tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27104479043265739262024-02-08T03:25:43.121-07:00Give It Some Thought Jessie C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01711523852272478418noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710447904326573926.post-48561385077592498412013-05-07T06:55:00.002-06:002013-05-07T06:55:35.851-06:00Gatsby Chapter 9 Silent SocraticHi Guys! Please read all of the following directions. Today, you are going to do a silent discussion over the end of the book; please make sure to reference specific quotes in text as much as possible; always end with a question and refresh your page periodically to read comments that are coming in and respond to one another. I would like you to discuss the book first, then you can move into critical level questions. Be thoughtful and show depth with analysis. Push each other. If you are responding to certain people, either comment under their question or write their name so they know to whom you are speaking.<br />
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Also, make sure to read over your timed writing prompts (handout given in class) as we will write Thursday. DO NOT write out your paper; it is supposed to be practice for the purpose of writing an argument in a timed setting-have a thesis, maybe quotes from book-I will be coming around to check.<br />
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ANSWER my question first and then leave with a question and begin your silent thread. <br />
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1. Analyze the imagery of the final three paragraphs in the book; look up words if you don't know them. What is Fitzgerald conveying? What sense does it bring you as a reader? (Just to think about-look at how "Winter Dreams" ended. How is this ending vastly different?)Jessie C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01711523852272478418noreply@blogger.com102tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710447904326573926.post-59343446464813980232013-04-30T06:58:00.002-06:002014-04-11T06:58:31.899-06:00Dreamer MentalityPlease respond to ALL of the following questions-make sure to give a thorough response, end with a question and respond to at least one other person's comment.<br />
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Idealism has always been a way for people to escape reality, or to pursue a reality that isn't quite tangible. Having dreams for something more has many effects.<br />
If you are a dreamer, do you have to be more careful? Nick says to Gatsby, "You can't repeat the past." What do you think? Are there repercussions? Are people more apt to not get what they desire? Characterize Gatsby's dreamer mentality and what you see in his idealism (try to use textual support if you can)Jessie C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01711523852272478418noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710447904326573926.post-26512396899554391622013-04-10T14:36:00.002-06:002013-04-10T14:40:56.728-06:00Money, Money, Money<br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17px;">What are your perceptions of material wealth/money? Is it something your desire? What is "wealth"? Do we see too much excess today? </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">Are we always wanting more? Do we "want" too much? Is being content or fulfilled enough? When is enough, enough?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 17px;"> Is your financial status a reflection of how successful you are? What is success to you? (Remember that I am asking questions to challenge your thinking, you write what you desire).</span></div>
Jessie C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01711523852272478418noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710447904326573926.post-57717338455659208952013-04-10T14:35:00.001-06:002013-04-14T14:37:30.210-06:00Happiness<br />
Please respond to the following prompts: I expect you to to ask an open-ended critical level question at the end of your response that may prompt someone else. I also expect you to react to one other's comment within your own reflection. Make sure you are being thoughtful and discerning.<br />
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What constitutes<em> "</em>happiness" in life? What do <u>you</u> <em>need</em> to be happy? What should drive and push us regarding happiness? What might blind us from becoming happy?<br />
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Jessie C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01711523852272478418noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710447904326573926.post-49330597233177277422013-03-14T14:00:00.000-06:002013-03-14T14:00:53.350-06:00Music Makes the People...In response to our HR music lesson I would like you to appeal to your emotional side for a bit. Please answer the following questions and speak with feeling and passion ( and honesty). <br />
When you are done answering the questions, I would like you to respond to at least two other people's responses. Let's share together and interact a bit because we will be doing a lot of this the next couple of months.<br />
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1. Why was music so vital in expanding the voices of the HR? What were its implications into culture?<br />
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2. How does music (or art, film, or any other creative medium) inspire and shape you? Show how. How is it a "feeling" and "response"? How does it reflect your spirit? Is it something that frees you? Brings catharsis? Compassion? Empathy? Please reflect.<br />
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When I hear (see, sing...)____________, I know/I feel________________.<br />
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Example: When I hear Motown-from Otis Redding, Marvin Gay and Stevie Wonder to Aretha Franklin and the Temptations, I am entranced. It is a connection I feel. I am listening to art passed down to me. I am listening to something that speaks truth-something that was meant to transcend. I hear something that was played in the house on Saturday mornings, cleaning the furniture and singing and dancing with a mop. In my car, on lazy Sunday's or when the doldrums of life seem too real, I put in my Motown and it shares its voice allowing for a more liberating experience. It is an experience, a nostalgia, a memory of times that always pervade my soul with warmth. It is a love of past experience and knowledge. A love of the shouts, and beats, rhythms, rhymes and that of LIFE!<br />
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<span style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">yeah yeah yeah</span><br style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">and it makes it easier to bear</span><br style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">oh she wont regret it</span><br style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">no no</span><br style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">them young girls they dont forget it</span><br style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">love is their whole happiness</span><br style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">yeah yeha yeah</span><br style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">but its all so easy</span><br style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">all you got to do is try</span><br style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: silver; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;">try a little tenderness"-</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Every time I listen to those lyrics, I smile. Otis lives through me, letting me know the trials of love, of want, of a lesson learned. I shout it from the pit of my stomach and blare it out. Oh how I could go on...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">4. Pick one song that moves you and share your ideas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">5. If you so desire; tell me your top music artists: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">For me: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">1. Led Zeppelin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">2. Tool </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">3. Dave Matthews Band </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">4. Metallica</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">5. Rodrigo y Gabriela...and the list goes on and on...</span></div>
Jessie C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01711523852272478418noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710447904326573926.post-21817267314156791492013-03-04T11:42:00.003-07:002013-03-04T11:42:57.122-07:00Race, Class and Gender<br />
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or make you think differently? Make sure to <b>use specifics </b>from the
chapter, “Shifting the Center” to support your ideas. How might you
change your perceptions based on this reading? This is a very open
response, but it requires you understand its ideas and to discuss what they mean
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Also respond to how you view the power of words. What do
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Jessie C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01711523852272478418noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710447904326573926.post-29028234069058962092012-12-03T11:45:00.005-07:002012-12-04T06:10:33.133-07:00Emerson's Nature and Daniel Suelo<strong>Please respond to the first prompt and have your discussion for about 25 minutes for the Emerson reading. Then spend the last half of class discussing Daniel Suelo and the article. </strong> I expect at least a solid papragraph. When you are finished, please ask a question(s). As you are writing, make sure to use <u>specifics from the text</u> to back up your responses and to keep questioning, challenging other people's thinking. I would like your relfection to talk not only about the text, but its application to contemporary society.<br />
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1. Please write your favorite quote from the exerpts of <em>Nature</em> and <u>analyze</u> its significance. (What intrigues you about Emerson's perspective of nature and how humans (should) revere it? How do you embrace or challenge these notions? <br />
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2. <strong> Spend the last 20 minutes</strong> discussing what you agree with and resist when it comes to Daniel Suelo's way of living (see article-"Moab Man...")? How might his life teach us about how we live today and what we focus on and consume ourselves with? Again, use specifics.Jessie C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01711523852272478418noreply@blogger.com109tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710447904326573926.post-77192518098435711672012-10-31T07:16:00.002-06:002012-10-31T07:16:34.170-06:00A Virtuous Life<br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 21px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For this blog response, I would like you to speak some truth! You MUST first answer my questions; be thorough, show depth and use Franklin's text to support your assertions. I would like you to write a critical question at the end of your response. I expect you to respond to <u>at least one other person's</u> post and question. </span></b><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 21px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. What virtue on Franklin's list do you think is most important? What virtue do you think people need to improve upon?</span></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 21px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. How is Franklin a rationalist? (See notes to help you draw a conclusion)</span></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 21px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. How do we learn what it means to live "right"? </span></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 21px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. What virtues must you attain to live a "good" life? Do you practice these?</span></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 21px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. What drives you to improve (if you seek this idea)? Will we ever be satisfied?</span></b><br />
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 21px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. What did you learn listening to the creedos shared in class? </span></b><br />
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Jessie C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01711523852272478418noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710447904326573926.post-82728223294994117222012-10-02T07:03:00.001-06:002012-10-02T07:17:20.747-06:00Act 4 Discussion ThreadToday we are going to have a discussion thread based on Act 4 of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Crucible</span>. I want you to respond to at least 2 others, make comments,<strong> using textual support</strong>, and I always want you to end with a question-intepretative or critical.<br />
I do not want one word responses; I expect formal writing and intelligent thought showing your discerning observations and analysis. Please keep in mind the ideological statements and central questions as a means of helping you to analyze further. <br />
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<strong>To start, please answer the following 3 questions:</strong><br />
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1. Who is to blame for what happened? Can the people of Salem's actions be excused by the cultural hysteria, or is it the individual's fault? Find evidence to support both sides.<br />
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2. As you read this act, what spoke to you the most or evoked the most emotion?<br />
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3. How does individual judgment play a role in this Act? Find one example and relay its significance.<br />
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When you finish, make sure you ask questions and begind responding to others. <strong>Textual support is mandatory! </strong>Jessie C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01711523852272478418noreply@blogger.com116tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710447904326573926.post-43461461648881741662012-09-21T09:34:00.000-06:002012-09-21T09:34:50.778-06:00Crucible Act 2 Discussion Thread<br />
Today we are going to have a discussion thread based on Act 2 of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Crucible</span>. I want you to respond to at least 3 others, make comments, using textual support, and I always want you to end with a question-intepretative or critical.<br />
I do not want one word responses; I expect formal writing and intelligent thought showing your discerning observations and analysis. Please keep in mind the ideological statements and central questions as a means of helping you to analyze further. To start:<br />
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How far reaching has this epidemic become? Everyone should start here with comments and then take the thread where it will go.<br />
Jessie C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01711523852272478418noreply@blogger.com166tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710447904326573926.post-21107607722541437892012-08-17T14:24:00.002-06:002012-08-17T14:24:36.864-06:00Your Learning<br />
Please repsond to ALL of the following questions/statements-make sure to label your answers accordingly: (Please make sure to proofread and use complete sentences)<br />
1) What is your role as a learner? To what extent do you value learning?<br />
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For the next questions put your top 2-3 ideas:<br />
3) What constitutes a "good" student? Hence, what do you expect of yourself and your classmates as students and learners?<br />
4) What do you expect of a good, quality teacher? Thus, what do you expect of me?<br />
5) What does this class need to do/have in order for a productive, fun, learning environment to exist? What does that look like?<br />
Jessie C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01711523852272478418noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710447904326573926.post-43849097920674097482012-08-17T14:22:00.001-06:002012-08-17T14:22:38.873-06:00Inspiration<br />
After watching our inspirational video, Inspired Bikes, please answer the following: (Make sure you are being true to your response-<br />
1. What lessons can we take away that involve struggle, potential, expectations, work ethic etc.? (Hence, what do these videos have to teach us regarding these issues?)<br />
2. How might these ideals apply to your future or present day life?<br />
4. What inspires YOU?<br />
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