Lessons/Projects for Fall 09 PM
ELA

AIM	Lessons/Projects: The Objectives and Process - Assignment Template [1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 ]	Next Steps
5 - How do we come to appreciate our parents?	You will read, study, take a quiz, and write an essay about "Number One Son" by Monfoon Leong Add link on your main.html/index.html file to leong.html and use Assignment template. Essay: How do we come to appreciate our parents as Ming did? 250+ words What did Ming's father do for a living? Where does Ming work? How does Ming feel upon learning of his father's death? Why hadn't Ming's mother called him as soon as his father died? Why do Ming and Grandfather Choak go to see neighbors and business people? How do the opinions of Kwon Kim, Mr. Chung, and the Widow Loo contrast with regard to Ming's father? What are the good and bad points of being the number one son? Use examples from the story to support your essay.	Keep reading your book
4 - Do we always make the right choice?	Here is another short story you can use with the Critical Lens Essay of the ELA, Task 4. Use the fact sheet to help keep notes. You will read, study, take a quiz, and write an essay about "Dead End" by Rudolfo Anaya. Essay: We all have choices to make, Maria is no exception. What are her choices? What is her final choice? Why does she make it? What is your reaction to her final choice? Do you agree or disagree? Have you had to make a choice like this? Is there any other literature you have read you could include in this essay? Which ones and How? 250+ words, double spaced. Incorporate these questions in your essay. What is the setting of the story? Who are the main characters? What are the conflicts? How is the word "lonely" important? What are the promises? Are promises important to keep? How are "empathy" and "envy" important in the story? What is the symbol in the story?	Keep reading your book
3 - How does Manuel handle his situation as compared to Wright?	Read, Study, and Quiz "The Confrontation" by Raymond Barrio. You will write a compare and contrast essay about the two stories, you have read: "The Fight" and "The Confrontation." What is similar? What is different? Add link on index.html to new file, barrio.html, then create the new file, barrio.html using the Assignment Template to write your essay. Use examples from the stories to support your essay.	Read your book.
2 - How would you handle the situation Wright faced?	You will read, study, take a quiz, and write an essay about "THE FIGHT" by RICHARD WRIGHT. Essay topic: Add link on index.html to new file, wright.html, then create the new file, wright.html using the Assignment Template to write your essay. How does the narrator react to his situation? Do you agree? Explain. How would you react? Has this happened to you or someone you know? Discuss the appropriateness of the narrator's reaction. Use examples from the story to support your essay.	What Book are you reading?
1 - Do you have a web presence?	Create your Freeweb account. Go to FreeWebSpace Sign up following Ted's instructions. Use the sheet from Ted to make your webpage. Decorate page Make corrections as per Ted's directions for your pages.	Login from home to see your webpage