Carlos Barrera

Summer Intellectual Fun

Summer Intellectual Fun

June 11th- Starbucks on E-W Connector 7PM

Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

by Joel Best

http://www.amazon.com/Damned-Lies-Statistics-Untangling-Politicians/dp/0520219783

You can read an excerpt by going to:

http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i34/34b00701.htm

July 2nd: Picnic (bring your own food)- Fair Oaks Park, Austell Road behind Quick Trip (by Dunleigh Elementary) 7PM

Maus: A Survivor's Tale

Author: Art Spiegelman

http://www.amazon.com/Maus-Survivors-Father-Bleeds-History/dp/0394747232

July 30-Ci-Ci's Pizza on E-W Connector by Old Home Depot and across from Lowe's and McDonald's 7PM

The VIBE HISTORY of Hip Hop by Alan Light

http://www.amazon.com/Vibe-History-Hip-Hop/dp/0609805037

Monday May 5 2008

4th Block-

You will be writing an essay and posting it on to:

www.pearsonsuccessnet.com

instructions are on www.quizlab.com

2nd and 3rd Block:

Today in class we will do these tasks:

1. We will revise the best of the timed-writes and post the revised version into quizlab paragraph by paragraph.

2. Then we will use our scantron and select our two best sections of Friday's test to do on quizlab. You will be doing approximately 20 questions.

Ask me if confused.

This Friday we will be presenting our Hurricane Katrina PowerPoints.