November 6, 2012 Scribe Smith Period 5

SCRIBE-November 6, 2012

Homework- SAT 9 exercises/quiz (no synonyms this week) and This I Believe Essay (due Monday 11/12/12)

Friday is a workday for This I Believe essay

This I Believe essay due Monday 11/12/12 on a Google doc (only the essay part)

Today we vote on Smitty Award for Banned Book Movie Trailer

            Nominees- Lindsey-Brand New World

                               Faith-Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

       Scott- Cat’s Cradle

       Kasi- We all Fall down

      Monica- The Chocolate War

      Nate- Animal Farm

            Winner- To Be Announced

We began talking about the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 as an introduction to Inherit the Wind

The Butler Act of 1925 in Tennessee made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution.

Important People in the Scopes Monkey Trial

Dayton Tennessee- John Scopes hired to teach evolution (Substitute teacher)

H L Mencken- reporter from Baltimore, his articles published nationwide

William Jennings Bryan- prosecutor for state of Tennessee

Clarence Darrow- defendant for John Scopes (hired by the ACLU) he was a very famous lawyer

Charles Darwin- put the theory of evolution into words (scientific theory)

            Darwin was married to Christian wife

Here is an overview of what we started with Inherit the wind. We discussed the characters in the play, who they represented in the real trial, and who would be acting out which part in Act 1. (Reminder- really act out your part, don’t just read the lines out loud)

Characters and Their Counterparts in the play Inherit the Wind

H L Mencken- E K Hornbeck

William Jennings Bryan- Matthew Harrison Brady

Clarence Darrow- Henry Drummond

Charles Darwin- Charles Darwin

John Scopes- Bertram Cates

Reverend Brown

Rachel

Here is the list of who is acting as which character in Act 1

·         Melinda- Riley

·         Howard- Ethan

·         Rachel- Dom

·         Meeker-Taylor

·         Cates- Austin

·         Storekeeper- David

·         Mrs. Krebs- Gabby

·         Reverend Brown- Julia

·         Corkin- Kasi

·         Bollinger- Ally

·         Platt- Capri

·         Hawker- Emily W.

·         Mrs. McClain- Lauren

·         Mrs. Blair- Erica

·         Elijah- Emily H.

·         Hornbeck- Scott

·         Mayor- Emily H.

·         Brady- Monica

·         Mrs. Brady- Faith

·         Photographer- Lindsey

·         Davenport- Max

·         Timmy- Nate

      Link to today's agenda

November 6, 2012 Scribe Per. 5

Yes, I know this date was already done. That's on purpose.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 (Election Day, fyi)

Hello everyone! This is the events of today!

First, we went over the SAT words for lesson nine (page 103). We read them aloud, just like we usually do, and then Smith assigned the homework. For our SAT test on Friday, we DO NOT need to know the synonyms! Hooray!

After this, some of our recent banned book trailers were nominated for the Smitty Award (food made by Smith of your choice). We re-watched these book trailers and each student voted for the one that he/she considered to be the best. These votes were turned in and we do not know yet who won. Hopefully we'll know tomorrow!

After this, we had some discussion on the Scopes-Monkey trial in introduction to our next piece of literature, a play called Inherit the Wind. Hopefully, students have already had discussion about this a little in History and Biology. John Scopes was take to trial because he was teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution to students in Tennessee, which was against the state law. It was a clash between evolution and creationism, and the trial was very famous, affecting everybody.

The play is fictional, so the names are not exactly the same. Here is a list of the characters and their counterparts:

• H L Mencken is E K Hornbeck
• William Jennings Bryan is Matthew Harrison Brady
• Clarence Darrow is Henry Drummond
• John Scopes is Bertram Cates
• Reverend Brown is simply a robust preacher in the play, not really based off of anyone, but representing supporters of creationism.
• Charles Darwin is still Charles Darwin
• Rachel is Rev. Brown's daughter, and also the love interest of Bertram Cates (oh no! They're on opposite sides!)

We are going to act this play out in class. When you act, you really have to put feeling into your character. No squeaky girl voices if you are playing a female part. Don't just read the character's lines...BE the character!

We barely started the first act in the book Inherit the Wind, but parts were assigned. Not everyone has a part, but these roles will change around, so do not worry. I tried writing down all the roles, but I did not succeed, so just remember them. All I know for sure is that Gabby will be our narrator. For this play, everything will be acted out and Smith has provided backdrops for different scenes. Lines don't need to memorized or anything, but you can't just stand at the front and read. Don't do that.

Homework:

• SAT 9 excercises (everything except the writing portion)
• This I Believe Essay due on Monday (the 12th) using the guidelines from the website Smith showed us in class. It's not the entire project; it's just the essay itself on a google document

Here is a link to the calendar for today

Period 5 English 9 Honors :)

November 6th, 2012 Scribe 3rd period (David Harrell)

Today, our homework is to work on our This I Believe essays, and to work on our SAT 9 vocabulary books. For more information on the essay, visit Mrs. Smith's website and click on the Tips for Writing TIB Essay link. In class, we reviewed our SAT 9 words. We will need to know: the word, the definition, and the part of speech. Also, we received our copies of Inherit the Wind. After we talked about the Scopes trial and its background (We will be having a discussion final on Inherit the Wind). It was important because it challenged the laws of banning the theory of evolution in in schools of Tennessee. The law was known as the Butler Act, and Scopes was found guilty. For more information, click here. We then proceeded to vote on who would receive the ultimate honor: the Smitty Award. But first, we reviewed all of the nominations (See previous scribe).

November 5th, 2012 scribe

Hello everyone!
Today in class we watch movie trailers and had snacks! :)
we watched
-Cat’s Cradle
-The Chocolate War
-Animal Farm
-Brave New World
-Gone with the Wind
- The Satanic Verses
- Perks of Being a Wallflower
-Blood and Chocolate
-Crank
-The Sun also Rises
-Not Without my Daughter
-Little Brother
-We All Fall Down
-The Catcher in the Rye
-Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
-Nineteen Minutes
-Go Ask Alice
-Water for Elephants
-Tom Sawyer
-The Giver
-Operation Dark Heart
-An American Tradgedy
-Catch 22
-The Last Mission
-The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
-Slaughterhouse Five
-Of Mice and Men


Homework: 
-This I Believe essay due in ONE week! Get started!
-SAT 9 exercises

3rd period November 5th Scribe (David Harell)

Homework for today is the This I Believe essay, due November 12th, and your SAT 9 exercises, due Friday. We have not yet talked much about the essay yet; but we talked about it some last week. To see more of this week's schedule, click here. During class, we first turned in our Banned Book project work, which consisted of research, a paragraph on why the book was banned, a response paragraph, a rubric, and storyboards. The two paragraphs could have also been with the movie trailer. If you still need to turn your trailer in, click here. We then proceeded to watch some of our peers' movie trailers, and enjoy our snacks and treats with the trailers.
Here are the4 nomimnations for the ehighly acclaimed Smithy Awards:
Haleigh:Perks of Being a Wallflower
Zach: Clockwork Orange
Bennet: The Sun Also Rises
Aly: Brave New World
Jake: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Aspen: Jumper
Sophie: Lovely Bones
David : Huckleberry Finn
Alexandra: Go Ask Alice
Maddison: Slaughterhouse 5
Lena: Lolita

Have a great day!

Scribe November 2 Period 3

Hello All,
      Today in class we signed up to bring food for our movie presentations on Monday, took the eighth SAT vocabulary test, and spent the rest of the period working on our Banned Book Project (DUE MONDAY(but must be posted before)) The fallowing list is the food we signed up to bring, DON'T FORGET!

Salty

• Plain Potato Chips 
• Alex 
• Pretzels 
• Bennet
• Goldfish
• Nicole
• Popcorn 
• Lena

Sweet

• Cupcakes
• Sophie
• Cookies
• Sarah and Giovanna
• Kettle Corn 
• Aly
• Brownies
• Rachel
• Nutella
• Tony
• Puppy Chow
• Alexandra

Thirsty 

• Sprite
• Elise
• Ginger Ale
• Aspen
• Coke
• Erina
• Dr. Pepper 
• Zach

Paper Products 

• Plates
• Jake and Jacob
• Napkins 
• Maddison
• Cups
• Haleigh
• Silverware
• Casey

Please don't forget to bring what you signed up to bring! Have a fantastic weekend and I'll see you Monday!

Also, here is the link to post your movie:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE5xR0NNVTBQSXRzcUUxUmZ3LWItTlE6MQ

Scribe 11-1-12 Period 5 David Choi

Homework:
Only Banned Book Project.

• Submit it here
• Movie Trailer
• Research (unopinionated)
• Then Stance (summary, response(opinionated))

• No plagiarism, cite all sources.

Snacks To Bring On Monday:

Salty:

• Queso- Julia

• Potatoe Chips- Dom

• Veggies- Gabby

Sweet:

• Brownies- Riley

• Chocolate Cookies- Capri

• Fruit- Gabby

• Truffles- Truffles

• Snacks in general- David

Thirsty:

• Pop- Monica

Paper Products:

• Plates- Austin

• Napkins- Emily

• Cups- Ethan

• Silverware- Ally

This I believe:

• Listen to Isabel Allende's ThisIBelieve.
• Listened to Penn Jilette's ThisIBelieve to contrast and compare with Isabel's.
• Due November 12th, submit it here.