Monday, October 18, 2010

First Six Weeks: Fiction Reading Check-In

Hi kids --

Because there are 120 of you and one of me and only so many minutes in a class period, I think the best way for us to discuss your books is online. Comment on this post below, and in your comment, answer any of the following questions that pique your interest or will demonstrate your reading of your book. :) (Aim to answer around three or four of them.)

Required Information:
* Your Name
* Book and author

Questions to Answer:
* Did you like the book? Why or why not?
* Did you sympathize with the main character?
* Did you see yourself in any of the characters?
* What is the theme?
* Did the book linger or stay with you?
* Was the book exciting? Uplifting? Depressing? Surprising?
* Would you read this author again?
* Was the book challenging? Easy?
* What did you think of the end of the book?
* Would you recommend the book to someone? Why or why not?
* What cautions do you have about the book?
* If the book is famous or highly notable, did it live up to the hype?

or pose your own question, based on the book, and answer it. :)

No need to use quotes or anything, unless there was something that you feel is just HAVE to share with the Internet World. Just speak candidly and thoroughly about your book from your own perspective.

and. DISCUSS!

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Primary Versus Secondary Sources QUIZ!

Period 6 HSE 4: Take this quiz after you have studied the difference between PRIMARY and SECONDARY sources. 




Sunday, April 26, 2009

Music Video Clips -- Reading FILM

Following our first class discussion on American Film and how to "read" a film by looking at various music videos, please comment below on the different strategies, tools, or decisions that the music video directors have used in these three music videos that enhances the message.  Make sure to consider the lyrics, too: how did the director come up with a video that enhanced the message of the words themselves? 


"No Rain" by Blind Melon -- the VIDEO