High Five Guys YouTube Channel

Hey guys,

So after doing my masterpiece with Emilio Mierzejewski and getting help from Eric Montero and a few others, we decided that we wanted to start a YouTube channel dedicated to short comical films. We probably won't have much coming out soon just because of graduation events and summer trips, but we hope to get some films done to start growing in popularity. After having so much fun with the masterpiece and hearing the good reviews, I thought about doing more of this and it seemed like the right thing to do more of what I'm passionate about. I'll include a link to the videos we've done so far to give you an idea of what our future films may be like. The channel is called High Five Guys and can be found here. It is a very young channel so give us time to grow! Thanks guys! Congratulations graduates!

-Miles Jorgensen

Lost Dog - YouTube
Inglorious Greetings - YouTube

june 5

JOURNAL TOPIC: Please take notes that help you connect the Masterpiece dots and prepare for your final.

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Masterpiece presentations

june 4

JOURNAL TOPIC: Please take notes that help you connect the Masterpiece dots and prepare for your final.

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Masterpiece presentations

june 3

JOURNAL TOPIC: Please take notes that help you connect the Masterpiece dots and prepare for your final.

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Masterpiece presentations

June 3
4
Jisu & Naiomi
 

5
Jisu & Naiomi
Eric & Lukas

6
Jared & Hikaru

june 2

JOURNAL TOPIC: Please take notes that help you connect the Masterpiece dots and prepare for your final.

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Masterpiece presentations


June 2 (copied/pasted from the lineup post-- if we talked about you going on today, you're on)
4

Shailynn
Ephraim & Michael

5
Chrystal & Tia
Jhaicelle

6
Shenaya

orientation for next year's students tomorrow at lunch in 608

If you are interested in co-facilitating a brief lunch meeting tomorrow in 608 for next year's students, please let me know.  And if you know a junior who is planning to take the course next year, please let him/her know.

june 1

JOURNAL TOPIC: Please take notes on the presentations that will help you connect the dots and prepare for your final.

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Masterpiece presentations

4
Courtney
Aaron

5
Millie
Yesenia
Sofia

6
Dani & Erica & Anaya

may 29

JOURNAL TOPIC: Take notes that help you connect the dots and prepare to write about the masterpiece presentations for your final.

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Masterpiece presentations

4
Melissa & Victoria
Mellany & Daniel


5
Haley
Edgar (?)


6

may 28

JOURNAL TOPIC:  Please take notes that help you connect the dots and prepare for the final.

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Masterpiece Presentations

4
Eric wrap-up
Omar
Lilly

5
Connor (25)
Yun Soo (25)

6
Val Richardson

may 27

JOURNAL TOPIC:
Take notes on the masterpiece presentations that will help you connect the dots and write on the final.

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Masterpiece presentations

4
Alec (?)
Eric (35)
Jordan (15)


5
Val (50)


6
Jayce (20-30)
Lilly

may 26

For presentations: please use the classroom computer and projector, and please take notes according to the questions we've discussed. Presenters, please email Dr. Preston your presentation file or a link to your Prezi, etc.

May 26
 
4
Hannah, Judith & Sierra (50)

5
Tyler (20-30)
Jeff

6
Gianni

masterpiece academy day 3

Thanks Laike for bringing us into the world of the visual story.  Check out her Instagram here.

Thanks Imanie for stepping in at the last minute and delivering a brilliant presentation on High School Ethics-- good luck with the book!

masterpiece academy day 2

Thanks to Taylor for her presentation on marine biology and her internship at the Central Coast Aquarium.

Thanks to Noah & Alec for their presentations on teenagers' having a voice, entrepreneurship, reducing world suck, and the amazingly rich perspective of Little League umpires. 

Thanks to Joey for his entertaining introduction to ($$$) Photoshop and its free counterpart, paint.net.

Check out his video:




Maybe he'll make a flattering portrait of you too:

may 21

Period 4: Alec is out sick.  If anyone wants today's time it's yours.  Otherwise we'll have a working period.

Period 5: Laike

Period 6: MGOTM

masterpiece academy question

When the last presentation has been given, this is the question I'll ask you to write on for your final reflection.  Please feel free to start a post or notes that will help you remember what's important.
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For the last two weeks the Masterpiece Academy has been your showcase.  As you reflect on this experience, and your overall experience in this course throughout the year, please address the following questions in a traditional MLA-style essay.  Then post about it to your blog in any medium (music, pictures, video, animation, [?]) that brings your thesis to life.  (You may embed the original paper if you can't think of a better way to communicate.)

Please Note: Everything on the traditional paper assignment counts.  Please proofread and/or ask a friend or relative to help with organization, flow, and mechanics (capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, MLA style, e.g.)


Masterpiece Academy Question

Montaigne ended his essay "Of The Education of Children" this way:

To return to my subject, there is nothing like alluring the appetite and affections; otherwise you make nothing but so many asses laden with books; by dint of the lash, you give them their pocketful of learning to keep; whereas, to do well you should not only lodge it with them, but make them espouse it. (1580)

The word espouse originally meant "to marry" and took on connotations like "embrace," "love," and "advocate."  Have you espoused learning?  Explain your growth in this course via a narrative that portrays you as the dynamic protagonist in your own bildungsroman.  Please include the following elements.

ELEMENT 1: You have been treated as colleagues and you have been given a great deal of choice in this course; this represents a high level of trust.  Did you and the others deserve it?  Earn it?  Honor it? 

ELEMENT 2: Fiction has been called "the lie that tells the truth."  Which works, authors, or characters rang true enough to make you feel like they described parts of you and/or your journey? (Please mention at least three.  It makes them sad when we forget them.)

ELEMENT 3: Have you re/connected with a passion that drives you?  If so, how will you continue your learning?  If not, how will you proceed?

ELEMENT 4: [Something about literature or this course that made you laugh out loud.]

ELEMENT 5: [A unifying theme that runs through a minimum of five (5) presentations; a quality of the content, or the speakers, or their communication techniques that strikes you as something important that we have in common.]  Please illustrate/support your point with specific examples from the presentations.

ELEMENT 6: Evaluate whether you completed the hero's journey.  Are you a hero?  To what extent did you respond to the call of adventure?  Did you find a mentor, conquer a challenge, and return enlightened?

ELEMENT 7: For old time's sake, sneak in a literary technique.  Don't make a big deal out of it.  I'll know it's there.

may 20

JOURNAL TOPIC:  After you see today's presentations, identify a meaningful connection between the three and write about it.  (Period 6, talk to at least three of your classmates and see if you can find a common thread).

AGENDA:

4
Alec & Noah
Joey

5
Taylor

6
MGOTM

masterpiece academy day 1

Thank you Elizabeth!  Ephraim and others, please feel free to upload your video of Elizabeth's presentation to this post.

may 19

"A man's got to know his limitations." -Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry in Magnum Force

I'm following doctor's orders and I hope to be back tomorrow.  (Yes, right now I AM thinking that every single day.)  Please root Elizabeth on during period 4 and take video of her presentation.  I look forward to seeing it (and her new haircut!) -- please feel free to help her with the classroom computer and projector, and email me if anything comes up that you can't solve.  Looking forward to Taylor's Alec's, Noah's & Joey's ideas tomorrow!
   
JOURNAL TOPIC:
Go all Harry Potter and invent a magic spell.  Explain what it does, why you wrote it, and how it makes the world a better place.  

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. MGOTM/Masterpiece Academy
3. Elizabeth's Masterpiece (period 4)

may 18

JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "When You Wish Upon A Star" by Jiminy Cricket (Cliff Edwards)]

Wave your mental magic wand and imagine the next three weeks as valuable, unforgettable learning.  What do you expect from the Masterpiece Academy and how can you contribute to making it the experience you envision?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Hope everyone did well on Friday's AP exam.  I reinjured my shoulder and I'm aiming to be back in class tomorrow (Tuesday).  Please use the short period to consider the journal topic and-- most importantly-- sign up for a presentation slot if you haven't already.  Fourth period is especially crunched for time.  Thanks.

HW:

Applied Self-determination Theory, as expressed through your masterpiece work and/or literary exploration.

may 15

JOURNAL TOPIC:
Authors from Shakespeare to Ray Bradbury are often inspired by real life events.  We recognize Shakespeare's characters from the headlines of history: Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth.  Fahrenheit 451 started as a short story called "The Pedestrian" that Bradbury wrote after being stopped by police for taking a walk.

Write about your favorite book, play, short story, poem, or song that was inspired by or based on real people or events.  What effect/s did the fictional account create?  How did it influence your knowledge or understanding?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. MGOTM

HW: projectprojectprojectproject

If you haven't already, please sign up for a date for your Masterpiece presentation by emailing or commenting to the Masterpiece Academy Lineup.  Mahalo.