3 January 2007 Welcome Back!>

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 GRT Displacement: 52,310 Long Tons Long TonsLong 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

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

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: 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. > 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. > 23 January

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 )

20 January 2006 Take out a pencil for your timed writing.