Report Cards: Sounds either like the Flourish of a Trumpet or the Bugler's Cry of Taps

The Last Friday of Classes in April.

History:
A brief fact-finding mission soon revealed your skimming or non-involvement of last night's reading.
As such it was swiftly concluded that a (not-too-easy) quiz should ensue on Monday on last night's reading and a second quiz would follow on Tuesday on The Helsinki Accord and Afghanistan.
One homework question: compare Khrushchev and Brezhnev.

Socials:
We finished the chapter and had a discussion amongst the 6 of us.
Test Tuesday.

English:
Read Act 3, Scene 1 & 2.
I did not take the question home with me, thus I can not post them here.
If some diligent soul copied them down and is reading this please add the questions in the comment box.



Have a good one.

Here it is.

History
Pages 200-25. read only

Socials
Finish the in class questions

English
Quiz tomorrow on Act 2

Back from Hiatus

History

Test tomorrow.

Below is the link to the (non edited)Power Point. I would have given it in class today had you have let me.

What with talking about a man putting poop on McDonald's walls and whether people who are half Chinese look Asian and what not, this class was not as productive as it could have been.

Guess you will make it up with intense studying tonight.

Good luck.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/120j2D42rVNfw2rtU2KnphwJXQwB2QMnUXhnbJFMtdVI/edit

Socials

NO homework.

English

finish reading Act 1, Scene 1 and read Scene 2. Do the questions in the handout that correspond to these scenes.

Friday! 'Nuff Said.

History

Finish the little bit on China and read the section on Containment. Answer 12-14 in the back of the chapter.

Socials

Practicing Questions pp 214 (1-4) and 216 (1,2a)

English

Read A1S3 and complete the questions.

Do a Reader Response Journal on your reactions, thoughts, and ideas on the plot of the first Act.

Quiz on Act 1 Tuesday

Dare we wear shorts tomorrow???

History

Confrontation. Try to avoid it, but read it.

And these three questions:

-how did the confrontation happen in Iran?

-how did the US use the Marshall Plan to bring W. & C. Europe under its sphere of influence? Why did the Soviet Union not allow the Eastern Bloc to participate? and How was E. Europe rebuilt?

- Why was the US determined to have a presence in Berlin and the Soviets staunchly against this?

Socials

Test tomorrow. wha, wha, whaaa.

English

decompress from the test.

Make up your mind, Sun!

History 12

Well, we are way behind on our mini-presentations. So tomorrow we will hear presentations from Elie, Rachel and Friday we will hear from Kellie and John. That will have us covered for chapters 9 & 10.

We will discuss Peacekeeping (its website, the movie, and your test).

Tonight, read Ch. 10: the Overview, and Background to the Cold War...no questions.

Socials 11

Finish all practicing questions at the end of Ch. 6. Test Friday.

English 12

Poetry test tomorrow.

Read Scene 2 of Act 1 of Othello.

"Don't let the things you can't do stop you from doing what you can do" Liu.

History 12

Take-home essay.

Approx. 750 wrds. Typed and uniquely titled.

Go to the link below and click on Ch. 9 Essay Topics or BLM 21

http://www.nelson.com/nelson/school/secondary/socialstudies/017620296X/teachassess.html

go to the link below to check the essay scoring guide, it is on page 88 of the IRP

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/pdfs/social_studies/2006history12.pdf

Tomorrow we are watching Peacekeeping, a documentary on the UN. Please come during the break so I can start it right away as it will take the full length of class.

Good luck.

Socials 11

Remember to get your test signed and return it tomorrow.

Also, remember to hand in your ads.

Lastly, complete p 196 #1-5

English 12

About the test on Thursday: you will be tested on the first 8 poems of the poetry unit of Peace and Conflict. These are on the handout I gave you at the start of the semester. There will be several questions on each poem and you will have to choose which ones you want to write on.

As with all my tests, you will need to use specific references when answering the questions. Vague generalizations will not get full marks. I highly suggest you review tonight and tomorrow night.

Tonight you need to write a one-page report on which poem you find superior: Vergissmeinnicht or Guns (p 959, p 960). Remember to consider the criteria as outlined in Evaluating Poetry (p 903). Include the three basic questions- What is the central purpose, How fully has this purpose been accomplished, How important is this purpose, and address whether either of these poems is overly sentimental, rhetorical, or didactic.

Below is a link to Advice to a Prophet.

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AUubO714wTjoZGY1ejdienNfNjBocmdzcW1jaA&authkey=CLOcrKgB