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English 12 – Perception and Aesthetics

Wednesday, February 2 nd 2011. English 12 – Perception and Aesthetics . S.S.R. Please read silently for 1o minutes. Silently If you do not have a book, please grab a magazine (Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Game Informer, People, Car and Driver, etc.)

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English 12 – Perception and Aesthetics

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  1. Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 English 12 – Perception and Aesthetics

  2. S.S.R. Please read silently for 1o minutes. Silently If you do not have a book, please grab a magazine (Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Game Informer, People, Car and Driver, etc.) We will be back in the Library Media Center on Friday for a book exchange/activity in the media lab.

  3. DO NOW Grades (Reminder): • ALL DO NOW assignments will count as a grade. This grade is only based on participation. You will get 5 points for each DO NOW activity throughout the semester. (approx. 25 points per week) • Please leave your DO NOW response (your paper) in your student folder each day.

  4. Do Now: CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND WRITE A SHORT RESPONSE (7-10 sentences) Have you ever had a dream where upon waking up, you experienced a moment of confusion because the dream felt 100% real? Write a personal response describing what happened, focusing on your feelings after waking up – describe the confusion. If you had to lose one sense, but had the choice of which sense you were going to lose, which sense would you pick? Why? Touch Taste Sight (See) Smell Sound (Hear) • Please write your FULL NAME and DATE at the top of the Do Now.

  5. Poll http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MTcyNjY2OTIzMg

  6. Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 Objectives: • Lesson Recap-Feb. 1st 2011 • How do we view the world around us? • What is perception? • What is aesthetics?

  7. Lesson Recap - Resources Twitter – Communication, instant updates, user shared content Tumblr—Easy blogging software, post quotes, pictures, music, media Linkedin—A professional networking site, build a profile, upload a resume, contact employers, network with potential clients, etc Spring Pad—An organizational tool, take notes, to do lists, calendars, content off of internet, sync to free web apps for iPhone, iPod, Prezi—Zooming presentation creator free to use (great alternative to PowerPoint)

  8. Perception What do you see? (Write your response under today’s Do Now)

  9. What did you see? • Share.

  10. What do we notice? What do we remember? • Awareness Test

  11. Perception. • Perception is... • How do you, how do I, how do they… • How do we react to our senses, to the things that we see in the world around us.

  12. Senses • In your group, discuss, then write down a short response to the following questions: • What is each object? • How you would describe the object(s)? • How does each object affect your senses?

  13. #1 Smell

  14. #2 Sound / Hear

  15. #3 Taste

  16. #4 Sight / See

  17. #5 Touch

  18. Aesthetics • Aesthetics: The philosophy of the nature of beauty. • Based on our senses, based on how we perceive the world around us. • How we evaluate, judge, critique, analyze, and respond to…pretty much everything; art, literature, music, etc. • Perception is created by our senses. • Aesthetics is how we define what is beautiful, what is “good”, what is worth preserving, and what is a masterpiece.

  19. Beautiful Words. • Sonnet 18 • What do you think about this sonnet? • Do any words stand out? (circle them) • Assignment: (Due by the end of class on Friday – 2/4/11)

  20. Assignment: Sonnet 18 Revision Sonnet 18 Revision By Mr. Glover How are you like a perfect summer day? Well, you’re better than the best weather. It’s too windy in May and the summers are too short or they’re too hot. Even the sun can be blocked by the clouds. Everything beautiful will fade one day. But you? No, you will not fade You will never lose the beauty that you posses Death himself can’t take away my summer. Because in these words, you will live forever. So long as humans exist So long as humans see These words will give you eternal life, and eternal beauty. 

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