Month: November 2016

Using the various links below, fill out the note-catcher on Benazir Bhutto (she is the orator of our next text “Ideas Live On” – a speech given on April 22, 2007 in Denmark at a Pakistan Community Function).

• A site dedicated to Benazir Bhutto (11/30/16 – apparently the site crashed –  here is an updated link with the info from the site)
• History Channel: Benazir Bhutto
• Biography.com: Benazir Bhutto

Think of it as an online scavenger hunt, but use your time wisely; whatever you don’t finish in class today you will be responsible to complete for homework.

NY Times Op-Ed: The Legacy of Benazir Bhutto

DUE: Monday, December 5th

For more information, please visit this link.

Timeline:

• In library for book selection on: October 17th
• SSR Project Selection DUE: November 2nd
• Time in class to read: 2X a week for twenty minutes
• Project deadline extended on Wednesday, November 16th (from 12/02 to 12/05)

RUBRICS

The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says Brother David Steindl-Rast, a monk and interfaith scholar. And happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude. An inspiring lesson in slowing down, looking where you’re going, and above all, being grateful.

 

According to Kelly Gallagher, “Part of the reason my students have such a hard time reading is because they bring little prior knowledge and background to the written page. They can decode the words, but the words remain meaningless without a foundation of knowledge. To help build my students’ prior knowledge, I assign them an “Article of the Week” every Monday morning. By the end of the school year I want them to have read 35 to 40 articles about what is going on in the world. It is not enough to simply teach my students to recognize theme in a given novel; if my students are to become literate, they must broaden their reading experiences into real-world text.”

LA3: Instead of Detention, these Students get Meditation 

HLA3: Because I was a Girl, I was Told…

Students: If you haven’t already, please be sure to turn on email notifications via Google Classroom.

Update for Argumentative Essay Timeline:

– first draft of essay checked in on Wednesday (11/09)
– self-review of rough draft Wednesday (11/09)
– peer edits (@ least two) on Thursday and Friday (11/10 – 11/11)
– second draft of essay due SOC on Monday (11/14) – if you still need peer-edits, do not start your second draft yet
– work on final revisions and typing final draft Monday – Wednesday (11/14-11/16)
– final draft of essays due, submitted via Google Classroom, by Wednesday, November 16th @ 11:59pm

Reminder: No final drafts will be accepted without the original draft with revisions and edits (which can be turned in on November 17th).

Late submissions will result in a reduction of points.

The Argumentative Essay is summative.

Please email me with any questions and/or concerns.