Christmas Articles

Click on the link below.  Skim through the titles of the articles, and find one that interests you.  Read it, and answer the 5W & H questions in the comment box.

Who is the audience for this article?
What is the author's purpose for writing this article?
Where is the topic sentence in the article?  Find it and write it.
When is the best time to read this article?
Why is this topic important?  If it is not important, then why?
How will you use this new information?

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/christmas/index.html

When you're done, read your independent book!  Have a great, safe break!

:)

http://www.boredpanda.com/powerful-social-advertisements/


Look through these advertisement.  Write a paragraph.  Pretend you created the advertisement.  Identify any pillars of persuasion or propaganda that is in the advertisement, and discuss what the purpose of using these types of propaganda is.

video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw8mQFCfGxE

After watching the video, choose which technique you find to be the most effective.  Why?

Oedipal Complex

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-art-flourishing/201205/the-real-oedipal-complex

Oedipus Rex Pre WebQuest

Webquest

Group 1:

http://www.watson.org/~leigh/drama.html


Group 2:

http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/background/24c.html


Group 3:

http://www.greektheatre.gr/origins.html


Group 4:

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/festivals/explore/exp_set.html


Group 5:

https://greektheatre.wordpress.com/home/


Group 6:

http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110tech/theater.html#Theaters

Irony...LOL

http://www.boredpanda.com/irony-funny-pictures/

Click on the link....find your favorite example of irony.  Comment what is ironic about this picture.


When you're done with that, click on the article of the week link below.  Read it :)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/banned-from-buffet-dalmon-miles_n_1933097.html

Greek Project

What are some connections from Greek mythology that you can make to our culture today???

For example...

PAN creates the word panic.  You can't use that...:)

Music

Please watch the video and answer the questions by number in your comments.

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/music-and-creativity-in-ancient-greece-tim-hansen#watch

 

1. Who were the Muses?  If you do not remember from the video, you may also click this link: www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/nine-muses-in-greek-mythology/

 

2.  Does music play a part in your life?  How?

3.  From the video, we have already found connections between our society and the ancient Greeks.  What is one?

research

 Before we discuss, it is important to understand both aspects of this issue.  Read the link below, click through the information linked at the bottom of the article, use SIRS, and fill out the Socratic paper :)



http://dbp.idebate.org/en/index.php/Debate:_Abortion

Reflect

Reflect on your own persuasive speech.  How are the pillars of persuasion in your speech going to affect your audience?  Which pillar did you use the most, and why?

Flat vs. Round

Junior is a flat character.




Ishmael is a round character.


Using that knowledge, make an INFERENCE- what is a round character, and what is a flat character?

Chapters 10 & 11

Quiz on chapters 10 & 11.

Click on this link:

 

https://b.socrative.com/login/student/#joinRoom 

 

 *THE QUIZ WILL ASK YOU TO TYPE IN A ROOM NUMBER.  DO NOT TYPE IN B225. 

 

 TYPE IN THIS NUMBER:

201032

 

When the quiz is over, you'll get a message that says this: You've completed the current activity.
Waiting for teacher. 

 

CLICK OUT :)

Theme of music

How do you see the theme of "music saves lives" developing in chapter 9?  How does music continue to save Ishmael?

character traits

What character traits do you notice in the interview that I will show you at the beginning of class?

differences

List two differences that you see between the characters in the novel and teenagers today.

List one similarity. 

memoir

Do you believe that a memoir or an autobiography is more powerful and why??

Sierra Leone Web

Take about 5-7 minutes, and read through this website.  List 3 facts about Sierra Leone.

http://www.sierra-leone.org/facts.html

Open Ended Response if needed

A.     What is childhood?  Use your own experiences to explain what childhood was like for you.  What does it mean to be a child, and when do you believe that someone becomes more of an adult than a child?  How do you believe that the meaning of childhood differs from one country to another (think about the information read today)?

B.       Good versus evil:  do you think that people are born a certain way?  Are we all born with the ability to be both, or are circumstance involved?  Do humans have the choice on whether they can be good or evil, or do outside factors play into this?  What makes someone go from good to evil or vice versa?  Give an example of a television or book character who has changed in that way.  What made them change?

Theme versus motif

 Please answer both questions.  You do not need to restate the questions....number them in your response.

Vocabulary review:

11. What is the difference between a theme and a motif?  

22.  When we read a work of literature, we identify the theme.  How does a theme reflect issues that may be going on during the time period that the literature was written?

African Literature

When you think of African literature, what do you think of?

 http://www.phrasemix.com/collections/the-50-most-important-english-proverbs

Choose

Find verbal irony in Oedipus Rex.  Plays are up front if needed.

Creon

Describe Creon's character throughout this entire play using at least one specific example.

prom

When you think of Prom...what is the most exciting thing?

recap

Where did we leave off in this play so far?

Oedipus Rex

Where do you see dramatic irony in this play so far?  Explain in detail.

This kid

What do you think this kid will be like when he grows up?  WHY?

Observe

*WARNING


YOU WILL BE SHOWN AN EXTREMELY AWKWARD VIDEO.


VERY AWKWARD.

During this video, your job is to respond to this journal:

watch this man's body language.  Notice as much as you can....write down exactly what movements or actions this man is taking.

Vocab

Write a few sentences about your morning using 2 vocabulary words :)

irony

Tell a story about an ironic time in your life....what type....and why?

Irony

Wait for ittttt.........



I'm going to show you some pictures.


When you are done watching them, write a response to this:

WHAT IS IRONY....and what is the point of this as a literary device?

Three Ways

Name at least 3 ways one can be a good public speaker.

Project

How are you going to make your project different from others?  How are you going to grab attention and keep your audience interested?

Deity

Deity- a super natural being thought of as holy or sacred

The 12 Olympians were consider the MAIN deities.  They are the same Gods listed on your chart:

Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hermes, & Hestia...


Click on the following link.  Find what you believe to be the most interesting fact or information about Hestia & record it in the comment section.


http://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/Hestia.html

rules

Make the rules of our Socratic discussion.

Narcissistic

1.What is narcissism? 


2. Where do you see this in Greek mythology...be specific about the god & the myth.


3.  How does the word narcissism relate to Greek mythology?

Journal

This journal entry will be a little bit longer than most of the journal entries. This should be 7-10 sentences.  Directions:

choose any of the myths that we have read so far.  Answer ONE of the following prompts:


1.  How does the god or goddess in this myth relate to you or a person in your life (we are thinking personality wise)?  Give at least two specific examples.


2.  What is the purpose of the myth, and which one of the 7 attributes does it cover?  How does it cover this?  You may need to use your notes for this. 


You have until 8:05 to complete this.  When you're finished, read the responses of others and then use your independent book until everyone else is finished.

Lit Devices

We are going to watch the following video as a class....


Your job is to answer:

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LITERARY DEVICE AND WHY?  :)

Please get out your new packet which has identified your symbolism.

Survey

please take this survey:

http://www.gettysburg.k12.pa.us/studentsurvey

Love Story

TAYLOR SWIFT

Love Story Lyrics

We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes
And the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air

See the lights
See the party, the ball gowns
I see you make your way through the crowd
And say hello, little did I know

That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go, and I said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes

So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while

'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go and I said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes

Romeo save me, they try to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story baby just say yes
Oh oh

I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you is fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said

Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring

And said, marry me Juliet
You'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress
It's a love story baby just say yes

Oh, oh, oh, oh
'Cause we were both young when I first saw you

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West on a plane bound west I see her stretching out below
Land blessed motherland the place where I was born
Scars yeah, she's got her scars sometimes it starts to worry me
'Cause lose, I don't wanna lose sight of who we are

From the mountains high to the wave-crashed coast
There's a way to find better days I know
It's been a long hard ride, got a ways to go
But this is still the place, that we all call home

Free, nothing feels like free
Though it sometimes means we don't get along
'Cause same, no we're not the same
But that's what makes us strong

From the mountains high, to the wave-crashed coast
There's a way to find, better days I know
It's been a long hard ride, got a ways to go
But this is still the place that we all call home oh yeah

Brave got it call it brave to chase that dream across the sea
Names then they sign their names for something they believe
Red how the blood ran red and we laid our dead in sacred ground
Just think wonder what they'd think if they could see us now

It's been a long hard ride, got a ways to go
But this is still the place, that we all call home
It's been a long hard ride and I won't lose hope
This is still the place that we all call home