Sept. Week 2World LitResearch Skills – Review and PracticeWriting a 12- Sentence Paragraph– Review and Practice

Before we continue with the video from Friday….

Collect Homework:

• Pretest• Check to see that name, date and hour are present• Pass to the right

Collect Early if Ready

•Syllabus – signed by you and a parent

•Pass to the right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_

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4 - things you learned

3 - questions you have

2 - things which seem

biased – may be an “American perception” which may not be accurate or perceived the same way by those in the Middle East

1 – In your opinion, explain why it was right or wrong of the US to kill Osama Bin Ladin

Complete Friday’s journal:

9/5 & 9/8 J#3

…answer as you watch

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Remainder of the week: No journal

writing rest of the week!

Meet me in the library computer lab for the remainder of the week.

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Research

Homework: use computer lab time and time at home to complete background research for the novel, The Kite Runner.

Essay questions: Given in the lab tomorrow

All quotes and information must be backed up with a citation. Use “Easybib.com” to help you create, save and print out your sources for this research.

Writing

1.MLA format: Times Roman font, size 12, double-space printing, name info in upper-left corner, creative title

2.Due for early +2 points Monday, Sept. 15.

3.“On time” – due Tuesday, Sept.16 at class time.

Works Cited

Hemingway, Ernest. Under Kilimanjaro. Ed. Robert W. Lewis and Robert

Fleming. Kent, OH: Kent State UP, 1995.

HEMINGWAY REVIEW The, VOL. 24, NO. 1, FALL 2004. Copyright ©

2004 The Ernest Hemingway Foundation. Published by the

University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.

Marshall, Donald G. "Old Man and the Sea, The." World Book Student.

World Book, 2014. Web. 17 Mar. 2014.

Essay Option #1: Ethnic Groups in Afghanistan

In a 12-sentence essay,

summarize three different ethnic groups found in Afghanistan. In

your conclusion, comment on something they all have in

common and how it ties them all together.

Essay Option #2: Major Religions in Afghanistan

In a 12-sentence essay,

discuss the Sunni and Shite religions, their similarities and

their differences. In your conclusion, make an overall statement about religion in Afghanistan and how it both

unites and divides the people.

Essay Option #3: in Afghanistan

In a 12-sentence essay,

discuss three major festivals observed by the Afghan people.

In your conclusion, make an overall observation as to why all

three festivals unite the people of Afghanistan.