Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Homework - Thursday Oct. 1

Make sure you have read all of Chapter 2
Do Now You Try: Page 33 34 and 35
 Quiz chapter 2 -  this will quiz general knowledge.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Tues. Sept 29th Homework

If you did not finish the Summary Grid for "Coping with Procrastination," complete this.

Read Ways of Making A Change  "Agents of Change and Nonviolent Action" Pgs. 165-167
Read this first for overall understanding and look up any words that will help you understand the article.
Read it again and highlight main ideas ( Follow strategies on Pg. 23)
Make a Summary Grid  and then write a 1 page summary.
I will collect both of these.
Don't for get about the Thesaurus if you need help paraphrasing.

Read Chpt. 2  Pagess 30-34
Do Exercises on these pages

Quiz  on these pages.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Homework Thursday, Sept 24th

Read "Extreme Do Gooders- What Makes Them Tick?" Page 163
Write a 1 page response, using discussed strategies for responses and formatting according to the guide I handed out in class.
This is in addition to your personal narrative also due.

Friday, September 18, 2015

Homework - Tues. Sept 22nd

Continue to work on your personal narrative. Even though this is a first draft, IT MUST BE WORD PROCESSED AND IN CORRECT FORMAT. It is due Thursday Sept. 24 and needs to be between 3-4 pages.

Review Chapter I of Sourcework BE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND "How to Write a Response"
pgs. 17 - 19 Do Now You Try Pg. 18.

We will either have a quiz on this material of we will write a response in class.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Homework Sept. 15 Tuesday

Read over Hand-out on Narratives
 On Page 220 Look at The Assignment
and Come up with a specific idea.  Make a graphic organizer (Pg. 215) An example of a specific idea would be: "The time I was arrested because of mistaken identity"Put all of this on a separate piece of paper so I can collect it.



Do all Homework for Chapter 1  I will check books


Extra Credit:  Can someone find the news article about what happened yesterday in a case of "mistaken Identity."
                                                   

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

ATTENTION

Quiz on chapter 1 Sourcework
Thursday, Sept 10th

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Homework Thursday, Sept 10

Read Pages 19-26
Do Exercises:
Pg. 23 - Now You Try
Pg. 25- Now You Try
Pg. 26 - Now you Try -
 Give yourself plenty of time for these exercises.  They will take a while.

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Homework Tuesday Sept 8

Purchase the textbook, Sourcework, Academic Writing from Sources
 Read Pages 1-19 For Open Reading go to page 155-159 and read  "Why People Take Risks"
Do Activities 1 and 3 Pg.5
Fill in the blank activities on Pages 7,8,10,11,12 and Activity 2 Pg. 12-13.

Sometimes I give quizzes on homework