We will begin the Vietnam Power Point project today in ELA. It will due on Friday, May 18th. The goals of the project are as follows:
Each student will respond to the short stories from The Things They Carried by creating a self running Power Point Story between two and three minutes in length that:
Tells a [...]
YESTERDAY we began planning for the Thematic Essay via a tree map. If you were absent, please look over yesterday’s post. For today, please continue filling out the tree map. Check with me if you feel your’s is complete, or if you have a problem. Please be as detailed as possible. Remember to ask yourself [...]
REVIEW OF YESTERDAY
Please review yesterday’s post and use the comment function to answer the following question (how to post a comment instructions are in yesterday’s post):
TODAY
Please open the copy of the test that I placed in your network folder.
Please open the tree map we started on Tuesday.
Think about how you might begin altering your tree [...]
REVIEW OF YESTERDAY
Yesterday we looked at the definitions at the top of the THEMATIC ESSAY. These should be looked at with the task, as they will define words that are found there. We also looked at the directions and translated the language there (introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion) into a tree map for planning purposes.
We [...]
I have created a new folder in each of your network folders called US History Essays. Inside that folder is one file called USHG-107. This is the January Regents that we had trouble downloading yesterday. The first thing I want you to do today is find it and open it up and find the THEMATIC [...]
When you are done with the short story The Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong, please take some time to watch the following video. It tries to answer the question “Why did the U. S. fight the war in Vietnam?” Please use the comment feature below to post a comment. Use your initials instead of your name.
To begin today’s class, please click on this link and allow the file to download. The file you are downloading is the Regents Exam in American History for January 2007. You will be taking a similar exam in June. Much of the preparation has taken place in Mr. Koffenberger’s class, but we will be spending a [...]
A couple of things as I begin to see the first drafts of your research papers.
Those papers being written from a tree map have (BY FAR) fewer organization and citation problems.
I am seeing way to many “This essay is going to…” and “In my essay I will…” You developed a thesis statement, please use that [...]
What does a Buddhist mean when he discusses “emptiness?” This can be a hard thing to explain, but it is worth the attempt, even if all you walk away with is the understanding that different people and cultures can see the world very differently. Try reading this short passage on the Buddhist concept of emptiness:
What is emptiness [...]
Begin today’s class by thinking and then responding to the following blurb from Siddhartha:
“Siddhartha had one single goal - to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow - to let the Self die. No longer to be Self, to experience the peace of an empty heart…”
What do you think about [...]
