Thursday Apr 10 - Friday Apr 11

3MS
-continued study on "The War of the Worlds," listened to part 2 of the broadcast
-note on verisimilitiude and the power of mass media
-handed back article assignments

Tomorrow
-finish up "The War of the Worlds" by watching parts of "The Night America Panicked," a docudrama on the radio broadcast (bring a snack)

Next Week
-begin advertising unit


3C1
-finished watching up to Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet

Tomorrow
-finish reading last 2 scenes of Act 2 (scenes 5 and 6)
-return verbal visual assignments (or Monday)

Next Week
-Romeo and Juliet quiz
-read Act 3, scene 1
-Essay outline for Romeo and Juliet  

"The War of the Worlds" radio broadcast is considered one of the great media hoaxes of all time.  Delivered over the radio on October 30, 1938, (as part of the station's Halloween week) it caused great distress to those listening.

Please read these few articles to get some background information on this 'radio mockumentary,' and, as always, complete the worksheet.  We do worksheets for main three reasons: 1) to focus our learning 2) to remember main ideas and 3) to work on our comprehension and literacy skills.  

Worksheets are important because they mimic the sight passage on the exam (read a passage then answer questions based on the passage) and the literacy test (reading comprehension).


First, read a news report from day after the broadcast and then answer the questions: 

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/daily-news-original-coverage-war-worlds-article-1.305067

Now read the wikipedia entry for "The War of the Worlds" and answer the questions:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama)

Next, look up the word verisimilitude.  Write down the word and the definition of the word somewhere on your worksheet.

Last, read this brief bio on Orson Welles the writer and creator of the broadcast (and answer the questions) - he was a pretty talented guy who we will be hearing more of at the end of the semester.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles

Once done, and worksheet completed, you can have some free time on the computer or catch up on any incomplete work.  We will listen to the broadcast tomorrow, focusing on techniques used to create our new favourite word, verisimilitude.  Plus, there will be a listening quiz, right after the broadcast  - 10 true/false or multiple choice questions on the content that you just heard.

Tuesday April 1 - Friday April 4

3MS

-finished the documentary Mermaids: The Body Found - PS gotcha - April Fools!

-this is what we call a mockumentary which is a fake documentary 
-we will be discussing this over the next few days which leads right into the next unit on advertising

Tomorrow

-article analysis rough draft due
-introduction of the idea of mockumentary

Thursday and Friday

-more on mockumentary
-articles due (either Thurs or Fri)

3C1
-continued through Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet

Remember: verbal/visual assignment is due Friday

Thursday - work period on Romeo questions or verbal visual essay

Friday - collect verbal visual essays, read Act 1, scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet

Monday April 30

3MS
-began watching final documentary for analysis - Mermaids: The Body Found (got through 40 minutes)

Tuesday
-finish the documentary/worksheet

Wednesday
-peer editing of Article Review (its then due on either Thursday or Friday)

3C1
-work period for Verbal/Visual Assignment (due Friday)
-colour symbolisms given 

Tuesday - Friday
-Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet

Wednesday March 26 - Friday March 28

3MS
-in library to complete research notes on their two selected articles

Homework
-make sure research notes are completed for Friday

Tomorrow
-since its short periods, we will take up two writing assignments from Hoop Dreams

Friday
-review of next steps for the article assignment
-review of MLA citation style, student information and works cited page

3C1
-finished power point on Romeo and Juliet
-analysis of the prologue

Tomorrow
-short periods; work period on verbal visual essay

Friday
-Act 1, scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet  

Monday March 24

3MS

-had culture of life presentation

Tomorrow

-in library, working on article review assignment (and Wednesday)

3C1

-test on short stories

Tomorrow

-introduction of major assignment (on short stories)

-begin Romeo and Juliet

Tuesday March 4 - Thursday March 6

EMS 301
-watched most of the Senior year

Tomorrow
-finish Hoop Dreams
-finish the questions
-review for Thursday's test

Thursday
-test

Enjoy the Break!
-after the break - another documentary - Yeah!

ENG 3C1

-period 4 - peer edited memo - worked on questions for "Paid Up Member"

-period 5 - peer edited memo - introduced irony - began reading "Paid Up Member"

Memos are due Wednesday and Thursday 

Tomorrow
-take up questions for "Paid Up Member"

Thursday
-read "One of These Days" and answer questions
-if you are away on Thursday, please see the blog for the questions (they will be posted during the Break for you)