Friday, February 15, 2019
february 15
JOURNAL TOPIC:
How far away from you (or how different a life from yours) does a person have to live in order for you to consider him/her a "foreigner"? Are you inclined to welcome "foreigners" -- whether they be from a different country, city, or even just another social clique on campus-- or are you inclined to favor people whose experience is more similar to yours?
AGENDA:
1. Journal (please turn in)
2. Les Mis
3. Lit Circles
4. Agreement: how much should we read this weekend?
POST:
What's the difference between agreeing to complete work for each other, and being told what to do for homework? (title: HAVE TO VERSUS WANT TO)
How far away from you (or how different a life from yours) does a person have to live in order for you to consider him/her a "foreigner"? Are you inclined to welcome "foreigners" -- whether they be from a different country, city, or even just another social clique on campus-- or are you inclined to favor people whose experience is more similar to yours?
AGENDA:
1. Journal (please turn in)
2. Les Mis
3. Lit Circles
4. Agreement: how much should we read this weekend?
POST:
What's the difference between agreeing to complete work for each other, and being told what to do for homework? (title: HAVE TO VERSUS WANT TO)
Thursday, February 14, 2019
february 14
JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "My Funny Valentine" by Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker; "California Love" by 2Pac]
How will the love you express today be remembered tomorrow? Also, if you really love someone, why do you need a 'holiday' to express the way you feel?
(P.S. Help those poor people who paid 3x the price for roses this week by being a role model for love the other 364 days.)
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Les Mis: multiple perspectives on the same scene
3. Lit circles and updating your docs
POST:
How can you show what you learn about what we read? (title: HOW YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW)
How will the love you express today be remembered tomorrow? Also, if you really love someone, why do you need a 'holiday' to express the way you feel?
(P.S. Help those poor people who paid 3x the price for roses this week by being a role model for love the other 364 days.)
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Les Mis: multiple perspectives on the same scene
3. Lit circles and updating your docs
POST:
How can you show what you learn about what we read? (title: HOW YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW)
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
teen journalism
Sometimes the writing of teenagers causes me to reflect on the integrity and passion that adults so often lose to age and the compromise of "maturity." This is one of those moments. Have a look at SINCE PARKLAND and let us know what you think in a comment to this post.
(Thanks, BoingBoing!)
(Thanks, BoingBoing!)
lit circle docs
Thanks to everyone who sent the links. You can see them here:
https://drprestonsworldlitsmhs1819.blogspot.com/p/lit-circles-docs.html
For tomorrow (Wednesday), please have a look at the other groups' docs and think about what you can add to yours. We will discuss in class. Stay dry out there! 😆
https://drprestonsworldlitsmhs1819.blogspot.com/p/lit-circles-docs.html
For tomorrow (Wednesday), please have a look at the other groups' docs and think about what you can add to yours. We will discuss in class. Stay dry out there! 😆
february 13
JOURNAL TOPIC:
Yesterday we read in Les Mis about the character Sister Simplice: "Never to have lied, never to have spoken for any purpose whatever, even carelessly, a single word that was not the truth, the sacred truth, was the distinctive trait of Sister Simplice."
Why do you think Hugo emphasizes this? He even writes, in the sentence just before the quote above, "Let us emphasize one circumstance." (all of this is on p. 213) Why is this so important? Immediately after this description of Sister Simplice, Hugo moves back to M. Madeleine/Jean Valjean, but it's obvious that we're going to see Sister Simplice again later-- do you think her honesty will be a factor? Will she be forced to tell a lie? What do you think?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Les Mis/ reading and discussion
3. Lit circles
COMMENT: to this post with a link to your lit circle's Google doc
POST:
Your notes from today (title: 2/13 NOTES ON LES MIS)
Yesterday we read in Les Mis about the character Sister Simplice: "Never to have lied, never to have spoken for any purpose whatever, even carelessly, a single word that was not the truth, the sacred truth, was the distinctive trait of Sister Simplice."
Why do you think Hugo emphasizes this? He even writes, in the sentence just before the quote above, "Let us emphasize one circumstance." (all of this is on p. 213) Why is this so important? Immediately after this description of Sister Simplice, Hugo moves back to M. Madeleine/Jean Valjean, but it's obvious that we're going to see Sister Simplice again later-- do you think her honesty will be a factor? Will she be forced to tell a lie? What do you think?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Les Mis/ reading and discussion
3. Lit circles
COMMENT: to this post with a link to your lit circle's Google doc
POST:
Your notes from today (title: 2/13 NOTES ON LES MIS)
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
february 12
JOURNAL TOPIC:
If your shoes could talk, what story would they tell about your weekend? Use your imagination and have fun: "Wow, she took us to the [...]..." or, "She didn't even notice that we stepped in gum!" or, Oh, man, she left us under the bed and we didn't even see daylight..."
-OR-
Choose your own topic.
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Les Mis
If your shoes could talk, what story would they tell about your weekend? Use your imagination and have fun: "Wow, she took us to the [...]..." or, "She didn't even notice that we stepped in gum!" or, Oh, man, she left us under the bed and we didn't even see daylight..."
-OR-
Choose your own topic.
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Les Mis
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As often as I say it, I feel like I don't say it often enough: Thank You. Thank you for your effort, your insight, your willingness...
