May
26
ELA B10: Finish viewing movie…
- With only half the class here today, we finished watching the movie Dead Poets Society. The ones here discussed parts of the plot once it was finished and we each took turns talking about what we think we would do when faced with the same situation as the boys – turn on their teacher or support him but be expelled. We also talked about whether or not your age is a factor in making decisions. Derek pointed out that at this age (teens) you know what the right and wrong decision is. Someone else pointed out, though, that being confident enough to follow through with the right decisions makes things complicated.
- A couple of them even tried one of the memorable parts of the movie – where they all stand up on their desks to see from a different perspective and I even heard one whisper out the famous line “Oh Captain, my Captain”. lol This is a really good movie that shares a really valuable message; I’m glad they not only liked it but got the point as well!
- For those here, they started answering questions on a handout and submitted them at the end of class for me to look at. They’ll finish them tomorrow and we’re going to try to write some poems about living life to its fullest tomorrow. We’ll see if we can’t maintain a bit of this energy around reading literature and play with it a bit!
- On a side note: The Of Mice and Men essays were due on Monday morning. Three were missing as of this morning, but I’ve accepted one because they had a doctor’s excuse. That means one person starts over from scratch this week and the second we’ll have to see when they’re back at school tomorrow.