READ & RESPOND (WEEK 7)

Here are the links for Week Seven. Please read ALL of the articles linked below, and then summarize/analyze AT LEAST TWO of the articles on LOOSE-LEAF PAPER. As always, you are required to write in blue or black ink. Responses should be at least a page in length!!!

Should Kids Be Bribed To Do Well In School?
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1978758,00.html

Detroit: Lost City, or Phoenix Rising?
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1926017-1,00.html

Death Penalty's Unlikely Opponents
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/23/justice/death-penalty-opponents/index.html?eref=time_us

GREAT NEWS!!!

The McRib is back!!!
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/story/2011-10-24/mcdonalds-mcrib-sandwich/50888872/1

You have until November 14th to indulge in this rather unhealthy, but wonderful sandwhich!

Mmmmmm....

McRib Locator!!!
http://kleincast.com/maps/mcrib.php

WALL WISHER is HERE!

Hi folks,

There's a new addition to our blog. It's called Wall Wisher, and it's similar to Twitter in terms of communication capabilities. Your interaction with the site will be included in your participation grade.

Here is the link to the first of many walls we intend to create:

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/keenan

I've also added the site to the bottom of this page.

CANTERBURY TALES (Online Text)

Here is a link to the Canterbury Tales ONLINE TEXT. Use it to review the work from class and to help with the upcoming reading comprehension questions.

http://www.bremesoftware.com/Chaucer/index.htm

Unblocked link:
http://www.ronaldecker.com/ct.htm

BE SURE TO COMPLETE YOUR CHARACTER CHART BASED ON THE DESCRIPTIONS!

READ & RESPOND (Week 6)

Here are the links for Week Six (Week Five was a "free" week). Please read ALL of the articles linked below, and then summarize/analyze AT LEAST TWO of the articles on LOOSE-LEAF PAPER. As always, you are required to write in blue or black ink. Responses should be at least a page in length!!!

AND YES, I'm aware that some of these links may be blocked... currently looking for more articles to choose from...

Was Shakespeare a Fraud? (School site BLOCKS this link...)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/17/anonymous-hollywood-s-shakespeare-authorship-controversy.html

Do College Interviews Really Count?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevecohen/2011/10/10/do-college-interviews-really-count/

Dying for a Cause
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44941619/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/

The Youngest Person to be Executed in America

http://www.thegrio.com/news/was-the-youngest-person-ever-executed-innocent.php

TRAVEL TALE (Homework Assignment)

ROAD TRIP!
Imagine that you're going on a road trip and you must take three people with you in the car. The FIRST passenger is a person of your choosing, the SECOND is a favorite teacher, and the THIRD must be either Rebecca Black or Justin Bieber.

Prewriting activites should include an outline of who's in the car, where you're going, why you're headed there, and some possible "speed bumps" that could occur along the way.

Once you have the basic details on paper, begin to write your travel tale! This is a short work of creative fiction -- and by short I mean 2-3 pages with lots and lots of CREATIVITY!

Prewriting should be done in your marble notebooks, with the final product HANDED IN ON LOOSELEAF paper by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011

QUESTIONS? Email me: ms.k.keenan@gmail.com

Steve Jobs

Tribute to

Steve Jobs:
http://www.wired.com/video/latest-videos/latest/1815816633/a-tribute-to-steve-jobs/1202794264001

CHAUCER!!!

Start your Chaucer adventure today!
Here is a webquest to help get you started. Take notes and add to your knowledge base as the week progresses. Don't forget to list any outside sources in your notes!

http://www.lyc-arsonval-brive.ac-limoges.fr/site/IMG/pdf/Chaucer_-_WebQuest.pdf

Also...
http://www.history.com/topics/black-death/videos#coroners-report-plague

Read and Respond (Week Four)

Here are the links for Week Four's R & R. Please read ALL of the articles linked below, and then summarize/analyze AT LEAST TWO of the articles on LOOSE-LEAF PAPER. As always, you are required to write in blue or black ink. Responses should be at least a page in length!!!

STOP STUDYING! Is this an unfair system? Explain.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2094427,00.html

WEIGH IN! Is a "fat tax" fair? Explain.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2011/10/02/denmark-introduces-fat-tax-on-foods-high-in-saturated-fat/

BULLYCIDE: Is 15 years too little, too much, or just right?
http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/bill-could-give-those-convicted-of-bullycide-15-years-in-prison-1.3203059