Final Homework - Discussion

Discussion Question - What is the tone and purpose of an article that you have found on a opinion page?

Reply to two classmates.

Tomorrow will be your final exam.

60 mins - Sadako / Seedfolks - plot - story elements - all vocabulary - infinitives - simple and complex sentences - perfect tense vs. past - universal questions - setting scene - figurative language - simile - metaphor - tone / author attitude - mood / reader's emotions - adjectives - purpose - persuade - inform - entertain.

Homework Tuesday - July 26, 2016 - Discussion Board

1). Tonight you are responsible for reading pg. 51 - 65 (we are not reading the Sae Young chapter) - Curtis' and Nora's chapters.

2.) In Curtis' chapter, what is his goal? What mood fits with his goal and why?

3.) Reply here with your response to the discussion board. Respond to at least one student.

Homework July 25th

Tonight you will need to study all of the vocabulary from the past chapters, so that you are prepared for a short quiz tomorrow.

Also, be sure to read the chapters entitled Sam and Virgil.

Finally, in your notebook (which will be turned in for a check tomorrow) answer the following prompts.

• What is the tone established by Fleischman in the chapter Sam on page 35, "That week, a man put chicken wire around his garden, five feet high, complete with a little gate and padlock. The week after that someone built a board fence. Then came the first KEEP OUT sign. Then, the crowning achievement - barbed wire. God, who made Eden, also wrecked the Tower of Babel, by dividing people. From Paradise, the garden was turning back into Cleveland"? 
• What is the mood created when Virgil's father tries to grow lettuce? Cite specific evidence in your response. 

Presenters for Tuesday: Kervens / Shu Ling / Viktor / Rui Fan / Luigi / Brayne / Huang Ling / JinFu

Homework Wednesday / Presentation Schedule for Next Week

Schedule for Presentations Next Week: 

Monday: Fernando / Phat Dieu / Zhi Tong / Nilufar / Tainge / Jia Xin / Xiao Rong

Tuesday: Kervens / Shu Ling / Viktor / Rui Fan / Luigi / Brayne / Huang Ling / JinFu

Wednesday: Jie Xian / Ulugbek / Hao Hui / Yuan Qian / Kun Lin / Jia Qi / Cecila

Thursday: Meola / Miao Zhi / QiLin / Ralph / Yaqi / Ana / Da Ming

Check here over the weekend to find different materials that will help you with the CONTENT or INFORMATION that you will present. 

Digital Presentation Instructions & Rubric

For the next two weeks, we will be reading Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, a story detailing the lives of 13 very different people who are all connected by a garden that ends up transforming their lives.

This week you are going to be creating a digital presentation, providing the following information as part of your presentation.

Compare and contrast your life as part of a community in your home country with your life as part of a community of immigrants in the United States. 

1.) What community have you been a part of in the past? Provide background about your past life and the community you belonged to.

2.) How does this compare to the community you are part of now at Emma Lazarus High School? Detail the changes in community and the support you receive now from our school and your peers, friends, or families.

3.) Did you make choices about what community you would join when you arrived in the United States? 

4.)Was one community more supportive than the other (i.e. home country vs. new country)?

Look to my presentation here for an example of what your presentation could look like.

The following rubric details the four qualities you will be graded on:

Homework Class 6: Monday Week 2, July 18, 2016

1. Read chapters 3 - 5: Wendell; Gonzalo; & Leona 

2. Answer the following question in your journal. Examine the following quote from the chapter on Wendell.

“There’s plenty about my life I can’t change. Can’t bring the dead back to life on this earth. Can’t make the world loving and kind. Can’t change myself into a millionaire. But a patch of ground in this trashy lot - I can change that. I can change it big. Better to put my time into that than moaning about the other all day. That little grammar-school girl showed me that.” pg. 16

Do you feel like there are things in your life that you cannot change? If you could, what would you bring back or wish for? 

Has anyone showed you how to live a better life (i.e. Kim showed Wendell you can make anything out of nothing when she started the garden in the vacant lot)?

3. Begin to work on your digital presentation. Digital presentation materials due by Thursday this week. Presentations on Monday next week.

Discussion Board #3

1. In chapter 2, what does Ana’s fear lead her to do? How could there be parallels between this kind of fear and the current election for President of the United States? Post an article about the upcoming election. Describe different things that you fear and other people are worried about during this time in United States. Do you see anything positive at the moment? 

Write your post with appropriate link and summary, along with answers to the above questions. 

Comment on two other students' posts.