Final Short Story Due Wed. Feb 16

(Next week, we will have an author’s celebration during class instead of an author’s breakfast)

NO other Homework for ERB’s- Get rest and eat a hearty breakfast; BE ON TIME!

TUE schedule:

8:30-9:15 Math Part 2 with Bobby

9:25-10:10 Writing Concepts and Skills with Peter

10:15-12:15 PE (Houston), Lunch/recess, and homeroom

12:15-1 Quantitative Reasoning with Bobby

1-2:15 Math X/Y

2:15-3 Core A/Science B

*The following students are attending a Mercy Corps workshop with Momii from 2-3 (leave LREI at 1:30): Sage, Marcelo, Charlotte, Jerel, Jaron, Odelia, Eli, and Mei-An

• Morgan Spurlock’s ’30 Days’: Immigration

30 Days on Immigration

• Monsanto and Food Inc.

Monsanto’s ‘Food Inc’ response

Homework:

Due Monday 2/14-

1. Food Inc. response/viewing questions-answer questions on separate sheet in 1/2 to 1 page; you may include personal reflection in addition to question.

Food, Inc. Viewing Questions

2. Read America Is ch. 20- pp. 464-471 and complete margin questions (13 of them)

3.a)PSA preparation-  Step 1: answer questions for Step 1. Due for CORE Monday.

They will be listed below:

• What is the problem that you are addressing?
• What communities are affected?  How?
• Why should people care about this issue? What’s the broader impact?
• What are some ways that others can take action?

b) PSA worksheet- Step 2: Brainstorm visual imagery. Complete the backside of PSA worksheet by sketching your ideas and looking up statistics.  This is due for Carin on Monday.

PSAfinalassignment2011REV

4. Final short story now due Wed. Feb. 16

2011 Short Story Rubric and Checklist

Homework:

Due Monday 2/14-

1. Food Inc. response (answer questions on separate sheet in 1/2 to 1 page; you may include personal reflection in addition to questions)

Food, Inc. Viewing Questions

2. Read America Is ch. 20- pp. 464-471 and complete margin questions (13 of them)

3. PSA worksheet- complete the backside- sketch your ideas- due for art

PSAfinalassignment2011REV

4. Final short story now due Wed. Feb. 16

Visits on Friday:

*12-1:30 Yoleine Gauteau who works with NEGES in Haiti will visit

NEGES Foundation website

*2:15-3 Young Adult and Children’s author Cynthia Leitich Smith

Cynthia Leitich Smith’s website

Social Justice Resources

Mercy Corps website

This is good for getting research and info.

PSA project:

PSAfinalassignment2011REV

For the blogs:

Blog-PostSJ2011

For the biographies:

SJ bio example

Other important documents:

InterviewPreparationSJProj10-11

SJEmail:PhoneTemp10-11

REVSJProjEttiquette2010-2011

Social Justice Groups Master List 2010-11

Homework:

Due Thursday 2/10:

1. Chapter 20 in America Is pp.455-464 and margin questions. Answer all margin questions in full sentences on a separate sheet of paper. We will have a final exam on the progressive era before Spring Break, please take this assignment seriously.

2. Continue to work on PSA project!

Due Friday 2/11:

1. Food Inc. response (you will get more instruction in class tomorrow when we watch it during Core/Science)

Due  Monday 2/14:

1. Final short story due (with 2-3 drafts)

2011 Short Story Rubric and Checklist

2. Chapter 20 in America Is pp.464-471 and margin questions

Homework:

1. Print out clean copy of short story for peer editing with Momii’s class tomorrow.  FINAL DRAFT due Mon 2/14

2. Read chapter 20 in ‘America Is’ pp. 455-464 and complete margin questions (there are 13).

3. Begin work on PSA project.

Homework:

1. Print out clean copy of short story for peer editing with Momii’s class tomorrow.  FINAL DRAFT due Mon 2/14

2. Read chapter 20 in ‘America Is’ pp. 455-464 and complete margin questions (there are 13).

3. Begin work on PSA project.

PSAfinalassignment2011REV

Homework:

Due Tue 2-8

1. write thank you letter to Mirko Ilic

2. 5th draft of short story (with peer edits).  The following people already turned one in that I read last week: Mei-An, Mikayla, Odelia, Lola, Lizzy, Katya, Asha.

• Final draft due Mon 2-14
• Short story breakfast (tentative) Fri 2-18

3. Read chapter 20 in America Is:’The Progressive Era’, pp.455-464 and margin questions (13 of them) due Thu 2-10

Ongoing:

*Continue to work on Social Justice websites and begin planning for PSA project

Homework

Due Monday:

1. Read excerpt from Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan.  Also complete QTIPS for reading.

2. Turn in 5th draft of short story with peer edits by Tue 2-8

Final draft due Monday 2-14.  Tentative date for reader’s breakfast is Feb. 18

*Monday, we will begin ERB practice.  ERB’s are schedule for Feb. 15-17.