WED/THU: Hella hEAlthy - The Miracle of Life (lol)

  5 Minute Typing TEST  

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can further understand the biology behind conception and gender
• I can UPLOAD and CRITIQUE my photos by uploading them to the correct Google Photos album

Homework:  

• Take photos...

Announcements: 

• Extra Credit Opportunity for ALL:
• Thursday November 30th, 6-8PM
• Film Screening @ EA of "What Tomorrow Brings"
• In DLE each student who attends the screening will receive one full "A" of Extra Credit (this is like proctor points and can dramatically impact your Semester Grade depending on your situation)
• Students will receive 1/4 "A" of extra credit for every non-EA person they bring. Bring your families, your church friends, your non-EA friends, everyone!
• Student Leadership Group meetings this week - check your Google Classroom

Agenda: [100]

• WARMUP: Typing Test [10] 
• Film: Life's Greatest Miracle [60]
• Film Discussion & Setting up Google Photos on your phone [30]
• Automatic backup (selective)
• Saves storage space on your phone
• Easy to create and share albums of your work

ADDITIONAL Looking at more of John's Photos

• What RULES do I use?

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WEDNESDAY ADVISORY: The 57 Bus - Author Talk

9th Grade Field Trip TODAY

• WHAT: Dashka Slater, author of The 57 Bus will talk to us about this true event in Oakland's recent history.
• WHERE: Oakland Public Library Main Branch, Madison Street entrance 
  
• WHEN: This Wednesday, November 15, 2017
• HOW: We will walk with our BLOCK, immediately after 2nd Period
• DISCUSSION & QUESTIONS: The Author will stay after the talk to answer any questions and sign copies of her book
• Timing: We will be at the library learning until 12:55.  We will return to the school together at that time but may be a bit late so let your grownups know if you get picked up. Some teachers will remain with any students who want to stay and ask more questions or get a signed book. 

One teenager in a skirt. 
One teenager with a lighter.
One moment that changes both of their lives forever.

If it weren’t for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued flatlands and attended a large public one. Each day, their paths overlapped for a mere eight minutes. But one afternoon on the bus ride home from school, a single reckless act left Sasha severely burned, and Richard charged with two hate crimes and facing life imprisonment. The case garnered international attention, thrusting both teenagers into the spotlight.

TUE: Gender Spectrum 1 (& Cell Phone Photography Phase 2)

Warmup:  

• READ as much of the following article as you can, silently.  As you read pay attention to your emotions.  Would you support the Dr. or not?
• • Washington Post, NOV 11, 2017: A small-town doctor wanted to perform surgeries for transgender women. He faced an uphill battle.

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can begin to understand the Gender Spectrum and prepare for tomorrow's Author Talk
• I can UPLOAD and CRITIQUE my photos by uploading them to the correct Google Photos album

Homework:  

• Take photos...

Announcements: 

• Student Leadership Group meetings this week - check your Google Classroom

Agenda: [60...]

• WARMUP: Article [15]
• DISCUSSION: The Gender Spectrum [30]
• AUTHOR TALK: THE 57 BUS  Tomorrow, Wednesday [15]  ..

MON: Hella hEAlthy #2 @ THE SPOT (Special Date & Time!)

The Spot is a collaborative youth center in Oakland Chinatown that supports comprehensive positive youth development to prevent violence and foster healthy transitions into adulthood. 

The Spot offers programs and activities that build young people’s competence in multiple arenas, as well as develop their confidence, connection to people and institutions, character, and compassion. The theme of the youth center is “Ready for the Future” and The Spot’s culturally attuned activities will include tiered mentorship, leadership roles, and internships for youth to gain knowledge and skills in health and wellness, history and culture, job training/college readiness, and leadership. Instead of merely being a space with co-located services, The Spot will be coordinated to provide a web of support and opportunities for youth and young adults. This web of support requires both a strong infrastructure for administrative as well as program coordination plus anchor partners with youth development expertise in program provision in the content areas.

299 13th Street, Oakland, CA 94612 | (510) 879 7492 | info@thespotoakland.org

WED/THU: Cell Phone Photography PHASE 2

Warm-up:

• 1 Reading+ reading lesson
• 1 Reading+ other lesson
• Typing.com until warmup is done

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can PRACTICE the Best Practices of Digital Photography by TAKING and DISCUSSING pictures with my colleagues. 

Homework:  

• Take photos all the time
• Install GOOGLE PHOTOS on your Phone BEFORE MONDAY'S CLASS

Weekend Photo Assignment:

• No School this Friday so you have THREE DAYS to take ONE great picture
• Show something in your neighborhood that people have never seen “that way”.  Make something that is everyday and normal look new and interesting

Announcements: 

• Be prepared to go OUTSIDE every class
• During this Unit there are modified Phone Rules
• On days when we are going on a Photo Walk (like today) you may charge your phone in class
• REMEMBER: You may NOT have you phone out between classes even if we were just taking pictures.
• Spirit Week NEXT WEEK!
• Monday: Pajama Day
• Tuesday: Twin Day
• Wednesday: Sports Fan Day
• Thursday: Meme Day
• Friday: Purple and Black Day
• Progress Reports come out 11/17
• Want to raise your grade?  Check typing.com AFTER 3:45 on the LAST DAY of the WEEK and look at your position on the leaderboard - are you below the midpoint?  Find some time before midnight Sunday to type some more.  Look at the time spent statistic, you can see how long you need to type to go to the top of the list.
• Start Bringing Fully Charged Cell Phones with free memory space so that you can SEIZE opportunities 

Agenda: [100...]

• Reading+ [30]
• The RULES of the PHOTO WALK [10]
• Stay near John, we are going to be walking slow(ish) 
• No more than 1 block away - if you stop to take a picture don't forget to stay with us as well!
• Always in sight
• Always represent EA with your best self; never jaywalk
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• REMEMBER: Angles/Lines/Light/Shadow/Reflection/Color/Rule of Thirds/Rule of Odds/Raiders Suck/Fill Flash in Daylight/Block the sun with your subject for a 'glow'/BE a tripod/OPTICAL ZOOM ONLY/Angle of Subject/Angle of Lens/Attitude!
• NO:  Selfies/friends/poses
• PHOTO WALK #1 [60]

ALTERNATIVE AND ADDITIONAL (DEPENDING ON TIME AND WEATHER...OR MONDAY)

• Looking at more of John's Photos
• What RULES do I use?

• Setting up Google Photos on your phone [20]
• Automatic backup (selective)
• Saves storage space on your phone
• Easy to create and share albums of your work

TUE: Introduction to Photography cont...

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can LEARN the Best Practices of Digital Photography by viewing exemplars and taking notes on the techniques used to achieve them.

Homework:  

• Take photos all the time
• Install GOOGLE PHOTOS on your Phone BEFORE MONDAY'S CLASS

Weekend Photo Assignment:

• No School this Friday so you have THREE DAYS to take ONE great picture
• Show something in your neighborhood that people have never seen “that way”.  Make something that is everyday and normal look new and interesting

Announcements: 

• Be prepared to go OUTSIDE next class
• Progress Reports come out 11/17
• Want to raise your grade?  Check typing.com AFTER 3:45 on the LAST DAY of the WEEK and look at your position on the leaderboard - are you below the midpoint?  Find some time before midnight Sunday to type some more.  Look at the time spent statistic, you can see how long you need to type to go to the top of the list.
• Start Bringing Fully Charged Cell Phones with free memory space so that you can SEIZE opportunities 
• Congratulations Theater Team!




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Agenda: [60...]

• Typing.Com+ [10]
• LECTURE w/ guided note-taking: [Multi-day]
• BLANK note-taking sheet available here


• You will need to SAVE and USE these notes for this unit
• Basic Camera Phone Tips
• More on IMAGE QUALITY and PICTURE SIZE in megapixels 
• Watch your LIGHTING
• LOOK for LIGHT
• Use a FILL FLASH
• Look for REFLECTIONS
• Make SMALL changes
• Don't Shake
• Watch your battery and storage levels
• If you have a VIEWFINDER you can check your images on the LCD screen - but WATCH YOUR BATTERY
• Viewfinders on non-SLR (single lens reflex) cameras do NOT show you exactly what you are shooting
• Use unusual angles
• Get PHYSICALLY CLOSE
• Use REAL zoom - Optical ONLY!
• Use BURST MODE when shooting 'action'
• The RULE OF THIRDS
• More GOLDEN RULES of photography:  Golden Ratio 1:1.6, Golden Spiral, and other Composition Techniques
• Divine Composition With Fibonacci’s Ratio (The Rule of Thirds on Steroids)
• 20 Composition Techniques That Will Improve Your Photos
• LEARN & USE CAMERA MODES if you have them
• Basic MODES
• Advanced MODES

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• Balance & repetition 
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• Fill the frame


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• Leave Space


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• Leading Lines


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• Rule of Odds


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• Simplify


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• Learning from a master [30]
• Henri Cartier-Bresson_ The Decisive Moment  [19:00]
• "[Photography] is an immediate sketch, done with intuition and you can't [really] correct it..." Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Photography is an ART - there is no "right or wrong" unless you have a client
• There are "rules" that help you SEE and MAKE good images
• Looking at more of John's Photos
• What RULES do I use?

• Setting up Google Photos on your phone [20]
• Automatic backup (selective)
• Saves storage space on your phone
• Easy to create and share albums of your work