Thursday, March 29, 2018

IB Film: Summer Movies Checklist 2018

Here's a list of movies coming out this summer. All of the dates except July 4th are Fridays. This list is not exhaustive, but it is representative of the major Hollywood push for this summer season.


May 4
  • Avengers: Infinity War

May 11
  • Life of the Party

May 18
  • Deadpool 2
  • On Chesil Beach

May 25
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story
  • June 1
  • Action Point
  • American Animals

June 8
  • Ocean’s 8
  • Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
  • Hereditary

June 15
  • Incredibles 2
  • Tag

June 22
  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

June 29
  • Sicario 2: Soldado
  • Sorry to Bother You
  • The Hustle
  • Leave No Trace (limited)

July 4
  • The First Purge

July 6
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp

July 13
  • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
  • Skyscraper
  • Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot

July 20
  • Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!

Mile 22
  • The Equalizer 2

July 27
  • Mission: Impossible – Fallout
  • Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
  • Blindspotting

August 3
  • Christopher Robin
  • The Spy Who Dumped Me

August 10
  • The Meg

August 17
  • Captive State
  • Crazy Rich Asians
  • The Happytime Murders
  • White Boy Rick

August 24
  • Cadaver
  • Slenderman
  • Replicas

August 31

  • The Little Stranger

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

IB Lit - Diagnosis: Blanche D.

In order to prescribe an appropriate therapy, the medical staff of Central Louisiana State Hospital need your help in establishing a background for their newest patient, Miss Blanche D______ (redacted for patient confidentiality purposes).


Assignment
Students will adopt the perspective of a psychotherapist and prepare a brief case study (350-750 words) of Miss Blanche. The task is to describe the habits and behaviors which drove the patient to the asylum; specifically, students must address the following:
  • what are the patient's symptoms?
  • what patterns of dysfunctional behaviors may have contributed to committing the patient to the asylum?
  • are their any specific circumstances or events that may have precipitated her arrival?
  • and finally, based on these patterns of behaviors and circumstances, is recovery possible in the immediate future, or is the patient to be committed for a long term (or even permanent) care?
Please note that this is not a typical book report, and as such students should not simply summarize the events of the play. The central question to answer (using the bulleted questions above as a guide) is how did the patient come to arrive at the asylum, and why.

Due Date
30 Mar 2018
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