Gary Coyle’s Grade 8 Humanities

Significant Items Covered:

• Read Aloud – Harrison Bergeron
• Partners  - Plot Pyramid
• Socratic Seminar –Q1) In Harrison Bergeron how has technology repressed or de-humanised humans? Do we see examples of this happening today? Q2) Satire is the use of wit, irony, or sarcasm by a writer to make a point. What examples of satire do you see in Harrison Bergeron? What point is Vonnegut trying to make?
• Small Group- What is the net effect of television?
• Read – The Trouble with Television
• Read Aloud– The Euphio Question
• Class Discussion – What is science fiction?
• Video- Epicac (Notes on plot)
• Short Story Elements – Plot – Create pyramid for Epicac

Reflection – Post your response to www.blogger.com

What are the three most valuable things you have learned during the UbD process?

Please post your response to the following on your BLOG.

Using examples from “The Euphio Question” and current events evaluate the statement:

“Do you know what a Luddite is? That’s a person who doesn’t like newfangled contraptions. Contraptions like nuclear submarines armed with Poseidon missiles that have H-bombs in their warheads, and like computers that cheat you out of becoming. Bill Gates says, “Wait till you can see what your computer can become.” But it’s you who should be doing the becoming. What you can become is the miracle you were born to work—not the damn fool computer.” - Kurt Vonnegut

_{Photo of Kurt Vonnegut from http://www.osu.edu/features/2006/vonnegut/images/vonnegut.jpg}

Students in Period 1-5 please post your response to the following on your BLOG. Students in Period 2-8 please post a response as a comment to one of your classmates in Period 1-5.

• What is technology?
• How do you feel about the amount of use of technology in modern society?
• What are the 5 most and 5 least important technologies used today?

Significant Items Covered:

Creating Videos Using Visual Communicator

Reflection – Post your response to www.blogger.com

Describe the general process (from idea to completion) for creating a video using Visual Communicator. What are three design related tips to remember when creating a VC presentation? What were the two best and two worst aspects of TWIF video project?

Next Steps:

As a group, create and print ONE works cited page that contains all of the MLA citations for your entire TWIF project. Return laptops when done.

Major Points From Last Week:

Spring Break

Reflection

Please post your response to the following in your BLOG.

This week is your week to work on your UbD project in Humanities Class. What I would like you to do for this week’s feedback is to create a work plan for using your classtime most effectively. Take a few minutes to figure out what you have left to do and then lay out your plan day by day for this week.