Devoirs pour mardi 5

• Come up with a 4 topics (preferably questions) that you would like to research.
• Using the sheet I gave you on Wednesday, produce an evaluative annotation of 4 of the articles you received. You can work with 1 partner and produce a total of 4 articles. Remember, 1 has to be from a French articles (6 or 7). Citation maker: http://oslis.org/resources/cm/mlacitationss

This is an example for article 1 -

Peters, Eric. "Should the driving age de raised to 18?." Blog. motorists.org. National Motorists Association, 23 Oct. 2008. Web. 1 Apr. 2011. <http://blog.motorists.org/should-the-driving-age-be-raised-to-18/>.

            This article appeared on my Google result list when I used the words “legal driving age”. Eric Peters is an automotive columnist and author of Automotive Atrocities: The Cars You Love to Hate (Motor Books International) and a new book, Road Hogs. Peters argues that although teenagers have their fair share of wrecks, they should have more driving experience rather than less, and therefore have should start driving early. He also argues that youth is not the main problem behind accidents involving young drivers but rather inadequate instruction. Peters seems very anti regulations, and lumps legal driving age with speed limit, seat belt laws, drunk driving, smoking drugs, etc…

Site for article 2
http://www.knowledgegalaxy.net/legal_driving_age/legal_driving_age.html
Site for article 3
http://ezinearticles.com/?Is-The-Legal-Driving-Age-The-Same-For-All-Countries?&id=1192473
Site for article 4
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/transport/should-legal-driving-age-be-increased-to-21/
Site for article 5
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/09/teen-driving-age-should-b_n_125010.html
Site for article 6
http://louisprefontaine.com/2009/11/30/permis-de-conduire-hausser-age-minimum-legal
Site for article 7
http://www.autonet.ca/autos/nouvelles/2004/01/26/4812072.html

Under the Persimmon tree

• Tuesday March 1st: read ch. 9 à 12
• Thursday March 3rd: read ch. 13 to 17
• Monday March 7th: read ch 18 to 21
• Wednesday March 9th: finish book + Test on the entire book.
Prepare your work according to your role. All work needs to be submitted before class starts, no work will be accepted after or during class.

• Friday March 11th : rough draft due
• Tuesday March 15th : final due
Prepare your work according to your role. All work needs to be submitted before class starts, no work will be accepted after or during class.

Devoirs pour vendredi 25 février

• Read chapters 5 through 8 of Under the Persimmon tree
• Prepare your work according to your role. All work needs to be submitted before class starts, no work will be accepted after or during class.

Devoirs pour mecredi 23 février

• Read chapters 3 & 4 of Under the Persimmon tree
• Do your activities according to your role.

Devoirs pour le mardi 8, le jeudi 10 et le lundi 14

• 7th graders need to think of their writing assignment for OAKS.
• The entire class needs to review / finish the first three assignments that we worked on (personal event / fiction / practice OAKS).

Devoirs pour mercredi 2 février

• Review correct usage of commas (booklet) + finish adding commas to the reading given in class.
• Continue working on your 3rd essay (prompt your chose from the training site of OAKS). Rough draft is due on Wednesday.

Devoirs pour jeudi 13 janvier

• Continue working on your story. Final version due on Wednesday 19th.