10.30.12+and+10.31.12

SAT WU's: try your hand at these SAT questions http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day?questionId=20121023&oq=1 http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day?questionId=20121025&oq=1


 * Taking a Stance Activity: **

For each of the following statements, decide if you agree or disagree. There is no grey here, you have to make a choice:**

School should be mandatory until the age of 18. Every student should go to public schools. Students should be able to choose where they go to school despite where they live. Students should have to pay for school. School is a right that everyone deserves. School is a privilege that one has to earn. I learn in school. Learning is a choice. Everyone can learn or be educated. I learn more outside of school than inside of school. School would be more valuable if I only studied the subjects that = specific job someday. Everyone deserves a college education. College should be free. People take school more seriously when the have to pay for it. If I was told I could no longer attend school I would be…
 * Angry
 * Neutral
 * Happy

WU: Education Based on your answers to the questions I just asked, how does your view of your education relate to Melba’s ideas and feelings about education? Why? Give me specific examples.

Discuss WU and Ch. 10-- Questions to think about:
 * How is Melba changing at this point in the novel? Why is she changing?
 * Who are Melba's main influences at this point in the story?
 * What role does violence play in Ch. 10? What's the significance of the increased violence that Melba experiences?

HW: Journal Entry: Ch. 11/12 due next time I see you.