June 5th

The class considered four categories to analyze as we view food based televsion over the last fifty years: Production Values; Technology; Audience; Content & US Tastes.

We viewed Julia Child's The French Chef: Beef Bourgignon. (1963)

And The Galloping Gourmet: Jambalaya. (circa 1970)

Students wrote notes on their observations.
Students made predictions for food television circa 1999.

Tuesday, 3 July

Students completed an evaluation of the class.

The class watched Julia Child The French Chef: Lobster Juniors will be working on analzying food based television programs through the end of the year.

Monday, 2 June, 2014

Class spent time working on the papers on the food films.

Seniors were given their work from the year and their English Portfolios from their time at Grant.

Juniors were given their work from this year to put in their portfolios.

Thursday, 29 May

The class finished viewing Jiro Dreams of Sushi.

The the class worked, first individually then as a group, to complie evidence of the key conflicts shared among the films: Generational Conflict; Master vs. Apprentice; and Tradition vs. Innovation.

Students had time to create thesis statements and topic sentences for the following expository essay due on Monday:
In a 2-3 page essay explain how the themes we have focused on are present in the three films we studied. Explain the nature of the conflicts and how they are resolved. (There are three films and three themes. A papers must deal with a minimum of four of these six. An "A" paper must address five or six of the five.)

Juniors should bring a final rough draft on Monday, June 3rds. Seniors final paper is due in class on Monday.

Tuesday, 27 May

Class completed a WITS Class evaluation.

Mr. Zartler turned papers back both from the WITS residency and theses.

Mr. Zartler handed out grade print outs.

The class reviewed one definition of a Mastery, then continued viewing Jiro Dreams of Sushi.

Monday - Wednesay 19-21 May

Classes proceeded at different paces through the following material this week.

Discussion of the ruling creating marriage equality in Oregon.

We added the vocabulary words Equality; Equity, and Achievement Gap

We studied Brown vs. Board of Education

We learned a bit about the "Little Rock Nine."

We watched and discussed a news story on the retreat from the progress made after Brown v. Board of Ed.

We listened to Michelle Obama talk about the dangers of the resurgence of segregated schools.

Tuesday, 20 May

Today was a celbration of writing. Each student read a piece or a portion of a piece that they had written in class.

Much fun, and great writing!

See you at Broadway Books Wednesday, at 7:00 for more sharing and celebrating!