Thought of the Week: 8/31-9/4

"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."
-Galileo

NON FICTION FRIDAY ARTICLE ASSIGNMENT: DUE NEXT CLASS PERIOD

Assignment: Response Paper to Non Fiction Article Read in Class Today
Due: Next Class Period
Worth 20 Points

Directions:
1. Demonstrate evidence of close reading.
2. Highlight your confusion.
3. Answer the two questions below.
4. Write a 1+ page reflection.

1. What is the author’s purpose?

2. Who is the intended audience?

Link to Article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-southla-taggers24-2009aug24,0,138131.story

Unit One Big Question: CAN TRUTH CHANGE?

We are beginning a fiction/nonfiction unit this week. The big question that we will be discussing over the next six weeks is:

CAN TRUTH CHANGE?

Please use this question as a springboard to talk with your parent or student. Have a great day.

Parent Night Wednesday

Parent night is this Wednesday @ 6:30 pm. Please come and learn a little bit about the class.

Thought of the Week 8/24-8/30

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." -Maya Angelou

"Nothing will work unless you do" - Maya Angelou

Thought for the week (last week)

Unfortunately, the quote below is for last week. I will try to put one up as often as possible (goal is once a week). I hope that this is something that can spark us to explore authors and genres of literature, but more importantly I hope that we can use these quotations to develop the discipline of using literature as a means of questioning and evaluating our own lives.

"Grow up in a society that values knowledge and hard work and public spirit over owning stuff and looking cool" - Garrison Keillor

Due 8/21: Syllabus/Core Value Parent Sheet

DUE TOMORROW:
You must have your parent syllabus and core value sheet signed and turned in by tomorrow. THIS IS WORTH 20 POINTS.

Jump Start For 9th Graders Tomorrow

Jump Start! We all need this. Whether it is a cup of coffee in the morning or a trial run through our classes in the 9th grade, every human being has an innate desire to use some medium, whatever it is, to ease our fears and get us relatively comfortable with the unexpected. I can only hope that tomorrow will accomplish those tasks with my new students.