Costal's English Honors 2 / AP Government

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Papers Due on Monday, Jan 9th

Mandatory revisions: War essay & Resolutions essay

Optional Revision: Columbus essay

Vocabulary Quiz

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Forgot...

I'm out on Monday (darn StuCo)...Vocab and Journal check on Tuesday...we'll also finish practicing Sentence Errors and keep inching toward Franklin/Zinn).

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Journal #14: Reaction to these comments &/or issues

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Two Lesbians Raised A Baby And This Is What They Got

Silly Costal! Forgot I'm not gonna be here!

Your Columbus rewrites will be due MONDAY! Also, you have vocab quiz that day.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Smiley & West Poverty Tour Part 2

Watch The Poverty Tour Part 2 on PBS. See more from TAVIS SMILEY.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Simply stated: Columbus: Hero or villain? Use Howard Zinn Chapter 1 and this Ayn Rand Foundation article to back your claim. Use specific reference to both or either text. As part of the argument, also acknowledge and dispute one of the key claims made by the other Also, feel free to utilize the Oakcrest databases or any other credible sources to back your point.

Be specific. Be innovative. Bring good people to your knife fight!

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