Friday- justify

Choose one action that Rankin has chose to take.  Justify why he took that course of action.

Thursday- Rankin

Re-read your journal from yesterday. From what we see of Rankin so far, how would you differ from his reaction?

Wednesday- Plane

If you were to jump out of a plane, how would you handle that situation?  Give me a 5 sentence dialogue of exactly what will go through your head.

Tuesday- Justification

The situation:  you're at home.  You got invited to you best friend's birthday party.  You are in bad standing with your parents because you came home late on Friday.  You have two options.

Option one:  you walk through the door, throw your backpack on the couch, and change into another outfit.  On your way downstairs, you ignore your parents.  As you're walking out the front door, you yell to your sibling:  "Yo, going to a party.  Peace out, word to my motha."

Option two:  you calmly come inside and have a polite discussion with your parents about the party that you would like to attend.  You tell them it is important and explain your reasons for coming home late last weekend.  You promise to never do it again.

Which one will go over better and why?  PS- be serious....

Island

What would you do if you were stranded on a desert island?

Proverb practice

http://www.manythings.org/proverbs/proverbs1.html


Complete this practice.  Write your own proverb in the response after :)

Journal

Choose one of the journal questions on the back of your journal hand out for A Long Way Gone.  Answer the journal question.  You must be detailed and have more than a paragraph response.  This will count as 10 points.

Differences

Choose two of the following types of literature:

China, Japan, Middle Ages, Africa.

Write 2similarities between the literature and 2 differences.

Tuesday- Paradox

Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen was a Medieval philosopher, composer, visionary, and powerful religious figure.  She is often credited with being the composer of the first play set to music.  This play was entitled Ordo Virtutum.  She made many other contributions to music, including over sixty hymns and an opera.  Her opera, which was written for St. Ursula, was entitled 11,000 Virgins.  Hildegard was an abbess who is still famous for dressing her nuns in nontraditional, less formal adornments.  For example, her nuns did not always have to wear habits (the traditional hood that nuns must cover themselves with at all times).
- See more at: http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/quotes-from-the-middle-ages.html#sthash.A3RFxgPe.dpuf

Hildegard of Bingen

 

Hildegard of Bingen was a Medieval philosopher, composer, visionary, and powerful religious figure.  She is often credited with being the composer of the first play set to music.  She made many other contributions to music, including over sixty hymns and an opera. Many of her quotes reflect the cultural norms of the time period.

Here is a quote written by Hildegard.  This is a paradox.  What does this mean? Discuss with your group.

“When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit.”

-Hildegard of Bingen

“When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit.”
-Hildegard of Bingen
- See more at: http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/quotes-from-the-middle-ages.html#sthash.A3RFxgPe.dpuf

“When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit.”
-Hildegard of Bingen
- See more at: http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/quotes-from-the-middle-ages.html#sthash.A3RFxgPe.dpuf

“Underneath all the texts, all the sacred psalms and canticles, these watery varieties of sounds and silences, terrifying, mysterious, whirling and sometimes gestating and gentle must somehow be felt in the pulse, ebb, and flow of the music that sings in me. My new song must float like a feather on the breath of God.” - See more at: http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/quotes-from-the-middle-ages.html#sthash.A3RFxgPe.dpuf

Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen was a Medieval philosopher, composer, visionary, and powerful religious figure.  She is often credited with being the composer of the first play set to music.  This play was entitled Ordo Virtutum.  She made many other contributions to music, including over sixty hymns and an opera.  Her opera, which was written for St. Ursula, was entitled 11,000 Virgins.  Hildegard was an abbess who is still famous for dressing her nuns in nontraditional, less formal adornments.  For example, her nuns did not always have to wear habits (the traditional hood that nuns must cover themselves with at all times).
- See more at: http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/quotes-from-the-middle-ages.html#sthash.A3RFxgPe.dpuf

Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen was a Medieval philosopher, composer, visionary, and powerful religious figure.  She is often credited with being the composer of the first play set to music.  This play was entitled Ordo Virtutum.  She made many other contributions to music, including over sixty hymns and an opera.  Her opera, which was written for St. Ursula, was entitled 11,000 Virgins.  Hildegard was an abbess who is still famous for dressing her nuns in nontraditional, less formal adornments.  For example, her nuns did not always have to wear habits (the traditional hood that nuns must cover themselves with at all times).
- See more at: http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/quotes-from-the-middle-ages.html#sthash.A3RFxgPe.dpuf

Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen was a Medieval philosopher, composer, visionary, and powerful religious figure.  She is often credited with being the composer of the first play set to music.  This play was entitled Ordo Virtutum.  She made many other contributions to music, including over sixty hymns and an opera.  Her opera, which was written for St. Ursula, was entitled 11,000 Virgins.  Hildegard was an abbess who is still famous for dressing her nuns in nontraditional, less formal adornments.  For example, her nuns did not always have to wear habits (the traditional hood that nuns must cover themselves with at all times).
- See more at: http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/quotes-from-the-middle-ages.html#sthash.A3RFxgPe.dpuf

Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen was a Medieval philosopher, composer, visionary, and powerful religious figure.  She is often credited with being the composer of the first play set to music.  This play was entitled Ordo Virtutum.  She made many other contributions to music, including over sixty hymns and an opera.  Her opera, which was written for St. Ursula, was entitled 11,000 Virgins.  Hildegard was an abbess who is still famous for dressing her nuns in nontraditional, less formal adornments.  For example, her nuns did not always have to wear habits (the traditional hood that nuns must cover themselves with at all times).
- See more at: http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/quotes-from-the-middle-ages.html#sthash.A3RFxgPe.dpuf

Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen was a Medieval philosopher, composer, visionary, and powerful religious figure.  She is often credited with being the composer of the first play set to music.  This play was entitled Ordo Virtutum.  She made many other contributions to music, including over sixty hymns and an opera.  Her opera, which was written for St. Ursula, was entitled 11,000 Virgins.  Hildegard was an abbess who is still famous for dressing her nuns in nontraditional, less formal adornments.  For example, her nuns did not always have to wear habits (the traditional hood that nuns must cover themselves with at all times).
- See more at: http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/quotes-from-the-middle-ages.html#sthash.A3RFxgPe.dpuf

Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen was a Medieval philosopher, composer, visionary, and powerful religious figure.  She is often credited with being the composer of the first play set to music.  This play was entitled Ordo Virtutum.  She made many other contributions to music, including over sixty hymns and an opera.  Her opera, which was written for St. Ursula, was entitled 11,000 Virgins.  Hildegard was an abbess who is still famous for dressing her nuns in nontraditional, less formal adornments.  For example, her nuns did not always have to wear habits (the traditional hood that nuns must cover themselves with at all times).
- See more at: http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/quotes-from-the-middle-ages.html#sthash.A3RFxgPe.dpuf

Monday- Quiz

please log into m.socrative.com.

Here is your room number:  201032

Please be quiet while everyone answers the questions.  When you are done, summarize the three chapters in 5-7 sentences as a journal entry.

Zen Parables

Part one of journal

Zen parables are simple stories originally used to teach aspiring monks about Buddhism.  Zen parables contain a paradox, a contradiction that is true.  Read the following Zen parable.  Identify the following on your notecard:

#1.  THE MEANING OF THE PARABLE.
#2.  THE PARADOX.

Muddy Road

Tanzan and Ekido were once travelling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling.

Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection.

"Come on, girl," said Tanzan at once. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud.

Ekido did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he no longer could restrain himself. "We monks don't do near females," he told Tanzan, "especially not young and lovely ones. It is dangerous. Why did you do that?"

"I left the girl there," said Tanzan. "Are you still carrying her?"

When you are done, just wait for your classmates and leave this journal open.

Part two of journal

With your group members, write a Zen parable about one of the following topics:

1. a person who becomes rich by giving something away
2. a competition that is won through losing
3. an enemy who becomes a friend when he or she is trusted
4.  DANGEROUS SITUATION that changes when a person stops feeling fear.

*this should be short, to the point, and contain a paradox.  Choose just ONE member of the group to type your Zen parable, and post it to the journal.  This journal post should only have 4 posts per class.

Children Around the World

View the following article:

http://news.distractify.com/culture/childrens-bedrooms-across-the-world/

Which of these children connect with Ishmael the most?  What connections can you make??

Friday: A Long Way Gone

What is your favorite part of the novel A Long Way Gone (so far)?  Why?

Theme

What is the theme of this song, and how do you know?

Summarize

Summarize your chapters from yesterday!

Summarize

Summarize chapter 4 from yesterday.