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Jess Ritchie Fahrenheit 451 Project
Posted by Brian Bernys on 1/26/2017Students were tasked with creating a dystopian school to further draw attention to the dangers of attemtping to create a perfect society/school.
Jess Ritchie created the following "school," with its motto being "LISTEN. OBEY." A very though-provoking piece. Here is a sampling of her work:
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Lucy Character Maps
Posted by Brian Bernys on 9/28/2015Character Maps force students to think about a character more deeply. How they look, feel, think, and how others perceive them.
Here a couple of examples from St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves.
Alex Shantler
Grace Dowdall
Anika Patterson
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A Sound of Thunder
Posted by Brian Bernys on 5/26/2015Today we read a short story and discussed how little actions today can have great impact tomorrow.Ray Bradbury's A Sound of Thunder -
Journal #41
Posted by Brian Bernys on 5/13/2015What is your biggest fear? What is one powerful memory you have of being afraid? -
Art Spiegelman Self-Portrait
Posted by Brian Bernys on 4/27/2015Today students were tasked with interpreting Art Spiegelman's self-portrait (see below) -
Journal #39
Posted by Brian Bernys on 4/15/2015"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of beauty is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, but indifference between life and death."-Elie Wiesel -
Journal #37
Posted by Brian Bernys on 4/9/2015"Fear always springs from ignorance."-Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Haiku (with pictures)
Posted by Brian Bernys on 4/8/2015Students were asked to write Haiku based on a view they have somewhere near their house.Sydney HaltermanIt just stopped rainingListen to the water flowI like it out here(Sydney's Picture)Brett LyonsSmelling the fresh airThinking of the waving pinesWhile the sap drips low(Brett's Picture)Abigail GostomskiThe trees growing tallThe fresh air goes through my noseLike a masterpiece(Abigail's Picture) -
Twenty-One Pilots "March to the Sea"
Posted by Brian Bernys on 3/25/2015As opposed to Simon & Garfunkel, Twenty-One Pilots is just gaining popularity in music, particularly among teens.The following song lends itself to the themes in Fahrenheit 451, especially that of being a critical thinker and nonconformist.Check it out."March To The Sea"
There's miles of land in front of us
And we're dying with every step we take
We're dying with every breath we make
And I'll fall in line
A stranger's back is all I see
He's only a few feet in front of me
And I'll look left and right sometimes
But I'll fall in line
No one looks up anymore
'Cause you might get a raindrop in your eye
And Heaven forbid they see you cry
As we fall in line
And about this time every year
The line will go to the ocean pier
And walk right off into the sea
And then we fall asleep
And as we near the end of land
And our ocean graves are just beyond the sand
I ask myself the question
Why I fall in line
Then out of the corner of my eye
I see a spaceship in the sky
And hear a voice inside my head:
Follow me instead
Then the wages of war will start
Inside my head with my counterpart
And the emotionless marchers will chant the phrase:
This line's the only way
And then I start down the stand
My eyes are focused on the end of land
But again the voice inside my head says,
Follow me instead
Take me up, seal the door
I don't want to march here anymore
I realize that this line is dead
So I'll follow You instead
So then You put me back in my place
So I might start another day
And once again I will be
In a march to the sea