World Religion

There are many different religions in the world today - with different beliefs, traditions, and practices. Here in the US, religion plays a large factor as well. Regardless of your personal beliefs, what do you think is the purpose of religion?

World behind The Year of Impossible Goodbyes

More Than Just a Story

For the next several days, we will be researching the world behind our novel The Year of Impossible Goodbyes. Your group's job will be to research, write, and present a lesson on your topic. Here are your requirements:

A) 1.5 page research report on your topic; MLA format; two authentic sources with
     parenthetical citation

B) Three part lesson: Activator, Keynote Presentation, and Summarizing Activity

C) An essential question that will be the focus of your lesson and tie everything together

Here are the topics: 
1. NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA 
A. History between North and South Korea
B. Differences between North and South Korea
C. North and South Korea Today

2. WORLD RELIGIONS
For each religion: What is it? Its principles and practices? History of it? Practiced today still?
A. Shintoism
B. Confucianism
C. Buddhism
D. Catholicism

3. THE KOREAN WAR
A. Causes of the War
B. Describe the War
C. Some Effects/Outcomes of the War
D. Describe Three Famous Battles During the Korean War

4. KOREA UNDER JAPANESE RULE
A. Describe Life for Koreans under Japanese Rule
B. No Gun Ri Massacre
C. Describe Life of Korean Refugees in Korean War
D. Biography of Sook Nyul Choi (the author) 

5. COMMUNISM 
A. Describe and Define Communism
B. History of Communism: Who countries have tried it? How has it worked? Why was it 
     important to the Korean War?
C. The Origin of Communism/ Bio of Karl Marx
D. Describe Communism Today in Our World
 

Grammar Review!!!

Today, we want to review the grammar rules we have learned before we move on to new lessons. In your group, you will make the following for a certain grammar rule we've learned:

1. Keynote Presentation
     A. Definition of the rule
      B. Examples of the rule

2. Exercises for Your Group to Do
     A. Come up with practices the group can do for your rule
     B. Go over the answers with your group


I. Independent Clauses vs Dependent Clauses
II. Simple and Compound Sentences
III. Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences
IV. Four Ways to Fix a Run-on Sentence

(If you're a group of three, then II and III are combined)

Here are the groups:

A. Archie, Ashley, Miranda

B. Kayla D, Justin, Rahnilia

C. Deja, Kayla B., Taylor, Josh

D. Summer, Tori, Samala, Cameron

E. Tymara, Anthony, Erin

Potential Topics

Theme
Dehumanization
Relationship with Father
Personal Identity
Surviving

Characters
Elie Wiesel
Father

The Death of the Soul

de·hu·man·ize - to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is it that makes us human? Makes us different than an animal? In other words, what qualities separates us and makes us more unique than any other creature on earth?

 

Assignment for Today, 10/5

First Task of Class:
Come up with a potential thesis for your next paper. It will be on Night, obviously. You should still have that handout with a list of verbs that you can use to make sure your thesis is an analyzing statement and not summary/moralizing.

Rest of Class Time:
Many of you are behind in your reading of Night. After you have come up with a potential thesis for the book, actually FINISH reading the book. You should have it all read by next Wednesday!

Writing Your Own Memoir

Historical Fiction 

For the next two days, your job will be to create your own fictional memoir of the Holocaust. You can write as a person who hid Jewish people or a Jewish person suffering during the Holocaust - there is some flexibility up to you. This will be counted as a test grade. Here are your requirements:

1. Fact Sheet
Because this is historical fiction, I want you to use real historical details about the Holocaust in your memoir. Your fact sheet should have at least FIVE HISTORICAL FACTS that you researched and put in your fictional memoir. Think of facts like actual concentration camps, how life was in those camps, what life was for men and for women (how they were treated differently) - you just did a project on this so it should be easy! Also list the online sources where you received your information from.


2. At Least Three Journal/Diary Entries
You need at least three entries in your memoir - treat it like a journal or diary. One entry should be describing your life BEFORE the Nazis took over. Your second entry should describe your life in a concentration camp. Your third entry should describe your life after concentration camp. Of course, you can do more than one entry for each part if you desire. I want at least 450 words (about one and a half pages double spaced) overall.


3. A Parent/Child Relationship 
Just as a father-son relationship is the center of our reading so far, your memoir should reflect a parent/child relationship. The specifics of that relationship is up to you.


4. A Physical Memoir 
You need to also create a physical book for your memoir. Make a front page cover for it and whatever else you want to do. Be creative!

Trial by Fire

Enduring Persecution

How do trials and persecution affect our personal identities? What effects do they have on our beliefs and convictions? If you are completely changed after a serious trial or persecution - you deny or reject your previous beliefs and convictions - does it mean you were never really true to it to begin with?