Last day of January: homework
Packets/talking points ready for CTR practice
Read ITW 16
Define vocabulary
WWR: first draft of Thesis Statement complete
Edit/review/read aloud first daft of ITW and add (next draft due Thursday)
Optional/Encouraged:
Watch or listen to the State of the Union this evening.
1/30 Homework
Read ITW 15 (notes or highlights)
Finish McCandless Bus article (highlight: wacko or pilgrim)
ITW essay: draft 1 due (brainstorm, map, web acceptable)
Homework 1/27: conference weekend
Into The Wild draft one of essay due Tuesday (new guidelines copied below)
Night Contest (optional essay due Tuesday)
Please ask parent to fill out Night contest paperwork for essay contest found at http://images.oprah.com/images/obc_classic/book/2005/contest_app.pdf)
Thank you.
Into the Wild: "Pilgrim" or "Wacko"?
Part I: Written: A persuasive essay
1. Answer the following question: In your opinion was Chris McCandless a "Pilgrim," as Jon Krakauer describes him, or "a wacko," as many letters to Outside magazine claimed?
2. The essay must follow the Writing Workshop process of development.
Prewriting: webbing, mapping, or brainstorming
Rough Draft (D1): initial draft, double-space
Self-Edit: conference with teacher or peer
Rewrite: incorporate corrections, refinements
Final due will be decided in class.
Note: As resources for this essay use the following: notes from mini-lessons, Into the Wild, Internet, and any documented outside sources to support your position.
Minimum requirement: 5 paragraph essay with 3 direct quotes from text to support your position.
Part II: The Art Part
1. What do you believe are the three (3) most significant events in Chris “Alexander Supertramp” McCandless’ life?
2. Create/Find a symbol for each of these events.
a. Symbol = something that represents something else.
b. The following are some suggestions of resources
Magazine pictures
Found objects/ art
Music
Photographs.
(The only limit to this part of the project is your imagination)
3. Be ready to share your symbols with the class during your presentation.
1/24 homework
Read 12 ITW (take notes)
Nigh essay final due Thursday (see guidelines below)
Define Vocabulary:
Taciturn
Demeanor
Compassion
Arcane
Eminence
Mercurial
Trajectory
Rudimentary
Tyrant
Gregarious
Convivial
Scrupulously
Intrusion
Preeminent
Homework: 1/23
Read ITW 10 & 11 (expect solo quiz, take notes)
Packet (3 strong talking points, where to improve overall?)
Night conferences tomorrow: printed, ask how is it relevant? see contest guidelines)
ITW draft one of project will be completed in class Tuesday
1/20: homework
Read ITW: 9
-highlights
New draft of Night Essay
-include edits, connecting to new contest guidelines (see previous post)
Presentation Prep
-3 talking points on notecard
ITW project due dates will start next week.
Thanks for your attention to detail
The spelling mistake on the recent vocabulary list has been corrected; plus one on the next quiz for the student who found it. Way to go...
Meticulously is now spelled exactly right.
Into the Wild: project guidelines
Into the Wild: A Tragedy or Travesty?
Part I: Written: A persuasive essay
1. Answer the following question: Is Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild a tragedy or a travesty?
Choose one of the following:
Travesty: \Trav"es*ty\, a. [F. travesti, p. p. of travestir to disguise, to travesty, It. travestire, fr. L. trans across, over + vestire to dress, clothe.] Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition. [R.]
To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous.
Tragedy: \Trag"e*dy\, n.; pl. Tragedies. [OE. tragedie, OF. tragedie, F. trag['e]die, L. tragoedia, Gr. ?, fr. ? a tragic poet and singer, originally, (perhaps akin to ? to gnaw, nibble, eat, and E. trout) + ? to sing; from the oldest tragedies being exhibited when a goat was sacrificed, or because a goat was the prize, or because the actors were clothed in goatskins. See Ode.]
A literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances.
2. The essay must follow the Writing Workshop process of development.
Prewriting: webbing, mapping, or brainstorming
Rough Draft (D1): initial draft, double-space
Self-Edit: conference with teacher or peer
Rewrite: incorporate corrections, refinements
Final due will be decided in class.
You need to include at least three (3) of the thinking skills to support your point.
Note: As resources for this essay use the following: notes from mini-lessons, Into the Wild, Internet, and any documented outside sources to support your position.
Minimum requirement: 5 paragraph essay with 3 direct quotes from text to support your position.
Part II: The Art Part
1. What do you believe are the three (3) most significant events in Chris “Alexander Supertramp” McCandless’ life?
Create/Find a symbol for each of these events.
Symbol = something that represents something else.
The following are some suggestions of resources
magazine pictures
found objects
your own art
photographs.
(The only limit to this part of the project is your imagination)
3. Be ready to share your symbols with the class.
Night Contest guidelines
"WHY IS ELIE WIESEL'S BOOK NIGHT RELEVANT TODAY?"
If you are a high school student who has read, is reading, or will be reading Night—enter Oprah's National High School Essay Contest!
This entry form contains your essay topic, guidelines for formatting your essay and the criteria it will be judged by. It must be completed and signed and included with your essay in order for you to be considered eligible for Oprah's National High School Essay Contest.
Entries must be postmarked by Monday, February 6, 2006 and received by February 9, 2006—so start planning your essay today.
More information at www.oprah.com
Revised essays will be sent Wednesday, January 25.
1/18: homework
ITW read 8 (take notes)
WP: brainstorm due Friday (guidelines posted)
Night contest (guidelines posted)
homework 1/17
Read ITW, chapter 7 (highlights only)
Define vocabulary:
1. primordial
2. adherent
3. ideologue
4. bourgeois
5. vagabond
6. condemnation
7. paternal
8. self-reliant
9. meticulously
10. immaculate
11. dispel
12. contrive
13. compulsive
14. uninhibited
1/12: homework
Study for vocabulary quiz
Take home quiz for Chapter 4
No ITW reading
Organize 3-ring
Journal (if not yet completed this week)
Morning Elective sign-up: Parent signature
1/12: homework
Study for vocabulary quiz
Take home quiz for Chapter 4
No ITW reading
Organize 3-ring
Journal (if not yet completed this week)
Morning Elective sign-up: Parent signature
1/11: homework
ITW read chapter 4 (notes or highlight)
Final "I Believe" essay (turn into basket and digital copy to PErnewein@denveracademy.org; please label file "Believe with your name")
SEC sign-up paperwork for 3rd quarter (parents must sign)
Note to parents...
Greetings,
With this posting I want to wish you all a happy 2006 and update you on a few important dates and events.
This has been a truly amazing year, starting with our September overnight trip at Joe’s ranch and our presentations at DA’s Symposium. Our presentation has been requested by two other organizations in February and March; specific information below.
First and foremost is the upcoming Parent/Student/Teacher conference day, January 27. There is no school that day for students; here are some times I have open that day (and the week prior and the week following); I do expect the students to attend.
• Friday, January 27 (official conference day): 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 11:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30
• Monday, January 23: 6:30, 7:30, 2:30
• Tuesday, January 24: : 6:30, 7:30, 2:30
• Thursday, January 26: 8:30, 2:30
• Monday, January 30: : 6:30, 7:30, 2:30
• Tuesday, January 31: : 6:30, 7:30, 2:30
• Feel free to suggest an earlier or later date if those listed do not work for you.
About our next two conferences; please save the following dates:
• Friday, February 10 (Courage To Risk, more information at http://www.couragetorisk.org/)
• Friday, March 10 (Colorado Language Arts Society, more information at http://www.clas.us/)
• More information about transportation and specific times forthcoming
Homework: 1/9
Read Into The Wild: Author's Note & Chapter 1
-highlight/underline (character, conflict, important details)
-be ready for quiz Tuesday
"Believe" essay rewrite due
Presentation: new resource/info
-what new information can you bring to our next presentation
-remember topic: how do I learn best? how does my mind work best?
Another September memory...
Homework 1/6
IR: Into The Wild or Jon Krakauer or Chris McCandless
(research using search engine, print, process and paragraph)
"Believe" essay re-write due Tuesday.
From September 2005...
Homework 1/5
Read Tao of Pooh pages 23-50;
Write(or draw with labels) character sketch of Piglet and Owl;
Draft2 of "Believe" essay due
Last 3-ring binder check of 2nd quarter.
Homework: 1/4
Work on "Believe" essay; visit www.thisibelieve.org for inspiration, ideas, examples.
Answer the following questions:
Using Time article: why were the persons of the year picked?
Using the Tao of Pooh: what is the uncarved block?
These questions are expected to be typed and at least a page long; turned into the basket by 8:15 a.m
