Costal's English Honors 2 / AP Government : ACCC Class #2, July 14, 2010

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Welcome to your family! Hope you like them, because like your real family, you're stuck with them!

Read Lewis Beale's article handed to you in class today: What's Wrong with Writing? You will be quizzed on its contents.

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

6/7 Journals for Spring