Mr. Kanach-English 2

Just a reminder blog 4 is due Friday.
Blog 3 is due Wednesday for periods 1, 7, and 8.

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ITunes is not only about music and videos. ITunes U offers audio and video from colleges and high schools on various subjects. Mr. Ross and I will be visiting high schools that use ITunes U .
Check it out at if you have an ITunes account under ITunes U.
 iTunes U features free lectures, language lessons, audiobooks, [...]

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ED LAVANDERA, CNN REPORTER: Dallas school officials announced a new controversial policy this year outlining how teachers will award grades on tests and homework. Some of the changes, and two in particular, have left many parents and teachers baffled as to how the new policy will help students succeed. First, Dallas students who fail a [...]

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What happens to a dream deferred?
      Does it dry up
      like a raisin in the sun?
      Or fester like a sore—
      And then run?
      Does it stink like rotten meat?
      Or crust and sugar over—
      like a syrupy sweet?
      Maybe it just sags
      like a heavy load.
      Or does it explode?
Langston Hughes
You are to write a minimum eight line poem on Dreams.

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We have just finished reading the Monkey’s Paw. On your blog write what three wishes you would want and why.

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The whole interview is here.

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NY Times Article
Here is an excerpt from an article today about reading online. 
But others say the Internet has created a new kind of reading, one that schools and society should not discount. The Web inspires a teenager like Nadia, who might otherwise spend most of her leisure time watching television, to read and write.
Even accomplished [...]

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English
Having trouble with your Edublog website?  Here is a blog with many tutorials.
Google Docs
Free web-based word processor and spreadsheet, which allow you share and collaborate online.
History and English
Here is a site with the top 100 speeches of the century.
The Map Guide – All the Maps on the Web is a thorough guide to country, weather, [...]

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Here are two interesting articles about high school participation in sports and comic books in the classroom.
Sports
Comic Books

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