11/30: Additional reading for the weekend

Costco: The Anti-Walmart

#CostalAP

Due Monday, 12/3/12

Read the Autobiography of Ben Franklin (and all related materials on pgs. 84 - 96)

Vocabulary Quiz postponed to Monday.

Article about Supreme Court's Potential Involvement with Gay Marriage

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Or, check it on front page of LA Times.

To My 2nd Period

Some people claimed that I never went over the assignment, but after reflecting on my lesson, I think this is not the case. Either way, the assignment is attached. Do the best you can, and we will discuss it after break. Happy Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Week Assignment Part 2

EAD: Read the Purdue OWL's guide to writing narratives. I will take questions on this Monday.

Chapter One of Shoeless Joe by WP Kinsella

WRITE:

Formal Writing #1: THE DESCRIPTIVE NARRATIVE: Begin by reading the 1st chapter of WP Kinsella's novel. So much of what's moving about it is the passion the narrator uses when describing the things he loves. Write a short narrative describing something (or someone or someplace) you love or are vary passionate about. Could be soccer. Your boyfriend. A holiday. Disney World. A keepsake. Your part-time job. Your group of friends. A hobby. Just make sure you are telling me about it by presenting a specific story. SHOW me, don't TELL me. The narrative should be both a story (first person, with a beginning, middle and end AND proof of your passion). For example, if your passion is scuba diving, write a narrative about a specific scuba trip and through telling the story...let your passion shine through. Don't describe the thing itself. Tell a story that involves the thing and evinces your love. Difficult? Sure. Impossible? Not even close.  Approx. two pages in length.

Thanksgiving Week assignment Part 1

Though we have much to do before getting back to comprehensive foreign affairs coverage, the obvious issue facing the newly re-elected Obama administration will be "balancing act" that is escalating violence in the Gaza strip...an age-old and little understood foreign policy issue that has monumental effects on the future of not only the US, but the world. Take a look at this NY Times topic page in order to start to get a sense of this immensely complex global issue.

George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"

Here.