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Jewish history and culture have affected many aspects of Western civilization: it literature, its art, its philosophy. One small measure of this is the use of traditionally Jewish names. Abraham Lincoln was named for a Jewish patriarch. So was Noah Webster. Many people today have traditionally Jewish names, such as Adam, Luke, Joshua, Rachel, Sarah, Deborah, Naomi, and Nathan.
List as many well-known people as you can who carry Jewish names.
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We must constantly make decisions in daily life. Some decisions are simple choices while others affect people’s entire lives. Furthermore, every decision has consequences and often there is not a clear alternative. Decisions involve weighing alternatives and considering the consequences. This is an opportunity for students to examine values, beliefs, and pressures that surround decision making.
When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice. -William James
Write an essay based on literature you have studied in which the author examines decisions involving weighing alternatives and considering the consequences. What idea(s) does the writer develop regarding decisions involving weighing alternatives and considering the consequences?
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Plato
(427 BC-347 BC)
We must constantly make decisions in daily life. Some decisions are simple choices (e.g., Coke or Pepsi) while others affect people’s entire lives. Furthermore, every decision has consequences and often there is not a clear alternative. Decisions involve weighing alternatives and considering the consequences. Does conforming to the beliefs and actions of the majority make a person a “good citizen”?
When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice. -William James
Your writing should be a synthesis of the 5 paragraph essay AND a blog post.
Time: 2.5 hours
Submit a printed copy to your teacher and a trackback to this post.
Read a Novel from the Reading List:
Tracback a “map” of your response here.
Choose a focus for your final response to Hamlet.
Synthesize alternative points of view, (include links to sources: your posts, STJ blogs, etc.).
Review your responses throughout our study:
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PS: “To thine own rubric be true.”
November 9th is the “cut off” day for submission of my marks to the office.
Any assignment to be (re)submitted for grading must be “in my hand” before 2:00PM November 9th.
For those in the midst, or looking ahead at finals in my LA classes(9, 10-1, 20-1, 20-2, 30-1, 30-2).
Consider the outcomes we’ve tried to achieve.
Enhancing the artistry of communication has been a strong technical focus. Skills mastered include using online blogging tools, Word Processing, Spreadsheets, even graphical enhancements using Photoshop or audio/video podcasting tools have been included where time permitted and initiative taken. Participation on an online forum has generated a myriad of useful tips/reminders, questions/answers. There will be no speadsheets on the final, the use of Word will be necessary for English 30.
Each course has been structured around Focus Questions and related questions: English 10, English 9.
Emphasis on social networking, peer review/support/criticism has been critical for developing critical thought and reflection for writers defending an idea.
Each course has a reading list: English 10, English 30. Not every title has been studied intensively(or at all), but the proportion of attention paid to those pieces that were studied in class deserve the same level of attention on the final. Of course, those who choose additional literature from the list to focus on in the final deserve to have that initiative rewarded as well. If you choose to focus on Shakespeare, your audience gets tougher, I’ve noticed.
An English 30 paper looking at how the images/symbols/archetypes of Sophocles and Kingsolver relate to personal freedom to would be intriguing. Why not an English 10 paper discussing the threat of fanaticism by comparing the speeches of Mark Antony, Joseph Strorm, and Eamon De valera? What does Søren Kierkegaard have to do with every page you’ve ever read or written?
Extras, everyone should be able to link to Wikipedia for literary terms, difficult vocabulary, or just the odd or eccentric idea; can anyone incorporate the Hayflick Limit into their paper? Everyone has seen video and heard an mp3, but are any daring enough to Podcast their final essay? A carefully edited U2 mp3 snip, an embedded flash video of Ophelia Simpson, a slideshow?
The only limit is to abide the first line of every rubric you’ve ever attached to any assignment:
I _________________ honestly declare that the work is what I have done. In circumstances when I have quoted a certain authority, I have clearly indicated what is a quote and the author.
A Blogger’s Code of Ethics contains truths far older than the phenomenon of blogging.
English 30s will have no access to internet, filesharing, etc etc. English 10s can have it all.
And there you are – an infinitely original author of charming sensibility, even though unappreciated by the vulgar herd.
ENGLISH 10 Comments only SVP.
Scour your notes, “google” your minds, attach a comment with an idea, impression, concept. Make references to literature, film, philosophy, history, psychology, business, politics, etc.
Respond to these questions on your own blog AFTER reading:
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Scour your notes, “google” your minds, attach a comment with an idea, impression, concept. Make references to literature, film, philosophy, history, psychology, business, politics, etc.
Keep your comments brief, 10-50 words. Comment as often as you like.
What tests our relationship with technology?
ENGLISH 10 Comments only SVP.
Scour your notes, “google” your minds, attach a comment with an idea, impression, concept. Make references to literature, film, philosophy, history, psychology, business, politics, etc.
Keep your comments brief, 10-50 words. Comment as often as you like.
What makes us listen to our conscience?
ENGLISH 10 Comments only SVP.
Scour your notes, blogs, “google” your minds, attach a comment with an idea, impression, concept. Make references to literature, film, philosophy, history, psychology, business, politics, etc.
Keep your comments brief, 10-50 words. Comment as often as you like.
What are the greatest challenges to our survival?
ENGLISH 30 Comments only SVP.
Scour your notes, “google” your minds, attach a comment with an idea, impression, concept. Make references to literature, film, philosophy, history, psychology, business, politics, etc.
Keep your comments brief, 10-50 words. Comment as often as you like.
Do we see ourselves the same way others see us?
ENGLISH 30 Comments only SVP.
Scour your notes, “google” your minds, attach a comment with an idea, impression, concept. Make references to literature, film, philosophy, history, psychology, business, politics, etc.
Keep your comments brief, 10-50 words. Comment as often as you like.
Are there universal ideals for which we all strive?
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