Homework for 11/30

Read Chapter One of What is the What, pages 9-19.

Sign up for the ning. Go to http://englishbaione-doda.ning.com/. Join the group Humanity and Empathy. Post a comment - post a quote from Chapter One. Be sure to include the page number of your quote in MLA format. See my comment for an example of how to do this.

Krik? Krak! Final Project

Krik? Krak! Final Assignment

In your family, there are mothers, sisters, aunts, and so on. Write the biography of a woman in your family. Ask a woman in your family to tell you a story, write what you have heard from other family members about this woman, or write the story of an experience you had with this woman but from an outside point of view. All stories must be:
· Written in third person
· Promote empathy in the reader
· Typed in MLA format
· Be at least two pages in length
· Be submitted no later than Friday, December 4, 2009

On Reading Krik? Krak!

What did you think of the stories in the book Krik? Krak!?
Did you like/dislike the stories?
Did you like/dislike one story in particular?
What did you like/dislike?
Did you like/dislike the style in which the stories were written?

Why?
Be specific. You must make specific references and JUSTIFY your response.

Homework 11/23

Read and take notes on the story "Seeing Things Simply" starting on page 123 of Krik?Krak!

Homework for 11/20

Read and take notes on "1937"

Homework 11/19

Read and take notes on "New York Day Women"

"Night Women"

Read "Night Women" p.81 in Krik?Krak!

Take notes using the same method we used for "Children of the Sea."

There is no homework tonight :)

Taking notes on "Children of the Sea"

Cornell+Note+Taking+For Literature

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November 16th

Read and take notes on "Children of the Sea," pages 3-29 in Krik? Krak!

There will be a test tomorrow on The Agronomist and "Children of the Sea." All of your notes will be collected and graded as part of your exam.

Important Dates

On Monday, we will finish The Agronomist.

Monday night, you should read and take notes on the story "Children of the Sea" in Krik? Krak!

On Tuesday, we will take an open note exam on The Agronomist and "Children of the Sea."

Continue summarizing your notes on The Agronomist

Cornell Note Taking Template -

This is due tomorrow. Remember - the quarter ends Friday. Make a wise choice.

Write a one-page, persuasive essay in which you urge your audience to take action regarding an important world issue.

Be sure to:
•Create an original thesis that clearly states your position regarding the issue you have chosen
•Address the images you have chosen to place in juxtaposition as a means of persuasion
•Use the elements of persuasion (pathos, logos, ethos, appeal to authority, sense of urgency)
•Write in clear, well-developed paragraphs with an introduction, body, and conclusion
•Write a full rough draft
•Revise your paper so that it is exactly one typed page when in MLA format
•Print a copy of your essay and submit it with your rough draft and your pictures in class tomorrow
•Upload a copy of your paper to www.turnitin.com by Tuesday, November 10th at 2:00 p.m.

Friday's class and homework.

Between The Pool And The Gardenias

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By Friday, 11/6

You should have read "A Wall of Fire Rising" and "Between the Pool and the Gardenias"

Homework for Monday, November 2nd

Read p.219-224 "Women Like Us" in Krik? Krak! and answer the following questions in your notebook:


1. What similarities do you see between "Women Like Us" and "Girl"?
2. What similarities do you see among "Women Like Us," "Girl," and Persepolis?
3. Why do you think these similarities exist?


Then read the story "A Wall of Fire Rising" p. 51-80