Senior homework- Put the following words in sentences for Monday, March 26.
Cajole (verb) To persuade with flattery or gentle urging
Macabre (noun) Having death as a subject; gruesome
Nebulous (adjective) Vague
Absolved (verb) To be free from guilt of consequences
Tacitly (adverb) Done without words
Avarice (noun) Greed
Industrious (adjective) Diligent; hard working
Upbraid (verb) To criticize or scold
Commiserate (verb) To feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
Commodity (noun) An article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.
Contingency (noun) Dependence on chance or on the fulfillment of a condition; uncertainty; fortuitousness.
Deference (noun) Respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, or will of another.
Dowry (noun) The money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
Motley (adjective) Exhibiting great diversity of elements; heterogeneous.
Synergy (noun) Combined action or functioning; synergism.
Solicit (verb) To seek for something by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, or formal application.
Verboten (adjective) Forbidden, as by law; prohibited.
Insular (adjective) Of or pertaining to an island, or detached and isolated.
Covenants (noun) An agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
Trysts (noun) An appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Senior Research Paper Due Dates
March 22- Passion and career topics
March 28- Source sheet 1 + bring in more to research in class
April 4- Source sheets 2 and 3 due
April 16- Source sheets 4 and 5 due
April 25- All 8 source sheets due
May 4- Autobiographical Narrative and Cover Sheet (3 pages)
May 14- Career Section (two copies of this!) and Works Cited (total of 5 pages)
May 23- The rest of the research paper + table of contents
March 28- Source sheet 1 + bring in more to research in class
April 4- Source sheets 2 and 3 due
April 16- Source sheets 4 and 5 due
April 25- All 8 source sheets due
May 4- Autobiographical Narrative and Cover Sheet (3 pages)
May 14- Career Section (two copies of this!) and Works Cited (total of 5 pages)
May 23- The rest of the research paper + table of contents
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Senior Extra Credit
As an extra credit assignment for The Color of Water, you may choose to do a research presentation on one of the two following topics. Feel free to either give an overview on some of the subtopics, or pick one or two of the subtopics to focus on. Your presentation should be about five minutes (No more than ten minutes, no less than three). Make sure you are not reading to the class. You may use powerpoint for bullet points, but make sure you are explaining the topic.
There should be some kind of visual component to this project.
1) Jewish law:
What customs and rituals are carried out by people of the Jewish faith? What are the different types of Judaism? Some suggestions on what to include-
- clothing
- keeping kosher
- The haggadah
- seders
- Yiddish
- The Shvartses
2) Famous figures in The Civil Rights Movement (excluding the people we all know about like Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks). Make sure to focus on this person's life relative to the Civil Rights Movement. Some suggestions are-
- Bobby Seale
- Huey Newton
- Floyd Patterson
- Bob Gibson
- Paul Robeson
- Jackie Robinson
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Philip Randolph
- The Kennedys
- Malcolm X
- The Ku Klux Klan
This presentation is due March 30th (The earlier, the better)
Your topic proposal is due March 26th (Try to get it in by March 22nd)
There should be some kind of visual component to this project.
1) Jewish law:
What customs and rituals are carried out by people of the Jewish faith? What are the different types of Judaism? Some suggestions on what to include-
- clothing
- keeping kosher
- The haggadah
- seders
- Yiddish
- The Shvartses
2) Famous figures in The Civil Rights Movement (excluding the people we all know about like Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks). Make sure to focus on this person's life relative to the Civil Rights Movement. Some suggestions are-
- Bobby Seale
- Huey Newton
- Floyd Patterson
- Bob Gibson
- Paul Robeson
- Jackie Robinson
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Philip Randolph
- The Kennedys
- Malcolm X
- The Ku Klux Klan
This presentation is due March 30th (The earlier, the better)
Your topic proposal is due March 26th (Try to get it in by March 22nd)
Monday, March 19, 2012
Senior Research Paper
My Life
Students are to research several areas of the past and future lives, and from this, create a mission statement.
What you want to research-
1. Your family history and childhood
2. You potential future career
3. Something you are passionate about
Your research paper will be a total of 9 pages, with a total of 4 chapters.
The parts of your research paper will include-
1. Cover page (1 page)
2. Table of Contents (1 page)
3. Family history/childhood (2 pages)
4. A "passion you will take to the grave" (1 page)
5. Your potential future career (2 pages)
6. Your Mission Statement (1 page)
7. Works Cited Page (1 page)
Sections explained
Family history/childhood-
This is where you will write about your life already lived. You will receive a sheet of paper with questions about yourself. Some you may already know; some you may need to check your birth certificate or ask your family. This is also the section where you will include high interest anecdotes that characterize you.
A "passion you will take to the grave"-
In this section, you will select something you are passionate about that will probably stay with you for the rest of your life. Some appropriate examples are-
Your religion
Your political views
A philosophy on life (For example, you may believe the point in life is to help others, or to have fun)
Music (This is more than "I like to play guitar". This is more along the lines of "music connects people around the world".
Anything else you can think of along these lines.
Some of these are easier to research than others. If you are writing about something like religion, it would be perfectly appropriate to write about the important tenets of the religion, the history and origin of it, et cetera. If you pick something more abstract, however, like how you want to help others in life, then you have a lot of room for how you want to approach this topic. You may write about famous people who have lived lives like this (Like Mother Theresa and Gandhi), or write about systems of belief that follow this philosophy, or whatever else you can think of.
Your potential future career-
Here you will research the field you are most likely to enter after your schooling. Research how you get the career, the difference between how the career is portrayed in the media and what it is really like, what it pays, and anything else that is important to include.
Your mission statement-
This is your final thought: the culmination of all your research and what you have learned from it. What is the cohesive theme that ties all the previous sections together? What have you learned from this? How will this impact how you live life in the future?
Other pages-
Cover page-
Your cover page should be-
Centered, use size 12 times new roman font, with the title in "Title Caps"
and should have the following-
Lodi High School (At the top)
The title of your essay (in the center)
Your name
My name
course title
and due date (all at bottom)
Note that my name comes after yours, not after the course title!
A sample cover page can be found here
Works Cited Page-
This page will have "Works Cited" centered at the top.
You will then list your works in alphabetical order. Instead of indenting the first line like a normal paragraph in your research paper, you will indent all the following lines of the citation.
A sample works cited page can be found here
Source Requirements-
You must have a minimum of 5 sources with a total minimum of 8 source sheets.
At least one source must be a hard source. (A book, newspaper, magazine, or something like this that you can hold in your hand)
At least one source must be a hands on source. This is information you gather yourself. A good example of this would be an interview or shadowing someone for a day. Use this link to help you cite this kind of source.
At least one source other than the previous source must be a family member. Use this link to help you cite an unpublished document (like your birth certificate).
Students are to research several areas of the past and future lives, and from this, create a mission statement.
What you want to research-
1. Your family history and childhood
2. You potential future career
3. Something you are passionate about
Your research paper will be a total of 9 pages, with a total of 4 chapters.
The parts of your research paper will include-
1. Cover page (1 page)
2. Table of Contents (1 page)
3. Family history/childhood (2 pages)
4. A "passion you will take to the grave" (1 page)
5. Your potential future career (2 pages)
6. Your Mission Statement (1 page)
7. Works Cited Page (1 page)
Sections explained
Family history/childhood-
This is where you will write about your life already lived. You will receive a sheet of paper with questions about yourself. Some you may already know; some you may need to check your birth certificate or ask your family. This is also the section where you will include high interest anecdotes that characterize you.
A "passion you will take to the grave"-
In this section, you will select something you are passionate about that will probably stay with you for the rest of your life. Some appropriate examples are-
Your religion
Your political views
A philosophy on life (For example, you may believe the point in life is to help others, or to have fun)
Music (This is more than "I like to play guitar". This is more along the lines of "music connects people around the world".
Anything else you can think of along these lines.
Some of these are easier to research than others. If you are writing about something like religion, it would be perfectly appropriate to write about the important tenets of the religion, the history and origin of it, et cetera. If you pick something more abstract, however, like how you want to help others in life, then you have a lot of room for how you want to approach this topic. You may write about famous people who have lived lives like this (Like Mother Theresa and Gandhi), or write about systems of belief that follow this philosophy, or whatever else you can think of.
Your potential future career-
Here you will research the field you are most likely to enter after your schooling. Research how you get the career, the difference between how the career is portrayed in the media and what it is really like, what it pays, and anything else that is important to include.
Your mission statement-
This is your final thought: the culmination of all your research and what you have learned from it. What is the cohesive theme that ties all the previous sections together? What have you learned from this? How will this impact how you live life in the future?
Other pages-
Cover page-
Your cover page should be-
Centered, use size 12 times new roman font, with the title in "Title Caps"
and should have the following-
Lodi High School (At the top)
The title of your essay (in the center)
Your name
My name
course title
and due date (all at bottom)
Note that my name comes after yours, not after the course title!
A sample cover page can be found here
Works Cited Page-
This page will have "Works Cited" centered at the top.
You will then list your works in alphabetical order. Instead of indenting the first line like a normal paragraph in your research paper, you will indent all the following lines of the citation.
A sample works cited page can be found here
Source Requirements-
You must have a minimum of 5 sources with a total minimum of 8 source sheets.
At least one source must be a hard source. (A book, newspaper, magazine, or something like this that you can hold in your hand)
At least one source must be a hands on source. This is information you gather yourself. A good example of this would be an interview or shadowing someone for a day. Use this link to help you cite this kind of source.
At least one source other than the previous source must be a family member. Use this link to help you cite an unpublished document (like your birth certificate).
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Freshman Roots
Roots to be defined by Friday, March 16-
Anthro
Astro
Bell
Bio
Cent
Chron
Chrom
Cred
Dyna
Ebon
Form
Geo
Graph
Helio
Hydro
Lum/Luc
Lunar
Meter
Milli
Mono
Phon
Pyro
Solar
Terra
Ab
Anti
Auto
Circum
Dis
De
Duct
Ex
Extra
Hyper
Hypo
Mal
Micro
Mono
Morph
Retro
Tele
Trans
Uni
Logy
Nomy
Anthro
Astro
Bell
Bio
Cent
Chron
Chrom
Cred
Dyna
Ebon
Form
Geo
Graph
Helio
Hydro
Lum/Luc
Lunar
Meter
Milli
Mono
Phon
Pyro
Solar
Terra
Ab
Anti
Auto
Circum
Dis
De
Duct
Ex
Extra
Hyper
Hypo
Mal
Micro
Mono
Morph
Retro
Tele
Trans
Uni
Logy
Nomy
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Macbeth Test Review
Macbeth quotes to know for the unit test.
Know-
Who said the quote
What the quote means
And what the context of the quote is
1.1
Fair is foul and foul is fair
Hover through the fog and filthy air
1.3
There's no art
To find the mind's construction in the face:
He was a gentleman on whom I built
An absolute trust
Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires
1.5
Yet I do fear thy nature;
It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way.
4.1
Out, damned spot!
Know-
Who said the quote
What the quote means
And what the context of the quote is
1.1
Fair is foul and foul is fair
Hover through the fog and filthy air
1.3
Oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray 's
In deepest consequence
1.4
There's no art
To find the mind's construction in the face:
He was a gentleman on whom I built
An absolute trust
Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires
1.5
Yet I do fear thy nature;
It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way.
Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unex me here,
And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full
Of direst cruelty!
1.7
Screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail.
2.1
I go, and it is done: the bell invites me.
Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven, or to hell.
2.2
Methought I heard a voice cry "Sleep no more!
Macbeth does murder sleep"
2.3
Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things.
Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine.
Where we are
There's daggers in men's smiles, the near in blood,
The nearer bloody.
3.1
Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown
And put a barren scepter in my gripe,
Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand,
No son of mine succeeding.
3.2
Better be with the dead,
Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace,
Than on the torture of the mind to lie
In restless ecstasy.
3.4
Ay, my good lord: safe in a ditch he bides,
With twenty trenched gashes on his head,
The least a death to nature.
4.1
From the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes
The poor wren,
The most diminutive of birds, will fight,
Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.
5.1
Out, damned spot!