Homework for Weekend of 9/13 - 9/16

Please complete the following assignments over the long holiday weekend. All assignments should be completed by Sunday night at midnight.


1. If you have not done so, plesae set up your gmail account and send a confirmation message to ms.kingsbury@verizon.net. You will receive 30 points for completing this task. If you have already done this assignment, thank you!


2. Please complete the extra credit opportunities listed in our website. This will help you get your grade off to a good start, and it will show me that you are motivated and ambitious.


3. It is important that you read a variety of news resources each week. Toward that end, I would like you to briefly visit each of these reputable news websites. Spend 2-3 minutes browsing through each site:

http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.bostonglobe.com/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
http://www.latimes.com/
http://www.digg.com/ (this is a fun site!)


Once you are done browing through these sites, complete the following task: Visit the CNN website. Read any article which you find interesting. Email the link to ms.kingsbury@verizon.net from the website. In the Message section, write a one sentence summary of the article. You will receive 20 points for completing this task.

4. Email to ms.kingsbury@verizon.net your answer to the questions "What are your goals for this year, both academically and personally? What would you like to learn about in English class this year? What can Ms. Kingsbury do to help you reach your goals?" You will receive 25 points for completing this task.

5. Don't forget to bring in your signed syllabus if you have not already done so.