A Friendly Reminder

All language arts students must complete a research essay by the end of our vacation. By now all students should have finished the research part of this assignment. If you have not finished you need to move a little faster to ensure that you will be finished by the due date. This week all students should be working on the outline for this essay. After completing the outline I urge you to move on to the actual essay writing. Use the last week of break to finalize and proof this assignment for any errors.


As always Good luck !

Holiday Assignment

All Language Arts Students: Over the vacation students are asked to do several things to help them improve and maintain their grades.

All students with rewrites of your narrative essays please be advised that you must write them over. Please do not print the same essay again and turn it into me you will receive a "Fail on the assignment". Please do not cross out and make corrections on the paper that I asked you to rewrite if you do you will receive a "Fail" on this assignment. I need a fresh essay and if possible for some of you a fresh new essay. Fresh= new thoughts; a new perspective.

All students over the 3 week vacation must complete a 6-7 page research essay. Your essay topic is on the current housing crisis. You are asked to research every area of the current foreclosure dilemma. People are losing their homes in alarming rates due to adjustable home loans. The government has stepped in to help some people, the President spoke about this dilemma last week, and Senator Clinton offered a proposal to help end this crisis. For research you should use newspaper articles, video clips, and written proposals on this issue. Just to name a few sources. This issue will be forever apart of our history.

Use your text book and study pages R51-55 and pages 818- 825 to help you thoroughly research this historical topic. This essay should be typed (no excuses you have 3 weeks to turn this in to me) double spaced, new times roman, you should have no more than 3 grammar errors, no more than 3 spelling errors, and no more than 3 usage errors. All students should have a work cited page or a bibliography page, this page is not included in the 6-7 page requirement. All students must have an outline of this essay to turn in with your 1st draft, 2nd draft, revision, and final essay.

This entire assignment is worth 500 points please use the rubrics and criteria in your text as well as the printed handouts that you were given for writing.


If you have any questions you may email me at afa0882@lausd.net until next Monday, December 24th. I will assume that students who are really working will ask questions now instead of waiting until the last minute.

Christmas Vacation Homework for all classes

Language Arts Homework: All students were given a research assignment on 12/11-12/14.

The topic to be researched is one that has to deal with survival and ones ability to exist in ones home. A house or a roof over our heads is at the core one of the most essential means to life second only to food.

In our current world people are loosing their houses to foreclosures. People are being forced to the streets. Adjustable rates are going up and people who have them are now feeling the hit of more than $500. per month raises in their monthly house payments to banks and other lenders.

I want you to research every aspect of this crisis. President Bush issued a statement concerning this issue a few days ago. Senator Clinton recently issued a statement regarding this crisis. The Federal Government issued a statement to all lenders and banks regarding lending practices. The government will issue a freeze on Mortgage rates for the next five years.

Read your text book read pages 818-824 and pages R51-R55.

Homework for Periods 1 and 5 12/7

All Language Arts Students are asked to read the letter from the KKK to young black men. After reading this letter students are asked to do several things in response to this letter. Students must identify the thesis statement/argument, students are then asked to agree or disagree with the information in the letter. Students must base their argument on evidence from the letter. Personal opinions will not be considered as valid points of argument.


As always please check your work for spelling and grammar errors.

This assignment is do the next time our class is scheduled to meet. No late will be accepted.

All essays should be about 3-4 pages handwritten.

Classwork for Periods 2 and 6 12/6

All Language Arts Students: Students who do not finish the writing assignment in class will need to finish this assignment at home for homework and turn it in with your other homework that is due the next time I see you. No late work will be accepted. Please check for grammar and spelling errors.

The prompt: Do you believe that celebrities are paid too much money?

Homework for Period 2 and 6 12/6

All Language Arts Students are asked to read the letter from the KKK to young black men. After reading this letter students are asked to do several things in response to this letter. Students must identify the thesis statement/argument, students are then asked to agree or disagree with the information in the letter. Students must base their argument on evidence from the letter. Personal opinions will not be considered as valid points of argument.


As always please check your work for spelling and grammar errors.

This assignment is do the next time our class is scheduled to meet. No late will be accepted.

Your essays should be about 3-4 pages handwritten.

Homework 12/10-12/11

Writing Situation: In some countries, students are responsible for the basic daily cleaning of their school buildings. Fifteen minutes are set aside each day for all students to sweep, dust, and clean their classrooms and corridors.

Think about how you would feel if students were responsible for cleaning your school. Do you agree or disagree that American schools should adopt this policy?

Directions for Writing: Now, write an essay in which you persuade the reader why this is or is not a good idea. Defend your position with specific reasons supported by several detailed examples.

Classwork 12/13-12/14

Writing Situation: A school board is considering keeping school in session all year. Instead of a long summer vacation, there will be many shorter breaks throughout the year.

Think about the effects of a twelve-month school year. Do you agree or disagree that schools should be in session all year?

Directions for Writing: Now, write an essay in which you persuade the reader why this is or is not a good idea. Defend your position with specific reasons supported by several detailed examples.

Classwork 12/11-12/12

Writing Situation: Due to potential problems, many school systems have adopted a policy that bans cell phones and pagers on school grounds. However, some parents have provided these items out of concern for safety.

Do you agree or disagree that cell phones and pagers should be banned on school grounds?

Directions for Writing: Now write an essay in which you convince the reader of your opinion. Support your position with specific reasons and examples

Classwork 12/7-12/10

Writing Situation: Current research suggests that because teenagers have different sleep patterns, they would benefit from beginning the school day at a later time. Suppose your Board of Education has proposed that all high school schedules begin at 9:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m.

Do you agree or disagree that this later schedule would be beneficial?

Directions for Writing: Now write an essay in which you persuade the Board of Education to agree with your opinion. Support your position with reasons and examples

Classwork 12/5-12/6

Language Arts Students: All students are asked to respond to the following expository writing prompt.

Writing Situation: Many celebrities-such as actors, musicians, models, or athletes-make a great deal of money. Some people think celebrities make more money than they deserve. Other people think celebrities' wealth is deserved because of the the enjoyment they bring to the public.

Do you agree or disagree that celebrities make more money than they deserve?

Directions for Writing: Now, write an essay in which you persuade the reader that you side of the issue is correct. Use facts and examples to support your argument.

Classwork 12/3-12/4

Language Arts Students: All students will have the opportunity to learn and understand the idea of treatment, scope, organization as it applies to California Reading Comprehension Standard 8.2.3

In our Measuring Up text students will explore lesson 6 pages 51-59. Students are asked to define the following terms on page 51: theme, treatment, scope, and organization.

After defining these terms students are asked to create examples for each of the terms.

As we read the Anne Frank excerpts students are to answer all of the guided questions in the margin. On page 53-54 students are asked to copy down the questions and answer all of the questions in complete sentences.

As you finish the first reading activity expeditiously move on to the next reading pages 54-58. After reading this next selection answer all of the questions on pages 58-59.

Homework 12/5-12/6

Language Arts Students: All students are asked to read the following poem. After reading this poem please explain the following: What is the thesis statement?, Which parts of this poem stand out in your mind?, What is the argument that this poem suggests? Do you agree with the thesis statement? Explain why or why not by citing evidence from the poem. Please make sure that you check for grammar, and spelling errors.

SOMEBODY BLEW UP AMERICA
(All thinking people
oppose terrorism
both domestic
& international…
But one should not
be used
To cover the other)

They say its some terrorist, some
barbaric
A Rab, in
Afghanistan
It wasn't our American terrorists
It wasn't the Klan or the Skin heads
Or the them that blows up nigger
Churches, or reincarnates us on Death Row
It wasn't Trent Lott
Or David Duke or Giuliani
Or Schundler, Helms retiring
It wasn't
the gonorrhea in costume
the white sheet diseases
That have murdered black people
Terrorized reason and sanity
Most of humanity, as they pleases
They say (who say? Who do the saying
Who is them paying
Who tell the lies
Who in disguise
Who had the slaves
Who got the bux out the Bucks
Who got fat from plantations
Who genocided Indians
Tried to waste the Black nation
Who live on Wall Street
The first plantation
Who cut your nuts off
Who rape your ma
Who lynched your pa
Who got the tar, who got the feathers
Who had the match, who set the fires
Who killed and hired
Who say they God & still be the Devil
Who the biggest only
Who the most goodest
Who do Jesus resemble
Who created everything
Who the smartest
Who the greatest
Who the richest
Who say you ugly and they the goodlookingest
Who define art
Who define science
Who made the bombs
Who made the guns
Who bought the slaves, who sold them
Who called you them names
Who say Dahmer wasn't insane

Who/ Who / Who/
Who stole Puerto Rico
Who stole the Indies, the Philipines, Manhattan
Australia & The Hebrides
Who forced opium on the Chinese
Who own them buildings
Who got the money
Who think you funny
Who locked you up
Who own the papers
Who owned the slave ship
Who run the army
Who the fake president
Who the ruler
Who the banker

Who/ Who/ Who/
Who own the mine
Who twist your mind
Who got bread
Who need peace
Who you think need war
Who own the oil
Who do no toil
Who own the soil
Who is not a nigger
Who is so great ain't nobody bigger
Who own this city
Who own the air
Who own the water
Who own your crib
Who rob and steal and cheat and murder
and make lies the truth
Who call you uncouth
Who live in the biggest house
Who do the biggest crime
Who go on vacation anytime
Who killed the most niggers
Who killed the most Jews
Who killed the most Italians
Who killed the most Irish
Who killed the most Africans
Who killed the most Japanese
Who killed the most Latinos
Who/Who/Who
Who own the ocean
Who own the airplanes
Who own the malls
Who own television
Who own radio
Who own what ain't even known to be owned
Who own the owners that ain't the real owners
Who own the suburbs
Who suck the cities
Who make the laws
Who made Bush president
Who believe the confederate flag need to be flying
Who talk about democracy and be lying
WHO/ WHO/ WHOWHO/
Who the Beast in Revelations
Who 666
Who decide
Jesus get crucified
Who the Devil on the real side
Who got rich from Armenian genocide
Who the biggest terrorist
Who change the bible
Who killed the most people
Who do the most evil
Who don't worry about survival
Who have the colonies
Who stole the most land
Who rule the world
Who say they good but only do evil
Who the biggest executioner
Who/Who/Who ^^^
Who own the oil
Who want more oil
Who told you what you think that later you find out a lie
Who/ Who/ ???
Who fount Bin Laden, maybe they Satan
Who pay the CIA,
Who knew the bomb was gonna blow
Who know why the terrorists
Learned to fly in Florida, San Diego
Who know why Five Israelis was filming the explosion
And cracking they sides at the notion
Who need fossil fuel when the sun ain't goin' nowhere
Who make the credit cards
Who get the biggest tax cut
Who walked out of the Conference
Against Racism
Who killed Malcolm, Kennedy & his Brother
Who killed Dr King, Who would want such a thing?
Are they linked to the murder of Lincoln?
Who invaded Grenada
Who made money from apartheid
Who keep the Irish a colony
Who overthrow Chile and Nicaragua later
Who killed David Sibeko, Chris Hani,
the same ones who killed Biko, Cabral,
Neruda, Allende, Che Guevara, Sandino,
Who killed Kabila, the ones who wasted Lumumba, Mondlane , Betty Shabazz, Princess Margaret, Ralph Featherstone, Little Bobby
Who locked up Mandela, Dhoruba, Geronimo,
Assata, Mumia,Garvey, Dashiell Hammett, Alphaeus Hutton
Who killed Huey Newton, Fred Hampton,
MedgarEvers, Mikey Smith, Walter Rodney,
Was it the ones who tried to poison Fidel
Who tried to keep the Vietnamese Oppressed
Who put a price on Lenin's head
Who put the Jews in ovens,
and who helped them do it
Who said "America First"
and ok'd the yellow stars
WHO/WHO/ ^^

Who killed Rosa Luxembourg, Liebneckt
Who murdered the Rosenbergs
And all the good people iced,
tortured , assassinated, vanished
Who got rich from Algeria, Libya, Haiti,
Iran, Iraq, Saudi, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine,
Who cut off peoples hands in the Congo
Who invented Aids Who put the germs
In the Indians' blankets
Who thought up "The Trail of Tears"
Who blew up the Maine
& started the Spanish American War
Who got Sharon back in Power
Who backed Batista, Hitler, Bilbo,
Chiang kai Chek who WHO W H O/
Who decided Affirmative Action had to go
Reconstruction, The New Deal, The New
Frontier, The Great Society,
Who do Tom Ass Clarence Work for
Who doo doo come out the Colon's mouth
Who know what kind of Skeeza is a Condoleeza
Who pay Connelly to be a wooden negro
Who give Genius Awards to Homo Locus
Subsidere
Who overthrew Nkrumah, Bishop,
Who poison Robeson,
who try to put DuBois in Jail
Who frame Rap Jamil al Amin, Who frame the Rosenbergs, Garvey,
The Scottsboro Boys, The Hollywood Ten

Who set the Reichstag Fire
Who knew the World Trade Center was gonna get bombed
Who told 4000 Israeli workers at the Twin Towers
To stay home that day
Why did Sharon stay away ?
/
Who,Who, Who/
explosion of Owl the newspaper say
the devil face cd be seen Who WHO Who WHO
Who make money from war
Who make dough from fear and lies
Who want the world like it is
Who want the world to be ruled by imperialism and national oppression and terror
violence, and hunger and poverty.
Who is the ruler of Hell?
Who is the most powerful

Who you know ever
Seen God?
But everybody seen
The Devil

Like an Owl exploding
In your life in your brain in your self
Like an Owl who know the devil
All night, all day if you listen, Like an Owl
Exploding in fire. We hear the questions rise
In terrible flame like the whistle of a crazy dog
Like the acid vomit of the fire of Hell
Who and Who and WHO (+) who who ^
Whoooo and Whooooooooooooooooooooo!

AMIRI B 10/01

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