Film Lit Week of August 20, 2012

Welcome to the study of FILM!  I am looking forward to another exciting sememster of teaching something I am very passionate about...my love of movies. This class is more than just watching movies everyday. I teach the students about how to become a more observant viewer and critic, as well as develop a new appreciation for how film affects our everyday lives.

Monday

1. Finished viewing Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window.
2. Analyzed the film techniques used by Hitchcock.
3. Discussed the characterization of Lisa, LB Jeffries, Lars Thorwald, and Stella.
4. Analyzed the story and point of view of the main character--LB Jeffries.
5. Completed a film response journal.
• Comment on the significance the rear window plays in Jeff's life.

Tuesday

1. Finish film terms
2. Discuss the concepts of remakes.
• Begin viewing Charade

Wednesday

1. Analyze the scenes from yesterday's viewing.
2. Continue Charade

Thursday

1. Finish Charade
2. Film Analysis Notes
3. Prepare the viewing of the remake: The Truth About Charlie
• Note the differences in each film.  Prepare for the Compare/Contrast assignment.

Friday

1. Analyze the scenes from yesterday's viewing.
2. Continue TAC

AP L&C Week of August 20, 2012

Welcome Back!! I am looking forward to an exciting year of anlaysis and writing! Be sure to have your summer reading materials completed! ("Good Readers, Good Writers," Outliers; Eats Shoots, and Leaves)

Monday

1. Handout the AP Essay Grading Rubric
• discuss the components of the the grading rubic
• take questions/comments
2. Pass back the AP Essay Pretest
• discuss
• questions/comments
3. Handout textbooks
4. In-class reading assignment: pp. 1-4
• discuss the contents
• take notes
• Rhetorical Triangle
5. Assign pp. 5-7 SOAPS

Tuesday

1. Finish pp. 1-4 notes/discussion
2. Go over the assigned reading
• notes
• SOAPS
3. Think-Pair-Share
• activity on p. 6
4. Assign reading pp. 7-20--Ethos, Pathos, Logos

Wednesday

1. Discuss Ethos, Pathos, Logos
• Define
• Discuss
• Notes
2. Complete Activity on pp. 20-21
• think-pair-share
3. Assign Dave Barry reading
1. Complete SOAPS, Rhetorical Triangle, & Ethos, Pathos, Logos

Thursday

1. Go over the Dave Barry Reading
• discuss
• analyze
• put up the SOAPS
2. Read pp. 21-22
• complete activity on p. 22
3. Assign pp. 23-29
• complete the activities that go with each section
• prepare to share on Friday

Friday

1. Share the activity homework
2. Think-Pair-Share
• break into 6 groups
• each group picks one essay to work on
• use the activity guidelines to complete the assignment
• share work when completed

English 10-1R Week of April 30, 2012

Comparative analysis essay due today!

Final Unit of Study: Mythology
Focus: Archetype of the Hero
Daily Study: Hero's Journey

English 11 Week of April 30, 2012

This week the students will be working on writing a critical analysis essay. Their focus will be on reviewing the 2010 film version of Macbeth.

Film Literature Week of April 9, 2012

Film Study: Goonies and The Sandlot
Our goal is to look at characterization.

• What makes a character "type"? How do the character "types" get used in various movies? What do these types say about our society?

AP Lang & Comp Week of April 9, 2012

Vocab Lesson 1 & 2

• complete the workbook assignment
• quiz on Thursday

Continue our study of Wuthering Heights

• Read chapters 1-6
• Complete Study Guide
• Study the Frame Story
• Begin Character Charts--this incorporates Bloom's Taxonomy
• knowledge level
• comprehension
• analysis
• critical thinking

English 10R Week of April 9, 2012

We are finishing a character study of Taming of the Shrew. The students are putting together character portfolios looking at modern contemporaries, as well as studying the details affecting each character in the play.

English 11 Week of April 9, 2012

Our goal this week is to assess the understanding of Macbeth and the vocabulary/literary elements from the story.
Tuesday--Vocab Review
Wednesday--Vocab Review & Quiz
Thursday--Review Macbeth: Characters, Quotes, Themes, Action, Vocabulary in Text
Friday--Did Shakespeare really write all of these plays by himself? We are going to prepare to look into this issue and research the concept. How can we find out this information when Shakepeare and his contemporaries have been dead for more than 400 years? Hmmm.....

Film Literature Week of April 2, 2012

We have finished our study of Music of Film.

• Music Scene Activity
• develop a scene based on a specific song
• create a storyboard for the scene

We will also begin studying the films of the 80's.

• What standards of filming did the movies of the 80's set for the industry? To what extent do these films represent what life was like in the 80's?

AP Lang & Comp Week of April 2, 2012

We are beginning a study of the novel Wuthering Heights. This story is part of the pre-twentieth century literature unit. We will use Bloom's Taxonomy to prepare the study of the novel. The students will be given study guides with basic content questions and synthesis questions. The students will be using various graphic organizers to keep track of events and characters in the novel. The students will also study specific vocabulary related to the content of the novel and the time period.

English 10R Week of April 2, 2012

This week we are finishing Taming of the Shrew.

• Final discussion & notes
• Test over the play will be on Thursday.

English 11 Week of April 2, 2012

We are currently studying Shakespeare's Macbeth. The theme is power & corruption.

This week, we will finish our discussion and notes over Act V. I am giving the students extensive notes as we read (kind of like Cliff's Notes, but I call them Shippie Notes.) ;-)

• Act V
• Read
• Shippie Notes
• Discuss
  • characters and how they are changing
  • themes of power, corruption, jealousy, greed
• What can we learn from Macbeth? To what extent is our political society much like Scotland's society during Macbeth's time?
• Complete response sheet and study guide for Act V
• Quiz over Act V on Wednesday
• Finish vocabulary chart
• finding examples of vocabulary words within the text
• use quizlet to study for vocab quiz
• Final test over Macbeth Tuesday, April 10th