E3H – Wednesday, April 5th, 2017

Supplies: pen or pencil, bell ringer paper, another piece of paper, HMH textbook, photo essay packet

Daily Objective: Consider how American law has been influenced by literature and investigative journalism.

Bell-ringer: Placing Commas: Indicate where a comma should be placed by writing the pair of words before and after it. If no comma is needed, write “correct.” If more than one comma is needed, write all of the pairs of words.

1. _____ The closet contained worn clothes old shoes and dirty hats.
2. _____ After surviving this ordeal the trapper felt relieved.
3. _____ Mark Twain’s early novels I believe stand the test of time.
4. _____ December 7 1941 will never be forgotten.
5. _____ The field was safe enough wasn’t it?

Assignment: 

1. HMH p. 359 – read “Food Product Design” from Fast Food Nation. Answer:
   • p. 368 – Collaborative Discussion. Write a paragraph to answer. Correctly quote and cite information from the text to back up your answer.

Summative: Photo Essay: You are now a photo journalist. Investigate an event, concept, or phenomenon happening locally. Using at least five photos, explain your topic, including why it is important to your reader/viewer.

• Planning packet – due Friday, 4/7.
• Photo Essays due Monday, 4/10.
  • Must have a title slide that includes your thesis statement.
  • Must include a conclusion slide.
  • Must contain five or more photos.
  • Each photo must be your own work. Photos from the internet will not earn you credit.
  • Each photo needs a description of at least twenty of your own words. No plagiarism!
  • The method of delivery: poster or PowerPoint.

CW – Wednesday, April 5th, 2017

Supplies: pen or pencil, journal/paper, Comics Key Features Packet, “The Veil” from Persepolis, a piece of paper.

Daily Objective: to understand the building blocks of comics as a narrative form.

Bell-ringer: Work on a piece of dialogue between two characters who interrupt each other, or riff off of a stream of consciousness flow in conversation.

1. Assignment: Learning how to write a comic script
   • Read the front and back of the middle page in the packet.
   • Choose a page in “The Veil” and write it as a script like the example provided.
   • Remember to: number the panels, indicate the character speaking, describe each panel like “artist’s instructions.” Captions and speech are written IN CAPITALS. Only artist instructions are written in regular sentence case.
   • Remember: Comics read left to right, just like a regular book.
2. Homework: find a graphic novel to read in class. You can get one from one of your teachers, the media center, or the public library. Or if you already have one, bring it in. We will be using these later this week. Make sure you have it in class on Wednesday. I will check for them on Friday.
   • Read your chosen comic and write a short analysis (half page to a page) of its characters, plot, and themes.
   • Analyze your comic’s key features. Describe each in a sentence like we did with “The Veil.”
   • Choose an element of your chosen comic to emulate in the comic you will write. Describe how the element is used in the published comic and how you used it in your own. Write five sentences or more.
   • This is due 4/14. I will give you Thursday and Friday this week to work on it. Make sure you bring your comic/graphic novel to class!

E3 – Wednesday, April 5th, 2017

Supplies: pen or pencil, bell ringer paper, another piece of paper, HMH textbook, photo essay packet

Daily Objective: Consider how American law has been influenced by literature and investigative journalism.

Bell-ringer: Placing Commas: Indicate between which pair of words in each sentence a comma should be placed. If no comma is needed, write “correct.” If more than one comma is needed, write all of the pairs of words.

1. _____ The closet contained worn clothes old shoes and dirty hats.
2. _____ After surviving this ordeal the trapper felt relieved.
3. _____ Mark Twain’s early novels I believe stand the test of time.
4. _____ December 7 1941 will never be forgotten.
5. _____ The field was safe enough wasn’t it?

Assignment: 

1. HMH p. 359 – read “Food Product Design” from Fast Food Nation. Answer:
   • p. 369 – The questions in the top box, “Determine Author’s Purpose”
   • p. 368 – Collaborative Discussion. Write a paragraph to answer.
   • p. 370 – Analyzing the Text questions #1-7
   • This is due at the end of class on Wednesday. – Today!

Summative: Photo Essay: Using at least five photos, you are investigating and explaining a concept of your choice.

• Concept/thesis statement – due last Friday 3/31
• Planning packet – due Tuesday 4/4 – That was yesterday!
• Photo Essays due Friday 4/7.
  • Must have a title slide that includes your thesis statement.
  • Must include a conclusion slide.
  • Must contain five or more photos.
  • Each photo must be your own work. Photos from the internet will not earn you credit.
  • Each photo needs a description of at least twenty of your own words. No plagiarism!
  • The method of delivery is up to you.
    • Example options: slide show, poster, snapchat-style story, etc.