TO ALL MY LITERATE GRADE 9 STUDENTS...
SAWASDEE PHI MAI, KHRAP!
Before anything else, let me wish you and your families A Wonderful Thai New Year and a safe and fun-filled Songkran Break...!
Now...down to business...! I have a number of SONGKRAN BREAK HOMEWORK/ASSIGNMENTS for you to work on given the 10 days you are going to "miss" seeing me and/or “miss” being in my class. Start and finish it immediately so you will have more time to enjoy and relax during your break.
FIRST…you have the entire Songkran Break to read and take notes on the novel The Glass Menagerie…at this point in time, if you suddenly stop and ask yourself the question, “What Glass Menagerie?”…then you are in deep, deep, deep trouble simply because despite the number of times I repeated this in class and even wrote it on the board for you to see, you chose not to listen and did not bother checking out the book from the library like I told you to do…!
SECOND…I am going to ask for an update from every group on what you have already accomplished on your ODYSSEY movie production when we get back to school. Leaders and members of each group…make sure to take notes of the workers and the slackers in your group for peer rating purposes…I have an Evaluation Sheet you will be filling up when we get back…!
THIRD…you will be having your second Test on the Literary Terms Application as soon as we get back from the break. Also, I will be testing you as well on our Words To Own list as soon as we get back from the break…!
FOURTH…We will continue and finish discussion of Romeo & Juliet ACT FIVE when we get back from the Songkran Break…!
FIFTH…on an A4/F12/DS/TNR, write me a two page essay of how your Songkran Break is…try to be as honest as possible in relating the events that transpired during your holidays…if it was boring, then write about it…if it was fun, then tell me what made it fun. Do not write this until the weekend before we start school again. Here’s the catch, you have to write it as a Persuasive Essay, meaning, you have to convince me whether it was really a boring break for you or an exciting one. Research and find out how to write a Persuasive Essay…!
LASTLY…start memorizing and practicing and working on your Choral Recitation pieces. I want the Title of Chosen Piece and the Members of the Group turned in to me through your http://homework9-valente.blogspot.com/ blog please…first come first serve basis…meaning if a title has already been posted, it cannot be chosen anymore by any other group…I will be posting tonight between 8:15PM-8:45PM…stay tuned…!
That’s All Folks! Have a safe and wonderful Songkran Break and come back refreshed and ready to Rock-N-Roll for the final stretch of the year. This is it…the end zone…you have to give it all you got since there is no more room for “I’ll do better next quarter.” Be good and get all your homework/assignments out of the way as soon as possible so that you can enjoy your break to the max…CIAO!!!
Mr. A
