Over the summer...
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While studying The Scarlet Letter, Juno, and Easy A, our Sexuality and Society in Literature class examined the thematic connections between the three "texts" and crafted creative projects (accompanied by written self-reflections) that sought to capture a major theme from the works.
Senior Brett Chapman chose to focus on the idea of an individual
feeling ostracized by the larger society based on choices she/he made.
He states, "For my thematic project, I chose to focus on social
outcasts and use a teen lens. Fabricating t-shirts, each with a
different message, I explored choices some teens make that lead us to
judge and isolate them. Thus, each t-shirt is an expression of an
outcast in the 21st century. The following pictures are of teenagers
who have volunteered their time to participate in this photo shoot. The
statements printed on the shirts do not display factual information of
the models." The
T-shirts and photos are displayed on the third floor outside of Room
303. http://teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=203282&title=Brett_Chapman_I_Am_Video
Senior Beth Knibbe chose to write an original song with lyrics to explore the themes of intellect vs. passion and love deeply rooted in true emotions. In her self-reflection, she expresses "I tried to start writing some lyrics [for my project] but I was coming up with nothing. I decided to think of some places in The Scarlet Letter where I saw these themes most prominently. The first part was the scene in the forest where Hester is watching Dimmesdale walk along the path before she approaches him. This got the ball rolling for me." Inspired by the text, Beth composed a listless guitar melody to match Dimmesdale's state of mind. The rest is up to you to relfect on. Download her song and take a listen for yourself.
Copy of No Child Left Behind Act on Prezi
Sources:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h107-1
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/education/no_child/basics.html
http://www.arizonaea.org/politics.php?page=282&sub_page=252
http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/overview/intro/execsumm.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act
Me: 1. What motivated you to vote?
Ms. Boykin: My grand daughter goes to Temple and told me Joe Sestak was personally handing out flyers. That showed dedication I had to go vote.
Me: 2. Do you vote every election?
Ms. Boykin: I vote at every Presidential Election.
Me: Do you know why we vote on Tuesday's ?
Ms. Boykin: Yes! Because they assume I don't have anything else to do. Just kidding, I remember asking my dad why, and I think he said something like way back , people went downtown all the time on Tuesdays to go to the markets. It was the most busy day so they kept it on Tuesdays, to keep a strong vote turnout.
Me: Where do you encounter the most campaigning ads?
Ms. Boykin: On Tv and on my dag' gon porch!
Me: Did you learn about voting in school?
Ms. Boykin:Nope!
Me: Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth or do you deliberate in the booth?
Ms. Boykin: Most of the time I know because I mainly go vote during Presidential Elections.
Me: Thank you so much for your time Ms.Boykin.
Ms. Boykin: No problem.