Pomo Books and Modern Docs

5 September 2011

Although I suppose I usually read viewing or reading lists with a very critical eye–especially ones requiring that I do things “before I die”–two lists of these type intrigued me as I was reading the blog Largehearted Boy, one of my favorite places to go in an attempt to keep updated with interesting literature and [...]

“Postmodernism is ______” Project

29 August 2011

As we continue to explore texts that could fall under the term “Postmodern,” students are investigating the notoriously ambiguous term / genre / movement / party / era / manifesto / belief system of postmodernism by compiling a list of other peoples ideas, which they will then post below.
In Klosterman’s collection of essays titled Sex, [...]

Aron Ralston and Heroism

24 August 2011

Aron Ralston’s survival story always provides a nice perspective and debate when investigating what it means to be a hero, and how we define heroism. The video report above mentions that Ralston’s book, Between a Rock and a Hard Place,  was being optioned into a feature length film.  This film, 127 Hours, has [...]

“Sentenced to Shakespeare” Response To Text

11 May 2011

My 9th grade English students will read the following linked article from The Boston Globe titled “Caught in the act: Juveniles sentenced to Shakespeare,” and then write a Source Book entry titled # 56 “Sentenced to Shakespeare” Response Journal, due on Monday, May 16th.  By Friday, May 20th, you will  post a comment [...]

Plays in Plays (What happens when fiction lives in fiction?)

1 May 2011

From Borges to Cervantes to Shakespeare to Velazquez, many artists have produced works that center around the question of “what happens when fiction lives in fiction?” and experimented with the play-in-play, or painter-in-painting, or novelist-in-novel, and so on, ad infinitum. Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is no exception, and in class we have been drawing [...]

A1 Revision Mind Map

27 April 2011

A2 Revision Mind Map

12 April 2011

Does Process Writing Work?

8 February 2011

Anne Lamott argues that “very few writers really know what they are doing until they’ve done it.” Therefore, she advocates for writing at first without fear of consequences, creating a first drat that is “the child’s draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that [...]

Some Feeds about Feed

18 November 2010

As we begin reading M. T. Anderson’s novel Feed, I wanted to provide some links for students to interact with and comment on that will further introduce some of the concepts that the novel deals with.   I’m reminded first and foremost of some work we completed in my TOK course that might be useful to [...]

Art Trip to Spain (Day Six): “O España, ya te echo de menos”

8 October 2010

After a visit to the Poble Español, our now infamous Art Trip Quiz, and some last minute shopping around Las Ramblas, we made our weary voyage northward back to Norway.  As I reflect upon the trip, I’m reminded of something we learned last year while on the art trip in Rome: the important distinction between [...]

Art Trip to Spain (Day Five): Sitios Sagrados, Barríos Goticos, y Museos Picassos

7 October 2010

Our Big Barcelona day began with a trip to La Segrada Família (The Sacred Family), Gaudi’s ongoing masterpiece, which we got to experience from the inside and out.  We then spent some time sketching the cathedral’s impressive facade from the park across the street.  After a quick lunch, we headed back to the Paseo de [...]

Art Trip to Spain (Day Four): “Nos Vemos, Madrid. . . Qué tal, Barcelona?”

5 October 2010

We had an early start this morning in order to catch the high speed AVE train, which teleported us from Madrid to Barcelona in under three hours, with speeds approaching 300 km/h.  Now students realize why the acronym AVE, which stands for Alta Velocidad Española (Spanish High Speed), is also a clever pun on the [...]

Art Trip to Spain (Day Three): Un Museo, Toledo, y Flamenco

5 October 2010

Today started with a trip to the Museo Reina Sofia, where we got to experience Picasso’s amazing mural “Guernica,” as well as rooms adjacent to “Guernica” that include sketches of Picasso’s plans for his finished piece, photography of the actual process, and other artwork that deals with the Spanish Civil War.  Students also had time [...]

Art Trip to Spain (Day Two): Arte, Plazas, Jardines, Parques y Palacios

3 October 2010

We began our second day in Madrid by visiting El Palacio Royal (The Royal Palace), as well as the beautiful adjacent gardens.  We then made our way to the Museo Nacional del Prado, by far the most comprehensive museum of art in Spain.  We focused our experience on the Spanish painters: Goya, Velazquez and El [...]

Art Trip to Spain (Day One): “Hemos Llegado”

2 October 2010

This afternoon we were welcomed to Spain by beautiful weather and friendly faces.  After a quick stop at the hotel, we walked to the Plaza de España, and enjoyed the Cervantes Monument, as well as the market taking place in the square.  This was followed by a stroll through La Puerta Del Sol, the heart [...]

Writing for an Audience of One: Yourself

25 September 2010

As we continue to experiment with what I call “journaling” as a means of creating sustained thought through sustained writing in my English and Theory of Knowledge classes, I wanted to post some ideas by Peter Elbow that I find relevant and useful, especially because he focuses on the idea of private freewriting–including what it [...]

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