Read the options below and choose one for your final project.
BY END OF CLASS fill out the survey below.
Due Friday, November 4th
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Brave New World : Why is there no God in the World State?
In Chapter 17, Mustapha Mond and John the Savage discuss religion, God, and the freedom of choice.
Here are the notes from our discussion - use them to help you answer the question 'why is there no God in the World State'?
Here are the notes from our discussion - use them to help you answer the question 'why is there no God in the World State'?
Fly, good Fleance, Fly!
Macbeth Act 3 Scene 3
Dave, Mason, Mike, Tyler, Travis
Aiden, Amber, Kristina, Hayley
Maggie, Aaron, Gloria, Abby, Courtney
Joey, Mike, Aaron, Alexis, Jordan
Dan, Kyle, Connor, Adam
Kelli, Kate, Mitch, Coleman, Angel, Ashley
Monday, October 17, 2011
Lord of the Flies - Collaboration on Chapter 9 Connections
Lord of the Flies
Chapter 9 Connections
In 2-3 sentences, introduce a quotation from another part of the book and write an insightful explanation of the connection. Type your name in after.
Tomorrow we will be doing a close reading of the death - pay close attention to the diction and syntax of that scene.
Good luck!
Click here to add your brilliance
Chapter 9 Connections
In 2-3 sentences, introduce a quotation from another part of the book and write an insightful explanation of the connection. Type your name in after.
Tomorrow we will be doing a close reading of the death - pay close attention to the diction and syntax of that scene.
Good luck!
Click here to add your brilliance
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The Voluntary Hermit
"I'm leaving"
Fed up with everyone, she decides she's leaving them all to become a hermit. Her hermitage becomes a quest as she seeks to find her place in an epic (and heavily literary) quest:
She first turns to the woods - imagine New Hampshire in the cool fall. It's amazing for awhile (think My Side of the Mountain, Redwall, Thoreau), but she decides it's not quite for her ("I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one").
Walking to the beach (at night, Dover Beach), but aside from the great tan she gets, the peace of mind with the waves, she needs a little more excitement.
She adventures off on a sailboat, sailing south into the beautiful weather. Consider influences and reflections on sailing from Moby Dick, The Perfect Storm, and perhaps something more cheery. But when's all said and done, the boating life's not for her (too confining).
She docks in a city, teeming with sights, sounds, and (most importantly) amazing food. What better place to be a hermit - hiding in plain sight? The sights, smells, and passion of the city are invigorating, but eventually tiresome. As the city's intensity fades, picture Fahrenheit 451's phoenix city.
Walking away, the road becomes a lonely place, but one where your motion lets you ponder. Consider influences from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and some meditations from The Road. With any road though, you need a destination, and she'd rather be a hermit than a nomad.
She tries a different mode of transportation: she hops aboard a riverboat. She consider the river as Twain did, but also the River people in the Golden Compass series. It doesn't provide the solace she's looking for though, though she likes the fresh water the river doesn't provide the calm she seeks.
She comes home to her lake house in mountains. With the mix of of forest and calm water, and the dock as a place to ponder (and tan), she finds her inner peace.
Coming full circle, with an appreciation for place and what she has - independence, reliance, etc. - my character finds that she can't go off to chase solitude but must find it within.
"I'm home"
What suggestions do you have? Literary allusions? Questions?
(Note: my Seniors are embarking on an epic project this year: publishing their own children's book. The plots are fantastic, the ideas are bold, and I'm going to keep up with my own. Check out #pshscompass for links to their updates, reflections, etc. Thank you!)
Fed up with everyone, she decides she's leaving them all to become a hermit. Her hermitage becomes a quest as she seeks to find her place in an epic (and heavily literary) quest:
She first turns to the woods - imagine New Hampshire in the cool fall. It's amazing for awhile (think My Side of the Mountain, Redwall, Thoreau), but she decides it's not quite for her ("I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one").
Walking to the beach (at night, Dover Beach), but aside from the great tan she gets, the peace of mind with the waves, she needs a little more excitement.
She adventures off on a sailboat, sailing south into the beautiful weather. Consider influences and reflections on sailing from Moby Dick, The Perfect Storm, and perhaps something more cheery. But when's all said and done, the boating life's not for her (too confining).
She docks in a city, teeming with sights, sounds, and (most importantly) amazing food. What better place to be a hermit - hiding in plain sight? The sights, smells, and passion of the city are invigorating, but eventually tiresome. As the city's intensity fades, picture Fahrenheit 451's phoenix city.
Walking away, the road becomes a lonely place, but one where your motion lets you ponder. Consider influences from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and some meditations from The Road. With any road though, you need a destination, and she'd rather be a hermit than a nomad.
She tries a different mode of transportation: she hops aboard a riverboat. She consider the river as Twain did, but also the River people in the Golden Compass series. It doesn't provide the solace she's looking for though, though she likes the fresh water the river doesn't provide the calm she seeks.
She comes home to her lake house in mountains. With the mix of of forest and calm water, and the dock as a place to ponder (and tan), she finds her inner peace.
Coming full circle, with an appreciation for place and what she has - independence, reliance, etc. - my character finds that she can't go off to chase solitude but must find it within.
"I'm home"
What suggestions do you have? Literary allusions? Questions?
(Note: my Seniors are embarking on an epic project this year: publishing their own children's book. The plots are fantastic, the ideas are bold, and I'm going to keep up with my own. Check out #pshscompass for links to their updates, reflections, etc. Thank you!)
Monday, October 3, 2011
Period C - How to grade yourself
When you have finished your story.
1. Change the title
- click on the title of the document
- add 'FINAL' to the end
2. Grade yourself on your rubric
- add 'ME!' where you think you are
When those two steps are done - I will immediately grade your story.
Ms. Kennett
1. Change the title
- click on the title of the document
- add 'FINAL' to the end
2. Grade yourself on your rubric
- add 'ME!' where you think you are
When those two steps are done - I will immediately grade your story.
Ms. Kennett
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