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Date
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Assignments
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H.W. & Reminders
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3/10
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Finished AWOL presentations and wrote a paragraph
opinion response.
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Reading due tomorrow – see calendar.
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3/9
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Early Dismissal
Handed back essays and some feedback in the form of a
letter. Students reflected on their
papers. Returned unused handouts. Explained Participation grading.
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See calendar.
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3/8
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Read articles on AWOL soldiers and began presentations.
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3/5
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Found text examples showing Tim’s struggle in “On the
Rainy River.” Connected to how he felt,
who he blamed, and/or what he worried about. Then worked on our own writing. Write a piece which makes a personal
connection to this story. Use
yesterday’s examples as models.
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See calendar.
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3/4
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Discussed yesterday’s work.
Read two different pieces and examined the structure. Both pieces link personal experience to
literature. This is what we will be
doing tomorrow.
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Essay due tomorrow.
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3/3
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Reading check.
Answered questions and wrote in response to “On The
Rainy River.” Here are the questions.
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3/2
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Groups focused on sections of the text. We pulled out what is being said about
war (the point of the scene) and power and justice issues. These will be on the board tomorrow.
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See calendar.
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3/1
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A look at style.
Looked at different quotes from ch.1 in order to analyze
their purpose. Observed how run-on sentences could capture fear and
boredom. Wrote an imitation
sentence.
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See calendar.
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2/26
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Reading check.
Discussion of characters from ch.1 and how they handle
not having power. Connected soldier
behavior to the Male Box from last week..
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See calendar.
Essay due Friday.
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2/25
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Introduced The
Things They Carried. Handed out reading schedule and character chart. Began reading and filling chart.
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See calendar – pp.1-26 due tomorrow.
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2/24
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Debriefed our Socratic – made connections to real life.
Handed out the essay
prompt for this unit as well as a works
cited page. Created possible
thesis statements and looked at ways
to connect to the class comment.
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Essays due Friday – 3/5
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2/23
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Minimum day.
Socratic Seminar for “The Healer.”
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Bring Things tomorrow.
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2/22
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Obtained copies of The
Things They Carried
Briefly reflected on the social power unit and whether
or not there’s value in looking at it.
Read “The Healer” and prepared notes for tomorrow’s
Socratic Seminar. The essential
question: What does “The Healer”
have to say about power?
Consider: Who has it? Who doesn’t? What is the downside of power? When is it
celebrated? When is it condemned?
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We will start with Things
on Thursday.
Bring Socratic notes tomorrow and “The Healer” tomorrow.
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2/19
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Groups worked on restructuring pieces of Marge Piercy’s
“Rape Poem.” Discussed structure
choices as well as the subject of rape.
Considered the role the gender boxes play in this.
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Bring I.D.s on Monday for book room.
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2/18
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Moved from the power of the gender boxes on social
behavior to sexual harassment. What
is it and how are power issues at work? Does it exist at WHS? What can be done about it?
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2/17
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Responded with 3 journal prompts to the gender boxes and
discussed. Also discussed some of
the questions boys want to know about girls and vice versa. P.5
boys – keep your shoes dry.
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2/16
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Same sex groups created the characteristics of the ideal
male or female according to society.
Discussed what is accepted and what isn’t.
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2/12
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Looked at the WHS map results and discussed labeling.
Wrote about and discussed differences between men and
women.
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2/11
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Handed in WHS maps.
Discussion and journals on structures of girl and boy
groups.
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2/10
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A high number of absences today, so…
Current event on tagging. Read, wrote, and discussed various power
and justice issues relevant to this issue.
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WHS maps tomorrow.
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2/9
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Turned papers in.
Groups worked on either identifying power types in Cat’s Eye or explaining how
foreshadowing is created by figurative language or setting.
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Fill out WHS map.
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2/5
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Reviewed the master list of types of power.
Started our first unit on social power. Read and excerpt from Cat’s Eye and responded. Also began responding to a handout from
Mr.E. featuring a quote from Rosalind Wiseman’s Queen Bees and Wannabes.
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Papers due Tuesday.
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2/4
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Read over a successful college admission essay (go Ron
Lee!) and identified what makes it effective. Conclusion: specifics to support, verbs, dialogue,
etc.
Revised drafts to add more specifics, to make stronger
verbs. Briefly considered creative
hooks, conclusions, and transitions.
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Final papers due Tuesday.
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2/3
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Studied art – a portrayal of justice and a portrayal of
power. Looking at choices made in
art and how they effect meaning.
Then came up with a list of as many types of power as we
could.
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Bring draft of essay tomorrow.
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2/2
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Finished discussion of personal power – as a son/daughter
and as a friend. Began writing the
first paper. Here is the prompt
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Finish essay drafts and bring them on Thursday.
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9/10/09
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Welcome to Power and Justice
Seats and portfolio sharing.
Began considering power and justice issues in our lives
as: students, sons/daughters,
friends
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Print and bring this Course
Information letter.
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