Your research papers should be finished--as closely as you can get them, on Monday June 3rd. This includes in text citations and a works cited page.
JUST IN CASE YOU FORGOT the OSLIS username and password:
username: port
password: oslis
We will continue to polish them this coming week but we will also be looking at nonfiction work from WWII. Most of this will be in-class work. Your homework will be to finish the research paper to the best of your ability.
Challenge Criteria Options
*As always, 10,000 grains Free Rice (if you did this last semester, it will have to be 20,000 total).
Remember, this is a website where you can practice your vocabulary. For every answer you get right, 10 grains of rice are donated to those in need. To do this, you must create an account, sign in, and earn (in multiple sessions) the equivalent of 10,000 grains of rice. Your account information will keep track of your total.
*Watch the older film "The Gentlemen's Agreement" with Gregory Peck and write a brief review.
*Watch "Argo" and write a review.
*Read Night by Elie Wiesel and meet in my room, Tuesday the 12th, during tutorial, to discuss as a book group. OR take meaningful notes/write a thoughtful response--whatever you choose. This is something I want every student who feels capable, or compelled to read. If we had more time in the year everyone would be reading it. So, please, please, please, consider this option especially if you are an A or B-seeking student.
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
Finish Persepolis This Weekend!
Hi All!
Just a reminder that Persepolis should be finished this weekend along with your journal prompts. Journal prompts (15 of the 19) are due Monday. They should be turned in with your spirals. I will be looking over your notes and journal writes from the last unit too (Alchemist). I will be providing feedback for both.
Finishing 19 of 19 will be considered *Challenge Criteria for A-seeking students or extra credit for those who need it.
Please remember that I prefer quality over quantity. I would rather your do a stellar job on a the 15 than a shoddy job on all of them.
We will continue working on the research process next week. Papers are due on Tuesday the 28th for 3rd period and Wednesday the 29th for 5th, 6th and 8th.
As always, thank you for being brilliant, thoughtful, inquisitive and kind.
Remember to scroll down for information you may have missed and Challenge Criteria!
Just a reminder that Persepolis should be finished this weekend along with your journal prompts. Journal prompts (15 of the 19) are due Monday. They should be turned in with your spirals. I will be looking over your notes and journal writes from the last unit too (Alchemist). I will be providing feedback for both.
Finishing 19 of 19 will be considered *Challenge Criteria for A-seeking students or extra credit for those who need it.
Please remember that I prefer quality over quantity. I would rather your do a stellar job on a the 15 than a shoddy job on all of them.
We will continue working on the research process next week. Papers are due on Tuesday the 28th for 3rd period and Wednesday the 29th for 5th, 6th and 8th.
As always, thank you for being brilliant, thoughtful, inquisitive and kind.
Remember to scroll down for information you may have missed and Challenge Criteria!
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Period 5,6,8
HW: due Friday
Read to 126 and respond to corresponding prompts.
ALL OF YOU:
Prompt responses are due on Monday as you should be finishing the book over the weekend.
Remember to scroll down for challenge criteria!
Read to 126 and respond to corresponding prompts.
ALL OF YOU:
Prompt responses are due on Monday as you should be finishing the book over the weekend.
Remember to scroll down for challenge criteria!
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
HW: Period 3
Period 3--due Thursday
Read to page 126 and address corresponding prompts.
Remember, prompts should average half a page in length. All due next Monday.
Don't forget to scroll down for challenge criteria. A students should show at least twice a semester effort that goes over and beyond the required work either in quality (depth of study) or quantity (taking on another book or another piece of writing or theater).
Spiral Check, for the last two units is due at the beginning of next week. It is worth 250 points and includes your responses to the Persepolis prompts!
Read to page 126 and address corresponding prompts.
Remember, prompts should average half a page in length. All due next Monday.
Don't forget to scroll down for challenge criteria. A students should show at least twice a semester effort that goes over and beyond the required work either in quality (depth of study) or quantity (taking on another book or another piece of writing or theater).
Spiral Check, for the last two units is due at the beginning of next week. It is worth 250 points and includes your responses to the Persepolis prompts!
Monday, May 13, 2013
HW: Tues./Wed. 14-15
- Read to p. 111 and respond to related prompts--up to "The Cigarette"
- Don't forget to scroll down for challenge criteria and information on our author!
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Weekend of May 11-12
Read to page 94 and write corresponding Journal Writes (up to "The Key")
Enjoy the sun!
Enjoy the sun!
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Challenge Criteria Opportunities:
1. Read Reading Lolita in Tehran, a memoir in four parts, by Azar Nafisi and write a review of the book and take sticky note quotes (1 page typed). 70 points for work well done.
2. Read Samarkand, a novel by Amin Maalouf and write a review/response (1 page typed plus notes on book). 70 points for work well done.
3. Watch Argo, a newly released film, with Ben Affleck and write a review, (1 page typed). 40 points for work well done.
4. Free Rice. 20,000 grains. 40 points for work well done.
5. Read Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah a story about an 11th grade girl who decides to begin wearing the veil while going to an Australian High School. Read, take qualitative notes and write a review/create a project based on the book. See below:
6. A student gave me a wonderful book on Friday called, October Mourning, A Song for Matthew Shepherd, by Leslea Newman. I read it in two sittings, less than 24 hours apart--it is that important. The book is comprised of narrative poems related to the murder of Matthew Shepherd, a gay, 21-year-old student and activist attending the University of Wyoming. He was brutally beaten for his sexual orientation and died of injuries. It is an incredibly sad event and a harrowing story that should be heard. I want as many of you to read it as possible. I will offer challenge criteria points for it (50) but mostly I want you to read it thoughtfully and courageously. As a response I want you to consider, in a project of importance to you, how to stop hate crimes.
7. Read Persepolis 2--which can be found at the Multnomah County Library. Draw a 3 page graphic novel version of your own story or growing up, or write a written response (1 page well-crafted). 70 points for a job well-done.
8. Choose a newspaper article of a current event and draw your own graphic novel version of events. One page, 40 points for a job well-done.
2. Read Samarkand, a novel by Amin Maalouf and write a review/response (1 page typed plus notes on book). 70 points for work well done.
3. Watch Argo, a newly released film, with Ben Affleck and write a review, (1 page typed). 40 points for work well done.
4. Free Rice. 20,000 grains. 40 points for work well done.
5. Read Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah a story about an 11th grade girl who decides to begin wearing the veil while going to an Australian High School. Read, take qualitative notes and write a review/create a project based on the book. See below:
Book Description
The slide opened and I heard a gentle, kind voice: What is your confession, my child? I was stuffed. The Priest would declare me a heretic; my parents would call me a traitor... The Priest asked me again: What is your confession, my child? I'm Muslim, I whispered. Welcome to my world. I'm Amal Abdel-Hakim, a seventeen year-old Australian-Palestinian-Muslim still trying to come to grips with my various identity hyphens. It's hard enough being cool as a teenager when being one issue behind the latest Cosmo is enough to disqualify you from the in-group. Try wearing a veil on your head and practising the bum's-up position at lunchtime and you know you're in for a tough time at school. Luckily my friends support me, although they've got a few troubles of their own. Simone, blonde, gorgeous and overweight - she's got serious image issues, and Leila's really intelligent but her parents are more interested in her getting a marriage certificate than her high school certificate! And I thought I had problems.
7. Read Persepolis 2--which can be found at the Multnomah County Library. Draw a 3 page graphic novel version of your own story or growing up, or write a written response (1 page well-crafted). 70 points for a job well-done.
8. Choose a newspaper article of a current event and draw your own graphic novel version of events. One page, 40 points for a job well-done.
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