Overcoming Challenges - Free Solo

  

We are watching Free Solo today in class to look at how Alex Hannod developed as a character as he worked through the challenge of free soloing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Please complete the linked retrieval questions while watching the movie.  

Viewing Notes:

Personal Response Writing Template

Describe a personal challenge that you have had to overcome.  What did you learn about yourself?

Please craft your personal response in the document provided in your English 10-2 folder

AI Can Do Your Homework. Now what? Preassessment Activity

 AI Can Do Your Homework.  Now What?
Preassessment Activity

1. Video Clip Notes and Assignment
2. Use the writing template that was placed in your Social Studies folder to address the following question:

The video we watched outlines some of the positive and negative impacts of AI on learning in classrooms. Some argue that AI should be banned in schools because it might reduce critical thinking, increase cheating, and replace human interaction, while others see the potential of AI to enhance opportunities for learning in classrooms.

Task: Write a position paragraph where you take a position on whether AI should be banned or allowed in high school classrooms. Support your argument with reasons and examples, considering the potential benefits and drawbacks of using AI in education.

Welcome to English 10-2 & The Comfort Crisis

 

1. Course Outline
2. General Expectations

Working with Visuals

 

Working with Visuals - Eng 10-2

1. Visual Analysis Activity & Examples (3 Question Approach)
2. Photography with a Message Assignment
   Assignment Template (Placed in your folder)
3. Visual Writing Assignment (Please use the template placed in your folder)

Resources:

• 10 Most Common Literary Themes
• 5 Tips for Analyzing Visuals

Life Magazine 100 Most Important Photos

CNN Photos that Defined the Decade

What to look for in a visual to help you draw your own interpretations::

Lego Batman - Character Change and Morals in Story Telling

What Does Lego Lego Batman Tell Us About the Human Condition?

 Lego Batman Movie

Lego Batman Activity & Personal Response

Poetry Mini-Unit

Basic Strategies for Interpreting Poetry

1. Read for the Big Picture

• First, read the poem aloud or silently to get a sense of its mood, tone, and general meaning.

• Ask: What is this poem about?

2. Focus on Key Words and Phrases

• Highlight or underline words or phrases that stand out.

• Look for patterns (e.g., repeated words, contrasting ideas).

3. Look for Poetic Devices

• Identify tools like metaphors, similes, alliteration, imagery, and symbolism.

• Ask: Why might the poet have used this technique?

4. Consider the Speaker and Audience

• Who is "speaking" in the poem? Is it the poet or a persona?

• Who is the poem addressing, and why?

5. Reflect on Emotional Impact

• How does the poem make you feel?

• Does the mood shift from beginning to end?

6. Analyze the Structure

• Notice line breaks, stanza length, and rhyme schemes.

• Ask: How does the structure influence the meaning?

 In-Class Poems:

1. The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost
2. Hotel California, The Eagles
3. Letter To A Future Generation, Gwendolyn MacEwen
4. Dulce et Decorum, Wilfred Owen

Poetry Project:

Oftentimes, different individuals will use poetry to express concepts, values, or emotions that are hard to explain in a straightforward manner. For this project, you will be finding a selection of 3 poems that reflects an aspect of life, or humanity, that you find particularly important.

Project Outline

Romeo & Juliet

 

1. Romeo & Juliet Plot Summary
• Link to the film (can only be used on the Wolf Creek network.)
2. Romeo & Juliet Persuasive Writing
• Assignment Rubric
3. Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet Vs. Warm Bodies