English 11/12

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--Richard Branson

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Semester II
Assignments & Resources will be posted on the main page of this blog.  Click here.


Sample PSA's (Public Service Announcements)
NRSF Teen Lane PSA's

MyPSAContest.com (PSA's by teens)

Time Magazine: Top 10 Public Service Announcements

Resume


Resume Guidelines  (use these to revise your resume)

Resume Bloopers

Sample Functional Resume 1

 Sample Functional Resume 2

Sample Student Resumes from AIE

More Student Resumes

Sample Resumes for different careers.

College/Personal Essay
Resources & Tips for writing your essay are at this link.

Language & Power

Campaign Stickers -- Resources

Analyzing Magazine Ads (Activity -- Click here to open)


Norman Rockwell, "Freedom of Speech"


 Prompt:  Why is this man standing?  What is going on?
What attitude do the other people seem to have toward him?
How is he different from them?  Are there places in the world
where this kind of scene could not take place?


Examples of Persuasion Today:


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 English 11/12

  • Accuplacer
  • "The Somebody"
  • Response Essay to "The Somebody" focusing on decisions
  • Fahrenheit 451
    • double-entry journal
    • discussion -- why do people ban books?  







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  • if you are interested in something we discussed in class and want to learn more



Can the presence of graffiti be a sign of a healthy society?  (Essential Question)

"The Somebody" (full text of the short story online)

"Graffiti Psychology:  Why Vandals Strike" (article) [Google drive version of article]


"Can Graffiti Be Good for Cities?"
  (article) [Google Drive version of article]


"Art Crime:  Graffiti Wars"   [Google Drive version of article]

"The Pyschology of Graffiti--from Gang Signs to Street Art" 
(article)


"Why Graffiti?"
(article)


"Graffiti:  from Destructive to Constructive" (short history of graffiti plus blurbs on several famous graffiti artists)


Additional Resources:
The Somebody / Graffiti Essay Rubric
Using Quotes in an Essay
Punctuating Quotations -- from LEO
The Somebody / Graffiti Essay Mind Map

"The Somebody" Notes from Newclassroom.com
Daniel Lewis James on Wikipedia.com
"The Somebody" Lesson Plan on Teachers.net









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Information on future climate & more from Big Facts.  (The Big Facts project is led by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). CCAFS is a strategic partnership of CGIAR and Future Earth, led by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). CCAFS brings together the world’s best researchers in agricultural science, development research, climate science and Earth System science, to identify and address the most important interactions, synergies and tradeoffs between climate change, agriculture and food security.)


newsoffuture.com Future News for Year 2020 and Beyond

Recommended: futureforall.org/ A Layperson's View of Future Technology and Society

globalfuturist.com Harnessing the Power of Innovation

thefutureofourworld.ytmnd.com The Future of Our World

wfs.org World Future Society

Fw:Thinking Videos on The Future of Money, Future Fuels, Future Time, and more



New:  Sources focusing on our energy future:



An article about the future 100 years from now is here.
A second article on immortality and the "singularity" is here

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Guidelines and a rubric for your future project are here.
A slideshow that illustrates how to organize your project is here.

Ideally, the format you choose for your future project will tell something about your interests and your overall future view.  Think imagination will be important?  Make sure your format is imaginative.  Think the future will be hi-tech?  Make sure your format isn't "old-school."  Here are some ideas and formats to consider:

  • Use Inklewriter to write an interactive (choose your own adventure) story online
  • Storybird is a place to write an illustrated children's story online. In the olds days . . .  Now we . . .  MyStoryEditor allows you to write your own story and add photographs.
  • CartoonCamera allows you to take photos and then make cartoons out of them.  These could then be used as the basis for a slideshow.
  • Prezi is a website that helps create dynamic and professional-looking presentations / slideshows. 
  • MindMeister is similar to Prezi -- some people may like it even more.
  • The Haikudeck website allows you to quickly create a visually stunning slideshow that will make your old LibreOffice slideshow look so retro.   Plus it has a built in image search feature that provides you with copyright free images.
  • Want to get even more creative and keep things moving?  Powtoon helps your create animated slideshows and presentations.
  • Use Flashissue or Lucidpress to create an online newsletter / newspaper of the future.
  • Storyworth is a app that helps you create an oral history project involving responses from family members or others.
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A template and sample outline for an essay response is at:

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Login into the Proboards site, and then click the following link:  http://2liveis2learn.proboards.com/board/48/blocks-2-3-2015

Complete the two prompts on this board!



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 Biography Project Handouts:

A Google Drive folder of handouts and information sheets for the biography project is at:
Biography Project Handouts

You read these documents online, print them out, or make copies that you save within your own Google Drive folders.  
 

Biography Project Resources:

The goal is get started on researching topics related to the biography you are reading.  Don't worry about what the research will be used for.*  Follow your interests.  Find some sources.  Save the source information so you can easily go back later.

1. Identify topics for research using instaGrok and this handout

2. Set up a place to save and organize all your bookmarks.  This could be a folder with Safari or Firefox Bookmarks.  Or you may choose to set up an account on Delicious or Diigo.

3. Start identifying sites that are potential resources.  Don't just rely on Google.   See the Biography section of  Wirthportal (also on the right sidebar link of this site) and check out Marvel, Internet Public Library, Biography.com, and Google Search tools such as "Advanced Search" and Time Defined Searchs, Google News, and Google Blogs.  New and Recommended:  For deeper search (and an introduction to college level research) see NoodleTools.

4. Save your sites you find within your bookmarks folder (or on Delicious or Diigo).

*Some of your research may be later incorporated into a review of your biography. Some of your research may help you write genre pieces and may become part of your presentation. Even if your research is not directly used, it may help you have a better understanding of your biography and -- importantly -- you will get credit for each source you include as part of your bibliography.

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