Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Persuasive Essays





APA


Include parenthetical citations. Include the author and year of publication in parenthesis after paraphrased text---for example (Coleman, 1997). If you include the author's name in the sentence, add the year of publication in parenthesis after the name---for example, "As Coleman (1997) argued... ." Follow the parenthetical citation with end punctuation for a sentence, usually a period.




Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Fredericksburg Battlefield

Write a history-related writing, as if you were a soldier or a nurse in Fredericksburg. Describe the setting.









Monday, October 14, 2013

Clara Barton



Short Response questions
1. What is Captain Neal´s opinion of Ms. Barton?
2. How does Clara obtain her supply?
3. What did Ms. Barton do before the war? (work wise)
4. Why does Captain Neil reprimand Brown?
5. Who is Mrs. Fales? How does she meet Clara?
6. Who are the Grey coats?
7. Why is Captain Neal upset at Clara? How does she justify it?
8. What does the telegram say?
9.What event causes Captain Neal to change his opinion about Ms. Barton?

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

A Noble Experiment Questions

Obj: Analyze and review the story.

1) What was the situation in baseball like in 1940?
2) Who is Branch Ricky?
3) Who is Charley Thomas?
4) Why couldn't Charley Thomas sleep at night?
5) What were the qualities of a "Ricky's Noble Experiment" man?
6)What is the Jim Crow section?
7) Describe the exposition of the story.
8) Describe the conflict of the story.

9)What did Branch Ricky mean when he told Jackie he would have to have the courage to ¨not fight back¨? How can refusing to engage a fight be an example of courage?
10) what Negro League Team did Jackie Robinson play for?
11) what was Wendell Smith P.O.V. on Ricky Branch and Robinson?
12) What was the conversation between Sukeforth and Robinson about?
13) Describe Branch Ricky.
14)What does Ricky mean when he said to Robinson, ¨There are times when a man needs a woman by his side.¨
15) What did Ricky mean by,¨the baseball box score is a democratic thing.¨

Monday, October 7, 2013

Jackie Robinson


Write a paragraph about Jackie Robinson using at least 7 of the 10 vocabulary words.