| Ms. DeVane-Mulay Fairmont Private Schools - Edgewood Campus Santa Ana, California |
| Current Study Areas of Literature in the Middle School |
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| Assignments; Additional Infomation for Literature |
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| The Edgewood Art Gallery |
| It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. ~ Aristotle |
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| The greatest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high and we miss it, but that we aim too low and we reach it. - Michelangelo |
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| Eighth Grade Weekly Lessons A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry This play tells the story of a lower-class black family's struggle to gain middle-class acceptance. When the play opens, Mama, the sixty-year-old mother of the family, is waiting for a $10,000 insurance check from the death of her husband, and the drama will focus primarily on how the $10,000 should be spent The son, Walter Lee Younger, is so desperate to be a better provider for his growing family that he wants to invest the entire sum in a liquor store with two of his friends. The mother objects mainly for ethical reasons; she is vehemently opposed to the idea of selling liquor. Minor conflicts erupt over their disagreements. When Mama decides to use part of the money as a down payment on a house in a white neighborhood, her conflict with Walter escalates and causes her deep anguish. In an attempt to make things right between herself and her son, Mama entrusts Walter Lee with the rest of the money. He immediately invests it secretly in his liquor store scheme, believing that he will perhaps quadruple his initial investment. One of Walter Lee's prospective business partners, however, runs off with the money, a loss which tests the spiritual and psychological mettle of each family member. After much wavering and vacillating, the Youngers decide to continue with their plans to move--in spite of their financial reversals and in spite of their having been warned by a weak representative of the white neighborhood that blacks are not welcome. |
| Seventh Grade Weekly Lessons A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Ebenezer Scrooge has lost his only friend, his business partner Jacob Marley. Seven years have passed since Marley's Christmas death, and Scrooge has not changed a bit. He still refuses to give to the poor, suggesting that for them perhaps the only place better than prison is the grave. He still only grudgingly gives his employee Christmas day off, and he still refuses his nephew's offer of Christmas dinner. He dismisses the whole holiday as a "Humbug." But, on this particular Christmas, his dreary home will be visited by ghosts. First, Marley will arrive and, despite Scrooge's refusals, he promises that further spirits will arrive. Christmas Past will bring Scrooge on a tour of his unpleasant childhood, his fall from grace with his father, and the loss of a fiancée; but he will show the good times too, when, as the employee of Fezziweg, Scrooge learned what a joyous holiday Christmas could be. Christmas Present will show him the celebrations going on without him: the sentimental family celebration of the Cratchits and the more rollicking party thrown by his nephew Fred. But Christmas Present will also warn Scrooge that without more money, the Cratchit family will lose its youngest and most fragile member, Tiny Tim. The Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come will show Scrooge the world after Scrooge's death: His old business cronies will care not for his demise, his maid will steal the very blankets from his deathbed, and Tiny Tim will in fact pass from this world. Scrooge awakens the next morning to find himself gloriously transformed. Not only can he once again laugh, but he will purchase dinner for the Cratchits, sing in church, and finally visit Fred. We are told that from this day forward Scrooge will become well known for his devotion to the Christmas holiday. |
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| Please note: as the classroom's progress is determined by the daily progress of the students, the daily lesson plans may be a day ahead or behind. The plans above are so both parents and students can track what is expected or will be expected during the unit of study. |
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| Goals for the Young Artist: to have fun and be secure in their own sense of art. The educational model used as a basis for my art instruction is found in D.B.A.E., an acronym for Discipline Based Art Education. Art aesthetics: the students analyze works by asking specific questions regarding the artist and the piece. The students become judges in a sense. They try to discover what the artwork might be representing. They ask what type of emotion the artist was trying to convey in their work. The student also takes part in analyzing the physical aspects and characteristics of the work. Art criticism: includes showing appreciation for an artwork and its purpose. The students use their own knowledge of art and their own depiction of the work to make an opinionated statement on it. Art history: includes teaching children about art in history. It allows them to research the way art was developed and famous artists of the past. Art Production: children learn the skills and knowledge necessary to produce their own artwork. They learn about the techniques, design, properties of color, etc. that allow them to produce their own works of art through creativity and imagination. The art the students create will be held in their art portfolios and will be presented at the Edgewood Open House. |
| SPECIAL EVENTS |
| It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. ~ Albert Einstein |
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| WEEK OF December 10, 2007 |
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| Lower School Art |
| Upper School Art |
| Can you name the artist? The art movement? |
| Assignments; Additional Infomation for Literature |
| 7th/8th Grade Pentathlon Competition - April 5, 2008 Awards - April 17, 2008 6th Grade Pentathlon Competition - May 10, 2008 Awards - May 22 or 27, 2008 |
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| Writtten Round - February 22, 2008 Oral Round - March 3, 2008 |
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