p.1--12-10-10

1. Complete reading "The Science of Fairy Tales"
2. Write an academic summary.
3. Review "Human Interest Story"
4. Write your own human interest based on a fairy tale.

• Read a fairy tale.
• Decide who is the accused and villain in the story.
• Imagine that you have interviewed them both and write a story that will explain what happened between the two characters.
• Use quotes from your imaginary interview.
• Make sure that your article is at least 2 pages long
  

12-9-10 P.5

1. Finish dialectical Journals on Apollo and Phaeton.
2. Introduce Mind mirror map.
3. Begin mind mirror map.

12-9-10 p. 1

1. Academic Summaries--Handout and practice
2. Read "The Science of Fairy Tales"

• Read in sections and take notes on a separate sheet of paper.
• Circle words you do not know
• Underline the main idea of each section

12-8-10--p. 5

1. Finish Reading "Phaeton."
2. Complete Comparison/Contrast Matrix
3. Begin Dialectical Journal for Phaeton.
HW: Dialectical Joural for Apollo

p.1 12-3-10

1. Complete Compare/Contrast of two fairy tales.
2. Read "The Three Little Pigs"
3. Read The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs.
4. Read The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig"
5. Complete a Venn Diagram comparing/contrasting the three stories.

p. 4 12-2-10

1. QUICK WRITE: Based on your observations, write a paragraph defending your favorite medium and citing specific examples of sources you use from that medium. Explain why you use this medium to get your "news" despite it's limitations.

2.

p. 4 12-1-10

1. Read "Oh My! The Future of News." (p.103)

• Complete a SOAPStone chart for the article.
• Answer questions on p. 106

2. Read "A Day in the Life of the Media: Intro"

• For each media source write a summary.
• HW: Spend 15-30 minutes watching the news, or locating some type of news: online, print, radio.
• Complete the Graphic Organizer on pg. 111
  

P. 1 2-1-10

1. Read 7 of 15 Fairy Tales.
2. Summarize one of the fairy tales that you have not seen in a movie.
3. Compare and Contrast 2 of the fairy tales.

• Create a graphic organizer.
• Use the graphic organizer to to write a 1-2 paragraph compare/contrast mini-essay.