Memoir Due 11/6 A Day or 11/7 B day

MEMOIR PAPER DIRECTIONS

Font: Times New Roman
Font Size: 12
Spacing: Double-spaced
Pages: 2 full pages
Rubric: Available in class
Focus: One moment or event that was critical to your life.

Post any questions you have below, 48 hours before due date. Or, email dwlarkins@gmail.com

THE TORNADO NEWS MASTHEAD

Editor-in-Chief: Shaun McRimmon

Managing Editor: Tyla McAlmont

News Edtiors: Asner Philemon, Davonte Dawes, Shaquille Brown

Photography Editor: Alaya Montgomery

Staff Writers: Jean Cadeau, Shahin Gumbes, Donovan Hatcher, Phalasade Porter, Amiria Cabey, Nelly Bobo.

Favorite Poem and Why


Post Below

PAST AND CURRENT STUDENTS - TAKE A LOOK

PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITY IN PRESTIGUOUS MAGAZINE, ENGLISH JOURNAL

Student Voices: This is a forum for students to share their experiences and recommendations in short pieces of 300 words. Teachers are encouraged to submit the best responses from their classes, not whole class sets, please. Individual students are welcome to submit as well. Current questions:

--How has English class made you more gutsy? (Deadline: November 15, 2012)
--What kinds of traditional assessments (tests, quizzes, projects, etc.) and nontraditional assessments (artwork, multi-genre pieces, electronic submissions) are the best measures of what you have learned? (Deadline: January 15, 2013)
 

ASK ME FOR MORE INFO. 

GRANT AND LAPTOP AWARDS!

NCWIT seeks high-school-level young women to apply for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing! The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing honors young women active and interested in computing and encourages them to pursue their passion for technology. Winners receive cool prizes, gadgets, and scholarships, and can join a community of like-minded technical women. National award-winners are selected from across the country and Affiliate Award competitions are available nationwide.  All girls at all computing levels are encouraged to apply—we’d like to recognize aspirations, not just accomplishments! 

National award-winners receive: 

• $500 in cash
• A laptop computer
• An engraved award (for both the student and her school)
• An expenses-paid trip to the national Award ceremony (for the student and her parent/guardian) 

Affiliate Award prizes will vary by competition.  Visit www.aspirationsaward.org for details on affiliate competitions.

Competition for the 2012-2013 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing is open to any U.S. high-school-level female (grades 9-12). Applications will be accepted beginning September 15, 2012, and must be submitted online atwww.aspirationsaward.org no later than 11:59 PM ET on October 31, 2012.  Winners will be announced December 10, 2012.

In conjunction with the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing, NCWIT is proud to offer the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Educator Award. The Educator Award recognizes educators for their efforts to promote gender equity in computing. The awardees are selected from the educators who are engaged in endorsing Aspirations Award applications. Each Educator Award recipient is eligible to receive up to $1000 in reimbursement for participation in a computing related professional development opportunity.

For more information about either award, please contact aspirations@ncwit.org.

THIS WEEK:

What, was Kobe busy or something?

*KEEP IN MIND SUMMER READING DUE  no later than SEPTEMBER 21st!

*Bring back your Family Surveys this week for your first test grade!

---welcome back---  :)

AWESOME WORK 2011-2012


WELCOME JOURNALISM AND SOPHOMORE VISIONARIES TO MR. LARKINS CLASS 2012-2013!

GET PUBLISHED ON IMPORTANT ISSUES

http://www.aidemocracy.org/students/bring-your-world-home-guest-bloggers-needed/




SIGN UP TODAY TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND KNOWLEDGE ON LOCAL AND WORLD ISSUES.

PROPAGANDA PROJECT

LET'S THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE. NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT PROPAGANDA IS, AND WE'RE READING FAHRENHEIT 451, LET'S CONSIDER WHAT TYPES OF PROPAGANDA THERE MAY IN THE FUTURE.




DUE MAY 31 THURSDAY IN CLASS FOR PRESENTATIONS.


A POSTER FOR EACH GROUP THAT INCLUDES 2 IMAGES, 2 QUOTES, AND AN EXPLANATION. I WANT YOU TO PRETEND YOU ARE SELLING AN ITEM IN THE FUTURE EITHER REAL OR IMAGINED. YOU MUST ADVERTISE THIS ITEM IN A LYING, DISHONEST. IF YOU NEED HELP, WORK WITH YOUR GROUP IN MY CLASSROOM AFTER SCHOOL.




propagandanounthe prophetic novel is about a government that controls the masses by spreading propaganda:information, promotion, advertising, publicity, spin; disinformation,counter-information; historical agitprop; informal info, hype, plugging; puff piece; the big lie.

ALSO big congralutions to Voices in Harmony

Rome, Christopher, Kingsley, Avionne, Cyrain, Joseph and everyone who made Orange proud in Boston this weekend! 


Can't wait to hear back from you.

BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO CYRAIN ANDERSON

CHECK OUT HER LETTER TO THE EDITOR IN THE STAR LEDGER!


http://blog.nj.com/ledgerletters/2012/05/stop_litter_in_orange.html#comments


I am very proud!

MORE EXTRA CREDIT

5 points to final grade


5 paragraph essay


due may 15


Describe the difference between Shakespeare's and Miller's view of the role/responsibility of the artist in society.


Use 3 quotes from Julius Caesar and Death of a Salesman.

SYMBOLISM IN LITERATURE AND FILM

1. What is a symbol?

2. What could be a few different symbols for marital conflict if you were writing a play, story, tv show, poem, or movie about a divorce?

X-Cred

Two extra credit opportunities. All my classes! YAY! 


1. Write a letter to the librarian to argue for a higher borrowing limit (right now it's one book at a time). Should be five paragraphs.


2. Write a 2 page review of OHS' production of Beauty and the Beast.

IN CLASS ESSAY TOPIC DEATH OF A SALESMAN

**pushed back until Thursday, MAY 3


CHOOSE ONE

WRITE A FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS. THIS WILL BE AN OPEN TEXTBOOK ESSAY AND SHOULD INCLUDE AT LEAST THREE QUOTES FROM THE PLAY. IT MUST BE FIVE PARAGRAPHS AND HAVE THREE QUOTES IN ORDER TO GET AT LEAST AN 80. YOU WILL HAVE 50 MINUTES IN CLASS TUESDAY.

1. Create an original thesis on the setting of the play. Describe the play's setting. Consider it from all angles: time, place, as well as feeling. What is the role of place in this play? What is the role of time in this play? How does setting effect the characters? How do the characters effect the setting?

2. CHOOSE THREE SYMBOLS FROM THE PLAY AND WRITE AN ESSAY WITH A THESIS ABOUT WHAT THE SYMBOLS REPRESENT, WHY THE AUTHOR USED THEM, HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PLAY (E.G. WHAT LASTING MEMORIES DO THE SYMBOLS GIVE THE AUDIENCE).

SYMBOL POSTER GROUP PROJECT

HELLO STUDENTS!


ON  TUESDAY MAY 1 you will have your symbol poster group projects due. Work with your group should be mostly done out of class. Arrange this wisely and use the school resources.


THE SYMBOLS (AND COMMUNITIES) : Rubber hose (law), stockings (health), diamonds (business), seeds (arts).


The project should be creative!  On a posterboard of any size track how the symbol changes and what the symbol represents in the play. You should have two or more images (pictures) and two or more quotes from the play as well as a sentence describing how the symbol changes throughout the play


Time-saving tip: Divide the labor amongst your group members and then glue it all together at the end. Be ready to present it as a group!

PERFECT EXAMPLE OF MEDIA LITERACY

AFTER READING THE ARTICLE AND EXPLORING THE LINKS within it (such as Trayvon Martin's myspace and related social media outlets): e-mail me  >>>> (Dwlarkins@gmail.com) SIX (6) SENTENCES OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE MEDIA. I.E., How have different media sources portrayed this case (and other news stories) differently? Why is that? What have you learned about media literacy lately? What has surprised you ?) SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE LINK
AFTER WRITING RESPONSE PLEASE FIND 2 ADDITIONAL CURRENT EVENTS that interest you and e-mail them to me.


THE LINK TO THE ARTICLE:


http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/bloggers-cherry-pick-from-social-media-to-cast-trayvon-martin-as-a-menace/

Trayvon Martin Petition

http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-our-son-17-year-old-trayvon-martin#

JULIUS CAESAR ANIMATED

LETTER TO THE EDITOR DUE 3/30

Next with your blogs you'll write a "letter to the editor." A letter to the editor is a evidence-packed opinion piece written to the editor of a publication. You will write yours to the Star Ledger and the Orange Transcript. Please follow the online forms to do so. This will mean using Google search, for example,  "Star Ledger letter to the editor."




You will CC your letter to me as well. E-mail dwlarkins@gmail.com 


You should write the letter in the body of your e-mail, with all your contact info, instead of as a attached document. 


Letter should include: description of your project and its goal. What you've done so far. Why you chose this issue. And what the community leaders: Board of Ed, Mayor, etc., can do about it).


We will look at examples in class.

KONY - PLEASE POST YOUR COMMENTS/OPINIONS

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/14/uganda-kony-idUSL5E8EE6EX20120314

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc

HSPA TESTING

CONGRATULATIONS ALL MY 110 TEST PREP STUDENTS! I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE YEAR WITHOUT THE WEIGHT OF THE HSPA ON US.

NEXT STOP: COLLEGE

Article Analysis

http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/the-strange-career-of-voter-suppression/?ref=opinion

What is this article trying to persuade the reader about?

What is voter suppression and what can it look like?

What do you feel has been suppressed in your life?

Blinded/Trapped Project Details

For this project, due March 14:


2.5 pages
5 Quotes
1 outside source.


Choose three different books you've read in the last year and write a research essay with an original thesis. Create a thesis about how characters in the books (plural) act trapped or blind. Use five quotes from the three books.  Your original thesis should apply to all the three characters and should be original, your own.
An example thesis that's slightly not specific enough is "___, ___, ___, feel trapped in their world because of their identify."


This is a major grade for marking period three. 


Your outside source should come from the library databases, especially EBSCO HOST.


username orangehs
password orange

Look what you can do with some research

Student finds lost Malcolm X speech.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-05/malcolm-x-speech-found/52974544/1

If you could open a store

Please read this article and answer the following questions.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/nyregion/una-mulzac-harlem-bookseller-with-a-passion-for-black-politics-dies-at-88.html?pagewanted=2&hpw


1. If you could open a store, what would you sell?


2. What would be your motto and why?

MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT UPDATE

AWESOME JOB TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SENT ME YOUR FIRST DRAFTS. YOU'RE OFF TO GREAT STARTS. I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU.