Tag Archives: foldable

4/16/2012

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Today, we did an anticipation guide for “The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights” by reading ten statements and then holding up a sign with whether we agreed or disagreed with them. A few times we got into it – except in second block. Second Block just stared and would really talk. BOR-ING.

We started reading The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (pages 7-12). It’s pretty easy to read, so if you missed it, it’s not confusing at all.

After we read, did a One Pager. The one pager instructions (and a sample) are in LMS.

 

Basically, you are going to create a poster (can be on Powerpoint, on paper, or whatever you wish) with the following items:

  • a picture/clip art in the center of the poster
  • four brainstorms
  • the two most important quotes from pages 7-12 (cited correctly)
  • 2 thought-provoking questions
  • 2 answers to those questions
  • 1 personal connection

If you do this on paper, make sure that you turn it in the Old School Dropbox and leave a message in the LMS dropbox.

3/28/2012

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Today, we started out doing the Carpe Diem foldables. For each sentence, translate it into a short sentence that makes sense. The first sentence the class translated as “We shouldn’t know our future, so don’t bother to ask.” You do the next three and add an image.

Then, we listened to Riley’s story about Making Time Count and the sister-in-law’s lingerie.

Next, we listened to Marvin Gay’s “Let’s Get it On” and discussed how it was a carpe diem poem – specifically, how it was contradictory and how it related to TIME (“stop beating ’round the bush”, and “this minute”). She asked if we thought that she’d get in trouble if Mrs. Ekster came in and we were playing this song.

We then read “To His Coy Mistress” and took notes over OneNote. The poem is a syllogism – a form of deductive reasoning. This was kind of a creepy poem. Make sure you get the notes.

We did a foldable (in LMS) that turned the poem’s syllogism into a pyramid.

For each triangle, write the following:

  • If… (1st stanza – lines 1-20) + image
  • But… (2nd stanza – lines 21-32) + image
  • So… (3rd stanza – lines 33-46) + image

Make sure you follow the instructions in the PowerPoint – rotate text and put your name on it. Drop it off in the drop box and Riley will print it in color so you can make a pretty foldable.

3/9/2012

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We read Sonnet 29 today – if you need help with understanding this even after we talked about it in class, go check it out on NoFearShakespeare.

Riley gave each of us a copy of the poem, a TP-CASTT paper, and four colored sheets.

Take the four colored sheets and stagger them about an inch apart thusly:

 

Then, fold the bottom over so that you have about eight 1-inch flaps.

Staple the top and then title the foldable Sonnet 29: TP-CASTT.

Cut out the TP-CASTT bits and glue them under the flap. When you look at the section for ATTITUDE, you should see both the bit that you pasted about attitude and the bottom flap with the title.

Pretty easy! All you have to do now is analyze the poem!

At the very end, cut out the poem and glue it on the back of the foldable.

Remember – LMS and Gradespeed will be down over the break. You will not have your school laptops. If you are going to work on your Extra Credit, go print the instructions and look at the example in LMS. For every fifty points you find, you can convert that to 10 points for a major grade. DO IT!

9/21/11

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Isn’t anyone other than Lil’ Juan going to be the scribe? Holy Moly! I sure know a lot about this classroom, and I only just got back the room on Tuesday!

Anyway, we spent today working on the quilt squares to provide protection and comfort (?) when we return attack on the French ship that fired at us.

Yesterday we made the quilt patches and today, we read the material and wrote down our notes.

You will need a key word, a sentence (quote, summary, or paraphrase), and a picure. If you need help, Riley has key words for each section on an index card.