Week Ahead Nov 30-Dec 4

Monday, November 30

DUE:  Written response to Brigitte's visits, "Life in Prison" / Take a Stand Argument Paper

Tuesday, December 1

Meet in Room B49 for writing workshop

Type written response to Brigitte's visit

Type the "Life in Prison" essay

Wednesday, December 2

Peer editing workshop

Thursday, December 3

Meet in Room B49 for writing workshop

Make corrections / do additional writing on articles from peer editing

Friday, December 4

Final exam on James Baldwin's novel Another Country

Reminder:  Check dogstarnyc.com daily for cheap and free things to do in the city!

Proust Questionnaire

You may find the Proust Questionnaire interesting.  Go to the blog for the class Bergtraum Voice (here ) and see the post on it.

CUNY Information Fair this Sunday at Seward Park H.S.

CUNY College Information Fair in Lower Manhattan

New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, State Senator

Daniel Squadron & The City University of New York invite you to a

CUNY College Information Fair in lower Manhattan for high school

students, college students & adult learners.



Receive one-on-one counseling and information on:academic &

honors programs, financial aid and scholarships, adult & continuing

education, citizenship and immigration services.



Seward Park Educational Campus, 350 Grand St. (Enter on Ludlow St.).

Directions By subway: B,D to Grand Street; F, J, M, Z to Delancey/Essex

Street. By bus: M9, M14A, M15, M103 to Grand Street.



Refreshments will be served.

Date:

November 15, 2009

Time:

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

College:

The University

Address:

Seward Park Educational Campus, 350 Grand St. (Enter on Ludlow St.) 
Manhattan

QUOTE OF THE CENTURY

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Join me on Thursday to meet Sue Kwon!

Anybody want to join me at Clic Gallery this Thursday?

Sue Kwon has agreed to meet with my Pace students (and you are welcome to join us) at 5:30 on Thursday, November 12 at 424 Broome Street.

See my blog for the Pace class HERE for details!

Understanding culture through comics

Do you understand EVERY panel in this recent "Doonesbury" comic?  Click on it to make it larger.  Let's talk about it!

Sammy Sosa "comfortable in his own skin"?

Sammy Sosa "comfortable in his own skin"?

Reports are coming out this week about baseball player Sammy Sosa who appeared over the weekend at a Las Vegas event with significantly LIGHTER skin,

Here for msnbc video on the story

Here for Chicago Tribune story

Class Update for Week Nov 9-Nov 13

Monday, November 9

Finish "illuminated manuscript" activity with passage from Another Country
Class discussion on Book Two

Tuesday, November 10

Two activities:
Responding to a writing prompt for Another Country (in your LJ)
Peer editing using warm/cool feedback of Personal Statements

Wednesday, November 11

Veteran's Day - NO SCHOOL

Important update for reading the novel Another Country:  Have all of the novel read by Monday, November 16.

Thursday, November 12

Meet in Room B49 for writing workshop

Type written response from Tuesday

Make additional changes to Personal Statement 1

Make additional changes to Personal Statement 2

Friday, November 13

Lincoln Center pre-show workshop on "Broke-ology" with Miss Brigitte
We will see the show on Weds, Nov. 18


REMINDER:  Returned signed permission slip forms for this trip!

Successful Work Habits in Computer Lab

How we conduct class in the Computer Lab – Room B49

A short guide for success!

1.  SIT ONLY at the assigned station
2. LOG IN ASAP using your own LogIn ID
   
3. OPEN internet go to website for this class for goals for the period
4. USE CLASS TIME for class work only – do not go online to other websites or open other class documents
5. SAVE AS to be sure document is saved in proper document folder
   
6. FIVE MINUTES before END:
   

• Close documents
  
• Log off the computer station
  
• Shut down
  
• Turn off monitor
  
• place keyboard on top of CPU
  
• Place mouse on pad at right

STAY SEATED until bell rings

Creative Writing Contest (Big Prizes!) for NYC High School Seniors Only!

Random house, Inc. - one of the largest world-wide publishers - sponsors an annual creative writing competition for New York City high school seniors.

Bergtraum seniors HAVE WON prizes in the past!

Grand Prize:  FOUR (4) students will be chosen to receive $10,000!

ALL seniors should consider entering the contest, click here for more information !

If you are serious, plan NOW be looking at the entries of past winners in YOUR CATEGORY!

Reminders for Thursday, Nov 5

CLASS TODAY MEETS in Room B49 (scroll down for week's schedule)

CLASS TOMORROW - Friday, November 6 meets outside Room B14 for auditorium program by the College Office

YOUR INTEREST in politics and the re-election of the mayor will find more explained and "unpacked" in these two stories in today's New York Times:

How Bloomberg brutally beat down any opposition (here )

How politics works in NYC works for WHITES, especially when it comes to real estate (here )

BY POPULAR DEMAND the link to the Antony video singing Beyonce's "Crazy in Love" (here )

FOR THOSE WHO MISS THEIR DAYS AS JUNIORS in the journalism class, here

LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK we begin our social justice research paper project.  If you have not signed up for a topic, please make a point of seeing me about it when we meet tomorrow in B49!

Judge in Inter-Racial Marriage Case Resigns

BATON ROUGE, La. - A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black resigned Tuesday.


More here...