Go Go Go Mary!

This weekend, your only homework is to wish Mary "I Hate Obama" Furgione well in her bid to attain a state-level Student Council executive board position. Go Mary!

Awww shucks...blogging is too much fun, I could never let you do my blogging for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D4oDKTe3rk

Homework Journal #26

Respond to the article posted below. Do you agree with the girl? the parents? the school?

Bridgeton student sues school district for forbidding her to take part in abortion protest - pressofAtlanticCity.com : Latest News

Bridgeton student sues school district for forbidding her to take part in abortion protest - pressofAtlanticCity.com : Latest News

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PhillyBurbs.com: Teen charged with killing Pem. Twp. student

PhillyBurbs.com:  Teen charged with killing Pem. Twp. student

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New on the Blog

A comprehensive list of journals to assist you in organizing for class now exists on the blog. See side panel.

Pakistan & Taliban

Originally, I was going to assign a paper for Monday, but instead I agreed to only require a reaction to any of the multimedia viewed in class as Journal #18. Because of a combination of technical difficulties, my own confusion and various other issues. Each class watched different things. In case you need further ammunition for your journal. Here are links to all the things we covered in class today.

From the NY Times, documentary on Swat Valley.

From NBC, Anne Curry's interview with David Rohde

From NPR, Terry Gross' Fresh Air interview with Rohde 

Thanks Sky...Good Question

Sky's point about needing to log in to the NY Times web site is a good one. Now the article has been archived. This means that it is only viewable by those signed up with the Times. To avoid that, link to the parts of the article through the blog. Those links are "permalinked" and should always work. Thank you!

NY Times Journalist...Kidnapped by Taliban

Read this chilling first hand account of being kidnapped by Taliban forces while on a journalistic assignment in Afghanistan. Grab it here. David Rohde the NY Times journalist was detained for over seven months. Read the first installment of the article. Actively read and annotate. Expect to need to know details about the situation. Apply it to your study of US Govt. Watch the "interactive features." Two videos, one is an introduction, the other is a video companion to the first installment of the article. They are helpful and should be viewed first. Respond to the article as Journal #17

Subsequent Parts are not due Monday, I just wanted to permalink them before they wind up in the NY Times archive.

Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Epilogue

Aphorisms Anyone?

Obama & Peace

Resources for Obama Nobel can be found anywhere. The stuff we use in class is from NPR News (http://www.npr.org/).

Wednesday, Rocktober 7, 2009

Here lies the NPR article and audio. 

Welcome to October, It's Gonna Get Scary!

All assignments due Monday!

On Friday, you will receive a vocabulary supplement. Something to get creative with and have some fun. Will be graded and collected on Monday as a quiz grade.

Should be completed on your own. Do not cooperate.

Journal #10: Read the following articles and react to the issues contained within. One is about Michael Vick. The other is an abstract about ethical practices of the Nike corporation in general for your information.

September 24, 2009

Read the NY Times Facebook article, and comment in your journal. Practice annotation/academic reading techniques that we are discussing in class. Be sure that your journal response takes a side. In other words, agree or disagree and support your position. Since I was late in posting this assignment, I will push the due date to Tuesday.

September 17, 2009

Read "Sinners in the Hand of An Angry God" & bio by Jonathan Edwards on pages 77 - 81. Then read "Rappaccini's Daughter" by Hawthorne. For Journal #5, compare and contrast, the two stories. Be sure to focus on Hawthorne's beliefs versus traditional Puritanism.

September 8, 2009: Journal #3: The Obama Speech to School Kids

Provided are two articles about the controversy surrounding President Obama's address to public school children today, as well as a full text of the speech itself. Read all three documents (as well as feeling free to supplement your research with additional information) and comment on the controversy. Feel free to focus on any of the myriad of issues surrounding this topic, but ultimately choose a side -- the President or his critics -- make your opinion known. All links are listed below.

NY Times here.

Controversy prompts Obama to issue text of school speech

Controversy prompts Obama to issue text of school speech

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Click to read the prepared text of President Barack Obama’s back-to-school address scheduled for Tuesday. - pressofAtlanticCity.com : Home

Click to read the prepared text of President Barack Obama’s back-to-school address scheduled for Tuesday. - pressofAtlanticCity.com : Home

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September 3, 2009: Who you are

Tomorrow: Hester! Hester! Hester!

Journal #2: React to your Learning Combination Inventory Data

September 2, 2009: Journal #1 -- Assisted Suicide in the News

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/world/europe/15britain.html

Read the article above and react as Journal #1. Feel free to also comment on the blog to continue or begin the discussion that will be engaged in class. What is your personal opinion about this issue? What are the potential moral or ethical complications?

Welcome to English 2/AP Gov's Home on the Web

This blog will act as our meeting space and community. You will use it to submit assignments, participate in discussions, freewrite, organize your course notes and otherwise stay abreast of the day to day workings of the course. I will usually set weekly course outlines on the blog to make it easier for you to monitor due dates. Part of your daily homework will be to check this blog EVERYDAY.