Flex Nov 22 (three weeks before Desolation of Smaug comes out)

Yes, Hobbit Movie part 2... did I tell you that our class is booked in to see it? Last afternoon before Christmas break.

Today's seminar and flex are quite straightforward.

Seminar 1: those who have read 2 or more chapters of Into Thin Air

Seminar 2: those who have read less than that.

We will be "deconstructing" the novel study and developing ideas together for how to do a meaningful exploration of the book.

Flex (the time you are not in Seminar): Read! At least the first 2 chapters.  After that, please work on one of your two projects underway:

Expressing Landscapes (Geomorphology Wrap-up Assignment, went our in class yesterday), or GeoNarratives (long-term Project-Based Learning)

Alternately, read on your own, whatever book you have on the go for November, and respond to what you are writing (a version of which goes into your digital portfolio).

I sure enjoy reading the snippets of writing that many of you have placed in your digital portfolios.  It really helps me see high school and the "human drama" (you are teenagers, after all) in a new light.  Something terrible (wonderful?) happens when you get older -- you forget what it is like to experience the world with the raw emotions and malleability of adolescence.

Finally... accountability -- I take attendance for the flex by checking the comments below.  Leave a comment that indicates what you did today for or during flex.  This also helps me provide "formative" feedback for what you are learning.