Self-Image Project - Final Work Day

Today was the final class devoted to working on the self-image project, both Part One and Part Two.

Students were told that both parts are due on Friday, November 2nd.  We will not be devoting any more class time to the project, however, so if you still have some work to complete, you will need to do it on your own time.

Self-Image Final Project

On Tuesday, students were given the first part of their final project for the self-image unit.  This first part is a synthesis of all our learning from the unit.  Students are asked to respond to two questions and to fill out two paragraph outlines (one for each response).  The examples from which students can draw to fill out these outlines are as follows:

• article on plastic surgery and teens
• article on steroids 
• documentary clip "The Man Whose Arms Exploded"
• Chapter One from Skin ( novel about anorexia)
• internet information package about eating disorders
• Intervention - TV show about "Cassandra"
• magazine article on reality TV and teens
• magazine article on teens and smoking
• movie "The Fighter"

Today, students were given the second part to the assignment: a creative exploration of your own self-image.  Students are being asked to create a final piece which represents how they see themselves and where their own self-image comes from.  

Details of this assignment, plus a link to blank paragraph outline forms can be found in the link at the side.

Self-Image in The Fighter

We continued watching The Fighter today, and students were asked to consider how Micky and Dicky see themselves, and also to consider the multiple factors that seem to be contributing to the formation of their self-image.  We will finish the movie on Thursday.

For the last half of class, students were asked to complete some of the assignments they are missing.  Please check with me to see if you are missing anything at this point, so we can make arrangements to have you complete all your work.

To Smoke or Not to Smoke?

We began class with a homophones word game.  You know you love them.  Come on... you do.

Then, we did a review of how to summarize a piece of text, using the graphic organizer "Central Word Connections".  Students read a short article on the reasons people choose to smoke and completed a summary of the article.  Judging from the results, it would appear we are ready for a summarizing quiz.... Next class!  Quiz next class!

Intervention - "Cassandra"

We finished summarizing the main points in the article, "Eating Disorders." 

Then, we began watching an episode of "Intervention," in order to better understand one person's experience with an eating disorder.  There are viewing questions to complete while watching, which will be collected and evaluated for accuracy and depth of thought.  We made it halfway through Part 4 today, and we will finish watching the final three parts on Friday. 

Eating Disorders

We began with Ms. Barsky reading the first chapter from a novel called Skin and students wrote a personal response to the chapter.  Ms. Barsky encouraged students to write questions, emotional reactions, connections, likes/dislikes and to avoid plot summary.  These were collected.

Then, students read the first four sections of an article called, "Eating Disorders" with a goal of summarizing the main points.  We worked through the four sections as a class, once students had an opportunity to read and summarize on their own.  We noted that many details and examples could be left out of the summary, as they didn't represent main ideas, but were explanations and elaborations of main points.  We will finish reading the article next class.