AGENDA 11/24

Computer Lab - Let the source hunt continue! :)

HW: Finish compiling sources & bring packet to class tomorrow for annotating purposes. You'll be spending the class period tomorrow annotating sources. Please number them, 1-20, and label the six "special" sources: the one print source, one experience, one non-commercial website, two 2008 sources, and one chart/map/graph/table. If you finish early, be prepared to work on something else. SOURCE PACKETS DUE WEDNESDAY!

AGENDA 11/21

Computer Lab - Source Packet hunting! :)

Presentation by Mr. Averett on EBSCO, SIRS, and ProQuest databases

HW: Find 20 sources for your source packet by Tuesday...bring to class to annotate.

AGENDA 11/20

The Crucible Seminar
Turn in preparation & half-sheet on the discussion

HW: 2 Rhetorical terms entries due tomorrow (typed)...one on The Crucible or indie reading book & 1 free choice

AGENDA 11/18

Prepare for Thursday's seminar on The Crucible:
Select and copy a passage from The Crucible that is worth discussing (this could be one long monologue or a series of lines, or something from Miller's narration). Read and annotate "Why I Wrote The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. Then generate 5 "springboards" for discussion--comments, opinions, or questions to generate productive talk about these two texts. Your questions/comments can refer either to your passage from The Crucible or to Miller's essay about the play.

Possible issues we might be discuss include:

• Where does morality stem from?
• Using religion to justify controversial behavior
• Separation of Church and State (politics tied to religion)
• Mob Mentality: What makes normal people get swept up in hysteria?
• Individual vs. government
• What’s right to stand up for--honor, freedom, etc.
  
• Gender hierarchy
• Rights of the accused
• Can innocence survive?
• Superstition/supernatural explanation

AGENDA 11/17

Finish "micro-scenes" from The Crucible, Act II

HW: Finish reading The Crucible if you haven't already. Study for vocabulary quiz (which will probably be on Thursday...).

Complete and submit two rhetorical terms entries on Friday (typed). For the two terms entries, ONE must be from EITHER The Crucible or your fall nonfiction independent reading book. The other is a "free choice" and can come from any text--your favorite song lyrics, a Harry Potter book, the Sunday comics, a history textbook, a famous speech, your favorite film...the possibilities are endless! :-)

AGENDA 11/14

Debrief yesterday's field trip

Vocabulary bingo

Start editing scenes down to "micro-scenes" for Monday's presentations

HW: Finish reading The Crucible for Tuesday!

AGENDA 11/13

FIELD TRIP TO UCLA!

Begin amassing sources for your source packet!

HW: Study vocabulary. Finish reading The Crucible for next Tuesday. Begin collecting your 20 sources for your research paper source packet.