Q2 - week 10/10

Day 1 - Mon.12/14 - Thu. Sched.
 Tue. 12/15 - Friday Sched.

Do Now:   INB outline of ARG chapter 11 HW check

Agenda:
>  UPDATE:  ARP not 6 pages?  Complete it over the break and bring newly printed copy on 1st day scheduled back from break = Wednesday 01/06/16 (even if we do not have class that day) (no printing here)

>  HW for the Break - in case you aren't here on Day 2

     >  3 hour AP Exam Practice - do it all in one sitting - to get a feel for the real

     >  Turn your ARP into a 3-minute Persuasive Speech - rubric to follow

     >  INB outline of ARG chapter 12

     >  + the thing I remembered :) Triple Com/Con all 3 excerpts - Triple Venn of your choice w/ at least, 10 components per section

     >  Select your IR book

>  Partner Blog Challenge - share

Target Practice:  In your INB, write a short paragraph to demonstrate what you experienced/learned/gathered from the presentations 

HW:  

>  V18

>  Read and annotate an excerpt from Ralph Elison's essay, "Harlem is Nowhere" and an excerpt from Pico Iyer's essay, "Where Worlds Collide" (yes, you read this last year in SB) - copies will be provided

Day 2 - Wed. 12/16 - Z Sched. (like Thu. w/out Advisory)
Thu. 12/17 - Fri. Sched.

Do Now:  V18

Agenda:

>  Blog Presentations

Target Practice:  In your INB, write a short paragraph to demonstrate what you experienced/learned/gathered from the presentations 

HW over the break:

>  3 hour AP Exam Practice - do it all in one sitting - to get a feel for the real

>  Turn your ARP into a 3-minute Persuasive Speech - rubric to follow

>  INB outline of ARG chapter 12

>  Read and annotate an excerpt from Richard Rodriguez's memoir, Hunger Of Memory - copy will be provided
>  + the thing I remembered :) triple Com/Con all 3 excerpts - Triple Venn of your choice w/ at least, 10 components per section
>  Select your IR book

Q2 - week 9/10

Day 1 - Mon.12/07

Do Now:  In your INB, poetic written response to the video clips below

Agenda:
>  IR due by midnight Wednesday 12/09
>  A little on the Harlem Renaissance, Cab Calloway, and The Cotton Club
>  Partner Blog Challenge to continue with ADDITIONS:
    >  Include a page/link/post/tab to visually explore what both GG and Eyes show us about societies' expectations of male/female roles in relationships
    >  Include a page/link/post/tab to com/con how both GG and Eyes explore how humans define and shape our identities 
    >  You and a partner create a private blog that you will share only with me:  Open this link to follow (the originally posted) directions - LINK your blog - INVITE ME
    >  Blog Purpose:  Defend, Challenge, or Qualify Fitzgerald's statement: “I want to create something new -- something extraordinary and beautiful and simple + intricately patterned.”
> Blog Should:  
            >  Include purposeful and symbolic use of visuals, mixed media, text, quotes
            >  Com/con all of the short stories and Eyes
            >  Embrace the Long Form Elements
            >  Consider elements such as the Cubist movement, the Lost Generation, the American Dream, Gatsby's "romantic readiness," and the Harlem Renaissance
            >  Incorporate a Bibliography 
    >  Blog Assessed via linked rubric - summative
    >  Blog Due:  Day 3 of this week for blog presentations
Target Practice:  Continue with blog 

HW:  
>  V17

Day 2 - Tue. 12/08 & Wed. 12/09

Do Now:  Get your correct computers for blog work

Agenda:
>  Partner Blog Challenge - cont. work

Target Practice:  Keep blogging 
HW:  
>  V17 and Blog (who will discuss which portion?)

Day 3 - Thu. 12/10 & Fri. 12/11

Do Now:  V17

Agenda:
>  Blog Presentations

Target Practice:  In your INB, write a short paragraph to demonstrate what you experienced/learned/gathered from the presentations 

HW:  
>  INB outline of ARG chapter 11 (I know some of you are already done!)
>  Read and annotate an excerpt from Ralph Elison's essay, "Harlem is Nowhere" - copy will be provided
HW over the break:
>  3 hour AP Exam Practice - do it all in one sitting - to get a feel for the real
>  Turn your ARP into a 3-minute Persuasive Speech - rubric to follow
>  INB outline of ARG chapter 12
>  + the thing I am forgetting right now...