The Humex Class: Dispelling Shadows since 1998

Friday, May 30, 2025 Circle : What is one reason you chose Hobbes or Locke?   How are you feeling about the presentation on Tuesday?  How do...

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Circle : Excepting the Viking, what is or would be the best school mascot EVER? What philosophy is your group most lea...

Friday, May 23, 2025 Vocab Quiz :  " cognitive dissonance", hubris, enlightenment-(both the historical event and meaning of word),...

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Vocab : Reminder about quiz on Friday.  Reading : Read on your own.  Circle : If you were living in a matrix, what fea...

 Wednesday May 14, 2025 NWEA Testing Today!!! Circle:  1.  If you could invent a holiday, what would it be and what bizarre tradition would ...

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Vocabulary: " cognitive dissonance", hubris, enlightenment-(both the historical event and meaning of word), ...

Friday, May 9, 2025 Vocab Quiz : Human Nature, Philosophy, Popular Sovereignty, liberal democracy Reading : “Literature is my Utopia” ― Hele...

Wednesday May 7, 2025 Vocab  Human Nature, Philosophy, Popular Sovereignty, liberal democracy  Reading C ircle:  If you were given the choic...

Tuesday May 6, 2025 Vocab  Human Nature, Philosophy, Popular Sovereignty, liberal democracy  Reading C ircle:  The founders of our country, ...

Friday May 2, 2025 Vocab Quiz : Tabula Rasa, General Will, Natural Rights, Social Contract Read : “ Literature is dangerous: it awakens a re...

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Morning Group (Period 5/6): Class from 8:10-9:55; follow period 7 teacher to Career Fair). Afternoon Group (Period ...

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Vocab Quiz : Tariff, Tax, Reciprocal, Volatility,  Stock v. Bond Circle : Would you rather sneeze glitter or cry s...

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 New Seats : Toohey will share the new seating.  As a table, go through the following list of "opposites." ...

The Things They Carried Independent Reading and Presentation Project Full project details here (discussed in class on 4/11) Speaking of Cou...

Friday, April 11, 2025 Vocab (quiz next Wednesday): Tariff, Tax, Reciprocal, Volatility,  Stock v. Bond Circle : What are the things that m...

  Circle:  In what context or places do you behave differently than your teenage self? Unit: Theme Development: "Sweetheart of the Song...

 Friday, April 4, 2025 Circle : What is a smell that drives you crazy?  #2 What would you do in his situation? Review : What are three bulle...

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Vocab : Review of Theme and The Elements of Freytag's Pyramid (Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action,...

Friday, March 28, 2025 Vocab Quiz :  Attrition, Moral Capital, Platitudes, Acquiesce Reading :  “The books that the world calls immoral are ...

Tuesday March 25, 2025  New Seating Chart/Activity...big money Vocab: Attrition, Moral Capital, Platitudes, Acquiesce  Reading...for a form...

 Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Circle : If you parents got a call saying you'd been arrested, but didn't say what for, what would they a...

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 Circle : Something you can't eat or drink anymore because it made you sick.   Reading : “Books are the plane, an...

Friday, March 14, 2025 Circle: Someone gives you $10,000 but the catch is you have to spend it on yourself.  You can't give it away, you...

 Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Reading Quiz this Friday :  Vocab Quiz : Semi-Autobiographical, Moral vs. Moral vs. Morals, Morality vs. Ethical Re...

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Circle : What are your fears?  Heights? Conflict? Snakes? Flying? The dark? Reading : Bring your book to class! ...

 Tuesday, March 4, 2025 Vocab: Semi-autobiographical, moral vs. moral, morality vs. ethics Reading:  “Think before you speak, read before yo...

 Friday, February 28, 2025 Vocab Quiz:  Soft Power, Cost-Benefit, Return on Investment(ROI), Domino Theory Reading:  Bring your book, be pre...

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 New Seats: Going to a party: you were all invited to a party. The host has asked each of you to bring one song y...

Friday January 15, 2025 Circle: TBA Vocabulary Test : This week you will be re-testing on our Rumford-Cape vocabulary.  Take four minutes to...

 Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Vocabulary : This week you will be re-testing on our Rumford-Cape vocabulary.  Take four minutes to get the defi...

Friday, February 7, 2025 Vocab Test : Stratification, Cultural Capital, Prejudice, Norm, Irony Reading : “There is more treasure in books th...

 Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Vocab : Stratification, Cultural Capital, Prejudice, Norm, Irony Reading : Come to class with your very own book....

Friday, January 29, 2025 Recruitment Fair:  In the gymnasium.  Come to class first! Vocab Test: Affluence, Disparity, Homogeneous, Heterogen...

 Tuesday January 28, 2025 Vocab : Transitions (in writing), affluence, disparity, homogeneous, heterogeneous Personal Reading : No library v...

 Friday, January 24, 2025 * Visit from Ms. McClean Vocab Test : opportunity cost, esthetics, taboos, values, demographics, culture Reading :...

Tuesday January 21, 2025 New Seating Chart-  With you group, come up with what you would cook or make if you were trying impress somebody. V...

Tuesday January 14, 2025 Circle : Who is a bigger influence on you right now: parents or friends? Vocab : Metaphor, Culture, Socioeconomic s...

Friday, January 10, 2025 Circle : What is something you like to do or buy that you "splurge" on?   Presentations/Reading : Formati...

Wednesday January 8, 2025 New Seating Chart: Activity- A place outside of Maine you have all been to. Circle: What is a new question you ha...

 Tuesday, January 7, 2025 Career Assessment: Career One Stop Circle : What's something you are looking forward to about the trip this af...

Friday, January 3, 2025 Target Practice: Turn and Talk: Why do we do circles? What is the target? What is goal? Restate our classroom expect...

 Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Circle : What is a holiday tradition that you or your family have?  Do you love it, hate it, or just don't g...

Friday, December 13, 2024 Vocab Test Reading : Your own book Circle : It's Friday the 13th.  What is a superstition that you have? Expos...

Wednesday December 11, 2024 Circle: Pre-thinking...In your opinion, what is the purpose of school?  Do you think this school would be better...

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Circle : Are you a year-round decorator or just for the holiday season type? Vocab : Causal, Diverge, Consequenti...

Friday, December 6, 2024 Vocab Test : Refugee(s), Bureaucracy/Bureaucrat, Justice, Conscription Reading : Make sure you have attended to you...

Tuesday December 3, 2024 New Seating Chart : Find an example of ASMR.  Share it with your team.  Choose the best or most annoying to share w...

Tuesday November 26, 2024 No Circle today! Questions to consider during the watching of Gladiator Political and Military Power How does the ...