Period 5

Ok here is where you continue the great conversation that we were having in period 5. Enjoy!

period 5 question for 225 - 274

What do you think happened to Julia? Do you think that Winston and Julia will ever see each other again? Do you think that, if given the option, Winston would take on more pain to save Julia, based on what you know by the end of the section.

Period 2 Homework Question

Today in class we discected the brains of the main characters of 1984 just like we did for Fahrenheit 451. So for our homework question we are asking you to compare the brains of one character from 1984 and one from 451. Be sure to back up your reasons with stuff from the book.

Have a lovely evening,
Molly, Kristen, Nile and Mark

Period 2 Homework Question

Scribe for period 2- (another one)

Hi guys, Im thinking that maybe I mixed up my day and was supposed to do this yesterday but I wrote it down wrong in my planner so I will just add on to Serena's very well done scribe.

When we came into class today we got our laptops out and discussed our thoughts about the substitute teacher and how the class went yesterday. Everyone seemed to agree on what they thought about the subject.

Then Nicole, Javon, and Alyssa presented on pages 167-224. Then they collected the questions that everyone was supposed to write down for homework (which the majority did in class). They gave us a quiz that was on a powerpoint and everyone either did theirs on the computers or on paper. The quizzes were printed and turned in. Then the class split into two groups for two different fishbowls. (Aquariums, as Mr. Bast would put it). The two fishbowls discussed the questions. Here are some of the questions that were asked and brought up.

Could the kind of society in 1984 ever happen to us?
How has Winston changed since the beginning of the book?
How does F451 and 1984 compare?
Why did Charrington betray Winston and Julia now?

Then we went on the usual tangents about whatever we felt like.....

Here are some of the random thoughts that were brought up

A Whole New Mind
military brainwashing
brainwashing in general
equality
technology
totalitarian governments
communists
propagada

As always the discussion was fun and informative!!

Homework:
scribe
answer blog question
read (get ahead so you dont stress out)
grammer packet

see everyone tommorrow

Period 2 Scribe April 17th

Today, our "HELLOO" was very dull so we had to say it two times to get the full effect. As usual, there were many computer issues. Internet not working, dead batteries, etc. And as always, Molly was making her random comments. Class wouldn't be the same without all of you.

A group presented 1984: pages 167-224 today.
We started off with a 10 question quiz, which wasn't too difficult.
Then we split into two groups to have two fishbowls.
They read the questions that we handed in at the beginning of class.
We talked a lot about Mr. Charrington and the shop.

Here are some of the questions we discussed:
"What could they have changed to avoid getting caught?"
"What was the significance of destroying the glass paperweight?"
"Why did Charrington wait so long to turn in Winston and Julia?"
"What do you think is going to happen next?"
"Was the telesceen there the whole time or did Charrington put it in there?"
"What do you think the ideas through the book were trying to give people?"
"What do you think of O'Brien letting Julia and Winston join the Brotherhood?"
"Do you think O'Brien is really a member of the Brotherhood?"
"Do you think members of the Brotherhood notice the things Winston do like changing their enemies and the past?"
"Do you think the members of the Brotherhood use the book as rebellion or come up with their own forms of rebellion?"
"Does doublethink take place in today's world?"
Then we returned the laptops and carried on to our next class. (Which, of course, is no where near as fun as English with Smith..)

Homework:
Blog question, grammar exercises 5-6, read 225-274 for the discussion tomorrow.

See you all tomorrow!
Have fun.

Period 5 Scribe April 17th

English today was very exciting. My group (Becky, Mac, Melissa, and Rachel) presented over pages 167-225. We began with the first part of the quiz. This was a pretty easy multiple choice short answer type quiz. We allowed people to work with one other person. During the quiz, 80’s music played because of the 1984 theme. The extra credit question was to properly identify one of the songs. This was fairly easy because we played “Thriller” and some people started doing some of the dance in their seats. There was another extra credit point for identifying another song.

After the quiz, each person took one cookie. The cookies had numbers on them and were the way we broke them into four groups. The groups separated with each of the four leaders. Each group discussed the chapter from a different characters perspective. The 1’s went with Mac and discussed from Big Brother’s perspective. The 2’s went with Melissa and discussed from O’Brien’s perspective. The 3’s went with me (Becky) and discussed from Julia’s perspective. The 4’s went with Rachel and discussed from Winston’s perspective.

After our separate group discussions we came together into a giant circle to fischbowl. This pretty much wrapped up all the separate discussions and introduced more intriguing thoughts about the book. We had to cut off a little earlier than we would have liked because the discussion was going so well and was so interesting, but we had to take the second part of the quiz. We put four questions on the screen and each person had to put down their thoughts about at least one of them on the back of their quiz. By the time they finished class was over and we had completed yet another fantastic day in Smith 9 English Honors, Period 5.

HOMEWORK:
For homework tonight, don’t forget to answer our blog question. Also read pages 225-274 (if you haven’t already done so because I know many people are reading ahead) and do grammar worksheets 14:5-6.

Have a fabulous night and almost weekend!

If you haven't seen it yet, you should go to the play. I have heard it is amazing and that you will love it!

Go Period 5!!!

Period Five Blog Question

Okay guys, here it is:
Why does the Brotherhood withold information from it's members? What do you think would happen if the Brotherhood took over?

GO PERIOD FIVE!!!

Period 2 Blog Question pgs. 167-224

What changes do you think will occur in Winston and Julia's relationship now that they have been caught, and how will this effect their challenging of the system??

4/16/2008 Period 5 Scribe :)

Basically, we didn't do too much today. But we do have some homework.

Homework: Blog question, read 167-224, and grammar exercises 3-4 in Ch. 14

From there, we moved onto our grammar quiz on punctuation. Very exciting, I know.

After that, we got to listen to the musical styling of the Eurhythmics, who made the soundtrack for the movie version of 1984 (ironically made in the 80s). We listened to 4 of the songs: "I Did It Just The Same", "Sex Crime", "Julia", and "Doubleplusgood". These song lyrics and more from the soundtrack can be found on a link on Ms. Smith's English 9 Honors Webpage here.
http://arapahoe.littletonpublicschools.net/TEACHERPAGES/MrsSmith/English9Honors/tabid/1924/Default.aspx
We took notes about our reactions to the music, lyrics, and overall feelings about the songs. The overall consensus of the class was that the music was overwhelmingly 80's and very repetitive, especially "Doubleplusgood". Morgan T. said that the song was "embedded in her mind". Everyone seemed to agree that this is very similar to how the telescreens just repeat the same information over and over again to the citizens to block out any thoughts but that one thing. The songs were very robotic and used a lot of synthesizers. Mac said that these were not the type of songs she would have picked for 1984. Matt W. said that one of the songs kind of reminded him of the James Bond theme. One last thing everyone picked up on was the relation between the songs and the book. The lyrics included Newspeak words and many distinct references to the book. A lot of good points were made in this little discussion. Kudos, everyone.

So basically, not much was done today in class but it was still pretty neato-sweeto.

Hope it keeps snowing! :)

Period 2 Scribe for April 15, 2008

Alright, so this morning, Mr. Bast came to the class to talk to us about scheduling for next year's classes. He handed out a few different forms and told us what we needed to know about each one. Don't forget that the Registration Card and Locker Partner Request Form are due on April 29th (the day after Mr. Bast's birthday). That means we all have two weeks to decide what classes we want to take next year. The day when we actually do the arena scheduling is May 23, and make sure you get in line for the courses you really, really want right when you walk into the cafeteria.
We spent the rest of the class period looking over the scheduling information and discussing it with one another.
HOMEWORK:
-The fishbowl for pages 167-224 has been moved to Thursday.
-Grammar Exercise 1 is due tomorrow.

5th hour is the best!!

Good afternoon people of period 5! Today was very interesting. We had Mrs. Kirgan here to help us get our schedules for next year all planned out. She handed out our registration cards, which were yellow, our contact info form, our graduation status report, which was attached to our registration card, our master schedule, and our locker partner request form, which was also yellow. WOW run on sentence! Make sure that you have at least 24 hours each semester, and i don't think that you are allowed to have 3 off hours in a row, so be careful. Depending on what classes you are in this year, you have to sign up for different classes then other people next year, so watch out.

Remember our registration cards are due April 29th. DON'T BE LATE!

I just want to say that all of the political propaganda posters for 1984 are AMAZING! Everyone in our class is really creative.

Ok, lots of people looked really cute today so i just wanted to call attention to some of the things i noticed. First, Racheal, I really liked the collar of your shirt. Second, Cate, your plaid shorts were amazing. Kristina, i really liked your camo bandana. Leslie your hair was awesome. Madison, i liked your very spring inspired shirt. Maddie, i liked your pink hair ribbon. Everyone was very springy today. Sorry guys i didn't really notice your outfits, but i am sure that they were amazing.

Ok, was anyone else sad that we didn't get to use our laptops? I understand why we couldnt, but i am kind of attached to my laptop now. I have no idea how i ever survived without it.

Ok, now everyones favorite part of the day: HOMEWORK!!!!
Remember to do grammar excersize 14.1
READ! READ! READ! We have alot of reading to do. For tommorrow read 167- 225, and for Friday read 225- 274. On Friday, the best group in the world, Rya, Ryan, Jordan, and I, are going so be ready!

~Everyone have a wonderful day~

Scribe For April 14th

We started this b-e-a-utiful Monday affternoon no different than usual---- Hello Ms. Smith, talked about the rest of the week, classes next year, all that fun stuff.

It was one exciting day playing $1984 Pyramid! Cate, Maddie, and Alex put on a wonderful presentation by having the class get with a partner and play Pyramid. You could see the excitement many people had for the game. Being partners with Maddie H., there was never a boring minute. I'm guessing you could hear her enthusiasm from the corners of the room. It turned out that Maddie's enthusiasm really payed off when her group won the delicous candy at the end.

It was a hard game but led to an excellent discussion of the big question: Is O'Brian trustworthy? Several factors came up in duscussion such as: If he is untrustworthy, will Winston take the chance to find out? Is he really numb to the idea of death? Smith stated how it is much easier for Winston and Julia to say they aren't afraid of death than when they will actually be faced with it. Becky also mentioned how if they were truly un-afraid of thier inevitable death, then why are they trying to hide thier rebellion?

An overall exceptional discussion, well done everyone.

Homework:
Read 167-224 and answer the bolg question
QUIZ sometime this week, probably Wednesday

(Please excuse how late my scribe is, technical difficulties, you know how it is)

-Ashely F

Period Two Scribe

Today was monday.....
But it was a good monday. Class started with a grammer quiz on punctuation placement, fragment sentences, and run-on sentences. The quiz took only about 10 minutes at the beginning of class. After the grammer quiz, we started the fishbowl for pages 147-167.

The group leading class had some technical difficulties with their quiz, so we ended up having to take the quiz right off of their googledocs. The quiz was a partner quiz, and worth 10 pionts.

After the quizes were taken and hande in, we were told what we would be doing for the class. The leading group had a creative assignment to make a poster that was from the brotherhood, and that opposed Big Bother. This took most of the class period, due to our classes outstanding creativity and motivation to draw amazing posters. We didn't have much time to discuss our posters, but they were hung up on the chalkboard in the back of the classroom.

Homework for the day:

• read 167-224 for wednesday
• blog question

147-167 blog question for period 2

Considering Winston's own childhood story how do children in 1984 compare with children in other books we've read? Also explain your poster you made in class and explain its significance.

Blog question for p. 5 (pages 147-167)

Answer as many questions as you feel (just make sure you answer at least one)!

1) How does someone's past shape their future? How would Winston's life be different if he had not felt responsible for his Mother and Sister's possible deaths? What does Winston's past show about the society's past?

2) The meeting with O'Brien is a significant part of the book. If you were Winston would you go to O'Brien's house? Why or why not? Do you think O'Brien is trustworthy? Do you think the Party knows something is going on with Winston?

3) Explain the significance of Winston's views of love, feelings, and being human. This is an open ended question, you may take this however you feel. To jog your memory think about the mother's arms and Winston's conversation with Julia towards the end of the pages.

Thank you and hope you enjoy these questions and we hope you had fun in class!!

Maddison, Cate, Alex

Ms. Smith, Gone, 5th Hour

Today, sadly Ms. Smith was gone in preparation for a wedding so our substitute was Mrs. Rediske. Also, because of the Spring Pep Assembly, our class period was 10 minutes shorter. Everyone, but Ms. Smith, was here today! We took the quiz left over from yesterday’s class period (because of the German photographer that came out to take pictures of our Fishbowl). Extra credit: who was the first person vaporized in the game yesterday? (answer: Tyler)

After everyone finished the quiz, the rest of the class turned into a class of completely on-task students ready to get to work; with a little side conversations in the mix. Our substitute did not want any talking; today was to be a hard work day, but those left over groups to still present were allowed to continue planning. The amazing group of Leslie, Whitney, Maddie, and Ashley spent much of the time grading quizzes, others read, and some posted their comments on the blog (be sure to have that done). Also, Hannah, Kristina, Morgan, and Dawnielle finished grading the quizzes (but they couldn't hand them back because Ms. Smith still needs to record them in the grade book) and since the scores were not so great, they generously curved the quiz 2 points. Also, Mrs. Rediske said that earlier today a laptop went missing and it gave her and Mrs. Leclaire a real scare, so we had to put our laptops away 5 minutes before the end of class. We were definitely sad to not have Ms. Smith with us today!

For homework:

• We are to read pgs. 147-167 for Monday as well as “study” for the grammar quiz (on Monday).
• The deadline for the IPoem is 3:00 p.m., April 28 in the classes drop-box!
• It also may be smart for anyone that has not read ahead, to read ahead because next week, in total we will have to have read 126 pages total!

Period 2, blog question

What is the significance of Winston's relationship with Julia? Why does Winston risk everything for the relationship?

Period five Scribe

Homework:
Blog Question
Chapter Review
Group Quiz Tomorrow!
Hint: One of the questions is, "What is Winston afraid of?" there are three things, death, rats, and the third you have to find yourself. ;)
Read Pages 147-167
We started out class today with the presenting group teaching the class 1981 style. The girls had to sit on one side of the darkened classroom, while the boys had to sit on the other. On each desk there was a "Telescreen" featuring Big Brother. Class began with toe touching exercises, then began a question an answer session. (I didn't get detailed notes due to computer trouble) One question was, "Why didn't Winston push Katharine off the cliff when he had the chance?" Some of the responses were: He still loved her, and he thought she loved him, and pushing her off wouldn't solve any problems. Another question was, "What significance do the songs that the Proles sing have?" Some answers were, they expressed emotion, and that they were not related to the Party.
Our final challenge was for the girls to get a message to the boy's side of the room, while the boys tried to get a message to the girls side of the room. The catch was the boys and girls could not interact with each other, if they did and were caught by the teaching group, they were instantly vaporised.(Sent to the back of the room) The girls won by getting the message to the boys side in the form of a text message. Afterward, we turned the lights on and "Staged" a fishbowl, so that the visiting German photographer could get pictures. At first, the fishbowl talked about their response to the presenting groups way of teaching. The presenters admitted it was really hard trying to keep from laughing. When the German photographer, Julia came in, we switched topics and discussed the blog question.

4.11.08 Period 2 seminar over Pgs. 117- 147

Here is the link for today's quiz! Good luck!
Once you are done, do not exit out of the quiz results, we will give you instructions on what to next!
http://www.gotoquiz.com/1984_pages_117_147
Good Luck!