Mrs. Baker's English Classes: February 2007

Monday, February 05, 2007

Taking a Stance...

Newsweek: "Girls Gone Bad"
Paris, Britney, Lindsay & Nicole: They seem to be everywhere and they may not be wearing underwear. Tweens adore them and teens envy them. But are we raising a generation of 'prosti-tots'?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16961761/site/newsweek/

TIME: "Sweet Sixteen and Spoiled Rotten"
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1184086,00.html

Newsweek:
"The Trouble With Boys"
They're kinetic, maddening and failing at school. Now educators are trying new ways to help them succeed.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10965522/site/newsweek/

American Thinker:
January 23, 2006
"The Trouble With Newsweek's Cover Story About Boys"

http://www.americanthinker.com/2006/01/the_trouble_with_newsweeks_cov.html

Monday: In Class Response Writing "Catch the Moon"
Individual Writing Conferences
Homework:
Newsweek "Sweet 16" & Questions
Due Wednesday

Interview w/ Tim O'Brien
http://www.wooster.edu/artfuldodge/interviews/obrien.htm

"Battlefield: Vietnam" PBS Historical Resource
http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/

Military Jargon
http://libwww.library.phila.gov/onebook/obop05/militaryjargon.htm

One Teacher's Notes...
http://www.masconomet.org/teachers/trevenen/things.html

Various songs related to the Vietnam War:
The Star-Spangled Banner ( Jimi Hendrix version)"Ballad of the Green Berets""Fortunate Son" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)"The Unknown Soldier" (The Doors) "Give Peace a Chance" (John Lennon) "Born in the USA" (Bruce Springsteen

Newsweek January 26th
"Brave New Babies"
Parents now have the power to choose the sex of their children. But as technology answers prayers, it also raises some troubling questions
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3990134/site/newsweek/

PBS- "Frankenfoods" Debate 10/4/02
http://www.pbs.org/now/science/genedebate.html

Parents' Plan to Stunt Girl's Growth Sparks Debate
by Joseph Shapiro NPR 1/5/07
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6730813

Surgery to stunt girl’s growth sparks debate
Parents say drastic treatment allows them to take better care of their child
AP 1/5/07
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16473471/

"The Ashley Treatment" - Ashley's Blog
http://ashleytreatment.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?_c02_owner=1

NOVA Stem Cells 15 Minute Clip
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3209/04.html