Homework Assignment #2

This homework assignment is due Friday, December 2nd.

Please make sure that you write your answers on a separate piece of paper and that all answers are in complete sentences.

Block Two Assignment

Due: Thursday November 24th at the beginning of class.

Your letter must be at least one page long and typed. My classroom is always open at lunch and after school if you need a computer.

Block One Homework Assignment

Due: Friday November 18th, 2011

Write a paragraph explaining how you would feel if your family decided to move to another country for a year. What would be some of the positives from this experience? What challenges would you face? Think about friends, school, language, food, culture. How would you overcome some of these challenges?

Also, I would like you to make a text to self connection for Block one.

Text to self connection - when a book you are reading reminds you of something in your own life.

Here are some ideas to get you started:

• What does this story remind you of?
• Can you relate to the characters in the story?
• Does anything in this story remind you of anything in your own life?

Think about the examples from class:
*Parents saying something embarrassing
*First time on a plane
*Taking flak for something you are interested in
*Nicknames
*Being homesick

Forbidden City

We have started the novel 'Forbidden City' by William Bell. Students are expected to read the assigned reading and complete the Block assignments.

Forbidden City is the daily journal of 17 year old Alexander Jackson, whose father was a photo-journalist for CBC Toronto. Often in news report style, Alex recounts his observations and experience over the course of his adventure which would change their lives.

Block One Homework:

• Finish reading Block One (up to page 37)
• Complete Block One Assignment - Save the Last Word
• Be prepared to discuss your passages in small groups
  
• Due Wednesday November 16th, 2011