Happy Thanksgiving! 1-50 due today in In Cold Blood.

Opening Moments:

1. Jake
2. Nichole

Passing in work:

1. Did you pass in your personality profile last class to your name Google folder?
2. Pass in 1-50 to your name Google folder; title it "ICB 1-50 HW"

Activities:

1. Vocabulary work for 1-50 in ICB
2. Visualizing page 30: get ready to draw!
3. Index Card Discussion

HW due:

1. Our next maroon day back, December 2, 51-100 are due in ICB.  
2. There are questions which go with this, just like last night.  Click here to see the questions.  

Substitute Day

1. Turn in your Personality Profile to your name folder.
2. Read toward 50 in In Cold Blood
3. Use the guiding questions to help with your general comprehension of the text.  Fill out the required number.  Click here for link.  Due on Tuesday.

Day #1: In Cold Blood

• Should the United States stop using the death penalty?
• Make predictions about the book based on the following covers:

• With your partner (decided by the fates), look up information on the author and post as a "reply" to this blog thread.
• Family
• Where he lived
• History with drugs and alcohol
• Education
• Why he was drawn to this story
• What makes his writing special
• Groups for Capote research:
  1. Hannah and Wynne
  2. Jake and Ramsey
  3. Nate and Hailey
  4. Pam and Lilly
  5. Peter and Demetrius
  6. Nichole and Julia
  7. Asher and Joey
  8. Josh
• Vocabulary Work pages 1-50
• HW: Read pages 1-50 by two classes from now

Peer Editing your Personality/Profile

1. Opening Moment: Pam (next time Joey)
2. Demo of Explain Everything
3. Peer editing with Explain Everything --> hard copy also given in class
4. Due next class: response to Page One, posted into your Google Name folder 

Page One: Day #2

• Opening Moment: Peter
• Personality Profile due next class: Rubric link
• Movie: Page One
• Be prepared to do end of movie reflection 

Personality Profile & NYT Page One

1. Opening Moment: Wynne
1. Article from last class: http://www.amplifyingglass.com/hickox-ebola-symptoms/
2. Personality Profile example: Finally Drug Free (November 2, 2014)
1. I noticed...
2. I liked...
3. I didn't care for...
3. Interview Tips from Katie Couric: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eOynrI2eTM
1. What's your biggest take-away from this video?
4. 8-12 open-ended questions for your interview.
5. Pre-viewing questions for documentary: Page One
6. Due next class: Interview...consider audio recording so you don't have to take notes.

Personality Profile

1. Opening Moment Calendar: double-check

1B. Listen to last two podcasts.

2. Entrance ticket

3. Read the article "New York Marathon 2014: A Lawyer by Day, A Runner Always." With a partner, respond to the following and be ready to report out:

• How does the writer open the piece? Is this an effective lead? Why or why not?
• Who is the subject of the article and what is the angle of the story?
• What details and anecdotes does the writer include about her life that help illustrate the subject's personality?
• What is your overall impression of the subject after reading this piece?

4. Reverse Interview

• To get us thinking about how to ask questions and incorporate quotes in our profiles, complete the Reverse Interview assignment in your quarter 2 folder. 

5. Interview due date--Monday (not Thursday); you're welcome