Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Tuesday, January 31

Short class today; early release schedule due to impending storm. 

Reminder: "The Ponds" and "Baker Farm" are due with tasks on Wednesday; Blizzard Bag also due by Wednesday.Friday.

Quick write and share: if you were to take a year for an "experiment in living" a la Thoreau, what would it look like?  Discussed with groups.
Shared article "The Year without Toilet Paper."  Highlighted, annotated, and discussed in groups.  (Keep your copy!  You will need this for an eventual writing assignment!)

Tomorrow, spin-off groups will meet to discuss "The Ponds" and "Baker Farm" with a sub; Thursday, class will watch the first half of No Impact Man (the movie).


DUE DATES

MONDAY, February 6: "Higher Laws," "Brute Neighbors," and "House-Warming" are due with a "pot luck task" for discussion in your REGULAR groups. (This is a change!)
WEDNESDAY, February 1: "The Ponds" and "Baker Farm" due with tasks. (We will discuss ending or continuing tasks at this point.)
FRIDAY, February 3:  Walden Vocabulary Unit 2 Quiz.  due.

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