Martian Chronicles Test #1 is tomorrow. It will cover the first 6 chapters, through pg. 63.
Honors: Art replication project groups assigned. If you were absent I have the list at school or hopefully you have already been contacted by your group.
Monday, January 29, 2018
Friday, January 26, 2018
Some updates to think about over the weekend:
a. Honors students should start looking for possible art replication pieces using the Art Replication Resources tab on the right side of this page. There are others out there, but I would like your source to be a reputable art archive or museum archive rather than just a google image search.
b. All students: We will push the Martian Chronicles test #1 to Tuesday and use Monday to discuss the first 6 chapters. We will use the posted guiding questions, but we will also spend time on the overall, big picture narrative pattern that Bradbury is addressing.
a. Honors students should start looking for possible art replication pieces using the Art Replication Resources tab on the right side of this page. There are others out there, but I would like your source to be a reputable art archive or museum archive rather than just a google image search.
b. All students: We will push the Martian Chronicles test #1 to Tuesday and use Monday to discuss the first 6 chapters. We will use the posted guiding questions, but we will also spend time on the overall, big picture narrative pattern that Bradbury is addressing.
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Martian Chronicles Test #1 will be Monday Jan 29. Don't forget!!!!
Martian Chronicles Study Questions #3
Chapter 5: The Taxpayer
Why do you think Bradbury makes the taxpayer (Pritchard) seem so wildly insistent about going to Mars? What aspects of our culture and human nature, both positive and negative, is Bradbury likely trying to illustrate with this interaction?
Chapter 6: The Third Expedition
What do the towns and other things that the Martians have built, or projected, imply about the Earthlings' reasons for traveling to Mars?
What is some of the irony in how Bradbury implies Martians would feel about Earthlings traveling to Mars?
Why does this chapter end the way it does? Why do the Martians continue the Earth-like facade after the deed is done?
Tuesday Jan 23: Enrollment meetings with counselors. Enrollment check list before. Full Case Study #1 analysis for vocab essay tomorrow/Thursday. See earlier post for Vocab Case Studies.
Martian Chronicles Study Questions #3
Chapter 5: The Taxpayer
Why do you think Bradbury makes the taxpayer (Pritchard) seem so wildly insistent about going to Mars? What aspects of our culture and human nature, both positive and negative, is Bradbury likely trying to illustrate with this interaction?
Chapter 6: The Third Expedition
What do the towns and other things that the Martians have built, or projected, imply about the Earthlings' reasons for traveling to Mars?
What is some of the irony in how Bradbury implies Martians would feel about Earthlings traveling to Mars?
Why does this chapter end the way it does? Why do the Martians continue the Earth-like facade after the deed is done?
Tuesday Jan 23: Enrollment meetings with counselors. Enrollment check list before. Full Case Study #1 analysis for vocab essay tomorrow/Thursday. See earlier post for Vocab Case Studies.
Monday, January 22, 2018
Discussed the case study model for vocabulary essays for second semester (see previous blog post) for both regular and honors. Make sure you read the post, as there are differences between how honors and standard classes will receive and address the material.
The Martian Chronicles: Next Monday, January 29 will be our first Martian Chronicles mini-test. It will cover the first 6 chapters, so you should have read through "The Third Expedition" by Monday. This is for all classes.
The Martian Chronicles: Next Monday, January 29 will be our first Martian Chronicles mini-test. It will cover the first 6 chapters, so you should have read through "The Third Expedition" by Monday. This is for all classes.
Argumentative Vocabulary Essay Case Study Update
In the following link you will find the pool of case studies that we will use for this semester's argumentative vocabulary essays. This is the case study list from the 2017-2018 National High School Ethics Bowl competition, of which I am the sponsor/coach for the South team. The NHSEB is coordinated through the Parr Center for Ethics at the University of North Carolina.
We will use these case studies as the foundation for the issues and arguments that will be featured on our vocabulary test/essays for the rest of the year. Each Monday of the week of a vocabulary test, you will find out which of these case studies you will be addressing on that week's test. Like last semester, I anticipate 7-8 vocabulary units this semester. There are 15 cases, so we will only use about half of them. Non-Honors classes will see the case studies in numerical order starting this week with #1, so you will probably only need to know the first 7-8. Honors classes will not receive the cases in order, therefore, any pre-work done will require you to familiarize yourself with all of the cases. You will notice as you read each case that there are a series of "study questions" but no question within the case itself, just a situation/predicament that is addressed. On test day, I will ask you a specific question in order to guide your formation of your argument. The question will not come verbatim from the study questions, but they will still provide you with solid guidance.
For this week's first test of second semester, we will begin with Case #1: Bodily Identity Integrity Disorder. This applies to both honors and non-honors.
In the following link you will find the pool of case studies that we will use for this semester's argumentative vocabulary essays. This is the case study list from the 2017-2018 National High School Ethics Bowl competition, of which I am the sponsor/coach for the South team. The NHSEB is coordinated through the Parr Center for Ethics at the University of North Carolina.
We will use these case studies as the foundation for the issues and arguments that will be featured on our vocabulary test/essays for the rest of the year. Each Monday of the week of a vocabulary test, you will find out which of these case studies you will be addressing on that week's test. Like last semester, I anticipate 7-8 vocabulary units this semester. There are 15 cases, so we will only use about half of them. Non-Honors classes will see the case studies in numerical order starting this week with #1, so you will probably only need to know the first 7-8. Honors classes will not receive the cases in order, therefore, any pre-work done will require you to familiarize yourself with all of the cases. You will notice as you read each case that there are a series of "study questions" but no question within the case itself, just a situation/predicament that is addressed. On test day, I will ask you a specific question in order to guide your formation of your argument. The question will not come verbatim from the study questions, but they will still provide you with solid guidance.
For this week's first test of second semester, we will begin with Case #1: Bodily Identity Integrity Disorder. This applies to both honors and non-honors.
Friday, January 19, 2018
The Martian Chronicles Study Notes continued:
August 1999: The Summer Night
What is starting to happen to more and more Martians and why does it alarm them?
What is this occurrence a likely foreshadowing of?
August 1999: The Earth Men
The men claim to be the second expedition but they don't know what happened to the first one. What happened?
Why are the men so upset by the greeting they receive on Mars? Indirectly, what does Bradbury seem to be criticizing about humans?
By having the Martians not care/not believe the Earthlings' stories, what "hard truth" does Bradbury propose even if there are other life forms besides on Earth?
Friday Jan 19: Enrollment presentation with counseling department
Wed/Thursday Jan 17-18: Full explanation/discussion/examples using the Purdue Argumentation Model and how we will apply it. You will find examples and practice opportunities on Google Classroom. The question/problem referred to on the GC assignments is "Should hardware/software developers be required to study the effects of their products beyond the point of purchase (in the real world) and modify the products' usability based on results?"
August 1999: The Summer Night
What is starting to happen to more and more Martians and why does it alarm them?
What is this occurrence a likely foreshadowing of?
August 1999: The Earth Men
The men claim to be the second expedition but they don't know what happened to the first one. What happened?
Why are the men so upset by the greeting they receive on Mars? Indirectly, what does Bradbury seem to be criticizing about humans?
By having the Martians not care/not believe the Earthlings' stories, what "hard truth" does Bradbury propose even if there are other life forms besides on Earth?
Friday Jan 19: Enrollment presentation with counseling department
Wed/Thursday Jan 17-18: Full explanation/discussion/examples using the Purdue Argumentation Model and how we will apply it. You will find examples and practice opportunities on Google Classroom. The question/problem referred to on the GC assignments is "Should hardware/software developers be required to study the effects of their products beyond the point of purchase (in the real world) and modify the products' usability based on results?"
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Due to the schedule for this week, our vocab test/essay will be pushed to next week. We will spend the block days this week working on a practice case study in the new vocab format. Remember that Friday is your pre-enrollment visit from counseling for next year. More details in class this week. Stay warmish.
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Wed/Thurs Jan 10-11
Vocab words and grading change discussion.
Vocab: bolster, depreciate, indiscriminate, inquisitive, nebulous, relegate, finite, sedentary, tenet, terse
Introduction to argumentation. This will be our writing focus this semester. Details and links will be added, but this Purdue OWL template is a good simple start.
Case study discussion and example. What will the format look like, and how will we prep for it? Here's an example of what a "case study" resource might look like, paired with a prompt/question that will need to be answered in the vocab essay.
Martian Chronicles initial discussion and read time.
Tuesday, Jan. 9:
Discussion of some format changes in grading, specifically to vocabulary test/essay.
Literary magazine submission extra credit options: JOCO Elementia and South Inscriptions. See earlier post for JOCO link. Submission deadline is Feb. 1 for JOCO, so get on it if interested. Inscriptions deadline is April 3 so you have a little more time on that one.
Guiding questions reflecting in-class discussion over getting started on The Martian Chronicles and connecting it to our media consumption intro to the semester can be found on G-Class. Read Rocket Summer and Ylla.
Vocab words and grading change discussion.
Vocab: bolster, depreciate, indiscriminate, inquisitive, nebulous, relegate, finite, sedentary, tenet, terse
Introduction to argumentation. This will be our writing focus this semester. Details and links will be added, but this Purdue OWL template is a good simple start.
Case study discussion and example. What will the format look like, and how will we prep for it? Here's an example of what a "case study" resource might look like, paired with a prompt/question that will need to be answered in the vocab essay.
Martian Chronicles initial discussion and read time.
Tuesday, Jan. 9:
Discussion of some format changes in grading, specifically to vocabulary test/essay.
Literary magazine submission extra credit options: JOCO Elementia and South Inscriptions. See earlier post for JOCO link. Submission deadline is Feb. 1 for JOCO, so get on it if interested. Inscriptions deadline is April 3 so you have a little more time on that one.
Guiding questions reflecting in-class discussion over getting started on The Martian Chronicles and connecting it to our media consumption intro to the semester can be found on G-Class. Read Rocket Summer and Ylla.
Monday, January 8, 2018
Friday, January 5, 2018
Click here for submission information to the Johnson County Library's literary magazine for teens, Elementia. The deadline for submissions is almost up. Great opportunity to make your voice heard and to earn extra credit in class.
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