Follow these directions for the lab assignment:
1. Read the bio. on Gary Soto: http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/authorbios/index2.jsp?author=7garysoto&WebLogicSession=Tm8ksKx1ZSYM5TQ1M6Y2B2B8xcJs7XLUV23roa1t1rfKaDtv7GUi|8121286389490268350/-1062731312/6/6001/6001/7002/7002/6001/-1
2. Take the poll at the top...ethnicity...click your race.
3. Go to Moodle and then REFLECTION 1. Answer the journal questions online in the threaded discussion: 1. Hispanic Heritage 2. Sharing Our Stories
*3rd/5th...also answer the EXTENSION activity about how Gary Soto/Ritchie Valens contributed to Hispanic literature*
4. Answer one of the following journal topics related to your inclass reading. You may do this in Word in the lab if you wish:
Writing tie-in- Journal topics- choose ONE of the following and write a one page response in your composition book: (assignment is due during class next Thursday 9/30/10)
1. This selection references vinyl records. Research types of recording devices and compare vinyl records, cassettes, CDs, and current MP3s. How has music recording changed over the years?
2. In the story Manuel has to perform publicly in front of his school. Have you ever had to perform in front of an audience? If so, when. Describe the feeling of performing and compare/contrast with Manuel's feelings while performing.
3. Many actors/actresses have to deal with stage fright or may have "butterflies" about performing. Find an article or a book about public speaking. How might you deal with anxious feelings?
4. Read a short biography about Ritchie Valens. Write a one page summary of his life as a performer. You may include details such as the movie that chronicled his life.
http://www.ritchievalens.com/ (Ritchie Valens- OfficialWebsite )
All classes: Make sure you have turned in the narrative topic 1 from last lab day and your "I AM" poem. Also, I am missing several grammar assignments. You have had worksheets on VERBS, PRONOUNS, and "La Bamba" verb tense WS. If you have been absent you are responsible for making this up.
Finished with all that? You maybegin working on topic 2 and 3 (your choices) from your Narrative sheet: Autobiographical incident. You will choose one of these to extend into an essay. Study for your CDA next Thursday- all grammar.
Enjoy your 1/2 day... ;)
Ms. M.
1. Read the bio. on Gary Soto: http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/authorbios/index2.jsp?author=7garysoto&WebLogicSession=Tm8ksKx1ZSYM5TQ1M6Y2B2B8xcJs7XLUV23roa1t1rfKaDtv7GUi|8121286389490268350/-1062731312/6/6001/6001/7002/7002/6001/-1
2. Take the poll at the top...ethnicity...click your race.
3. Go to Moodle and then REFLECTION 1. Answer the journal questions online in the threaded discussion: 1. Hispanic Heritage 2. Sharing Our Stories
*3rd/5th...also answer the EXTENSION activity about how Gary Soto/Ritchie Valens contributed to Hispanic literature*
4. Answer one of the following journal topics related to your in
Writing tie-in- Journal topics- choose ONE of the following and write a one page response in your composition book: (assignment is due during class next Thursday 9/30/10)
1. This selection references vinyl records. Research types of recording devices and compare vinyl records, cassettes, CDs, and current MP3s. How has music recording changed over the years?
2. In the story Manuel has to perform publicly in front of his school. Have you ever had to perform in front of an audience? If so, when. Describe the feeling of performing and compare/contrast with Manuel's feelings while performing.
3. Many actors/actresses have to deal with stage fright or may have "butterflies" about performing. Find an article or a book about public speaking. How might you deal with anxious feelings?
4. Read a short biography about Ritchie Valens. Write a one page summary of his life as a performer. You may include details such as the movie that chronicled his life.
http://www.ritchievalens.com/ (Ritchie Valens- Official
All classes: Make sure you have turned in the narrative topic 1 from last lab day and your "I AM" poem. Also, I am missing several grammar assignments. You have had worksheets on VERBS, PRONOUNS, and "La Bamba" verb tense WS. If you have been absent you are responsible for making this up.
Finished with all that? You may
Enjoy your 1/2 day... ;)
Ms. M.
4th period: READ THIS FIRST!!!
1. Read the following extension activities on the excerpt from Bario Boy you read in class. Complete one activity. Why does this selection belong in a collection honoring Hispanic authors? (Hispanic awareness month):
http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/projects/index.jsp?which=barrioboy&id=1330&WebLogicSession=TnFaKvgZysQZ3BHFAA3r6eWLfp2SF32GsgmfCPFY2nLjn2A5ml50|-4856177159716417645/-1062731288/6/6001/6001/7002/7002/6001/-1
2. Literature links- extension activities:
http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/literaturelinks.jsp?id=1330&WebLogicSession=TnFaw6pw4XLUmMoe9QUQUUxuoqMeS6SJjW2Gy4ZVp01avLRI5I12|-4856177159716417645/-1062731288/6/6001/6001/7002/7002/6001/-1
3. Take the poll at the top of this page on your ethnicity...click...done.
4. Go to Moodle, Reflection 1, and answer the question I POSTED on Hispanic Heritage and SHARING OUR STORIES.
5. Make sure you have scored your Eleanor Roosevelt essay (the one we did in lab last time) and tell me your score. Print a copy of this essay and put it in your class manila folder- portfolio.
6. Print a copy of your narrative journal topic 1 from the last time we were in the lab. These are located also in the archives on McNeill's Masterminds or see me for a hard copy.
7. Make sure you have a login for Moodle (firstlast name- no spaces; password is your lunch number. If that does not work try my last name/no caps-mcneill. Also make sure you can login to your online textbook...see me if you lost the generic girl/boy passwords.
Finished with all that? Begin writing on topic 2 and 3 from the narrative topics. You will turn one of these into an essay due in two weeks (after CDA). After that you will begin your Digital Storytelling Project.
Good luck,
Ms. M.
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