1/8/16 Scribe

Today we began class by doing a "mental health check" and really just discussing the first week of semester 2 and how it's been going.
Next we discussed our political cartoons with our groups and chose the best of the modern cartoons and the best of the 1940 cartoons
We finished the rest of class with a fishbowl on "1984" pages 1-69.

HW for the weekend: read "1984" pages 69-117 by Wednesday

1984 Period 5 1-69

Live Blog 1984 Period 5 1-69

 

1984 Period 3 1-69

Live Blog 1984 Period 3 1-69

 

Scribe for January 7th

• Signed Up for Fishbowls for 1984
• Background of George Orwell
• Born In British-India
• 1984 was written in 1948, just after WW2
• Imperial Police Officer
• Younger Sister, Brought to London by mother, can relate to in book
• Wrote Several Political Essays, Like a Prequel to 1984
• Researched Totalitarianism, (USSR) Communism, Natzism/Facism,
• What do you want the government to do?
• Pros and Cons of Hitler
• He was good at first
• Germany lost all checks and balances
• Chose his cabinet
• Blamed the Jews
• Shifted to Totalitarianism and Nazism

• We have the greatest disparity from the wealthiest to poorest

• People think we will grow farther and farther apart, moving towards Nazism
• How can literature make social change?
• 1984
• Mind Control
• Kids Raised with Big Brother
• No Laws but “Recommendation”
• Smith Doesn't ban Music, but really does not recommend certain type of music.
• Thought Crime is all guesswork
• Kids Betray Parents
• Spies
• Hormones make bad choices
• One Party System
• Constantly Monitored
• Political Cartoons
• Analized everything from color to font

HW:

3 Questions

• A Question About a Quote
• A “I wonder” Question
• A Open Ended Question

Read pages 1-69 of 1984

Scribe Jan 6

Sorry it's up late had practice last night and didn't have a chanceto put it up
Make sure you are signed up for scribe twice.

Also today we worked on our digital profiles so you should get started and come see smith if you need help!

HW: Read 1-69 in 1984, bring two political cartoons 1 from 1940 and 1 modern

SCRIBE 1/7/16

• signed up for fishbowls
• Reviewed Background Info: What do we need to know?
• Basic plot level understandings in 1984
• plot
• setting
• characters (what do we need to clarify)
• 1984, Orwell, and Hitler
• Discussion on Political Spectrum
• What kind of government is this class
• Read 1984 (38-69)
• political cartoons (now v. then) discussion/dissection

• HW: read for tomorrow, fishbowl 1-69, 3 questions(quote,  based, wondering question, thinking question)

Scribe Jan 5

Today in class we went over the course syllabus which can be found in the slideshow.

If absent you should start thinking about ideas for your google site that you want colleges to see.
-Things that make you look well rounded and represent who you are

Also pages 1-69 are due Friday in 1998 so I suggest you get reading :)