Costal's English Honors 2 / AP Government : September 2009

Sunday, September 27, 2009

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.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

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.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

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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Thursday, September 3, 2009

September 3, 2009: Who you are

Tomorrow: Hester! Hester! Hester!

Journal #2: React to your Learning Combination Inventory Data

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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?

Periods 5 - 8 Journals

ALTERNATE #3: If you could vote, which one of the following people would you elect president of the United States: President Obama, Governor Romney, Mr. Costal or Elmo the Muppet? Why?
ALTERNATE #2: You must chose one. Would you rather have eyebrows that are alive and crawl around your face, or leave a trail of paprika wherever you go? Why?
ALTERNATE: Would you rather have a ketchup dispensing navel or a pencil-sharpening nostril. Why?
#11: Tell me something positive or hopeful
#10: Ryan Seacrest article
#9: Should Walmart be Open on Thanksgiving
#8: Who would you vote for?
#7: Reflections on Hurricane Sandy
#6: Compare/Contrast Trayvon Martin case with Boston Massacre case.
#5: Reaction to "Class Dismissed in Swat Valley" (Malala)
#4: Explain the main idea behind John Adams' closing argument
#3: Do you think the British Captains (from the Boston Massacare) deserve to hang for their actions?
#2: What are the three virtues (as discussed in Franklin's autobiography) that would most help you live a good life.
#1:Reaction to article about the rising cost of college and/or the performance art piece "Financial Aid Hold Up"

Journals 12 - 13

#49 & 50: Economy Quotations
#48: WWTT
#47: Story of Stuff
#46: Emersonian Aphorisms
#45: You Might Be a Transcendentalist...
#44: Bare Necessities
#43: The Body-crombie and Snitch
#42: Modern Day Minstrels?
#41: Huck Finn
#40: Huck Finn
#39: Huck Finn
#38: The Importance of Music
#37: Mark Twain online
#35 & #36: Jeff Snith issues double
#34 Jeff Smith #2
#33: Jeff Smith #1
#32: State of the Union and rebut
#31: BSA and homosexuality
#30 PEDs and Mr. Smith
#29: Phishy Tom Sawyer
ALTERNATE: Describe a dream you have had recently. Use as many details as possible. What do you suppose it means?
#28: Ethics Alley
#27: Obama's Inaugural Address
#26: Hawaiian Girlfriends Who Do Not Exist
#25: Maggie Simpson, paradigms and a Better Education
#24: Mandatory Military Service?
#23: "Working Class Hero"
#19 - #22: Morality Journals
#18: 3 Virtues for your Kids
#17: What Gives You Hope?
#16: Reaction to Newtown and President's address
#15: The Nuclear National Park
#14: Cognitive Disabilities and Policing
#13: We Fall the Night...
#12: Politics & Culture
#11: The Next President
#10: Malala & article
#9: Hurricane Sandy reflection
#8: Class Dismissed in Swat Valley
#7: Foreign Policy Debate Reaction
#6: Debate Reaction
#5: US in Japan
#4: Muslim, movie & mayhem
#3: 9/11 Journals
#2: Obama DNC speech
#1: Obama/Romney = the issues

Journals '11 - '12

#40: Self-Reliance
#39: Providence and pop songs
#38: Emersonian Aphorisms
#37: Baloo the Transcendentalist
#36: The College Debt Problem
#35: College/Financial Aid in the Bag
#34: Huck Finn
#33: Shirley Tirkle speech
#32: Chalkdust Torture
#31: To Build a Fire
#30: This American Life - Retraction 2
#29: This American Life - Retraction 1
#28: You are 7 again!
#27: Wall Street Journal articles
#26: Steve Jobs vs. Mike Daisey
#25: Changing Educational Paradigms
#24: Documentary about College
#23: How Family Found Ethics
#22: Ethical Scenario
#21: Double Journal: Ethics Alley
#20: Franklin's Attributes
#19: Favorite Aphorisms
#18: Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory
#17: Imagine changing "Imagine"
#16: Mr. Sera Tattoo
#15: Choose aphorisms
#14: Reaction to Bachmann's comments in Iowa
#13: UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident
#12: War! What is it good for?
#11: Patriot Act turns 10
#10: NCAA athletes unionize
#9: Missrepresentation
#8: We Fall Mizpah
#7: Tea Party Movement
#6: Occupy Wall
#5: The sun will rise....
#4: Repeal of Dont Ask, Don't Tell
#3: "Preachers Warn"
#2: "My City of Ruins" 9/11
#1: Public Praying

6/7 Journals for Spring

T: What are the main questions that "Bolwing for Columbine" poses
R & S: The main point of "Bowling for Columbine"
Q: Reaction to footage on Columbine shooting
P: 1st half of "Bowling for Columbine"
O: Poetic Stick-up (TED performanace art)
N: Do you believe the "alone together" concept of technology (TED from class)
M: newspaper article choice and citation
L: George Zimmerman's 9-11 calls
K: "To Build a Fire" reaction
J: newspaper article choice and reaction
I: Foxconn stories: how are they different?
H: US Violence stats reactions
G: The Interrupters: What stuck with you?
F: Thoughts on violence in Chicago (Interrupters)
E: Racism during Hurricane Katrina
D: specific lessons Pete learns from Sucker
C: "Sucker" reaction
B: Opinion of Kim and Scott (TTW)
A: Trouble the Water reaction