Thursday, April 18th

In Class:

Discuss the theme of coming of age.  Brainstorm ideas about coming of age expressed in texts we've read this year.
Writing Assignment - Pick 3 texts we read this year and explain how the theme of coming of age is expressed in each.  (3 sentences per text)

Texts to choose from:
The House on Mango Street
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Eleven
Oranges
Spotlight
Cut
Always Running/Race Politics
Marigolds
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Edward Scissorhands

Read and annotate pages 251, 252, 254 in Springboard

Discuss Shakespeare quote "All the world's a stage." Discuss types of Shakespeare plays

Exit Ticket - Write down one thing you already know about Shakespeare

Homework:

Read poem "We Wear the Mask" on page 256 three times.  Underline figurative language

Extra Credit:

Read the sonnet from As You Like It.  Identify how many ages are described.  Hint, the first one is the infant.  Write down the number on a piece of paper - and look up what "sans" means in French.  What's the English translation?

Wednesday, April 17th

In Class:

Complete and submit final Burton essays. 

dropitto.me/jacklin

Due 4/17/13 - NO EXCEPTIONS

HOMEWORK:

Bring Springboard in tomorrow

Extra Credit:

Make a goodbye card for Ms. Brooks

Monday, April 15, 2013

In Class
Go over rough draft edits. Continued to draft final drafts.

Extra Credit
Write an acrostic poem about Tim Burton's directing style.

Thursday and Friday, April 11 and 12, 2013

In Class
Writing rough drafts of final essay.

Homework
If you have not sent me your rough draft, do so immediately. My email address is abrooks118@gmail.com.

Extra Credit
If you could ask Tim Burton any question, what would it be and why?

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

In Class
Students continued to work on rough drafts of final essay.

Extra Credit
Write a THOUGHTFUL and CREATIVE title for your final essay.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

In Class

Went over a model body paragraph for final essay. Students continued to write final essay.

Extra Credit

Write a RELEVANT hook for your final essay.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

In Class
Brainstormed connecting themes and subjects in Tim Burton films. Established four central themes. Began to fill out graphic organizer outlining cinematic techniques/examples that establish theme.

Extra Credit
A hook is the first sentence of an essay that is grabs the reader's attention. Brainstorm a hook for your final essay.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

In Class
Completed pages 177 and 178. Please see me for help with this assignment.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

In Class

Finished Big Fish.

Homework

40 points: Tim Burton Questions.

1. What does it mean to be an “outsider?” Respond in at least three sentences. Pick an “outsider” in one of Tim Burton’s films we have viewed in class and describe in two sentences how and why this character fits that description. Use examples from the story.

2. Conformity is when a person matches their attitudes, beliefs, and actions to group norms. How does Tim Burton view social conformity? In what ways do you see this manifest in his films? Do you see this happening in the real world?

3. Is isolation from society a good thing or a bad thing? Use at least one example from one Tim Burton film to support your argument.

4. How do Tim Burton and his characters approach storytelling? What qualities does a person need to tell a good story? What makes a story interesting for a viewer/listener?

Extra Credit

This is the last line of Big Fish.

"That was my father's final joke, I guess. The man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him. And in that way, he becomes immortal."

Read the following poem:

"Sonnet 18" William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

The theme of this poem is poetry has the ability to make man immortal. In at least two sentences, relate this poem and its theme to the last line of Big Fish.

Monday, April 1, 2013

In Class
Continued to watch Big Fish. Took notes on cinematic techniques and intended effect.

Extra Credit
Why do you think Tim Burton uses a lot of the same actors and actresses in his films? How does this relate to his style? Answer in three sentences.