Thursday, December 27, 2012

Winter Break Homework

Reading Response for Thursday 12/27 on "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan

Outline and Final draft of Argumentative Essay

See Engrade for rubric

For extra credit:

Read both of the following articles about working conditions and labor reforms then write a text to text reading response that compares and contrasts these two situations. Use your knowledge of social studies to develop an interpretation that uses text evidence when necessary.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/business/signs-of-changes-taking-hold-in-electronics-factories-in-china.html?hpw

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/business/dockworkers-strike-threatens-to-close-east-coast-ports.html