Vacation Work

Greetings from Philadelphia!

If you are itching for things to do, here's a few ideas:

1: Get your ROAR book, science fiction! Or, if you want straight ahead science, select a book from the 9th grade list. Obenglish9.blogspot.com

2: Lots of Culture Vulture options, especially for the museum category.

I am not sure about all the timing for when we get back to school in January, but will give you an email closer to then.

peace.

Snow Day/Culture Vulture

Ah, there's the snow...

For Monday and Tuesday, please complete the final assignments for Term 2:

1: Culture Vulture Poster
2: Culture Vulture Response FD to Turnitin.com
3: Culture Vulture Poster Works Cited
4: Culture Vulture Presentation

Period 1
Monday

Baxter, Renee
Smalls, Kyle
Jeanmichel, Shelby
Perry, Christina
Demontegnac, Delroy
Kamara, Kanjo
Rosa, Claribel
Moy, Annie
Tan, Brendon
Tejada, Alan
Salomon, Christelle
Riosalers, Manuel
Cyrus, Jahlil

Tuesday
Brown, Alex
Antonelli, Anthony
Mejia, David
Sakhta, Wadea
Cummins, Marleah
Price, Lydia
Sepulveda, Andrew
Amarante, Tiara
Tarshahani, Tamara
Brito, Vicmarys
Hartfield, Alexis

Period 2
Monday

Ortiz, Sindy
Pimentel, Juleissy
Tang, Tai
Fajardo, Yaritza
Prifti, Gjergji
Andrew, Kishma
El-Behaedi, Salma
Ndugba, Obinna
Demontegnac, Aldwayne
Weathers, Justin
Bumar, May
Herman, Kevin
Meng, Angellica

Tuesday
Copeland, Maya
Lara, Ramsel
Webster, Marquette
Wu, Tiffany
Li, Julia
Miranda, Josiefina
Creese, Michael
Durand, Pierline
Um, Karuna
Vance, Isaiah
Brea, Katherine

Extra Credit!

@Boston Latin 3:00

OUT OF EXILE
The Abducted and Displaced People of Sudan

Edited by Craig Walzer
With an introduction, additional interviews, and an afterword by
Dave Eggers, Valentino Achal Deng, and Emmanuel Jal

Decades of conflicts and persecution have driven millions from their homes in all parts of the northeast African country of Sudan. Many thousands more have been enslaved as human spoils of war. In their own words, the narrators of Out of Exile recount their lives before their displacement, the reasons for their flight, and their hopes of someday returning home. Included are the stories of:

ABUK, a native of South Sudan now living in Boston, who survived ten years as a slave after being captured by an Arab militia.

MARCY AND ROSE, best friends who have spent the vast majority of their lives in a refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya. They remember almost nothing of their former homes in Sudan.

MATHOK, who struggled to find opportunities as a refugee in Cairo, but eventually fell into a world of gangs and violence.

JOHN, a teacher fighting to keep a school for Sudanese refugees alive in a poverty-stricken slum in Nairobi.

Final Week of the Term

You know the dates; plan your time!

ROAR

Culture Vulture

TKAM essay

(no vocabulary this week)

sci-fi ROAR

Here are some Term III ROAR choice selections.

Science Fiction= a future story that deals with present issues

Kindred by Octavia Butler
Dana, a black woman living in Los Angeles in 1976, is mysteriously transported to 1815 to save the life of a small, red-haired boy on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

The Dispossessed by Ursula LeGuin
Describes what a society based on true anarchy might be like...

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
It was a crime to own books, and if found they were burned

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
A revolution on the moon in 2076, where "Loonies" are kept poor and oppressed by an Earth-based Authority that turns huge profits at their expense.

1984 by George Orwell
Big Brother is watching you. Enough said.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Ordinary guy Arthur Dent is trying to fight city hall to save his house from being bulldozed, then ends up in space with a towel as his only hope for survival.

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
While exploring Antarctica, scientists discover the remains of vaguely amphibious creatures which cause them to conjure up horrific memories

The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
the author of Jurassic Park writes about a super virus that wipes out America

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Ice that freezes at room temperature; the world is in danger! A satire of science gone wrong.

Film Reading #2

For those who took the time to record notes and employ film vocabulary, your reading paragraphs were fantastic. In fact, yesterday was the highest number of Check + for any assignment this year!

Keep up the strong reading tonight. Compose a 2nd Film Reading paragraph

ROAR
12/19 10 posts

Culture Vulture
12/17 Rough draft and proof
12/22 Final Draft to Turnitin.com
12/22 Poster
12/22 Works Cited for poster
12/22-23 Poster Presentation

Read a film???

1: show off your new found vocabulary with a paragraph that reflects on today's reading.
-think about how the film frames the cigar box containing the watch, crayons, and other symbolic items.


2: Vocabulary Quiz #10 tomorrow


ps: a bird told me you could go here to refresh your TKAM reading:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/pseudosummer/videos/1/