Monday, November 28, 2011

JULIUS CAESAR PLAY REVIEWS

THE PLAY IS DEC 1 2 and 3 at OPA Auditorium. Its a 7pm each night and 2pm and 7pm on Saturday.


See Ms. Cunningham in the library or Emilio for tickets.


You must see the play to review it. You will write a typed 1.5 page standard formatting review of the Orange High School performance of the play. The review will be due in class Tuesday December 6.

Friday, November 18, 2011

BOOK REVIEW RUBRIC

YOUR BOOK REVIEW SHOULD INCLUDE 1. SOME AUTHOR BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, 2. A MIX OF 5 POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CRITIQUES OF THE BOOK, 3. MULTIPLE QUOTES FROM THE BOOK THAT YOU USE TO EXPLAIN YOUR OPINIONS, 4. COMPARISON TO OTHER BOOKS AND AUTHORS, 5. SHORT PLOT SUMMARY AND CHARACTER EXPLANATION.
*FOR NATIVE SON,YOUR REVIEW SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE A PARAGRAPH AGREEING/DISAGREEING WITH 1 OF THE REVIEWS WE READ IN CLASS. Also should include comparison of two of the court cases we've discussed (Scotsboro Boys, Troy Davis, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Leonard Peltier, or O.J. Simpson).

Thursday, November 3, 2011

SHOUT-OUTS

Shout outs to everyone coming to tutoring and shout-outs to YaNeeq Williams, Paola Vargas, Abigale Nesbit, Tevon Bennet, Asalem Pierre-Louis, Deja Branch, Matthew Christian, Chinwendu Obi, Zenja Cisco, and Tarrayah McGill for their excellent ideas and participation in October and early November.

Shout-Outs to the Tornado News on working hard on your first set of assignments! @ Dharmenra, Kienaesha, Kalkidan, et al.

HSPA and AHSA Groups: you will do great on your upcoming unit test. Show me you can write persuasively!

AHSA: Monday
HSPA: the beginning of the following week.