3 January 2007
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3 January 2007
Take out a sheet
of paper and
put an MLA
heading on it. >
3 January 2007
You will write a
one page essay
on the following
topic: >
3 January 2007
Why they should
change
_______.
4 January
You’re paper is dew by
the end of the period.
Make sure that spelling,
punctuation, and format
are all correct. (2)
5 January
Choose any kind of disaster – a
sinking ship, a tornado, a
hurricane, a avalanche, a
forest fire. Put yourself their.
Write a page about how you’d
feel and what you’d do. (2)
5 January
Find three differences
between the novel and the
movie, Lord of the Flies.
Were any of these
differences important?
Why? >
Take out a sheet
of paper and
put an MLA
heading on it. >
You will write a
one page essay
on the topic.
(0)
8 January
Put your papers on your
desk. Make sure that
you’re MLA heading is
correct. >
8 January
How do you think the sinking
of the Titanic affected the
world in 1912? Has they’re
been any incident recently
to compare with it? (2)
9 January
Write a one paragraph
description of the singing
of the Titanic. Include five
details from the video in
your description. (1)
Titanic
Titanic
Gross Tonnage: 46,328 GRT
Displacement: 52,310 Long Tons
Length: 882 ft. 9 in. (269 m)
Beam: 92 ft. 6 in. (28 m)
Draught: 34 ft. 7 in. (10.5 m)
Speed: 23 knots (42.5 km/h) (26.4 mph)
Number of Passengers (Maiden Voyage): 1912
Total 2,223 First Class:329
Second Class: 285
Third Class: 710
Crew:899
Rhapsody of the Seas
Rhapsody of the Seas
Maiden Voyage: May 19, 1997
Passenger Capacity: 2,435
Godmother: Bodil
Wilhelmsen
Gross Tonnage: 78,491
Length: 915'
Beam: 105.6'
Draft: 25'
Cruising Speed: 22 knots
Adventure of the Seas
Adventure of the Seas
Ship Facts Maiden Voyage:
November 18, 2001
Passenger Capacity: 3,114
Gross Tonnage: 138,000
Length: 1020'
Max Beam: 157.5'
Draft: 29'
Cruising Speed: 23.7 knots
10 January
R. M. S. Titanic was
originally published
in what year? What
was it’s original
source? (1)
11 January
Write one paragraph
describing how the music
is related to the Titanic.
Give at least two details
from the article to support
your answer.(0)
12 January
Check your
grades. >
12 January
How are the story told in
the movie, Titanic,
different from R. M. S.
Titanic? Use the
correct literary term to
describe each. (1)
16 January
Write an essay
comparing Baldwin’s
account of the Titanic
with Rosenthals
account of his visit to
Auschwitz. >
(1)
16 January
In your essay, explain how
the tone and purpose of
each essay is different.
Support your argument
with examples from each
essay. (1)
17 January
Clear off your
desk for your
test. Good luck!
(0)
18 January
In “No News from
Auschwitz,” Rosenthal
says that to leave
Auschwitz without writing
anything about it would
be a discourtesy to the
people who died their. >
18 January
Explain what you think he
means by this statement.
Make at least two references
to specific details in the
selection to support your
ideas. >
18 January
Clear off your
desk for your
test. Good luck!
(1)
19 January
Move back one
desk and
check your
grades. >
19 January
Would Hanson W. Baldwin
agree with the viewpoint
expressed in the following
cartoon? Make at least two
references too specific
details in the selections to
support your answer. (1)
19 January
Make-up tests
tomorrow
before school.
Epigraph:
23 January
•A quote from another author
at the beginning of a piece
(often used to head a
chapter). An epigraph usually
somehow encapsulates or
adds meaning to the work that
follows it. >
George Santayana’s famous
statement, “Those who
cannot remember the
past are condemned to
repeat it,” could well be
used as an epigraph to
Rosenthals essay. >
Choose one of the
phrases below from the
essay, and explain how
it could be used to
argue that we must
remember the past. >
a. “. . . the most grisly tourist
center on earth.” .
b. “. . . memories of which sane
men cannot conceive.”
c. “. . . in the ruins of the gas
chambers . . . there are
daisies growing.”
d. “The visitors . . . say to the
guide, ‘Enough.’”. (1)
Take out a
pencil for your
timed writing.
20 January 2006