Vocal Tone in Poetry

Links to Hamlet's soliloquy:

Poetry Out Loud version (click on the one that says Conveying emotion, with excerpts from Hamlet)

Sesame Street version for the letter B

Billy Madison's version

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

After you have annotated the lyrics for each song, fill out the chart given to you while listening to each song.  Sometimes, we can assume what a song's message is from the lyrics alone; however, when coupled with the music, a whole new theme and emotional tone can appear.

"Yesterday" - The Beatles




"Today" - Smashing Pumpkins




"Tomorrow" - Annie (the musical)




"Seasons of Love" - Rent (the musical)

Teaching Tolerance Blog Project

Head on over to http://theteachingtoleranceproject.blogspot.com/ and click on the Quotes page!

And the secret words are...

croon, caustic, disparity, bereavement, censor, petulant, plaintive, altruistic, inevitable, virtuous, effusive, resilient, despotic

Good luck tomorrow!  Study hard!

Media That Matters: Something Other Than Other

Quick Facts:
Social scientists believe children begin to acquire prejudices and stereotypes as toddlers.  Many studies have shown that as early as age 3, children pick up terms of racial prejudice without really understanding their significance.  Soon, they begin to form attachments to their own group and develop negative attitudes about other racial or ethnic groups (Tolerance.org).

Multiracial children are one of the fastest growing segments of the US population, due to a rise in interracial marriages and relationships, as well as an increase in transracial and international adoptions.  About two million American children have parents of different races (AACAP).

1. Have you ever been asked to define your race or ethnicity?  How did it make you feel?  Do you think people should be asked to define themselves by these criteria?  Why or why not?

2. Applicants for a U.S. social security card can only select one race.  When else are individuals asked to report on their race or ethnicity?  How is this information used by governmental and non-governmental organizations?

3. Do you feel like people are judged based on their race?  What can you do to make your school or community more accepting of individuals who do not fit into a single racial or ethnic category?

4. In Something Other Than Other, music, narration and multiple images are layered into every frame.  What do you think these juxtapositions achieve?

Vocab Review Links (Unit 3)

Here are the links for online reviews for the Unit 3 vocab lists 9, 10, and 11

Lesson 9 Words

effusive, croon, ingratiate, saucy, succumb, 

tenacious, plaintive, strident, flagrant, petulant

Lesson 9 Words - Prezi

Lessson 9 Act it Out - Prezi

Lesson 9 Quizlet

Lesson 10 Words

resilient, inclination, inevitable, incomprehensible, abide, 

transitory, curtail, virtuous, altruistic, disparity

Lesson 10 Words - Prezi

Lesson 10 Act it Out - Prezi

Lesson 10 Quizlet

Lesson 11 Words

bereavement, subjection, censor, despotic, submissive, 

assiduously, inverted, patronizingly, caustic, artifice

Lesson 11 Words - Prezi

Lesson 11 Quizlet

QotW: Be Open Minded

Head on over to The Teaching Tolerance Project's "Quote" page to analyze this week's quote!

http://theteachingtoleranceproject-quotes.blogspot.com/

Media Violence Debate

Directions:

You will answer the prompt below and the questions that follow it (after reading/annotating the texts) by putting your answers on ANY shareable online format (whether it be Google Docs, Google Presentation, Prezi, Glogster, Popplet, Wallwisher, Sliderocket, etc).  Be thorough and clear in your answers.  Read ALL texts and answer the following questions... (due when you leave this afternoon!).  Annotate how you see fit.

We will share these during our full class discussion on Friday... aka tomorrow!  Comment below if you have questions.

Prompt: 

1. IS FICTIONAL VIOLENCE TRULY A CATALYST (aka connected reason) TO PROMPTING REAL-WORLD VIOLENCE? (discuss a lot of evidence to support BOTH sides)

In addition... answer these two questions in your final product:

1. WHAT IS YOUR CONCLUSION/OPINION AND WHY? (based on the texts you've annotated)
2. HOW CAN YOU EFFECTIVELY DEFEND YOUR OPINION WHEN OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS EXIST? (this one's based on your own opinion),

Text Sets: 
(note - you do not have to annotate the video or infographic sources, but it will be beneficial for you to write important info down on paper or on a Google Doc)

• Article: A Disconnect Between Violence and TV (Yahoo News, 2013)
• Article: Can a Violent Game Lead to Murder? (CBS News, 2009)
• Article: 'Dark Night' Shooting Renews Questions of Violent Movie Impact (Huffington Post, 2012)
• Article: Obama Urges $10 Million To Study Video Games and Violence (Wall Street Journal, 2013)
• Column: Define Violence in the Media (USA Today, 2013) 
• Infographic: Violence on TV
• Infographic: The Neurology of Gaming
• Video: The Bobo Doll Experiment  (Bandura's Social Learning Experiment, 1961... watch with headphones... and PS: you'll probably find this video comical BUT try to think of the big picture!) :)

Socratic Seminar Articles

Feel free to annotate on paper OR online via the Scrible Toolbar.

(Option 1)

The New Rules of Fight Club:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1106294-1,00.html
Prompt: Has the sport of ultimate fighting gone too far, and therefore has no redeeming social value?

(Option 2)
Reality TV at 10: How It's Changed Television - and Us: 
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1963739,00.html
Prompt: Has reality TV changed American culture for better or worse?