Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
SENIOR MEMORY BOOK (SAMPLES)
Senior Memory Book (samples)
The above link is for reference purposes only.
The assignments do NOT match the order of assignments found in our classroom packet.
The above link is for reference purposes only.
The assignments do NOT match the order of assignments found in our classroom packet.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Debate Matters
Read and respond to the seven sections found in the linked AP article, Debate Impressions.
Your responses should be on loose-leaf paper and be at least 3-5 sentences in length per section.
All students should complete the assignment regardless of wether or not they saw the debate. They are reading and responding to the material in the article attached.
(Clips are on the left side of the webpage.)
Your responses should be on loose-leaf paper and be at least 3-5 sentences in length per section.
All students should complete the assignment regardless of wether or not they saw the debate. They are reading and responding to the material in the article attached.
If necessary, students can watch debate clips here:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/23/politics/debate-five-things-we-learned/
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/23/politics/debate-five-things-we-learned/
(Clips are on the left side of the webpage.)
Friday, September 7, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
It's (Almost) Over!!!
David McCullough, Jr. HS Commencement Speech
Classic.
This slightly creeps me out, but it's also getting a lot of internet attention.
Classic.
This slightly creeps me out, but it's also getting a lot of internet attention.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
GET BUSY!
In a pivotal moment from Stephen King's novella, "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" Andy counters Red's notion of hope (being a dangerous thing) with his own unique perspective, saying: "I guess it comes down to a simple choice: Get busy living, or get busy dying."
In the beginning of the year you wrote a letter to yourself, detailing the hopes and expectations you held for the months that would follow. Now, as you find yourself in the fourth and final quarter of your senior year, I'm asking you to write one more letter to yourself.... one that details all the ways you hope to "get busy living" when you leave these classrooms behind in just a few weeks. (NOTE: Even if you haven't committed to any solid plans yet, you can still write to the notion of hope!!!) What are your hopes for post-graduation? What changes are you thinking of making? What challenges must you overcome? What accomplishments can you be proud of? Who are the people who have helped you along the way? What part(s) of your current routine (other than our class and my outstanding wit) will you miss, and why? What is your "ultimate" dream, and how can you attain it? How does it differ (if at all) from the "practical" dream you hold on to?
In the beginning of the year you wrote a letter to yourself, detailing the hopes and expectations you held for the months that would follow. Now, as you find yourself in the fourth and final quarter of your senior year, I'm asking you to write one more letter to yourself.... one that details all the ways you hope to "get busy living" when you leave these classrooms behind in just a few weeks. (NOTE: Even if you haven't committed to any solid plans yet, you can still write to the notion of hope!!!) What are your hopes for post-graduation? What changes are you thinking of making? What challenges must you overcome? What accomplishments can you be proud of? Who are the people who have helped you along the way? What part(s) of your current routine (other than our class and my outstanding wit) will you miss, and why? What is your "ultimate" dream, and how can you attain it? How does it differ (if at all) from the "practical" dream you hold on to?
Somehow, all of this reminds me of the Langston Hughes poem, Dreams in which he writes:
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
ASSIGNMENT: How will you "hold fast to dreams" and how are you planning to "get busy living?" Write a FINAL letter to your high school self-- take this SERIOUSLY-- and I'll give you an envelope when I collect it tomorrow. I will NOT read the actual content of you letter, but I will glance at it for all of 2 SECONDS to see that it meets the required length and isn't written in Mandarin or Hieroglyphics!!!
Thursday, May 3, 2012
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