2/1

Agenda:

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/make-student-work-public-hth

Final grade for this project will be based off of your F451 portfolio.  Includes...

a.  Your passage analysis w/any revisions you made
b.  Your final written piece
c.  Your art piece
d.  All of the other work you did in order to prepare (budget, emails, notes, research, drawings, art designs, interviews, etc)
e.  Reflection, written and in a conference with Matt, on these questions, with specific stories/evidence about your work:  What did you do to help make the Exhibition an experience that blew people's minds? What did you learn about translating ideas into art and public display to convey your understanding and your individual perspective on F451?  

*Deadline*--Have a concrete design, budget, and description of your final art piece to discuss with Matt by Thursday.

Field trip for brainstorm?

Exhibition is a...
Silent Auction to benefit... better library?  x-block awesomeness?  new class furniture?  

--Exhibition Committee (presentations and oversight of the exhibition--Challenge Extension)

--Hospitality (food, music, posters, walls, etc)

--Catalogue of Pieces (Photos, artist bios, artist statements, etc)

--Finance (raising money for supplies, etc)

Essential Questions:

What is the theme and title of the exhibition for our class?

What does the exhibition look like?  Think big..

Joint Projects of multiple students?  One art piece for whole class?  Individual work? Class mural?  Class sculpture?  Combination of individual art pieces into a whole piece?  

Art piece design!

Mini-lesson:  Graphic Novels

Independent work-time:

https://docs.google.com/a/animashighschool.com/document/d/17-Rzo1dEb84xgM-RrCxKaB1Q9YP_SQQ5R2fvCPXG0OY/edit?usp=sharing

*Design your art piece
--List of materials and budget
--Group work or individual?
--What are all the ideas your are thinking of for your art piece?  Sketch and/or written description.  Save for your porfolio. Write for your audience.

1/29

HW:  Seminar Reflection due Sunday 10pm.  See google classroom for assignment.

Agenda:
Seminar pre-write.  Answer the following questions, typed or handwritten.

a.  Look at pages 50-59.  How does Beatty explain the changes that led to the society of Fahrenheit 451?  Use 1 quote as evidence.

b.  Look at pages 79.  How does Faber explain the importance of books?

c.  Look at pages 111-113.  Why did Montag kill Faber?  Then look at page 116.  What new information about Beatty do we learn?


Seminar

Seminar Reflection (see google classroom) at end of class.

1/27

Agenda: To be prepped for Writing Workshops tomorrow on our Passage Analyses

*Game!

*Feedback review...
Be SPECIFIC-HELPFUL-KIND

*Peer Reviews of Passage Analysis--see Google Classroom.  SHARE your peer review on googledocs with your partner after discussing your feedback with them.

*Show passage analysis to Matt, discuss your ideas.  Make revisions as partner and Matt suggest if you see fit.

*Finish F451

*If done with F451, begin work on final written piece.  Can review assignment (see https://drive.google.com/a/animashighschool.com/file/d/0BxmnlXt_7UBONTNZMkRFRjUzRkE/view?usp=sharing)

1/26

Agenda:
*Headspace

*Passage Analysis--review student example as class, critique for the 3 levels of a close reading
a.  Does it explain what happens in the text?
b.  Does it explain HOW the text works? (metaphor, imagery, etc)
c.  Does it explain what the author thinks the text means?

*Group process--what worked well, what could be improved?

*Independent worktime on your own passage analysis.
--See rubric and guidelines of 3 steps of a close reading
--The assignment is on google classroom

--If done, read ahead in F451--goal is to finish book by FRIDAY

1/22

Agenda:

Ray Bradbury documentary: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#safe=strict&q=ray%20bradbury%20documentary

Independent work-time:
__ Finish answering the questions on the example writing piece that you've chosen and conference w/Matt by end of day

__ Begin Passage Analysis assignment (due by Tuesday Jan 26 start of class), 1 page.  See google classroom for assignment.