Dead Poets Society - Socratic Prep

Hello Writers!

We continue with the film today.  Remember - this is your text.  This story, the characters, the themes, the dialogue - is what we are exploring.  Use the handouts to help guide your thinking and understanding.  Be able to use the film and all related poems as evidence to connect to your own unique insights concerning education, art, and relationships in you own life.

1. Continue film - "Dead Poets Society"
* Take Notes, Connect with the poems in the packet, the anticipatory guide, and your own experiences.

HW -
1.  "DPS" - * Socratic Seminars on Wednesday and Thursday
2. Authors Chair Friday - Poem Due. Typed. 
***Connect to any of the many themes or have your poem be similar to others we have annotated and discussed. See packet. See spoken word!

EC
* SD Slam TONIGHT!
* LE TMRW
* Poetry Club on Wed!
* Guests in WW on Wed/Thurs

DPS

Hello Writers!

We continue with the film today.  Remember - this is your text.  This story, the characters, the themes, the dialogue - is what we are exploring.  Use the handouts to help guide your thinking and understanding.  Be able to use the film and all related poems as evidence to connect to your own unique insights concerning education, art, and relationships in you own life.

1. Prompt - Sarah Kaye "Mrs. Ribeiro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GqMgLnluKY&t=1s
2. Review Section Q's - Your Choice! Take Notes! Participate!
* Work Check
3. Continue film - "Dead Poets Society"
* Take Notes, Connect with the poems in the packet, prep for Socratic!

HW -
1.  "DPS" - * Socratic Seminars on Wednesday and Thursday
* Begin to Prepare NOW!

Dead Poets - Film and Packet and Questions.

Hello Writers!

We continue with the film today.  Remember - this is your text.  This story, the characters, the themes, the dialogue - is what we are exploring.  Use the handouts to help guide your thinking and understanding.  Be able to use the film and all related poems as evidence to connect to your own unique insights concerning education, art, and relationships in you own life.

1. Review all work due tomorrow and Thursday.
* Please have out your packet. Take notes. Ask Questions.
3. View supplemental texts - lyrics, spoken word poems - what will you contribute?
4. Continue film - "Dead Poets Society"

HW -
1.  "DPS" - * Section One, Section Two
* Answer all related questions and choose ONE additional question to explore further.
* Work Check on TMRW
*Sections Three, Four - due on Thursday

Dead Poets Society - Background, Film, Section One Questions

Hello Writers!

We continue to explore the themes of the film "Dead Poets Society."  Be able to use the poems as evidence to connect to movie and your personal takeaways concerning education, art, and relationships in your own life.

1. Prompts - Spoken Word Poem - "Explaining my Depression to my Mother" Sabrina Benaim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqu4ezLQEUA
2. Continue to analyze discuss poems in the packet
3. View supplemental texts - lyrics, spoken word poems - what will you contribute?
4. Begin film - "Dead Poets Society"
* Section One - Handout
* Answer all FIVE questions and choose ONE additional question to explore further.
* See blog for example(s)

HW -
1.  "DPS" - Section One and Section Two Questions
* Work Check on Wednesday

Dead Poets Society - Poems and Thematic Questions in Packet

Hello Writers!

Today we examine some of the predominant themes found in Dead Poets Society.  These are common for most as we transition from our teen years into adulthood. Regardless of generation - writers have been exploring these ideas for a long time.  We get to now contribute our own verse - our own voice.  Find your most authentic way to interact with this material. It is important.

1. Prompts - Watch the Spoken Word Poem - "21" - Patrick Roche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LnMhy8kDiQ
2. Anticipatory Guide - Discussion
* Work Check
3. Handouts - Poems
* Annotations, Discussion, Notes
4.Additional Supplemental Texts/Songs?

HW -
1.  Anticipatory Guide - Record your answers and insight for the THREE questions in the packet that ask us to examine specific themes.  Cite evidence from the poems we read and annotated as well as class discussion and personal connection.
2.  Can you find a supplemental text that piggybacks any of these themes?
* Songs?
* Poems?
* Stories?
* Films?

Dead Poets Society Day Two - Handouts and Questions

Hello Writers!

Today we continue the final piece of our Coming Of Age Trilogy - "Dead Poets Society." Let's review the main themes concerning - 1) Growing 2) Art 3) Education.  Please engage with the works and assignments so that you are able to personally connect and cite evidences from the film, the poems we will read and discuss, and other sources.

1. Prompts - Wait for it
2. Anticipatory Guide - Discussion and Notes
3. Handouts - Preview and Discuss
4. Spoken Word - Patrick Roche "21" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LnMhy8kDiQ

HW -
1.Anticipatory Guide - Written Responses.

Dead Poets Society - Introduction

Hello Writers!

Today we prepare for the final piece of our Coming Of Age Trilogy - "Dead Poets Society." This film drives home some of the familiar themes we have discussed with our other selections.  Growing up and making choices and decisions for yourself is difficult - yet we all navigate this process.  This film, the characters, and the story will allow you to contemplate these ideas further - please engage with the works and assignments so that you are able to personally connect and cite evidences.

1. Prompts - See Below
2. Anticipatory Guide - Discussion and Notes
3. Film Preview -

HW -
1.Anticipatory Guide - Written Responses.

Prompts
1. In fact, as I type this sentence....
2.  Still, we somehow managed to...
3.  I do not question....
4.  I keep trying to picture myself...
5.  This was the most intense....