Tuesday Oct 28

EMS 3O1
-finished Hoop Dreams
-took up Senior Year worksheet

Tonight
-study for test

Tomorrow
-test on documentary power point and Hoop Dreams content

Thursday
-film reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

Friday
-Where are they now? Webquest (minor in class assignment)

ENG 2D1
-corrected 4-7

Tonight's Homework
-work on opinion piece
-finish suspense worksheet in ch. 6

Tomorrow
-chapter 8 - focus on kindness and courage

Thursday
-chapter 10 

Friday
-chapter 11

Monday Oct 27

ENG 3MS
-still working through Senior Year
-test outline (class voted for test first, then written assignment next week)
-the test is on documentary powerpoint and documentary content (Hoop Dreams)

Tomorrow
-finish it up
-review time

Wednesday
-test (Documentary and Hoop Dreams)

Thursday and Friday
-follow up activities (movie reviews and where are they now?)

Next Week
-writing assignment

ENG 2D1
-peer editing of the opnion essay and final reminders)
-essays due Wednesday or Thursday

Tomoorw 
-chapters 4-7 of Mockingbird

Wednesday
-chapter 8-9
-esaay due

Thursday 
-chapter 10
-essay due

Thursday Oct 23 - Friday Oct 24

EMS 3O1
-watched Junior Year of Hoop Dreams and completed front of Junior Year worksheet

Tomorrow
-Senior Year

Next Week
-finish the documentary, where are they now?
-in class multi paragraph response to the documentary 

ENG 2D1
-opinion piece writing template and reminders 

Homework
-complete chapter 3 of Mockingbird worksheet, work on opinion piece

Tomorrow
-ch 3 worksheet connection, analysis of chapters 4-7

Next Week
-analysis of chapters 4-10
-opinion piece rough copy due Monday
-good copy due Wednesday

Wed Oct 22

EMS 301

-Hoop Dreams Documentary

Tomorrow
-finish Junior Year segment

Friday
-finish Senior Year segment

Next Week
-writing assignment on Hoop Dreams


ENG 2D1

-themes in Mockingbird, chapter 3 worksheet

Homework
-complete chapter 3 worksheet on lessons learned in Mockingbird
-work on brainstorming of opinion piece

Tomorrow
-template, work on opinion piece

Friday
-chapters 4-7 in Mockingbird

Next Week
-opinion piece peer editing and final due date
-continue with Mockingbird

Documentary Clips

Lumiere brothers

Blackfish

the two escobars

the art of rap

grizzly man

my pet goat

March of penguins voice over

stock footage


land of headhunters

Nanook

triumph of the will

newsreels

OJ

supersize me

inconvient truth

project nim

Tuesday Oct 14

EMS 301

-wrote unit test
-tomorrow: powerpoint intro to documentary unit (and Thursday)

Next Week: analysis of a documentary - codes and conventions of the genre, filming and other choices and techniques made by the directors, social issues and Catholic values

ENG 2D1

-wrote Mockingbird quiz
-remaining time used to fine tune speeches

-Wednesday to Friday: speeches, see post below for speech order

Next week: opinion piece, begin our study of Mockingbird

Homework on Thanksgiving? Say What?

Happy Thanksgiving!  Although you have a bit of work to do this weekend, as we learned at mass and on announcements this week, we should be thankful that we have access to education - not everyone does - and they have to fight and risk their lives for it!

EMS 3O1
-study for Tuesday's test (scroll down for test outline if you didn't get it in class)
-finish your article assignment if you didn't hand it on Friday (it is now late)

ENG 2D1
-study for final Mockingbird test on Tuesday
-prepare and practice for presentations - Wednesday to Friday

Speech Order for 2D1

Topics pertain to Mockingbird and Macbeth
DAY 1
1.  Franklin D. Roosevelt
2.  Effects of the Great Depression (US)
3.  Scottsboro Trials
4.  Stonewall Jackson
5.  Martin Luther King
6.  Ivanhoe
7.  Methodist Faith
8.  Alabama (interest)
9.  Dracula (story)
10.  1930s movies - connect 2-3 movies to environment of the 1930s (not Dracula)

DAY 2
11.  Rosetta Stone
12.  Medgar Evers
13.  Rabies
14.  Baptist Faith
15.  Scotland (interest) 
16.  The Black Plague
17.  Guy Fawkes
18.  King James 6
19.  The Globe Theatre
20.  William Wallace

DAY 3
21.  Alnwick Castle
22.  Actors/Acting/Acting Companies in Shakespearean England
23.  The Stone of Scone
24.  Sir Francis Drake
25.  Christopher Marlowe
26.  Tragic Hero
27.  Edinborough Castle
28.  John Donne
29.  Elizabeth 1
30.  Tower of London

3MS and 2D1 Upcoming Due Dates

3MS

-Wednesday - rough copy and peer editing of article assignment
-Friday - assignment due
-Tuesday - Unit Test
Test will be: 
Matching - Film Techniques and Codes and Conventions of Movie Trailers
Multiple Choice and Fill Ins - Green book and powerpoint info
Short Answers - Stand by Me, Codes, Mass Media (green book)

2D1

-Thursday - Unit Test
-Friday - Work period - speeches or read Mockingbird
-Tuesday - Mockingbird Test #2 - matching, t/f and multiple choice
-Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - Speeches

   

Scary vs Animation

Watch these two classic genre trailers Shrek for animated feature and The Conjuring for horror and fill in the chart.

Shrek

The Conjuring

Then, for comparison, watch:

The Shining, Official 1980 trailer

Sleeping Beauty, 1959 Official Trailer

How were the modern ones, the same, different?  Did the older ones follow the set conventions or did they deviate from what we have come to expect?

Movie Trailers

Choose any of these two trailers and fill in the chart.  After watch the other three and hi lite, on the chart, the one that you thought was the best trailer (style wise, content wise, story wise).


Anchorman 2

Wolf of Wall Street

Gravity

The Great Gatsby

Man of Steel

Monday Oct 6 - Friday Oct 10

3C1

Monday - correct Stand By Me, Codes and Conventions of Movie Trailers, analysis of The Social Network trailer

Tuesday - analysis of 2013 and classic trailers, test outline

Wednesday - peer edit of article assignment 

Thursday - Finish movie trailers, correct Green Book questions, test outline

Friday - Pop Culture Closure Activity; Article Assignment due

Tuesday - Mass Media and Pop Culture Test 

Next Week - The Documentary

2D1

Monday - Graphic Text and Reading Comprehension practice for the Literacy Test

Tuesday - research and speech reminders, test outline

Wednesday - correction of graphic text and reading comp, review time

Thursday - Non Fiction Test

Friday - read Mockingbird or work on speech

Next week 

Tuesday - final Mockingbird Quiz on the entire novel

Opinion Essay; Speeches from Wednesday to Friday

Movie Trailers

The Social Network


Dodgeball

ENGLISH 2D1

**Due to the buyout, the English 2D1 test will have to be Thursday October 9th.
**Mockingbird Test 2 is till on Tuesday Oct 14th.

Next research day for your speech is Tuesday October 7th.  

The laptop cart is booked out, but you can bring your own PEDs because they will be much faster. 

So, bring your PED and any notes, info you have uncovered, over the weekend, about your topic.

PS  John...your topic is King James the 6th
Look him up this weekend and find out who he was and what he is famous for.  Make some notes on the brainstorming sheet in your presentation package

Thursday OCT 2 and Friday OCT 3

EMS 3O1
-in library making research notes on data base articles

Friday
-in library, either continuing research or beginning rough copy
**rough copy is due Wednesday Oct 8

Next Week
-finally correct Stand By Me Assignment
-correct book questions
-codes and conventions of movie trailers with analysis of several trailers
-peer editing data base assignment
-review and outline for unit test

Important Dates
Friday Oct 10 - data base assignment due
Tuesday Oct 14 - Unit 1 Test

ENG 2D1
-listening quiz on toastmasters - how to deliver an effective speech

Friday
-in library doing initial speech research

Next Week
-graphic text
-reading comprehension (literacy test preparation)
-speech research (1 period)
-review and outline for unit test
-unit test

Important Dates
-Friday Oct 10 - Unit #1 Test on Non-Fiction Writing
-Tuesday Oct 14 - Quiz #2 on Mockingbird