Week of Jan. 27 Newsletter

Week of Jan. 27  Newsletter

January Independent Reading Assignments

If you were absent or missed the two assignments for this month's Independent Reading, the directions are below. Feel free to submit your work on paper or electronically!

IR 1: 2020 Election
  1. Go to ProCon.org and click on 2020 Presidential Election to see a list of candidates and various information about each candidate and their views of numerous issues
  2. Independently read any information you like regarding the various candidates for at least 20 minutes
  3. Select a candidate you would be most likely to vote for and write a paragraph explaining why
  4. Take the election quiz found here
  5. List the top three candidates that match your stance on the issues
  6. Write a paragraph for each of the following three questions:
    1. Were you surprised with your top three picks? Why or why not?
    2. Which issue stood out to you for which candidate supported/opposed it?
    3. Do you think this is a useful tool to help educate others on who to vote for? Why or why not?
IR 2: Right to Health Care
  1.  Go to ProCon.org and select "Right to Health Care" under the Health and Medicine section
  2. Independently read any information you like within this section for at least 20 minutes
  3. List what you feel are the three strongest pros and the three strongest cons that are argued
  4. Write a paragraph explaining why those are the strongest pros and another paragraph explaining why those are the strongest cons

 

Looking Ahead...

Honors English II

We have just finished up our unit on rhetoric and our major reading for the unit: Antigone. Next, we will move into research and MLA formatting. Our major reading will be the graphic novel Persepolis, a memoir about the author's childhood living through the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

English IV

We have finished our short story unit and will move into novels which will carry us throughout the rest of the year. Our first selection is Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. It details a teen's decision to avenge his older brother who died from gang-related violence. Being written in verse, it is a very fast, and very fun, read!

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