Week 13, S2

Hello Everyone,

Here is a list of work for the week:

1. Make sure you take the Fahrenheit 451 Quiz. Friday morning at 8 am is the hard deadline.  I'm working on grades over the next few days and will include it in your progress report.

2. Finish reading Fahrenheit 451.  

3. Here is a chart related to the text that I want you to complete this week. Make your own copy.  Read and follow the directions precisely.

4. Here is the rest of the work within the slides.

Also, I'm working on a Google survey to canvas your various thoughts about returning to the physical classroom again.  

As exciting as it is for some, it seems to creates logistical complications/concerns for others.  I need time to think about it.  Here's what I need to think about:

How many of you will attend in person?

If several of you stay home, can I do a hybrid well?

Is it "worth it" to figure out all of the kinks and hiccups just for our last few weeks together?

Anywhooo, look for the survey and fill it out---it will help me figure out how to proceed.  

I would LOVE to come back to the physical, but I don't want to make any of us crazy doing so!

That's it for now...Mrs. Price

Week 12, Semester 2

 Hello,

I'm posting the Week 12 slides here today for those who want to get started ASAP.  They contain not only a review of  class but instructions for this week's work over break.

Remember there will be a quiz on the first two parts of Fahrenheit 451 and the slides.

25x perfectly over four days.

Have a fabulous break and see you on April 7th!

Mrs. Price

Week 11, Semester 2

 Here are the slides for this week; they're a combination of review from class and new material.  Be sure to click through the Prezi presentation and complete the worksheet.  Also, there is a family genealogy assignment in there too. There are also some group discussion questions and information that we'll use next week.

Here is the last study guide to complete. Have all of this week's work ready to check next week in your groups.

Submit all Their Eyes Study Guide Work, genealogy effort, and email etiquette worksheet here by next class. Let me know if I am forgetting any work.

Progress reports will be calculated and sent at the end of spring break (early April), so the work for this unit will be the final piece that goes into that computation.  Do excellent work!

I saw this article in the Asheville Citizen-Times today and thought to keep you in the loop:

Vance Monument: Asheville to take final vote on obelisk honoring racist Confederate governor

Week 10, Semester 2

Their Eyes Were Watching God

This week we'll read chapters 7-15 of TEWWG.  Please make use of the glossary and audio (tab above); I promise it will help you get more out of your experience and the story.

HERE'S the study guide for this week, follow the directions.  I realize that the study guide slows down your reading process. In fact, that is the point; I want you to digest the text thoughtfully and not just plow through it. Slowing down gives you more time to ponder, revisit, and apply.  I know some of you still don't believe me about this, but please try it my way. ; )

The questions for these chapters will push you past toward WHAT is happening to HOW and WHY Hurston uses language, tone, and diction to convey the WHAT.

HERE are the slides that will help you 1) review the material from class 2) help you fill out your study guide and prepare for reading  3) help you prepare for next week's quiz.  Along the way there are videos and links to read, so look for them.

That's it for this week....we'll get to the local history revision stuff soon but not this week.

Questions?  Email me--happy to help!

Mrs. Price

Week 9, Semester 2

Here's the complete work for this week. Enjoy listening to Ruby Dee's narration while following along in the book.

Their Eyes Were Watching God

This week we'll read the first six chapters. Please notice and use the "Their Eyes Resources" tab at the top of this blog.  Here you'll find a helpful glossary and an excellent audio reading of each chapter.  

Before each chapter, read through the glossary words for that chapter so that you'll understand them.

Here are the study guide questions for chapters 1-6. Make your own copy of the document and answer the questions as you read. Keep all of your work for this unit in one place so that it's all together when it's time to turn it in.

Please listen to Chapter 1 as you follow along in the text.  It's good to have both your eyes and ears taking in the words and sound of the vernacular.  It will help you become accustomed to the feel and sound of the language.  Each chapter has an audio link, so you may wish to listen throughout your reading. It's a great audio version.

We will have some vocabulary to define related to this book and Zora Neale Hurston.  Please look up and define each of the following:

vernacular

colloquial

aphorisms

folklore

anthropology

idiom

Harlem Renaissance Video Component

Watch the following videos on the Harlem Renaissance Movement.  Take notes of specifics while you watch.  Afterwards, use your notes to create a Writer's Notebook entry with at least four well-developed paragraphs. Here are the topics you should address in each paragraph:

Paragraph 1: A description of the movement  (think: who, what, when, where)

Paragraph 2: The causes of the movement  (think: why? what conditions precipitated it?)

Paragraph 3: Characteristics of mov't, some important figures and art forms

Paragraph 4:  Impact and legacy

Videos to Watch

The Great Migration & The Harlem Renaissance (12 minutes)

The Harlem Renaissance's cultural explosion, in photographs (5 minutes)

Great Gatsby Work Submission

Here's the document where you should submit links to all of your Gatsby unit work.  You can take pictures of elements or scan them and compile their images into a Google Slides document.  Or you can share Google documents as links as well.  Be sure to change the permissions so I have access and ability to comment. All of these are due to be submitted by next Tuesday.

Week 8, Semester 2

Oh, wow, we are entering Week 8 not Week 7!  A few remarks before the specifics:

After further research, I learned that each of us will need to rent the movie to view it, whether we participate in a Watch Party or not.  Sorry about that--thought I might be able to reduce expenses, but regardless, you can find the movie online inexpensively ($3.99) on Amazon Prime, but also at:

There may be other places too--Netflix? Anyway, I still like the idea of watch parties so that our experience can be more communal.  So, if you host or participate in a watch party, you can count that as party of your Gatsby unit work.

Either way, it's your choice--watch on your own or with others, but WATCH. : )  

I hosted a Gatsby watch party Thursday night. If anyone else would like to host an "open-invitation" the-more-the-merrier kind of watch party, let me know, and I'll share that here.

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Regardless of how you watch,  BEFORE YOU WATCH, do the following.  Note: sorry in advance about some of the mic/muffled sound in the Preview Prep 2, my headset was pulling in and out, so just bear with.  

Watch Preview Prep 1--Art & Film Terms (15 min)

Watch Preview Prep 2--Intro to Baz Luhrmann (15 min)

PRINT this Gatsby Search and Find and use it focus your viewing.  Read the categories beforehand and take notes about aspects as you watch.

Here are the slides from the Preview Prep above for reference.

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Gatsby Character Poem

Yes, you will be writing a poem this week.  Don't stress---it will be fun!  I'm going to give you a specific structure to follow and you should make use of words/descriptions/images from the actual text (in addition to your own word choices).

Here is the format/brainstorming prompt, except you will be writing about your choice of CHARACTER from The Great Gatsby. There are many interesting characters in this book, so be open to less obvious choices too.  It'd be nice to have a mix of characters to share next week (yes, we will share these).

Use the text to inform your descriptions and word choices.

Do not make it rhyme--I forbid you. : )  Follow the format closely--I insist. : )

Once you brainstorm on the sheet, read it aloud to yourself and notice how the words sound together.

Tweak and revise. Use a few words Fitzgerald used.  Copy or type it out in a separate document.

These always turn out great---so enjoy!  Write one about yourself too if you like---you may find out something new about yourself. ; )

Here is one as an example---do you recognize the character and book?

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That's it for this week---keep all of your Gatsby work in one place (except your Writer's Notebook entry). We'll talk about ways to submit it all next week!

Hey--a few of you have forgotten to take the Gatsby Quiz---get it done before you incur penalty.

Today's Google Doodle

 Look whose birthday is celebrated today with a Google doodle:

Can you connect the images they included back to what you know about her? Try to remember how the images in the drawing are fitting. 🎂

Here's a link to the Google Doodle entry--look at the Q & A with the artist too, thoughtfully done!