For the weekend...

...read Columbine chapters 31-34

Columbine Homework 9/26

Read Chapters 28 thru 30. 

Mountain Day Weekend Homework

Read Chapters 20-22 for the weekend.  Have a great weekend!

CSC Homework for Friday, September 21st.

Please read Chapters 16-19, which brings us to the end of Part 1 of Columbine. 

In addition, please prepare for the seminar question that applies to your class.  The questions are below:

• What factor contributed most to the ease with which Eric and Dylan carried out their plot?

OR

• Does Dave Cullen remain completely neutral in reporting the events at Columbine?  Or does he glorify or vilify the massacre?

If you would like a digital copy of the preparation chart, please go to the link on the sidebar that says "Culley Wiki".  On the home page, you will see a word document that you may use. 

Columbine Log/Reading for Monday Night

Tuesday will begin our discussions on Columbine.  In order to get the discussions rolling and to keep you organized, please begin the assignment below. Be sure to complete this assignment in your notebook.  If you wish to complete it on a computer, please understand that you will need to have it in class too.  Therefore, bring it with you each day.  We will also work on this Log in class.  Tonight's assignment is to begin the log for the first 6 chapters. You also must read Chapters 7 through 11.   Do not spend more than 1 hour and 15 minutes on the homework tonight.  A character list will be included, but please feel free to add characters as needed.  The assignment is as follows:

            Columbine introduces a host of different characters, as Mr. Cullen carefully and meticulously details their experiences, attitudes, and relationships.  Keeping track of all these personalities is essential for synthesis of Columbine.  With the following organizer, you will keep a record of the characters’ lives.  This is a record of history.  Therefore, you must choose the moments in which there was a significant description, event, relationship, conversation, or outside influence that revealed something about the character.  An example of how to begin is below. Remember that this will be on-going, so leave plenty of room to add notes on each!

Name	Record Data and Chapter with page number
Eric Harris	·         Charming to all people, especially women—Chapter 2, page 6 ·         “cool brain”—good student, but smoked, drank, dated,  invited to social gatherings –Chapter 2, page 6 ·         Conversation with his friends—“I hate almost everyone”—stated to his friends with no emotion, Chapter 2, page 12

Character List:
Eric Harris
Dylan Klebold
Frank DeAngelis
Dave Sanders/Family
Dwayne Fuselier
The Brown Family
Nate Dykeman
Tom and Susan Klebold
Wayne and Kathy Harris
The Bernall Family
Sheriff John Stone
Mark Manes
Robyn Anderson
The Ireland Family

 

Due Monday

My apologies for not posting, but you need to read the first 6 chapters of Columbine

History Homework: Aristotle

For the final class of this week, please re-read Aristotle's Politics and answer Interpretive Questions 4 and 5.  That is all!

CSC Homework for September 11

The CSC will split up for the remainder of the week.  This means you will be in your assigned History/English classes.  The homework below is for the next class meeting:

English:  The poem that we read in class, The Book, is about an object from the speaker’s school that has meaning for him/ her.

For tonight, choose an object that in some way represents Lawrence Academy for you. If you’re a returning student, it may be something you know well. If you are a new student, it may be something new and strange – challenging or promising. The object can be very small or very large – something on your desk, a piece of clothing or jewelry, a book or notebook, a part of the campus, even a building.

· Write a paragraph telling why the object has meaning for you.

· Look at the object carefully. Hold it in your hand if you can. Look at it from many angles.

· Make a list of sensory, descriptive words and phrases about the object.

· Imagine that the object can speak. What would it say to you?

Spend about a half hour doing this exercise. Don’t settle for easy observations and ideas. Push yourself to think and feel deeper.

No one will see this except you and your teacher, who will simply check that you did the homework.

History:  Read Aristotle's Politics.  Just read it.  Do not attempt to answer the Interpretive Questions.

 

Welcome to the CSC Blog.  You will find all homework assignments posted here on this site, along with any pertinent class information.  The Blog has links on the sidebar that will enable you to navigate anywhere you are instructed to-->for example the "Culley Wiki". 

Along with your assigned "Black Ice" homework, you must create a Gmail account through Google and email me at mjculleyla@gmail.com.  Please label the email as "test".  This will enable us to network together throughout the year, and have Google's educational applications at our disposal.  To get started, go to www.gmail.com.  Then follow the instructions for creation of email.  If you already possess a Gmail account, you may use that existing address.  Remember!  Your names and addresses must be appropriate for school!!