Thursday, Sept. 28/Friday, Sept. 29 2017

76 minutes

1.    Finish viewing The Outsiders film (continue taking notes on            film techniques as well) 

2.    Discuss themes and film techniques and generate questions for        Francis Ford Coppola visit 

HOMEWORK: Continue reading your novel. You should be FINISHED with it by Wed. Oct.4/Thurs. Oct. 5.

Dialogue Journals are due Friday Oct. 6 /Monday Oct. 9

Tuesday, September 26/Wednesday Sept. 27, 2017

American Lit and Film

92 minutes

     1.   Visit from counselor about PSAT 

     2.   Begin viewing The Outsiders. Take notes on a new page in your notebook. Title this page “The Outsiders Film Notes, September 26, 2017.”  Take notes on the following:

a.   Similarities between the film and the novel

b.   Differences between the film and the novel

c.    Film techniques that you think are significant or interesting choices in terms of how the characters, plot, setting, and theme are depicted. 23:40  

     3.   Pair up and read out loud chapter 4 from The Outsiders and discuss how you might film it. Using the storyboard handout, design four sequential shots from this chapter, including what kind of lighting, camera angles and sound techniques, etc.  you would use. 

     4.   Whip around –share your storyboards 

     5.   Continue viewing
     

      HOMEWORK: KEEP READING YOUR INDEPENDENT BOOK. YOU SHOULD BE 3/4 OF THE WAY THROUGH BY THURSDAY SEPT. 28/FRIDAY, SEPT.29

Friday, September 22, 2017

American Lit and Film

92 minutes

1.     Watch scene from Far From Heaven (21:30-25:30) and identify these techniques: dissolve, tilt, pan, and dutch angle. Review and identify sound techniques (diegetic, non-diegetic and internal diegetic). 

2.     View the opening scene of Apocalypse Now and take notes and discuss film techniques in this clip 

3.     Introduction to The Outsiders: As a class, read the Dear Reader pages and then read the first 3 pages out loud. 

4.     In your notebooks, skip a page (leaving room to finish the Liberty! video notes) and begin a new page titled “The Outsiders character and conflicts lists, September 22, 2017.”  Create a three column chart that looks like the chart below:

Character Name	What kind of person is this character? How is this character described in the book?	Conflicts that this character has and who or what does this character conflict with?
Narrator/Ponyboy	Likes movies, has light brown hair and greenish-gray eyes, is a Greaser, is poor, …etc.	Has conflict with the Socs  because they jump Greasers…etc.
Darry

Working with a partner, take notes on at least three characters introduced so far. Then whip around the room and add to notes if necessary. 

5.     On your own and silently, continue reading and taking notes. Read at least to the end of chapter 2 (page 36) 

HOMEWORK: Continue reading your independent novel. You should finish reading it by Wednesday, Oct. 4.

Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017

76 minute class

1.   SSR  

2.   Prepare for Francis Ford Coppola Visit to Portland and to Grant. Read about Francis Ford Coppola.  Why read and watch The Outsiders? Read The Outsiders article and discuss 

3. Return Film Terms Pre-assessment and review basic terms, with a focus on the difference between tilt and dutch angle; and between fade and dissolve.

HOMEWORK: Keep reading Independent Novel. You should be halfway through by tonight.

Monday, Sept. 18, / Tuesday Sept. 19, 2017

92 minute class

1.   Librarian Paige Battle gives info on Francis Ford Coppola visit 

2.   SSR  

3.   Share paragraph 3-4 summaries / hashtags (Declaration of Ind.) 

4.   Finish viewing PBS series Liberty! Take notes in your notebooks on the reasons for the Colonists’ going to war against the British. Title these notes: “Liberty! Video notes, September 14/15, 2017” 

HOMEWORK: CONTINUE READING YOUR NOVEL! You should be halfway through it by Wednesday, Sept. 20 / Thursday, Sept. 21

Thursday/Friday, Sept. 14/15, 2017

76 minute class

1.   Librarian Paige Battle presents info on Francis Ford Coppola 

2.   SSR    

3.   Book Groups: Meet and share your journal entries / discuss and clarify characters, plot, setting, and the novel and themes and get your entry stamped 

4.   Finish summarizing Declaration of Independence paragraphs 1-4 and then summaries and add to your own / create hashtags 

HOMEWORK: Continue reading your Lit Circle novels. You should be halfway through your books by Wed. Sept 20/ Thurs. Sept.21

September 12/13, 2017

92 minutes

     1.   SSR 

     2.   Finish vocab cards for Declaration of Independence and present them to class 

     3.   Re-read paragraphs #1-4 of the Declaration and summarize each one in the margin 

     4.   Pair-share your summaries and add to your own and then share out to entire class and add to your own summaries 

     

     

Homework for Thursday, September 14/ Friday Sept. 15: Bring in one passage that reflects one of the themes that we are considering (justice/ injustice, freedom, education, equality/inequality, or individualism/dissent) AND your commentary on it and be prepared to share it with your lit circle group.

Friday/Monday, September 8/11, 2017

92 minute period

1.   Lit Circle book selection: draw a number and call your book 

2.   Go to book room and check out your book        

3.   Instructions for dialogue journal handed out and discussed 

4.   Create reading schedule with your Lit Circle Group

5.   SSR: find at least one passage that seems to reflect one of the themes and mark it with a sticky note.     

Homework and due dates: Read your Independent Novel. Remember you should be 1/4 of the way through your novel by this Thursday/Friday.

American Perspectives in Literature and Film

Friday, September 1, 2017

92 minute period

Today’s Agenda

     1.  Make name tents/take attendance 

     2.  Emergency protocols review

     3.  Film Terms Pre-Assessment 

     4.  Small Groups: Share your Perspectives Essay 

     5.  Whip Around: Everyone read one paragraph from your    essay  Hand in your essay

     6.  Get Big Orange (Textbook) and Read on page 96  “Examining the Issue: Freedom and Equality” then do    Quickwrite 

     7.  Whip Around: Everybody reads quickwrite 

HOMEWORK:

A DAY:

DUE ON FRIDAY, September 1: Perspectives Essay

DUE ON WEDNESDAY, September 6: Introduction Letter

B DAY:

DUE ON TUESDAY, September 5: Perspectives Essay

DUE ON THURSDAY, September 7: Introduction Letter