Blog Posts - LEARN PARK

A little late...but your CRITICAL CURRENT (Nov. 28th - Dec. 2nd, 2016)

12/9/2016

Hi students! Even though we are done with our Critical Current lesson last Friday, I thought I'd still post the pictures here so we can reflect back on the year and see all the news stories we've discussed by the end of the school year! You can also post this on your own blogs as well!

DAY THREE - Resources D, E, and F

11/16/2016

CLICK HERE FOR RESOURCE D
CLICK HERE FOR RESOURCE E
CLICK HERE FOR RESOURCE F

ARGUMENTATION - DAY TWO

11/14/2016

TAKE THE SOCIAL MEDIA SURVEY - CLICK HERE!

RESOURCE C - CLICK HERE FOR THE STUDY ON SOCIAL MEDIA USE FROM THE JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

ARGUMENTATION UNIT - DAY ONE

11/10/2016

Front Page of Argumentation Unit Packet - CLICK HERE
Resource A - "Teenage Social Media Butterflies May Not be Such a Bad Idea" By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2010 - CLICK HERE
Resource B - "Antisocial Networking?" By Hilary Stout, The New York Times, April 30th, 2010 - CLICK HERE

CRITICAL CURRENT FRIDAY - November 4th, 2016

11/4/2016

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE PDF WITH A BETTER IMAGE RESOLUTION.

SPEECH PROJECT

10/24/2016

EQ: "How is language used to construct and communicate powerful messages that contribute to a shift in perspective or a change in society?"

Speeches you can choose from....

"I believe in the law of love" by Clarence Darrow (Closing speech in defense of Henry Sweet, April 1926)
"The world must be made safe for democracy" by Woodrow Wilson (Speech to Congress, April 1917)
"There is no salvation for India" by Mohandas Gandhi (Varanasi, India, February 1916)
"I have a dream" by Martin Luther King Jr. (March on Washington, August 1963)
MLK - "I've seen the promised land" -- Memphis, Tennessee, April 1968
JFK's Presidential Inaugural Address (January, 1961)
Speeches by Michelle Obama (there are MANY to choose from)
Speeches by Barack Obama (there are MANY to choose from)
"The scientific history of radium is beautiful" by Marie Curie (On the discovery of radium, Vassar College, New York, May 1921)
Emmeline Pankhurst, Speech on Women's suffrage, November 1913
Abraham Lincoln - The Gettysburg Address, 1863
ANY speech from a member of U.S. Congress (Senator or Representative)
Napoleon Bonaparte - "Soldiers of my Old Guard: I bid you farewell" -- Farewell to the Old Guard, April 1814
Thomas Jefferson's Inaugural Address, Washington, March 1801 ("We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.")
George Washington's Farewell Address, September 1796
Oliver Cromwell, " Dismissal of the Rump Parliament, April 1653
Queen Elizabeth - Speech to the English Troops at Tilbury, 1588
St. Francis of Assisi, Sermon to the birds (c. 1220)
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Inaugural Address, March 1933 "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Speech to Congress - "A date which will live in infamy" (December, 1941)
Charles de Gaulle - Appeal of 18 June 1940 "the flame of French resistance must not and shall not die."
General George S. Patton Jr. - Speech to the US Third Army on the even of D-Day, June 1944
Jawaharlal Nehru, Speech on the granting of Indian Independence, August 1947
General Douglas MacArthur, Farewell address to Congress, Washington April 1951
Nelson Mandela, "I am the First Accused" - Pretoria, April 1964
Nelson Mandela, "Free at last" Johannesburg, May 1994
Eamon de Valera, Speech on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Easter Rising, April 1966
JFK - Ich bin ein Berliner - At the Berlin Wall, June 1963
Malcolm X - Detroit, 1965 "You can't hate the roots of a tree, and not hate the tree."
Shirley Chisholm, Speech to Congress, May 1969 - "I have been far oftener discriminated against because I am a woman than because I am black."
Indira Gandhi, New Delhi, India, 1974 "Women's education is almost more important than the education of boys and men."
Mother Theresa "Love begins at home" - Speech on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, Norway, December 1979
Ronald Reagan, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" - Speech at the Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, Germany June 1987
Elie Wiesel - "The perils of indifference" - the Seventh White House Millennium Evening, Washington 1999
Malala Yousafzai (you must be specific)
Frederick Douglass (you must be specific)
ANY inaugural address by a U.S. President
ANY Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

YOU ARE ALSO ALLOWED TO CHOOSE YOUR OWN SPEECH AND GET IT APPROVED BY MS. PARK.

FYI, SPEECHES BY CLINTON OR TRUMP ARE NOT ALLOWED AT THIS TIME.

Writing the "Flowers for Algernon" Essay

10/14/2016

Hi students!
Over the past few days, you worked on generating a theme statement, creating outlines for your essays, and composing your rough drafts. Now, it's time to get your drafts to the next level. Below, you will find the 7 strategies that I discussed in class that are all geared towards improving your writing, or sprucing up your writing. Even if you consider and apply just half of these strategies, I can guarantee that your writing will become more interesting and effective.

YOU CAN ALSO CLICK ON THIS LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE PDF.

Extra suffixes list for WPW #3 (25 word parts in total)

10/10/2016

21. ion, tion, ation - being, the result of (Latin) SUFFIX
22. able - capable of being (Latin) SUFFIX
23. ive - state of being (Latin) SUFFIX
24. fy - make, do (Latin) SUFFIX
25. ance - state of being (Latin) SUFFIX

"Flowers for Algernon" ESSAY PROMPT

10/5/2016

Hi students!

Please remember to read over the essay prompt for homework tonight. I have also uploaded this prompt into our ELA textbook folder on Google drive and on Canvas under the FFA Module. On the second page of the document, you will find the RUBRIC that I will be using to assess your writing. It is always a good idea to be familiar with the rubric before starting any assessment or assignment in class. This will help you successful score higher in the future.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE PDF OF THE FFA ESSAY PROMPT

The Critical Current

10/3/2016

Every other Friday, we will stop what we are learning about and focus on critical thinking through current events. Last Friday, we reviewed the news of the week by testing our knowledge of what happened in the course of one week. Now, on your weebly websites, go ahead and reflect on the "discussion questions" by adding your thoughts and reflections about what you learned.