English 2 - Argumentative Research 4/25

*Now that you have chosen your topic (and it has been approved), you will begin to gather your sources (reliable websites - not wikipedia, ask.com, askyahoo or about.com) to use to support your argument. Before you can begin your writing, you must read up on your topic. 

*Today you need to gather 3 sources. Using easybib.com you will create a page (sources copied into a word document) with the proper formatting (follow the directions under the tab "bibliography" on easybib.) for what will be your works cited page (also known as a bibliography). Every source you use (no matter if it is 3 or 19) needs it's own entry.

The information you find on your websites must be copied and pasted into a word document. DO NOT PRINT THE WEBSITES!

Your next step is to create a THESIS STATEMENT which will be ONE SENTENCE that explains to the reader what they will be reading about. THIS NEEDS TO BE IN AN ARGUMENTATIVE FORMAT...What is it you're trying to "prove?" Use the Persuasive Thesis Builder to help you write your thesis. 

At the end of class today, you must print out your three sources in the proper format and your thesis. Please save ALL of your word documents!

 

English 2 Research Paper

You will choose an invention and idea or something that was created as a solution to a problem. This will be the focus of your research paper which will count as your final exam grade. To begin, brainstorm problems that have occurred in the world and what the solutions were to these. Your research paper will be argumentative and must include the cause and effects of the item/idea of your choosing. You paper MUST convince the reader that the idea/invention is the best ever created and why. 

Here are some useful links! 

Assignment

Time's Best Inventions

Who Are the Best Inventors in History? 

Greatest Inventors of All Time 

Inventors/Philanthropists

Faculty Meeting 10/28

Arden's Memoir

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

STUDENT ANIMOTOS

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

READING FOR SUCCESS 10/13

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DIVIDE THE PREFIX GAME

DIVIDE THE SUFFIX GAME

DIVIDE THE ROOT GAME 

CLUELESS CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Fillicide

Nickelback "Why Dont You Throw Yourself Away?"

CFNC

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FOLLOW ALL THE DIRECTION CLOSELY - PAY ATTENTION TO DETAILS AS THE COLLEGES USE THIS INFORMATION FOR APPLICATIONS

Your password and username will be
USERNAME - First initial last name birthday (for example smeyer111871)
PASSWORD - middle name (if it's too short then write it twice)

FILL OUT INFORMATION AND IT WILL TRY TO GIVE YOU A USERNAME - ERASE THE SUGGESTION AND TYPE IN THE ONE THAT FOLLOWS THE DIRECTIONS ABOVE.

DO NOT USE YOUR EMAIL - LEAVE EMAIL BLANK AND CHECK THE BOX FOR A CFNC EMAIL

All the Years of Her Life

Click HERE to listen to the the short story "All the Years of Her Life" by Morley Callaghan.

WHY MOSQUITOS BUZZ IN YOUR EAR

http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=aJSlrhC0GTQ

Honors English 1 and English 2

SOAPStone Review

SOAPSTone Graphic Organizer

Survival of the Fattest - The Simpson's version of The Most Dangerous Game

READING FOR SUCCESS

Click on the following link. Please save the document to your computer, complete and print the assignment when you are done! 


Cliche Worksheet

This I Believe

HONORS ENGLISH 1 - 1A-AVID and 1B



This is my favorite website for really awesome personal narratives (which is what a memoir is). Begin by browsing for theme. Read a few. Pick your favorite then write what made you like it. Please be specific. 

Click here to get started!   This I Believe

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Fictional Elements

Fictional Elements on Prezi

Mental Back Pocket

THIS IS AN ASSIGNMENT THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN ASSIGNED. 

Mental Back Pocket!

• You will select 5 topics to research. 
• You may not use Wikipedia.
• You will select 1 quote from this individual/topic
• You will find 5 facts (supporting details/elaboration) for each topic.
• You will select topics and facts that are usable for a variety of possible prompts and use only relevant information (MLK wore a size 11 shoe…not relevant information).

For Example (you may not use this):

Martin Luther King, Jr.: “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”

1. He was a strong worker for civil rights for members of his race.
2. He was a leader of the first great Negro nonviolent demonstration of contemporary times in the United States, the bus boycott.
3. He directed the peaceful march on Washington, D.C., of 250,000 people to whom he delivered his address, "l Have a Dream"
4. At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.
5. On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated.

HONORS ENGLISH 1: UNIT 1

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Unit 1 Literary Terms

The Giver Novel Completion Assignment (edmodo submission) 

Mr. Finn business letter assignment
Utopia Power Point
Character Qualities

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Foreshadowing, Irony and Symbolism

Foreshadowing - Irony - Symbolism on Prezi

Short Story Elements

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