Thursday, October 4 Happenings

Today I checked for supplies and completion of the Personal Fear Inventory. The class compiled results of the Personal Fear Inventory and then paired-and-shared about possible implications of the results. We then discussed some fear concepts in relation to the Personal Fear Inventory. I handed out the Dead Poets' Society study guide and set up the movie by establishing the setting and introducing the characters. We watched Part 1 of Dead Poets' Society, pausing periodically to answer study questions and discuss the movie. We concluded Part 1 after the scene of the boys returning back to school from the first Dead Poets' Society meeting (41 minutes). Students completed questions 1-21 of the study guide, we reviewed those questions as a class and we discussed the movie. Students began responding to the LRT blog (homework).

Assignment

1. Comment on the blog entries Dead Poets' Society--Rip It Out and Dead Poets' Society--Todd.
2. Read the blog entry Dead Poets' Society--O Captain! My Captain! If you'd like to post a comment, print it out and turn it in to me during class on Friday or Monday for 2 bonus points.
   
3. If you have any questions about the movie so far, comment on the blog entry Questions About Dead Poets' Society.

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