Promoting Growth for Pre A. P. Students

1. Read two books that could help you in your career, interests or personal life.

(ex. The Peace Book, Having Hard Conversations, Life of the Incas)

2. Answer this question for each book: What benefits or experiences did the book give you, and how will you use the information to better your or another's life? (Use examples and details from the book - at least 3 - to prove your points)

3. Answer this question keeping BOTH books in mind: What parallels, imagery, contradictions, symbolism, do both these books represent for your life? (How do this two books, in some way, define or not define you. Look at them as a unit, not separately.)

4. Creatively write a short response using prezi, glogster, google docs/ presentations and comment a short blog introduction including the url to your work.

Question 1: 10 points, Question 2: 10 points, Interest: 5 creativity: 5 points, Depth of information: 5 points, Grammar: 5, - Total: 40 points

The Censorship of Huck Finn

1. Read a description of Huck Finn and write why Huck Finn would be considered a classic

2. Read an article either 'for' the censorship of Huck Finn, or against it.

3. Create an argument from the article (include author's name, Title of Article, publisher, date, url)

4. Complete classroom t-chart 'for' and against the censorship of Huck Finn

5. Post a comment about the censorship of Huck Finn on my Blog

Against:
John. About Huckleberry Finn and the “n”-Word. 1/6/11. http://7fff.com/2011/01/06/about-huckleberry-finn-and-the-n-word/

Ravitch, D. Huckleberry Finn and The Wire. 1/11/11. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/2011/01/huckleberry_finn_and_the_wire.html

Stockinger, J. Hey Tom they’re updating ol’ Hucks Vocabulary. 1/5/11
http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-01-05/hey-tom-theyre-updating-ol-hucks-vocabulary

For:
Heintzelman, A. New ‘teachable’ edition of ‘adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ to drop offensive Language. 1/4/11. http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/education/new-edition-of-'adventures-of-huckleberry-finn'-to-drop-offensive-language

Bosman, J. New York Times Article: Publlisher Tinkers with Twain. 1/4/11. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/books/05huck.html

Schultz, M. Upcoming NewSouth ‘Huck Finn’ Eliminates the ‘N’ Word. 1/3/11. http://bit.ly/dFZona

Extra:

Etymology
Online etymology dictionary. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=&searchmode=none

Great Style Example!

Wow, Arlene and Sydni do a fantastic job of utilizing vocabulary, pop-culture phrases, and sentence structure to create a stylish, interesting blog post. Their work really entices you to take a deeper look into what they are discussing. If anyone would like to see an example of style, here's a "razzle-dazzle" one!

Vacaroo

Hulk Acorns from second hour found a really fun website. I just tried it with really good results. They have a good idea on how to incorporate it into the classroom as well.

http://vacaroo.com

This website allows you to record your voice. This could come in handy when a teacher is going to give a big lesson. You could record what they say instead of trying to keep notes and possibly missing some information. We could have a lesson over this by: Mrs. Bottoms teaching a lesson, and half the class keep notes, while the others record it on Vacaroo. At the end of the hour we can see who likes their information better.

READMEO

A sixth hour student found Readmeo and it looked so helpful I went right ahead and signed up! There are so many sites that I just don't have time to look into when I first see them. What an excellent solution! Thank's Hadley.

Readmeo is website that saves links you don’t have time to check out at the moment. You just find links you want to check out, save them to Readmeo, and come back later to finish what you started! Simple! I think teachers especially would love Readmeo. They can search websites, save links, and plan the lesson when they had more time in their busy day.This would be helpful to students too. Students can save links for projects, essays, research and homework. This would help students plan better and they wouldn’t loose a good website after hours of searching. It would cut research time in half, and would be easy for students to cite where they found their information. Readmeo is the perfect school website!

UJAM

The following message comes from one of my talented students in eighth hour. She found a cool side and great possible idea for it's use in Education. Way to go Candace!!

The UJAM site comes very interesting to me mainly because I really love music, it helps me concentrate on things and to be able to relax. Its a way for people to have a blast and get their minds off of things. There are plenty of different kinds such as country, pop, techno, screamo, rock, and jazz ect. This site shows how people are having fun jamming out having a blast. "Makes me excited to go home and listen to some music with some friends." It also says how everyone can make great music fast and easy. We can use this in a lesson because we can talk about how there are different kinds of music used in different places and how to compare them with others. Such as the star spangled banner has been around for a while and we can compare on what they resemble or how they were created.

Was it The Lady or the Tiger?

YOU MAY WORK AS PARTNERS: NO MORE THAN 3 PEOPLE

1: Read "The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank R. Stockton - http://bit.ly/dYiYcZ

2. Answer these questions:

• What culture(s) have used the "public arena" to illustrate justice OR religion and how was either shown to the public? Use examples to illustrate answer and acknowledge youR source.
• According to the culture's laws, rules and/or social standing would the door open on the lady or the tiger? Use examples to illustrate answer and acknowledge your source.

3. In each question use a word or phrase previously unknown before this short story and include a definition of the word.

4. Include a visual that represents each answer.

5. Publish your response's web address (URL) as a comment on my blog (remember to not use full names please)

* Grading: Grammar = 4, Explanations with examples = 6, Visual = 3, creativity = 2

* Due Date: Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 11:59 pm

* Possible sites or software you can utilize: mindomo, mindmeister, glogster, iMovie, Google docs, evernote

* My example is the first comment.

** Bonus(2): List something you know about Frank Stockton and what might have been his inspiration for writing this story.