Wednesday, January 6, 2016 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Warm-Up Capitalization PowerPoint Take Notes Capitalization Exercise Pass back graded work Read, Prometheus Annotate C-Notes HOMEWORK: Finish reading Prometheus, annotating the text, & completing the C-Notes

Essential Question How do ancient myths connect to our modern lives?

Learning Target I can demonstrate reading comprehension through taking detailed and thorough summary notes. I can articulate the theme of the story.

Warm-Up 1. What types of qualities make you feel good about yourself? a. Personal Appearance b. Athletic Ability c. Intellectual Ability d. Creative Ability e. Sense of humor f. Ability to entertain your friends g. Being like everyone else h. Being different from everyone else 2. Evaluate the choices you made in the first question and decide whether your feelings about yourself are determined by what others think of your or by your own satisfaction in your achievements.

[1]A self-taught photographer, gordon Parks grew up in Fort Scott, Kansas. [2]after winning a rosenwald Fellowship for a series of pictures about life in Chicago’s Slums, He got his first full-time photography job with the Fam Security Administration in Washington, D.C.[3]In 1949, he joined the staff of Life magazine.[4]During his nearly twenty years with Life, Parks covered assignments ranging from Junior High School science conventions to Paris Fashion Shows.[5]He also wrote many of the essays that accompanied his photographs, as well as two Volumes of autobiography, A Choice of Weapons and Voices in the Mirror. [6]turning to a career in the movie industry in 1968, Parks moved to Hollywood, where his son Gordon Parks, jr., took this photograph of him preparing to direct a scene from the film version of The Learning Tree.[7]Parks also wrote the film’s screenplay and, working at the grand piano in his Hollywood apartment, its musical score.[8]His success with the film led to other writing and directing projects, including Leadbelly, the story of the blues musician Huddie ledbetter. [9]In September 1997, an exhibition of his photography opened at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. [10]Some of his best-known projects have included Voices in the Mirror and the words and music from Martin, a classical Ballet honoring the late dr. martin luther king, jr.