English 3: NPR Interview of Khaled Hosseini

Hello class,

Here is the link to the interview of Khaled Hosseini by NPR. It's a great resource for the book/movie review.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1358775

Ms. Gonzalez

English 3: Modern Times Powerpoint

Hi everyone,

Here is the powerpoint on the movie we watched in class this week. I hope you enjoyed it! You can watch it here if you missed out on any of it.



Ms. Gonzalez

English 3: George Orwell Powerpoint

Hi Class,

I am so very sorry for not posting this yesterday!



Ms. Gonzalez

More Meritocracy Links (see the originals below this post)

Hi class,

I have found a few more articles for you to consider as you write your papers on meritocracy. I realized too late that the original links were one-sided, and I hope that you can find some different perspectives in these other articles.

Ms. Gonzalez

From the Brookings Institution:
http://www.brookings.edu/articles/1999/12politics_toch.aspx


From Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/theres-no-such-thing-as-meritocracy-and-its-a-good-thing-too-2009-8


From the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/world/europe/01ecoles.html

Meritocracy Articles

Hi,

Here are the links to the 6 meritocracy articles that were discussed in class today. Pick the ones you will read to cite/paraphrase in your essay, and print them out if you need to. You can also ask me to help print out a copy for you.

Remember, you need at least one quote or paraphrase from the articles you do choose, and keep in mind that paraphrases must also be cited.

Ms. Gonzalez

NY Magazine article:
http://nymag.com/news/features/63427/

Newsweek article:
http://www.newsweek.com/1995/04/03/the-myth-of-meritocracy.html

The American Spectator:
http://spectator.org/archives/2008/12/16/the-obama-meritocracy

NY Times:
http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/the-trouble-with-meritocracy/

msnbc.com:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8232821/

The Atlantic:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/11/does-meritocracy-work/4305/

English 2: NYTimes article about education, jobs, and race

Hello class,

In light of the conversation we had in class yesterday about institutionalized racism, I thought you might find this article interesting. For extra credit, read it, summarize its main points in one paragraph, and identify any examples of institutionalized racism you find in the article. Please consider doing this extra credit. This is an important article and you will learn much from it.

Ms. Gonzalez

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/us/01race.html?_r=2&fta=y

English 4: Doing Research

Hello Class,

Below you will find the PowerPoint on how to successfully do research. As promised, I am also linking you to some MLA websites, as well as to the website I modeled by steps after.

Ms. Gonzalez

MLA Guide from Purdue:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

MLA Citation Guide:
http://www.studyguide.org/MLAdocumentation.htm

Steps to Doing Research:
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill1.htm

PowerPoint: