Contractor fee is for Fall 2007 and and includes the materials fee

Fees will depend on total number of students in the class(es): Some fees based in a 14 week semester: 5 students in 1 group = $224 each. 10 students (total) in 2 classes = $168 each. Fee shown is for 10 (total) students in the 2 classes.

Fees will depend on total number of students in the class(es): Some fees based in a 14 week semester: 5 students in 1 class = $224 each. 10 students in 2 classes = $168 each Fee shown is for 10 (total) students in the 2 classes.

In this study group, we will read a great many novels illustrating this quest for identity; the list represents numerous cultures, time periods, and unusual struggles. Each week we will discuss a different book, and there will be a rigid expectation that students will only attend if they have, in fact, read the book. There will also be written assignments, and the additional assignments of viewing at least two films individually.

Novels may include: Nectar in a Sieve (Kamala Markandaya), I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou), The Heart is A Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers), A Separate Peace (John Knowles), The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier), The Chosen (Chaim Potok), Emma (Jane Austen), Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi), Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden), The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski, In the Country of Men (Hisham Matar), Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse), David Copperfield (Charles Dickens), Zazoo (Richard Mosher), Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson), and The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston). However, these titles are definitely subject to change.

Please note that themes in such novels frequently deal with topics for more mature readers: violence, sex, sodomy, rape, and psychological abuse, etc… and guide your choices accordingly. I will not be willing to “water down” content in this course.

The students will be expected to read the materials, keep a reading log with entries for each book ,and bring the assigned book to class on the week when it is to be discussed. We will try to finish a book each week, and promptness in class attendance will be crucial if we are to reach that goal.

Target audience would be upper middle school/high school, with the caveat that students should be comfortable with the topics being discussed aloud. Please contact Erica with any other concerns.

Ideally will include some instruction and tournament play.

The purpose of this study group is to help the student attain "Cultural Literacy" in film. We will discuss and see examples of different film genres such as Comedy, Thrillers, War (and Antiwar) movies, Westerns, Romance, Science Fiction, Film Noir and Drama. Most of these films have appeared on many of the “Top 100 films” lists. We will be watching the movies and discussing them in study group time.

Considering the age of the students, I have avoided R rated films. Students and their parents can feel free to skip any movie that they are uncomfortable with.

Here are the films I am considering:

Comedy –

The General(Buster Keaton), Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Forum, City Lights, Son of Paleface (Bob Hope), Big (Tom Hanks), Duck Soup, Love and Death, The Court Jester;

Thrillers:

North by Northwest, Notorious, Rear Window, Vertigo, Witness for the Prosecution, Rebecca, Charade, Raiders of the Lost Ark;

War and antiwar movies:

Bridge Over the River Kwai, Friendly Persuasion, Das Boot, Glory, The Great Escape, Dr. Strangelove;

Westerns:

The Searchers, High Noon, Silverado;

Romance: The Philadelphia Story, Days of Heaven, Gone with the Wind, Some Like it Hot, It Happened One Night;

Science fiction:

The Day the Earth Stood Still, 2001: a Space Odyssey, Close Encounters, ET;

Film Noir:

The Big Sleep, Casablanca, Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon;

Drama:

Citizen Kane, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Seventh Seal, Lawrence of Arabia, Rain Man, The Seven Samurai, The Manchurian Candidate, All the President’s Men, Whale Rider

We will use music, games, movies and books to support our learning and make it fun.

This study group is now being led by Susan Levitin.

-- Main.ElizabethFox - 11 Apr 2006

The game ends when one player gains control of more than half of the continent, or by agreement among all surviving players.

The rules are convoluted. There is no luck. And, for many players, there is as much fun coming up with rationales (and story lines) for what is happening to them or because of them as there is in determining the moves themselves.

We will play the game – while trying to figure out how to play it better still. You may sign up on Wednesdays or Thursdays or both.

(First two paragraphs are quoted from Wikipedia.)

The game ends when one player gains control of more than half of the continent, or by agreement among all surviving players.

The rules are convoluted. There is no luck. And, for many players, there is as much fun coming up with rationales (and story lines) for what is happening to them or because of them as there is in determining the moves themselves.

We will play the game – while trying to figure out how to play it better still. You may sign up on Wednesdays or Thursdays or both.

(First two paragraphs are quoted from Wikipedia.)

Creepy dungeons...

Dragons and monsters...

Magic and kings...

Worlds to be saved...

Treasure to be gained...

The world of Dungeons and Dragons awaits you.

Dungeons and Dragons is a fun, interactive roleplaying game where you pretend to be a made-up character adventuring through a made-up world. But it's not all as childish as it seems - deadly monsters around every bend, and people who are not as they seem. Not intended for the faint of heart, it is a game of chance, and life and death.

Please note that if you join, you don't only come to study group when you want to. You have the first two weeks as an add/drop period. If you don't like D&D within that time, drop it by all means. But after that, you are stuck with us =K

There will be space battles and other planets you can name when you find them. You'll need dice (1-20 sided, 1-12 sided, 1-10 sided, 1-8 sided, 2-6 sided and 1-4 sided) pencil with eraser, and a D&D figure, if you'd like. I'll supply the character sheets. Bring your imagination - you'll be needing it!

The group will be limited to 10 people, the maximum number of participants on a Lego League team, with preference to Monday coop families (if the group does not fill with Monday families, other days may participate). We will expect to meet once or twice over the summer, probably in August, and at least one evening a week in addition to the Monday meeting. If the team chooses to participate in the competition, a preliminary robot-only competition will occur in November, with the first round of the actual competition being held in December.

A minimum of 7 students are necessary for this group to meet.

Lego League rules require ages be 9-14.

The base expenses are as follows (Details are here):

Team Registration: $200 (it is not unusual for teams to seek sponsorships for this and associated expenses)

Robot Field Set-Up Kit: $65

Lego MINDSTORMS NXT Kit: $325 (but currently available from Amazon.com for $250)

-- Main.ElizabethFox - 04 Apr 2007

Let's get together and have some fun with poetry! I have lots of funny and silly poetry to share - by Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky and others. We'll read the poems, look at the illustrations, and have a good time.

This group pairs with DinosaursMonday.

Be you just a beginner or an experienced player who wants to meet others, come and join us to play the game of Go. You'll learn interesting and useful tactics and get to practice them frequently. Every student will get a chance to play every class.

No previous playing experience necessary.

When you buy the used text, try for a copy that states CD-Rom is included. Nice, but not essential to have CD-Rom. Please only buy the 8th edition, it will make it easier to assign homework and refer to in class, besides saving you a lot of money

We will do lecture, homework problems, light lab experiments, and teacher demonstrations. Regular attendance/homework is crucial to success in this course. We will also attempt to schedule a couple of mutually agreeable lab days during Voyagers break time. If students are interested in studying for the SAT subject test or AP test, I will be willing to hold some extra study sessions after the end of the spring term

* Don't bother to take this class if you won't commit to doing at least some of the homework every week. It's not worth your time or mine. ***

The wealth of literature that relates the struggles of these immigrants is magnificent in scope and vision. While different national groups have been associated with different periods of immigration and specific themes, all of the works reveal the complexity of what it is to be an American and of the struggle to achieve the “American Dream”. Indeed, perhaps the most useful aspect to these narratives is to see just how diverse these dreams are, and to what extent the move to a new country makes the dream possible.

We will read from a great many sources ranging from government reports and census data to novels and autobiographies that present more lyrical and poignant tales of the immigrants’ lives. In reading works from writers of many backgrounds, the intent is to expose students to the commonalities and differences that people experienced; some of the differences rest with the nationalities or ethnicities of the immigrants themselves, but others are largely reflections of the time and places that became their new homes. In all likelihood, most of the class will be able to think about their own ancestors and what may have been their lot when first arriving here from their original countries. Perhaps it is obvious, but another aim of the class is to promote tolerance and curiosity about other ways of thinking and pursuing our own dreams and those of others.

We will look at the countries of origin, paying special attention to those conditions that prompted people to take such a risk for a new life. Therefore, there will be the need to use the internet and other sources to obtain pertinent background material. I would hope that we can see some documentary films as well as read, and to have at least one foreign-born visitor who can reflect upon personal experiences for the class.

There will be some writing and note-taking, but the bulk of the work lies in reading and discussing in class what we have read.

Possible writings may include either in part or in total: “This is an American” (Hector St. John de Crevecouer - 1789), The Interesting Narrative of Olandah Equiano ( Olandah Equiano -1789), The Book of Khalid ( Ameen Rihani – 1911), The Promised Land (Mary Antin - 1912) The Rise of David Levinsky (Abraham Cahan – 1917), My Antonia (Willa Cather – 1918), Syrian Yankee (Salom Rizk – 1943, Brown Girl, Brownstones ( Paule Marshall – 1960),The Fortunate Pilgrim (Mario Puzo – 1964), Eat a Bowl of Tea (Louis Chu – 1961), Barrio Boy (Ernesto Galarza - 1971), Anywhere But Here (Mona Simpson – 1987), Jasmine (Bharati Mukherjee – 1989), Lucy (Jamaica Kincaid – 1990), Dogeaters (Jessica Hagedorn – 1990), Typical American (Gish Jen – 1992), Arabian Jazz (Diana Abu-Jaber – 1993), Bint Arab (Evelyn Shakir – 1997), and The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini - 2003).

Some likely authors to be included are Robert Heinlein, Cordwainer Smith, Gene Wolfe, Isaac Asimov, HG Wells, Jack London, David Brin, and Octavia Butler. We will also look at some works by "futurists" such as Alvin Toffler.

There will be a lot of reading in this course and some writing, as well.

Fees will depend on total number of students in the class(es): Some fees based in a 14 week semester: 5 students in 1 class = $224 each. 10 students (total) in 2 classes = $168 each.

Topics I plan to cover include, but are not limited to: data types, objects, functions, iteration and recursion, string manipulation, graphic elements, GUI controls (menus, buttons, etc.), data models, and possibly some simple concurrent programming. Oh, yes, and debugging, since hardly anything works the first time, no matter how simple it ought to be.

Ability to read and write Hiragana and some Katakana is highly recommended.

Nakama 1 and 2 are the same textbooks used in the Japanese Language classes at the Harvard Extension School. Purchasing the textbook is helpful but completely optional.

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