It Really Is All About EFFORT

Here's today's lesson in the absence of a guest teacher ... 

Aim: How do we compare and contrast the themes in the film and the memoir? 

Quick Write: Write a DOK level 3 or 4 question about Diving Bell. Give the question to a partner and ask him or her to answer it..


Guest teaching ends today! However, all students regardless of whether they actually taught a class or not are responsible for turning in a completed lesson plan based on their assigned readings. You will get partial credit for this. Who knows? If it's really good maybe you'll get a chance to actually teach it.

Note: Each day we watch the film or read the memoir, you should be generating questions and analyzing themes and concepts in the memoir by developing your mind map. Mind maps will be graded at the end of the unit based on ideas, creativity, and of course EFFORT!

In the absence of a guest teacher, your mission today is to answer your question by reading, watching or researching. By the end of class, put the answer to your question into a reflection.

Reminder: Independent reading projects are due.  You should get started on this because there will be at least one other final challenge (project) for this course in addition to that.

What's Due

• Developed and Completed Mind Maps
• Independent Reading Projects
• Lesson, including written lesson plan and blog post
• Art Cultural Exhibition blog post
• Cartoons
• Argument Essays (or critical lens for those taking the ELA Regents)
• Daily Blog Postings

Remember independent reading books? Here's a list of suggestions. However, other ideas are encouraged. Just run them past me.

*****Always check Engrade for your up-to-the-minute progress in this class.*****