Merchant of Venice Partner Work

After you are done with first part, get with a partner and answer the following questions. Please list who your partner is. Your answers need to be in complete sentences and a reflection of what you and your partner discussed. PROVIDE AT LEAST A PARAGRAPH PER ASNWER. 

1.)   The play opens with Antonio, the merchant, admitting that he is sad, but not knowing why.  Think of times when you’ve been sad.  Have you always understood exactly why, or has your sadness sometimes seemed strange to you?  Explain.

2.)   In Shakespeare’s time, lending money for interest was called “usury” and was generally considered immoral.  How have attitudes changed since then?

3.)   Think of the recent banking crisis and the state of today’s economy.  Do you think it’s all right to lend someone a large amount of money based on their word and reputation even though they may not have any concrete evidence of being able to pay you back?

4.)   This play includes romantic love stories and also ethnic and religious conflict.  How well do you expect these elements to blend?

PLEASE POST ANSWERS AS A COMMENT TO THIS POST.  DUE AT END OF CLASS OF PERIOD. 

Merchant of Venice Anticipation Guide

Before we begin reading The "Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare, take a moment to look
over these statements. Decide whether you agree or disagree with each statement listed below. First write if you agree or disagree. Then write three sentences  after the statement describing why you agree or disagree. Also use a  personal experience to support your opinion.

• Don’t rely on outward appearances when making judgments. 
• Justice is always blind.
• A brotherly love between two friends can be just as strong as an intimate love between a man and a woman.
• You can break a promise as long as you have a good excuse
• Love is blind.
• Stereotypes are often right.
• An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth is a good motto to live by.

1st semester portfolio

IMPORTANT NOTE ON CHANGE IN PORTFOLIO POST: This response is to be placed in your own blog, as a reply to your initial comment on your portfolio.


Post a short reflection about your portfolio on your own blog. This reflection can be the "conclusion" to your portfolio, with an invitation to your parents/guardians to reply. Their reply must include responses to following questions. You may copy paste the questions into your blog if you like.

1. What piece of writing did you like best in my portfolio and why? 

1. What did you like about my portfolio and sharing and what would you like to see me improve on?

1. Which of the writing traits (ideas, organization, voice, word choice) do you feel was most successful for me?

1. Which of the traits of writing would you like me to improve on in the coming semester?

Be sure to let your parents/guardians know that this post serves two purposes

• It is an opportunity for them to comment on your learning and 

• It is part of my assessment of your attainment of General Learning Outcome #5, "Effective Communicator." Your sharing of the portfolio should enable your parents/guardians to reflect and respond to the four questions above.

KC3 pitch proposal

KC3 Project: “Kids Create Community Content”

Team Worksheet: Proposal Pitch Form

Scenario:  You are pitching a new, educational TV show to PBS. If they accept your pitch, your production company will be awarded a $10,000 grant to produce the pilot episode for a series. Be creative, be resourceful, be dynamic, be the media, be the teacher!

Series Title:

(do this LAST)

Theme or Topic:

(Why will your audience be ENGAGED by this topic? What will they LEARN?)

Resources:

(What resources are available to you? Are they *good* sources? Credible, authoritative, accessible, engaging?)

·      Text Resources (newspaper, magazine, web articles and info):

·      Human Resources (interviews):

·      Site Resources (places to go and video, etc.):

·      Interactive Web Resources:

·      Other Resources:

Media Melding:

(How can the required media be used most effectively to communicate your presentation?)

·      Power Point presentation

·      Pre-and Post-Conference Website

·      Video

·      Other possible media connections

Interactivity

(How can you engage your audience in a way that will allow them to USE and APPLY their learning in a FUN and MEANINGFUL way?)

·      Description of interactivity

·      Audience response

·      Connection to content

·      Application/”higher level” involvement

·      FUN FACTOR

EXAMPLE:

Theme or Topic: Homelessness in Hawaii

Maurice, Lina, Austin, Josh

Resources:  (newspaper, web articles, magazines, etc)

-      http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43114284/ ns/us_news-life/t/hawaiis-other-side-   paradise-homelessness/#.Tpinkpz0974

-       http://www.kitv.com/news/27092960/detail.html

-       http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/us/15homeless.html

-      http://www.fhfund.org/_dnld/reports/SupportiveChildren.pdf

-       We also have video resources from youtube from KHON/KHNL

Human Resources: (interviews)

-     We’re planning to interview homeless people probably in Ala Moana Park or Kuhio Beach & if we can, we’re going to try and contact a representative from the Department of Human Resources/Urban Development (?) We are also planning to interview representatives from “Protecting our Chinatown Community”

Site Resources: (places to go and video, etc.)

-       Waikiki Strip, Ala Moana Beach Park, Kuhio Beach, N King Street right across Aala Park

Interactive Web Resources:

-       http://www.npach.org/facts.htm

-       http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-homeless-youth

Other Resources:

-       http://www.lokahigivingproject.com/

Media Melding

Power Point Presentation:

-       We’re going to make different slides that will list facts about homelessness that most people don’t know of, and it’s alo going to deal with the interaction of the audience using powerpoint.

Pre-and Post-Conference Website:

Video:

- Interview of homeless people and pans of sidewalks filled with homeless tents (N King St)

Other possible media connections:

Interactivity

Description of Interactivity:

-       We’re going to use the “Pre and Post-Conference Website” technique before our presentation and what they’ve learned or if they even did learn. (True/False game)

Audience Response:

-       Ture/False. “If you think it’s true, sit on the right side of the room. If you think it’s false, sit on the left side of the room. You have 3 seconds.. 3.. 2.. 1”

Connection to Content:

- Questions will be based on homelessness facts on the US/Hawaii

Fun Factor:

- Students being able to get off their seats during out presentation and them having fun being rushed within the 3 second time limit.

Querencia Graphic

• Needs to be 6x4 and posted on your blog (rough and final draft).
• Needs to include title of place, at least two pictures of place and one of self that is relevant to place. 
• A short section (3-4 sentences) that you like taken from essay that discusses the place.
• You cannot have a plain white background, but a image(s) that continues to represent your chosen special place.
• Also add "My Querencia" somewhere on the graphic card.
• Also include name in lower left corner (this shouldn't be big and is just a small label)

Picture Frame Paragraph

• Work in Partners
• This is similar to idea development, however the focus is on sensory detail. Putting words in motion.
• Don't tell us, show us.
• Keep in mind the use of strong sensory detail, do not just limit it to adjectives and adverbs. Use nouns and verbs to create good sensory impressions as well.
• Describe a place you both mutually know about and can vividly remember that is around the winter season (November-February)
• Paint the picture for us.
• Don't use overly wordy statements, stick to what you know but still push yourself to be creative.
• Each person needs to have it posted on blog w/ PARTNER's NAME to get the full credit

Words from Heart Graphic

Words from the Heart graphic card

• Needs to be 6x4 and posted on your blog (rough and final draft).
• Needs to include word, at least two pictures of self and family that is relevant to the word. A short section (3-4 sentences) that you like taken from essay that discusses the word and why it is unique to your family.
• You cannot have a plain white background, but a image(s) that continues to represent your family and the special word.
• Also add "Words from the Heart" somewhere on the graphic card.
• Also include name in lower left corner (this shouldn't be big and is just a small label)