ANNOUNCEMENT PAGE

This page will contain special homework assignments which do not appear on the printed two-week assignment sheet you will receive in class. It will also forwarn you of changes in the printed schedule. Be sure to check this page if you have been absent from class, for you are responsible for homework assignments and deadline dates.

The main type of assignment here is the vocabulary word list chosen in class for a reading selection or the pages for a Newsweek reading assignment. The study cards for the words and the Newsweek activity sheets are generally due the next class period, whether you were in class or not.

Jan 23: Newsweek assignment: page 62 of Jan. 28th issue: "Friends under the Microscope". Use the Newsweek activity sheet, page 101 - 102 A in your Supplemental Materials packet.

Study schedule homework listed on your assignment sheet is postponed to next week. We're behind already! !

Jan 29: The new printed assignment sheet is available in class and has been uploaded to the Assignments page of this website.

Newsweek Assignment: Below is the hand-out sheet students received in class for the "My Turn" essay homework, page 17, Newsweek, February 4th issue.

“My Turn” Response Format

One section of your Newsweek portfolio will be to read and respond to the week's “My Turn” essays, a regular feature of each issue. In the February 4th magazine, you'll find the essay on page 17: “A Simple Twist of Faith.”

I. Preview the essay by reading its title, billboard, first and last paragraphs. Look at the photograph. What is the topic of this essay?
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II. Read the essay once over quickly with pencil in hand. Circle any vocabulary words that need to be looked up before the second reading.

III. Read the essay again. Underline key ideas and jot notes in the margins to help you with the next steps.

IV. In a complete sentence, state the thesis of this essay (reminder-- MI of an essay is call its thesis):
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V. In a paragraph or short essay, write a summary/reaction to this essay. Be sure your first sentences (if you write a paragraph) or introductory paragraph (if you write an essay) includes the following:
--name of the Newsweek article
--author's name
--the topic or main idea of the essay
--your overall reaction (this is your main idea)

Then summarize the major points of the “My Turn” essay in your own words (don't just copy sentences from the article).

And then, discuss your reactions to the article in some detail. Explain how you felt about what the author had to say and why you felt that way. This is the place to state any points of confusion you may have, to agree or disagree with the author, to indicate whether you felt the author's points were valid or not, to comment on the style writing, to connect the author's ideas and experiences to your own life.

Type your paragraph/essay, 1 - 1 1/2 pages, double-spaced, due on Tues., Feb. 5th.

VI. Remember to add 3 - 5 words to the “Weird Words” section of your portfolio: vocabulary word, its definition, and a sentence of your own using the word. Label each week's section of words with the date of the magazine and name of the article.

Something to think about for future class discussion: how is an essay different from an article?

TH Feb 7th: Newsweek assignment: "Happiness is Not Enough," pages 50 - 52, February 11th issue.

Use the Supplement worksheet, pages 101B - 102B--the same format as for the first Newsweek article that we did. (In class, I gave you the wrong pages, sorry--I should not listen to students without checking the pages myself!!).

T Feb 12th: A new printed assignment sheet is available in class and has been uploaded to the Assignments page of this website.

TH Feb 14th: Besides the Newsweek article assigned (see your assignment sheet or the Assignments page of this website), review the following assignment as we did not get to it today:

DCRS, 59 – 64: “How Jockeys Controlled Their Weight”—preview, read, do the
exercises, Sections A, B, and C (on paper or tear pages from your book).

TH Feb. 21st: Your Newsweek magazine for the next assignment, the February 25th issue, will be arriving at your home. Most students already have received theirs. If yours doesn't arrive, be sure to check around your home or apartment building to make sure someone else didn't pick it up; if necessary, I can call Newsweek next Tuesday to make sure they have your correct address.

You are still responsible for doing the Newsweek homework, so use a library copy or a classmate's copy to photocopy an article.

As noted on the assignment sheet, you can choose your article this time, but here are some further guidelines.

1) The article must be at least one full page (yes, you can include the pictures).

2) If using an essay, write a summary/reaction page similar to "A Twist of Faith" several weeks ago. Be sure to include the title, author, and MI in your first sentence. The following pages contain one-page essays:
17, 35, 39, 45, 64.

3) You may also choose from the several news articles. If doing one of those, use the SUPP response sheet, pages 101 - 102. (You may have one of those left, but if not, then use the next response sheet).

4) As usual, annotate the selection, remove it from the magazine (or photocopy it) and staple it to your response sheet.

T Feb 26th: A new printed assignment sheet is available in class and has been uploaded to the Assignments page of this website.

TH Feb 28th: Homework adjustments: 1) HW: Newsweek article: Choose an article fromthe following list of articles in the March 3rd issue:

pp. 21 - 23: "With Friends Like These"
pp. 26 - 27: "How Your Brain Looks at Race"
pp. 34 - 35: "Borrowers Are Out in the Cold"
pp. 37 - 42: "What Addicts Need"
pp. 46 - 47:"Reality's Believe It or Not"

Use the response sheet on SUPP,105A & B. You can skip Question #V for now.

2) 6 vocabulary study cards, one for each of the following class words chosen from The Kite Runner. These words are listed below. The study cards should follow the model on the gold sheet, SUPP, pages 313 - 132. Follow the model as precisely as possible; the format was designed to give maximum clarity as well as experience with the word, the dictionary, sentence and grammar skills, use of quotations and citations, and memory techniques.

perpetually (page 4 of The Kite Runner), oscillating (8), intricacies (15), aloofness (19), vehemently (24), flanked (38)

Both of these assignments are due at the beginning of the hour next Tuesday. The vocab cards are worth 35 points and the NW article, its usual 10 points for initial check-in (with final NW grade to be determined by the portfolio at the end of the term).

TH 3/6: KITE RUNNER VOCABULARY WORDS FOR STUDY CARDS

indignation (54), plummeting (55), harmonium (61), adjacent (69), stagger (74) aspired (77)

NEWSWEEK ASSIGNMENT: Choose any essay or article. If working with an essay, (for example , the "My Turn" essay on page 22), write a one-page summary/reaction. If working with an article, use the SUPP response sheet, pages 105 - 106, the one that says "Organizational Patterns" at the top. Be sure to first read/annotate the selection, to be submitted on Tuesday with your response.If you're not sure which format to use for your particular reading selection, e-mail your instructor with the name of the article: lindgren@smccd.edu

DCRS WORK: You might want to do the DCRS work prior to doing the Newsweek assignment because DCRS chapters 3 and 4 introduce you to the patterns of organization. We talked about patterns briefly in class today, but you haven't really had a good introduction to this topic yet.

TH 3/13: KITE RUNNER VOCABULARY WORDS FOR STUDY CARDS

reluctantly (86), periphery (88), faltered (97), grimace (107), lucrative(111) encapsulated (123)

NEWSWEEK ASSIGNMENT: Choose any essay or article from the 3/17 issue. If working with an essay, (for example , the "My Turn" essay), write a one-page summary/reaction. If working with an article, use the SUPP response sheet, pages 105 - 106, the one that says "Organizational Patterns" at the top. Be sure to first read/annotate the selection, to be submitted on Tuesday with your response.If you're not sure which format to use for your particular reading selection, e-mail your instructor with the name of the article: lindgren@smccd.edu

Reminder: next week is spring break. We'll next meet on Tuesday, March 25th. See you then!

TH 3/27: The new assignment sheet is available in class and has been uploaded to the Assignments page of this website. Note the date (April 22nd) of the mid-term exam, HBA folder submission, and portfolio submission.

KITE RUNNER VOCABULARY WORDS FOR STUDY CARDS:

alleviated (131), acrid (132), unkempt (135), adversary (149), palliative (156), reticence (157)

Note about the Newsweek assignment due next Tuesday: We are all doing the same Newsweek article this week rather than choosing what most interests you. We will use this article to practice both annotation and mapping. Be sure to look over the SUPP pages listed on the assignment sheet to be better preapred for these two reading/study strategies.

TH 4/3 HW: KITE RUNNER VOCABULARY WORDS FOR STUDY CARDS:

reverberated (174), invigorating (184), meticulous (186), ambivalent (186), soliloquies (193), aptness (197)

NEWSWEEK ASSIGNMENT: April 7th issue: pages 38 - 40, "The Opium Brides of Afghanistan"

New Response sheet: SUPP, pages 107 - 108. The new activity is to draw a map of the main idea and major supporting details of this selection.

TH 4/10: No Newsweek assignment this week. If you want to use the April 14th issue of Newsweek for HBA Lab time, use again SUPP pages 107 - 108 to practice mapping. If you are working with an essay instead of an article, you may choose to write a summary/reaction page instead of using the a SUPP response sheet.

KITE RUNNER VOCABULARY WORDS FOR STUDY CARDS:

propaganda (203), affable (205), grotesque (209), decency (216), sterile (222), protruding (229)

TH 4/24:1) For the Newsweek assignment, choose your own article. Switch to the SUPP response sheet, pages 109 - 110. Skip question VIII on inferences.
2) The Kite Runner reading is postponed to next week. Instead, begin the Inferences work in Chapter 2 of
DCRS, pages 65 - 73. Read the instructional material on inferences, and do the exercises in the text.

If you were absent from class today, know that we spent the class period working on the distinction between fact and opinion. Be sure to get the hand-out sheet and get class notes from a classmate when you get back to class next Tuesday.

T 4/29: Here is the information from The Kite Runner hand-out sheet received in class today. For each of the page groups listed below, design three questions as indicated:

Page groups:
Group 1: 243 - 251
Group 2: 251 - 259
Group 3: 259 - 267
Group 4: 267 - 275
Group 5: 275 - 284
Group 6: 284 - 292

Text question: Text questions require evidence from the text. These questions require you to consider what has happened in the text in order to come up with an answer.

Example: Why does Amir want Baba to read the story he has written?

World question: World questions reflect issues or situations similar to those in the text. These types of questions help you to make connections between the text and the world.

Example: Why do people want to impress their parents or other authority figures.

Personal questions: Personal questions reflect issues or situations you personally relate to. These types of questions help you to make personal connections with the text.

Example: What have I done to try to impress my parents or other authority figure?

Additional HW: After our work on inferences in class today, you can now do the "inferences" question on the Newsweek response sheet and submit it on Thursday instead of today.

TH 5/1: Kite Runner vocabulary words:

equivalent (248), ambled (253), sloughed (262), undulating (270), bourgeoisie (283), lunacy (289)

Reminder: Use the SUPP pages 109 - 110 for your choice of a Newsweek article. Do the whole response sheet, including the inference question.

TH 5/8: Kite Runner vocabulary words:

orbital (297), insomniac (303), intravenous (307), irrevocably (320), panoramic (320), baritone (328).

For the May 12th Newsweek issue: Choose your own article. Use SUPP pages 111 - 112, even if you are doing an essay rather than an article. Use Chapter 6 in DCRS for help with the new questions on this response sheet. (Part of your homework is also to preview Chapter 6, plus we already discussed many of the terms in class today).

TH 5/15: Go back to the Newsweek issue for April 21st to work with two articles with differing points of view on the same topic:

"Boycott Opening Ceremonies," page 36
"Don't Feed China's Nationalism," page 37

If you don't have the magazine any more, there are photocopies of these pages in the holder on my office door: 5104.

Use SUPP pages 113 A-B for your response sheet. You will be asked questions related to purpose, tone, and point of view--Chapter 7 material in the DCRS book. Do your best and bring questions to class.

We also still need to finish discussing themes in The Kite Runner.