found poems

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/found-poems-parallel-poems-33.

html?tab=1#tabs http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/02/interactive-bulletin-boards-guest-post.

html#.UdDtTfk3tqV http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/06/25000-images-of-art-that-you-can-re-use.

html#.UdDvMPk3tqU - free art 

http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications/titles-with-full-text-online?searchtype=F - free art books 

http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/11/22/transliteracy-qr-codes-and-art/ - QR codes with found poem

mp3s https://sites.google.com/site/101wright6karpedyam/art-story/title-of-artwork

https://sites.google.com/site/101wright1/creative-writing-2010-2

This can be a really cool project. Here is what will happen: Students will go onto the internet and find a free use photo or drawing that they like. It can come from many places. Next, we will spend some time re-representing that picture or drawing as a piece of artwork. This can be scanning, hand drawing, painting, etc. I will want them to be thinking about the story they will create and to include aspects of that story in the recreation of the artwork. Then they will write a story about the picture. It can start, end, or include the picture in any way they choose. Then, as a part of the peer review, the peer reviewer will create a found poem and record it on the ipod. I will upload them as mp3s, and get a goo.gl QR code for them. Then, an art class will scan the QR codes and vote for their favorite poem and artwork.

Soundcloud test for found poem http://goo.gl/tpVy3

http://chart.googleapis.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=100x100&choe=UTF-8&chld=H|0&chl=http://goo.gl/tpVy3

Here is a blog about tools for recording students online. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/07/5-services-for-creating-sharing-audio.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29#.UfXUKo03tqU

9th grade Allignment

1st Semester

1. Uncovering Context Multi-genre project incorporate poetry, media studies, gender representation, 12th Night or Taming of the Shrew - 10 Things I Hate About You. Write from someone else's perspective. I am from - poem. Masculine component. October Mourning - Matthew Sheppard. Wonder - cleft pallet.

 2. Diverse Perspectives (Come up with The Assignment Sheet and Rubric for this one) This I Believe Speech & Response to argumentative essay - Mini agree/disagree response. Have summarizing assignment followed by a socratic seminar prior to writing the essay. Bless Me Ultima, Tuesdays With Morrie, Maus, Book Thief

 3. Seeking Justice Assessment Write an argumentative essay that they deliver as a speech. Talk about rhetorical skills that are helpful. Need to do peer review or evaluation of speeches. Evaluate Justice Ted Speeches and then give an argumentative/persuasive speech addressing justice.

2nd Semester

 1. Patterns in Life Literary Analysis Harry Potter, Odyssey, Princess Bride, My Antonia, The Pearl

 2. Posing Questions and Solving Problems goals - revise and give feedback to peers. Inquiry Teams

 3. Book of Choice/Creative Writing Project Reflection Ignite Presentation covering everything from their writing journal for final presentation.

Emergence

Watch Emergence on PBS. See more from NOVA scienceNOW.

Face Blindness

Interesting festival too: http://worldsciencefestival.com/videos/strangers_in_the_mirror

In the messenger program on infinite campus, you need to include your name and email in the body of the message. The email has a standard address, so you will not be able to tell who the email is from. It is also good to include your name and the school in the subject. Parents have been calling the front office questioning who these emails are from. Also, create and save templates in the messenger so that you can reuse tehm. If you use the failing grades notice template, then that is what is in the subject line. If you create a new template called "Superior Work Notice," your parents will not get a heart attack. Be sure to test before you send, especially if you are copying and pasting, to make sure that it is not giving strange characters for the formatting. Beta Program on gradebook will be up and running sometime around mid-month. It will happen soon after the update takes over. There will be two gradebook links under your instruction tab in gradebook. One will be marked Beta. You will be able to use either one. Both will store data, so if you want to experiment you can. If you do not want to use it, you do not have to. On the teacher web pages, there is clip art available. While working on your web pages, put the cursor (sp?) where you want it, and then hit the bottom right button in the manager, preview and insert the clip art. Notice when you are working on your web pages and you are on the design page, there is a "History" link you can click on right next to the "Edit" link. You can recover any different version you have saved in the past. Very handy if you want to have your web page build over the year. You can make the different versions live as you progress through the year.

For Administration

Be prepared at a moments notice to do a think pair share. Do this regularly so the students are used to it. Right from day one. When you are discussing the first reading, pull this out. "OK, now what did you think of what Jessica was just saying Jeff?" While they are doing that, prepare to regroup everyone.

Giver Museum Box

This is a great idea. http://casassaclassroom.blogspot.com/2012_04_01_archive.html