Phone 650-922-0598
Email-wilson222@gmail.com or michael.wilson@mvla.net
Send only work to fmcmikework@gmail.com
Google Classroom code:
New Code: 2fyl63
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6/10-6/14
MLK Letter from Birmingham Jail
MLK Letter from Birmingham Jail
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5/6-5/10
Monday
Intro to Iran Contra affair
Background lecture on key historical events/people
Watch film Coverup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDdItm-PDeM
Tuesday
Block with Trish watching the Reagan film
Thursday/Friday
Work on Unit Exam
Due end of class on Friday
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4/8-4/12
Monday
First day of Spring Quarter
1/2 class
Begin Biography on Fitzgerald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J82Us_i9KTc
HW- none
Tuesday
Finish Biography on Fitzgerald
HW- none
Wednesday/Thursday
In Class Essay on Gatsby
Friday
Intro to the 1980s!
Monday
First day of Spring Quarter
1/2 class
Begin Biography on Fitzgerald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J82Us_i9KTc
HW- none
Tuesday
Finish Biography on Fitzgerald
HW- none
Wednesday/Thursday
In Class Essay on Gatsby
Friday
Intro to the 1980s!
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3/18-3/22
Monday
Final Gatsby Quiz
Gatsby Discussion
Tuesday
Gatsby presentation groups-Groups meet and prepare presentation
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1006PC9oZKuhR2538ClZtxOiwiGd_jU-EIHaKVG4gfkQ/edit#slide=id.g9797f6642_0_10
Presentations should include the following:
-5-15 slides
-A well thought out argument about your topic. This should read like a thesis.
-4-8 significant quotes that relate to your topic. Be able to explain the significance.
-An assertion about how your argument is related to Fitzgerald's "ought" statement
-some colorful design elements
-Some sort of conclusion
Thursday/Friday
Gatsby presentations
3/11-3/15
Monday
Gatsby EPQ
HW- read chapter 5 in GG
Tuesday
Finish discussing EPQ
Gatsby Groups meet and begin identifying examples in the novel
HW Read GG Chapters 6 and 7 for Thursday
Thursday
GG cont.
HW-Read Ch 8
Friday
GG cont
HW-Finish GG for Monday
Monday
Gatsby EPQ
HW- read chapter 5 in GG
Tuesday
Finish discussing EPQ
Gatsby Groups meet and begin identifying examples in the novel
HW Read GG Chapters 6 and 7 for Thursday
Thursday
GG cont.
HW-Read Ch 8
Friday
GG cont
HW-Finish GG for Monday
3/4-3/8
Monday
Finish Modern Times
Tuesday
Discuss MT sheet
HR Website group work. finish the site
Intro to Gatsby/Fitzgerald
Read ch 1 1nd 2 in Gatsby by Thursday
Thursday
Gatsby Discussion Groups
Friday
Harlem Renaissance Symposium
Monday
Finish Modern Times
Tuesday
Discuss MT sheet
HR Website group work. finish the site
Intro to Gatsby/Fitzgerald
Read ch 1 1nd 2 in Gatsby by Thursday
Thursday
Gatsby Discussion Groups
Friday
Harlem Renaissance Symposium
2/24-2/28
Monday
Modernism cont.
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Listen/read poem. Small groups meet and discuss/analyze poem. Write a 1 page response to the poem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAO3QTU4PzY
Tuesday
Modernist Poem Read Around
Begin watch in Modern Times
Work on Modern Times sheet
Link to Modern Times on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAPilyrEzC4
Thursday
Finish Modern Times
Friday
LINC class
2/19-2/22
Tuesday-Thursday
Modernist poem packet.
HW-write a 1 page response to your poem from the poem packet
Present your analysis to the class.
Thursday
Finish Poem Packet
HW-Write your own "Modernist" poem and bring it to class on Tuesday
Assign the Harlem Renaissance Website-HW for the next week is to work on this.
Friday
LINC class on website design.
Tuesday-Thursday
Modernist poem packet.
HW-write a 1 page response to your poem from the poem packet
Present your analysis to the class.
Thursday
Finish Poem Packet
HW-Write your own "Modernist" poem and bring it to class on Tuesday
Assign the Harlem Renaissance Website-HW for the next week is to work on this.
Friday
LINC class on website design.
Semester 2
Week 1 2/11-2/15
Monday
Catcher in pop culture
Will Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRrs_X4OUkU
John Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUnQ-wOPGUE
Life of the Buddha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsN7NLs-0jI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-eQ3tV9Zbg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5TmpQwzxOc
Tuesday
Intro to new unit- The Boom Years
Intro to modernism- Art Slide Show
HW- Research and write up a one page definition of modernism-bring definition to class
Wednesday
Modernism continued- Modernist poems-reading, analysis and presentations
HW- Write a 1 page explication of your assigned modernist poem
For Seniors
Poem by Aja Monet
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4650745/aja-monet-my-mother-freedom-fighter
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2/4- 2/8 Last Week of Semester
Monday
Catcher-John Green video
Discuss key scenes in Catcher
Tuesday
Catcher Cont.
Work on Lit Circle Project
Thursday
Lit Circle Presentations
Friday
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Monday
Catcher-John Green video
Discuss key scenes in Catcher
Tuesday
Catcher Cont.
Work on Lit Circle Project
Thursday
Lit Circle Presentations
Friday
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Week 15 1/22-1/25
Monday
MLK Day
Tuesday
Guest Speaker in Hearthside
Wednesday
Catcher in the Rye-
Lit circle project sheet.
HW for the next 2 weeks-Read 2 chapters of Catcher per night.
Thursday
Catcher chapters 3 and 4
Friday
Chapters5/6
Week 14 1/14-1/18
Monday
Finish Turner Thesis Graphic displays- groups meet and share-discuss a few class examples
Lit circles-check in and discuss first lit circle quiz
HW-ALL WEEK-READ LIT CIRCLE BOOK
Tuesday
Begin watching Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel packet
HW-ALL WEEK-READ LIT CIRCLE BOOK
Thursday
Rebel cont-discussion
Intro to Catcher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSR8J6LUaT8
HW-ALL WEEK-READ LIT CIRCLE BOOK
Friday-
Lit circle meeting-discussion sheet. Lit Circle/Rebel
Assign Lit circle project- attached below
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| jd_salinger.pdf |
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Week 13 1/7-1/11
Monday-
1/2 period
Intro to new unit, America Grows Up
Selecting Lit Circle Book-
Always Running, Caucasia, Looking for Alaska, or Huck Finn
Hw-None
Intro to Turner Thesis
RAP- How would you describe the American character? What makes us different/particular? What historical forces/events have shaped how we are in the world? Is there continuity (have we basically maintained a particular character), or has our character changed over time?
Discuss RAP
Get Lit Circle Books/groups
HW- Read Turner Thesis- annotate and select your three favorite quotes
Read Lit Circle Book-to page 30 by Friday
Wed-
Discuss Turner Thesis-Discussion questions or graphic depiction of key ideas,themes, quotes
HW- Read Lit Circle Book-to page 30 by Friday
Thursday
Turner Thesis cont.
Graphic Depiction of the ideas presented in the Turner Thesis. In pairs, students will draw/create a graphic/narrative image that expresses the key ideas from Turner. Your creation must include multiple elements/ideas from Turner.
Time Permitting- Review of classic American songs and how these songs reflect/promote themes about America.
SSR- Lit Circle Book
Friday
First lit circle meeting. You must be to page 30!!! There will be a reading quiz :)
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Week 10. 12/3-12/7
Monday-Thursday
Nixon film
Vietnam/The Things They Carried
HW- Read The Man I Killed for Tuesday, Speaking of Courage for Wednesday, and Lives of the Dead for Thursday
We will briefly discuss each of these stories at the beginning of each class.
Monday-Thursday
Nixon film
Vietnam/The Things They Carried
HW- Read The Man I Killed for Tuesday, Speaking of Courage for Wednesday, and Lives of the Dead for Thursday
We will briefly discuss each of these stories at the beginning of each class.
Week 9 11/26-11/30
Monday
Extreme Partner Quiz -On the Rainy River
HW- Read "How To Tell A True War Story"
Tuesday-
Reading check
Transcendentalism Essay Assigned-Due Next Tuesday
Begin watching Vietnam Film-Dear America
Extra Credit Assignment- Write a letter to or from a character in the book.
HW-Read "The Sweetheart of The Song Tra Bong"
Thursday-
Discuss Song Tra Bong
Watch more of letters home
Friday-
Work on Trans. Essay
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Week 7 11/5-11/9
Monday
Sunflower Sutra Cont. Discussion and Questions sheet
HW- write the Beat Poem
Tuesday
Beat Poem readings
Intro to the Beat Symposium-selected groups
HW-2 pages of notes on Beat research
Thursday
Group Work on Beat Presentation
HW-Work on Beat Presentation
Friday
Intro to Tim O'Brien and The Things They Carried (TTC)
HW-Beat Presentation and reading TTC
Monday
Sunflower Sutra Cont. Discussion and Questions sheet
HW- write the Beat Poem
Tuesday
Beat Poem readings
Intro to the Beat Symposium-selected groups
HW-2 pages of notes on Beat research
Thursday
Group Work on Beat Presentation
HW-Work on Beat Presentation
Friday
Intro to Tim O'Brien and The Things They Carried (TTC)
HW-Beat Presentation and reading TTC
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Week 6 10/29-11/2
Monday
Finish discussing Dead Poets
Collect DPS packet
Intro to The Beats
Tuesday
Beats cont.
Beat Poet Project assigned
Alan Ginsberg's America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJq2DUyzSdg
Sunflower Sutra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A_tDB7t5eg
Assign Beat Poem
HW- Beat Poem and Presentation
Wednesday
Halloween Party
Thursday
With Trish all day
HW- Beat Poem and Presentation
Friday
Alan Ginsberg cont.
Sunflower Sutra
HW- Beat Poem and Presentation
Monday
Finish discussing Dead Poets
Collect DPS packet
Intro to The Beats
Tuesday
Beats cont.
Beat Poet Project assigned
Alan Ginsberg's America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJq2DUyzSdg
Sunflower Sutra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A_tDB7t5eg
Assign Beat Poem
HW- Beat Poem and Presentation
Wednesday
Halloween Party
Thursday
With Trish all day
HW- Beat Poem and Presentation
Friday
Alan Ginsberg cont.
Sunflower Sutra
HW- Beat Poem and Presentation
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Week 5 10/22-10/26
Monday
Transparent Eyeball Presentations
HW- None
Tuesday
Begin Dead Poets Society
HW-work on Dead Poets Packet
Thursday
Finish DPS
Hw-DPS Packet
Friday
Intro to Beat Poets
HW-None
Monday
Transparent Eyeball Presentations
HW- None
Tuesday
Begin Dead Poets Society
HW-work on Dead Poets Packet
Thursday
Finish DPS
Hw-DPS Packet
Friday
Intro to Beat Poets
HW-None
Week 4 10/15-10/19
Monday
Thoreau Cont-Walden
Thoroughly Thoreau packet
Intro to Transparent Eyeball assignment-due next Monday
Tuesday
TE project samples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C-OtjwiBtI
http://musicvideoswiz.com/song/Molly%20Tuttle/Walden/
Thoreau cont- begin reading Civil Disobedience
HW-Work on TE project
Wednesday
Immigration Teach-in- Hearthside Lounge
HW-Work on TE project
Thursday
Civil D cont.
HW-Work on TE project
Friday
HW-Work on TE project
Monday
Thoreau Cont-Walden
Thoroughly Thoreau packet
Intro to Transparent Eyeball assignment-due next Monday
Tuesday
TE project samples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C-OtjwiBtI
http://musicvideoswiz.com/song/Molly%20Tuttle/Walden/
Thoreau cont- begin reading Civil Disobedience
HW-Work on TE project
Wednesday
Immigration Teach-in- Hearthside Lounge
HW-Work on TE project
Thursday
Civil D cont.
HW-Work on TE project
Friday
HW-Work on TE project
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Week 3 10/8-10/12
Monday
"Self-Reilance" EPQ
Video on childlike wonder- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCCHn1cWhOg
RAP-write a response to the video clip
Intro to Transcendentalism cont.
Discuss key quotes from Self-Reliance
Tuesday
Finish discussion of Emerson's "Self-Reliance" -
Conformity-big deal or not?
Watch and discuss the Asch video on conformity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyDDyT1lDhA
Milgram- Obedience to Authority
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9l_puxcrlM
Dangerous Conformity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjP22DpYYh8&feature=plcp&context=C3476ef2UDOEgsToPDskISJjYGpPomMBNuGB34GTlt
HW- none
Wednesday
PSAT
Thursday
Transcendentalism Cont.
Slid show lecture introducing Thoreau and the Hudson River School
Take notes on slide show.
Begin reading Walden by Thoreau
HW- read the first 2 pages of Walden
Friday
RAP- Thoreau writes that "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." What does he mean by this? Do you agree? Do you see others living in desperation? Do you live that type of life? What is the alternative?
Walden cont.-class reading of Walden
We will do these on Monday
"Thoroughly Thoreau"
Introduce Transparent Eyeball assignment
Monday
"Self-Reilance" EPQ
Video on childlike wonder- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCCHn1cWhOg
RAP-write a response to the video clip
Intro to Transcendentalism cont.
Discuss key quotes from Self-Reliance
Tuesday
Finish discussion of Emerson's "Self-Reliance" -
Conformity-big deal or not?
Watch and discuss the Asch video on conformity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyDDyT1lDhA
Milgram- Obedience to Authority
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9l_puxcrlM
Dangerous Conformity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjP22DpYYh8&feature=plcp&context=C3476ef2UDOEgsToPDskISJjYGpPomMBNuGB34GTlt
HW- none
Wednesday
PSAT
Thursday
Transcendentalism Cont.
Slid show lecture introducing Thoreau and the Hudson River School
Take notes on slide show.
Begin reading Walden by Thoreau
HW- read the first 2 pages of Walden
Friday
RAP- Thoreau writes that "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." What does he mean by this? Do you agree? Do you see others living in desperation? Do you live that type of life? What is the alternative?
Walden cont.-class reading of Walden
We will do these on Monday
"Thoroughly Thoreau"
Introduce Transparent Eyeball assignment
-Week 2 10/1-10/5
Monday
Intro to Romanticism
Pair and share nature reflection write-ups
Read intro sheet to romanticism-discuss how different from enlightenment philosophy
Listen and respond to music samples
Tuesday-
Intro to Transcendentalism
Read and discuss Emerson's Nature
Wednesday
Emerson cont.
Thursday
Film in Trish's class
Homework-Read "Self-Reliance" in The American Reader. It is found on page 106. Select 4 quotes from the text and write a 3-5 sentence response to the quote. Due Monday!!
PSAT is on Wednesday at your home school!
Friday
Linc class-Design Thinking
Homework-Read "Self-Reliance" in The American Reader. It is found on page 106. Select 4 quotes from the text and write a 3-5 sentence response to the quote. Due Monday!!
PSAT is on Wednesday at your home school!
Monday
Intro to Romanticism
Pair and share nature reflection write-ups
Read intro sheet to romanticism-discuss how different from enlightenment philosophy
Listen and respond to music samples
Tuesday-
Intro to Transcendentalism
Read and discuss Emerson's Nature
Wednesday
Emerson cont.
Thursday
Film in Trish's class
Homework-Read "Self-Reliance" in The American Reader. It is found on page 106. Select 4 quotes from the text and write a 3-5 sentence response to the quote. Due Monday!!
PSAT is on Wednesday at your home school!
Friday
Linc class-Design Thinking
Homework-Read "Self-Reliance" in The American Reader. It is found on page 106. Select 4 quotes from the text and write a 3-5 sentence response to the quote. Due Monday!!
PSAT is on Wednesday at your home school!
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Week 1
Monday
Intro to American Lit.- Discuss syllabus
HW- Letter to your teachers
Tuesday-
Intro to Dissent
RAP- What is dissent? What role has dissent played in the development of Western culture? If our revolution is an act of dissent, what were we dissenting from?
RAP 2- Why were the "dark ages" dark? Who, or what, turned on the light?
Intro to Enlightenment thinking-
Western Civ. discussion- Intro. to Locke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtYU87QNjPw
Write a short response to the video. If we are to look beyond the obvious comedic content, what truths does this clip express? What are we to learn from this? What makes it funny?
Western Civ-notes
Wednesday-
Begin reading excerpts from John Locke's "Second Treatise on Government" (1690)
HW- Finish reading/annotating Locke for class on Thursday
Thursday
Continue reading/discussing excerpts from John Locke's "Second Treatise on Government" (1690)
Locke cont.- Small group discussion of Locke-Locke Questions
Friday
Small group discussion of Locke-Locke questions
Intro to Romanticism
Music RAP-
HW-Read the first page of Romanticism Explained Packet. Complete the Nature reflection assignment and bring your response to class on Monday. We will share them with the class and then we will read Emerson's essay "Nature."
Monday
Intro to American Lit.- Discuss syllabus
HW- Letter to your teachers
Tuesday-
Intro to Dissent
RAP- What is dissent? What role has dissent played in the development of Western culture? If our revolution is an act of dissent, what were we dissenting from?
RAP 2- Why were the "dark ages" dark? Who, or what, turned on the light?
Intro to Enlightenment thinking-
Western Civ. discussion- Intro. to Locke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtYU87QNjPw
Write a short response to the video. If we are to look beyond the obvious comedic content, what truths does this clip express? What are we to learn from this? What makes it funny?
Western Civ-notes
Wednesday-
Begin reading excerpts from John Locke's "Second Treatise on Government" (1690)
HW- Finish reading/annotating Locke for class on Thursday
Thursday
Continue reading/discussing excerpts from John Locke's "Second Treatise on Government" (1690)
Locke cont.- Small group discussion of Locke-Locke Questions
Friday
Small group discussion of Locke-Locke questions
Intro to Romanticism
Music RAP-
HW-Read the first page of Romanticism Explained Packet. Complete the Nature reflection assignment and bring your response to class on Monday. We will share them with the class and then we will read Emerson's essay "Nature."
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