Graduation Day!
Thursday, June 12

We finished the final project presentations and watched the first episode of Flash Gordon, 1936 sci-fi movie serial.

Wednesday, June 11

Second day of final project presentations. Highlight: Chelsea Mosher's PowerPoint presentation.

Tuesday, June 10

First day of the Alternate Worlds presentations. Five final projects presented. Sweet!

Monday, June 9

Students were randomly assigned a place in the order of presentations of final projects to begin Tuesday, then were given the balance of the shortened period to work on said presentations.

Friday, June 6

Mr. Potratz wrote on the board questions to consider in writing the 1 - 1 1/2 page analysis which each student will write to accompany their final project.

Then he read aloud from several students' written comments on The Fifth Element.

Thursday, June 5

Students wrote briefly about what they liked about The Fifth Element,. Then they wrote about whether they thought the film made fun of or promoted traditional gender roles, and we discussed that question.

Wednesday, June 4

We finished watching The Fifth Element.

Tuesday, June 3

We continued watching The Fifth Element.

Monday, June 2

1/2 the class: Allegory in "Leaf by Niggle" and Tolkien's concept of art as "sub-creation."

1/2 the class: The first 28 minutes of The Fifth Element.