Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Sra. Muller-----Spanish 4-----Latino Journey Project


Objectives: Students will use interpretive and analytical skills to learn about Latinos profiled in the exhibition at Stony Brook Museum with their inspiration stories.
Students will apply their knowledge of oral histories and use the general skills and strategies for the writing process.
Task:
1. Research 15 of the people listed below.
2. Write a detail entry about each person, where they are from.
3. Annotate their contributions, and their occupation.
4. Annotate any quotes they made regarding their journey as a Latino.
Tania León
Dolores Huerta
Rebecca Lobo
Bill Richarson
Mario J. Molina
Chita Rivera
Antonia C. Novello
Victor Villaseñor
Derek Parra
John M. Quiñones
Joseph Unanue
Ricardo E. Alegría
Mel Martinez
Ellen Ochoa
Pepón Osorio
Alfred Rascon
Juan Romagoza
Luis Valdez
Teodoro Vidal
Raúl H. Yzaguirre
Linda Alvarado
Judith F. Baca
Sandra Cisneros
Cristina García
Due May 30, 2008
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Mr. Mike Rosequist-----A.P. World History







CURRENT EVENTS TOPICS
Political, Social, Economic Effects
Darfur (Sudan) Crisis
AIDS Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa
Burma (Myanmar) Cyclone
China Earquake
Secular Islamist Conflict in Turkey
China's Three Gorges Dam Project
Latin American Immigration to the United States
Prepration for Summer Olympics in China
U.S. Involvement in Iraq
Students will research the topics in the Information Center using various news sources such as the New York Times and BBC World News. The weblinks below will provide access to recommended resources.
Library Resources
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Monday, May 19, 2008

Mr. Brian McAuliff-----English-----A.P. Research Paper



A. P. RESEARCH PAPER.
Do one of the following:
A. Choose a work we have studied this year, a novel, play, or short story, something you would like to learn more about. Write a five-page research paper that explores some aspect of this work. Use at least three separate sources. (Wikipedia, Spark Notes, and the like are not acceptable as sources.*)
Here are some examples:
· Examine a work from a particular critical perspective, or from several.
· Determine the biographical or historical influences that affected a work (or writer).
· Explore how a particular work or writer influenced his or her culture.
· Examine a writer’s style or technique. Consider how it changed over time.
· Explore how different critics have received a writer or work over time.
B. Research a poet or type of poetry we have studied in class. Write a five-page paper which presents a thesis about the poet or work. How you organize the paper is up to you, but it must include the following:
· a thesis (focus or controlling idea)
· a sampling of his her work
· critical commentary (including your own)
FORMAT. We will use the MLA Style Guide format. See Writing Research Papers or MLA Style Guide (available through WMHS Information Center).
SOURCES. In order to present a well-balanced evaluation of your subject you must cite a minimum of three sources. (*See above note.)
AUDIENCE AND STYLE. Write your paper for the general reader who may have some familiarity with the subject but is no expert. Your style should be formal but not stilted.
SCHEDULE:
Introduction ___________
Choose a topic; establish a statement of controlling purpose _____________
Note taking _____________
Drafting ____________
Rough draft due _Wed. 5/28_____________
Finished draft due __Mon.6/2____________

Library Resources
Online Databases
Virtual Reference Collection
eLibrary
Proquest Multiple Databases (newspapers/journals)
Thomson Gale Databases
Student Resource Center Literature Resource Center
Online Catalog
Academic Integrity
Noodletools Citation System
Citation Machine
Citation Style For Research Papers
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Ms. Kerry Cowan-----English-----Research Paper

Library of Congress
Main Reading Room


A.P. Literature
Research Paper
Do one of the following:
A. Choose an author we have studied this year, a novelist, playwright, or short story writer, someone you would like to learn more about. Write a five page research paper that explores some aspect of his or her work. Use at least three separate sources.
Here are some examples:
Examine a work from a particular critical perspective
Determine the biographical or historical influences that affected a work (or writer).
Explore how a particular work or writer influenced his or her culture.
Examine a writer’s style or technique. Consider how it changed over time.
Explore how different critics have received a writer or work over time.
Choose a detail from a book or play (a theme, a reoccurring symbol, the evolution of a character, the role of setting, etc.) to explore in detail.
B. Research a poet, someone whose work you are fond of or someone you would like to learn about. Write a five page paper which presents a thesis about him or her and focuses on both the poet’s life and work. Your paper must include the following information but should not be organized as if these are the four sections of the paper. Combine information about the poet with his/her life, work and critics. Biographical information should be kept to a minimum and only discussed as it pertains to the writer’s work.
--a thesis
--a sampling of his/her work
--critical commentary
--biographical information about the poet
Topic due: May 12
Initial Thesis Statement and Works Cited due: May 19
Rough Draft due: May 28
Paper due: June 4
Format: MLA
Sources: In order to present a well-balanced evaluation of your subject you must cite a minimum of three authoritative sources.
Begin reading and/or rereading primary sources immediately.
List of Suggested Poets
Amiri Baraka
Sandra Cisneros
W.B. Yeats
Jane Kenyon
Adrienne Rich
Sonia Sanchez
William Stafford
Seamus Heaney
Theodore Roethke
Countee Cullen
Ted Hughes
Galway Kinnel
William Wordsworth
William Carlos Williams
Mark Strand
Sharon Olds
Tess Gallagher
William Blake
Mary Oliver
Charles Simic
Thomas Hardy
Marianne Moore
John Donne
Carl Sandburg
Robert Herrick
Gwendolyn Brooks
Rita Dove
Lucille Clifton
Mark Doty
Eavan Boland
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Richard Wilbur
Ezra Pound
T.S. Eliot
Elizabeth Bishop
John Keats
Louise Gluck
Billy Collins
Sylvia Plath
Margaret Atwood
Denise Levertov
Nikki Giovanni
Robinson Jeffers
Dorothy Parker
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Langston Hughes
Robert pinsky
Dylan Thomas
Naomi Shihab Nye
Sara Teasdale
H.D.
Anne Sexton
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Edward Hirsch
Li-Young Lee
Allen GinsbergLawrence
Library Resources
Online Databases
eLibrary
Proquest Multiple Databases (newspapers/journals)
Student Resource Center
Literature Resource Center
Academic Integrity
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