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June 04, 2010
June 4, 2010
History:
Read Chpts. 28.6 and 20.2-12 (to help identify a Renaissance figure for your group project and/or individual research paper) by 6/7.
Chpt. 28 Timeline is due 6/8.
Chpt. 28 test is 6/8.
Novel, "Of Nightingales that Weep":
Read chapter 10 by 6/7.
Journal notes are due 6/7.
Illustrate two scenes with captions from Chpts. 1-10 due 6/10.
Novel test of chapters 1-10 is 6/9.
Literature Discussion Questions are due 6/7.
5. Takiko receives a poem from General Munemori in Chpt. 9; why doesn’t she want him?
6. Why is it a problem to simply refuse him?
Writing:
A 5-paragraph Research Paper Essay is worth 50 points, and is due 6/11.
You will need to choose your topic from the following choices:
The Renaissance from 1300-1500s, the Harlem Renaissance from 1919-1940 or particular figures from each period: Johannes Gutenberg, Michelangelo, Titian, Albrecht Durer, Nicolaus Copernicus, Andreas Vesalius, Isabella 1, Elizabeth 1, William Shakespeare, Miguel Cerbantes, or Leonardo da Vinci from the European Renaissance then, or Claude McKay, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Aaron Douglas or Bessie Smith from the Harlem Renaissance, now.
The due dates are as follows:
An outline including a thesis statement with the three main points you will prove, and three sources: one primary and two secondary sources are due 6/8.
You may use your textbook, the internet, the school and local libraries and any articles given in class. We will talk about primary and secondary sources in detail on Monday.
Rough draft for peer editing is due 6/9. You will be assigned peer editing partners.
Final copy is due 6/11.
An outline and rubric will be available in class on Monday.
Posted by ValerieC at June 4, 2010 04:44 PM