Wednesday, January 31

American Studies:

1. Turn in WTEWD LSG
2. Read war poems in new Reader; discuss

Creative Writing:

1. Daily Writing: “The first time I wore _________”
2. Listen to “10 Steps to a Memorable Character” and take notes, discuss

CHOIR KIDS!!

Hi guys and gals,

I am so excited about the trip you are about to take (I’m jealous!) Try to get as much of this stuff done before hand so that you don’t have to worry about it all when you get back. I’ve provided as much stuff here as I could think of, but I’ll keep this updated so you can look when you get back!

1. You’ll be missing three DYR’s. To make up for these, please find some sticky notes and do some form of active reading in F451 every two pages or so. This will prove to me that you read and worked through the text. Make sure you show these to me!
2. Read “Why are we in Vietnam?” in your reader and do the accompanying study guide.
3. Read songs of social change in reader and do the accompanying study guide. Songs of Social Change LSG
4. Complete F451 review sheet

Tuesday, January 30

American Studies:

1. F451 DYR #3
2. Analyze Faber’s speech (p.80-87)analyzing-faber%e2%80%99s-speech.doc

Creative Writing:

1. Writing Practice handout & discussion
2. Daily Writing: a forbidden activity
3. The dark side of your character: Most of your characters are shiny, happy people–what’s the deal? Create the following for your character:
   1. her bad habit
   2. what her friends get annoyed by
   3. what she fears
   4. what she regrets
   5. her worst physical flaw
   6. what she does when no one else is around
   7. the worst lie she ever told
   8. what she refuses to tell anyone

Monday, January 29

American Studies-

1. Finish reading When the Emperor Was Divine
2. Passed out LSG–due Wednesday
3. Explained Book Club (see handout)

Creative Writing-

1. Ms. Kitchens’s verbal babble

Friday, January 26

American Studies:

1. F451 DYR #2
2. Begin reading  When the Emperor Was Divine

Creative Writing:

1. Turn in character collage
2. Workshop character bios in groups of 4–ask at least one question about each author’s character

Thursday, January 25

American Studies:

Alas! Copies of When the Emperor Was Divine were AWOL, so we didn’t get to read it as planned. (I know you’re terribly upset…) We did go over the LSG for BoB and then I gave the rest of the class as work time–read F451 or work on history HRR. Get her done!

Creative Writing:

1. Read article about Thank-You letters and discuss
2. Write a thank-you letter to be sent (Due Monday)
3. Finish character letter (due today!)
4. Finish Character collage (due Friday!)

Wednesday, January 24

American Studies:

1. Chose 3 discussion questions from sheet #1 and 3 questions from sheet #2. Answer in depth on a separate sheet of paper.
2. Read F451 out loud in class. I modeled how to engage with the text; basically, active reading without writing it down.
3. Turned in BoB LSG
4. Parent Signature sheet due tomorrow

Creative Writing

1.  Passed out Steele Canyon pen-pal letters–no need to respond as students are changing this term.
2. Make sure your character letter is turned in.
3. Create a character collage:
   1. Describe your character using pictures, words, and phrases from magazines.
   2. Your collage should fill an entire white paper.
   3. Do not use character name or direct characterization.

Fahrenheit 451 Stuff

Here’s some additional stuff you might need for F451:

Reading Schedule

DYR #1

Bradbury Article

Intro PowerPoint

Hello, Parents!!

Your student was asked to take this letter home, have you read, sign and return the last page. If you didn’t get a copy, or need another, here it is for you to download.

parentletter.doc

Tuesday, January 23

American Studies

• F451 DYR #1–open book. If you missed this, check the absent folder for a half sheet–it may have fallen to the bottom of the folder!
• F451 discussion. Write one question you have about the reading on a sticky note. Discussed questions.

Creative Writing

• Read letter article and responded to and discussed it.
• Turned in friendly letter.
• Began Character Letter #1  Character Letter Assignments