Jackie Owens' HUC

South Africa. Unit Plan & Docs. Through 4.29.11

Tues. 3/29.

SEHS AM: Finish TRB movies.

SEHS PM: Creative writing & art workshop around Silver & Gold. (practice found poems, metaphors, similes, personification) Hmwk: finish creative piece.

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Day 1: Wed. 3/30 CHS; Thurs. 3/31 SEHS

AM only: Turn it in.com overview.

Train background – show train clip from Amandla! (?), teach poetic devices, show Gumboots, start poems in class. Homework: Finish poems.

Amandla! on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9BXqbxC9tA

Train clip begins at: 24:08

Download GumbootsPoemInstructions

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DAY 2: Fri. 4/1 CHS; Mon. 4/4 SEHS

Poem off. Start Tell Freedom, & TF found poems. Start Amandla! Vocab Days One and Two. Homework: Finish Tell Freedom & found poems.

Download TellFreedom

Download TellFreedomIllustratedFoundPoemInstructions

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DAY 3: Tues. 4/5 CHS; Wed. 4/6 SEHS

AM Only: Turn It in.com info and Africa Conf. permission slip.

Debrief Tell Freedom. Share poems. Start Kaffir Boy & poems.; start Amandla! Hmwk: K.Boy & Found poem.

Download KaffirBoyPartOne

Download KBoyAssign

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DAY 4: Thurs. 4/7 CHS; Fri. 4/8 SEHS

Fear/Courage. Debrief K. Boy. Share Found Poems. Read Only A and start 2 Voice poems. More Amandla! Hmwk. Only A 2voice poem.

Download OnlyA

Download OnlyAtwovoicepoemInstructions

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DAY 5: Mon. 4/11 CHS; Tues. 4/12 SEHS

AM Only SEHS: Collect Turnitin.com receipts and Africa Conf. permission slips.

Perform 2-voice poems. Vocab. Review. Read/start Once Upon a Time. Finish Amandla! If needed. Hmwk: OUaT questions. & Study for Vocab Test.

Download SAvocab1.2 & Download SA Vocab 3.4

Download OnceUponATime

Download OUaTqs

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DAY 6: Wed. 4/13 CHS; Thurs. 4/14 SEHS (NO SCHOOL FRI. 4/15 & MON. 4/18)

AM Only CHS: Collect Turnitin.com receipts and Africa Conf. permission slips.

2Voice Presentations. OUaT Review. This I Believe essay intro. Hmwk: TIB brainstorming & Study for Vocab Test on 4/19 CHS; April 20^th SEHS.

Download TIBbrainstormsheetNextracredit

Download TIBessayinstructions

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DAY 7: Tues. 4/19 CHS; Wed. April 20 SEHS

Vocab Test. Writing workshop (Voice, details, description, figurative language). Mark a text – a TIB example. Hmwk: TIB rough draft

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DAY 8:  Thurs. 4/21 CHS; Fri. 4/22 SEHS (FRI 4/22 = Africa Conf.)

Synchronize scoring & Peer edit TIB essays.

Hmwk: Final draft with student # (no name)

SEHS: Creative Final Project Planning Sheet

Download CreativeFinalProjectSA

****************** AFRICA CONFERENCE MAKEUP ASSIGNMENT ******************

Africa Celebration. If you were gone today, you missed out.  Wipe off that frown; it will be OK, but you need to do some work to make up for this.  To get credit for the day you need to do 2 of the following 3 activities:

 1. Interview a student who went to the celebration.   Sample questions may include:  What was the best part about the celebration?  How did the Model African Union voting turn out?  What was the message of Anne Williams from Tostan?  What was the most interesting booth at the conference? (1 page minimum, typed).

2.  Visit Swahili Imports at the 5^th Street Market.  Describe the most interesting things there.  Talk with someone who works there and learn at least three new things about African art or culture.  (1 page minimum, typed)

3.  Find African music on-line.  Find at least three different artists.  Name the groups you heard.  Give a short bio and description of the music.  What did you like?  What wasn’t your favorite?  If possible, what’s the story behind this music? (1 page minimum, typed)

Some cool websites to check out are:

http://bennloxo.com/

http://www.naijajams.com/

http://soundroots.org/

Good luck and have fun with this!! :) 

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DAY 9: Mon. 4/25 CHS; Tues. 4/26 SEHS

CHS: Intro. Creative Final Project. Grade TIB essays; Hmwk: Final project planning sheet.

SEHS: Peer Edit. TIB essays; Final project planning sheet due. Hmwk: TIB final draft. 

Download CreativeFinalProjectSA

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DAY 10: Wed. 4/27 CHS; Thurs. 4/28 SEHS

CHS: Silver & Gold. Hmwk: Silver & Gold Creative Piece.

SEHS AM: Silver & Gold. Hmwk: Silver & Gold Creative Piece.

Download SilverAndGoldCreativePieceAssign

Watch & Listen to the song (and get MAJOR hints about what it's about at: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-HQJXI4nVw) 

SEHS PM: TIB – synchronize grading #2. Grade TIB essays.  Hmwk: Show evidence of progress on final project

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DAY 11: Fri. 4/29 CHS; Mon. 5/2 SEHS

CHS: Poetry Form & Meaning. SA poems. Start Soweto Road. Hwmk: Soweto Road analysis – rough draft & Show evidence of progress on final project

Download SowetoRoadAssign

Download PoetryAnalysisClassNotes

SEHS: Silver & Gold Review. Poetry Form & Meaning. SA poems. Start Soweto Road. Hwmk: Soweto Road analysis – rough draft.

****************** EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!! ******************

The Hidden Brain 
April 30: Science journalist Shankar Vedantam’s fascinating exploration of how unconscious bias affects us more than we know.

Download Hidden Brain Poster

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SA Creative Final Project Examples: 

1. Wire Sculpture

2. Clay Sculpture

3. Quilt

4. Whiteboard Animation

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DAY 12: Tues. 5/3 CHS; Wed. 5/4 SEHS

CHS & SEHS: Soweto Road debrief. Start Sarafina! Hmwk: Final Project

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DAY 13: Thurs. 5/5 CHS; Fri. 5/6 SEHS

Finish Sarafina! Hmwk: Final Project

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DAY 14: Mon. 5/9 CHS; Tues. 5/10 SEHS

South Africa gallery. Intro speaking & Choral Readings (SA poems and/or songs.). Hmwk: Choral Reading practice.

TRB Wrap Up and Spring Break Extra Credit

Once our movies were complete, we: 

1. Wrote outlines, rough drafts, and final drafts of our TRB essays

Copies of related documents are available on an earlier post.

2. Watched the film "The Kitchen Toto" and discussed and wrote compare and contrasts of the film and the book.

If you'd like to work on some extra credit over break, here's a book list for titles to choose from to read. You could also watch a film. Please limit yourself to 1 movie and 1 book (for extra credit) and check with your parents to make sure it's appropriate for you.

Download AfricanBookList

Have an awesome break!! See you March 29/30!

TRB movies Final Wrap Up steps.

Download TRBmoviesWrapUpSteps

3.3.11 TRB Overview and Docs

Hi all; apologies for the hiatus. Here are some docs you might need for The River Between - make up work, etc.

** Please note that the study guides are for the SEHS PM class ONLY ***

Pre TRB reading:

Download FacingMountKenya - reading and study guide.

Vocab Docs:

Download Kenya Vocab Days 1 and 2

Download VocabDays3and4

Download VocabReviewCrossword

TRB Reading Docs. Scripts for CHS and SEHS AM; Study guides for SEHS PM only

Download TRB bookmark 0910

Download TRB daily script sheet

Study guides:

Download TRBstudyguide1.Ch1to5

Download TRBstudyguide2.ch.6to11

Download TRBstudyguide3 ch. 12 to 16

Download TRBstudyguide4and5.ch.17toEnd

Essay Docs:

Download TRB final essay10.11

Download TRB Outline 10.11

Download TRB essay rubic 10.11

Download TRBpeerEdit.doc

Download TRB Chapter by Chapter overview. Use this to help you hunt for quotes.

Hope this helps everyone! Good luck studying for the vocab test (Monday and Tuesday) and working on your essays.

Fri. 1/14/ Mon. 1/17 NO SCHOOL

I hope you had a refreshing and relaxing 4-day weekend! :)

Wed. 1/12 CHS; Thurs. 1/13 SEHS

Day Four—Churchill; Jan. 12 Guest teacher Hand out glossary – review basic Jewish terms. This is not an assignment; it's just to help you. Read Night pgs. 1-26 Work on quote chart and study guide in groups. HMWK: Night pgs. 27-62, study guide, and quote chart

Day Four—South; Jan. 13 -Review/collect Vocab Day 1 and 2 -Go over study guide one in class - Hand out Vocab 3/4 - Propaganda HMWK: Night pgs. 27-62 and study guide; Vocab Day 3 and 4; 2 PPT slides per person

  Download Holocaust Vocabulary Day 3and4

Mon. 1/10 CHS; Tues 1/11 SEHS

Day Three—Churchill Jan. 10 - Propaganda - Rest of Rise of Hitler - Literary terms: juxtaposition, symbols, etc. Get in groups to plan PWR PNT. HMWK: Research paper – rough draft with MLA works cited page

NO CLASS AT SOUTH MLK Day of Respect

Download NightDay3.Prop.10.11

Thurs. 1.6 CHS; Fri. 1.7 SEHS

PowerPoint for today: Download NightDayTwo10.11

Due Mon. CHS; Thurs. SEHS: Download Mini Research Sheet

Download HolocaustResearchAssign.2010.11.doc

For South only: (Due Thurs. 1/13)

Download Night Bookmark 10.11

Download NightQuoteChart10.11

Download Night Study MASTER study guide

Download GlossaryWWIIandJewishTerms - this is JUST FYI. Not homework. Just to help you.

 

Welcome Back! Tues. 1.4.11 CHS; Wed. 1.5.11 SEHS

Download NightDayOne10.11

Sorry, no "Master Race" reading to upload; please check the extras binder for more copies.

Download NightVocab1and2

UGLY SWEATERS!

SOUTH IHS UGLY SWEATER CONTEST WINNERS!!!

OWENS' CLASS TAKES HOME THE BIG WIN AT SOUTH despite healthy competition from Ms. Lawless and Mr. Kostechka's classes.

CHS AM Class

vs. 

CHS PM class

Ms. Owens' Morning Class Takes the Win at Churchill!!!, thanks to Laina Holmgren; she contributed 3 of the sweaters in her class' photo above. Can you guess which? Laina was dubbed the Patron Saint of Ugly Sweaters and will take home the participation prize!!!

SEHS In Class: UGLY SWEATER CONTEST!!!  Then, we started watching "Swing Kids." Check it out on YouTube if you were absent. We got through the first 83 minutes.

CHS In Class: Double Lit! UGLY SWEATER CONTEST!!! CHECK OUT YOUR COMPETITION! We'll finish the whole movie, take the Culture Quiz, do our Group Presentations Group Evaluations, and hand in the Swing Kids Sheet.

PowerPoint: Download Ugly Sweater Day

Download SwingKidsSheet.

If you were absent, please do _not_ complete the whole Swing Kids Sheet - just do: characters, quotes, short answer, and choose ONE of the paragraph-long questions at the end.

Due Today: 

1. Final Draft Packet

2. Quote Chart

3. Literary Elements Sheet

4. Study for Culture Quiz (SEHS - Fri. 12/17; CHS - Thurs. 12/16). This will include: 

Shinto, Buddhism, Samurai, WWII, Japanese Gardens, Japanese Poetry (Haiku & Tanka), Festivals & Leprosy

SEHS: Projects Expository Page #1

THAT'S OKAY LAWLESS KIDS - YOUR SWEATERS ARE UGLY TOO. . . 

MR. WIEBE  - - -  OUR FAVORITE FRENEMY . . . SPORTING MS. OWENS' UGLY SWEATER. HE MAKES IT LOOK _GOOD_.