April 20, 2009

Part One:

Work on the editing and typing portions of your Social Voice articles. 

Part Two:

Make sure that your script is typed up and has been sent to Mr. Spencer

Part Three:

Find all of the pictures that you want for your script.  

Part Four:

Write a two paragraph reflection about the process of finding pictures and the way in which visuals tell the story.  Mention both the pros and the cons of people learning from pictures.  For example, what is the danger of taking a picture out of context?

April 15, 2009

Part One

Individual: 

Option 1: What job do you want to do when you grow up?

Option 2: What are the characteristics of a "good job?"

Option 3: What's more important: making more money or enjoying your job?

Part Two

Go through the Career Philosophy chart and, as a group, create two pros and two cons for each philosophy and do one sample job. 

Part Three

Option 1: How will college help you with any of the job philosophies?

Option 2: Which job philosophy is best?

Option 3: Is there a job which fits all the philosophies?

The Career Philosophy Chart

Humanitarian Philosophy

Motive: Making a Difference

Core Question: Will I make a difference?

Perfect Job: firefighter, social worker, counselor, police officer

Pros: they have a strong desire to help others, a selfless sense of compassion, a well-developed sense of empathy

Cons: they can work too hard, get too discouraged and sometimes be so compassionate that they fail to speak the hard truth to people

Humanitarian Teacher: This is the teacher who spends long hours on student projects and who knows the class on a deep level. Often, people will assume bad motives, "She's just in it for the ego" or "He just wants to be their friends." Sadly, many Humanitarian Teachers hit a point of burn-out and can fail to take care of themselves.

Recognition Philosophy

Motive: Attaining some type of fame - think outside of just the movie star and athlete. This person wants to be known as an expert at what they do, to be famous within their career's sphere of influence (for example, a scientist who is known for research)

Core Question: Will people notice my contributions?

Perfect Job: conference speaker, politician, actor

Pros: feel important, influential and respected

Cons: it can feel empty, you become personally elusive while maintaining the facade of your image

Recognition Teacher: This is the teacher who is often more than competant at his or her job and who knows how to set boundaries. With the goal of being recognized, this teacher works carefully at PR (not always with a bad motive) toward getting a book published, a story in the newspaper or an idea to become popular.

Vocational Philosophy

Motive: Do something that fits who your identity (a combination of your passions, talent and temperament)

Core Question: Does this job fit who I am?

Perfect Job: artist, writer, singer,

Pros: you feel like you belong, you often enjoy it without the high expectations of constant enjoyment, you can stay with the career for the long haul

Cons: your job can become your life, given the fact that it's such a part of who you are

Vocational Teacher: Often people will assume this is the humanitarian teacher, because this teacher will work long hours and devote extra time to the students. However, unlike the Humanitarian Teacher, the Vocational Teacher is okay walking away and doesn't feel the intense stress of making a difference.

Hedonist Philosophy

Motive: Enjoy your job

Core Question: Is this job fun?

Perfect Job: ski instructor, personal trainer, starving actor

Pros: you get to do what you love doing on a daily basis

Cons: often doesn't pay enough, the enjoyment can diminish as you face the grueling admin tasks connected to the enjoyable job

The Hedonist Teacher: This is the teacher who has a great rapport with staff and students, who smiles often and seems to have a great time, but can sometimes fail to make the work challenging and can fall behind on admin tasks

Economic Philosophy

Motive: Good Pay

Core Question: Does this job pay enough?

Perfect Job: Tax lawyer, salesperson, district office personnel

Pros: You can enjoy your leisure comfortably and you don't have to let your job become your life

Cons: You don't enjoy your job, you can get greedy and you can become resentful

The Economic Teacher: Goes to school on contract hours, takes nothing home and volunteers on certain high-profile committees to move up the coporate latter

April 14, 2009

Part One
Individual: Write your third body paragraph for your Social Voice article.

Part Two
Class Debate: What are the pros and cons of making information entertaining?

Part Three
Groups: Write your skits

April 13, 2009

Part One
Individually: Outline and write your second body paragraph

Part Two
Discuss the dangers in making a documentary entertaining

Part Three
Finish the script as a group

April 9, 2009

Part One
Individually: You will create body paragraph number one for your Social Voice Article. Please make sure to use transition sentences.

Part Two
Groups: Begin your script. You will have plenty of time to write a script, because the main concern is quality rather than quantity. Keep in mind, this will be recorded and used on the documentary. You need your script to be exciting and descriptive, but not overloaded with details.

April 8, 2009

Part One
Individually: Write your introduction for your social voice article. Remember, your introduction must use the following format:
1. Attention-Getter (It can be a series of thought-provoking questions, a statistic with explanation, a quick story, a description with strong imagery or a quote with an explanation) that is 3-4 sentences long.
2. A transition sentence that leads to the thesis statement
3. Your thesis statement. Remember, this cannot be "I think," "I feel," or "My article is about."

Part Two
Your group will create the initial plan for your section of the Maryvale Voice Documentary. You must have:
1. Your skit idea - use the plot mountain to describe it (even if it is small) and then include any materials you will need
2. Three multiple choice questions regarding your issue. You will ask these questions to members of our community. These will become your Needs Assessment that each person will conduct.
3. An interview idea. See if there is someone knowledgable about this issue who would come in for an interview.
4. Service Project Idea

April 7, 2009

I will be gone today, so follow the directions that are handed to you. Please be respectful to the substitute teacher.

Directions:
Begin your next Social Voice article. Please do a brainstorm and outline your entire article. When you are finished, you will have some time to work on the various independent projects. Good luck! I'll miss you today!

April 6, 2009

Each class will be taking a day to plan out our various projects. The following is a list of our projects:

1. Documentary: Maryvale Voice
2. Secretary's Day Project (initiated by the Social Art Collective)
3. Paper Border
   
4. Holocaust Movie
5. Final Social Voice Articles
6. Internet TV Show - The STUPID Games
7. Short Films
8. United by Borders
9. Children's Book
10. Movie (specific to third hour)

Each group will create a proposal including:

• What materials will we need?
• What time frame do we have? When will we accomplish it?
• What are the roles students can use?
• Who is the audience or recipient of this project? How does it allow us to express our social voice?