Real Time

Real Time Reading Assignments:

Read pages 22-56 for Wednesday, Sept. 19 and complete handout
Read pages 56-102 for Friday, Sept. 21
Read pages 105-136 for Wednesday, Sept. 26
Read pages 136-end for Friday, Sept. 28
End Test:  Due to the assembly on Tuesday, the test will be moved to Wednesday, Oct. 3


Webquest assignment due on Friday, Sept. 21 (We will be working on it in class on Wednesday and Thursday)

Website addresses for Real Time Webquest:

Part I: Real Time Websites

http://www.answers.com/topic/pnina-moed-kass

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_suicide_attacks

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/

http://griid.org/2010/12/20/democrats-push-through-yet-another-anti-palestinian-resolution/

http://securitysolutions.com/news/security_exposing_hostile_intent/

Part II: Real Time Websites
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/kibbutz.html

http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/resource_center/index.asp

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005476

http://www.grouprecipes.com/91808/palestine-makluba.html

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/keffiyeh

The Weeks of September 10, 2012 and September 17, 2012

Assignments and due dates for "Marriage is a Private Affair" and Real Time:

"Marriage is a Private Affair"  - If not finished during class on Wednesday, please finish the questions for homework.  It does count as a quiz grade.

Real Time due dates:
Pages 1-middle of 22 due on Monday, Sept. 17 (chart should be completed, too!)
Pages 22-56 is due Wednesday, Sept. 19 (handout should be completed, too!)

If you have an IPod/MP3 player and headphones, you may bring them to class on Wednesday, Sept. 19 and Thursday, Sept. 20.  You will not be able to go to your locker during the class period to get them.  You must have them with you when you walk in the door.

Please have Real Time with you each day you come to my class.   If you do not have it with you, it will be considered an unprepared.

Unit 1: September 2012

Welcome 9 CP-A Students!

As 9^th grade English students, you will be exposed to many different cultures this year through films, literary works, and nonfiction.  What can learn from reading articles and stories and from viewing films about different cultures?   Why is it so important for young students in today’s society to be exposed to these different cultures?  Although both of these questions will be revisited throughout the year, it is how I would like to begin your first marking period of 9^th grade English.

You will be using the film we will be watching, the articles we will be reviewing, the short story and novel we will be reading this marking period to help answer the above questions.  Eventually, you will answer the question in a formal thesis paper.  All the tools you will need to be a successful high school English student will be given to you during the first marking period.

The following are the items we will be working on over the next marking period:

• ·         Quote Analysis

• ·         Critical Thinking Skills

• ·         Writing Skills (Thesis Statements, Paragraph Organization, MLA format, Citations, Works Cited Page, etc.)

To learn and strengthen these skills we will use the following for our discussions:

• ·          “Marriage is a Private Affair” and other selections from World Literature: An Anthology of Great Short Stories, Drama, and Poetry

• ·         Real Time

• ·         Osama

• ·         2012 summer and fall current event articles from around the world

• ·         Nonfiction Sample