Homework due on Friday, February 27th!
February 23, 2009
Vacation is over!
February 22, 2009
We’ll be returning to A Raisin in the Sun this week. I hope you’re in the acting mood! Your homework will be assigned on Tuesday. The Extra Credit article for this week is about a severe drought in California. Here it is: xtracreditcadrought
New Extra Credit
February 8, 2009
Here’s the new Extra Credit for this week. Because of the February vacation next week, this Extra Credit is due on Friday, February 13th. Here it is! xtrcr29climatechange
It’s almost February vacation.
February 8, 2009
This week we’ll finish reading the rest of Act 1 of Raisin in the Sun. You’ll be working in your small groups to read and answer questions about the play. Your homework this week is due on Friday. Since next week is February break — make sure you bring your homework in on time!!! Have some fun with it: hwvalode29
Homework and Extra Credit
February 2, 2009
Today we reviewed the Civil Rights activities of the late 1950’s, the time during which Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun. Your homework for this week, which is due Thursday February 5th, involves reading the advice of Martin Luther King Jr. to the people of Montgomery following the integration of the public buses. Homework: busdeshwr Also, here is the new Extra Credit due next Monday: xtracredtorture22.
It’s Monday again!
February 1, 2009
This week we’ll be looking at the life and times of Lorraine Hansberry, the author of “A Raisin in the Sun”. To truly understand how amazing she was, it’s important to understand the times in which lived and wrote.
Extra Credit started up again. This Extra Credit from last week is due Monday February 2nd at 3:00pm. ChineseandtheIvyLeague. I’ll post the next Extra Credit here on my Blog tomorrow. Remember, I always have hard copies in my room in the Extra Credit bin hanging near my door.
Class time for the Writing Prompt is done. If you weren’t able to complete your 5 paragraph essay on your American Dream, you may use a free period or you may come after school on Monday February 2nd or Tuesday February 3rd to finish it up. Remember, this is worth 100 points in Term 3!
