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