Outside Reading: Week 3

This assignment is for part 3 of your outside reading project.


DUE DATE: Sunday, October 7, 2007

You will make two postings this week. You should label them: Week 3, part 1 and Week 3, part 2

Part 1
1) Summarize what you've read as if you were creating a Spark Notes version of the memoir.
2) Research the author of your book and write a short biography in your own words. Cite your sources. Leave internet links to your sources. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE. Include a photo of the author and cite the source for the photo.

Part 2
1) Write a journal entry post of the entire book up to this point. Discuss the book's strengths and weaknesses in your mind; talk about your feelings about the issues brought up; relate the book to real life and perhaps your own life; make predictions; discuss your feelings related to the book.

NOTE: In a 300-page book, you should be nearly 150 pages through by the end of this week.

Outside Reading: Week 2

For week 2:

1) Post a short summary of the second section of your book. This should be one or more paragraphs and be similar to a Sparks Notes or Cliff's Notes version of the pages covered. Make sure the summary makes it so someone who has not read your book might understand the reading in a conversation.

2) Find 10 "loaded words" (words used for extreme emotional effect; strong connotation words) in your reading.
- List the word
- Identify the page the word came from
- Explain why you feel the word is loaded and its intended connotative feeling
- Predict why the author chose that specific word

3) Write a journal post of your reaction to the reading for this week.

DUE: Sunday, September 30, 2007

Outside Reading: Week 1

For your outside reading project, divide your book into six similarly lengthed segments. If your book is 300 pages, you would have roughly six 50-page sections. If you have 24 chapters, you would divide it into four chapters each.

These pieces are the prescribed reading for individual weeks. We have six weeks to do the project. It is due October 24, 2007.

You may work ahead if you choose. Your posts, however, must be dated on or before the date due.

Have fun!

For week one:

1) keep an in-depth summary of your reading of the first section of your book. These summaries should be equal to a sentence or two per page and typed into your blog posting.

2) post your feelings, reactions, predictions and discussions of the first section in your blog written as a journal entry.

This I Believe Assignment 9-18-07

1. A link to the essay
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4670423

2. Author
Albert Einstein

3. Title
An Ideal of Service to Our Fellow Man

–4. One sentence of what the belief is
I believe in the marvelous.

–5. 2 examples from the story that showed their belief

–6. 1 favorite passage

Memoir vs. Autobiography

Here's our double-bubble from class today.

English 10 First Hour Assignment

This part of the blog is for First Semester 1st Period.

Here is your English assignment for Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007:

1) Create your own blog at http://www.blogger.com
2) If you need help, go to the help page.
3) On your blog, post a thoughtful, written response to these two questions (be sure an address why you answered the way you did):
----The thing I am most anxious about at Edina High School is ...
----One goal for myself in my sophomore year is ...
4) Publish the post so the blog is viewable on the internet.
5) After you write your blog posting, please post a link to your blog URL in my comment section. This way I'll know where to find your blog.

This part of the blog is only for 1st hour. Please click on the "comments" part and leave me the URL with your first name and last initial.

English 10 Second Hour Assignment

This part of the blog is for First Semester 2nd Period.

Here is your English assignment for Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007:

1) Create your own blog at http://www.blogger.com/
2) If you need help, go to the help page.
3) On your blog, post a thoughtful, written response to these two questions (be sure an address why you answered the way you did):
----The thing I am most anxious about at Edina High School is ...
----One goal for myself in my sophomore year is ...
4) Publish the post so the blog is viewable on the internet.
5) After you write your blog posting, please post a link to your blog URL in my comment section. This way I'll know where to find your blog.

This part of the blog is only for 2nd hour. Please click on the "comments" part and leave me the URL with your first name and last initial.

English 10 Fourth Hour Assignment

This part of the blog is for First Semester 4th Period.

Here is your English assignment for Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007:

1) Create your own blog at http://www.blogger.com/
2) If you need help, go to the help page.
3) On your blog, post a thoughtful, written response to these two questions (be sure an address why you answered the way you did):
-----The thing I am most anxious about at Edina High School is ...
-----One goal for myself in my sophomore year is ...
4) Publish the post so the blog is viewable on the internet.
5) After you write your blog posting, please post a link to your blog URL in my comment section. This way I'll know where to find your blog.

This part of the blog is only for 4th hour. Please click on the "comments" part and leave me the URL with your first name and last initial.

English 10 Fifth Hour Assignment

This part of the blog is for First Semester 5th Period.

Here is your English assignment for Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007:

1) Create your own blog at http://www.blogger.com/
2) If you need help, go to the help page.
3) On your blog, post a thoughtful, written response to these two questions (be sure an address why you answered the way you did):

---The thing I am most anxious about at Edina High School is ...
---One goal for myself in my sophomore year is ...

4) Publish the post so the blog is viewable on the internet.
5) After you write your blog posting, please post a link to your blog URL in my comment section. This way I'll know where to find your blog.

This part of the blog is only for 5th hour. Please click on the "comments" part and leave me the URL with your first name and last initial.

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