Classwork for April 23

Answer these questions and use complete sentences. 

1) What is your research topic?

2) Without looking to any outside source, free write what you already know about your topic. You can create a bulleted list.

3) What do you want to learn about?

4) Think about your reasons for being interested in this topic. What made you want to research this issue?

5) What questions would you like to have answered? List a minimum of twelve questions.

6) Describe your plan for gathering research? What sources do you plan on using? Where might you find pertinent information?

7) Locate two scholarly sources for class on Wednesday, April 25.

Checklist & Final Exam Rubric

Dear Seniors,
Below is a checklist that will help you stay organized and stress free. You will receive a hard copy of the checklist and rubric in class, and I will answer any questions you have concerning the assignments and exam.
:) Mrs. M

SHIP BREAKER Checklist

April 16	Complete the online scavenger hunt. Look up vocabulary for homework.
April 17	Read Chapters 1-3.
April 18	Answer reading questions for chapters 1-3.
April 19	Responses for chapters 1-3 are due.
April 20	Read chapters 4-6 and answer the questions.
April 23	Responses for chapters 4-6 are due. Read chapters 8 & 9. Select a research topic. Remember: two sources are due on April 25.
April 24	We will review chapters 8 & 9 in class.
April 25	Bring two sources to class. Read chapter 10 for homework. Locate two additional sources for Friday’s class.
April 26	Test on chapters 1-10.
April 27	Begin drafting research papers. Today’s work counts as a major grade. Earn 40 points out of 100 for being prepared.
April 30	Research paper drafts will be returned. A typed two-page rough draft is due on May 4. Read chapters 12 & 13. Complete the questions for homework.
May 1	Reading responses for chapters 12 & 13 are due. We will work on chapters 14 & 15 during class. Unfinished work can be submitted tomorrow.
May 2	Responses for chapters 14 & 15 are due. We will analyze the plot and define the Accelerated Age* during class. Homework: read chapters 16 & 17 and answer the questions.
May 3	Reading responses for chapters 16 & 17 are due. We will cover chapter 18 in class. Remember that typed rough drafts are due tomorrow.
May 4	Typed rough drafts are due. We will create a wanted poster* in class. Read chapters 19 & 20. Responses are due tomorrow.
May 7	Responses for chapters 19 & 20 are due. Marked rough drafts will be returned; final copies are due on May 10. Read chapter 21 and complete the reading questions in class. We will begin working on a “Just Because” poem* or an acrostic poem* in class. The poems are due May 9.
May 8	Continue working on the poem in class. Read chapters 22 & 23 for homework. There will be a quiz on chapters 22 & 23 tomorrow.
May 9	Poems are due. We will read chapters 24 & 25 in class and begin working on a book review*.
May 10	Final research papers are due. Book reviews are due at the beginning of class. Students can work on their multi-genre research papers.
May 11	Continue working on the multi-genre paper.

FINAL EXAM (MULTI-GENRE PAPER) GUIDELINES AND RUBRIC

Multi-Genre Research Project Category                                     Points Possible / Earned

Aesthetics: to move, to instruct, to delight. Work is original,                   10

thoughtfully, creatively, thematically arranged; project’s

voice is appropriate to audience & purpose

Letter to the Reader explains purpose, source, meaning, and               10

how to interpret project; is followed by a table of contents.

Genres: minimum of six entries from groups 1-5; follow                        60

genre conventions, style & diction appropriate to genre,

correct in grammar & mechanics

Essay incorporates scholarly research & critical                                       10                              

methods with at least one work foregrounded.

Sources are fully documented in MLA style                                             10

Notes are complete and fully explanatory of process,                             10

connecting the item to its sources of creation and inclusion

Separate:

Reflection, Presentation, and Peer Review                                                 100

Group 1: Informational *Encyclopedia Entry *Book Critique Advice Column Newspaper Article Obituary Timeline Menu Recommendation Letter	Group 2: Musical CD Soundtrack Write a song	Group 3: Visual *Wanted Poster Billboard Book Jacket Collage Map Comic Strip
Group 4: Spoken Word Script (interrogation, interview, conversation, phone call, etc.) Speech (commercial, formal presentation, monologue, broadcast news, etc.)	Group 5: Creative Writing *“Just Because” Poem *Acrostic (family) Poem RAFT inspired writing Diary Entry Thank you letter Concrete Poem	Group 6: Scholarly *Research paper

*Indicates projects completed in class.

Multigenre Paper

Seniors,
Keep on the lookout for the multigenre paper guidelines. Also, I am compiling a reading schedule and assignment schedule to help keep everyone on track! The schedule should be posted by the end of the weekend. Continue thinking about a possible research topic as you read through the novel.

Have a safe and happy weekend!
Mrs. M

Ship Breaker Homework for Monday

The responses for chapters 4-6 and the vocabulary are due at the beginning of class on Monday.

Create a word wall art piece for one of the words. 

Please look at my example. I wish I could take credit for the Acrid O's idea.  Be creative!

Vocabulary - Define the following words and note their parts of speech. 

Chapter 4 Talisman

 Chapter 5 Acrid 

Chapter 6 Assayers, Promontory, Stymied

Chapter 4

1. Sloth chooses not to be a good Samaritan. How does she justify her decision?

2. The narrator states, “He sucked air, flooding his lungs with shining clean oxygen, starved for all the life he’d been sure he’d lost.” How do you interpret this passage?

3. What literary device is being used when “…the ship had vomited him into open air”?

Chapter 5

4. Nailer tells Sadna that he does not believe in the Fates. Is he telling the truth? Back up your assertion with text-based proof.

5. What happened to Sloth?

6. List three “lucky” gifts that Nailer receives.

7. On pages 44-46, we learn that the weather contributes to the irony of Nailer’s accident. How is the storm a source of irony?

Chapter 6

8. How is the weather personified?

9. Nailer thinks, “It would be so much simpler….” Finish his thought.

10. Nailer sees a clipper ship that is “So close and yet so far.” What does he mean?

Friday's Class Work

Hello Seniors,
Click on the links below to access the op-ed pieces that we covered in class. I snagged some papers from the university and have hard copies left over if any of you would like to use them or recycle them.

Remember to create an MLA works cited entry for the editorial you choose to read. Either you can read the piece on the value of Thoreau's documentation of blooming and flowering patterns, or you can read about sex-trafficking in America and what Stockholm Syndrome is. Both of these editorials reflect themes we see in Ship Breaker. I do not want to give away too much information, but one of the characters in the book might suffer from Stockholm Syndrome as a result of being thrust into an unrecognizable world.

1. Read one of the editorials.
2. Create a works cited entry. Yes, it can be hand-written.
Here's the format for a works cited entry:
"Title of Article." Editorial. New York Times 19 Apr. 2012, natl ed.: A27. Print.
3. Provide a context sentence.
4. Summarize the information, including at least two direct quotations.
5. Reflect on how the editorial can deepen your understanding of Ship Breaker.

Click here to read "Early Bloomers."

Click here to read "Not Quite a Teen, Yet Sold for Sex."

Reading Responses

Seniors,
Your reading response questions for chapters one, two, and three are due at the beginning of class tomorrow. Expect a quiz on the material. Also, you must decide what your research topic will be by the end of class tomorrow. There is a list of potential topics posted on my blog.

Video Response

If you were absent on Wednesday, you need to watch the youtube video and respond in a journal entry that is at least ten sentences in length. What did you learn by watching this video? How might it help you understand the setting described in Ship Breaker? Remember to start with a context sentence that includes information about the source of information.  The person speaking in the video is Charles Kernaghan, an advocate for workers' rights. Kernaghan serves the National Labor Committee.
Click here to watch "Ship Breaking in Bangladesh."
If you do not have access to youtube at home, please set up a time when you can watch the video on my laptop.