Monday, May 12th

Welcome Back!  I missed you!

Today's Goals:

• Review Ashley's feedback to your essay (if you submitted it on time for feedback) and understand her feedback
  
• Reflect on what you need to do to be ready for Wednesday's exhibition and make a plan

Starter:
In your google doc of starters, write down what you need to do to be ready for Wednesday's exhibition.  Here are the exhibition pieces required for Humanities:

1. Sense of Place writing with an abstract at the beginning
2. Visual Piece with an artist statement

 Answer these prompts:

• What are the tasks you need to do? Be specific.
• How much time will each task take you?  Total this time.
• Prioritize these tasks by ranking them in order of importance (#1 most important to least important)
• Show your starter to a friend, tell them what you have in mind for the tasks and ask them if the time allotments look realistic

Example:
- Refine my essay (2)--> 2 hours
- Get feedback from Ashley about my visual piece idea (4)--> 10 minutes
- Create my visual piece (1) --> 7 hours
- Write my artist statement (3) --> 1 hour
- Cite images used in visual piece as part of my artist statement (5) --> 30 minutes
- total time:  ~11 hours


AGENDA
1. Announcements

• This week's schedule + end of year schedule
• Volunteers 7th period on Wednesday to set up my room for exhibition
• Food sign-up for Thursday's class party
• Sarah L and Riley: Signage
• Student announcements?
• Questions about schedule?
• Honors Half the Sky seminar moved to next Monday during SIG. Seminar prep due Sunday at midnight. Also, I HIGHLY recommend you review the questions I shared with you on google doc and prepare some notes on these for seminar. See below for reminder on seminar prep guidelines.  Projects due Tuesday, May 20th.

2. Ashley explains how to review and accept/reject track changes on your refined essay
Avoid these common essay mistakes and be sure to have:

• At least one category of sense of place (see the documents on the white board)
• An abstract
• A specific reference to one or more of the environmental ethics we studied
• Clear imagery/metaphor/simile, etc...

3. Work time

• Visual piece
• Essay refinements
• Mini-lesson workshops or look at student examples (stations)

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

Monday

Work Time

IMPORTANT RESOURCES FOR THIS PROJECT

• Sense of Place Essay Task Statement, Rubric + Examples and Sources for Inspiration 
• Visual Piece Rubric + Artist Statement Instructions
  
• Google Doc Folder to all project resources
  
• Quick link to writing mini-lessons folder 
  
• Elements of Nature Writing handout + Metaphors/Similes/Analogies/Alliteration/Assonance

Tuesday

Work Time 

Wednesday

• Artist Statement
  
• Print essays  + artist statements and mount on construction paper
• Final touches to visual piece
  
• 7th period volunteers to set-up my room for exhibition!

Thursday

• Class Party (bring food!)

• DP Update and Reflection 

(due e.o.c Friday)

Friday

• Finish DP Update and Reflection in class + Study for other class finals + movie day possibility
• Honors- prepare for Half the Sky seminar which is now Monday during SIG
• Honors projects due Tuesday, May 20th

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HONORS Seminar Preparation Requirements:

• Please write a 1 page, single-spaced, response to the book.  Your response should be roughly 1/3 summary and 2/3 critical and/or emotional reaction.  You should include direct references and/or quotes from the novel to support your reaction.  
  
• Additionally, come up with 3-5 engaging discussion questions. 
  
• EVERYONE WILL BE GRADED ON SEMINAR PARTICIPATION! No Seminar reflection will be required.