Block Day 1/28-29 ~ Let's Emmigrate Over to Immigration

SUFFIXES

• Quiz!

HOUSEKEEPING

• Finish movie
• Did we go over quizzes yet?

IMMIGRATION UNIT

• Today we begin learning the background information for our new book, Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande.

Journal 2: The Story I Know
(EQ) What do you already know about the issue of Mexican-American Immigration?

 
















 


Journal 3: My Opinion 
Is the U.S. responsible to help people in need from other countries? Why/Why not?


















Continue your journal as you view a quick intro video from the BBC.


HOMEWORK

• Journal 5: Parent Interview ~ Talk to your parents or any other adult about immigration. Record their thoughts on the issue. 
• Buy book (Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande ISBN 978-0-7432-6958-2)

Wednesday 1/27 ~ A midweek R&R

SUFFIXES

• Lucky you! We finished our list. Click here and review the suffixes being quizzed tomorrow.

The Power of One

• Finish movie.
• Turn in your movie analysis to google classroom.
• Pass back and go over quizzes if time.

HW: Turn in your Movie Comparison Analysis on Google Classroom tonight!
*Make sure your write a thorough, proofread paragraph please!

Suffix Quiz on Block Day!!!

Tuesday 1/26 ~ Finishing up strong...

SUFFIXES

• ist - one who, that which
• ite - nature of, quality of, mineral product

Want to win some cash for poetry?

Coastal Commission Poetry (Jan. 30): Theme: "California Coast"

Farm Bureau Poetry (Feb. 24): Theme: "Grown in Santa Cruz and the Pajaro Valley"

Last projects
EQ: Is my project worthy of the points I desire?


HW: Movie Analysis due block day in Google Drive.

Monday 1/25 ~ Complete Projects & POO Movie Analysis

ROOTS

• ish - origin, nature, resembling

• ism - system, manner, characteristic

POO

• Last projects presented
• Complete movie and Analysis Assignment (Turn it in on Google Drive)

HW: Nope. Rest :)

Block Day ~ POO Presentations

Hey! Give Mr. Davis some feedback about JanTerm here. 

SUFFIXES

• ine - in the nature of
• ion, sion, tion - act, result or state of

THE POWER OF ONE

• Announcement: If you haven't made up a POO Quiz, it will become a permanent zero on Friday 1/22 at 3:30.
• Set up Rubrics: On the front, write your first and last name and period number. On the back, write your project(s) down along with the points each is worth. Use the project titles to save yourself time. 
• Present projects in order of sign ups.
• Watch movie if time (Due in Google Classroom on Tuesday).

HW: Nope (unless you slacked :) Happy weekend!

Wednesday 1/20 ~ POO Movie

SUFFIXES

• id, ide - a thing connected with or belonging to
• ile - relating to, suited for, capable of

Just for kicks, check out this survival guide for MV. It was written as a final project by one of last year's seniors.


POO

• Sign up for a project due date (Sorry. Only West can edit this one for obvious reasons:).
• Watch the movie and continue working on your analysis and points to explain the differences.

HW

• Movie Analysis due Tuesday 1/26 in google drive.
• Projects due tomorrow and Monday (according to your assigned due date). Click here to view assignments (view the correct sheet tab for your period number). 

Tuesday 1/19 ~ POO Movie

SUFFIXES

• ic – nature of, like
• ice – condition state, quality

SURVEY

• Please take this survey.

THE POWER OF ONE

• Review
• EQ: Considering the argument in the beginning of the chapter, what is Courtenay saying about the nature of true spirituality or true religion?
• EQ: On the last page, what exactly does Peekay mean by "the business of survival"? (How is it different from "merely surviving"?)
• Review key quotes from Ch. 15
• Assignment: As we watch the movie, record at least 20 bullet point notes of differences between the movie and the book. After watching the movie, please write a paragraph explaining your assessment of the director's changes. Do you believe the changes added or subtracted to/from the meaning of the story? Why do you believe the director deviated from the novel so much? 
• Movie time.

HW: Work on your project. New due date is Block Day.

Block Day 1/14-15 ~ POO Quiz 2

SUFFIXES

• fy - make
• hood - order, condition, quality

POO

• EQ: How has the meaning of "the power of one" changed in Chapter 14? 
• Discuss Chapters 13 & 14
• Take POO Quiz 2
• Read Chapter 15

HW: Complete Ch.15 and begin your project.

Wednesday 1/13 ~ Quiz and Ch.13

SUFFIXES

• et, ette - small one, group
• fic - making, causing
• ful - full of

THE POWER OF ONE

• Quiz 
• Read Ch.13-14

HW: Study for Quiz on Ch.13-14 on block day.

Tuesday 1/12/2016 ~ EQ: Which project(s) will you choose?

SUFFIXES

• ese - a native of, the language of
• esis, osis - action, progress, condition
• ess - female

THE POWER OF ONE

• Discuss Chapters 6-12
• Ch.6 ~ How does meeting Hoppie change Peekay?
• Ch.7 ~ This chapter is full of incredible quotes. Find one and explain its thematic significance.
• Ch.8 ~ Describe Professor Von Vollensteen (esp. 157-168) 
• Ch.9 ~ Contrast the religious views of the professor with those of Peekay's mom and  Pastor Mulvery. Which seems closer to Jesus? (p.189-191)
• Ch.9 ~ Do you still think Doc is a good role model for Peekay? 
• Ch.10 ~ What significance did the concert have "in the head and in the heart" for Doc? (p.231)
• Ch.11 ~ How do Peekay and his mentors help to bring justice without overhauling the system? What does it mean to be the Tadpole Angel? 
• Ch.12 ~ Why is it so significant that Doc comes to the tournament? 
• See your project options here. The project will be due on Wednesday 1/20.

HW: Study for the quiz tomorrow and on block day & start your project. Be ready to talk about chapters 13 & 14 tomorrow.

Welcome Back! 1/11/2016

Welcome back! 

• Choose a new seat with a new person on at least one side of you. 
• Tell us the story of your break and Christmas blessing.
• EQ: What is our focus in quarter 3? Click here to view the plan.

THE POWER OF ONE

Ephesians 4:1-6
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit-just as you were called to one hope when you were called--one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 

The Power of One (page 123)
   Hoppie had passed briefly through my life, I had known him a little over twenty-four hours, yet he had managed to change my life. He had given me the power of one, one idea, one heart, one mind, one plan, one determination. Hoppie had sensed my need to grow, my need to be assured that the world around me had not been socially arranged to bring abut my undoing. He gave me a defense system and with it he gave me hope.

Mix the head with the heart; you're ahead from the start...the wheels changed until my head began to pound with the rhythm. It was becoming the plan I would follow for the remainder of my life; it was to become the secret ingredient in the power of one.

• EQ: What is the power of one?
• Be prepared for a quiz on Wednesday.

JOURNAL (You should probably get a new journal ja?)

• First term of the new year (copy into Journals & Notes): 
• Christus mansionem benedicat
• What do you think it means? 

• How might it relate to Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar?

• This quarter you will chalk up some poetry, but will your chalk be blessed? 

Here's an Epiphany art march:

Mid 500's (AD, of course)

Mid 1500's (El Greco)

Mid 1600s (Murillo)

1800s (Tissot)