Carlos Barrera

American Lit Honors-Final project

Create a timeline of ten or more events in Muhammad Ali’s life.

 

 

You will be graded on:

 

• Intelligent choices that represent his life
• Attractiveness of poster-

 

               You created art/found art/photographs /colored the poster/ found resources.

 

 

• Ability of your group to work together
• 2-minute oral presentation of poster

 

AP English Language/Dec10-15

In class today we will be revising our timed-writes on Jamaica Kincaid's "On Seeing England for the First Time."

We wil use the essay frame I'll give you in class. Here is a sample essay:

Download Student_sample_essay_on_seeing_england_for_the_first_time

You can begin studying for the final exam. There will be three reading passages followed by AP-styled multiple choice questions.

Then, you will have a timed-write based on an argument from a reading passage by Neil Postman on George Orwell.

On www.mygradebook.com

If you look on the calendar for December 10th, you will see the three readings for the exam. You can read these now and get a jump on the questions (the answers will not show).

American Lit Honors-Final Essay

You will be writing your final essay based on this prompt:

Writing for Assessment, Persuasive: Some people think that all 18 year-olds should perform one year of national or community service (for example, the Peace Corps, emergency medical services, Big Brother and Big Sister programs) before they pursue college or a paying job. What is your position on this issue? Write an essay in which you support your point of view with convincing reasons and examples.

You will fill out the Outline Essay Frame. Then, you will type the essay on Microsoft Word and spell and grammar check it.

Then you log on to:

www.pearsonsuccessnet.com

Your log is your name: John_Smith
Your password is your lunch i.d.

Find PhOnline Essay Scorer

Then go to the product: Prentice Hall Literature: The British Tradition

Then go to the essay: Writing for Assessment, Persuasive: Community Service

You will go to this product:

To download a copy of the essay frame go to:

Download Community service essay

AP English Language and Composition/Week of Dec 8-12

Today in the lab we will work on gathering our sources and creating an annotated bilbliography. It is really easy to do.

Ultimately for our project you will need thirty sources. For now, we will concentrate on getting ten sources--two for each of the types I asked for. That is,

1. Print Sources

2. Video Sources

3. Audio Sources

4. Art/Photo Stills

5. Charts/Graphs/Timelines etc.

Your ten source annotated bilbliography is due next Monday December 15, 2008. It will count as a test grade. There will also be an incentive grade for anyone who turns it in on or before Friday December 12, 2008.

To cite the sources go to:

http://easybib.com/

go to click here to select a source and depending on what type of sources it is you will fill in as much of the information as you can find. You will also click "add annotation" and you will write a 2 to 4 sentence summary of the source.

You will then choose to have the final document coverted to a word document (it does it automatically) and like magic you have a works cited page.

See my sample that I created last night in under an hour. It is based on the life of Muhammad Ali.

Download 3904945

or see it below:

Works Cited

Ali. Dir. Michael Mann. Perf. Will Smith. DVD. 2001. This films depicts the life of Muhammad Ali. It begins in 1964 when he is preparing to fight Sonny Liston. It ends after Muhammad ALi defeats Geroge Foreman in Zaire, Africa in 1974. 

Cosell, Howard. "1974 Muhammad Ali interview after Foreman and Norton fight." Interview. 7 Dec. 2008 <http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=muhammad+ali+interview&www_google_domain=www.google.com&hl=en&emb=0&aq=1&oq=muhammad+ali#q=muhammad%20ali%20interview&hl=en&emb=0>. Video clips taken from ABC television after two famous Muhammad Ali fights in the 1970's. 

Edwards, Bob. "Controversial Aspects of Muhammad Ali's Life and Career." Morning Edition. NPR. Washington D.C. 19 Dec. 2001. This profile discusses the controversial aspects of Ali's career. This includes his coversion to Islam, his relationship with Howard Cosell, his antics, his relationship with Malcolm X, his refusal to join the Army, and his Parkinsons disease. 

Lois, George, ed. Ali Rap: Muhaamad Ali The First Heavyweight Champion of Rap. Los Angeles, CA: ESPN Books, 2007. Various quotes, rhymes, interviews by the Muhammad Ali spoken at various points in his life and career. 

"Muhammad Ali Timeline." Chart. Infoplease. 7 Dec. 2008 <http://www.infoplease.com/spot/malitimeline1.html>. A nice easy to read table that shows the sigificant events in Muhammad Ali's life. 

Regan, Ken. I Shook Up The World. 25 Feb. 1964. Exclusive Shots of the Champ Through Key Moments in his Life, Ali: The Offical Website of Muhammad Ali. 7 Dec. 2008 <http://www.ali.com/photos_main.aspx>. This photographs shows Ali's exubilation after knocking out Sonny Liston. 

Schaap, Dick. "Muhammad Ali Now and Then." The Best American Sports Writing of the Century. Ed. David Halberstam. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 702+. Dick Schaap recalls the young Cassius Clay when he met him as a young boxer in 1960 in Rome. He recalls his youth and his brashness. Now, ten years later, Schapp contrasts the young clay to the 29 year old Ali who is about to box Joe Frazier for the Heavy Weight Championship in New York, 1971. 

"U.S. Timeline: Civil Rights and Turmoil." Chart. America's Best History. 7 Dec. 2008 <http://americasbesthistory.home.att.net/abhtimeline1960.html>. This chart summarizes many of the important civil rights events and milestones that were occuring parallel to Muhammad Ali's rise and career. It is meant to put Ali's career in context with the historical happenings at the time. 

Warhol, Andy. Andy Warhol's Muhammad Ali. 1978. Christie's Postwar and Contemporary Art Sale. Christie's Postwar and Contemporary Art Sale. 14 Nov. 2007. 7 Dec. 2008 <http://www.luxist.com/photos/christies-postwar-and-contemporary-art-sale/489350/>. Arts still of Muhammad Ali circa 1978.

Williams, Juan. "Heart of Muhammad Ali." Morning Edition. NPR. Washington, D.C. 20 Dec. 2001. This profile explores Ali's contiuned fan appeal amongst the current generation of athletes. It interviews many friends and admirers of Muhammad Ali.