BLS English 101

Click here to listen to the studycast on the Grammar section of the Midterm Exam Study Guide. Be sure you have your Grammar book and Study Guide out, along with a pen or pencil.  Write small and be ready for class!  No excuses!

As we finish the novel Night, we need to begin to think through the answer to one of the first questions I asked as we started.  If you were the shoes of our main character, how would you respond?  What is the difference between his faith and yours that could make the difference?  There should be a difference.  Listen to this podcast and think about your response to that question. Click here to listen to this podcast.  Return to Edmodo to complete your assignment.

In the first three chapters of Night Eliezer has gone through a major shift in his religious beliefs and his faith in God.  His experiences begin to challenge the faith he had in a good and faithful God.  While he does not necessarily question the existence of God, he begins to seriously question the goodness of God.  He finds it hard to believe that a good and just God could allow something like this to happen. Click here to listen to this podcast.  In this podcast, listen to quotes from the first three chapters of Night demonstrating the major shifts in Eliezer's faith.  Think of how exactly his faith is changing, and how these quotes help us to see these changes.  Why is this happening to his faith?  If this were you, how do you honestly think you would react?  How would your faith change?

We are still in the early stages of our Research Paper.  We have been locating sources in the library and using online sources.  We have copied the information we need for our papers from these internet and book sources.  All pages with information for your paper should be in the Research section of your Research Binders.  In addition to this, we should all have completed our bibliography cards for these sources. Now, it is time to take these sources of information and begin organizing our notes in preparation for the paper.  The first step is to thoroughly read through all of the information you have collected.  As you read, highlight the information using the following color scheme:     Job Description = Pink     Education = Green     Skills = Blue     Strengths = Yellow     Weaknesses = Orange/Purple Once you have highlighted the information, you want to create note cards.  Each note card should hold one idea, or one piece of information from one source.  This information can be a quote, a summary, or a paraphrase.  (We talked about all three of these in class).  You will use these note cards to help you organize your thinking as you begin the outlining process for your Research Papers. Watch the video below about how to make and format your note cards.  If you have questions about what you are doing... ASK!

Click here to get the notes about what sources you must use in your research paper and how to make bibliography cards. You must be familiar with these notes in order to find the correct book and internet sources.  These notes will also help you format your bib cards correctly.  You are responsible for knowing this information as we conduct research in the library! If you have questions, ASK!

In chapters 1 & 2 of Night, the author recounts the days of his life leading up to his family's deportation to Auschwitz.  He shares how life slowly begins to change, while the changes go unnoticed until it is too late.  He talks about the terror of the train ride to Auschwitz, the prophetess Madame Schachter, and the beginning of his life as one long night. Click here to listen to the podcast on Night chapters 1-2. Be sure to check Edmodo for any follow up assignments after listening to this podcast.

Night is a novel about a young Jewish boy's experiences during World War II.  He relates how he and his family end up being deported to Auschwitz, a death camp in southern Poland.  He talks about his experiences in this camp and others, as he is forced to work and watch himself slowly die inside.  From his earliest experiences in the concentration camps, we will see how his faith in God is lost, and his life becomes an unending night. Click here to listen to the podcast titled "Introduction to Night". Be sure to see Edmodo for any additional assignments after listening to this.

Click here to watch the Keynote introducing the English I Research Paper on careers. You need to watch this to know what the five topics for our research paper will be this year, and have a basic understanding of why we will be researching careers this year.