Tuesday 2/27
Into Thin Air continues... 7-9 and 10-12 Kahoot Turn in 7-12 Quiz Discuss Chapter 13-15 Distribute Chapter Summaries to end Assignment: Chapters 16-19 pp. 227-268 Thursday 3/1 Was Andy Harris' body ever found? David Brashears on the Dangers of Everest Into Thin Air clip The Climbing route in 3D Tribute to Andy Harris and Rob Hall Excerpt from Beck Weather's Book Left for Dead Besides the moral dilemma of SELFISHNESS vs. SELFLESSNESS, Remember the 12 Common Themes in Lit? Do you see any of these in Into Thin Air? 1. The journey 2. Man vs. Nature 3. Overcoming Adversity 4. Death is part of the life cycle 5. Sacrifice Chapter 16-19 Review Chapter 16-19 slides in This Prezi Assignment: Read Chapters 20, 21 & Epilogue pp. 272-301 ========================================== Friday 2/23 Review with Kahoot Chapters 7-9 Go over discussion questions for Chapters 10-12 Kahoot Chapters 10-12 Take Quiz over Chapters 7-12 Assignment for Tuesday: Read Chapters 13-15 pp. 181-223 Someday Finish IMAX Everest movie (start at 23:23) ========================================== Previous Days Assignments: Wednesday 2/21 Into Thin Air continues... Get A-Z sheet for Chapters 7-12 Go over discussion questions for Chapters 7 & 8. Read Chapter 9 together. Go over discussion questions for Chapter 9. Assignment: Read Chapters 10-12 pp. 139-178 Thursday 2/15 One Climber Dies on Mt. Hood Death on Mt. Hood Horror on Mt. Hood 2/13/18 Discuss Chapter 6 Take Quiz over 1-6 Read 7 and 8 Finish IMAX Everest movie Tuesday 2/13 Discuss Chapters 4-5 Read! Friday 2/9 View 22 minutes of Everest movie Go over Chapters 1-3 questions & answers, fill in A-Z grid Kahoot 1-3 Assign: Chapters 4-8 to pg. 88 ========================================== Wednesday 2/7 Collect webquest. Discuss short story about Sherpas View: Sherpa Documentary After Deadliest Year on Everest (23:16) Reading calendar and outlines View Everest through 20:50 Read: Chapters 1-3. Fill in Chapter 1-6 A-Z chart as you read! ========================================== Monday 2/5 Into Thin Air was once called the definitive, personal account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest (1999). However, the novel can no longer be billed this way because April 2014 was the deadliest season in the history of Everest! On assignment for Outside magazine, Jon Krakauer, an accomplished climber and the acclaimed journalist and author of Into the Wild.an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas to report on the growing commercialization of the planet's highest mountain. Everest has always been a dangerous mountain. From the first British expeditions in the 1920s until 1996, one climber has died for ever 4 who have attained the summit. This shocking death toll has NOT put a damper on the burgeoning business of guided ascents, however, in which inexperienced alpinists with alarmingly amateurish skills are ushered up the mountain for a $65,000 fee. To ascend into the thin, frigid air above 26,000 feet - the cruising altitude of a commercial jetliner - is an inherently irrational act. The environment is unimaginably harsh, the margin for error miniscule. Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people - including himself - to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concern of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Where in the World? Up close Map View New Movie Trailer for Everest Everest Makes News Nearly Every Month-December 2017 These videos gave me the background I needed to understand the book Explore the Secrets of Mt. Everest to 7:42 and Climb the Mountain following the most common route (3:27) and Everest ER (18:26) Read Wikipedia article on Sherpas Sherpa Trailer (2:25) Sherpas: Sorrow on the Mountain (Everest) How Much does it cost to Climb Everest in 2018? Developed After the Deadliest Year on the Mountain 2014 Everest in the News January 2016 Everest May 2016 Deliverance from 27,000 feet Follow up Dec. 2017 View: Everest DVD Assignment: Complete Everest WebQuest and Read "The Value of a Sherpa Life" Here is the article referenced in this story! "The Disposable Man"--this story actually references Into Thin Air ========================================== Thursday 2/1 Finish up Keynotes Presentation evaluation in class. Please don't be the person who doesn't have presentation in the Google drive folder!! Upload to Google Folder that I shared with you. Save in this format: First Name_Last Name_Book Name Everyone will evaluate 4 presentations using THIS RUBRIC. |