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.