David Thomas

Monday October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

Senior Poject night is close!

• Senior Project:  Mentor hours, product verification, and mentor evaluation due this week.  You cannot present senior project night without this information. 
• 4 Minutes Pair share of chapter 12
• Quiz Chapter 12 Frankenstein
• Read Chapter 13.
  • Individual Conferences
• Media Center: Speech presentation formats

Homework: complete Chapter 13.

Thursday October 27, 2011

• Death by powerpoint
• Background on Cottagers
  • 4 Nouns:  Based on chapter 12, how is the creation most like these nouns?
  • Read chapter 12 (The cottagers)
  • Answer the four nouns
• Senior project speech rubric
• Practice senior project speeches in assigned pairs (1 good / 2 improvements: one content related and one speech related)

Homework: Complete Chapter 12 of Frankenstein

Wednesday October 26, 2011

• Quiz Chapters 7-10
• Read Chapter 11: The power of nature (out-loud and silent)
• 10 Minutes to work on speech
• Outside to practice speech (Next week will begin practice with other classes so be prepared)

Homework: complete chapter 10 Frankenstein.

Tuesday October 25, 2011

• Review TPCASTT Poetry method: Read Poem
  • Practice shifts and attitude Download Teen Mag anger poem

http://kstevens.pbworks.com/w/page/5646977/Poetry--TP-CASTT%20analysis

• The Buddha teachings and anger Download Anger article
• Journal: Origin of Hate
• Read letters from Monday
• Read chapter 9 and 10
• Speech Practice

Homework: Complete Chapter 9.  Quiz.

Monday October 24, 2011

• Senior project: 10 hour mentor check next week.  Speech practice: Using notecards, write the 5 major parts to your speech: 1 notecard per major part.
• Speech practice
• Hook: Video clip: Victor meeting Frankenstein for the first time.
  • http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9z6y6_frankenstein-1931-4-of-7_shortfilms#rel-page-1
• Read chapter 8: The case against Justine

Homework: Letter from Victor to Elizabeth explaining his emotions and feelings.  What would he say to Elizabeth?  Would he confess to the creation?  What will he say about Justine?  Will he tell what he has been doing for the last few years.  Reread the letters from Elizabeth and Alphonzo as a generator for your own thoughts.  Use questions from the link below to help write your letter.

Letter link: Download Letter from Victor to Elizabeth.

Questions to help assist with letter: Download Frankenstein Letter Activity

Thursday October 20, 2011

• Quiz Chapters 5-7: Frankenstein
• Silent read of Chapter 8: Courtroom scene of Justine who is accused of killing William as the locket is found in her pocket
  • Work on journal and elements of a gothic novel.  Journal due Friday
• Check notecards for vocabulary
• Senior project speech practice
• Homework: Vocabulary test and journals due

Wednesday October 19, 2011

• Vocabulary unit 1 review
• Journal: How far is too far?  Science and discovery
• http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-science/genetics-molecular-medicine/related-policy-topics/stem-cell-research/human-cloning.page
  • When it comes to science, how far is too far?
  • Is science limitless?
  • Should society limit the power of science?
  • Because we may be able to clone humans, should we?
  • What could be some of the consequences (both positive and negative) of cloning humans?
  • Do you think there is a meaning behind the abnormalities which often result from cloning?
  • What are some other areas in which science and moral issues cross?
• Senior Project Speech practice

Homework: Review Chapters1-7

Tuesday October 18, 2011

• 7 Mentor hours
• Review Vocabulary / Flash cards
• Quote analysis: Frankenstein (Download Passage interpretation)
• Read Chapter 7.

Homework: Reader’s Journal and come prepared with senior project speech.

Monday October 17, 2011

• 7 Hour Mentor Check due this week / First speech practice Wednesday.  Go over speech format.  Rough draft due Wednesday.
• Review Vocabulary Unit 1 (Vocabulary 1-3 test Friday)
• Review Elements of a Gothic novel( Download Gothic novel elements)
  • Chart in Journal of 8 elements:  List these elements and the page numbers they appear.
• Read Chapter 4 out-loud.
• Silent read Chapter 5.
• Talk to those without 3 mentor hours
• Grade Printouts

Homework: Notecards for all 3 units.  Can be cut out of paper or put on notecards.   Must have the word on one side and definition and part of speech on the other.

Thursday October 13, 2011

• Turnitin.com
• Review Vocabulary Unit 1
• Senior Project Speech( Download Questions for speech)
  • Questions and Conference with students without hours.
• Frankenstein: Quiz Chapters 1 and 2
• Out-loud read of Chapter 4

Homework: Vocabulary Unit 1 Quiz and 1984 paper for bonus.