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Assignment 11/17November 18, 2011Create and EDMODO account (CODE: cclu78).

Use your Google Docs account name and password (in order not to forget them).

Assignment

PART 1
1. Write one thing you've learned about reading or writing this year. (more than 3 sentences)
Example starters:
One thing I learned about .... .
An example of this is... .
For example... .
This is important because... .
If you... .

2. Write 2 comments on other peoples' posts.


PART 2
1. Write one thing you are thankful about, give reasons.
Example starters:
I am thankful for/about .... .
I am grateful that... .
I am also... .
Another... .
If... .

2. Write 2 comments on other peoples' posts.
    Media Habits SurveyNovember 16, 2011
    Letter Assignment for CheckoutsNovember 08, 20111. Pretend you are the character of the girl with the orange bow in the story Checkouts and you are writing a letter to the character of the bag boy. Write the letter as if it is the night after you see each other at the movie theaters.

    Your letter should prove to me that you understood the story. You should use words that are appropriate for this level of writing. Your sentences should be clear and complex. You should have no spelling, usage, grammatical, or punctuation errors.

    possible topics:
    description of yourself (physical or personality)
    your move
    your relationship to your parents
    your new house
    how your mom feels about your new house
    how you feel about shopping at the supermarket
    when you first fell in love with him
    what you liked about him
    why you liked him
    how liking him helped you
    how you acted every time you came into the store
    your new love interest
    how you saw him later
    the reason you are writing to him now (this part you will have to make up)

    - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    2. Pretend you are the character of the bag boy in the story Checkouts and you are writing a letter to the character of the the girls with the orange bow. Write the letter as if it is the night after you see each other at the movie theaters.

    Your letter should prove to me that you understood the story. You should use words that are appropriate for this level of writing. Your sentences should be clear and complex. You should have no spelling, usage, grammatical, or punctuation errors.

    possible topics:
    description of yourself (physical or personality)
    your job
    how you feel about your job
    when you first fell in love with her
    what you regretted that first day
    why you liked her
    how liking her helped you
    how you acted at the store after meeting her
    how you felt after you didn’t saying hello to her the second time you saw her
    your new job
    how you saw him later
    the reason you are writing to him now (this part you will have to make up)
    Articles: A or ANNovember 03, 2011eucalyptus leaf
    casket
    honest citizen
    harvest
    swamp
    eulogy
    ox
    handful
    exaggerated tale
    tombstone
    olive
    yawn
    incredible journey
    flour sack
    inexpensive purse
    beveled glass window
    magnolia petal
    ibis
    wagon
    cotton field
    cashier
    Tibetan monk
    voyage
    occurrence
    embrace
    downpour
    check out
    ignorant statement
    shard of glass
    shift
    inventive solution
    engine
    crippled brother
    bag boy
    unidentified flying object
    El Salvadorian acquaintance
    honor
    early breakfast
    aged man
    hammock
    cradle
    entire mile
    dive
    newborn
    intuition
    fluttering
    hospital
    infant
    elderly woman
    road sign
    rock slide
    young calf
    hammer
    hot soup
    Checkouts - The Modified VersionOctober 31, 2011Here is the modified version of Checkouts
    Checkouts - QuestionsOctober 31, 2011Questions for Checkouts
    Checkouts - VocabularyOctober 28, 2011Checkouts Vocabulary

    Vocabulary Graphic Organizer
    Scarlet Ibis - VocabularyOctober 12, 2011Scarlet Ibis Vocabulary

    Vocabulary Graphic Organizer
    Ode to a StarJune 08, 2011Ode to a Star by Neruda
    Appearing at night
    on the terrace
    of a bitter and very high skyscraper,
    I could touch the nocturnal dome
    and in an act of extraordinary love
    I seized a sky-blue star.

    The night was black
    and I slipped along
    the street
    with the stolen star in my pocket.
    Of tremulous crystal
    it seemed,
    and suddenly
    it was
    as if I was carrying
    a package of ice,
    or an archangel’s sword at my belt.

    Fearful,
    I kept it
    under the bed
    so nobody would discover it,
    but its light
    first pierced through
    the woolen mattress,
    then
    the tiles,
    the roof of my house.

    The most private needs
    became
    uncomfortable
    for me.

    Always with that light
    of astral acetylene
    flashing like it wanted
    to return to the night,
    I couldn’t tend to all
    my duties,
    and so I forgot to pay my bills
    and wound up without bread or provisions.

    Meanwhile, in the street,
    passerby milled around,
    worldly
    vendors
    doubtless attracted
    by the unusual brilliance
    they saw coming from my window.

    Then
    I picked up
    my star again,
    carefully
    wrapped it in my handkerchief,
    and disguised among the crowd
    I could pass unrecognized.

    I went west,
    to the Green River,
    for there under the willows
    it was calm.

    I took the star of the cold night
    and gently
    cast it unto the waters.

    And I wasn’t surprised
    that it floated away
    like an insoluble fish
    moving
    in the night of the river
    its diamond body.
    Frontline: Meth EpidemicJune 07, 2011Frontline: Meth Epidemic

    Watch the program.

    Do "20 things" activity: 20 facts I learned about the meth epidemic.
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