Thursday, 20 November 2025

Nov 20, 2025

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in
  • PM: Reading 2.2
  • (Student presentations)
  • (Film)
  • Time for your comic book assignment! Tell me your idea, and how you'll structure it

Wednesday, 19 November 2025

Nov 19, 2025

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in
  • Update - I've rejigged the schedule a bit
  • Recapping yesterday
  • Block 2 and 3
    • Student presentation
    • Discussion: would finding out someone likes you change your perception of them?
    • Reading 2.2 and 2.3
    • Film
    • Student presentation
    • Walk?
    • Reaction
  • Block 4
    • Student presentation
    • Discussion: is it alright to manipulate people you love into happiness?
    • End of 2.1 (maybe 2.2?)
    • Film
    • Student presentation
    • Reaction
  • Time for your comic book

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Nov 18, 2025

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking
  • Recapping yesterday
  • Block 2 
    • Student presentation
    • Discussion: is it alright to manipulate people you love into happiness?
    • End of 2.2
    • Film
    • Student presentation
    • Reaction
  • Block 3
    • Presentation on how to make a comic
    • Film
    • Student presentation
    • End of 2.2
    • Film
    • Student presentation
    • Reaction
  • Block 4
    • Discussion: A (old) common vision of what life is supposed to look like, often repeated in movies and on tv, is to get married, buy a house, have 2.5 kids, get a dog and a cat. What do you envision for a happy life, many years from now?
    • Making masks!
    • Read aloud 2.1 (1/2)
    • Film
    • Student presentation
    • Student reaction
    • Freewrite
  • Time for Comic Book assignment

Monday, 17 November 2025

Nov 17, 2025

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in
  • Recapping last week
  • Comic book due date has been pushed back
  • Blocks 2 and 3
    • Discussion: A (old) common vision of what life is supposed to look like, often repeated in movies and on tv, is to get married, buy a house, have 2.5 kids, get a dog and a cat. What do you envision for a happy life, many years from now?
    • Making masks!
    • Read aloud 2.1 (1/2)
    • Film
    • Student presentation
    • Student reaction
    • Freewrite
  • Block 4
    • Discussion: can people change who they are?
    • Read aloud 1.2 and 1.3
    • Freewrite
    • Possibly reading ahead?
    • For Tuesday, read the next section
  • Recapping Assignment 7

Friday, 14 November 2025

Nov 14, 2025

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in
  • Collecting THUG books - else you owe me moneyz
  • Blocks 1 and 4
    • Recapping yesterday
    • Discussion: can people change who they are?
    • Read aloud 1.2 and 1.3
    • Film (cut short, because of sauciness)
    • Student presentation(s)
    • Freewrite
    • For Monday, read the next section
  • Block 3
    • Recapping yesterday
    • Much Ado
      • Discussion: How open are you with your friends?
      • Summary
      • Act out part of 1.1 (2/2)
      • Film
      • Student presentation
      • Student reaction
    • Freewrite
    • Tomorrow, read 1.2 and 1.3

Thursday, 13 November 2025

Nov 13, 2025

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in
  • Recapping yesterday
  • Much Ado
    • Discussion: How open are you with your friends?
    • Summary
    • Act out part of 1.1 (2/2)
    • Film
    • Student presentation
    • Student reaction
  • Freewrite
  • Tomorrow, read 1.2 and 1.3
  • 3rd block:
    • Feedback: what did you think of the Independent Novel Study? This will be helpful for future courses (like next semester)
    • Much Ado
      • Reviewing the character chart
      • Finishing 1.1.1-155 on No Fear
      • The film
    • Recapping assignments
    • Student presentation
    • Student discussion
    • Freewrite
    • Collecting book numbers
    • For tomorrow, read through the end of 1.1 on your own. Feel free to read summaries and the No Fear version, but in class we'll be discussing the original language

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Nov 12, 2025

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in
  • (3rd block: we're going to be in a film?)
  • Feedback: what did you think of the Independent Novel Study? This will be helpful for future courses (like next semester)
  • Much Ado
    • Reviewing the character chart
    • Finishing 1.1.1-155 on No Fear
    • The film
  • Recapping assignments
  • Student presentation
  • Student discussion
  • Freewrite
  • Collecting book numbers
  • For tomorrow, read through the end of 1.1 on your own. Feel free to read summaries and the No Fear version, but in class we'll be discussing the original language