November 29 & 30

Focus on Thoreau's "different drummer"
1. YouTube video of uninhibited kid.
2. "Life with Principle" DVD--Different Drummer.
3. Discussion questions 1-7.
4. PBS "Merchants of Cool."

November 22 & 28

We watched the DVD Tuesdays with Morrie.

November 4 - 21

Finer Things Clubs

HOMEWORK:
1. Read your 35 pages of Tuesdays or Last Lecture.
2. Bring a newspaper article that connects to the reading.

November 2 & 3

Finer Things Club practice (pink) and Finer Things Club rules (green)--see me for packets.

HOMEWORK:
1. Read 35 pages of Tuesdays with Morrie OR The Last Lecture.
2. Find a newspaper/magazine/internet article that relates to the reading.
3. Bring your book and green packet to class.

October 31 & November 1 (beginning of Term 2)

Rank the Scenario--Decide which of the three kids is the most "awake, aware, and alive."

Thoreau DVD--We watched a DVD clip that describes what Thoreau meant when he said that to live deliberately we should be "awake, aware, and alive."

Living Deliberately Unit--Overview of assignments.

Finer Things Club--From the TV show The Office. More next time.

Book Choice for Clubs--Choose to read either Tuesdays with Morrie or The Last Lecture. Check out your book from the Writing Lab. Bring your book every day to class.

HOMEWORK
Term 2 Book Chat--read an autobiography or biography (at least 220 pages). This is the only book you have to read this term because in December I'll be giving you non-fiction readings for homework.