Monday, March 17, 2014

March Apprentice

Apprentice:



Read:
Watch:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw6r11uJz54

Email: Favorite Murillo art work to Isaiah or Megan by Thursday at noon

Find:  EVERYONE NEEDS TO DO THIS!  Find a rock that represents you, bring the rock to class with you.

Create one of the following:  
  • Create a monument to someone who is important to you, this can be a oral monument, a written monument, or a physical monument.  Share the monument with them (if possible) and share it with us and why you chose that person.
  • Create your own physical monument and make it a geocashing site. As part of your site include a poem, thought, scripture, testimony, etc. something that will bless the lives of those who find your cashe.  (dont forget to send us the coordinates :)) 
  • Create a poem about Charity and God's love for you or others. 
  • Create a rock pile (with your parents permission) write something about love on every rock you place in your pile. 
  • Create a service every day this week, have a heart that looks outward and meets others needs, share with us what you did and what you learned.

Think About:   Complete a word study on Love, Charity, or Compassion.   Why is Love important?  Why is love important if you are a leader?  How does Christ love?   

Write:
Write your favorite quote from either of the books you read for this month, or something you learned about yourself by reading the books.  Make sure your writings come to class with you

Memorize:  Please pick your own thought, or poem, or quote AND scripture that has to do with Leadership, or the attribute you are studying for your leadership project this month.  The following youth will share their memorization this week:  Justin, Colt, Dallin, Carson, Christian, Rob  Priscilla, Sarah    

Charlie's Monument:  As you read, consider some of these questions:  What symbols of Love has the Lord given you?  What kind of a monument are you building with your life?  How do you show your love for the Lord?  Do you believe that God never makes a mistake?  As a leader how do you love others even when they are mistreating you? How can you be the kind of leader who makes others want to be better?  What is your hill to conquer?  Where do you think true happiness comes from?

Project: Complete your attribute project for the month.  Please plan to share what you did for your project and what you learned from the project.  Please include as part of your presentation:  which attribute you studied, who you studied about that displayed that attribute, how you learned this attribute this month, and how you served others by learning this attribute.   

March Journeyman

JOURNEYMAN

READ 
Pilgrim's Progress until Christian and Hopeful see Ignorance the SECOND time

CHOOSE
A Character to research about from your Pilgrim's Progress Readings

READ
In Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers: Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Williams

*We will be going to Temple Square for a performance of the two works listed below. It will be on Mar. 21, but it will be important for you to have done your study before hand to fully appreciate and enjoy the concert, please read the program notes while listening to the music. Also, in the program notes there is background information that is interesting and useful, please make sure to read that as well.

CONSIDER 
What can you learn from these two composers? What can you learn about love of fellowman and love of country from them?

Edward Elgar:
Read: These Program notes while listening to the link below: http://www.nmphil.org/music-in-new-mexico/program-notes-enigma-variations/

Listen: Listen to this while reading the above program notes: https://archive.org/details/EdwardElgar-EnigmaVariations  about 30 minutes

Ralph Vaughan Williams:
Read: These program notes while you listen to the links below:  Vaughan Williams is  on page 10-16 http://www.sflc.org/concerts/programs/Peace_Program.pdf

Listen/Watch: These are four YouTube videos that comprise his "Dona Nobis Pacem"  about 40 minutes

Part 1: Agus Dei

Part 2: Reconciliation

Part 3: Dirge for two veterans

Part 4: The angel of death


CHOOSE one of the following:
● Take notes or draw pictures of how you feel during the different movements as you listen to the music (this will require you to pay attention to the feelings you get instead of the thoughts) It may help to print out the program notes and then you can just write or draw on those as you listen.
● Listen to an additional work by either or both of the composers. Look at the end of the chapter in Spiritual Lives to help you pick their more recognized and famous works. Did you like these composers works? Why or Why not? How does Opera make you feel?
● Write a personal narrative about how music came to be important to you, or what has made it so you do or don't like some types of music.

March Master


Master

READ
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


CHOOSE 
A favorite quote AND question to ask the class (don't forget the question!)

CHOOSE one of the following:
● Austen uses dialogue to portray her characters. You come to know them by what they say and how they express themselves. Pay attention to how you express yourself to others for a whole day. Is your speech flowery, exaggerated, honest, kind, sarcastic, rude, uplifting, etc? Take notes throughout the day of what you notice. How can you your speech be a true portrayal of who you are? Or is it that way already? Write your thoughts and what you learned.

● Write a "How to" paper on how to find an ideal husband or wife, include principles you found in the book

● Write a "Slicing the Pie" essay on the different kinds of young men (or women) that you may have to date someday. Your labels may be characters from the book. Include principles you learned about the character traits that would put people under a certain label.

● It was ironic in this book that often women (such as Mrs. Bennett and Miss Bingley) repelled the very people who they were trying to attract. What was it about their behavior that repelled those people who they so wanted to be liked by? Write your thoughts.

● Write a Compare and Contrast Essay about how the women in the book acted towards the men they liked.

● This book provides an interesting look at social hierarchies. See if you can find a form of social hierarchies in your society. In your observations, do you see pride or prejudice in the socially "superior" group? Do you see pride or prejudice in the socially "inferior" group? Write a persuasive letter to someone in either group about how to overcome that obstacle and become friends with someone in a different social group. It may be fun to include examples from the book. Or you may pretend you are a character in the book who is writing to this person after they have had these learning experiences.