3.30.09

Write 2 to 3 paragraphs answering the question, "how do the texts we read this unit relate to the concepts of morality and responsibility?"

Interested in an outstanding? Relate one other text we read this year to the same topic and make sure your whole assignment is 3 full paragraphs.
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3.26.09

Write AT LEAST one paragraph analyzing one of the following quotes by answering, "What advice does Martin Luther King, Jr. or Malcom X suggest in their quotation?"

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys a community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I think there are plenty of good people in America, but there are also plenty of bad people in America and the bad ones are the ones who seem to have all the power and be in these positions to block things that you and I need. Because this is the situation, you and I have to preserve the right to do what is necessary to bring an end to that situation, and it doesn't mean that I advocate violence, but at the same time I am not against using violence in self-defense. I don't even call it violence when it's self-defense, I call it intelligence.

- Malcolm X

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03.20.09

5 paragraph essay on Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery". Also provide an outline.

Answer the question: is the lottery a collective act of murder? Is it morally justifiable?
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3.12.09

Finish any incomplete work. The marking period comes to an end Friday!
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3.6.09

Read to page 53 and write one paragraph about either Scout or Jem and how he or she helped Atticus in front of the jail house.
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3.4.09

Complete reading up to page 28 in the screen play of To Kill A Mockingbird and complete one side of the reading response sheet.







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2.27.09

Homework Amnesty!!!

Do your missing homework for a reduced grade. Anything is better than a zero!
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2.26.09

Finish your reading role worksheets! Be prepared to discuss the story.
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Mid-Winter Break

Pretend you are HOLDEN and create a self portrait! ( Just like the self portraits of Frida Kahlo we studied in class.) Use 3 direct quotations from the text and be creative as you highlight major themes and symbols in your work of art. Your "self portrait" can be a comic book, a comic strip, a painting, a drawing, a collage, a website, a tapestry, a diorama or anything you want as long as you write the author's name, the name of the book and 3 important quotes.

All assignments are due on Monday when you get back!
Check your rubric to see how you will be graded.

GOOD LUCK!








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2.11.09

Read chapter 24. Write a summary or be prepared for a quiz!
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DUE 2. 10. 09

902 - No Homework
903/904 - Either complete the summary of Chapter 20 in The Catcher in the Rye or be prepared for a quiz. Students who wrote summaries will have in-class time for extra credit.

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Due Monday Feb. 9

902 : Read and summarize chapters 14 and 15
903 : Read and summarize chapters 16 and 17
904 : Read and summarize chapters 16 and 17

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Holiday Break!!

I hope you've been working on your essay about Like Water for Chocolate. You have your outline and direct quotations from the book ready! Remember to answer the question, "How did Tita's family affect her identity?"


On Monday all the components of your essay are due.

Start your new year off right and make sure you are prepared!!!!








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12.17.08

Write 2 paragraphs comparing and contrasting two poems we worked with in class. What is the same? What is different?
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12.16.08

Write 1 paragraph to explain what you think the poem is about.







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12.15.08

Write 2-3 paragraphs comparing and contrasting the book and the movie.

Paragraph 1: what was the same?

Paragraph 2: what is different?

Paragraph 3: which one was better and why?
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12.08.08

Today is the first day of the new marking period!

Take advantage of the fresh start!


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12.2.08

FRIDAY the 5th is the last day of the marking period!!!!

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11.18.08

Complete the outline for your essay!

Family essay is due on Friday!
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11.14.08

Due Monday:

Complete all three interviews for your family essay.

Ask: What is the importance of family to you and why?
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