Thursday, April 26, 2012

Extra Credit


Watch one of the following movies and complete the assignment.  Due by 5/21/2012.

  • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) PG-13

  • Casablanca (1942) Unrated

  • The Diary of Anne Frank (Any version; there are many.)

  • Empire of the Sun (1987) PG

  • Jakob the Liar (1999) PG-13

  • The Longest Day (1962) G 
  • South Pacific (1958) Unrated




30 Possible Points Extra Credit:
  • Write a 5-6 paragraph essay about how the conflicts in the movies’ protagonists’ lives compare and contrast with Anne’s in The Diary of Anne Frank.  Please note: your review will be cross-checked with all information on the Internet, and plagiarism will result in no credit, plus a referral.

20 Possible Points Extra Credit:
  • Write a 3-4 paragraph short summary of the movie, including information about the major and minor characters, plot, conflicts, and setting.  Please note: your summary will be cross-checked with all information on the Internet, and plagiarism will result in no credit, plus a referral.




Holocaust Research Project Handout


Holocaust Research Project
70 Points
Dickman
During this project you will be asked to research 4 different questions relating to the Holocaust.  After completing your research you will create a power point presentation that will answer the questions.  You will have 3 days in the lab to complete this project and 2 days in the library for research.  Though this should allow for enough time, I will also offer 2 days after school, if you need any extra help.
Your power point must include:
1.       A title page in MLA format
2.       4 question slides with the questions at the top and thoroughly researched answers.
3.       4 pictures slides relating to each question.  This means that each question slide should be followed by a picture slide.
4.       A bibliography including all of your research and pictures.  This means you should take notes on your bibliography worksheet for every resource you use.
5.       If you complete the project correctly you should have a minimum of 10 slides. 
6.       Creativity and presentation count!
Bibliography:
1. Minimum of 3 sources
2. Do not use Wikipedia!!    
3. One of them must be a book
I have attached a rubric and your bibliography worksheet.  Do not lose these!

Here are the questions you can choose from:
1     Were all concentration camps considered death camps? 
2     Who else was sent to concentration camps besides the Jews?  Why?
3     What was life like on a daily basis for people living in hiding?
4     What was life like on a daily basis for Jews that were living in camps?
       Imagine you were a survivor after the war, what do you do now?  What is life like?
6    Imagine you are a Jew that escaped Germany, where would you go?  What would you do?
      What is the Final Solution?
      What was the Nazi reasoning for disliking the Jews?
       What has Germany done since the war to deal with what happened?
1  What were the consequences for Germany after the war?
      What happened to a non-Jewish person if they were caught helping a Jew?
     How many countries during the war were Jews unsafe?

Holocaust Research Assignment

As the end of the year rapidly approaches, we are preparing to start our final project.  "The Diary of Anne Frank" will be the last unit of class.  However, during this unit the students will be working on their Holocaust Research projects.  It is incredibly important for the students to have a deeper understanding of what the Frank family experienced during this time.  Within the project, each student will research 4 questions about the Holocaust and create a power point explaining their discoveries.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Grades

Aries grades are current.  I have entered all of the student's work.  If you have any questions about grades, feel free to email me. There will be opportunities for extra credit throughout the remainder of the semester but the best place to start is completing missing assignments. :)


Kdickman@chicousd.org

Monday, March 26, 2012

3/26-3/30

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great break.

Monday:
 Journals
Introduction to Hoot
Chapter 1

Tuesday:
Journals
Conflict, POV and Irony
Chapter 2

Wednesday
Journals
Examine Word Choice
Chapter 3

Thursday:
Journal
Finish 3
Start 4

Friday:
Review 1-4
Vocabulary
Quiz 1-4

Friday, March 9, 2012

3/12-3/16

        Spring Break is rapidly approaching.  This next week, we will be finishing our poetry unit.  The students are now working on creating their own poems for each different form.  During the last part of the unit, the students will be writing a ballads, an ode, a Shakespearean sonnet,  a haiku and a free verse poem.  We will also be working with song lyrics the students chose, to examine the different elements of poetry.  
        When we return from break, we will dive right into the novel, Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.  It is a wonderful story about a group of middle school students who set out on an adventure to save a population of endangered owls.  It will be a great opportunity for the classes to read something lighthearted and fun at the beginning of Spring, before we read Anne Frank. 
    Hope you have a wonderful break!

Friday, February 24, 2012

2/27-3/2

Monday:
Review for District Test
Types of Poems
Review of Elements

Tuesday:
Paragraph structure
Spelling checks
Continue Types of Poems

Wednesday
Paragraph structure
Continue Types of Poems
Self Poetry

Thursday
District Test

Friday 
District Test