December 18, 19, and 20

This is kind of a combo, because I had to miss school Tuesday:

Sophomores: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is due Friday. Be sure to finish it. We listened to an interview with Matthew Sanford ("The Body's Grace") and discussed the mind-body connection, as well as the relationship we have with our bodies and how this impacts our personal philosophies.

Your semester project can be handed in any time this week, and is due no later than 1/07/08.

Freshmen: Sleeping Dogs is due Friday. We continued our discussion of compare-contrast, focusing mainly on two texts, Cat Stevens's "Father and Son" and Langston Hughes's "Mother to Son." We also read "Playing House" from Short Takes.

December 14

Sophomores: We began the Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Finish the chapter titled "The Guardian Angel" for Monday.

Freshmen: We shared your letters to the editor and your division and classification essay. Chapter 9 from Sleeping Dogs is due Monday.

December 11 and 12

Sophomores: We listened to an interview titled The Buddha in the World. Go to www.speakingoffaith.org if you missed it. We applied the concepts and questions to Siddhartha as well as our own lives and our culture at large. Finish Siddhartha for Thursday.

Freshmen: We completed chapter 7 of Sleeping Dogs and continued to examine the device of division and classification by reading the essay "The Plot Against People" in Short Takes. We are writing an essay, likely in response to the ones listed under Essay on page 165, though you could do an alternative D&C essay, like classifying the various teachers you find here at Judge.

Basketball: We play at Riverview Junior High today at 4.

December 7

Sophomores: We listened to the first 20 minutes of a podcast from Speaking of Faith. It dealt primarily with the word aum and its importance. Go to www.npr.org and find the link to Speaking of Faith. Then podcast the program Approaching Prayer and listen to the first 20 minutes if you were absent.

Freshmen: We worked on Chapter 6 from Sleeping Dogs; complete it if absent. iCFinish Chapter 6 from Sleeping Dogs for Monday.

Basketball: Done at 5 today; 8-10 at JM Saturday with breakfast to follow.

December 6

Sophomores: We did a jigsaw activity to get an overview of the Buddhist concepts we need to understand in Siddhartha. Finish through "By the River" for Monday.

Freshmen: We focused on division and classification by reading two essays on the comma. Read Chapter 5 from Sleeping Dogs for Friday.

Basketball: We beat Provo 59-30 yesterday; practice until 5 the next two days; 8-10 Saturday with breakfast to follow.

December 3

Sophomores: Finish Part I for Siddhartha for Thursday. Finish "By the River" for next Monday. Finish the book for next Thursday.

Freshmen: We took a quiz on Sleeping Dogs and started studying division and classification as a rhetorical device. Chapter 4 from Sleeping Dogs is due Thursday; your Christmas essays (two copies) and your packaging for the gift is due next period.

Basketball: We're done at 5:15 tonight; 6 tomorrow. We play Wednesday vs. Provo at 5:30.