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Slaughterhouse Five IOC Model – p. 149-151

By Mr. Hoke, on November 14th, 2012%

IOC Example – Slaughterhouse Five

Here is the modeled IOC example from class today, November 14, 2012. The outline is below:

Language, Image, Editing, & Argument: A Quick Comparative Case Study

By Mr. Hoke, on September 14th, 2012%

Chuck Norris and his wife Gena recently published a video on their views of the 2012 election. Check it out for yourself, then answer the media deconstruction questions. Then , view the subsequent interview with Chuck Norris on Fox News. Again, answer the deconstruction questions for this video. Finally, answer the questions below.

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IB L&L: Oranges Notes – First Lecture

By Mr. Hoke, on May 8th, 2012%

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: May 02, 2012 – Media Deconstruction & Comparative Writing

By Mr. Hoke, on May 2nd, 2012%

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

By Mr. Hoke, on May 2nd, 2012%

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.

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

By Mr. Hoke, on April 30th, 2012%

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

Reading: IB L&L – Poetry: “Shafro” by Terrance Hayes

By Mr. Hoke, on March 23rd, 2012%

Here is a poem from the National Book Award winner Lighthead by Terrance Hayes entitled “Shafro.” Please read it and fill in the third circle of your 3-Way Venn diagram on the subject of “Black male mentality,” comparing the handling of this subject with Giovanni’s. By way of context, check out the trailer for Shaft, the . . . → Read More: Reading: IB L&L – Poetry: “Shafro” by Terrance Hayes

Homework: IB L&L – Video: “The Girl With the Flaxen Hair”

By Mr. Hoke, on March 15th, 2012%

Please watch this video and read the Nikki Giovanni poem “On Hearing “The Girl With the Flaxen Hair” for discussion in class tomorrow.

Homework: IB L&L – Tone Word Vocabulary 3

By Mr. Hoke, on March 9th, 2012%

The new tone word vocabulary is in the shared Handouts folder in Google docs. Please write sentences before next Friday.

Assignment: Written Task – IB LL

By Mr. Hoke, on February 27th, 2012%

We are going to finish our Persepolis unit with a Written Task 2 for HL students and a Written Task 1 at SL. Please see the appropriate document linked below (also in the shared Inbox with the rubrics). We will work on this in class over the next week, but no due date is set yet.

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