Monthly Archives: January 2009

• Due Mon:Read the Preface, Chapter 1, Chapter 2 in Joy Hakim Age of Extremes.On the handout, answer the questions #1-3 and part of #4 from   handout. .Be ready to discuss the people and events of the time period in class on Monday.
• Due Mon: Make sure that you have made contact with your organization. Sent a follow up email.  And decided on a time that you are going to meet with them for the first time.8A:Sophie – Animal HavenEdith – City Bakery – Birdbath BakeryAnna – LES Ecology CenterJeff – Recycle a BicycleLaurence – Slow FoodsAaron – Bide-A Wee Animal ShelterShulian – Waterfront AllianceDiana – Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, BARCHannah – Brooklyn Animal Resource CenterDavid – Grand Central FoodsNile – Grimshaw Architects Harry – Green Buildings NYJonah – City HarvestAmyrah – Central Park Conservatory, Coalition For the Homeless    

Due Fri: Complete rough draft of your Reconstruction Round Up Essay Due Mon: Make sure that you have made contact with your organization. Sent a follow up email.  And decided on a time that you are going to meet with them for the first time.8A:Sophie – Animal HavenEdith – City Bakery – Birdbath BakeryAnna – LES Ecology CenterJeff – Recycle a BicycleLaurence – Slow FoodsAaron – Bide-A Wee Animal ShelterShulian – Waterfront AllianceDiana – Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, BARCHannah – Brooklyn Animal Resource CenterDavid – Grand Central FoodsNile – Grimshaw Architects Harry – Green Buildings NYJonah – City HarvestAmyrah – Central Park Conservatory, Coalition For the Homeless 

Due Tues:1. Write an sample email to an organization of your choice.  Use the sample email template but DO NOT send this.  You may save it as a draft and print it for me.2. Look through last year’s Sustainability blog where the eighth graders posted reflections from their volunteer work.  Note that not all of these entries got full points, but it gives you an idea of what you’re required to do. Due Friday:1. Reconstruction Round-Up Essay: Typed, 12-point font. Double Space. Proper heading. Title. Date.You must have evidence that you read and understood the epilogue in F.U.R. 

Good job everyone on your Advisory Lessons!

Due Friday, January 23:

 1. Prepare for the socratic seminar in Core All by reading the excerpt of the “I Have A Dream” Speech (which you already read).  Mark up that section of the speech with connection that you can make to history, people, you life, current events.  Write questions that you have in the margins.  Underline or highlight significant lines and explain why they’re significant in the margins.  Try and find metaphors in the speech that helped King tell his story and connect with the audience.

Due Monday: 

1. Complete the reflection on the Socratic Seminar.*

*If you missed the seminar or were absent just do questions 1, 4 (based on your past experience, not on seminar), 5 (again, based on past experience, not on seminar), and 9 & 10.!

Due Thursday:

1. Make sure your circular sustainability poem is complete, decorated, has your name on the front and you have it cut out!

2.  Sustainability Project Launch Handout.

3. If you are reading your personal narrative aloud tomorrow, practice tonight!

Due Tuesday, January 20 (Inauguration Day!!)

1. Complete the assignment (assignment here) on MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech (text of speech here–you need it to do the assignment).

2. Re-write your poem in the circle provided (or your own, neat! circle).  Make them post-able quality with correct spelling, colors or a design.

Due Friday:

1. S.Q.R.L notes for Freedom’s Unfinished Revolution pages 267-272.(includes page 269 even though that page looks separate.)

2.  Complete the “M.L.K. Jr. Assembly Activity” handout with the Poem that is inspired by your resolution to do something about a topic or issue that you care about.

Due Wednesday: Plan your time well! :-)1. S.Q.R.L. notes for Freedom’s Unfinished Revolution pages 263-267.  (We will study the primary sources on page 261 in class so don’t worry that you’re skipping that part.)  You should identify 6 subtitles, make them into questions, read the sections under that subtitle and answer your question.  Remember, this is a note taking strategy that we are practicing.  Yes, there are already questions in the margins of the chapter.  But we are going to try the S.Q.R.L. method anyway.  Remember, in high school and beyond, teachers and professors will expect that you already know how to take notes.  The S.Q.R.L. method is a way to train yourself to take notes on the main ideas of any text book or reference book (on any subject).2.  Personal Narrative draft four.  You’ve been doing a great job.  Don’t go home and just reprint the same ol’ story.  Take the suggestions that I gave to you and that your peer editor gave to you and make some real changes here.  I know who’s faking this editing process and who’s not.  Make a concerted effort to write your best! Your stories are worth it!(*Consider submitting to the Lit Mag this year! )

Due Monday:1. Completed Book Project due.2. Hakim, with handout, chapters 8 and 10 

For Wednesday, January 7

Welcome back!

We can not burn our 2008 lists–but we WILL shred them!

**May 2009 be your best year YET.**

1. Winter Book Project: Do 45 minutes of planning (do a brainstorm, sketch, or design) or actually spend the time to start your winter book project, selected from the 14 choices (see handout). You will not receive a HW check unless I can see that you have put in both time and effort. Final project due Monday, Jan. 12.