Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Monday

1. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Monday • N/A – Teacher Work Day

2. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Wednesday Welcome Back, Palmer Terrors! Ms. Durland Modern Fiction How does it feel to be a senior? Be prepared for attendance. Homework (What? Already?): Make sure you come prepared with class materials (so easy) and fill out (and turn in tomorrow) your Student Information sheet if you did not do so in class today.

3. Past, Present, Future Wednesday • Winter Break! • Class policies & procedures and an overview of the course • Interpreting art

4. What is Modern Fiction?Wednesday Standard(s) 2.2 Reading for All Purpose: Interpreting complex informational texts requires critical reading skills 3.1. Writing and Composition: Detail and expressive language create a well-crafted statement directed at an intended audience and purpose Objective: you will be able to read closely to infer key ideas about the course and create 3 statements about yourself Relevance: Understanding and knowing expectations, rules, and fellow colleagues up front enables you to be more successful, comfortable and/or engaged in you learning environment. Essential Question: How do I function effectively in class?

5. Instruction: Obtain I Do Wednesday • Purpose: to familiarize yourself with the course, class expectations, your classmates, and your instructor • Task: read through the overview, underlining key ideas, and placing question marks where need • Outcome: knowledge related to the four ideas above My SharePoint Page

6. Activities: Develop & ApplyWe Do – You Do Wednesday • Purpose: to familiarize yourself with the course, class expectations, your classmates, and your instructor • Task: read through the overview, underlining key ideas, and placing question marks where need • Outcome: knowledge related to the four ideas above

7. Instruction: Obtain I Do Wednesday • Purpose: to help me get to know you • Task: fill out upper section and create statements for the bottom • Outcome: I’ll know more about you and your needs/interests!

8. Instruction: Obtain I Do – You Do Tuesday “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.” – Mark Twain I have three children, Chloe, Sam, and Cynthia, all under 8 years old. I have ridden an ostrich in South Africa. I met my husband when we both rock climbed, and now we race single speed mountain bikes. You Do • State ideas that are always a truth (Don’t say: I’m wearing red shoes.) • State ideas that are interesting details about yourself. (Don’t say: I am the youngest in my family.)

9. What is Modern Fiction? Wednesday Standard(s) 2.2 Reading for All Purpose: Interpreting complex informational texts requires critical reading skills 3.1. Writing and Composition: Detail and expressive language create a well-crafted statement directed at an intended audience and purpose Objective: you will be able to read closely to infer key ideas about the course and create 3 statements about yourself Relevance: Understanding and knowing expectations, rules, and fellow colleagues up front enables you to be more successful, comfortable and/or engaged in you learning environment. Essential Question: How do I function effectively in class?

10. DOL, Homework, Extensions Wednesday • Turn in Student Information sheet • What is one helpful idea or bit of information you learned today? • Homework (What? Already?): Make sure you come prepared with class materials (so easy) and fill out (and turn in tomorrow) your Student Information sheet if you did not do so in class today. • Get on my SharePoint web site

11. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Thursday Reflect: • What class materials did you bring with you today? • Did you turn in your Student Information sheet yesterday? If not, turn it now. • File Cabinet = per week handout • Did you check out my SharePoint web site? Two Truths, One Lie: Which of the following is a lie about Austin Storm? • My sister threatened to put me in jail. • I have a brother named Jacob. • I am an Uncle; his name is Cole. During the semester, should we have a book with us at all times? Do we need to have a flash drive?

12. Past, Present, Future Thursday • Class policies & procedures and an overview of the course • What is Modern Fiction? – art & predictions • What is Modern Fiction – definition & notes

13. What is Modern Fiction?Thursday • Standard(s) 2.2 Reading for All Purpose: Interpreting complex informational texts requires critical reading skills • Objective: you will be able to draw conclusions about the modernist period • Relevance: Understanding the connection between the arts and history enables use to make connections to our own experiences • Essential Question(s): What is modern fiction? How does history influence art? What elements of modernism are reflected in art?

14. What is art? Thursday • Does it have rules? • By what criteria is it judged?

15. Instruction: Obtain I Do Thursday Purpose: to practice observation, interpretation, supplying proof and drawing/presenting conclusions about art Tasks: • Observations: Make a list - 10 -15 concrete details) • Theory: Brainstorm possible interpretations • What do you think the artist is trying show/communicate? • What do you think the artist’s purpose is? • Why this scene/ This subject? What can we tell about subject and circumstances? What seems to be the artist’s attitude towards the subject? What is the larger narrative or point? • Testing & Proof: What *elements* best support/justify your interpretation? • Title & Interpretation: What would you name this painting? Write a 1-2 sentence interpretation.

18. Inquiry & Interpretation

19. How are the different? Thursday Casper David Friedrich, The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog 1818 Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase 1912 • What is different? • What might they reveal about the time period in which they were painted? • Friedrich’s Wanderer: clear imagery (landscape), orderly • Duchamp’s Nude: abstract, fragmented imagery, multiple perspectives into a single view, difficult to tell what it is, chaotic, confused

20. What is Modern Fiction?Thursday • Standard(s) 2.2 Reading for All Purpose: Interpreting complex informational texts requires critical reading skills • Objective: you will be able to draw conclusions about the modernist period • Relevance: Understanding the connection between the arts and history enables use to make connections to our own experiences • Essential Question(s): What is modern fiction? What elements of modernism are reflected in art?

21. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Friday Welcome to your almost weekend! Select your seat; I’ll be making a seating chart. Two Truths, One Lie: • Which of the following is a lie about Rachel Nichols? • I drive a Saab. • I’ve traveled in Costa Rica. • I play the harp; I started playing in 3rd grade. Answers to Questions: • When we turn in papers, do you prefer them typed, or can we handwrite them in ink? • Homework: None

22. Past, Present, Future Friday • Inquiry & Interpretation Practice (paintings) • What is Modernism? More practice with analyzing art • What is Modernism? Notes

23. What is Modern Fiction? Friday Standard 4 Research & Reasoning Standard 3 Writing & Composition Objective: you will be able to identify historical events/ideas in order to draw connections, make predictions and define modern art Relevance: Understanding the connection between the arts and history enables use to make connections to our own experiences Knowing the common characteristic of a particular style helps us understand and analyze its effectiveness • Essential Question(s): What is modern fiction?

24. How are the different? Thursday Casper David Friedrich, The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog 1818 Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase 1912 • What is different? • Friedrich’s Wanderer: clear imagery (landscape), orderly • Duchamp’s Nude: abstract, fragmented imagery, multiple perspectives into a single view, difficult to tell what it is, chaotic, confused • What might they reveal about the time period in which they were painted?

25. Instruction: Obtain I Do Friday French Revolution Queen Victoria 19th century Victorian optimism, a social world Drive for social advancement (Great Expectations) Codes of conduct, a social, proper world –roles of men and women Thriving British Empire - Industrial Revolution Victorian Era Literature Daily life, its practical problems and interests Human progress Moral purpose, not art for art’s sake Ideal life – truth, justice, love, brotherhood American Revolution Westward expansion Order, stability, pre-World War I

26. Instruction: Obtain I Do Friday • VICTORIAN, ROMANTIC, REALISTS Based on what you just saw about the time period, why does the art from that period look like this? What are characteristics of the art you see here?

27. Activities: Develop & ApplyWe Do – You Do Thursday Purpose: to continue to examine connection between art and history Tasks: Each group needs white “placemats” (one per group member) and one blue “placemat” (one per group) • On your white sheet: What do you know about the time period between 1900 and 1945? • On your blue sheet: Discuss common threads from yellow sheets and write down 3-5 common ideas on the blue sheet to share with the larger group. Outcome: A “tablecloth” - collective main ideas – to make predictions: How might the events/ideas you’ve gathered influence the art of that time period?

28. Activities: Develop & Apply We Do: Modernist Art FRIDAY Based on what you listed about the time period, why would the art shift from what you saw on the previous slide to this? What are characteristics of the art you see here?

29. Art History for “Dummies”

30. What is Modern Fiction?You Do Friday Standard 4 Research & Reasoning Objective: you will be able to identify historical events/ideas in order to draw connections, make predictions and define modern art Relevance: Understanding the connection between the arts and history enables use to make connections to our own experiences, and knowing the common characteristic of a particular style helps us understand and analyze its effectiveness Essential Question(s): What is modern fiction? DOL - Respond to at least one of the following: • What have you learned about artistic time periods? Shifts in time periods? • Based on what you’ve seen, what do you believe are some characteristics of modernism? • What are some things that influenced modernism? • What do you predict about the type of writing that was done during 1900-1945?