Agendas
Last Day:
Watch our movies
More by O Henry
Last Week:
Week of 9/23
Content-Language Objectives: Students will explore authors, genres and time periods. To find a text for their Final Movies.
Agenda:
Start a New Document. Call it "Exploration Project Notes" Take notes on the story you chose. Would it make a good movie? How might you film it?
Exploration Project and Paper (Explained)
Check out some online writing: Micro Fiction and Online Writing Index
Choose one:
"A Feeling of Power" Issac Asimov
Fri 9/20
Watch CopyCat Videos
Two Stories to Read
Audio Do a Storyboard
Explain how you might adapt it to modern, high school context
Then choose another story from one of these authors:
Dorothy Parker, E.B. White, O Henry, Kurt Vonnegut--When you finish reading your choice, give it a review and talk about whether you could film it.
Tues-Thurs 9/17-19
How are you doing on the checklist below?
Thurs-Fri 9/12-13
Your checklist:
Have you?
Posted an Activity
Read Someone Else's Story
Completed Someone Else's Activity
Given Me any Activities Others did of yours
Written your own "Secret Life of..."
Made a Storyboard for "The Second Tree from the Corner"
After all of this is done, You should start thinking about a Copy Cat Video
To import from YouTube go to https://www.y2mate.info/
Second Tree Movies
Let's focus on the strengths of each. What do they do well/better than the other?
Tues 9/10
Content-Language Objectives: Students will move on to 20th Century authors through reading, discussion and writing.
Agenda:
Present
"The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas"
Read: "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
Write your own series of scenes in which a character alternates between a boring reality and an active fantasy life.
Have the character day dream in between ordinary activities. Have at least three daydreams.
Call it the "Secret Life of ___________"
For homework: Read "The Second Tree from the Corner"
Fri-Mon 9/6-9/9
(Mindful Minute)
Finish Presentations
Share Movies--watch them?
Read someone else's story
Student Activities (Choose One)
Did you post one?
For Tuesday: Read "The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas"
Generate five questions that could help us find potential interpretations
Week of 9/3
Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue to explore 19th Century authors, work on their presentation skills and take a next step in their video production skills.
Agenda:
Presentations
"An Unusual Letter"
Storyboard
Video groups
19th Century Choice Assignment
Tues-Fri Aug 27-30
Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue to explore 19th Century authors and will go on to choose a story from their favorite author so far. They will create a presentation about their story choice.
Agenda:
"The Long Arm" Read and write a prediction before the last chapter.
Mark Twain "Edward Mills and George Benton" Read with a partner
Friday:
Finish Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
Watch The Sheriff's Children after break (in theater?)
Mon 8/26
Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue to explore 19th Century authors and increase their video skill through critiquing an adaptation.
Agenda:
Hawthorne "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"
"The Long Arm" Read and write a prediction before the last chapter.
Fri 8/23
What the elements look like together.
Hawthorne "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"
Thurs 8/22
Finish First Video--send me a link andrew.pfouts@bvsd.org
Shotlist Video Video Goal--get footage in your Drive & into WeVideo. Incorporate as many shots as you can. Mess around with features
How many things from this list can you do?
Start "The Sheriff's Children" read for Friday
Tues 8/20
Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue to explore 19th Century authors and start their first Video Project.
Agenda:
Read, discuss, adapt
Shotlist Video Video Goal--get footage in your Drive & into WeVideo. Incorporate as many shots as you can. Mess around with features
How many things from this list can you do?
Mon Aug 19
Content-Language Objectives: Students will look into the short stories of Edgar Allen Poe and continue thinking about adaptation with storyboards.
Find three fun facts
Find a story that interests you
Storyboard the one(s) you choose
Poe Stories.com A place to find texts
Fri Aug 16
Content-Language Objectives: Students will look into the art of adaptation and begin exploring some early American short stories.
Agenda
"EPICAC"
How would you film this at school?
Report out
Watch Student Version--Critique
Syllabus
"Story of an Hour"
Mark Twain with a partner or WeVideo Monday?
Thurs Aug 15
Content-Language Objectives: Students will get an overview of the class and a sense of where they will be heading with reading and video production.
Agenda: 10:40-11:25
Info Sheet/Attendance/Objectives
A Short Story "EPICAC"
How would you film this at school?
Report out
Watch Student Versions--Critique
Tomorrow: More about the class/Some Stories/Some Video/a story by Kate Chopin
Homework "A story by Mark Twain"
Last Day:
Streetcar Clips: Stanley Stella
Who am I This time (@Amazon)
Final Movies:
Send me links or get me movie on a hard drive
Let's watch them
Are you done?
A look back
Project go 'round
Project Pitch
Start Planning/Filming/What can happen on Thursday.
Rehearse your scenes--imagine where the camera is
Online Writing & Micro Fiction Index
Mon-Tues 10/2-3
Content-Language Objectives: Students will explore a few more authors and figure out final project groups
Agenda:
The dash--wanna get better?
Grades Posted--are we all clear?
Paper revisions this week--notify me about meaningful, significant changes.
What's left: Final Movie (200pts). Final letter (50pts)
Storyboard
Choices & Explorations:
O Henry/Bradbury/Cather/Oates/Others?
Turn in a review to make up for a missing formative assignment
A Look Back--what stories would make the best movie project?
What's Left:
Online Writing & Micro Fiction Index
Thurs-Fri 9/28-29
Content-Language Objectives: Students will explore new authors, work on their writing and take the next steps in video progression.
Agenda:
Grades Posted
I'm catching up
Storytime "EPICAC" (EPICAC @Hoopla)
E.B. White/JC Oates/Hemingway Choices
Fri:
Dorothy Parker "The Waltz" & Write your own that could be a movie
DP: Choices also Bradbury/Cather
Homework: O. Henry "After Twenty Years"
Monday:
More choices
Flash Fiction
Author Search
S2LS Schedule
Monday 9/25
“Where are you going where have you been?”
“It had to be Murder”
Tuesday 9.26
“Killings”
“Minority Report”
Finish Movies
Start Lesson planning
Plan through Tuesday
Read Tin Star for Friday
Week 9/19
Talk methods and possible lessons
Help me organize folders/copies.
Find a place to watch your movie
Schedule groups
Fri: After Reading "The Killers," Write the backstory.
It all started when Ole Andersen...
Watch CopyCats
WeVideo Mitty Trailer. Deadline
Paper Deadline:Next Thursday (drop a letter grade)
Tues-Thurs 9/12-14
Finish CopyCat: send me the link
Grades/Make up/Clemency
Missing We Videos?
Content-Language Objectives: Students will take their video production skills to the next level through the Copy Cat Movie. They will continue to reflect on the class so far through writing their first papers.
Copy Cat Examples
watch examples
pick groups--1-4 people
storyboard/plan
film/edit--watch Friday
First Paper Due Thurs 9/14
Figure out a way to Peer Edit
Killers Friday/S2LS Next Week
Mon 9/11
Content-Language Objectives: Students will reflect on the class so far through writing their first papers.
Mindful Mondays
First Paper Due Thurs 9/14
Try to Peer Edit Today at the end--or do it as homework w/a whomie or two
Thurs-Fri 9/7-8
Another 2nd Tree Movie
in groups
whole class
Friday:
Watch more of Paul's Case
Watch some of Almos' a Man
Pre-writing
(vision and hearing)
Tues 9/5
First Half: Work time
"Paul's Case"
Video Trailer
2nd Half:
Contest
"2nd Tree from the Corner"
Homework: read "Paul's Case" if you didn't at the beginning.
Tues-Fri 8/29-91
Content-Language Objectives: Students will explore new authors, work on their writing and take the next steps in video progression.
Agenda:
Grades Posted
w/1at can be made up
Mark Twain, "1,000,000 Pound Note"
Activities (Due Thurs)
Generating Questions (We'll do this for Thursday)
For Thurs: Read "Walter Mitty" (audio)
Writing Assignment (for Thursday)
The writing process--start with brainstorming a list of funny possibilities
Draft it
Revise it
Trailer Contest (Thurs/Fri)
Finish Movies for Tues--Contest at the beginning of class.
KeepVid--how we'll work around
Let's get one clip in you we video account
Mon 8/28
"Long Arm" Prediction, discuss, get the ending. Discuss film potential.
Watch our Films--questions and critique.
Storytime: "The Story of an Hour"
Charlotte Perkins Gilman "If I were a Man."
After reading them both, make a Venn Diagram showing the similarities and differences. Then discuss, decide and explain which one would make a better movie and explain.
Homework:
Mark Twain, "1,000,000 Pound Note"
Activities
"Yellow Wallpaper" Questions
For Thurs: "Walter Mitty" Writing--and Trailer (Thurs/Fri)
Thurs-Fri 8/24-25
Content-Language Objectives: Students will wrap up "The Blue Hotel" and make their next steps in video progression.
Agenda:
An Unusual Letter. Mini-movie in groups
Blue Hotel Activities due Thursday--show 'em off?
Group questions--go over them
Watch "The Blue Hotel" clips
Story of an Hour--storytime
Homework: Read "The Long Arm" and predict the ending. (Audio versions available)
Tue 8/22
Content-Language Objectives: Students will discuss some early American stories and get an intro to video prodcution.
We Video--we have until break.
Group questions--can't be made up. Discuss new policies
Activities--on your own due Thursday.
Mon 8/21
Content-Language Objectives: Students will discuss some early American stories and get an intro to video prodcution.
Mindful Mondays
Hop Frog and Dr Heidegger discussion
Due Dates/Deadlines/Grading
Shot list draft or mini-movie
"Blue Hotel" Video Intro "Unusual Letter"
Read "The Blue Hotel" (for Tuesday)
Fri. Aug. 18th
Content-Language Objectives: Students will get an overview of the class and a sense of where they will be heading with reading and video production.
Watch Student Versions--Critique
Read Syllabus--come with questions
Homework:
Read "The Blue Hotel" (for Tuesday)
Make sure you've finished "Hop-Frog"
Come ready to talk about "Hop-Frog" and "Dr.. Heidegger"
Monday:
Hop Frog and Dr Heidegger discussion
Due Dates/Deadlines/Grading;"Blue Hotel" Video Intro "Unusual Letter"
Thurs. Aug. 17th
Content-Language Objectives: Students will get an overview of the class and a sense of where they will be heading with reading and video production.
Agenda: 10:40-11:25
Info Sheet/Attendance/Objectives
A Short Story "Edmund's Discovery" & "The Spaceman Cometh"
How would you film one of these at school?
Report out
Watch Student Versions--Critique
Homework: none
Friday:
Read Syllabus--come with questions
Second Tree
Due Dates/Deadlines
Some History
New Stories
Week of Oct 11th--Last Week
Grades--check yours and get things in
Final movies: finish.
Watch on Thursday
Week of Oct 3rd
Turned in or not? Midterm paper. Lunch Help Today.
Final Project Groups
WeVideo
Fri 9/30
Content/Language Objectives: Students will advance towards their final projects by exploring texts and stories that might be adapted.
Agenda:
Isaac Asimov
"F-bomb"
Watch trailers?
Post stories
Storytime? Other Choices?
Short Story Write-up: Tell me what you read. In both phases--what you explored and found as well as what you read of other students' findings.
Thurs. 9/29
Agenda:
"EPICAC" Kurt Vonnegut (Dorothy Parker Thursday)
Story time and searching this week
Three things your group can be working on
Peer Edit papers--with Video groups--show me when you do it.
Edit Walter Mitty trailers
Short Fiction Searches--Find a story that would make a good movie.
Some supports--borrow my books
Or look online Links Page
Flash Fiction as an option
Thurs: "Here We Are"/Watch EPICAC--use rubric/finish edits/peer edit?/find a good story.
Mon 9/26
Content/Language Objectives: Students will advance their video skills by making their Walter Mitty Trailers.
Agenda:
Film and edit trailers
Dorothy Parker and Kurt Vonnegut
Tuesday bring a draft of your paper
Thurs 9/22
Content/Language Objectives: Students will wrap up the S2LS lessons and look at completing their midterm paper.
Agenda:
Stuff back--get straight with grades
"Walter Mitty" Trailer--want to try one? Walter/Wanda?
First Paper Pre-Writing
Tues 9/6
Content/Language Objectives: Students will wrap up the S2LS stories and look into their first paper.
Agenda:
Stuff back
Finish "Rear Window"
Write Prediction for "Killings"
"Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid"
First paper--pre-writing
Monday: planning for Rear Window & Minority Report
Finish Tin Star Read ahead. Go through other S2LS's
Homework: Read "Killings" and "Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid."
Thurs-Fri 9/15-16
Content/Language Objectives: Students will lead each other through their stories and film clips through reading, writing listening and speaking.
Agenda:
Watch your films--let's figure out logistics
"Tin Star" for tomorrow
Friday: prep for teaching or read weekend texts during first half
Second half: start first S2LS: "Tin Star"/High Noon
Monday-Tuesday: all other groups go.
Weekend Homework: Read "Minority Report" and "It had to be Murder"
Tues 9/13
Content/Language Objectives: Students will wrap up the CopyCat Video unit, and move on the the S2LS unit by reading, discussing and planning how to teach their texts.
Agenda:
Watch our films
Read your new story
My lesson as an example of what your group could do
Other activities we've done
Progress reports Thursday
any missing work?
Thurs-Fri. 9/8-9
Content/Language Objectives: Students will take the next steps in developing their video skills and continue their introduction to American short stories.
Agenda:
Stuff back/grades
Copy Cat Videos
Film without disturbing other classes
"Killers" by Ernest Hemingway
Mon. Lab: Write the backstory
Walter/Wanda Mitty/Killers Trailers?
Tues: S2LS planning
Tues 9/6
Content/Language Objectives: Students will take the next steps in developing their video skills and continue their introduction to American short stories.
Agenda:
"Long Arm" Predictions
get the ending
Blue Hotel clips
Copy Cat Assignment
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
Fri 9/2
Content/Language Objectives: Students will look into a new story and pursue their interests.
Agenda:
Movie clips
Discussion
Read/write a prediction/get the ending
Tuesday: Get out of Jail Free Cards/Blue Hotel clips/CopyCat
"Long Arm" Predictions?
Thurs 9/1
Content/Language Objectives: Students will analyze two stories by listening and speaking.
Agenda:
"William Wilson" vs. Mark Twain's "Carnival of Crime."
Write up the two stories.
Watch Movies?
Friday: First paper
Tuesday: computer time.
Tuesday 8/30
Content/Language Objectives: Students will analyze two stories by listening and speaking.
Agenda:
Finish/turn in Extensions
Grades Posted--stuff back
"William Wilson"
Mark Twain's "Carnival of Crime."
Watch Movies?
Write up the two stories.
Thursday: Poe and Twain Choices
Monday 8/29
Content/Language Objectives: Students will get a sense of some of the earliest short stories in American Lit.
Agenda:
Finish/turn in Extensions
Finish/watch movies
"Dr Heidegger's Experiment"
Poe's "William Wilson"
Tues-Fri 8/23-26
Content/Language Objectives: Students will look at the introductory stories and begin the video production portion of the class.
Agenda:
"Paul's Case"
Discussion--groups/whole class
Generating Questions
Video Intro--iPads to iMovie
Watch Paul's Case
observe & critique
"An Unusual Letter"
Movie
Trexler vs Paul--applied to you all. How are you going to live?
Friday: edit and extensions
Extensions: two for a B, three for an A
Read online:
Monday 8/22
Content/Language Objectives:
Agenda:
Turn in your ending
Read Ending of "Retrieved Reformation"
Discuss O. Henry
Watch Student films: "2nd Tree from the Corner"
Syllabus
"Paul's Case"
Tomorrow:
Extensions: E.B. White, Willa Cather, O. Henry
Watch Paul's Case
"An Unusual Letter" Movie
What challenges would you see and how would you overcome them?
Pair/Share
Watch Movies/Critique
Friday 8/19
10:40 - 11:25 AM Block
5 min passing period
Info Sheet
"The Second Tree from the Corner"
Read Aloud
Write: How would you adapt this? Think of possible settings, shots, music.
What challenges would you see and how would you overcome them?
Pair/Share
Watch Movies/Critique
Syllabus
Homework:
Write an ending
Week of 10/14
Watch Breaking Bad intro--film some extra stuff today.
Thursday:
Read all the stories
Watch Final Movie Projects
Final Letter (Rate yourself from the info sheet rubric)
Week of 10/6
Watch Breaking Bad intro--film some extra stuff today.
Final Movie Projects
Groups make a detailed plan (next week is wide open)
storyboards
filming schedule
editing schedule
Check out cameras? Film outside of class time?
Make up work--conferences?
Thurs. 10-2
Agenda:
Grades/Stuff back
Make a To Do List for missing work
Help film for The Leek
Groups make a detailed plan (next week is wide open)
storyboards
filming schedule
editing schedule
Check out cameras? Film this weekend?
Thurs. 10-2
Agenda:
Turn in any missing work
Tomorrow: Grades/Stuff back
Watch CopyCats
Final Project Assignment & Rubric
Use it on "Second Tree from the Corner"
What are your leading candidates for Final Project Stories?
Think of some of our most recent
QW/Pair Share
Write about which stories you'd see as possibilities
How would you adapt it?
What challenges would you face?
Flash Fiction as an option
Can I film people making excuses? (for The Leek)
tomorrow fake protest
Groups?
Discuss
Explore
Decide
Homework:
Reread your stories and come with a vision.
Mon-Tue 9/29-30
Content-Language Objectives: Students will explore more authors hoping to find good stories for the final project. They will further their video skills through working on a copy cat project.
Agenda:
Turn in O. Henry and Joyce Carol Oates Choices
CopyCat Video Project
groups
choose a clip
storyboard--plan to film Monday
E. B. White "Second Tree from the Corner"
storyboard
Asimov, White, Cather Choices
Fri 9/26
Content-Language Objectives: Students will explore more authors hoping to find good stories for the final project. They will further their video skills through working on a copy cat project.
Agenda:
Turn in Dorothy Parker/KV Choices
CopyCat Video Project
groups
choose a clip
storyboard--plan to film Monday
Some more choices: O. Henry and Joyce Carol Oates
Upcoming Things
Final projects 10/2.
Choices and Exploration.
Author Study--paper, presentation or prove it
CopyCat
Thurs 9/25
Agenda:
Turn in papers
Storytime "EPICAC."
"Here We Are" in groups
start off together--then pairs
Dorothy Parker/KV Choices
Some schedule stuff: Final projects 10/2.
Choices and Exploration.
Author Study--paper, presentation or prove it
CopyCat
Goals for the time between now and then: exposure to more authors and finding good stories.
Mon-Tues, Sept 15-16
Content-Language Objectives: Students will dive into a couple of stories, think about adaptation and watch clips to improve their video skills.
Agenda:
"Minority Report" & "Killings" S2LS's
Survey: Copycat or Uni Hill?
Thursday's texts: "Tin Star" & "It Had to be Murder"
Mon: last two stories--paper pre-writing--saying something
Tue: Paper/lab/draft/make up work
Thurs: peer edit Midterms are due.
Mon-Tues, Sept 15-16
Content-Language Objectives: Students will watch their adaptations, plan their lesson and choose their clips
Agenda:
Planning Student Led Lesson Supplement (S2LS)
Watch your movies
Stories for Thursday: "Minority Report" & "Killings"
Fri, Sept 12
Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue to develop their video skills and get set for their next literature unit.
Agenda:
Watch "An Unusual Letter" videos
Video to do list
"The Killers"
Planning Student Led Lesson Supplement (S2LS)
Watch your movies
Writing Questions for "The Killers"
What do you make of Ole Anderson's reaction to the news?
What do you make of the other character's reactions to the story's events?
Hemingway is known for stoicism/grace under pressure. To what extent do you see that theme in this story? What is this story about?
What do you think Ole did?
Thurs-Fri, Sept 11-12
Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue to develop their video skills and get set for their next literature unit.
Agenda:
Editing "An Unusual Letter"
Watch them Friday
Student Led Lesson Supplement (S2LS)
Choosing stories
rank them on your handout
I form groups
Get stories/start reading
Friday: "The Killers" my example S2LS
Watch your movies planning time
Homework: read "The Killers" and your S2LS story
Writing Questions for t
Tues 9/9
Agenda:
Review "Paul's Case"
Activities
Some clips
Some stuff back
Next Video: "An Unusual Letter"
storyboard/plan/film
Thursday: Edit
Fri 9/5
Agenda:
"Long Arm" Predictions and Ending
"The Story of an Hour"
Next Video: "An Unusual Letter"
storyboard--film Monday
Homework/upcoming: "Paul's Case"
Tues-Thurs Sept 2-4
Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue their look into 19th Century American authors.
Agenda:
Stuff Back/Grades
Turn in Poe Choices
Poe Movie Observation
Watch a "Cask of Amontillado"
Poe Movie searches and reviews
"The Story of an Hour"
Twain: "1,000,000 Pound Note"
Twain Writing Questions:
-What connections do you see in these stories?
-How does Twain seem to view humanity? His society? London?
-Could you see making a film version of either of these? How would you adapt it?
Homework: "The Long Arm"
Next Video: "An Unusual Letter"
Fri 8/29
Discuss "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"
turn in activities
Watch Mitty Trailers--ours and professional
rule of thirds
shot variety
audio's effect/editing's effect--Field of Dreams/Scary Mary
Poe Choices
Homework: "1,000,000 Pound Note"
"Story of an Hour"?
Next week: Long Arm, Paul's Case Almos' a Man
Mon-Thurs, Aug. 25th-26
Content-Language Objectives: Students will get an introduction to the video aspect of the and start our survey of American short stories.
Syllabus
iPad Tutorials
Shotlist project
Walter/Wanda Mitty
Write it
Read it
Design a Movie Preview--storyboard
Tues: intro to the iMacs and cameras
Homework: "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"
Thurs
Finish editing Walter/Wanda Mitty Trailer
"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" Activities
Fri, Aug. 22th
Content-Language Objectives: Students will get an overview of the class and a sense of where they will be heading with reading and video production.
Agenda: 10:40-11:25
Info Sheet/Attendance/Objectives
A Short Story "Edmund's Discovery" & "The Spaceman Cometh"
How would you film one of these at school?
Report out
Watch Student Versions--Critique
Weekend: Read Syllabus--come with questions
Monday: More about the class/Some Stories/Some Video