update

OK:

So here are the modifications:
Your post can be closer to 100 words.

And, leaving 2 instead of 3 comments is fine.

Something interesting for you:

Kais Nashif (who played Said) is a well known Palestinian actor living in Tel Aviv, Israel with frequent travel to the U.S. Kais is part German from his mother's side and speaks fluent German as well. Languages English, Arabic, Hebrew, German, conversational French

Personal Quotes


"I understand how a performance should be like a sculpture; this was my first ever film and I learned lots from my mistakes - both from what I got right and from what I got wrong.I liked it intensely.
It made me realize that we never hear their story, their side. How could they justify this? Not only to their families but also to themselves. However you may judge them, they have a story and a rationale." Said by Kais Nashif who played Said in Paradise Now.
"Their life has no value. Where they live - in the specific case of the Palestinians - they're all surrounded and caged in cities, which they can't leave, so there's no value to their life. There's no cinema, no theater, no love, no nothing."

Israel-Palestine conflict; Newspaper writing

Today in class we will continue to learn about Israel and good newspaper writing.

1:45-2:10

To begin, using Part V of the Study Guide of Paradise Now, write a post in which you share your idea about one of the proverbs listed. Try to finish your post by 2:10 at the latest.

2:10-2:25

During this segment of class, read others’ posts and leave at least 3 comments.

2:25-2:50

Begin preparing for your next writing evaluation, a newspaper article. To do this, follow the steps below:

Choose or invent a news story to write about. It should be based on some event happening in Israel. (You may want to do research)! What you may NOT do is copy from a real newspaper. This would be plagiarism, a serious offense.

1. Regarding your story, answer these questions very briefly in one paragraph, your first paragraph.

a. Who?

b. What?

c. When?

d. Why?

e. Where?

Remember to be unbiased and to state just the facts.

2. In your second and third paragraph (which can be short) elaborate on the above, giving more information.

3. Bring to class on Tuesday, the first draft of your newspaper article. You will have some time in class to work on it before you print out your final version for me to mark.

Note: The final draft of your paper will be due on Thursday, June 4^th. On this day, you must bring both your first and final draft of your paper.

who are YOU?

Dear LIII Students,

In preparation for Tuesday’s in-class evaluation, you should use today’s class to do a practice testimony. Here are the instructions:

Use recent homework assignments to write a 200-250-word testimony about who you are, focusing on your unique, individual history. To do this assignment, answer each of the following questions in clear, well-written paragraphs which will become the body of your text. After completing the body, write a short introduction and conclusion.

1) ORIGINS

Where does your family or do your ancestors come from?

Describe its or their history, highlighting important elements.

2) FAMILY

What family member(s) peak(s) your interest?

Describe a person (living or deceased) who you find intriguing. Show through descriptions what this person is/was like. (Recall Teresa describing her grandpa in “The Wolf, The Woman and The Wilderness”.)

3) IDENTITY

How does the above influence who you are? Are there things you embrace?

Reject? What connection can you find between the beliefs and goals you have now and your and your family’s past?

In writing the testimony, you should focus on content and form. The content should include descriptions, detail, coherent ideas, elements of cause and effect, etc. With regards to form, remember that paragraphs should revolve around a central idea. When you start a new idea, start a new paragraph. BUT remember that a paragraph should have a minimum of 50 words (3 sentences). If your paragraph is too short, try to elaborate on your idea by including more detail and/or examples.

Last but not least, after you are sure that your testimony is cohesive (with connectors and transitions) and coherent (logical and orderly), review your use of English. Are your verbs correct? What about word order? Spelling? Punctuation?

And, now, share! Post your testimony on your blog. Take a break from writing and read about your classmates.

For fun:

Learn about your surname:

http://genealogy.about.com/cs/surname/a/spanish_names.htm

Your homework for Tuesday is to practice writing.

These sites are great. Do them before next class:

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9704/rv-mistakes.html

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/correctText/cable1.htm

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/satzErr.htm

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/satzErr.htm (“Fragment” means incomplete sentence; “Run-on” means that there is no punctuation between two complete sentences.)