Sunday, October 26, 2014


Testing




Each entry should include:


->Your first and last name

->The quote number

->The names of any students to whom you are responding. 

->A page number should be included for any additional direct quotes posted to the blog. 

The date and time of your entry should be automatically recorded. 

*** You will not get ANY credit without this information. ***






QUOTE #1

“ Bonnie has resurrected her ‘old self’; as if serving up a preview of the normality, the regained vigor, soon to be, she had rouged her lips, fussed with her hair, and, wearing a new dress, accompanied him to the Holcomb School, where they applauded a student production of Tom Sawyer, in which Nancy played Becky Thatcher.” ( 7 )




QUOTE #2

“ Autumns reward western Kansas for the evils that remaining seasons impose: winter’s rough Colorado winds and hip-high, sheep-slaughtering snows; the slushes and the strange land frogs; and summer, when even crows seek the puny shade, and tawny infinitude of wheatstalks bristle, blaze.” ( 10 )




QUOTE #3

“‘Parrots don’t sing. Talk maybe. Holler.’“ ( 16 )



In Cold Blood

Those who chose to buy the book In Cold Blood should have purchased their book by Friday October 24. In order to be on track you should be reading 20 pages a night (this includes weekends). Here are your dates:

Part One

Pages 3-22 by Tuesday October 28th

Pages 23- 42 by Wednesday October 29th

Pages 43-62 by Thursday October 30th

Pages 63-82 by Friday October 31st

Part Two

Pages 83- 102 by Saturday November 1st

Pages 103-122 by Sunday November 2nd

Pages 123-142 by Monday November 3rd

Pages 143-162 by Tuesday November 4th

Part Three

Pages 163-182 by Wednesday November 5th

Pages 183-202 by Thursday November 6th

Pages 203-222 by Friday November 7th

Pages 223-243 by Saturday November 8th

Pages 244- 263 by Sunday November 9th

Pages 264- 283 by Monday November 10th

Pages 284- 303 by Tuesday November 11th

Pages 304- 323 by Wednesday November 12th

Pages 324- 343 by Thursday November 13th

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

The 21st Century Classroom Brought To You By Mrs. Lewis


Getting Our Blog On


The Reflection Blog

During our study of the text In Cold Blood students will be required to make one post per week to an online reflection blog.  Think of the blog as an opportunity to have an ongoing conversation about the text.  Each week there will be new quotations from the text posted to the blog.  Your task is to interpret, react, support and disagree with the ideas.  You’re not simply restating facts from the text but instead you are justifying your positions and reacting to the ideas of your peers.  Be sure that the points you’re making are clearly explained and developed; this will encourage a challenging conversation and open up the possibility for debate on various interpretations of the text.  The first posting will be done in class as a group but after the first post students will be responsible for posting on their own time unless otherwise specified.    
Each entry should include:
q  Your first and last name
q  The quote number
q  The names of any students to whom you are responding. 
q  A page number should be included for any additional direct quotes posted to the blog. 
q  The date and time of your entry should be automatically recorded. 
*** You will not get ANY credit without this information. ***

Quotation # 1: “I can’t imagine you afraid. No matter what happened, you’d talk your way out of it” (36).                                                                    
Sample Blog Response
First Student said...
To me, Quotation #1 seems like foreshadowing. Mr. Clutter is described as "fearless" by Mrs. Ashida. This quality will show up later I'm sure. Fearlessness seems like a good quality to have when a gun is pointed at your head or at the head of one of your family members.
                                                December 19, 2014 11:14 AM

Sample Blog Response
Second Student said...
I feel that when Mr. Asiba says that she couldn't imagine Mr. Clutter being afraid and that he is fealess. But really every father and man will come off as fearless becuase he knows everyone looks to him for support in a bad situation, which i agree with corey as being foreshadowing in the way that maybe he will be looked to for answers and he may possibly not have any in the moments before his family is murdered.                                 December 20, 2014 10:15 PM