affinity
bilious
cognate
corollary
cul-de-sac
derring-do
divination
elixir
folderol
gamut
hoi polloi
ineffable
lucubration
mnemonic
obloquy
parameter
pundit
risible
symptomatic
volte-face
Monday, November 14, 2011
November 14
JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "Piano Quintet in A, D 667 The Trout" by Schubert]
[Choose your own topic. Today is an excellent day to show some initiative and creativity.]
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Vocabulary
HW:
1. Study for reading quiz tomorrow on weekend assignments
2. Pre-vocab quiz tomorrow
[Choose your own topic. Today is an excellent day to show some initiative and creativity.]
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Vocabulary
HW:
1. Study for reading quiz tomorrow on weekend assignments
2. Pre-vocab quiz tomorrow
Thursday, November 10, 2011
2011 Santa Barbara County Youth Impact Awards
This just in from Ms. DeBernardi:
Nominations are being accepted for the 2011 Youth Impact Awards. The award is for students who have made a “significant positive impact on their community in Santa Barbara County.” The deadline to submit a nomination is November 30th. Nomination forms are available online at www.countyofsb.org/kidsnet (click on "Youth Impact Awards").
If you know a person who qualifies, please download a nomination form and find someone (club advisor, coach, community leader, parent, teacher) to help you complete/submit it by November 30.
Nominations are being accepted for the 2011 Youth Impact Awards. The award is for students who have made a “significant positive impact on their community in Santa Barbara County.” The deadline to submit a nomination is November 30th. Nomination forms are available online at www.countyofsb.org/kidsnet (click on "Youth Impact Awards").
If you know a person who qualifies, please download a nomination form and find someone (club advisor, coach, community leader, parent, teacher) to help you complete/submit it by November 30.
November 10
JOURNAL TOPIC: ["Let's Get it Started (Spike Mix)" by Black Eyed Peas; "Right Now" by Van Halen]
What inspires you to be at your best?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Vocab/reading test
HW: TBD (as previously promised, this will depend on how all four periods do on the test-- I will update this at 3 PM today, please make sure to check this space so you can plan accordingly)
UPDATE @ 3:03 PM: Great job on the test today! Nice to see what you're capable of when you put your minds to it. As a result, your only HW is to read your literature analysis book--plan on finishing it by Friday, 11/18-- and to read/respond to the following two articles with a comment of 1-3 paragraphs to this post:
http://bit.ly/rtoEAm
http://bit.ly/pyOOBQ
What inspires you to be at your best?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Vocab/reading test
HW: TBD (as previously promised, this will depend on how all four periods do on the test-- I will update this at 3 PM today, please make sure to check this space so you can plan accordingly)
UPDATE @ 3:03 PM: Great job on the test today! Nice to see what you're capable of when you put your minds to it. As a result, your only HW is to read your literature analysis book--plan on finishing it by Friday, 11/18-- and to read/respond to the following two articles with a comment of 1-3 paragraphs to this post:
http://bit.ly/rtoEAm
http://bit.ly/pyOOBQ
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
November 9
JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "Money Song" by Monty Python; "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits; "Eat the Rich" by Aerosmith]
In reading about your plans for the future I was struck by the prominent role that money plays in your thinking, whether it motivates you ("I hope to earn $[X]") or worries you ("I can't pay for college"). What if you removed money from the decision-making equation and began a different sort of "self-overhearing" about your future? How would your new performative utterance sound if it were a simple declaration of what you're curious about, or what you do well, or what type of life you'd like to lead? How might it change your thinking and your course of action?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Writers' conferences
3. Study vocabulary: your partner's grade depends on it
HW:
1. Make sure you've left no vocabulary stone unturned
2. Read the article below (and take notes)-- there will be an extensive reading quiz tomorrow along with the vocabulary test. As you read, pay particular attention to how collaborative relationships operate offline, and think about how we can increase their value by networking online.
DP interdependence article -
In reading about your plans for the future I was struck by the prominent role that money plays in your thinking, whether it motivates you ("I hope to earn $[X]") or worries you ("I can't pay for college"). What if you removed money from the decision-making equation and began a different sort of "self-overhearing" about your future? How would your new performative utterance sound if it were a simple declaration of what you're curious about, or what you do well, or what type of life you'd like to lead? How might it change your thinking and your course of action?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Writers' conferences
3. Study vocabulary: your partner's grade depends on it
HW:
1. Make sure you've left no vocabulary stone unturned
2. Read the article below (and take notes)-- there will be an extensive reading quiz tomorrow along with the vocabulary test. As you read, pay particular attention to how collaborative relationships operate offline, and think about how we can increase their value by networking online.
DP interdependence article -
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
November 8
JOURNAL TOPIC: ["Teach Your Children Well" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; "I Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash; "Pacheco Pass" by Liz Story]
We've given a lot of attention to epic heroes, contemporary protagonists and role models. What kind of a hero/protagonist/role model are you? To whom? Are you aware of the impact you have on others? Does this play a role in your decision-making process and/or your relationships? How might it influence your thinking-- and how others see you-- in the future?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Writers' conferences
3. Groups: comb AP materials [EXIT TICKET: 5 needs/5 lessons]
HW:
1. Post an AP Exam-worthy essay to your blog in which you describe how Hamlet's use of language differentiates him from epic heroes such as Beowulf. Support your analysis with three textual examples (you may use your textbook and/or Hamlet; even though you already know it by heart I'm including the "To be, or not to be" soliloquy below)
To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep--
To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprise of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action. -- Soft you now,
The fair Ophelia! -- Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered.
We've given a lot of attention to epic heroes, contemporary protagonists and role models. What kind of a hero/protagonist/role model are you? To whom? Are you aware of the impact you have on others? Does this play a role in your decision-making process and/or your relationships? How might it influence your thinking-- and how others see you-- in the future?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Writers' conferences
3. Groups: comb AP materials [EXIT TICKET: 5 needs/5 lessons]
HW:
1. Post an AP Exam-worthy essay to your blog in which you describe how Hamlet's use of language differentiates him from epic heroes such as Beowulf. Support your analysis with three textual examples (you may use your textbook and/or Hamlet; even though you already know it by heart I'm including the "To be, or not to be" soliloquy below)
To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep--
To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprise of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action. -- Soft you now,
The fair Ophelia! -- Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered.
Monday, November 7, 2011
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