Agendas
Last Week
Pg. 165 and on... favorite passage/aspect and why
Haroun Series (Final image)
Final Project
Haroun Help (and our questions)
Final project:
An essay--one page--and image explaining your take on the main question: "What's the use of stories that aren't even true?"
Check out Lunapic
Fri May 19th
Check out Lunapic
Agenda
Finish chapter eight then the book
Exhibition Day Do we want to do something?
Final project:
An essay--one page--and image explaining your take on the main question: "What's the use of stories that aren't even true?"
Tues-Thurs 5/16-18
Tues: Reading time finish start images
2:35
Discuss
Show 3-8 images
Finish Haroun for Thursday
Final Image: make a series.
Lunch Help Friday
Reading schedule:
Fri. 5/5 Discuss chapter three read as far as you can
Service week get to chapter 9
Monday 5/15 Chapter 9
Tues 5/16: 11
Thurs 5/18 Finish
Fri 5/5
Favorite Passages/First Impressions
Images
Reading Schedule
Participation Grades
Week of 5/1
Tues: Chapter 1&2 Image: What was the most visual passage for you? Include a quote on your image.
Finish Image for Thursday
Thurs: show images and discuss questions
Monday:
Check IC--are you caught up?
Get a book
Watch Haroun Intro Movie
Read Chapter One
After you finish reading chapter one:
Record your first impressions in writing. Start a new Doc in your folder. Tell me what you think and ask any questions you want to talk about.
Read Chapter Two for Tuesday.
Tues: Chapter 1&2 Image: What was the most visual passage for you? Include a quote on your image.
Week of 4/24
Monday:
Finish "Cranes" discussion show our images
Turn in Research Questions
Asian Choices: Image work
Tues & Thurs Russia and baseball
Go over sub plans with Kari--plans for Tues/Thurs
Tolstoy
"The Three Questions" (Make and Series of image)
Your Russian Choice Story and Image
Russian Choices (You can choose from here & make an image)
More Tolstoy Options (Choose from here if you liked "The Three Questions")
End of class Thurs: have "Three Questions" and Russian Choice Image done.
Friday: Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Intro and reading schedule
Thurs-Fri April 20th-21st:
Check your grade in IC
Finish African Images? Due today (Two Images: "Rubbish Heap" and Choice)
"The Cranes"--everyone take one--read for Friday
Research questions about Korea--Due Friday at beginning
Make an image--Due Friday at end of class
Asian Choices (Choose Friday--read over the weekend)
make an image on Monday
I'll be here Friday:
We'll show off our work so far-- Rubbish Heap Images, African Choice Images
Talk about "The Cranes"
This week 4/18-21
T4/14-4/17 Four day weekend: did you do some catch up work?
Tues 4/18
Come back talk about African stories
Get a Copy of “The Cranes”
Thurs April 20th:
Research Korea (Pfouts gone)
Asian Choices--read for Friday
Fri. 4/21: Discuss Asian--Make one image. Show off images
Thurs 4/13: Subday
"The Rubbish Dump"--everyone take
We'll talk Tuesday about "The Rubbish Dump" and then complete images of the African Choices.
Next Week watch these and get into design/composition
4/10
Show off our images
Image #3
In the Family
Latin American Choices
Pick a second Latin American Story--write a review
What did you like? You can comment on things like plot, style or character?
4/6/17
You should do the following things in this order:
If you haven't...
Finish your "In the Family" Image and put it in your folder
Finish your "Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" Image and put it in your folder
Make sure your writing questions for "The Very Old Man" are in your folder
Writing Questions:
The subtitle says "A Tale for Children" What do you think Marquez means by that?
What does this story say about people?
Choose one the questions from the end of the story?
If you're caught up...
Pick a story from the list of Latin American Choices. Choose what sounds interesting they're different but all good. Copies will be on the back table. After we read these, we're going to create images and present them to each other. People can pick the same stories, but I'd love to see most of them covered.
Week of 4/3
Latino Literature
Story time
Try an image
Monday Night Homework: "Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" (or "Sophie and the Angel")
Put some wings on the old man--and put the image in your folder
Writing Questions:
The subtitle says "A Tale for Children" What do you think Marquez means by that?
What does this story say about people?
Choose one the questions from the end of the story?
Thurs: Choices:
This week's tutorials
Friday:
Show off our work--discuss the texts
No homework if you have everything in
Thursday 3/23: Wrap-up
Have you turned in the following? (First 70 Points) (Folder and Info Sheet 20)
Poem Image (For "Stream of Life")
Movie Poster (For The Shadow)
Shadow Writing Questions (On Assignments Page)
Nominated a Poem
Image #3 (Choice Poem or Folktale)
read from my folktale collections
choose from nominated poems
Friday: Look at images 1-3. Talk Literature, Pixlr Technique and Image composition
Mon-Tues 3/20-21
Content-Language Objective: Students will hear some new stories, find some new poems, learn some new tools and move on to Image #3,
Agenda:
Sandbox time--what do we know?
Storytime: Two Folktales
Bring us a favorite poem--nominate here
More Tutorials? Image #3
Have you turned in the following? (First 60 Points)
Poem Image (For "Stream of Life")
Movie Poster (For The Shadow)
Shadow Writing Questions (On Assignments Page)
Nominated a Poem
Fri 3/17
Content-Language Objective: Students will finish up their initial images and look into more literature.
Agenda:
Thoughts on "The Shadow"
Bring us a favorite poem--nominate here
Due Today:
Poem Image (For "Stream of Life")
Movie Poster (For The Shadow)
Shadow Writing Questions (On Assignments Page)
Next week:
Folktales from China
Folktale Choices and Poetry on Monday
Bring us a favorite poem--nominate here
More Tutorials? Image #3
Thurs:
Find your own Tutorial--on a webpage or Youtube--any good ones email me
Keep going on to images
Pixlr Tutorial(s) 1&2 (Other Tutorials--how to Google them)
One for poem--import image(put text on it)
Movie poster--multiple Images/layers/text--save as .pxd
Movie Poster Examples
Tue 3/14
Agenda:
I checked Folders
Shadow questions
Turn in poem sketch
Move on to images
Pixlr Tutorial(s) 1&2 (Other Tutorials--how to Google them)
One for poem--import image(put text on it)
Movie poster--multiple Images/layers/text--save as .pxd
Movie Poster Examples
Mon 3/13
Content-Language Objective: Students will get a sense of how the class will work and start creating images.
Agenda:
Set up a folder
draw an image or two
Syllabus--Read for Homework
Complete the writing questions for it (below) and plan a movie poster.
Movie Poster Examples
Tomorrow:
Writing questions for "The Shadow" (Create a new Doc in your folder)
What do you think this story is about? What did you think about when you finished it?
Some other questions to consider:
Is the learned main the main character? Is the Shadow?
Who's in charge? Who's real?
What does writing have to do with this story?
Think of Poetry across in the other apartment
What does the learned man write?
What do you make of the Shadow's response to the learned man?
Poetry, Folktales, Intro and Tutorials
Last Week:
Wrap up everything
Post your favorite image(s) & put a caption on it here.
an interesting story for those who read Gatsby
For those who have time: write "Advice to Pfouts" and put it in your folder.
Week of 5/18
Novel Check-in
Final paper
Final Images
Grade Check
Get folder up to date
Fri 5/8
Grade Check
Get folder up to date
Second Novel Note--what's new since Monday?
Mon 5/4
Catch up day
Get everything in your folder up to date
Create a new Doc in your folder.
Name it "Novel Notes"
Record your first impressions of the book you chose
Fri 5/1
Stuff back--grades posted--make it happen
Novel Choices--here my previews, check options make a decision
Bookmark
Finish Series Images
Start reading?
Monday: Study Center
Thurs 4/30
Friday: book choices
talk about short stories?
Mon: book responses, groups, make up Photoshop
Mon 4/27
Content-Language Objective: Students will wrap up the short story choice unit and transition to their next image.
Agenda:
All caught up? Gradebook?
Story Choices Project
Turn in what you did this weekend
Fri 4/24
Content-Language Objective: Students will get caught up on their images and move into the short story choice unit.
Agenda:
All caught up?
Story Choices Project
Turn in what you did last night.
European and Asian Choices
pick one for during class
Pick one form either list for the weekend?
Tues-Thurs 4/21-24
Content-Language Objective: Students will get caught up on their images and move into the short story choice unit.
Agenda:
All caught up?
Grades Posted--Midterms do your first images.
Check Assignments Page
"The Shot" or "The Queen of Spades"
Favorite Image & Writing Questions
"Queen of Spades"
What do you make of the ending? Did the countess do something or was it his imagination?
"The Shot"
Does Silvio get revenge? What do yo think of his actions in the end?
"Three Questions" for Thursday
on YouTube
Show our favorite image?
Schedule Check and Story Choices Project
Thurs 4/16
Content-Language Objective: Students will get caught up on their images and move into the short story choice unit.
Agenda:
Find out More: dayofsilence.org
Grades/Folders?
Get all caught up--do your first images.
Check Assignments Page
You can use Pixlr or Photoshop
Choose a story--read it for Tuesday
They're both Russian short stories--both good.
"The Shot"
A duel to the death that quite doesn't finish
"The Queen of Spades"
A young student learns how to cheat in a card game
Mon-Tues 4/13-14
Content-Language Objective: Students will explore poetry from around the world and move on to their next image.
Agenda:
Grades/Folders/Check-ins
"Anyone Live in a Pretty How Town"
Read
Draw
Your Poems
Read and draw your favorite
Pixlr Image Tues (Chromebooks)
Catch up Day
Andrew Gibson "Birthday"
My image
Fri 4/10
Content-Language Objective: Students will progress with Photoshop by creating quick images based on "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" and "The Nose." Next week we will move a poetry unit.
Agenda:
Photoshop tricks and practice: Nose and Wings on Pfouts
find the images at the bottom of the Assignments Page
Get caught up--folder check-in
Homework: Find a poem to bring in on Monday
Today's tutorial:
Thurs 4/8
Agenda:
"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" and "The Nose"
Write on your own
Discuss each
Tomorrow: Photoshop tricks and practice
Get caught up
Find a poem
Tues 4/7
Content-Language Objective: Pfouts and Photoshop experts will help people get up to speed with the basics of the software.
Agenda:
Shadow Movie Poster
Get folders squared away
Thursday: "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" and "The Nose"
Friday: Photoshop--no nose and give me wings. Selected seating--back row and edge.
Homework: find a poem and nominate it here.
Monday 4/6
Content-Language Objective: Students will get squared away on the first unit move on to the next image assignment
Agenda:
Finish Folktale image
talk about them
explain your story
explain your method
Movie Poster
Get folders squared away
Start Shadow Poster
Homework: "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"
Shadow Image Assignment: Create an image that could serve as a movie poster for "The Shadow." Your poster should show your interpretation of the text. Include text on your image.
Friday 4/3
Content-Language Objective: Students will transition from folktales to short stories by discussing "The Shadow." The will prepare for the next image assignment.
Agenda:
Gradebook
Discuss "The Shadow"
think-pair-share
Pfouts' questions
Movie Poster
"The Shadow"
Monday:
Get folders squared away
Start Shadow Poster
Tues-Thurs 3/31-4/2
Content-Language Objective: Students will going with their Folktale Images looking for a basic working knowledge of Photoshop through tutorials, collaboration and practice
Agenda:
Thurs:
Watch tutorials or sit deliberately?
Getting things in folders
Two scanned drawings
Folktale Image (scroll down for the assignment)
Gradebook/Schedule
"The Shadow" Writing questions
Tues:
user: andrew.pfouts
pswd: twainclass12!
Folktale Image Assignment: Enhance or redo one of the images you drew inspired by the folktales. Save it in your folder as a jpeg. We will then go through them, show them off and learn about both the stories and photoshop techniques.
Tools to learn:
Move
Crop
Brush/Pencil
Eraser
Text
Also understand Layers
Fri 3/20
Content-Language Objective: Students will get a sense of the class and jump right into some folktales.
Agenda:
Info Sheet/Attendance
Storytime: "Simple Wang" The World's Most Frugal Man"
Draw an image from one
Syllabus:
You read
I look at info sheets
Discuss/give me input
Study Center
Set up folders
Scan your picture
Monday: Sub--sorry--folktales from Europe.
Draw and scan your picture
Tues
put effects on your drawing
recreate your drawing w/software
