Monday Assignments

Good Monday! Hope you had a good weekend. Here's a picture of part of my weekend. It's a speed output sensor on a 42RE transmission on a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee 'WJ' model:

By the way, those aren't my fingers.

Ever feel like you don't know whether you're coming or going? A print by M. C. Escher:

Today's homework: English Assignments 8 22 11

10^th

1. Vocab Exercise 1A

2. Essay outline (see essay assignment and due dates below)

Essay Assignment for English 10:

There seem to be two versions of the ‘American dream’, one focused on material prosperity, and one on spiritual well being.

Write a 200-300 word essay answering the question, ‘What is the real American Dream?’

Due dates:

• Outline Tuesday 8.23
• Typed draft  Thurs. 8.25
• Final, edited draft Mon. 8.29

11/12^th

Working on the Personal Narrative Essay assignment (write a personal narrative about an experience you’ve had that has a ‘social justice’ aspect).

Due Tuesday:

• Prewriting—outline and 1 para summary
• Draft of an intro para.
• Permission to use in workshops—yes or no?

We’ll set due dates for the rest of this project tomorrow or Thursday.

8th

1. Vocab lesson 1 Exercise A.

2. Choose a place you're familiar with and write a BIG list of words and phrases you could use to describe that place.

9^th

1. Vocab Exercise 1A

2. Essay outline (see assignment below)

English 9 Essay Assignment: Discuss ‘Christ-Centered World View’

We’re going to write a short essay, 200-300 words, three or more paragraphs, on this topic:

We often hear about the idea of a biblical world view, a Christian world view, or a Christ-centered/Christocentric world view.

In your opinion, what is a Christ-centered world view, and what are the most important differences between a Christ-centered world view and other world views?

Important things to try to accomplish in this assignment:

1. Good organization of ideas, both in the overall structure of the essay, and within paragraphs.

2. Good sentence structure and word choice, so that your ideas and information are communicated clearly and effectively.

3. Good mechanics of spelling, punctuation and grammar, so that your essay is neat and authoritative in presentation.

Due Dates:

• Outline is due Tuesday. 10% of final grade, late excused only with parent’s note or a GOOD explanation.
• A typed draft is due Thursday. 10% of final grade, same deadline conditions.
• Your final, beautifully edited draft is due by the end of school on Friday.

This is not a particularly difficult assignment to get done—you talk 200-300 words in five or ten minutes, so you can write that many between now and Friday.

That's all for now. Mr. D.