For Monday, March 30

Finish reading The Road.

Find a song that MOVES you emotionally.  This can be instrumental or include lyrics.  If you choose a song with lyrics, print out about 7 copies of the lyrics.  You will need to communicate to the class how and why this song moves you; type out your explanation for me.  How does the song demonstrate "humanity"?

Mentally answer this question:  What other art forms move me?  How does this happen?  You should select a painting, novel, poem, sculpture, sport play, etc.  I will ask you how this _______ moves you.

Here are some art pieces that move me!

For Thursday, March 26

Complete the quick write over the relationship between music and humanity.  Make sure to answer each of the questions.  You will need to turn in about a page and a half.

In search of a world language, music seems to the universal language of Earth regardless if the song is sung in Arabic or Spanish or Japanese or is recorded in Swahili. Humanity has been communicating through music longer than spoken language. Even now instruments in fusion music, local and indigenous and classical music still earns respect from warring factions and divided nations. Music has been used in the past and currently the present as a form of diplomacy sometimes backed by governments across the world in cultural exchanges by citizen led initiatives from film festivals, musical collaborations between national bands across borders or further away to call for understanding, cooperation and peace where politicians have failed to bridge the gap. Just as it has been used for diplomacy it has also become a tool of therapy for distressed people: soldiers and civilians suffering PTSD and daily stress of life in general. Than there is the role of music in propaganda and how it has been used to promote a jingoistic and exclusionary nationalism. But at the end of the day, music is still regarded as a culture and sound everyone around the world enjoys and immerses in.

http://ignoringoccupation.blogspot.com/p/art-and-culture.html

For Tuesday, when we get back from Spring Break.

Read The Road through page 200.  I know I am posting this late, but hopefully, you can make it through the pages.  It starts slow; try to embrace the psychology of the piece.  Look for writing style.  It's not necessarily a book to read for plot line.

If you do not make it through all 200 pages, no worries.  Just get as close as possible.

For Friday, March 13

Bring in the novel The Road, by Cormac McCarthy.

After we watch our last project presentations, we will have a brief introduction to our next novel.  Then, we will drop everything and read.  Feel free to bring a pillow.

For Wednesday, March 11

FOR EVERYONE:

Each project should have a notes page that tells me the page numbers on which your quotes can be found.  This can be a simple numbered list.  Put your quotes in the order they appear in the project.

INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS:

Sydney Bedell
Theme:  Dark and Light - Dorian's Demons
Animoto - 5 minutes
Quotes on separate sheet of paper
Commentary - Wilde's Message / Lesson for Today

Makena Belnoski
Theme - Good vs. Evil - Dorian's Dual Nature
Scrapbook - No pics from the movie
9 quotes
Commentary - Wilde's Message

Scott Buras
Theme - Growing Depravity of Dorian
Animoto - Original photography/Hand Pick music
9 Quotes
Commentary - Lesson Wilde teaches through this theme in his novel.

Emily Clark
Theme:  Dorian's Metamorphosis through Symbol Flowers and Colors
9 Quotes
Commentary - Wilde's Message

Sierra Dockrey
Theme:  The Power of Influence
Three Dimensional Book Art Piece
Animoto with Quotes - 9 quotes + Commentary - Wilde's Message

Lucas Foxicas
Theme:  No escape from the consequences of sin
9 Quotes within ___ original songs set to modern hits
Hats to represent characters
Performance
Commentary - Wilde's Message

Mackenzie Hogan
Theme - Dorian's Transformation
9 Quotes from novel
Frame with photography - dying flower
Commentary - Wilde's Message

Alayna Holm
Theme - Dorian's Transformation through Influence
9 Quotes = 9 Emotional Response Sketches
Bigger portrait
Commentary - Wilde's Message

Garrett Mayes
Theme - Good vs. Evil/Dorian's Dual Nature
CD-Playlist
9 Songs - 9 Quotes
Rationale for each song
Album Cover
Commentary - Wilde's Message

Hayden Pratt
Theme - Far reaching effects of sin - Dorian's corruption leads to death
Legos Diorama (4 scenes)
9 Quotes
Commentary - Wilde's Message

Gentry Smith
Theme - Hiding Sin Increases Sin
Art Piece - Layers - Dorian hides the painting
5 - 7 Layers
10 Quotes
Commentary - Wilde's Message

Sterling Smith
Theme - Dorian's Increasing Degradation - Face Sin or Be Trapped
Animoto - photoshopped photos/video
Hand pick your music please
9 Quotes
Commentary - Wilde's Message

John Stephens
Theme - The Power of Negative Influence
Animoto - 3 minute minimum
15 quotes
No photos from movie
Commentary - Wilde's Message
Any quotes not included in Animoto written out on separate sheet of paper

Emily Tyminski
Theme - Every choice bears a consequence - Hiding sin
Diorama scene with Sybil + symbols to demonstrate Dorian hiding his corruption
9 quotes
Commentary - Wilde's Message

Dani Wilds
Theme - Dorian's Increasing Corruption
Original photos - minimum 9
White to Black symbolism
9 Quotes
Commentary - Wilde's Message

For Thursday, March 5 AND For Monday, March 9

Today's Meet - Actually closed at 12:01 p.m. today, which means lunch time.  So...if you have posted your five comments=100 minor grade for you.  If you have not posted, you will receive no penalty/no reward.  You will be exempted from the assignment.  Forgive me as I try to become more tech savvy.  I'm learning.

NOTICE:  I HAVE MOVED PROJECT DUE DATE.

We will complete your team discussion sheets over PoDG.

Salvador Dali
Metamorphosis of Narcissus

The remainder of class time will be spent on your PoDG project.  You will meet with me to go over the specific requirements for your particular project.  Everyone must meet with me on Monday.

PROJECT DUE:  
11 March 2015

Keys for success:

You want your project to do everything a quality analytical essay over this novel would do.  Think:  3 body paragraphs...9 quotes with explanations or quotations sandwiches.  So, in your project, include a similar amount of evidence and explanation.

Obviously, this will look different for every project, but if you realize that this is our goal as far as tools used and exercised, your project will be superior in all its parts.