Monday, May 2, 2016

Announcements:

  • Turn in books!  Omnivore's Dilemma, Honors books, others?
  • Honors:  Meeting at lunch on Thursday.  Note changes below.
  • Project Work Time!  Critique drafts on Thursday and Monday
  • Exhibition Details:  What will it look like?  Who is interested in coordinating?
    • Schedule
    • Set-up/Room Transformation
    • Digital Details
  • Quiz:  finish today
  • Conference with me about project and whatever else
  • LAST PUSH!!!


Four corners
"We have to start acting as one species with one destiny."


PROJECT RESET!
A statement of personal philosophy
Get creative!
Add beauty and force!
Add the "Grand Style" of rhetoric!
Be intertextual!
Have some fun with this.  It is yours.

Expansion of Essential Questions:
What is the purpose of (your/human) existence?
What is happiness and what makes you happy?
What does it mean to live a meaningful life?
What is your place in the world?
How do you characterize your relationship with Earth/place/resources?
How do you characterize your personal ethics?


IDEAS?
How can new content be woven into our project?

WORK TIME
Finish Quiz
Project:  ready, set, go!
Conference with me




HONORS:  NOTE CHANGES TO BOOK CLUB!

The Bluest Eye Deadlines
·        Tuesday, May 23: Seminar (in class)
·        Friday, May 27th:  Literary Analysis

Support Materials for a Literary Analysis Essay
Here are some supporting documents to help you with your essay (5 paragraph minimum):
a. Writing a Literary Analysis (developing your thesis, integrating evidence and analysis)
b. Literary Analysis Planning Guide (outline template)
e. Here is a folder with some additional support materials as well as some quality model essays.


DP Update and Book Blub Reflection due on Sunday, May 29th