Daily Archives: June 1, 2009

Monday, June 1

URGENT: DUE TOMORROW – WE RAN OUT OF TIME TODAY. PLEASE, IN PREPARATION FOR TOMORROW’S MUSEUM VISIT, spend a few moments answering the following two questions and turn them in to me in AM homeroom.  This may be short and to the point.  THANKS!

  • DO YOU HAVE ANY PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THE 9/11 TRAGEDIES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE PRIOR TO OUR VISIT TO THE 9/11 MEMORIAL MUSEUM OFFICE?
  • BASED ON  OUR STUDY OF MEMORIALS, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE COMMITTEE THAT IS CREATING THE NATIONAL 9/11 MEMORIAL SLATED TO OPEN IN 2011?

Notes: *** Tomorrow is our trip to the National September 11 Museum and Memorial. We leave at 12:30 and will return by day’s end.  Please wear layers and dress appropriately and respectfully ***Moving Up Speech deadline extended until Thursday, June 4.  ***BOOK RETURN: BRING IN FDRTKAM, library books, and any other texts or library books you have that belong back here!***UNIFOM RETURN: Please return all uniforms by Wednesday, June 3.  Due Wednesday, June 3:

  • PREPARATION for POETRY WRAP UP: Bring in your five best poems from writing workshop, typed up by 8:20 AM.  We will work with these poems in class on Wednesday.
  • Night, finish the book (pages 85-115 plus Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech pages 117-20)  and complete questions on the handout for the final assignment on the reading.

Due Thursday, June 4:

  • MOVING UP SPEECH (new and final deadline), one and one half page minimum, typed. Due at 8:20 AM.  Guidelines here.
  • Memorials Assignment Packet and Assignment-read and underline packet, complete questions, including making a sketch and reflecting on our 9/11 Memorial Museum visit. Please ONLY answer questions 3 and 4.