Look for a category “Personal Psychology” in the sidebar at http://iblog.stjschool.org/snowflake/.
Pick and choose.
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Prepare for English Language Arts Finals
For those in the midst, or looking ahead at finals in my LA classes(9, 10-1, 20-1, 20-2, 30-1, 30-2).
Consider the outcomes we’ve tried to achieve.
Enhancing the artistry of communication has been a strong technical focus. Skills mastered include using online blogging tools, Word Processing, Spreadsheets, even graphical enhancements using Photoshop or audio/video podcasting tools have been included where time permitted and initiative taken. Participation on an online forum has generated a myriad of useful tips/reminders, questions/answers. There will be no speadsheets on the final, the use of Word will be necessary for English 30.
Each course has been structured around Focus Questions and related questions: English 10, English 9.
Emphasis on social networking, peer review/support/criticism has been critical for developing critical thought and reflection for writers defending an idea.
Each course has a reading list: English 10, English 30. Not every title has been studied intensively(or at all), but the proportion of attention paid to those pieces that were studied in class deserve the same level of attention on the final. Of course, those who choose additional literature from the list to focus on in the final deserve to have that initiative rewarded as well. If you choose to focus on Shakespeare, your audience gets tougher, I’ve noticed.
An English 30 paper looking at how the images/symbols/archetypes of Sophocles and Kingsolver relate to personal freedom to would be intriguing. Why not an English 10 paper discussing the threat of fanaticism by comparing the speeches of Mark Antony, Joseph Strorm, and Eamon De valera? What does Søren Kierkegaard have to do with every page you’ve ever read or written?
Extras, everyone should be able to link to Wikipedia for literary terms, difficult vocabulary, or just the odd or eccentric idea; can anyone incorporate the Hayflick Limit into their paper? Everyone has seen video and heard an mp3, but are any daring enough to Podcast their final essay? A carefully edited U2 mp3 snip, an embedded flash video of Ophelia Simpson, a slideshow?
The only limit is to abide the first line of every rubric you’ve ever attached to any assignment:
I _________________ honestly declare that the work is what I have done. In circumstances when I have quoted a certain authority, I have clearly indicated what is a quote and the author.
A Blogger’s Code of Ethics contains truths far older than the phenomenon of blogging.
English 30s will have no access to internet, filesharing, etc etc. English 10s can have it all.
Exptrapolation
The life which is unexamined is not worth living.
– Plato
Write a story in which a protagonist undergoes a transformation in the search for self. Have your character encounter basic questions about his/her identity.
Consider using the following images:
Catch one of these on your tongue (LA 9)
The snowflake blog deals out an assortment of writing ideas. Students can pick from a variety of prompts. Try not to make any two posts the same.
Send a trackback.
An Exodus Within(RS 25)
Sophie was introduced to Aristotle. Ideas no longer belong to a realm of their own, but somehow the idea is within the thing. Aristotle could explain this by talking of sculptures and stone.
Review what was said earlier about Plato and art. Discuss Aristotle’s take on the place of ideas and art.
Search for a thumbnail of an art work from the Louvre.
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When the basic needs are met, then what?(RS 25)
Today we asked if there was something all humans strive for after all needs have been met. Of course, only a philosopher can imagine a world in which all needs could be met.
But there must be something to the question asked of Sophie: Is there something else that all humans, all times and all places, need?
Maslow can help.
“These are Aliens, Dad!”
Some have noticed that some otherwise regular discussions in class eventually turn to a discussion of, um…, ahh… well …, poop.
The inspiration of such mudtimes no doubt erupt from experience with my three growing boys aged 6, 4, and 2. Several days may pass without reference to “it.” But when the subject rears its ugly head, we usually are moved by good humour.
Today I added a “Spelling Bee” widget. My efforts were sincere, scholarly, and academic. Here’s what I saw for my first word:
I’m going to get a book and settle down to a good read.
Out.
Looking for News
Try the following suggestions to increase your daily intake of news feeds.
- Surf the latest headlines from all over the world. Results are based on google search rankings, the larger the font –> the more hits in google, I recall. Headlines link to an array of news organizations.
- Aggregate a few headlines from, say, cbc.ca/rss in your own blog sidebar.
- Create your own online newsreader at bloglines.com or google reader.
Add your own suggested news feeds or feed aggregators in a comment or trackback here.
Pingback Trackback of the Canadian Outback
English 20(Chem)
Your task is to complete Writing Activity 1 from my canpoets blog.
Just following those instructions will not be enough, however.
Your assignment will not be complete until a “trackback” or “pingback” appears in the comment section on my Writing Activity 1 post.
I’ll have a bag of cookies on standby. Cookie of choice to STJ blogger(s) who completes a pingback trackback of the Canadian outback.
What happened to the animals in BNW?
What happened to the animals in BNW?
- Suggest a brief history of “pets” up to AF632.
- What attitudes do people have towards animals?
- Why are there no “conditioned” animals as pets?
- What are the attitudes towards animals on the reservation?
Consider our society. Are pets necessary? Why?
Oh and I have a searchable BNW etext with a growing blogroll here.
PS. What is lupus? Who, in BNW, has it? Why?