JFK Assassination Website

To visit the assassination webpage, please click on the link below:


http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm

Please remember your instructions are to pick one of the theories and answer the questions you have been given in class in your interactive notebook. You may work with a partner or alone.

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Ps. Here are the questions:

What was the theory?
What did the theory state?
Who was involved?
Do you agree or disagree?
What problems are there with the theory?

Instructions for Computer Lab Work on Friday, May 14th, 2010

Welcome Back 10th Graders!

Today, Friday, May 14th, your objective is to do the following:

-COMPLETE and TYPE your persuasive essay (yes, that is right- intro, body 1, body 2, body 3, and conclusion)
-Research 2 outside sources
-Document your sources
-IF you have time, independently read "Two of a Kind" by Amy Tan. You will need to complete the graphic organizer that goes with this. This will be collected on TUESDAY, May 18th. Whatever you do not finish in class will be HOMEWORK.

HELP WITH OUTSIDE SOURCES:

You can visit the following websites to help with your sources. YOU MAY NOT USE WIKIPEDIA, ASKHOW, YAHOO QUESTIONS, or any of those (lame) sites as a source! DO NOT PLAGIARIZE!!!!

http://www.sac.edu/students/library/nealley/websites/controversial.htm


Pro-con.org

How do I cite my sources properly?

You can either visit the Owl @ Purde to check out proper MLA steps OR you can visit the library homepage and click on Citation Maker or click here to directly go to OSLIS

YOU MUST record your sources! YOU MUST! MUST! MUST! The easiest way is to plug your information into OSLIS and then copy and paste it into an e-mail or word document and send it to yourself. Your works cited page is worth 50 points!

Homework Questions for Section 1 of Night

Please remember that in addition to reading pages 4-23 of "Night", answer the following questions in your interactive notebook:

How old was Eliezer (Elie) when the novel first started?
Where did he live?
What profession was his father?
What did Elie study and under whom?
Include at least one anti-Semitic act in the first section of the novel.
Who offers to hide Elie's family. How did they respond?
Where were they headed at the end of section 1?

Ending Poetry

Remember, this Thursday we are doing our POETRY SLAM! You must complete your poem for homework! Remember the guidelines for the poem is as follows:

It must fall under one of the genres we studied (free verse, blank verse, perfect rhyme, slant rhyme, sonnet) and you must utilize one of the literary devices/terms we studied (simile, personification, metaphor, extended metaphor, tone, dialect, and so on). Also, please remember, the minimum length requirement is 4 lines (a quatrain).

Please let me know if you have ANY questions!

Mrs. Fisher

Extra Credit Poetry Webquest

Since the rest of our classmates still have to complete the reading test, we are going to have a little fun (and earn a little extra credit) with poetry!

Please visit the "In the Poets Shoes" website by clicking on this "In the Poets Shoes."

You have been given two handouts. We will go over these together. You must complete these by the end of the class session. If you finish early, please visit this website and read a few of your favorite kinds of poems! It is another webquest, so you will need to search the site for your favorites!

Ask me if you have any questions!