Monday, September 28

WHEN THE BELL GOES OFF YOU ARE TO BEGIN WRITING ON THE FOLLOWING 
JOURNAL PROMPT:

Huck and Jim head off on an amazing adventure down the Mississippi river. Write 1 page telling me the story of an adventure you have been on at some point in your life.  Be sure to pick something that was meaningful and/or taught you something. Remember, camping trips count, and even hanging out with friends is sometimes like an adventure if you go some place. 20 minutes.

VOCABULARY FOR HUCK FINN: Quizlet deck. CLICK HERE ON THIS HUCK FINN DECK! --->Huck Finn deck<-----CLICK HERE          "pious" to "addled"
Words for this week (quiz Friday)

HOMEWORK: Read chapters 15 AND 16 of Huck Finn (only 12 pages total).

Mark Twain himself went on some pretty amazing adventures. Here's a biography relating some of those stories


SPARKNOTES.COM
AUDIO version of Huck Finn
Review:
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES SIMILAR TO THOSE FACED BY HUCK

• Discrimination based on sexual orientation
• Human trafficking 
• Hunger in Salem and America in general
• Poverty and/or Homelessness
• Ineffectiveness of our outmoded (old-fashioned) approach to education
• Substance abuse and its negative affect on families
• Gun control or violence in America
• Self-harm, eating disorders

HOMEWORK:
1. Pick an issue

2. Find an article on the Internet (go to the library before class tomorrow if you don't have Internet at home). 

3. Read at least 1 page of the article

4. Go to the class blog

5. Paste or type in a three sentence summary of the article or at least share an interesting point that is made there.

6. Copy and paste the web address or create a link, if you know how to do that

6th Period Google Doc: Google Doc for Contemporary Issues--6th

7th Period Google Doc: Google Doc for Contemporary Issues--7th

MOST articles will fall into one of the following categories, I'm guessing:

Discrimination based on sexual orientation

Human trafficking 

Hunger in Salem and America in general

Poverty and/or Homelessness

Ineffectiveness of our outmoded (old-fashioned) approach to education

Substance abuse and its negative affect on families

Gun control or violence in America

Lying

Hypocrisy

Other

otebook:

For  this class I would like you to hand in each 6 weeks. The first time you submit it will be October 17th. You may either use a spiral, a small 3-ring, or simply staple together pages from a bigger notebook. The notebook is to be divided into the following sections, which need to be separated by post it notes, tabs, or something else that will be clearly visible to me. The bottom line here is that the journal entries need to all be together, the notes together, the grammar exercises, etc.

Divide your notebook into the following sections:

1. Journal entries

2. Notes

3. Assignments, including grammar

4. Poetry, etc.

Due October 17, 30 points