Wednesday, November 16, 2016

1. Quiz


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

Thursday, December 1                 Practice and/or video

Friday, December 2                      Programs are presented (test grade)

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.)

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

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