Monday, November 28, 2016
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
1. Final script due.
2. Turn it in to the "Final Script" folder in Google Classroom.
3. The final script is a test grade.
4. Practice and/or video your program.
2. Turn it in to the "Final Script" folder in Google Classroom.
3. The final script is a test grade.
4. Practice and/or video your program.
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Monday, November 14, 2016
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
1. Quiz
TRUE
You will work in groups of 4-5 people. One of the members of the group will be the moderator, and the other members will be persons from history. You will script a program in which the moderator and his guests discuss one or more issues. The views of the guests may be similar, but opposing views always makes for interesting discussions.
You will be graded on the thoroughness in which the issues are discussed, the proper views of the guests, attention to detail, and time. It is important to get the views of the guests across properly. Using exact quotes from them would be a plus.
There will be other daily grades for:
Your moderator may introduce guests, ask questions, steer the discussion certain ways, calm down guests, or do whatever else is necessary to keep the program going.
You do not have to wear costumes for this, but there will be bonus points for those who do.
You will be expected to memorize your part in the script. If a member of the group does not memorize his part, the other members of the team will not be penalized... only that member will.
TIMELINE
Wednesday, November 16 Discussion topics and characters due. (daily grade)
Thursday, November 17 Work on script
Friday, November 18 Rough draft of script due (daily grade)
Tuesday, November 29 Work on final script and/or practice
Friday, December 2 Programs are presented (test grade)
TRUE
ALTERNATIVE ENDING:
When a letter came to his bedside,
The orderly read it through.
Dave sighed softly, then smiled wide,
For finally, he knew.
The lass he loved with golden hair
, And eyes of brightest blue
He saw in the doorway there
With Ned, his friend so true.
Through the help of Ned, his friend,
And with Sue’s fair love, too,
Dave would completely mend,
By friendship and love true.
ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE ENDING:
Dave avoided meeting doom
With the help of Sue and Ned,
Dave would heal completely-- BOOM!
Sorry, they were all dead.
2. Meeting of the Minds project.
MEETING OF THE MINDS PROJECT
A moderator on a television program has a unique job-- interviewing and discussing issues with his guests. That may seem common enough, but his guests are special-- they are people from history.
You will work in groups of 4-5 people. One of the members of the group will be the moderator, and the other members will be persons from history. You will script a program in which the moderator and his guests discuss one or more issues. The views of the guests may be similar, but opposing views always makes for interesting discussions.
You will be graded on the thoroughness in which the issues are discussed, the proper views of the guests, attention to detail, and time. It is important to get the views of the guests across properly. Using exact quotes from them would be a plus.
There will be other daily grades for:
a. topic & character choices on time,
b. rough draft, and
c. final script.
Your moderator may introduce guests, ask questions, steer the discussion certain ways, calm down guests, or do whatever else is necessary to keep the program going.
You do not have to wear costumes for this, but there will be bonus points for those who do.
You will be expected to memorize your part in the script. If a member of the group does not memorize his part, the other members of the team will not be penalized... only that member will.
The length of the entire program should be between ten (10) and twelve (12) minutes long.
You will either act this out in class or video it ahead of time and play it in class.
TIMELINE
Wednesday, November 16 Discussion topics and characters due. (daily grade)
(last of the period)
Thursday, November 17 Work on script
Friday, November 18 Rough draft of script due (daily grade)
Monday, November 28 Rework script
Tuesday, November 29 Work on final script and/or practice
Wednesday, November 30 Final script due (test grade)
Practice
Practice
Thursday, December 1 Practice and/or video
Monday, December 5 Programs are presented
MEETING OF THE MINDS CHARACTER POOL
(Some of the possible choices of historical characters)
(You must have your choice of characters approved by me.)
(You must have your choice of characters approved by me.)
SCIENTISTS/ INVENTORS
LOUIS PASTEUR
MARIE CURIE
GALILEO GALILEI
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
ALBERT EINSTEIN
ISAAC NEWTON
CHARLES DARWIN
SIGMUND FREUD
JOHANN GUTTENBERG
LEONARDO DAVINCI
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
THOMAS EDISON
NICOLA TESLA
HENRY FORD
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
GRACE HOPPER
HEDDY LAMARR
STEVE JOBS
ARCHIMEDES
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
ARTISTS/ AUTHORS
PABLO PICASSO
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
ANDY WARHOL
SALVADOR DALI
FREDERIC REMINGTON
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
J R R TOLKIEN
EDGAR ALLEN POE
CHARLES DICKENS
JANE AUSTEN
EMILY DICKINSON
LEO TOLSTOY
HOMER
JOHN MILTON
SAMUEL CLEMENS
THEODORE GEISEL
CHARLES SCHULTZ
J K ROWLING
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
ROALD DAHL
POLITICAL LEADERS
GEORGE WASHINGTON
THOMAS JEFFERSON
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
QUEEN ELIZABETH I
KING HENRY VIII
KING HENRY V
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
ATTILA THE HUN
ATTILA THE HUN
FIDEL CASTRO
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
WINSTON CHURCHILL
JULIUS CAESAR
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
ADOLPH HITLER
MAO ZEDONG
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR
NELSON MANDELA
MAHATMA GANDHI
JOSEF STALIN
GENGHIS KHAN
CATHERINE THE GREAT
CHARLEMAGNE
ALFRED THE GREAT
NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST
RICHARD THE LIONHEART
QUEEN VICTORIA
CLEOPATRA
SIMON BOLIVAR
SOLDIERS
ROBERT E LEE
ULYSSES S GRANT
ERWIN ROMMEL
GEORGE S PATTON
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
ISOROKU YAMAMOTO
TOGO HEIHACHIRO
HORATIO NELSON
DUKE OF WELLINGTON
HANNIBAL BARCA
SUN TSU
SALADIN
QUEEN BOUDICA
JOAN OF ARC
OTHER WOMEN
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
DOLLY MADISON
AMELIA EARHART
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
ROSA PARKS
SUSAN B ANTHONY
SACAGAWEA
JANE ADDAMS
HYPATIA
MARIE ANTOINETTE
SOJOURNER TRUTH
HARRIET TUBMAN
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
HELEN KELLER
ANNE FRANK
CLARA BARTON
POCAHONTAS
POCAHONTAS
Monday, November 14, 2016
1. Read the poems below.
2. In a short written essay, tell us what the poet is saying.
3. Read your essay in class.
4. You will receive a daily grade for the essay and another for the presentation. Your essay will be graded on content, and your presentation will be graded on the usual things such as posture, eye contact, voice, and attitude.
5. The essay is due and presentations will be done tomorrow, Tuesday, November 15.
6. Turn the essay in to the "Poem Essay" folder in Google Classroom.
2. In a short written essay, tell us what the poet is saying.
3. Read your essay in class.
4. You will receive a daily grade for the essay and another for the presentation. Your essay will be graded on content, and your presentation will be graded on the usual things such as posture, eye contact, voice, and attitude.
5. The essay is due and presentations will be done tomorrow, Tuesday, November 15.
6. Turn the essay in to the "Poem Essay" folder in Google Classroom.
Jabberwocky by Charles Dodgson
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!'
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood a while in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One two! One two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!'
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood a while in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One two! One two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Monday, November 7, 2016
1. Person of the Year presentation.
Time Magazine Person of the Year 1927-2014
The door opened, and a distinguished-looking gray-haired man burst in--it’s the only way to describe his entrance--trailed by a couple of deputies. He was both the oldest person in the room by 20 years and the only one wearing a suit. He was in the building, he explained with the delighted air of a man about to secure the ironclad bragging rights forever, and he just had to stop in and introduce himself to Zuckerberg: Robert Mueller, director of the FBI, pleased to meet you. They shook hands and chatted about nothing for a couple of minutes, and then Mueller left. There was a giddy silence while everybody just looked at one another as if to say, “What the hell just happened?” It was a fair question.
The question would be brought up whether someone who is dead could qualify. Yes, if you can make the case that the person still made the biggest impact on the world in the last year. Another question is whether or not a group of people can be persons of the year. Again, yes. However, there will be no "Animals of the Year" or "Inanimate Object of the Year" or "Bacteria of the Year", etc. It must be a person or group of people, living or dead,
Time Magazine Person of the Year 1927-2014
Person of the Year Persuasive Speech
REQUIREMENTS
1. Choose a person who you feel deserves to be the person of the year for 2016. This person needs to have had an impact on the world in some way.
2. You will create for this assignment:
- a powerpoint
3. You must use at least two of the most important means of persuading an audience:
-Ethos
-Pathos
-Logos
4. You will decide how best to incorporate your speech and powerpoint together to make the most effective impression. You may arrange for a partner to control the slides during your speech.
4. You will decide how best to incorporate your speech and powerpoint together to make the most effective impression. You may arrange for a partner to control the slides during your speech.
Time’s Person of the Year, 2010
The door opened, and a distinguished-looking gray-haired man burst in--it’s the only way to describe his entrance--trailed by a couple of deputies. He was both the oldest person in the room by 20 years and the only one wearing a suit. He was in the building, he explained with the delighted air of a man about to secure the ironclad bragging rights forever, and he just had to stop in and introduce himself to Zuckerberg: Robert Mueller, director of the FBI, pleased to meet you. They shook hands and chatted about nothing for a couple of minutes, and then Mueller left. There was a giddy silence while everybody just looked at one another as if to say, “What the hell just happened?” It was a fair question.
What just happened? In less than seven years, Zuckerberg wired together a twelfth of humanity into a single network, thereby creating a social entity almost twice as large as the US. If Facebook were a country it would be the third largest behind only China and India. Facebook has merged with the social fabric of American life, and not just American but human life: nearly half of all Americans have a Facebook account, but 70% of Facebook users live outside the US. It’s a permanent fact of our global social reality. We have entered the Facebook age, and Mark Zuckerberg is the man who brought us here.
MLA Citation
Grossman, Lev. Person of the Year 2010. Time Mag., 15 Dec 2010. Web 22 Feb 2012.
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Powerpoint Requirements
1. First slide has Person of the Year and the person's name.
2. Second slide has pictures of the person.
3. Third slide has background information about the person.
1. First slide has Person of the Year and the person's name.
2. Second slide has pictures of the person.
3. Third slide has background information about the person.
4. Fourth slide has pertinent information making your case for his/her being Person of the Year.
5. Fifth slide has all the sources written in proper format. (There are many sites online to help you with this. You may use sites on the internet that do these automatically, if you are able. Also, there is a poster on the wall with helpful instructions.)
Speech Requirements
1. Subject of the speech is the person who, in your opinion, impacted the world the most in the past year.
2. Included is any information about that person that would be helpful in proving your case and swaying the audience that your choice as Person of the Year is the correct one.
3. An argument will be made by you why that person should be chosen as Person of the Year.
4. Your presentation must be between two and five minutes long.
5. Although not required, an interesting anecdote such as the one about Mark Zuckerberg and Robert Mueller above can be helpful.
6. Remember that this is a persuasive speech. Use appropriate rhetoric in your speech.
Timeline
1. Name of your choice for Person of the Year turned in today. (daily grade)
2. Powerpoint and presentation due Thursday, November 10. (daily grade for each of the two)
5. Fifth slide has all the sources written in proper format. (There are many sites online to help you with this. You may use sites on the internet that do these automatically, if you are able. Also, there is a poster on the wall with helpful instructions.)
Speech Requirements
1. Subject of the speech is the person who, in your opinion, impacted the world the most in the past year.
2. Included is any information about that person that would be helpful in proving your case and swaying the audience that your choice as Person of the Year is the correct one.
3. An argument will be made by you why that person should be chosen as Person of the Year.
4. Your presentation must be between two and five minutes long.
5. Although not required, an interesting anecdote such as the one about Mark Zuckerberg and Robert Mueller above can be helpful.
6. Remember that this is a persuasive speech. Use appropriate rhetoric in your speech.
Timeline
1. Name of your choice for Person of the Year turned in today. (daily grade)
2. Powerpoint and presentation due Thursday, November 10. (daily grade for each of the two)
3. We are not in class Friday, and Thursday is the last day of the six-week grading period.
Grading
There will be three daily grades as listed above.
Take this speech seriously. I do not want you to make a ridiculous choice for your person of the year. For example, Channing Tatum, Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift, and Justin Bieber may be interesting (or not), but they certainly did not make the biggest impact on the world in the last year. However, you may make a case for some celebrities whose films really did change things, or who did important things other than just make music or movies or such. The same goes for athletes. Like Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson, some athletes rise above mere sports to make a huge impact on the world. Your father or grandmother may be a wonderful person, but again, I have to point out that since this assignment is not who impacted your own little world, neither is a good candidate. If, on the other hand, your grandmother is Hillary Clinton, you might be able to make a good case. Whoever you choose, it may not be enough to simply make an impact... ask yourself if your choice made the biggest impact in 2016. Just because your favorite singer raises money for charity does not make that individual person of the year.
We have discussed the fact that someone who did terrible things could be person of the year. You may choose such a person for your person of the year. However, do not glorify that person and what he/she did. For example, El Chapo may have done a few good things that do not even come close to making up for the bad. Do not make him seem a hero.
The question would be brought up whether someone who is dead could qualify. Yes, if you can make the case that the person still made the biggest impact on the world in the last year. Another question is whether or not a group of people can be persons of the year. Again, yes. However, there will be no "Animals of the Year" or "Inanimate Object of the Year" or "Bacteria of the Year", etc. It must be a person or group of people, living or dead,
Finally, your opinion does count, but you cannot discount or ignore others' opinions. Communicating is more than just telling what you think. You must consider your audience, and in this case, the audience is me.
Friday, November 4, 2016
1. Finish debate speeches.
2. Begin Person of the Year speeches (if time allows).
2. Begin Person of the Year speeches (if time allows).
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
1. Debate speech.
2. While not technically a debate in which students will have to react to what their opponents say, it is a debate in that they and their partners will have to take opposite sides of an issue.
3. Students will pair up.
4. If you are unable to find a partner, I will assign one for you.
5. Each pair will choose a topic to address.
6. One of the two will give a 1-2 minute statement taking one side of the topic.
7. The other student will give a 1-2 minute statement taking the opposite side of the topic.
8. The first student will give another 1-2 minute statement on his/her side.
10. The second student will give another 1-2 minute statement.
9. The pair will decide who goes first.
11. Each student will receive a daily grade for his or her own speech and the successful presentation of his/her side, backed up with facts, etc.
12. Each student will receive a second daily grade based upon proper speech techniques.
13. THIS IS A COMPETITION.
14. The winner of the debate for each pair may opt out of the next assignment and will receive a 100 for that assignment. I will decide who wins the debate. This does not mean that both of you can slack off and one will automatically win. I reserve the right not to award either of the students the 100 if both do a lackluster job.
15. Upon my judgment, especially effective pairs may both opt out of the next assignment and receive the 100. this will not be common.
16. By the way, the next assignment is actually three daily grades, so the winners will receive 100's for each part.
17. Students must be able to present either side of whatever topic the pair chooses. If one of the pair is unwilling to present a particular side of a topic, choose something else.
18. ALL TOPICS MUST BE APPROVED BY ME.
19. This speech is due Thursday, November 3. Yes, this is not a lot of time, so you do not have a moment to lose. Get started.
20. Each student will also receive a daily grade for his/her work in class on this. If you are wasting time, you will receive a wasting time kind of grade.
21. In the event that there is an odd number of students in a class, one of those students may present both sides of an issue, with two 1-2 minute speeches. I will choose who will be the lone wolf.
2. While not technically a debate in which students will have to react to what their opponents say, it is a debate in that they and their partners will have to take opposite sides of an issue.
3. Students will pair up.
4. If you are unable to find a partner, I will assign one for you.
5. Each pair will choose a topic to address.
6. One of the two will give a 1-2 minute statement taking one side of the topic.
7. The other student will give a 1-2 minute statement taking the opposite side of the topic.
8. The first student will give another 1-2 minute statement on his/her side.
10. The second student will give another 1-2 minute statement.
9. The pair will decide who goes first.
11. Each student will receive a daily grade for his or her own speech and the successful presentation of his/her side, backed up with facts, etc.
12. Each student will receive a second daily grade based upon proper speech techniques.
13. THIS IS A COMPETITION.
14. The winner of the debate for each pair may opt out of the next assignment and will receive a 100 for that assignment. I will decide who wins the debate. This does not mean that both of you can slack off and one will automatically win. I reserve the right not to award either of the students the 100 if both do a lackluster job.
15. Upon my judgment, especially effective pairs may both opt out of the next assignment and receive the 100. this will not be common.
16. By the way, the next assignment is actually three daily grades, so the winners will receive 100's for each part.
17. Students must be able to present either side of whatever topic the pair chooses. If one of the pair is unwilling to present a particular side of a topic, choose something else.
18. ALL TOPICS MUST BE APPROVED BY ME.
19. This speech is due Thursday, November 3. Yes, this is not a lot of time, so you do not have a moment to lose. Get started.
20. Each student will also receive a daily grade for his/her work in class on this. If you are wasting time, you will receive a wasting time kind of grade.
21. In the event that there is an odd number of students in a class, one of those students may present both sides of an issue, with two 1-2 minute speeches. I will choose who will be the lone wolf.
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