* Open
* Rubric Training
* ICE Beowulf
HW: None (for the SAT folks)
Afghanistan
http://storycorps.org/listen/drew-pham-and-molly-pearl/#
Drew Pham (DP): I remember I called you and told you that I shot a man…and you didn't really know what to say so you said, "Well we'll deal with it when you get home."
Molly Pham (MP): I had a hard time responding to some of the things you would tell me.
DP: I did a lot of bad things. We killed this sixty or seventy-year-old schoolteacher. He was an old man and snipers shot him because he had a two-liter water bottle in his hand and we thought it was a rocket. I had to go and clean up the mess. I had to talk to his son and try and convince him that, you know, it was a mistake, I'm sorry.
So all this stuff happens, I come home and even though it was hard to fight in Afghanistan... here in the States, I don't even know how to talk to people. I don't think anything that anyone says anymore is important, or what they think or what they feel. Sometimes I want to take everyone that I know to Afghanistan and force them to see it. I want them to feel all of it.
MP: I remember when you first joined, I would tell you that eventually we would look back and it would be four years just like college was four years and that used to really help you -- that ability to look past and see how time always moves on and moves you with it. I don't know if that ever happens with Afghanistan.
DP: I don't think that this is ever really gonna be over for any of us. I mean honestly, like you, you really are the only thing that keeps me going.
MP: That's tough but I'm okay with that.
DP: I still don't know how to carry on a normal life with all these things, but at least I get to carry all of those things with you.
Drew Pham (DP): I remember I called you and told you that I shot a man…and you didn't really know what to say so you said, "Well we'll deal with it when you get home."
Molly Pham (MP): I had a hard time responding to some of the things you would tell me.
DP: I did a lot of bad things. We killed this sixty or seventy-year-old schoolteacher. He was an old man and snipers shot him because he had a two-liter water bottle in his hand and we thought it was a rocket. I had to go and clean up the mess. I had to talk to his son and try and convince him that, you know, it was a mistake, I'm sorry.
So all this stuff happens, I come home and even though it was hard to fight in Afghanistan... here in the States, I don't even know how to talk to people. I don't think anything that anyone says anymore is important, or what they think or what they feel. Sometimes I want to take everyone that I know to Afghanistan and force them to see it. I want them to feel all of it.
MP: I remember when you first joined, I would tell you that eventually we would look back and it would be four years just like college was four years and that used to really help you -- that ability to look past and see how time always moves on and moves you with it. I don't know if that ever happens with Afghanistan.
DP: I don't think that this is ever really gonna be over for any of us. I mean honestly, like you, you really are the only thing that keeps me going.
MP: That's tough but I'm okay with that.
DP: I still don't know how to carry on a normal life with all these things, but at least I get to carry all of those things with you.
SAT Practice
Some seniors are retaking the SAT. Here are some practice tests to help you from the College Board. If you would like other PSAT tests from last year or the year before, just email me, and I will send them to you:
College Board:
I added this page to the College Goodness section in case you need it later in the semester.
College Board:
I added this page to the College Goodness section in case you need it later in the semester.
Wednesday, 10/2/13: CWP
* Open
* Beowulf Guide: Do you have any remaining questions?
* MLA Format
* Finish your CWP
HW: Print Your CWP for Tomorrow; make sure it is in MLA format
* Beowulf Guide: Do you have any remaining questions?
* MLA Format
* Finish your CWP
- Looking for another example to inspire you?
- Mr. Kirkendall: I am a Drummer
- For the Writers in the Blog-House: Game Theory
- If you would like a list of the college essays I've provided, I have one listed first under the College Goodness section down on the right.
HW: Print Your CWP for Tomorrow; make sure it is in MLA format
Tuesday, 10/1/13: A Piece of Chalk
* Open
* "A Piece of Chalk"
- Grammar: And I stood their in a transe of plesure realising that this Southern England is not only a grand penninsula and a tradition and a civilisation it is something even more admirable.
* "A Piece of Chalk"
- Can you see your world anew?
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| The White Cliffs of Dover (also chalk) |
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| Chalk walk: Glory be to God for chalky things! |
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| Pieces of Chalk: The Uffington Horse on White Horse Hill. 3,000 years old and still galloping. G.K. Chesterton's greatest poem is The Ballad of the White Horse. |
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