Tuesday - March 08, 2011

1st Per - Continue working on the missing assignments you both owe me. 

2nd Per - We are doing a historical biography for the next 3 weeks.  You will need to select a biography about a world leader (must be foreign - not American,) read it, and write a report.  The book must be of decent size. I think anything from 175 - 350 pages is appropriate.  If you can't find books that large, you may use a compilation of books, but then you will also need to include a bibliography at the end, and you will have more work for the second part of this assignment.  If you only use one book, you need not include a bibliography. 

• This report will contain two parts: 
• Part I:
•  is a biography of your person.  2/3 - 3/4 of you paper
• Discuss their life events from birth till death.
• consider things like family background and upbringing.
• Educational opportunities
• Marriage and family
• How they came to power
• How they ran their country
• How the country was perceived by the rest of the world during their leadership
• In short, I want a synopsis of the man/woman you are reading about. 
• Part II:
• You will disect the book and do a review of it for me.   1/3 - 1/4 of you paper.
• Did you enjoy the book?  Why? Why not?
• Use specific examples to support your conclusions. 
• Was it interesting or did it put you to sleep?
• Did you learn much about your subject, or did it miss the point?
• etc.
• This will be due on Monday, March 28, 2011.  It should be somewhere between 3 - 8 pages for the whole thing.  Anything less is too short, and anything more is too long.  Typed, double spaced, etc. 

3rd Per:  We started reviewing Paws test information and we used the whiteboards to go over answers from the practice tests.  We discussed test-taking methods and principles. 

I passed out the vocabulary and assigned it as homework.  Copies of it can be found on yesterday's post.  The Vocab from Week 9, spelling from 13A, and journal (What do you do for fun?) will all be due tomorrow (Wednesday.)

4th Per:  Same as 3rd Period.  Vocab, spelling, and journal all due tomorrow.

5th Per:  We FINISHED "Paradise Lost," finally.  No homework for this story yet but stay on your toes
Journal # 9, Vocab and Spelling are due Tomorrow.  See 3rd Period of today for details.

6th Per: - Same as 3rd Period.  Journal # 9, vocab and spelling are al ue to me tomorrow.