Thurs 10/29 Research

Oct 28

Learning Target

Media literacy: I can judge the reliability of a news source.

Daily Activity:

1. summarize the article on Afghanistan's earthquake (see half sheet guide
2. visit a variety of internet sources, search out additional ideas
3. create a bullet list documenting the new learning (can include video URLs with brief description)
Repeat for an article of your choice
Hand in 

Media literacy: Study guide--check for completion. Hand in if absent.

After discussing the journal prompt, complete the "fake news" questionnaire in your journal. (We discussed.)

In Journal: Read and summarize the news story on Afghanistan. 

Reminders/Due Dates:

Wed Oct 28

Oct 28

Learning Target

Media literacy: I can judge the reliability of a news source.

Daily Activity:

Journal: Scan the study guide from yesterday’s TED talk. Think about the implications (impact for the future) of citizen journalism and our access to many media sources on the Internet. What do you predict for the future? Be ready to discuss.

Media literacy: Study guide--check for completion. 

After discussing the journal prompt, complete the "fake news" questionnaire. (We discussed.)

In Journal: Read and summarize the news story on Afghanistan. 

Reminders/Due Dates:

Tuesday 10/27

Oct 27

Learning Target
Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
Daily Activity:
Journal: What is the best/worst thing about being the age you are right now? Write about it.
Media literacy: Ted Talks (study guide): go to this URL
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-choose-your-news-damon-brown
You will need to get a handout from me
Complete viewing and study guide

Reminders/Due Dates:

Monday Oct 26

Oct 26

Learning Target
Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
Daily Activity:
Choice Journal
Media literacy: Ted Talks (study guide): go to this URL
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-choose-your-news-damon-brown
You will need to get a handout from me

Reminders/Due Dates:

Friday Oct 23

Oct 23

Learning Target
Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
Daily Activity:
Complete film Beowulf and Grendel

Reminders/Due Dates:

Tues/Th 10/20-22 Beowulf and Grendel

Oct 20-22

Learning Target
Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
Daily Activity:
Introduction to Beowulf and Grendel: (handout)
Viewing: Record notes and details on the handout that point to various themes. Consider how the traditional text has been reinterpreted for a modern audience. What do you notice about character development and complexity? What similarities and differences do you see?
Wed. Journal: Discussion of media literacy: journal comparing traditional text to visual/aural texts. 
Thursday: Journal: What was your favorite toy as a child. Tell the story.
Continue viewing Beowulf to 1:05:16 (rowing)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Monday 10/19 Presentation

Oct 19

Learning Target
Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
Daily Activity:
Presenting Beowulf exit activity. Students who were not present will need to let me know how they contributed to the work. If absent for the entire process, you will need to do this on your own.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Tuesday, 10/13 Exit Activity

Oct 13

Learning Target
Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
Daily Activity:
1. Anglo Saxon Values:
Concrete paper inferring the values of the Anglo-Saxons from Beowulf (handout)
2. Letter home: permission for viewing segments of Beowulf and Grendel. 
Please share this information at home and return signed if you will need alternate curriculum.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Monday 10/12

Oct 12

Learning Target
Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
Daily Activity:
Reading immersion

Reminders/Due Dates:
Values exit activity on Beowulf Tuesday (25 points, small group)
Information/permission form for Beowulf and Grendel

Friday 10/9 Test

Oct 9

Learning Target
Daily Activity:
Beowulf/Anglos Saxon test

Reminders/Due Dates:
bring reading materials Monday
Values exit activity on Beowulf Tuesday (25 points, small group)

Thurs Oct 8 Test Review

Oct 8

Learning Target

Vocabulary development

Daily Activity:
Vocabulary Unit 2 quiz

Round robin paper pass: Student made study guides form the Beowulf documentary

Review for test
Reminders/Due Dates:
Anglo-Saxon values activity on Tuesday
Beowulf test Friday

Wed Oct 7

Oct 7

Learning Target

Read and comprehend complex media and informational texts 

Daily Activity:
Complete Beowulf and documentary on Beowulf.
Beowulf selections: Death of Beowulf and Mourning Beowulf pp. 62-66
Reminders/Due Dates:
Anglo-Saxon values activity on Tuesday
Vocabulary test tomorrow, Beowulf test Friday

Wednesday, 10/7 Beowulf Finale

Oct 7

Learning Target

Read and comprehend complex media and informational texts 

Daily Activity:
1. Journal: react and respond to "Benjamin Bagby" performance in the original Anglo-Saxon
https://vimeo.com/40671018
(We viewed the beginning for about 5 minutes.)
3. Complete the Beowulf selections: Death of Beowulf and Mourning Beowulf pp. 62-66
Reminders/Due Dates:
Anglo-Saxon values activity on Tuesday

Friday, 10/2 & Tuesday, 10/6 Beowulf

Friday Oct 2 and Tuesday Oct 6

Learning Target

Read and comprehend complex media and informational texts 

Friday: Reading Immersion (five points, make up in Hornet Hour for 25 minutes and have your teacher email me.) Be sure you have read "The Battle With Grendel's Mother"; summarize it in your journal.
Grade check (on Fridays, I will be asking that you check your grades and take time to make up missing assignments as time allows.)
Tuesday 10/6
Daily Activity:
1. Journal: What Makes a Hero?

From the fierce, doomed Anglo-Saxon warrior Beowulf to King Arthur and his loyal knights, bound by their code of chivalry, early British literature shows a deep fascination with the hero as the embodiment of society's highest ideals. As these ideals have shifted, the image of the hero has changed too. What do you believe are the qualities of a true hero? Cite a specific example in illustration.

2. Beowulf selections: The Battle With Grendel's Mother (read aloud in class)
3. Clash of the Gods: documentary continued


Reminders/Due Dates:
Tuesday before break, you will be completing an exit activity on Anlgo-Saxon values, using text-based evidence.