HW Mr. Padilla 3.31.17

Dear parents/guardians/ please assist you child with today's homework.

See the images. Choose 1 level.

Level 1: List what you see.

Level 2: Explain and organize the events.

Level 3:  Make a prediction about the novel Monster based on the images. 

HW Mr. Padilla 3.30.17

Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today's homework.

Author of Monster, Walter Dean Myers writes books troubled teens can relate to.

Option 3:

 The author of 104 children's and young adult books, Myers doesn't write your average teen drama. Prom queen characters are replaced by high school dropouts or young soldiers, vampires by children growing up in single-parent homes.

"With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about," Myers says. There are 2 million kids in the United States who live below the poverty line, and 5 million who have had someone in their family go to jail.

Kids and teens from troubled backgrounds look for characters like themselves in books, Myers says. They "want to read these stories, because they want to know they're going to be OK," he says.

Myers knows the audience he wants to reach: He was once a part of it. Growing up as a foster child in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City, Myers dropped out of high school at age 17 and joined the Army. …

1.       What does the word “humanize” mean?

2.       What do you think Myers means by “humanize young people”?

3.       Do you think Myers is the write person to write this type of books?  Why?

Option 2:

 The author of 104 children's and young adult books, Myers doesn't write your average teen drama. …"With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about," Myers says. There are 2 million kids in the United States who live below the poverty line, and 5 million who have had someone in their family go to jail.

Kids and teens from troubled backgrounds look for characters like themselves in books, Myers says. They "want to read these stories, because they want to know they're going to be OK," he says.

Myers knows the audience…: He was once a part of it. Growing up as a foster child in …New York City, Myers dropped out of high school at age 17 and joined the Army. …

1.        How many books has Myers written?

2.        What does Myers want to do?

3.        What are 2 problems mentioned here:

4.        What do teens look for?

5.        Where did Myers grow up and what did he do?

Option 1:

 The author of 104 children's and young adult books, Myers doesn't write your average teen drama.

1.    How many books has Myers written?

…"With my writing, what I want to do is humanize (make them look human) the young people I write about," Myers says.

2.    What does Myers want to do?

There are 2 million kids in the United States who live below the poverty line( who are poor), and 5 million who have had someone in their family go to jail.

3.    What are 2 problems mentioned here:

A.

B.

Kids and teens…look for characters like themselves in books, Myers says.

4.    What do teens look for?

Myers … was once a part of it. Growing up as a foster child in …New York City, Myers dropped out of high school at age 17….

5.    Where did Myers grow up and what did he do?

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HW Mr. Padilla 3.29.17

Homework: Parents/please assist your child with today’s homework.

Persepolis Review:

Option 3: Base your response on what you have learned this month so far about the novel Persepolis.

Write a half page book review for the novel Persepolis.  To help you with your review, pretend you are talking to someone who has never heard of this book before.   Also, think of the 5 W’s (who, what, when, where, and why)

Option 2: Base your response on what you have learned this month so far about the novel Persepolis.

1.     Name your favorite part of the novel.

2.     Describe what happened in this part of the novel.

3.     Why do you like this part of the novel.

4.     Draw the scene in the space provided below:

Option 1: Base your response on what you have learned this month so far about the novel Persepolis.

1.     Name your favorite character.

2.     Describe this character. What makes him/her special or unique?  

3.     Why do you like this character? 

4.     Draw a portrait of this character in the space provided below.

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HW Mr. Padilla 3.28.17

Homework: Dear parents/ guardians, please assist your child with today's homework.

Task: See the images below and choose a level to complete.



Level 1: List and describe what you see in the images. Use at least 2 sentences to share what you see.



Level 2: Compare the 2 images to each other. Explain how they are similar in one or more sentences.



Level 3: Relate these 2 images to what you have learned about Persepolis and what we have discussed in class.  Explain your response using two or more sentences.

HW Mr. Padilla 3.27.17

Homework: Dear parents/ guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

GROWING UP LOCKED DOWN: YOUTH IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN JAILS AND PRISONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES

Option 3:

 Every day, in jails and prisons across the United States, young people under the age of 18 are held in solitary confinement. They spend 22 or more hours each day alone, usually in a small cell behind a solid steel door, completely isolated both physically and socially, often for days, weeks, or even months on end. Sometimes there is a window allowing natural light to enter or a view of the world outside cell walls. Sometimes it is possible to communicate by yelling to other inmates…. Occasionally, they get a book or bible, and if they are lucky, study materials. But inside this cramped space, it’s hard to tell one hour, one day, week, or one month, from the next.

1.      What is the main point of this passage?

2.      How is this topic similar or different to Persepolis? 

3.      Do you believe this is a human rights issue? Explain.     
      Marjane is not in a prison, yet she is not free.  How is her experience similar or different to being held in solitary confinement? 

Option 2:

Every day, in jails and prisons across the United States, young people under the age of 18 are held in solitary confinement. They spend 22 or more hours each day alone, usually in a small cell behind a solid steel door, … often for days, weeks, or even months …. Sometimes there is a window allowing natural light to enter or a view of the world outside cell walls. Sometimes it is possible to communicate by yelling to other inmates…. Occasionally, they get a book or bible, and if they are lucky, study materials. But inside this cramped space, it’s hard to tell one hour, one day, week, or one month…

1.        What happens every day in the USA?

2.        How do they spend their time?

3.        Are they able to see outside? Explain.

4.        What do they get if they are lucky? What is hard to tell?

5.        Based on what you know about Marajane, is her situation the same? Explain why or why not.

Option 1:

Every day, in jails and prisons across the United States, young people under the age of 18 are held in solitary confinement.

1.    What happens every day in the USA?

They spend 22 or more hours each day alone, usually in a small cell behind a solid steel door, … often for days, weeks, or even months ….

2.    How do they spend their time?

Sometimes there is a window allowing natural light to enter or a view of the world outside cell walls.

3.    Are they able to see outside? Explain.

Occasionally, they get a book or bible, and if they are lucky, study materials. But inside this cramped space, it’s hard to tell one hour, one day, week, or one month…

4.    What do they get if they are lucky? What is hard to tell?

5.    Based on what you know about Marjane, is her situation the same? Explain why or why not.

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HW Mr. Padilla 3.24.17

Homework: Parents/guardians. Please assist your child with today’s homework.

Topic: Compare 2 novels: Of Mice and Men and Persepolis.  Theme of Freedom and Confinement

Option 1:

A,

Lennie and George are tied down by their need for money. Curley's wife is limited by being a woman. Crooks is stuck because of his race. Except when they're caught up in the intensity of the dream, most characters in Of Mice and Men seem more focused on bemoaning (being sad) their confinement (being trapped) than planning for their freedom.

One thing they all share in common is___________________________________________.

Forexample,________________________________________________________________________

B. It's easy to take certain freedoms for granted: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to wear white shoes after Labor Day. Many times, we don't notice our freedoms until they're gone. This is what happens to the people of Iran in the 1980s, when Marjane Satrapi's story begins. Protestors who speak out against the government are executed; everyone is expected to dress as though they are Muslim fundamentalists, especially women who need head-to-toe coverings and a veil.

What is a problem that citizens of Iran must deal with?

A problem citizens of I ran deal with is___________________________ .

A particular problem that women have is___________________________________

Bonus: Compare reading A and reading B.

Option 2:

A.

Lennie and George are tied down by their need for money. Curley's wife is limited by being a woman. Crooks is stuck because of his race.…. most characters in Of Mice and Men seem more focused on bemoaning (being sad) their confinement (being trapped) than planning for their freedom.

Mention at least 2 problems that characters in of Mice and Men deal with:

A.

B.

B.  It's easy to take certain freedoms for granted: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to wear white shoes after Labor Day. Many times, we don't notice our freedoms until they're gone. This is what happens to the people of Iran in the 1980s, when Marjane Satrapi's story begins. ….everyone is expected to dress as though they are Muslims…., especially women who need head-to-toe coverings and a veil.

Mention one problem that everyone in Iran has.

Mention one problem that women had.

What is the main idea of the passage?

Option 1:

A.

*Lennie and George are tied down by their need for money.

1. What is Lennie and George’s problem?

 Curley's wife is limited by being a woman. Crooks is stuck because of his race…

2. What limits Curley’s wife and Crook?

….most characters in Of Mice and Men seem more focused on bemoaning (being sad) their confinement (being trapped) than planning for their freedom.

3. What are most characters more focused on?

B.  It's easy to take certain freedoms for granted: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to wear white shoes after Labor Day.

4. What things are easy to take for granted?

Many times, we don't notice our freedoms until they're gone.

5. When do we notice our freedoms?

 Bonus: What does reading A and B have in common?

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HW Mr. Padilla 3.23.17

Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

What the Rich Kids of Tehran Instagram Tells Us About Iranian Youth Culture

Option 1:Rich Kids of Instagram is an account used by obnoxiously wealthy young guys and girls to flaunt their minted lifestyle to lowly strangers. A circle …of Rolexes and people pouring bottles of San Pellegrino down toilets. More recently, a bunch of copy-cat Instagram accounts have been created by well-off kids around the world. Perhaps the most popular of these spin-offs is the Rich Kids of Tehran…

… This …parade of cash… and champagne might seem surprising, given that it's coming out of a…Muslim country—out of a culture … where alcohol is prohibited and immodest dressing a crime.

1.      What is the problem with the rich kids of Iran showing off on Instagram and other social media?

2.      Why do you think they can get away with behaving this way?

3.      Based on what you have read and what you have seen on the news, social media or regular t,v.: how are American rich kids different or the same as the Iran rich kids?

        4. Do you believe their behavior is unacceptable? Why or why not?

Option 2:                                                   

Rich Kids of Instagram is an account used by obnoxiously wealthy young guys and girls to flaunt their ….lifestyle to lowly strangers. … More recently, a bunch of copy-cat Instagram accounts have been created by well-off kids around the world. Perhaps the most popular of these spin-offs is the Rich Kids of Tehran…

… This …parade of cash… and champagne might seem surprising, given that it's coming out of a…Muslim country—out of a culture … where alcohol is prohibited and immodest dressing a crime.

1.     What do the rich kids use Instagram for?

2.     Which group of copy cats is the most popular?

3.     Give examples of some of the things these rich kids do on Instagram?

4.     Why is their behavior surprising?

5.     Do you believe their behavior is unacceptable? Why or why not?

Option 1:

Rich Kids of Instagram is an account used by ….wealthy young guys and girls

1.    What is Rich Kids of Instagram?

They use it to flaunt their ….lifestyle to lowly strangers. …

2.    Why do they use Instagram?

 More recently, a bunch of copy-cat Instagram accounts have been created by well-off (rich) kids around the world. Perhaps the most popular … is the Rich Kids of Tehran…

3.    What are some well-off kids around the world doing?

4.    Which is the most popular?

… This …parade of cash… and champagne might seem surprising… coming out of a…Muslim country… where alcohol is prohibited and immodest dressing a crime.

5.    What seems surprising and why?

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HW Mr. Padilla 3.22.17

Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Level 1: List what you see.

Level 2: Summarize the reasons why this is happening:

Level 3: Compare and contrast to life in the USA.  

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HW Mr. Padilla 3.21.17

Mr. Padilla                                                           Social Studies

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Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Option 3:

Since the Iranian revolution of 1979…religious decrees still regulate social life, and the wearing of the hijab is still compulsory for girls in the country. In September last year 2014, seven people who released a video of themselves dancing to Pharrell Williams's song "Happy" were arrested and given suspended sentences of up to one year in prison, as well as 91 lashes.

According to this passage, what has changed in Iran? 

What remains the same?

How do you think the government in Iran can get away with lashing people?

Option 2:

Since the Iranian revolution of 1979…the wearing of the hijab is still compulsory for girls in the country… In September last year 2014, seven people who released a video of themselves dancing to Pharrell Williams's song "Happy" were arrested and given suspended sentences of up to one year in prison, as well as 91 lashes.

 What does compulsory mean?

What is an example of something “compulsory “ in our society?

In your own words, describe what happened to group of seven people?  Could this ever happen in the USA?  Why or why not?

Option 1:

Since the Iranian revolution of 1979…the wearing of the hijab is still compulsory for girls in the country. In September last year 2014, seven people who released a video of themselves dancing to Pharrell Williams's song "Happy" were arrested and given suspended sentences of up to one year in prison…

Find a synonym for the word compulsory.

What has been compulsory for girls since 1979?

What happened in September 2014?

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HW Mr. Padilla 3.20.17

Homework:Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

As you read the summary of Sherman Alexie ‘s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian: Underline any similarities you see between this summary and what you know about Persepolis. 

Option 1:

 Sherman Alexie ‘s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian is about a fourteen-year-old Native kid named Arnold Spirit, Jr., a character based in part on Alexie's experiences growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, WA. Arnold is funny, sensitive, and a budding artist.

Arnold, though, is not only a teenage Indian going through all of the usual coming of age stuff. Arnold is also the reservation outcast, and he's been beaten to a pulp more times than is probably healthy. Arnold (like Alexie Sherman) makes a choice to leave the reservation and attend the affluent white school twenty-two miles away in Reardan. Branded a traitor, Arnold then gets caught between two worlds: his home on the reservation and the white high school he attends. Feeling as though he fits in nowhere, Arnold is forced to forge a new kind of identity for himself... as if being fourteen years old wasn't hard enough.

Your task: identify in this summary anything and everything that you think Junior Spirit and Marjane have in common.  Explain how and why for each one.

Option 2:

Sherman Alexie ‘s The Absolutely True Diary is about a fourteen-year-old Native kid named Arnold Spirit, Jr., … based in part on Alexie's experiences growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation…Arnold is funny, sensitive, and an artist.

Arnold, is not only a teenage Indian going through all of the usual coming of age stuff. Arnold is also an outcast, and he's been beaten … more times than is probably healthy. Arnold (like Alexie Sherman) makes a choice to leave the reservation and attend the… white school twenty-two miles away in Reardan. Branded a traitor, Arnold then gets caught between two worlds: his home on the reservation and the white high school he attends. Feeling as though he fits in nowhere, Arnold is forced to forge a new kind of identity for himself... as if being fourteen years old wasn't hard enough.

Task: Underline things that Arnold and Marjane have in common. Write what they have in common in graph below.

Arnold Spirit	Marjane

Option 3:

 Sherman Alexie ‘s The Absolutely True Diary is about a fourteen-year-old Native kid named Arnold Spirit, Jr.,

1.     How old is Arnold?

 … based in part on Alexie's experiences growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation…Arnold is funny, sensitive, and an artist.

2.     How is Arnold described?

…Arnold is also an outcast... Arnold (like Alexie Sherman) makes a choice to leave the reservation and attend the… white school…in Reardan.

3.     What challenges does Arnold have?

… Arnold then gets caught between two worlds: his home on the reservation and the white high school he attends.

4.     What happens to Arnold?

Feeling as though he fits in nowhere, Arnold is forced to forge (make up) a new ... identity for himself...

5.     Why does Arnold have to forge a new identity?

The BIG Challenge: List at least one thing Arnold has in common with Marjane:

               

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HW. Mr. Padilla 3.17.17

Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Topic:  Is being a hero worth it?

Option 1:

*Classical heroes are otherwise normal people, except they have a great talent. They often possess an attribute or quality that distinguishes them from ordinary people, making them a hero. Sometimes this is great skill, but other times it is a quality of character, like courage. It's important to remember that classical heroes possess something others do not have, but are otherwise equal in their worlds. Examples of heroes are: Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker, Atticus Finch, Ponyboy, Rikki-tikki-tavi, or King Arthur.

Superheroes can start out as classical or even everyman heroes. Somewhere along the way, they acquire power that makes them "super". However, most superheroes are born with beyond-human qualities. Well-known examples would be Superman, Spiderman, or Wonder Woman.

Task:

 During the Iraq and Iran war one of Marjane’s friends loses her father during a battle.  Marjane tells her friend that her dad was a hero. Her friend replies:  “I wish he were alive and in jail rather than dead and a hero.”

Based on what you know about heroes, both fictional and real-life, write a paragraph giving your view on this topic.  Is being a hero worth it?

Give examples from Persepolis, other books, and real life to make your argument stronger.

Option 2:

**Classical heroes are…. normal people, except they have a great talent. They often possess a quality that distinguishes (separates) them from ordinary people, making them a hero. Sometimes this is great skill, but other times it is a quality …like courage. It's important to remember that classical heroes possess something others do not have, but are otherwise equal in their worlds. Examples of heroes are: Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker, Atticus Finch, Ponyboy, Rikki-tikki-tavi, or King Arthur.

Superheroes can start out as classical or even everyman heroes. Somewhere along the way, they acquire power that makes them "super". However, most superheroes are born with beyond-human qualities. Well-known examples would be Superman, Spiderman, or Wonder Woman.

1.      What are classical heroes?

2.      What separates them from other people?

3.      What is an important hero quality?

4.      Who are some famous classical heroes?

5.      What is a Super hero?

6.      Who are some famous super heroes?

Option 3

Classical heroes are…. normal people, except they have a great talent.

1.        What are classical heroes?

They often possess a quality that distinguishes (separates) them… from ordinary (regular) people….

2.        What separates them from other people?

 Sometimes this is great skill,…other times it is a quality …like courage….

3.        What is an important hero quality?

classical heroes possess something others do not have, but are otherwise equal in their worlds. Examples of heroes are: Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker, Atticus Finch, Ponyboy, Rikki-tikki-tavi, or King Arthur.

4.        Who are some famous classical heroes?

Superheroes can start out as classical or even everyman heroes… they acquire (get) power that makes them "super". However, most superheroes are born with beyond-human qualities (abilities). Well-known examples would be Superman, Spiderman, or Wonder Woman.

5. What is different about Superheroes?  Who are some famous superheroes?

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HW Mr. Padilla 3.16.17

 

Homework:

Parents/please assist your child with today’s homework. 

Objective: to use a graphic organizer to compare two texts. Read the background passages for Esperanza Rising and Persepolis, then fill the graphic organizer.

Option 3: 

Esperanza Rising  

Twelve-year-old Esperanza Ortega has grown up the daughter of a wealthy Mexican rancher and his wife. But tragedy strikes: her father is killed, and her step uncles take over the family home. Esperanza and her mother must flee their home and journey to a new life in California.

Life in California is nothing like what Esperanza is used to. She and her mother must live with their former servants in a farm labor camp.

Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi grew up in Iran… as things started getting bad. Students were segregated by gender…women's rights receded …and family members were executed simply because they were suspected to be spies. It's a rough time to grow up there… but Marjane not only survives protests and bombings—she moves to Vienna, then back to Iran, and then manages to leave again.

Option 2: 

Esperanza Rising  

Twelve-year-old Esperanza Ortega has grown up the daughter of a wealthy Mexican rancher and his wife. But … her father is killed, and her step uncles take over the family home. Esperanza and her mother must flee their home …to a new life in California.

Life in California is nothing like what Esperanza is used to. She and her mother must live with their former servants in a farm labor camp.

Persepolis 

Marjane Satrapi grew up in Iran… as things started getting bad. Students were segregated by gender…and family members were executed simply because they were suspected to be spies. It's a rough time to grow up there… but Marjane … survives protests and bombings—she moves to Vienna, then back to Iran…

Option 1:  

Esperanza Rising  

Twelve-year-old Esperanza Ortega has grown up the daughter of a wealthy Mexican rancher and his wife. But … her father is killed, and her step uncles take over ….Esperanza and her mother must flee their home …to a new life in California.

Marjane, Perspolis

… She and her mother must live with their former servants in a farm labor camp.

Persepolis 

Marjane Satrapi grew up in Iran… as things started getting bad. Students were segregated by gender… It's a rough time to grow up there… but Marjane … survives protests and bombings—she moves to Vienna, then back to Iran…

Task: Use the graphic organizer to compare the two books. You can use information from the reading, from today’s lesson or your previous knowledge.

Or if you like, you can compare Persepolis to another book.

Book Title	Persepolis
Author		Pam Munoz Ryan
Setting: Where story takes place
Conflict: the problem(s)
Main Character

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