Thursday,+March+17+-+3A

Book Trailers of the Day
Sold by Patricia McCormick (a possible lit circle read!)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith

Bell Ringer
Read the following journal entry. Decide which LOT # is being addressed. You can answer below through text message, smart phone, or by clicking on the widget. Be ready to explain why it is this particular Level of Thinking. 3/16/11 LOT ????? We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

pg.149 "Rwanda is landlocked and dirt-poor, a bit larger than Vermont and a bit less populous than Chicago, a place so dwarfed by neighboring Congo, Uganda, and Tanzania that for the sake of ligibility its name has to be printed on most maps outside the lines of its frontiers. As far as the political, military, and economic interests of the world's powers go, it might as well be Mars. In fact, Mars is probably of greater strategic concern. But Rwanda, unlike Mars, is populated by human beings, and when Rwanda had a genocide, the world's powers left Rwanda to it."

When I researched the genocide in Rwanda in order to teach my class, I learned that it took 100 days for the UN to involve themselves at all, and even then only 300 troops were sent! We knew that innocent people were being slaughtered, and we did nothing! During Addy Posey's presentation, I learned about plight of the children in Uganda, who are being kidnapped and forced to fight in brutal battles by the thousands. Still, the US seems unaware. These situations really help me understand where the author is coming from.

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Independent Reading Time
Read in your novel! I want to see at least two (2) journal entries!

Homework Assignment
Make sure that your book logs for 3rd quarter are turned in and your reviews are on your blog for your 3rd quarter reads before spring break!

"What's Really Going On" Self-Survey! Record your exposure to media throughout the next week. Bring it back to class the next class period after spring break. Be honest!