Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Interviews: Round Two

Last one-on-one sessions yesterday and today.  The proposals are mind blowing . . .  This stage of the freedom projects is always inspiring.  The sky is the limit but still, the projects are on paper and there is something concrete.  Something in our imagination that soon is going to take tangible shape.

  • Jean Claude Killy 3' statue
  • French stereotypes movie
  • Daft Punk music video
  • Comic strip of Theseus and the Minotaur
  • Pompeii on Minecraft
  • Latin in flying lessons

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Proposals are rolling in . . .

. . . and a Calendar is shaping up.  French cuisine and sports seem to be some favorites again: cooking shows, samples, cookbooks, recipes, Tony Parker, French Baseball (!) etc.  We have some never attempted before topics like Top 10 French Fastest Cars and World War I planes.  In Latin the usual favorites are coming up again: Gladiators, Weapons, Mythology, . . .  and some new ones like aqueducts engineering, Bob Dylan music video in Latin and more.  Scrapbooks, models, posters, sketch ups, movies, meals will be joining the usual papers and presentations . . .  Can't wait.
Today:  Day 2 of 1 on 1 interviews.

My Pretend Project:

Friday, March 21, 2014

It is Project Time!

End of the year projects have been explained, proposal assigned and by the end of the weekend ideas will have become concrete . . .

This blog will document as many project as possible from now until May 23rd.

Do you like to . . .

Read? Write?  Paint?  Sing?  Compose?  Perform?  Conjugate?  Play?  Build?  Rap?  Cook?  Film?  Act?  Worship? Travel?  Report?  Investigate?  Socialize? Argue?  Surf?  Decline? Pray?  Go out? Draw?  Translate?  Teach?  Sculpt?  Learn? Or Present?

What do you like to do?

Think about one of your favorite activities and see how you can connect it with our class.  Then see how you could turn this connection into a 50-point project.

End products can be a paper, a presentation, a poster, a lesson, a model, a painting, an album, a DVD, a CD, a sculpture, a painting, a book, a performance, a website, a scrapbook, a meal, an act, a song, a movie or a combination of different media to be turned in, emailed, presented, posted, sung, taught, acted, shown, read, argued, eaten, . . .

Write a proposal by Monday, March 24th  2014

An interview will follow to determine my expectations based on your proposal.


Your project is due at the latest Wednesday, May 23rd