Real Time

Real Time

This is an excellent book by Pnina Moed Kass. The reading due will be announced in class.


We will be going to the lab on Wednesday to do research for Real Time. Meet me in Room 316 (upstairs lab)

Part I: Real Time Websites

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

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

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/world/middleeast/23aipac.html?_r=1&ref=israel

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

http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/neighborhood-bully

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

Have a great summer!

The Week of June 6 & Exam Review

Exam Review: Please refresh your memory on the works and terms listed below. There are three sections to your exam. You will have a formal writing prompt (including your research), a literary and poetic term section, and a creative writing prompt.

Works studied the second sememster:
Romeo and Juliet, The House on Mango Street, All Quiet on the Western Front, Real Time, Last Letters Home, A Midnight Clear, Osama, Whale Rider, and Hedda Gabler.

Terms discussed the second semester:
Situational Irony
Soliloquy
Aside
Concealment
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Apostrophe
Simile
Vignette
Personification
Imagery
Metaphor
Synesthesia
Oxymoron
Malapropism


Complete the following tutorials before Monday, June 6:
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/webevaluation/
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/

Research for exam essay will be completed during the week of June 6.
On Friday, June 10 you will need to have your research folder completed (Works Cited Page, Outline, Thesis Statement, and Researched Information)

Other useful websites on plagiarism:
https://www.indiana.edu/~istd/
http://library.camden.rutgers.edu/EducationalModule/Plagiarism/citeisright.html

Real Time

Real Time

This is an excellent book by Pnina Moed Kass. The reading due dates listed below.

Due Wednesday, May 18: Pages 1-middle of 22 and completed chart
Due Monday, May 23: Middle of 22-top of page 56 and questions on assigned chapter
Wednesday, May 25: Computer Lab 316
Due Thursday, May 26: Middle of page 56- page 102
Friday, May 27: Reading Quiz on first section of the novel
Due Tuesday, June 1: Pages 105 - pages 136


We will be going to the lab on Wednesday to do research for Real Time. Meet me in Room 316 (upstairs lab)

Part I: Real Time Websites

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

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

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/world/middleeast/23aipac.html?_r=1&ref=israel

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

http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/neighborhood-bully

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 May 16 and May 23

Real Time

This is an excellent book by Pnina Moed Kass. The reading due dates listed below.

Due Wednesday, May 18: Pages 1-middle of 22 and completed chart
Due Monday, May 23: Middle of 22-top of page 56 and questions on assigned chapter
Wednesday, May 25: Computer Lab 316
Due Thursday, May 26: Middle of page 56- page 102
Friday, May 27: Reading Quiz on first section of the novel
Due Tuesday, June 1: Pages 105 - pages 136

All Quiet on the Western Front and Thesis Paper Due Dates

All Quiet on the Western Front Reading Assignments:
Chapters 1 & 2 are due Thursday, April 28
Chapters 3 & 4 are due Monday, May 2
Chapter 5: We will discuss in class
Chapter 6 is due on Friday, May 6
Chapter 7 (start on page 151 "I am called to the orderly room..." to the end of the chapter) is due on Monday, May 9
Chapter 8 is due on Tuesday, May 10
Chapter 9 (pages 207-229) is due Wednesday, May 11
Chapter 10 (page 239-269) is due Friday, May 13
Chapters 11 & 12 are due Monday, May 16

Thesis Paper Due Dates:
Rough Draft is due Thursday, May 5
Final Draft is due on Thursday, May 12

April 25 - May 9

We will begin reading All Quiet on the Western Front during the week of April 25. You will also begin writing your thesis paper as a conclusion to the previous unit. Please listen carefully in class for reading and writing due dates.