Thursday, June 17, 2010



TUES. 6/14 SOUTH IHS AND WED. 6/15 SHELDON IHS

Your films! We watch your adaptations of a short story from our China packet and award Oscars!

If you're interested, a student set up a YouTube site for these films.

Username: IHSStudentfilms
Password: scotthasadroid

Friday, June 11, 2010



FRIDAY 6/11 SOUTH IHS

Collect your films!

Fill out pie chart to show me how much each person in your group worked

Quiz on "Red Azalea"

Student film of "Red Azalea"

Freeze frames to act out portions of the story

HWK: NONE!


THURSDAY 6/10 SHELDON IHS

Collect your movies!

Fill out pie charts to show me how much each person in your group worked.

Quiz on the reading.

View student film of "Guess Grows Up"

Read part of the story together.

HWK: READ EXCERPT FROM "RED AZALEA"

Wednesday, June 9, 2010



WED. 6/9 SOUTH IHS (LATE START)

Your films are due!

Read and discuss "Guessie Grows Up"

HWK: READ EXCERPT FROM "RED AZALEA," BUT YOU CAN OMIT PAGES 17-MIDDLE OF 25

Tuesday, June 8, 2010



TUES. 6/8 SHELDON IHS (NO IHS CLASSES ON MON. 6/7 BECAUSE OF IHS FAREWELL ASSEMBLY)

Get back psg analysis and record comments in your folder

Quiz on "Guessie Grows Up"

Watch a student film from last year

Freeze frame activity

HWK: YOUR FILM IS DUE NEXT CLASS ON DVD

Monday, June 7, 2010



FRIDAY 6/4 SHELDON IHS

Turn in storyboards/ I xeroxed them and returned them to you

Quiz on the reading

Work in groups of 5 to answer questions on "Daughter of the Yellow River" and one person from each group write the answer on butcher paper taped up around the room. IF YOU MISSED THIS CLASS OR IF YOU DIDN'T PASS THE QUIZ ON THIS READING, you need to get those questions from the hwk box, do them yourself, and hand them in next class.

HWK: READ "GUESSIE GROWS UP"

Wednesday, June 2, 2010



WED. 6/2 SHELDON IHS AND THURS. 6/3 SOUTH IHS

Collect storyboards. I'll xerox yours and give it back to you today for use when you film.

Return screenplays for you to look at in groups and then return to me to use when looking at your storyboards.

Intro to our next story, "Daughter of the Yellow River"

Background YouTube on Cultural Revolution

Discussion of proverbs in "Becoming Madame Mao" and work in groups of three to analysis them. IF YOU MISSED THIS CLASS, get the orange half sheet from the hwk box and due this work, due next class.

HWK: READ "DAUGHTER OF THE YELLOW RIVER"