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Updated: October 27, 2009 Welcome to the web site for Humanities I and Humanities II Language Arts & CAP! Please visit this site often, as it will provide the latest information regarding assignments and what we are learning in class. If you do not wish to receive updates from schoolnotes via your e-mail address, please contact me so that I can remove your name and e-mail from the mailing list. Note: I am often able to respond more quickly to e-mails. Sincerely, REMINDERS/SAVE THE DATE: CCHS Coffeehouse this Thursday! Featuring poetry & music performances by CCHS & Wesley College students; Admission: $2; free refreshments; 6:30 p.m. in the CCHS cafeteria Friday, Oct. 30th: CCHS Fall Homecoming To encourage students to expose themselves to poetry through performance or as audience members, students may earn extra credit as follows: Attending the event: 10 points Performing at the event: 20 points Parents of my Advisory students: Conference schedules were sent out this week. Please return yours ASAP. Student-led conferences are 11/9 and 11/10. Friday, Nov. 20th: CCHS Culture Fest, sponsored by the Class of 2013; 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. in the CCHS cafeteria ************************************************ Humanities I: End-of-the-Trimester Evaluations: This week students are reflecting on our first trimester. In addition to sharing their thoughts about the curriculum and completing an anonymous teacher evaluation, students are reflecting on their performance this trimester and evaluating their Habits of Mind skills. They will be sharing their self-evaluations at their student-led conferences. We are extending our study of culture just a bit into the 2nd trimester. During the month of November, students will be working on a project in which they will research the culture of a country of their choice. We will focus on the following research skills:
Students will share their findings with the school by sponsoring a culture festival. Parents and family members are welcome (and encouraged!) to attend the festival! Students are responsible for planning, promoting, organizing, and running the festival. Promotion: Students will create one of the following promotional products: parent invitation, banner, large poster, flyer. Points: 20 Due Date: 11/2 We will be working on this assignment in class on Thursday, October 29th. Festival Presentation: Tri-fold display board: Students will create a "museum quality" display board highlighting their research and featuring interesting and relevant visuals that complement the text.. Points: 50 Presentation: The emphasis on the presentation is INTERACTION. In addition to sharing their findings with visitors, students will need to engage visitors in an activity connected to their research. For example, they may teach visitors how to do a dance, how to speak a few phrases using the language of their chosen country, how to do a craft that is popular in their country (ex: origami), provide food samples and explain how the food is made, when it is served, and why it is important to their assigned culture. Points: 50 Note: In addition to learning research skills, students will learn effective presentation skills. Parents: If you are interested in helping with the festival or if you have information to share about your culture, we welcome your involvement! Students have received written directions for the aforementioned project pieces, as well as scoring rubrics, and they have seen student-created sample display boards that are "models of quality." In addition to the above, students are reading a self-selected multicultural book. They must bring their book to every class meeting, as some time will be set aside for silent reading. They must complete their reading by Monday, November 30th. Students will complete a Reader's Response Journal in class as they read. ****************************************** End-of-the-TrimesterEvaluations: This week students are reflecting on our first trimester.In addition to sharing their thoughts about the curriculum andcompleting an anonymous teacher evaluation, students are reflecting ontheir performance this trimester and evaluating their Habits of Mindskills. They will be sharing their self-evaluations at theirstudent-led conferences. This week we've begun our whole-class novel selection, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines. Set in a small African-American community in Louisiana during the 1940s, the novel tells the story of Jefferson, a young black man who is "in the wrong place at the wrong time" and unjustly sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, a teacher at the plantation school, is asked to meet with Jefferson as a favor to Jefferson's godmother so that he may impart his learning and pride to Jefferson. The themes in this novel connect to our curriculum question: How have people struggled for freedom and justice? Additionally, the novel connects with our earlier study of morals, ethics and philosophy and will serve as an excellent segue into our upcoming debate on the death penalty. In addition to the book, this week we are reading a poem that connects with a literary allusion made in the novel. We will be reading Claude McKay's poem, "If We Must Die." Students will learn some biographical information about McKay as well as some historical information regarding the context of the poem. Students will be asked to make a connection between the poem and the novel. They will also learn about sonnets, particularly the Petrarchan sonnet. Students will also work in cooperative groups to create a graphic organizer to demonstrate their understanding of the novel's characters and their relationships with one another. ********************************************** CAP - Community Action Project Please contact me with your time preferences for our student-led conferences. Students continue working on their volunteer hours. Volunteer hours must be approved in advance! Some students have completed their CAP proposals and have been given the "green light" to begin their CAP projects. Parents, please check in with your student! Discuss his/her progress with his/her project and volunteer hours. Students should be doing the following: - Completing and tracking their volunteer hours. - Coming up with an idea for their CAP project and working on writing the proposal. - Completing the CAP blog on wikispaces.com |