Date Assigned

Date Due

Assignment

4/13

4/17

State of Oregon Direct Writing Assessment

Vocab Week 1-  definition/sentence/ QUIZ on MON.

abjure, abrogate, abstemious, acumen, antebellum, auspicious
belie, bellicose, bowdlerize
chicanery, chromosome, churlish, circumlocution, circumnavigate, deciduous

4/20

4/20

Warm-up 71  What connotations does the word diamonds have?

BOOKROOM!
Historical Photo Analysis

4/20

4/21

4/21

4/21

4/21

4/23

Read "A Long Way Gone" chapters 1-5 (p. 1-29)

4/23

4/23

Warm-up 73

Using one or more of your vocab words, describe what is happening (or has happened) in the book.

Watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve42DWluB8A&feature=related

Answer: According to the video…

1. What is the life expectancy of a person in Sierra Leone?
2. What year did the people no longer live in peace with one another?
3. Who started the civil war?
4. What has kept the flames of conflict bound?
5. What is the trademark of the RUF?
6. Why were the children in front during a fight?
7. What is Foday Sankoh’s stance on the accusations toward the RUF soldiers?
8. What is the irony of the living situations of Foday Sankoh and Johnny Paul Koroma?
9. What fundamental differences do you see between the two men?
10.  How do you feel about Sharreef?  Does he seem remorseful?

4/23

4/24

NOTEBOOK COLLECTION LIST FOR FRIDAY:

1. Warm up 71
2. Warm up 72
3. Warm up 73
4. Vocab week 1
5. Vocab Week 2
6. Powerpoint Notes
7. Historical Photo Analysis

4/24

4/24

Vocab Quiz

Psychological Experiments-

Classical & Operant Conditioning

Milgram Experiment

Matador...

Zimbardo Simulated Prison Study

Dwight and the Altiod

4/27

4/28

Literary Scrapbook

4/28

4/28

Literary scrapbook

4/30

Block--  SSR

Radio Show on Child Soldiers

http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2003-09/a-2003-09-04-49-Child.cfm?moddate=2003-09-04

5/1

5/1

VOCAB Test... Vocab week 4 in class

5/4

5/4

Warm up 74  Fight or flight?  What type of person are you? Explain.

SILENT DISCUSSION

5/5

5/5

"A Long Way Gone" test

5/6

5/6

5/8

5/8

Warm-up 76  When you watch the footage of the RUF, do you associate Beah with those images?  Do you think he is capable of similar atrocities?  Explain why or why not.

Vocab Quiz

"It's Not My Fault" Scenarios 

Finish Blood Diamonds

5/11

5/11

Warm-up 77  While Beah and the other chosen ones are in Benin Home, the adults assure the young men, “It’s not your fault.”    How did they behave in the home when they didn’t get what they wanted? Do you agree that it was not their fault for acting like sociopaths to the workers and members of the community?  Explain.

"Blood Diamond" Censored version!!!!!

Discussion Questions

5/12

5/12

Warm-up 78  Describe Danny Archer.  What is he now, and what is his past?

5/12

5/13

Forgiveness Poem-  Final copy due

5/13

5/13

Warm-up 79

What do you now know about diamonds?  Has your opinion or point-of-view changed at all?  Explain.

5/15

5/15

5/19

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5/21

5/21

Segment B

Segment C

5/26

5/26

5/27

5/27

Finish "Edward",  and answer dicussion Q's for segment D.

5/28

5/28

"Crooklyn" Memoir Intro Worksheet  BOTH SIDES DUE

5/29

5/29

1.   What is the tone and mood of this movie so far? What helps to create this?

2.   What are some of the conflicts that seem to be developing? What do you think this movie is going to be about? Why?

3.  Watching this film so far, you could say that nothing has happened so far. How is the plot of this film different than most? Why do you think the writers and director chose to tell their story this way?

4.  What similarities or differences have you seen between this film and your own life and family? Think about dinner time, dealing with siblings and parents, and your neighborhood.