Eng 112 - Complete your reading of Poe's "The Black Cat" and finish a detailed plotline for tomorrow's class. Eng 111 - Today we completed Act 1 of Shakespeare's "MacBeth". Tomorrow we will work on creative extensions, which are due on Monday the 24th. Digital Tech 120 - Today you will be introduced to Adobe Photoshop CS4. We will look at selection tools, layers and transforming.

Eng 112 - Today we worked on the 10 comprehension questions for "Tell Tale Heart" in class. Answer using evidence from the text. For tomorrow's class, pleaes answer the three responding questions (to pass in). Please have full paragraph answers using evidence from the text and tapping in to Bloom's higher levels of critical thinking. Here is the question sheet if you don't have it: tell-tale_heart_question   Eng 111 -   Digital Tech 120 - On Wednesday, you will be introduced to Adobe Photoshop CS4. Today you are to do an introductory task on the best and worst of photoshop and report your findings.  Step 1 - go to the  following Youtube videos and observe the power of this software package:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omBfg3UwkYM  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVY6VqfASOM&feature=relatedhttp://www.you... Step 2 - there are literally 2,870,000 images of Photoshop fails on a simple Google search. Open a microsoft powerpoint project and create ten slides of captured fails and tell the story behind them. To complete this task you will have to search around - don't just pull random failed images that do not have an explanation behind them.  Step 3 - See if you can figure out where the failed photoshopper went wrong with the software - was there a part of the image left behind? Are backgrounds not properly blended? In modifying parts of the picture, did the creator bend both time and space? On each slide, indicate the problem. Step 4 - Create 5 slides of excellent examples of proper photoshop use with before and after pictures. This is where we will spend our time.    This task tests your existing knowledge of Powerpoint software AND your ability to find specific information online and capture it in presentation format. Try to use a variety of images FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES and keep it class appropriate.   Send the finished PPT file to me via Smartsync.

Digital Tech 120 - the video announcement assignment was completed on Friday, we will report our findings on Monday. Eng 112 - Finish the question sheet given in class today on the Edgar Allen Poe biography. Be sure to pass in your completed article of the week. Eng 111 - read through and notate the background sheet on "MacBeth".

Digital Tech 120 - Continue working on your morning annoucements assignment. Eng 112 - Read the attached Article of the Week, carefully read and notate (make notes) on it. Write a one-page response to be passed in tomorrow.  aow_2012_turn_off_phone.pdf Eng 111 - MacBeth pre-reading statements. Look at the following and give a short paragraph response for each. 1)         Think of some people you know or have read about who were ambitious. Have their ambitions led to positive of negative results? Are ambitions sometimes destructive? Comment. 2)         What is your understanding of the philosophy, “the end justifies the means”? Give examples of situations in which you would agree and disagree with this philosophy. 3)         Would assassination or civil war ever be a justifiable response to rule by tyranny? What would you do if the leader of your country became a vicious tyrant? Reflect how someone from a different culture/time might have a different opinion. 4)         Are a citizen’s first responsibilities to family, political leader, or country? Comment. 5)         Describe a time you experienced problems with sleep. What did you do about it? What are some of the effects that insomnia can have on people who suffer from it?