Essay for the contest should be 500 words or less. Poems have no fixed limit, but don't overdo it. The two topics are:
1) Exploring themes of intolerance, prejudice and hate. Communicate through essay or poem how the tragedy of Sept. 11 reinforces the need to teach our young people about the Holocaust and the consequences of what intense prejudice, hatred, and discrimination can bring about.
2) The Holocaust Experience of Jews from the former Soviet Union. (This does not require that you have some personal connection to this topic.)
Good luck writers!
Monday, February 20, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Quotes
For Wednesday, write your interpretation of ONE of the following quotes:
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
George Eliot
Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.
Karl Kraus
Monday, February 6, 2012
Count of Monte Cristo Vocaublary
Chapter 1: bespoke, countenance, obsequious, imperceptibly, proverb
Chapter 2: insinuation
Chapter 3: promontory, cordiality, mesmerized, demented, vengeance
Chapter 4: donned, piquant, epicure, betrothed, commissary, consternation
Chapter 5: annihilation, plebeian, suffused, partisans
Chapter 6: jaunty, dowry, betrothal, partaking, haggard
Chapter 7: formidable, gendarmes, repugnance, abode, gaol, dungeon
Chapter 8: banished, sanguine, pang
Chapter 9: boisterously, conspiracy, adherents
Chapter 10: usurper, ineptitude, scaffold, recompensed
Chapter 2: insinuation
Chapter 3: promontory, cordiality, mesmerized, demented, vengeance
Chapter 4: donned, piquant, epicure, betrothed, commissary, consternation
Chapter 5: annihilation, plebeian, suffused, partisans
Chapter 6: jaunty, dowry, betrothal, partaking, haggard
Chapter 7: formidable, gendarmes, repugnance, abode, gaol, dungeon
Chapter 8: banished, sanguine, pang
Chapter 9: boisterously, conspiracy, adherents
Chapter 10: usurper, ineptitude, scaffold, recompensed
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Contact information
By far the most effective way to contact me is through the email providedby Engrade. However, I can also be reached at (718) 724-8500. Leave a message, and I will return the call as soon as possible. You can also email at my Dept. of Education email: pvilbig@schools.nyc.gov.
Grades/class info
Grades will be based on the following:
Tests/ at home writing and projects (including creative writing projects): 60 percent
Classwork, quizzes, and homework: 40 percent
Total: 100 percent
How we'll work:
For creative writing, we will use a workshop approach, in which you'll share your work with other writers in the class and get their feedback. (More on this later.)
For each book or literary work we read, you’ll be expected to read about 15 pages a night. In addition you will sometimes have homework in which you'll be asked to write brief responses or answer questions about your reading or topics for class discussion. You can expect that for each book or literary work, you'll write one at-home essay and have one to two tests. Pop quizzes occur whenever the teacher (me) gets the sense that students are not reading the material!
IMPORTANT: Grades are cumulative. That means the grades you make now count as much as the grades later in the semester. So it's important to work hard from the very beginning and not dig yourself into a hole in the first weeks of our class.
We will use Engrade, an online grading system in this class. I’ll give you information shortly about how to register. You’ll have your own account, where I’ll post grades. Your parents or guardians should be given access to your account.
Tests/ at home writing and projects (including creative writing projects): 60 percent
Classwork, quizzes, and homework: 40 percent
Total: 100 percent
How we'll work:
For creative writing, we will use a workshop approach, in which you'll share your work with other writers in the class and get their feedback. (More on this later.)
For each book or literary work we read, you’ll be expected to read about 15 pages a night. In addition you will sometimes have homework in which you'll be asked to write brief responses or answer questions about your reading or topics for class discussion. You can expect that for each book or literary work, you'll write one at-home essay and have one to two tests. Pop quizzes occur whenever the teacher (me) gets the sense that students are not reading the material!
IMPORTANT: Grades are cumulative. That means the grades you make now count as much as the grades later in the semester. So it's important to work hard from the very beginning and not dig yourself into a hole in the first weeks of our class.
We will use Engrade, an online grading system in this class. I’ll give you information shortly about how to register. You’ll have your own account, where I’ll post grades. Your parents or guardians should be given access to your account.
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