Phone 650-922-0598
Email-wilson222@gmail.com or michael.wilson@mvla.net
Send work to fmcmikework@gmail.com
Google Classroom code:
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Middle College Yearbook email
fmcyearbook2018@gmail.com. Please send your half page to this address.
Link to Google survey about the yearbook
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJiyWS7n_CrAPircEGYq6N2-LluNwQ-ZJlwbyfUA4zL5Odaw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Link to Google Photos file. You can upload any Middle College photos here
https://photos.app.goo.gl/YGo3ogyKJyjsEXV63
fmcyearbook2018@gmail.com. Please send your half page to this address.
Link to Google survey about the yearbook
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJiyWS7n_CrAPircEGYq6N2-LluNwQ-ZJlwbyfUA4zL5Odaw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Link to Google Photos file. You can upload any Middle College photos here
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4/9-4/13
Monday
School Meeting-no class
Tuesday
Final Gatsby quiz
Group work on Gatsby presentations
Wednesday and Thursday
Gatsby presentations
Gatsby discussion
Friday
No class-teacher service day
Monday
School Meeting-no class
Tuesday
Final Gatsby quiz
Group work on Gatsby presentations
Wednesday and Thursday
Gatsby presentations
Gatsby discussion
Friday
No class-teacher service day
Website addresses
http://noel-andersen.com/mcweb/Home/
https://kbrownstein14.wixsite.com/harlemrenaissance
https://sites.google.com/view/harlemrenaissance/home
https://harlemrenaissancealirachelizzy.weebly.com/
https://fmc-harlemrenaissance.weebly.com/
https://sites.google.com/view/harlemrenaissance/home
https://sites.google.com/pausd.org/harlem-renaissance/home
http://noel-andersen.com/mcweb/Home/
https://kbrownstein14.wixsite.com/harlemrenaissance
https://sites.google.com/view/harlemrenaissance/home
https://harlemrenaissancealirachelizzy.weebly.com/
https://fmc-harlemrenaissance.weebly.com/
https://sites.google.com/view/harlemrenaissance/home
https://sites.google.com/pausd.org/harlem-renaissance/home
3/5-3/9 Week 3
Monday
Finished reading Modernism poems
Groups formed for Web page/Harlem Renaissance Project
HW- 2 pages of research on HR project
Tuesday
1 hour of work on HR project with groups
Prufrock discussion questions
Monday
Finished reading Modernism poems
Groups formed for Web page/Harlem Renaissance Project
HW- 2 pages of research on HR project
Tuesday
1 hour of work on HR project with groups
Prufrock discussion questions
2/20-2/23 Semester 2 Week 1
Tuesday
Project work
Wednesday
Present projects to classmates
Final is due
Thursday
Intro to new unit-Modernism/Boom/Bust
HW- write a 1/2 page definition of modernism
Friday
Begin reading and discussing modernist poems
HW- Write a 1 page explication of your modernist poem
Prepare presentation.
Tuesday
Project work
Wednesday
Present projects to classmates
Final is due
Thursday
Intro to new unit-Modernism/Boom/Bust
HW- write a 1/2 page definition of modernism
Friday
Begin reading and discussing modernist poems
HW- Write a 1 page explication of your modernist poem
Prepare presentation.
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2/5-2/9. Week 16
Monday
Group work on Lit Circle Project
HW- Finish Catcher
Tuesday
Catcher in the Rye Quiz
Discuss last part of the book
HW- Lit Circle Project
Wednesday
MLK Lunch
Thursday
Lit Circle Presentations
Friday
Pass out Final Exam prompt
Work on project
Possible Catcher discussion.
Monday
Group work on Lit Circle Project
HW- Finish Catcher
Tuesday
Catcher in the Rye Quiz
Discuss last part of the book
HW- Lit Circle Project
Wednesday
MLK Lunch
Thursday
Lit Circle Presentations
Friday
Pass out Final Exam prompt
Work on project
Possible Catcher discussion.
1/22-1/26 Week 14
Monday-
Finish and discuss Rebel packet
Intro to Catcher in the Rye
Background on Salinger
John Green intro to Catcher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSR8J6LUaT8
HW-Read Lit Circle and Catcher (2 chapters per night)
Tuesday
Finish intro to Catcher
Important lines from Catcher
HW-Read Lit Circle and Catcher-read 2 chapters per night
Wednesday
Lit circle meeting-
Work on lit circle project
Thursday
Catcher cont. Through Chapter 6
Quiz?
HW-Read Lit Circle and Catcher
Friday
LINC class
HW-Read Lit Circle and Catcher1/22-1/26 Week 14
Monday-
Finish and discuss Rebel packet
Intro to Catcher in the Rye
Background on Salinger
John Green intro to Catcher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSR8J6LUaT8
HW-Read Lit Circle and Catcher (2 chapters per night)
Tuesday
Finish intro to Catcher
Important lines from Catcher
HW-Read Lit Circle and Catcher-read 2 chapters per night
Wednesday
Lit circle meeting-
Work on lit circle project
Thursday
Catcher cont. Through Chapter 6
Quiz?
HW-Read Lit Circle and Catcher
Friday
LINC class
HW-Read Lit Circle and Catcher1/22-1/26 Week 14
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1/16-1/19 Week 13
Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday
Begin watching Rebel Without a Cause
HW-Lit circle reading
Friday
Linc class
possible lit circle meeting
Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday
Begin watching Rebel Without a Cause
HW-Lit circle reading
Friday
Linc class
possible lit circle meeting
1/8- 1/12 Week 12
Monday
Intro to new unit- America Grows Up
Intro to new unit- 1/2 hour class
Selected Lit Circle Book
HW-None
Tue-
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-
Read/Discuss Turner Thesis-Discussion questions or graphic depiction of key ideas,themes, quotes
HW- Read Lit Circle Book-to page 30 by Friday
Thur-
Discussion questions or graphic depiction of key ideas,themes, quotes
Select the 3-5 key ideas in the Thesis. Identify quotes that reflect these key ideas.
As a group, devise a way to graphically represent the key ideas in the Thesis.
Present your representation to group/class
HW- Read Lit Circle Book-to page 30 by Friday
Fri-
First Lit Circle Meeting
HW- continue reading Lit Circle Book
Monday
Intro to new unit- America Grows Up
Intro to new unit- 1/2 hour class
Selected Lit Circle Book
HW-None
Tue-
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-
Read/Discuss Turner Thesis-Discussion questions or graphic depiction of key ideas,themes, quotes
HW- Read Lit Circle Book-to page 30 by Friday
Thur-
Discussion questions or graphic depiction of key ideas,themes, quotes
Select the 3-5 key ideas in the Thesis. Identify quotes that reflect these key ideas.
As a group, devise a way to graphically represent the key ideas in the Thesis.
Present your representation to group/class
HW- Read Lit Circle Book-to page 30 by Friday
Fri-
First Lit Circle Meeting
HW- continue reading Lit Circle Book
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12/4-12/8
Monday
Discuss "Speaking of Courage"
Watch Homefront-here is a link to the youtube version. Take notes on anti war protests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrgw0CKI4zo
Tuesday
Finish Homefront
Nixon-watch and discuss
Thursday
Nixon Cont.
Link
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/nixon/#part01
Friday
Review for exam on Monday
11/27-12/1 Week 10
Monday
Watch and discuss Dear America-Letters Home from Vietnam
Extra Credit Assignment-Write a letter to or from a character in TTC
HW- Prepare for in-class essay on Transcendentalism
Tuesday
Discuss "Song Tra Bong" and "The Man I Killed"
In class essay due Thursday
Thursday
Essay due
Friday
Open Mic
Monday
Watch and discuss Dear America-Letters Home from Vietnam
Extra Credit Assignment-Write a letter to or from a character in TTC
HW- Prepare for in-class essay on Transcendentalism
Tuesday
Discuss "Song Tra Bong" and "The Man I Killed"
In class essay due Thursday
Thursday
Essay due
Friday
Open Mic
11/20-11/21 Week 9
Monday
Extreme Partner Quiz (EPQ)
"On The Rainy River"
HW- Read How To Tell a True War Story
Tuesday
Finish discussion of "Rainy River"
Quizzussion on "True War Story"
Pass out essay prompts
Watch Tim Obrien on PBS-This is the only link I could find to this excellent interview.
https://archive.org/details/WETA_20100428_230000_PBS_NewsHour/start/2580/end/2640
HW-Read to page 116 in TTC
Review essay prompts for Tuesday
Monday
Extreme Partner Quiz (EPQ)
"On The Rainy River"
HW- Read How To Tell a True War Story
Tuesday
Finish discussion of "Rainy River"
Quizzussion on "True War Story"
Pass out essay prompts
Watch Tim Obrien on PBS-This is the only link I could find to this excellent interview.
https://archive.org/details/WETA_20100428_230000_PBS_NewsHour/start/2580/end/2640
HW-Read to page 116 in TTC
Review essay prompts for Tuesday
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11/13-11/17 Week 8
Monday
15 minute meeting with Beat groups
Intro to The Things They Carried- TTC
HW-finish reading the first chapter in TTC
Tuesday
1 hour meeting with Beat groups
Discussion of TTC
HW-Read to page 61 by Monday. Make sure you read On the Rainy River
Finish Beat Symposium Project
Thursday
Beat Symposium
Friday
LINC class
HW-Read to page 61 by Monday. Make sure you read On the Rainy River
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11/6-11/9. Week 7
Monday-
Beat Poem Readaround
Tuesday
Standing Rock presentation
Wednesday
Block w Trish
Thursday
Finish Beat poems
Group work on Beat Symposium
HW-Work on Symposium
Friday
Veteran Day!
Monday-
Beat Poem Readaround
Tuesday
Standing Rock presentation
Wednesday
Block w Trish
Thursday
Finish Beat poems
Group work on Beat Symposium
HW-Work on Symposium
Friday
Veteran Day!
10/30-11/3 Week 6
Monday
Progress Reports-college
Sunflower Sutra small group discussion
Tuesday
Halloween Party!
Wednesday-
Sutra cont.
Assign Beat Poem-due on MONDAY-Each of you will need to write your own Beat poem. Your poem should demonstrate your understanding of the elements of Beat poetry. Think about the slide show about the Beats and what influenced them. Use the Ginsberg poems as inspiration. You may also choose to write your own version of Ginsberg's America poem. If you get stuck, follow the advice of Jack Kerouac :)
Intro to Beat Poet Project
HW- Write Beat Poem- research on Beat poet
Thursday
Work on Beat Poet Project-Meet in the library.
HW- Write Beat Poem- research on Beat poet
Friday
With Trish
Monday
Progress Reports-college
Sunflower Sutra small group discussion
Tuesday
Halloween Party!
Wednesday-
Sutra cont.
Assign Beat Poem-due on MONDAY-Each of you will need to write your own Beat poem. Your poem should demonstrate your understanding of the elements of Beat poetry. Think about the slide show about the Beats and what influenced them. Use the Ginsberg poems as inspiration. You may also choose to write your own version of Ginsberg's America poem. If you get stuck, follow the advice of Jack Kerouac :)
Intro to Beat Poet Project
HW- Write Beat Poem- research on Beat poet
Thursday
Work on Beat Poet Project-Meet in the library.
HW- Write Beat Poem- research on Beat poet
Friday
With Trish
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10/23- 10/27 Week 5
Monday
Intro to the Beat Movement
Alan Ginsberg intro
Beat Movement Project introduction
HW-- Transparent Eyeball Paper/Project Research Beat Poet/Movement
Wednesday
Transparent Eyeball presentations
Alan Ginsberg cont
Read and discuss Sunflower Sutra
HW-- Research Beat Poet/Movement
Friday-
Ginsberg cont.
HW-- Research Beat Poet/Movement- Work on Beat Poem
Monday
Intro to the Beat Movement
Alan Ginsberg intro
Beat Movement Project introduction
HW-- Transparent Eyeball Paper/Project Research Beat Poet/Movement
Wednesday
Transparent Eyeball presentations
Alan Ginsberg cont
Read and discuss Sunflower Sutra
HW-- Research Beat Poet/Movement
Friday-
Ginsberg cont.
HW-- Research Beat Poet/Movement- Work on Beat Poem
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10/16-10/20 Week 4
We will have a strange schedule this week. Block days for 4 days
Monday
EPQ- Civil Disobedience
Discuss CD
Assign the Transparent Eyeball project-Due next Wednesday-the assignment is attached to last week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C-OtjwiBtI
http://musicvideoswiz.com/song/Molly%20Tuttle/Walden/
Begin "reading" Dead Poets Society
HW-TE Project- Dead Poets packet
Wednesday
Dead Poets cont.
HW- Finish DP packet (due Friday) and continue working on TE project-READ CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE!!!
Transparent Eyeball projects will be presented next Wednesday
Friday
Discuss Civil D-EPQ
Discuss DPS-DPS packet due!
Below are some additional samples
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Monday 10/9-10/13 Week 3
Continue with the Video series on conformity from last week
View and discuss HIP videos
Intro to Thoreau-
Begin working with selections from Walden
Thoroughly Thoreau handout
Tuesday
slide show on Hudson River School of painting
Continue Intro to Transcendentalism
Wednesday
PSAT
Thursday
With Trish all day
Friday
Thoreau cont.
Begin working on Thoreau packet-
Music reflecting Transcendental/Emersonian ideas-listen and discuss
Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsM23z4hzTA
begin 225
Wings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAg3uMlNyHA
Fake Plastic Trees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqCXa9ZPH7w
HW- Read "Civil Disobedience" in the TAR-page 125
We will discuss this on Monday
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Monday-10/2-10/6. Week 2
Pair and Share about your own personal nature reflection -share with at least 2 people. Turn in reflections
Read and Discuss Romanticism and Emerson's "Nature."
Transcendentalism notes-see file link
HW- Read Emerson's essay,"Self-Reliance." This essay is found in The American Reader (TAR)
The essay is found on page 106 in most editions of TAR. Select 4 key quotes-underline them in the text or write them down on a separate piece of paper.
Tuesday
Finish discussing "Nature" by Emerson
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
HW- For each quote you selected the night before, or 4 new quotes from the class discussion, write a 1/4 page response. Why is it significant to you? What do you like about it? What does it reflect about Transcendentalism, etc. The most important response is what this means to you, in your life! This will be due on Thursday
Thursday- PSAT NEXT WEDNESDAY 10/11-CONTACT YOUR HOME SCHOOL FOR ROOM ASSIGNMENTS. NOTIFY YOUR COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS THAT YOU WILL BE ABSENT. NO MIDDLE COLLEGE FOR JUNIORS THAT DAY!!!
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-Read Walden in the TAR (The American Reader) for Monday
Friday
You will be with Trish all day and I'll be stuck with the seniors:(
HW-Read Walden in the TAR (The American Reader) for Monday
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9/25-9/29 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 or 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."
romanticism_explained.doc
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