May 11, 2009
next to last week
film - end of guy films; paper due Friday. Senior final also on Friday.
9th Honors/Synergy -- EOCT on Monday and Tuesday; poetry next
May 06, 2009
5/5-5/9
Sorry for the past few weeks, but the info just would not go through. Here we go.
Film -- guy films segment ends Friday or possibly next Friday; no papers due in next few days
Synergy/Honors -- grammar: modifiers, agreement, and usage. Test on Friday. EOCT (15% of grade) on Monday and Tuesday. Tell them to take the practice test again and again at home. After that, poetry, the final, and summer everlasting. Nobody is failing; no one has a D. Let's keep it that way.
March 24, 2009
12th week
film - final week of bad guys looking good, cons, scams. etc; paper/film due next Monday
9th honors/synergy - term paper due next Friday; film can be turned in the Monday we get back from spring break; we will go to the writing lab on T/TH and get the laptops on M/T; the research paper can be completed in class; nothing else to read or work on
March 13, 2009
11TH WEEK
FILM - FINAL WEEK OF CONS, STINGS, AND BATSCAMS; PAPERS/FILMS DUE MONDAY, MARCH 23
9TH HONORS/SYNERGY - READ! OPPORTUNITY ON CHAPTERS 1-35 ON TUESDAY. TEST ON ENTIRE BOOK ON FRIDAY. GET READY FOR THE BIG PROJECT (1935-1985), WHICH IS DUE BEFORE SPRING BREAK. MORE TO COME
March 10, 2009
10th week
film - continue con man/scam/good bad guys
9th honors/synergy - 100 page quiz on Monday; vocab charades on Wednesday; vocab test on Friday; reading on A Time to Kill, about 30 pages per night; test next Friday (tentative)
honors vocab test = 10-12; synergy vocab test = 10-12 plus cumulative
March 02, 2009
extra thank you
Dear Paper Claus:
Thank you so much. Since discretion is the greater part of valor, you earn massive karmic points.
Sincerely,
Dr. Brown
9th week
film -- sting/con/scam segment (Ocean's Eleven, Sleepers, The Sting, Paper Moon, etc); papers on African-American segment due Friday
9th honors/synergy -- finish 12 Angry Men; test on Wednesday (one or five questions) or paper due on Friday; begin reading A Time to Kill (first chapter optional); big project coming (1935-1985: ten things)
February 20, 2009
8th week
film - continuation of African-American week (suggestions?)
9th honors/Synergy - M-see Emmitt Till PBS documentary; T-Th-perform 12 Angry Men; F-M-see 12 Angry Men; W-test (essay)
Major opportunity - create a To Kill a Mockingbird CD; download or compile 13 songs on a CD; decorate the CD; provide liner notes and one paragraph each on where and why for each song. REMEMBER: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO THIS!
February 19, 2009
7th week
film - african american week
9th honors/synergy - finish book, test on Friday; CD opportunity for Monday; 12 Angry Men cometh
February 06, 2009
6th week
film - finish Blade Runner, finish sci fi segment
9th honors -- finish Anthem, essays optional due Monday, begin To Kill a Mockingbird (about 25 pages a night)
Synergy - Anthem essays due, begin To Kill a Mockingbird
