Month: May 2015

Socratic Seminar – Culture and Love

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Critical Thinking, Inquiry and Wonder
The Window Questions:  These should be the primary focus of your discussion and preparation.
Why is “Where” important?
What happens when cultures interact?
What is my role in the local and global community?
What are the implications of doing something forbidden?
What is love?
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Prepare for the seminar by reading the texts, preparing your notes, and thinking about connections between the texts, other stories we have read in class and other stories you, or your classmates, researched during the year.
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The Setup
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The Rubric

Anatomy

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We are human, not machines.  We are not perfect, and we are far from being a complete disaster. This is all written in our code, our anatomy.

Anatomy
I’m diverse,
Like the written verse,
In a world where everything seems rehearsed.
I’m a flame,
That no one can tame,
But sometimes the burning is inhumane.
I’m human,
It’s what I do,
I fall and rise with the chosen few.
It’s coded,
Within me,
It’s all entangled with my anatomy.
I’m a sharp edge,
But I made the pledge,
To only kill when my anger’s tipped off the ledge.
I’m tranquility,
A garden of harmony,
But sometimes my opposite gets the best of me.
I’m human,
It’s what I do,
I fall and rise with the chosen few.
It’s coded,
Within me,
It’s all entangled with my anatomy.
Not machines,
With parts too clean,
And no minds with the imagination to dream.
We are alive,
With an endless drive,
To find our wings and take to the sky.
We’re human,
It’s what we do,
We fall and rise with the chosen few.
We’re all alike,
In an endless fight,
To determine what we call wrong and right.

Sound Check | A Journey Through Cinema and Sound

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This is my big question project. The film focuses on how the addition of sound changed the film industry. I hope you enjoy it!

                                                                                                                                                                         
 Thanks and Special Mentions:
Special thanks to Cameron Starbuck for narrating my project this time around. More thanks to my English buddies, Garrett and Gwyn, for helping me out in pretty much all aspects of the project. Thanks to Mr. Koch for helping me choose my topic. A big thank you to everyone who supplied their opinions by taking my survey. Thank YOU for watching my project. Feedback is always appreciated!