Block Day, September 28 & 29 ~

Heads up...Next week is homecoming! Click here for the schedule. 

  • Did you know that class starts at 8:10 all week? 
  • Get your Disney gear ready for Monday...oh boy.
Warm Up:

Prefix
  • geo - earth
  • graph - write, record
Suffix
  • ism - system, manner, condition, characteristic
  • ist - one who, that which
Root
  • psych - mind, soul
Chapter 2 Vocab:
  1. apprehension -
  2. mealie -
  3. mangle (n) - 
  4. cacophony -
  5. corrugated -
  6. crude -
  7. raucous -
  8. contusions -
  9. conviction -  
The Power of One 
Begin Chapter 2 

Research Preparation

1. The Research Question ~ 

  • Your next essay will be a synthesis of research about a chosen topic.
  • You may choose your own research question centered around Nelson Mandela or Apartheid. Consider a specific question such as...
    • What inspired Mandela? What made him a strong leader, strong enough to persist for almost fifty years? What was the process of change after the apartheid laws had been outlawed? etc...
    • Click here for a timeline.
2. Citation Notes ~

Click here for the OWL at Purdue
  • Take Citation Notes from this web page so that you have a short hand method of learning how to cite.
Today you will work in teams of 3 to compete for the chance to earn one free homework/journal assignment pass (a 5-10 point value).

How to win...
  • Cite your article quickly and correctly (write big!).
  • Write it on the board first.
  • First team to correctly cite the article wins the round.
  • Team who wins the most game points, wins the pass.
  • Please help in checking other team citations as we look for winners of each round!
HOMEWORK
  • Finish reading Chapter 2
  • Reading QUIZ - Maybe?
  • Have your research question ready

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