Today We ...
1.  Get the wheels turning:  What ideas do we have about America?
2.  Attempt to deconstruct a text.
3.  Preview our year together and discuss our excitements and anxieties about Junior Year.

Freewrite (on back of Tell Me sheet): 

·         What are your concerns/fears and excitements about Junior Year? 

·         What have you learned so far in your HS career to help you excel this year?

·         What do you still need improvement on in order to be successful (in Humanities and in general) 

Google Form:  Class Data


Digital Comp Book Set-up

1.  Create a new Google doc and name it:  FirstName LastName Digital Comp Book 

2.  Share with jessica.mccallum@animashighschool.com and give me editing power 

3.  Each entry should be labeled so that it is clear to me which entry goes with which prompt

4.  Master document on my Resources page to keep up with prompts

5.  You are responsible for all starters and entries, even if you are absent

6.  Feel free to add images, links, and other digital content in your responses!

Starter 8.22 (IN DIGITAL COMP BOOK):  Complete this sentence as many ways as you can think of.  Be literal and/or figurative, positive and/or negative.

• America is....

Pink Houses

Listen once without video and answer prompt questions in 1 solid paragraph each in Digital Comp Book

1.  Do you think that John Cougar Mellencamp’s tone is more patriotic or cynical?  Explain why you think so.

2.  Make an interpretive claim about this song using evidence. What is he saying?  What is the message?

Does the video change your interpretation?  How and why?

Seminar-ish Discussion:  Junior Year expectations and syllabus chat


Honors Humanities Overview:  See DP Link for full details!  If you are interested in Honors, read over project description in detail this weekend to help you decide.  



TURN IN:  
1.  Tell me a little about you
2.  Syllabus signature page
3.  film permission letter



HOMEWORK:
1.  If you are thinking about Honors, read closely the application process and the Independent Study Project Overview.  Explore some of the documents on the Honors tab of my DP.  If you want to apply, send me an email so that I can have printed copies of the historical documents ready for you on Monday.
2.  Pay attention to the news coming out of Ferguson, Mo.  If you are not already familiar, find out what is going on there.


HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!  I am so excited about our year together!