Post date: Jul 2, 2018 1:36:09 PM

Literature

Antigone - Sophocles (496-406 BC) wrote Antigone (a Greek tragedy) around 442 BCE. The focus is about Antigone burying her brother Polynices. Burying him is against the law because her brother fought against Creon’s army. Creon, her uncle and the new ruler, says that Polynices's body must be left unburied on the battlefield. This punishment was harsh and shameful during Sophocles' day. And, Antigone is to die for breaking this law.

A guard tells Creon what Antigone did. Creon interrogates Antigone. She admits to what she did and argues with Creon about the morality of his law.

Antigone’s sister, Ismene, is also questioned. Ismene wants to die with her sister so she confesses to also burying her brother. Antigone won’t let her die and stops her. Antigone’s finance, Creon’s son, pleads with his father to save Antigone’s life. Creon won’t listen. She must pay for breaking the law. (Shared 7/2/18)

Julius Caesar - Julius Caesar is a play by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) which tells the tale about what how Julius Caesar died. Julius Caesar, however, was a real person, and the assassination was real, too. (share 7/5/18)

Charles Kuralt (934-1997) was a reporter for CBS who filmed 600 episodes of a series called "On the Road," where he reported what ordinary people were doing throughout the U.S. He also published seven books about his explorations and had a TV show called "Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt." He also wrote an essay about spelling of words on signs along the roadside. You can read the essay here (4:07). To see a 20-year video tribute to America from Charles Kuralt himself from his "On the Road" series (49:34), click here. (share 7/3/18)

Sandra Cisneros (1954-present), a Mexican-American writer, is author of the House on Mango Street. She wrote an essay called "Those Who Don't" about what outsiders think about other people's neighborhoods. In this essay, she describes some of the people in her neighborhood. How would you feel if you wandered into this neighborhood? (share 7/12/18)

Lifestyle of actors in the Elizabethan Era. What was it like during Shakespeare's time? Check it out this website.

According to Britannica, Alexander Plutarch (45-127 AD) was a Greek biographer, whose work influenced essay writing, biography, and historical writing fifteen centuries later. One of his famous quotes is: "The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled." One of his most famous pieces was Parallel Lives, in which he talked about the good and bad points of people in history. William Shakespeare (1582-1616) used Plutarch's work to understand the characters in some of his plays.

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was born in Massachusetts into a well-to-do family. Emily was a recluse. She was an American poet, who published only 8 poems during her lifetime. Most of her poetry, published without her consent, came from the letters she sent to family. She had a habit of sticking poems in with her newsy letters to family members. After death, her sister found around 1800 poems in Emily’s bedroom. Read her poem "Snake" - What do you think her words mean? (share 7/31/18)

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was self-taught. As a printer's apprentice in New York City at the age of twelve, he fell in love with learning. The fire in 1835 burnt the business district. Whitman lost his job. He went on to be a teacher in a one-room school house for five years before he went on to scrape by as a full-time writer and poet. Read his poem about an astronomer. Then explain his message.

Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) only published 101 poems during her lifetime. Critics say her poetry gives us a look at what she saw in her travels. She won several major prizes including the Pulitzer Prize in 1956. She was also a painter, which some critics suggest that painting helped her visual the world from a different perspective. Read one of her poems called 'One Art.'

England's King James I agreed to publishing an English version of the Bible that historically became known as the King James Bible. Find out why.

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

This book takes place in the Ozark Mountains during the 1920s. What's life like there during that time? Watch this Prezi presentation. Take notes on the 3 key pieces of information that help you understand life in the Ozarks during the 1920s. Please share this information after the presentation. (share 7/11/18)

Nutrition

Focus on reading for information & linking information between texts.

Food hygiene. Now we know how to wash our hands. What do we know about food?

Here are some Facts or Myths. You decide.

1. You must throw out food after the "best before" date. Fact or Myth

2. Food dropped on the floor for less than 5 seconds is still good to eat. Fact or Myth

3. Plastic cutting boards are more hygienic than wooden cutting boards. Fact or Myth

4. Always wash raw chicken before cooking it. Fact or Myth

5. Eat beef steak when just browned on the outside, but eat hamburger cooked all the way through. Fact or Myth (share 7/30/18)

Learn more about simple and complex carbohydrates. Look at this link to see the way the molecules look. Compare the simple carb molecules to the complex molecule. Do these images give you a better sense of the difference between the two types of carbs? (share 8/13/18)

First Aid

Focus on interpreting text and apply information to specific situations; explain expository texts to others; & read difficult first aid terms fluently (smoothly)

We are reviewing vocabulary for burns and wounds today. Put together your resources with your partner, then work with the flashcards at Quizlet for today's review. (Note: I've put in two different links because I don't know which link will work best. You decide.) (share 8/14/18)

Exercise

- getting blood back into our brains so we may learn more

Let's take this 5-minute workout in a different direction. Today, we'll use resistance bands with a partner. You can look at exercises #3, #5, and #9 on this video for today's workout. (share 7/26/18)

Note taking

- Focus on identifying key words and summarizing texts.

Understanding Dyscalculia (4:03) is the focus of today's notetaking session. Work with a partner. Organize your paper based on the Cornell Note taking Method. Watch the video with your partner. Take notes as you watch. Watch the video more than once. Share your notes. Agree on the notes you both have. After you are done, compare your notes to my notes. Our notes will not look the same. That's okay. The question is do we both have the same main ideas. (Remember: You are not writing everything the person says. You are writing down the major ideas.) (Share 7/3/18)

Daymond John, a well-known entrepreneur, talks about his dyslexia and its challenges in his life. Watch this video about his book Rise and Grind (4:04). Watch the video with your partner. Take notes as you watch. Watch the video more than once. Share your notes. Agree on the notes you both have. (Remember: You are not writing everything the person says. You are writing down the major ideas.) (Share 7/10/18)

Don Roth, host of Mad Money, interviews Daymond John about his book Power of Broke. Watch this interview (6:09) with your partner. What is the point of this video? Take notes as you watch. Watch the video more than once. Share your notes. Agree on the notes you both have. (Remember: You are not writing everything the person says. You are writing down the major ideas.) (Share 7/17/18)

Growth Mindset - Let's start with a teaser about what growth mindset is about. Watch this story - How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers. How did the boy finally "catch" the star? What happened? Fixed or Growth? (share 7/31/18)

Fullerton College produced this video that talks about how to assist your brain in changing and growing (4.05) (share 8/7/18)

The Moth stories are written and presented by many ordinary people. This podcast - "The Theory of Change" (12.06) - is about and written by a teenager. Listen for what she says not only about first aid but also about her mindset. Fixed or Growth? (share 8/14/18)

This The Moth podcast - called "Pool Party" - talks about his movement through life as phase-to-phase. Listen to what he says about his thoughts. Fixed or Growth? (share 8/21/18)

Today pick your own The Moth podcast to listen to, take notes on, and then report back to the group. Here are 11 podcasts from which to choose (each one is about 5 minutes long). You may need to listen more than once. (That's okay.) Be ready to tell us - summarize - what the speaker had to say. (share 8/28/18)

Careers

Mabu is a personal healthcare companion that lives with you. This robot monitors your health as you check in with her daily. Mabu states that she collects data on you as you interact. Watch this video from the company (1.27). Then watch this video made by Mabu (1.30) (I think). What are the key elements of this robot's interactions with patients? What do you think of this technology? What would you want a personal robot to do? Here's another video about machines (5.5). The narrator asks some interesting questions about AI (artificial intelligence) (share 7/26/18)

Where do you start to figure out careers? Career specialists say you start with your personality or use Holland Codes. This video explains the Holland Codes (5:16). Take notes. Explain what they do. (shared 8/2/18)

Here's a starting point. Let's take this Holland Code Quiz. Record your final codes. Then we'll explore what the codes mean. (share 8/9/18)

Art Appreciation

- Focus on using higher levels of questions to seek information, write expository text (either as final product or as script for final product), & generate public document to share with others (video, audio, print, or combination)

Before we try our efforts with chalk, we need to hone some of our drawing skills. Today, we will examine how to draw a hole in a piece of paper. Then you'll each attempt to draw your own hole. When we do the chalk work next week, perhaps you can use some of the "hole" technique on your sidewalk art. (Note: This site has lots of videos about how to draw things you might be interested in drawing. Explore the site when you have a chance.) (share 8/15/18)

Chalk artists are doing much more than drawing hopscotch game boards on the sidewalk. Edgar Mueller (1968-present) is considered one of the world's most famous 3-D illusionist street painters. Mueller uses paint and chalk to create his illusions. Take a look at some of Mueller's chalk art. What do you think about it? (share 8/22/18) Interested in seeing more, check out this website that even let's you watch the work being done.