H10+B+-+January+20+-+24

=Monday, January 20=
 * =No School in honor of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.=

=Tuesday, January 21=
 * Last day in class for essay writing!

=Wednesday, January 22= >> === 4th 1:35-2:20 === >> === 5th 2:25-3:10 ===
 * ===MLK Assembly===
 * === 3rd 12:45-1:30 ===
 * ===topic ideas for synthesis essay===
 * ===this is your chance to become an expert===
 * ===in a field that interests you!===
 * videos and articles for inspiration
 * ===body image in advertising: what are the effects?===
 * ===[|will companies agree to stop airbrushing models?]===
 * ===[|speedy video showing lack of reality in advertising]===
 * gender issues:
 * [|transgender process]
 * ===invasive species issues===
 * ===American west or elsewhere?===
 * ===mitigation and prevention policy===
 * The Dream Act
 * education without a green card
 * ===food advertising===
 * ===[|size of helpings]===
 * ===marketing fast food to kids===
 * ===natural disasters===
 * ===are they increasing?===
 * ===should we do anything about it? What?===
 * Should national or international policy change related to climate change?
 * Endangered species
 * ===impact of habitat loss===
 * ===choose a geographical area, or group of animals===
 * Is it possible to reverse the effects?
 * what would we do?
 * ===Political gridlock in Washington, D.C.===
 * What caused the problem?
 * What might lead to a solution?
 * Education!
 * national?
 * state?
 * local?
 * what should be changed? How?
 * ===history that should be taught===
 * what is it that students don't know?
 * [|War of 1812?]
 * ===scientific research that should be funded===

=Thursday, January 23=
 * ===return //Secret Life of Bees//!===
 * vocab warm-up:
 * Vocab quiz on Tuesday, January 28!
 * write two sentences with vocab words
 * BUT leave blanks in place of the vocab words.
 * hand it to someone nearby
 * solve the one you're handed
 * turn in with both names!
 * ===Margaret Mead said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."===
 * Rhetorical precis
 * ===handout===
 * ===try it!===

=Friday, January 24=
 * =Vocab quiz next Tuesday!=
 * =Calendar update!=
 * =Synthesis essay assignment=
 * =Use while pondering your question this weekend=
 * =Citation sheet=
 * =keep track of these things for any topics you find=
 * =Today: Surprise!=
 * =Twain notes=
 * =Monday: more rhetorical precis=