7-17-09

Previous = = = July 17, 2009 =

Reminders:

 * Bring a spiral bound notebook/notebook paper and pens/pencils to class each day.

Directions:

 * 1) Take out your notebook/paper and something to write with.
 * 2) Copy today's learning objectives and HW.

__Learning Objectives__ (copy in your planner)
Students will:
 * Show understanding of vocabulary.
 * Identify elements of science fiction independently.
 * Present a dialectical journal based on //Night//.
 * Present arguments for/against technology.
 * Study a film's message concerning victimization during the holocaust.

**Homework:**

 * Get ready for the next school year. School starts Tuesday, September 8th.

 
 * [|Vocabulary Final] (50 Questions chosen at random from our 180 words this session) **


 * 7:30-7:50:** **Sci-Fi Independent Reading**
 * Reading quietly.
 * As you read, keep track of the elements of science fiction in the novel in Cornell Note style
 * [|scifiels.pdf]
 * Turn in your notes from Sci-Fi reading today.


 * 7:50-8:00: Academic Vocabulary**
 * Work alone or in pairs to match the 10 words to their definitions.
 * [|Randomly chosen 10 of the 55 Academic Vocabulary words]


 * 8:00-8:10: Finish //Night// Dialectical Journal** **Presentations**
 * Students briefly present their work and describe how they created it.
 * Students read the most memorable quotation they responded to.


 * Students share their journals afterward--gallery walk.


 * 8:10-8:30: Journal Entry 12**
 * Journal Entries
 * Turn in your daily journals.
 * Be sure your cover page is on top.
 * The second page needs to be your table of contents.


 * 8:30-9:55: "Why We Fight"**
 * How does this selection relate to //Night// and //The Pianist//?


 * 10:10-10:30:**Finish Technology Essay Presentations
 * Students evaluate presentations.


 * 10:30-11:45**: **Film As Literature**
 * The Pianist
 * Respond to Day 3 questions.


 * 11:45-12:00: Course Reflection**
 * What good was this class to you?
 * What did you learn in this class that was important/interesting to you?
 * Was this course academically challenging?


 * 12:00-13:30: Population Increase**
 * Offer technological/scientific solutions that may help solve the problems discussed in the portion of the video we view.