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]]> http://www.danoff.org/leftinfront/?feed=rss2&p=5585 0 fishingboatproceeds: David Foster Wallace was like, Art must be… http://dalab.cc/post/50970230896 http://dalab.cc/post/50970230896#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 05:12:38 +0000 Charlie Danoff http://dalab.cc/post/50970230896







fishingboatproceeds:

David Foster Wallace was like, Art must be sincere! We must use every tool in the linguistic toolbox to cut through sentiment and dishonest cliche and build fresh ways to reveal the power and reality of unironized emotion.


And Mister Rogers was like, Basically the same thing, but without any shame or pretense or fear of sincerity.

]]> http://www.danoff.org/leftinfront/?feed=rss2&p=5586 0 What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Monday, May 20th http://dalab.cc/post/50939074306 http://dalab.cc/post/50939074306#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 22:21:50 +0000 Charlie Danoff http://dalab.cc/post/50939074306 Spring Trimester 2013 Block 3

Lesson 1: Introducing Possessive Form of Nouns, Travel Vocabulary, Butterfly News & Short Story Reading Practice (May 20)

  1. News Hour | Reading Learning Objective(s): Comprehending main ideas and some details from a news article. |Read “Experts Wonder What Happened to Monarch Butterflies” News for You article and then answered the comprehension questions from the “Teacher’s Guide.” Had a discussion about why the butterfiles were called “Monarchs,” turns out it “was first published in 1874 by Samuel H. Scudder because ‘it is one of the largest of our butterflies, and rules a vast domain;’ however, the name may be in honour of King William III of England.” (via Wikipedia).
  2. NorthStar 2 R&W | Vocab Learning Objective(s): Use context to infer meaning of new vocabulary. | Pages 155-9.
  3. Grammar in Context 1 | Grammar Learning Objective(s): Introduce Possessive Form of Nouns | Pages 131-4.
  4. Introduce this Month’s Syllabus and Calendar
  5. Movie Project | Went over their homwork for tonight and that they will be able to choose between
  6. Short Story | Reading Learning Objective(s): Students practice independent reading, so they will be comfortable doing it on their own time. | Read pages 58 to 59 of “Sweetie”

For Next Class

To Read

  1. This Syllabus

To Do

  1. What do you want added to the syllabus? How would you like it changed? (Write answers in your notebook)
  2. Movie Project: Brainstorm and write 3 ideas for a short film or 3 ideas for a documentary on your blog.
  3. Grammar in Context 1: “5.1 | Possessive Form of Nouns Exercise 1” on page 133 and “Exercise 2” on page 134
  4. NorthStar 2 R&W: “READING ONE: The Climate Train” on pages 159-60 and “READ FOR MAIN IDEAS” on page 161
  5. Study Vocabulary from NorthStar 2 Unit 8 for Quiz 1 on Thursday
  6. Bring your laptop to school on Tuesday

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]]> http://www.danoff.org/leftinfront/?feed=rss2&p=5584 0 MORE THAN ENOUGH TO WIN (Reflections on the Chicago Bulls 2012-13 Season) http://www.danoff.org/leftinfront/?p=5518 http://www.danoff.org/leftinfront/?p=5518#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 03:57:17 +0000 Charlie Danoff http://www.danoff.org/leftinfront/?p=5518 Left In Front – 15 May 2013 – CHICAGO Hard not to exaggerate my affection for this year’s team.

They were a feel good sports movie from start to finish. During the year as every single member of the starting lineup went down, Nate the Skate, Marco, Nazr, Taj, Marquise the Rook and skyrocketing up the Butler rocketed his way into the shining Bulls starting shooting guard until further notice.

“Captain” Kirk revitalized a career, being the steady hand guiding the Bulls to far better offense and defense when he was playing. He dominated the top guard on the other team defensively then prudently distributed the ball on the other hand, particularly working well with Mr. Boozer and giving him his best year in Chicago.

The breakthrough year culminated Wednesday night as Boozer shined the brightest when the Bulls needed him most, giving Miami more than they wanted or imagined and forcing them to fucking earn their birth to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Similarly the Masked Man had his best moment in the Bulls final game, a bright spot on otherwise frustrating second year as a Bull.

Deng quietly, workmanlike and consistently defending the other team’s top wing, hitting big shots, creating offense on his own late in the clock, rebounding and helping on D on his way to a second straight NBA All-Star berth.

Noah moved into the upper echelon of NBA Centers, offering the most unique skillset of any, able to dribble the fast break, find the open man anywhere from the floor, back his man down, hit his ugly jumper and play the craziest whirling dervish defense bouncing around the court (all under his control at this point remarkably) of any 7 foot man the NBA’s ever seen.

After taking a while to adjust in the pre-season and early months Marco really hit his groove filling in for an injured Rip Hamilton in the winter. Multiple 20 point games later and he was reliable scorer all year. He could create his own shot hit 3′s and wasn’t afraid to hit game winners, which he did more than once. A year with Thibs also got him playing poor-man’s-Hinrich-D sticking not quite like glue to his opponent but duct tape.

Nate and Jimmy Butler were the only 2 to play every game and both went to levels nobody imagined. Butler becoming a legitimate stopper troubling LeBron + scoring + rebound and Nate winning player of the week for the Eastern Conference during the regular season then hitting shot after big shot leading the Bulls back from 14 points down with what shouldn’t of been enough time left imposing his will on the triple overtime thriller.

Taj was his typical defensive rebounding machine with a couple of the most thunderous dunks the NBA season saw aside from DeAndre Jordan.

This team was the realization of what Thibs has preached since he arrived on the third coast 3 seasons ago. Learn your job in the system, be ready. One guy goes down, next guy steps up. Despite everyone complaining about losing the “Bench Mob” members Ronnie Brewer, Omer Asik, CJ Watson, Kyle Korver and Jimmy Butler, Thibs developed Macro, Jimmy, Nate, Nazr and returing Taj into a better collection of spices to mix into his lineup that led the Bulls further in the playoffs than they went the year before.

I put this sportswriting in verse together to describe Thibs:

Toughness
Pereserverence
Discipline
Bad losses
Consistently responding
System
System
System
Ending the Heat’s Streak without Noah
No Excuses
System
More than Enough to Win
Believing in Nate -> Beating Brooklyn
Honor

Prediction: Marquise Teague will be next year’s Jimmy Butler. He played a much bigger role on the Bulls than Butler did as a rook’.

15 May 2013 Update: Stacey King whose been cheering and analyzing this team all year kept it real after their loss tonight in his (delayed) post game show noting the Bulls had control of the game down the stretch they just made mental mistakes. No injury excuses about Kirk, #1 or Luol not playing, just frustration at the guys on the floor not winning like we expect.

This team is a testament to the value of high expectations and what they can (consistently applied) lead to: honor and success despite season threatening adversity.

16 May 2013 Update: Watch Tom Thibodeau’s post-game press conference for a better reflection on the game and season.

Copyright (C) 2013 by Charlie Danoff (contact@mr.danoff.org). Follow me @danoff and like my Teaching Lab.

]]> http://www.danoff.org/leftinfront/?feed=rss2&p=5518 0 What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, May 14th http://dalab.cc/post/50445101608 http://dalab.cc/post/50445101608#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 21:26:52 +0000 Charlie Danoff http://dalab.cc/post/50445101608 Spring Trimester 2013 Block 2

Lesson 14: (May 14)

In Class

  1. News Hour: Read the “Former U.S. Presidents Cost Nearly $3.7 Million in 2012” News for You article and then completed the “Teacher’s Guide” activity where students wrote a paragraph explaining their opinions on whether or not former Presidents should receive financial assistance.
  2. Homework Check-in
  3. NorthStar 2 R&W: Finished Unit 7, as the students worked in pairs to develop brochures promoting one kind of produce (regular, organic or local) to a target audience (teenagers, parents, single people, etc.)

  4. Fast Listening: Did the I Love Trees and A Rare Solar Eclipse “Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes [Prepare for TOEFL/TOEIC Tests with These Lectures, Interviews, and Conversations]”
  5. Reviewed Quiz 3
  6. Movie Project: Shot two of the class’ 6 movies today, finish the rest tomorrow!
  7. Student Question(s): One question that come up today was the difference between come and go. Go can mean moving anywhere, while come is only used if you are moving towards the speaker or subject.

    8. Difference between come and go

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Study for the Final Exam

To Do

  1. Grammar in Context 1: “LESSON 4 TEST / REVIEW” PARTS 1 to 4 on pages on page 125-7
  2. Movie Project: Edit your movie if you are finished

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]]> http://www.danoff.org/leftinfront/?feed=rss2&p=5503 0 One attempt at a (non-open) distributed university? +Joe Corneli  http://blackmountainsole.org/ http… https://plus.google.com/107629727935816255421/posts/Xrkni5bmAGk https://plus.google.com/107629727935816255421/posts/Xrkni5bmAGk#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 20:53:07 +0000 Charlie Danoff https://plus.google.com/107629727935816255421/posts/Xrkni5bmAGk One attempt at a (non-open) distributed university? +Joe Corneli http://blackmountainsole.org/http://mooccampus.org/via http://www.hackeducation.com/2013/05/10/hack-education-weekly-news-5-10-2013/

open-house. What is Black Mountain SOLE? Black Mountain SOLE is the world’s first SOLE for higher education. We provide a residential campus with the infrastructure and personnel necessary to support collaboration, individual work, and group events. Our programs incorporate progressive ideas …

]]> http://www.danoff.org/leftinfront/?feed=rss2&p=5502 0 What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Monday, May 13th http://dalab.cc/post/50372043296 http://dalab.cc/post/50372043296#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 22:24:00 +0000 Charlie Danoff http://dalab.cc/post/50372043296 Spring Trimester 2013 Block 2

Lesson 13: (May 13)

In Class

  1. News Hour: Read the “Project Brings Color to Haiti Slum” News for You article and then completed the “Teacher’s Guide” activity where students drew pictures of their version of a painted Jalousie home. “Shallow” was a wonderful vocabulary word that emerged from the activity.
  2. Homework Check-in
  3. Short Story: Read pages 54 to 55 of the “Sweetie” story on pages 52 to 53 of Frozen Pizza
  4. Grammar in Context 1: Reviewed student work on pages 119 to 123.
  5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Students worked together on exercises 2 through 5 on page 152, after there was a lot of confusion amongst students trying to finish the activity on their own.
  6. Movie Project: Students read eachother’s scripts and offered suggestions.

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Grammar in Context 1: “Summary of Lesson 4” on page 123 and “EDITING ADVICE” on page 124

To Do

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: Exercises 1 and 2 on page 153
  2. Study for Final Exam on Thursday
  3. Movie Project: Finalize your script

COPYRIGHT NOTES

  • Please respect the copyright plus terms and conditions of all links, books and media not by Charlie Danoff.
  • Unless otherwise noted, white board photos and text Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff. Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
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Lesson 13: (May 13)

In Class

  1. News Hour: Read the “Project Brings Color to Haiti Slum” News for You article and then completed the “Teacher’s Guide” activity where students drew pictures of their version of a painted Jalousie home. “Shallow” was a wonderful vocabulary word that emerged from the activity.
  2. Homework Check-in
  3. Short Story: Read pages 54 to 55 of the “Sweetie” story on pages 52 to 53 of Frozen Pizza
  4. Grammar in Context 1: Reviewed student work on pages 119 to 123.
  5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Students worked together on exercises 2 through 5 on page 152, after there was a lot of confusion amongst students trying to finish the activity on their own.
  6. Movie Project: Students read eachother’s scripts and offered suggestions.

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Grammar in Context 1: “Summary of Lesson 4” on page 123 and “EDITING ADVICE” on page 124

To Do

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: Exercises 1 and 2 on page 153
  2. Study for Final Exam on Thursday
  3. Movie Project: Finalize your script

COPYRIGHT NOTES

  • Please respect the copyright plus terms and conditions of all links, books and media not by Charlie Danoff.
  • Unless otherwise noted, white board photos and text Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff. Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
]]> http://www.danoff.org/leftinfront/?feed=rss2&p=5489 0 What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Monday, May 13th http://www.danoff.org/leftinfront/?p=5488 http://www.danoff.org/leftinfront/?p=5488#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 22:24:00 +0000 Charlie Danoff http://dalab.cc/post/50372043296 Spring Trimester 2013 Block 2

Lesson 13: (May 13)

In Class

  1. News Hour: Read the “Project Brings Color to Haiti Slum” News for You article and then completed the “Teacher’s Guide” activity where students drew pictures of their version of a painted Jalousie home. “Shallow” was a wonderful vocabulary word that emerged from the activity.
  2. Homework Check-in
  3. Short Story: Read pages 54 to 55 of the “Sweetie” story on pages 52 to 53 of Frozen Pizza
  4. Grammar in Context 1: Reviewed student work on pages 119 to 123.
  5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Students worked together on exercises 2 through 5 on page 152, after there was a lot of confusion amongst students trying to finish the activity on their own.
  6. Movie Project: Students read eachother’s scripts and offered suggestions.

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Grammar in Context 1: “Summary of Lesson 4” on page 123 and “EDITING ADVICE” on page 124

To Do

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: Exercises 1 and 2 on page 153
  2. Study for Final Exam on Thursday
  3. Movie Project: Finalize your script

COPYRIGHT NOTES

  • Please respect the copyright plus terms and conditions of all links, books and media not by Charlie Danoff.
  • Unless otherwise noted, white board photos and text Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff. Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
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Lesson 13: (May 13)

In Class

  1. News Hour: Read the “Project Brings Color to Haiti Slum” News for You article and then completed the “Teacher’s Guide” activity where students drew pictures of their version of a painted Jalousie home. “Shallow” was a wonderful vocabulary word that emerged from the activity.
  2. Homework Check-in
  3. Short Story: Read pages 54 to 55 of the “Sweetie” story on pages 52 to 53 of Frozen Pizza
  4. Grammar in Context 1: Reviewed student work on pages 119 to 123.
  5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Students worked together on exercises 2 through 5 on page 152, after there was a lot of confusion amongst students trying to finish the activity on their own.
  6. Movie Project: Students read eachother’s scripts and offered suggestions.

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Grammar in Context 1: “Summary of Lesson 4” on page 123 and “EDITING ADVICE” on page 124

To Do

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: Exercises 1 and 2 on page 153
  2. Study for Final Exam on Thursday
  3. Movie Project: Finalize your script

COPYRIGHT NOTES

  • Please respect the copyright plus terms and conditions of all links, books and media not by Charlie Danoff.
  • Unless otherwise noted, white board photos and text Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff. Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
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