar Reflection

• What was the most interesting idea discussed in your seminar yesterday? Explain it and develop in detail.
• Quote one quotation from the novel you wished you would have included in the discussion, and explain why you wish you could include it.  
• What were you most proud of about your seminar performance yesterday?

Homework:

• Finish seminar reflection if not done so in class.

Wednesday 3/28/12

In Class: (Run by my fabulous intern James Shahan!)

• Brave New World Centers Activity

Homework:

Seminar pre-write

1.  What is overall message do of BNW?

2.   Is BNW a utopia or a dystopia? Why?

3.  What does John mean by saying nothing in civilization costs enough (page 239)?

4.  How much of our society do you think is focused on comfort and how much do you think is focused on truth and beauty?    Give overall percentages and explain why. 

Tuesday 3/27/12

In Class:

• Keyword study
• Finish BNW audio book
• List 5 perspectives M. Mond gives in Ch 16
• List 5 perspectives M. Mond gives in Ch 17

Homework:

• Finish BNW

Monday 3/26/12

In Class:

• 5 SAT vocabulary keywords
• Study keywords for quiz next week
• Discussion - chapters 13, 14, 15
• Summary activity - For each chapter through chapter 15, give a one sentence summary and draw an image to represent that chapter.

Homework:

• Finish BNW through ch 17

Friday 3/23/12

In Class:

• Shakespeare and BNW
• Listing Easy and Difficult Pleasures
• Hamlet Act 3 Scene 4
• List all the emotions in this scene
• Why did Huxley make Shakespeare such a big part of this novel?
• Would you rather live in a world of intense pleasure and intense pain or of only easy pleasure?
• Reading

Homework:

• Read to page 216 by Monday BOC

Wednesday 3/21/12

In Class:

• Keyword Practice with SAT vocab
• Vocab activity for chapters 7, 8
• Reading and Reading

Homework:

• Read BNW through page 186 by Friday beginning of class

Tuesday 3/20/12

In Class:

• Quiz
• Reading Enjoyment Maximizers

Homework:

• Finish Reading Enjoyment Maximizers
• Graded on Perspective - how apparent are the connections to Brave New World in your project?
• Refinement -How professional overall is your project?

Monday 3/19/12

In Class:

• Study for quiz tomorrow
• Turn in HW
• Discussion Question Activity
• Reading Enjoyment Maximizer (45 minutes today, 1 hour 15 minutes tomorrow, due Weds.)

Homework:

• Work on your reading enjoyment maximizer if you need to.

Friday 3/15/12

In Class:

• Starter - Quiz Study - Here are all of the notes if you missed any days
• Vocab - Keyword
• Vocab - Prediction
• Reading and Work Time

Homework:

• Read and complete a dialectical journal on chapter 5.
• Just read chapter 6 - no journal.  

Wednesday 3/14/12

In Class:

• Planner Check
• Turn in dialectical journal 2
• Parallel structure starter
• Pavlov and The Office notes
• Keyword SAT vocabulary
• CH 3 vocabulary for reading
• Read and dialectical journal

Homework:

• Finish reading chapter 3
• 3 dialectical journal entries for chapter 3

3/13/12

In Class:

• Starter - Parallel structure review and practice
• Review dialectical journals
• Turn in dialectical journals
• Ford video and overview
• Human machine activity
• Vocab - prediction and SAT
• Reading/HW

Homework:

• Finish reading chapter 2
• Complete 3 dialectical journals for chapter 2

Monday 3/12/12

In Class: Lots of Handouts.  If you missed, you should print and review these all.

• Parallel Structure
• BNW Project Overview and Calendar
• Reading Vocabulary
• SAT Vocabulary
• Dialectical Journal Handout

Homework:

• Finish BNW (Brave New World) chapter 1.
• Complete 3 dialectical journal entries on BNW ch 1.

Friday 3/2/12

In Class:

• TCAP Prep
• Harrison Burgeron

Homework:

• No homework.  There will not be homework all of TCAP week, and I will not be updating my DP that week either.  

Thursday 3/1/12

In Class:

• Finish MUN Self-Assessment and DP update from yesterday

Homework:

• Finish MUN Self-Assessment and DP update if not done so already.

Wednesday 2/29/12

Starter:

·         Why do you think our society doesn’t value reflection, down time, time to reflect and improve as much?

·         What do you do to stop, reflect, recharge in your busy life?

SLC Prep:

·         Answer the prompts for POL SMART Goal on note cards

SLC Prep:

·         Groups of 3 use rubric to assess each other and give feedback on the back.

MUN Conference 2 Self-Assessmen
How has your perspective changed (on the UN, the world, or the Middle East)based on this project?

·      Look at what you needed to improve on from your last reflection and discuss how you improved for this conference.

·       If we did yet at third conference, what would you most need to improve on from this conference?

·       Give yourself a grade for the following categories and explain why that is the grade you deserve:

o   Overall diplomacy, professionalism, and engagement in the conference

o   Speeches

o   Caucusing

o   Comments

MUN Project DP Requirements:

·        Overall introduction and description of the MUN project

·        Section for each conference that includes

·         Resolution

·         Country Research (for the first conference only)

·         Speech

·         Reflection

Tuesday 2/28/12

In Class:

• Model United Nations Class Debrief
• SLC Prep
• TEA Paragraph, with evidence demonstrating your greatest growth in Humanities this semester
• TEA Paragraph, with evidence, demonstrating the area you have more room to grow in
• Mr. Fisher checks paragraphs and gives out note-cards

Homework:

• Finish SLC note-cards
• If you missed the Iran quiz, make-up happens in class tomorrow

Monday 2/27/12

In Class:

• Speech Practice
• Content Review
• Final Docket Review

Homework:

• MUN Conference Ft. Lewis College Noble Hall rooms 113, 130, 140

Friday 2/17/12

In Class:

• CS Monitor Article - Great read on Iran
• Iran basic facts quiz
• Work on finalizing your resolutions

Homework:

• Email me completely revised and finalized resolution by Sunday morning before I wake up.
• Email subject and document title (lastnameIran) WilliamsIran AndersonIran, Etc.

Thursday 2/16/12

In Class:

• Study for Iran quiz
• Alliances and solutions spectrum activity
• Work on preamble and operative section of your resolution.

Homework:

• Finish preamble and works cited
• Write at least 2 operative phrases

Sentence Development Quiz


Here is a sample resolution with complete citations.

Preamble Requirements, Iran Issue Brief

• Every phrase in your preamble must have an in-text and end-of-text citation
• You must include three to five sources you have found researching your own country's relationship to Iran using the Country Search Termsbelow (or similar searches)
• You must include three to five articles that I have posted below as Iran Important Sources or you may use other sources you find

Country/issue research - Must use 3 sources in preamble

Country Search Terms: (if you were Brazil)

a.       Brazil Iran

b.      Brazil nuclear weapons

c.       Brazil Iran relations

d.      Brazil Iran nuclear weapons

e.      Brazil United Nations nuclear weapons

f.        Brazil Iran United Nations nuclear weapons

Important Iran Sources - Must use 3 in preamble

Full Articles on Iran nuclear issue (difficult but more context).

• Timeline including recent events in Iran/US and Western conflict
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty UN source
• Iran has an Inalienable Right to Nuclear Energy
• West Rejects Iran's Nuke Proposal
• Iran's offer to move nuclear production out of country genuine, or diplomatic stalling?

Juicy excerpts of the full articles (less context, but more easily and directly usable).

• Timeline including recent events in Iran/US and Western conflict (excerpt)
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty UN source (excerpt)
• Iran has an Inalienable Right to Nuclear Energy (excerpt)
• West Rejects Iran's Nuke Proposal (excerpt)
• Iran's offer to move nuclear production out of country genuine, or diplomatic stalling? (excerpt)

Homework:

• Study for Iran basic facts quiz Friday
• Finish 6 pre-ambulatory phrases and citations by tomorrow.

2/14/12

In Class:


Starter

• Study for sentence development quiz

Preamble Requirements, Iran Issue Brief

• Every phrase in your preamble must be cited in MLA format
• Your resolution must have citations in perfect MLA format at the end of the text
• You must include three to five sources you have found researching your own country's relationship to Iran using the Country Search Terms below (or similar searches)
• You must include three to five articles that I have posted below as Iran Important Sources or you may use other sources you find
• For this resolution, every phrase in your preamble must have a citation

Country/issue research

Country Search Terms: (if you were Brazil)

a.       Brazil Iran

b.      Brazil nuclear weapons

c.       Brazil Iran relations

d.      Brazil Iran nuclear weapons

e.      Brazil United Nations nuclear weapons

f.        Brazil Iran United Nations nuclear weapons

Important Iran Sources

Full Articles on Iran nuclear issue (more difficult and time consuming).

• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty UN source
• Iran has an Inalienable Right to Nuclear Energy
• West Rejects Iran's Nuke Proposal

Juicy excerpts of the full articles (less context and detail, but more easily and directly usable).

• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty UN source (excerpt)
• Iran has an Inalienable Right to Nuclear Energy (excerpt)
• West Rejects Iran's Nuke Proposal (excerpt)

MLA Citation Guidelines and Generator

Remember, all citations need an in text component, and and end of text component.


Here is the link to the MLA Citation generator to create your end of text citations.

Here are the rules for your in text citations.

Monday 2/13/12

In Class:

• Sentence development quiz prep
• Uranium enrichment activity
• Iran UN Speech Activity

Homework:

• Study for sentence development quiz Wednesday at the beginning of class

Friday 2/10/12

In Class:


Starter: Iran in the news.

• List details that might help you in the conference.  
• What questions do you have?

Class activity - Iran policy 

• Read and annotate dossier
• Read and annotate policy perspectives and possible solutions
• Complete policy paper activity

Homework:

• Read at least one article or watch one news clip on Iran

Thursday 2/9/12

Nuclear Map Activity

1. Navigate to the nuclear sites section on this page:  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/middle_east/iran/map.html
2. Read each nuclear site description, and label it on your Iran map using the following directions:
• Put an X on the site if it is, in part at least, for peaceful nuclear technology.
• Also put an Y if it there are suspicions of nuclear weapons research happening there.  
• Put a Z if we know for sure if there are nuclear weapons activities happening there (there may not be any Zs).

In Class:

• Starter - Images of Iran
• Web Quest Activity
• Begin annotating Iran dossier

Homework:

• Finish annotating dossier if not done so in class.

Tuesday 2/7/12

In Class:

• MUN Speed Dating Activity
• Self-assessment questions - printed and turned into the box - digital copy on your DP.

1.      What are you most proud of about this conference?

2.      What did you connect with most in this project, and how did that affect your conference performance?

3.      What was the most important thing you learned in this project?  Why?

4.      If you were a teacher or observer, what would you say about your performance in conference?  (Good AND Bad!)

5.      For our next MUN conference, what would you most want to improve in your performance?  How do you plan on doing this?

6.      Did you have a resolution or amendment on the docket?  Yes/No

7.      Did any of your resolutions or amendments pass?  Which ones?

a.       Pass = Passed final vote.  Resolution must passed to get amendments passed.

8.      Estimate the total number of:

a.       Speeches you made (during substantive debate and formal caucus)

b.      Comments/questions you had

• DP Requirements
• Self-assessment (from above)
• Resolution
• Speech

Homework:

• Finish self-assessment and DP update if you have not already done so in class.

Monday 2/6/12

In Class:

• MUN Conference Day!

Homework:

• None

Friday 2/3/12

In Class:

• Starter  
• Speech strengths from Obama's "Yes We Can"
• MUN model video observations
• Speech writing - 1 hour
• Speech practice - 30 minutes
• Finalize document folder and placards

Homework:

• Conference Monday
• On time
• Professional dress
• All materials ready to go!

Thursday 2/2/12

In Class:

• Coaching the Docket
• Begin Resolution speech writing.

Homework:

• None

Tuesday 1/31/12

5.2 Resolution feedback return and drafting.

Announcements –

·         Put sticky with name on wall piece and put placard in front of you for grading.

·         2 days to makeup assignments if you miss class – after that you take a zero

·         Turn in silly resolution and country issue research – last day

Handouts

·         Return Work

·         Resolution rubric

·         Resolution feedback

·         Formatting and proofreading activity

·         Resolution final critique activity

 Activities

Starter:

·         Draft a 30 – 60 second speech for your resolution. 

·         Practice delivering it – no likes, no ums.

Revise:

·         Your resolution based on my feedback

Critique checklist:

·         Find a partner and complete the critique checklist

·         Repeat with at least 2 people.

Homework:

·         2 copies of your final resolution due BOC tomorrow.  

Monday 1/30/12

In Class:

• Practice Conference
• Reflection 

Homework:

• None tonight

Friday 1/27/12

In Class:

• Palestinian refugee self-critique
• Revise Operative section and write rough draft of your preamble section

Homework:

• Email me your finished resolution, perfectly formatted, Monday before class for feedback
• Please title your document and email (namerefugee) or (tonyrefugee) (sararefugee)

Thursday 1/26/12

4.4 Resolution Writing Day 1

Starter – 3 verbal phrases, 3 NPAs (review)

Aiyana’s sample resolution lesson

• Students read whole resolution, raise hands with number of operatives when finished
• ·         Critique overview – why critique with a model
• ·         Being specific
• ·         Notice the if then statements
• ·         Mark carrots and sticks on each operative
• ·         3 specific strengths on sticky notes
• ·         Students get in groups on the wall and consolidate stickies into relevant groups
• ·         Debrief qualities of a strong resolution

Write operative section of resolution

Homework

·         Finish drafting operative phrase section of resolution

Wednesday 1/25/12

In Class:

• Solutions spectrum activity - in groups, come up with 5 potential solutions to the Palestinian refugee issue, and rank them in order of least to most extreme.
• Resolution writing activity - learn about the resolution format and draft a silly resolution to learn it.

Homework:

• Finish silly resolution with perfect formatting.  Due boc tomorrow.

Tuesday 1/24/12

In Class:

• Finish either issue research notes or policy paper by tomorrow BOC.

Homework:

• Finish either issue research notes or policy paper by tomorrow BOC.

Monday 1/23/12

Country Perspective Project:  Due Weds BOC.

On finding resources:

You do not need to find specific policy positions on the refugee issue - if you can, great, but if not, find how your relations are with Israel, Palestine, Arab countries.  Use the search terms below to find sources to help you understand your country's perspective on the issue.

Issue Search Terms:

a.       Brazil Palestinian refugees

b.      Brazil Israel

c.       Brazil Israel relations

d.      Brazil Palestine relations

e.      Brazil Israeli Palestinian conflict

f.        Brazil refugees

g.       Brazil United Nations Palestine

h.      Brazil United Nations Israel

i.         Brazil United Nations resolution Palestinian refugees

Research Options – Choose 1.  Due Wednesday BOC.

Option1: Research Notes

Part 1 –Notes

1.      Find at least 5 different sources that give you some insight on your country’s perspective on the refugee issue,

2.      List the name and source of the article,

3.      Give a brief summary

4.      Write a couple of sentences on what you learned about your country’s perspective from it.

Part 2 – Country Final Perspective

1.      Using notes from yesterday, write one paragraph that outlines your country’s perspective on the Palestinian refugee issue.  Make sure you explain WHY your country takes that perspective!

Option2: Policy Paper

Write: a 1 – 2 page paper detailing your country’s perspective on the Palestinian refugee issue. 

Citations:  Take notes as you research and cite your sources.  Do not copy paste language into your essay – if you paraphrase closely, make sure you cite that source.  If you quote directly, put it in quotation marks and cite the source in parentheses at the end of the sentence. 

Suggestions for paper/paragraph development:

Intro: Give a brief history or your country’s relations with Israel, Palestine, or the refugee issue. 

Paragraph topic: Where does your country stand with respect to refugees in general or in your own country?

Paragraph topic: What are your country’s relations with Israel?

Paragraph topic: What are your country’s relations with Palestine?

Paragraph topic:  How has your country weighed in recently on UN resolutions and issues related to the Palestinian refugee conflict? 

Conclusion: Given all these relationships, what types of solutions is your country likely to favor?

Homework:  

• Research notes or policy paper due Wednesday BOC.  

Friday 1/20/12

Go over SAC Structure

Starter:

1.      Which part of this activity is most valuable? 

a.       Reading/annotating/sorting?

b.      Building argument w/evidence? 

c.       Listening to the other side and repeating? 

d.      Arguing an assigned side (not necessarily your own)?

e.       Working on consensus with your group at the end? 

f.       Writing out the perspectives when the debate is over?

Assign debate pairs and opponents

Evidence Gathering (30 Min)

1.      Write the four best arguments for your position, and find at least one quotation to support each from the packet

2.      Write the two best arguments for their position

3.      Come up with counters to both of those arguments

Gaza/Israel SAC (45 Min – 60)

1.      Preparation: Decide who is going to present which arguments and get ready (5 minutes)

2.      Side A presents (4 min)

3.      Side B repeats back their argument (1 min)

4.      Side B presents (4 min)

5.      Side A repeats back their argument (1 min)

6.      OPEN DEBATE (10-15 min)

7.      Consensus Building (15-20 min)

Writing (60 minutes Monday, due Tues, but start in class if time)

1.      3 TEA paragraphs, using evidence from your debate

a.       Paragraph 1: articulate best argument for yes

b.      Paragraph 2: articulate best argument for no

c.       Paragraph 3: articulate your own opinion

If you were absent, come up with 4 arguments for each side (8 total) and support each argument with at least one quote from the videos or document packet.