IB L&L: Oranges Notes – First Lecture

Here are the notes from our first discussion of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. We’ll continue the discussion on Wednesday.

IB L&L: What Do You Not Know? A Reading…

Check out this excellent examination of what it means to know, or not, what we know, or not. I’m open to any and all discussion of this!

AP Lit: Q2 Essay Examples for Reading, Scoring, Reflection

Check out these example essays from the AP and the rubric. My suggestion is to use the process that we have employed all year to continue learning from this essay practice.

IB L&L: May 02, 2012 – Media Deconstruction & Comparative Writing

Today in class you are to complete the following activities:

Watch and deconstruct this famous attack ad from the 1988 US presidential election. Use this version of our deconstruction worksheet and the language of persuasion document in Google docs to complete this. Feel free to work together. Share your individual deconstruction in a document with . . . → Read More: IB L&L: May 02, 2012 – Media Deconstruction & Comparative Writing

IB HL: Final Exam Review Sheet

Please see this link for your final exam review sheet. This document is also in the shared Handouts folder for unit 6. Please feel free to prepare as much as you’d like for this exam by preparing responses to the provided prompts based on the texts given.

Digital Journalism: Resources for Investigation

The following are links that may help as you work to finish your investigative piece.

Source Attribution - for discussion on Thursday Investigative Reporting Workshop - A clearinghouse for investigative reports from America & worldwide, lots of politics and justice pieces. Sports Investigation by Yahoo - The best investigative journalism in sports. From the US. The Schuster Institute for . . . → Read More: Digital Journalism: Resources for Investigation

IB L&L: Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit Discussion Thread

Please read this post, follow the directions, and complete your journal before Wednesday, your responses to groupmates before Friday. Thanks!

IB L&L: Homework Update

Folks, I won’t be posting the dialectical journal discussion forum today, so you may produce a dialectical journal for Wednesday. We’ll discuss this tomorrow.

Digital Journalism: App Inventor Software

Check out the MIT App Inventor. Keep a playful mindset and don’t get frustrated. Seek resources to learn! You can also check out Mobile by Conduit, but be aware of its limitations.

English 10: Robert Johnson’s Story Investigated – A Short Podcast

Check out this engaging podcast shedding light on the myths of Robert Johnson’s life from the good folks at Radiolab. It’s a good way to spend 30 minutes and might illuminate bits of Reservation Blues for you. At the very least there is plenty of good music throughout the podcast!