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FINAL EXAM TOMORROW!

1/16/2019

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Please be sure to prepare for your Final Exam tomorrow!

Remember, class starts at 9:15 am tomorrow and Friday (1/17-1/18).
Get a good night's rest + eat breakfast!
Be sure to bring pens, pencils, loose-leaf paper, and a copy of the novel The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

REVIEW MATERIALS:

See below for the review guide.
Click HERE for a link to the Jeopardy-Style Review Game
If you did not hand in your Surfacing Issues Tool in class, you may still hand it in tomorrow BEFORE the exam.

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Mastery Work Speeches

1/10/2019

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The FINAL part of our Mastery Work is a speech that captures the big ideas from your research papers. Speeches are due in-class on Monday 1/14/19!

Speeches DO NOT have to be typed, but they should be written neatly and checked for grammar and punctuation.
Click HERE for a copy of the assignment and to see more details about how to construct your speech.
Check below to read a sample speech.

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FINAL DRAFTS DUE Monday 1/7!

1/4/2019

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Your FINAL DRAFTS for your research paper are due MONDAY 1/7/19! All papers MUST be submitted through Google Classroom. Please do not e-mail or print your papers, as they will not be accepted.

Google Classroom Codes:
- A BLOCK: lrrqzzs
- B BLOCK: kwt59p
- E BLOCK: y70nzki

See below for samples of EVERY type of paragraph (intro, body, counterclaim, and conclusion).

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Your ONLY homework for the break is to select and begin memorizing a poem for Poetry Out Loud! Be sure to visit www.poetryoutloud.org to choose a poem for recitation.

Once you select a poem, please bring a copy of the poem to class with you when we return. You may either print out the poem or write the poem by hand.

Keep in mind the following:

The poem must be at LEAST 10 lines long.
Extra credit for poems with 25+ lines.
Extra credit if you are the only one who has chosen your poem.
You may NOT choose the poems "300 Goats" or "Abandoned Farmhouse."
You must memorize the title, author and first 8-10 of the poem for the first check!

When you return, you will be expected to know the TITLE, AUTHOR and first 8-10 LINES of the poem you selected.

If you can't search through the entire Poetry Out Loud website, click HERE for links to pre-selected poems to choose from.

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Reading HW (Chs. 35 +36)

12/20/2018

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Please read Ch. 35 (“Soul Cleansing”) and Chapter 36 (“Heavenly Bodies) and complete the Brain, Head, Heart task we did in class with these chapters.
- Divide a page in your notebook/binder into three equal sections and label each section with "Brain", "Head", and "Heart."
- Answer the questions associated with each category for the two chapters you are reading for HW.
Instructions and sample questions posted below. This WILL be CHECKED and count as a homework grade!

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Intro + Body Paragraphs (DRAFTS)

12/12/2018

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Please continue work on your introductory and body paragraphs for the Mastery Work research paper. See below for sample intro and body paragraphs:

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Finish your Research!

12/10/2018

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Be sure to FINISH your research for your Mastery Work essay for tomorrow! We will begin writing our essays tomorrow.

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Reading HW: Ch. 31 "Hela, Goddess of Death"

12/4/2018

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Please read Ch. 31, "Hela, Goddess of Death" and answer the following questions in your notebook:

Using details from the text, explain why it would be easy to believe that the Marvel super villain, Hela, was based on Henrietta Lacks.
Why did Deborah decide to go see her mother's cells? What obstacle almost kept her from doing so?

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Reading Homework for 12/3

11/30/2018

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DUE Monday 12/3

Please read Ch. 27 "The Secret of Immortality" + Ch. 28 "After London" and answer the following questions in your notebooks:

What did Harald zur Hausen discover in 1984? How does this discovery relate to Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa cells? Be specific.
What is the Hayflick limit? Why were Henrietta’s cells not subject to the Hayflick limit?
What did Deborah hope would happen as a result of the BBC documentary?
Who was Keenan Kester Cofield? What are some of the incidents that happened between him and the Lacks family?

A BLOCK ONLY:
Answer only questions 3 + 4

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