Eng 10 (Section 1) Assignments

write your own sentences using the sentence patterning chart and the flash cards that you received today (and that are attached below). You may need to slide in a few other words to make your sentence make sense!

Due Thurs, 01/09/14: For the following questions, I ask that you not go to a dictionary unless you are stumped. You need to use the language of the Wednesday bell work in order to complete the assignment.
Based on your understanding of what a graph is (in math, etc) as well as your new knowledge of what the root word means, write the definition:___________________________________________________________________
Based on your understanding of the root word arch, define archrival. ___________________________________
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Based on your understanding of the root arch and the suffix ist, define archeologist.
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Using the attached essay guide, organize your argumentative essay regarding whether Pres. Truman should have dropped the atomic bomb on Japan in August, 1945. Use your annotated documents for evidence, remembering to put quotation marks around quoted material. A minimum of 3 documents is required.

Docs to use for evidence include:
Harsch "Why Truman Dropped the Bomb"
Tenuth "Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Two Opinions"
Truman's 7/25/45 diary
Petition from the Manhattan Project scientists, 7/17/45
and the new document from history.org, "The Decision to Drop the Bomb"

You may use the WWII history (or any other reputable source - make an MLA citation) for your introduction.

The dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima was a whopper of an event affecting literally millions of people all over the world. Every day on the news we hear of robberies, murders, accidents, diseases, wars and other tragedies. Most of the time the news tells about things that happened to someone else -- not to us -- and we are at least somewhat insulated from the reality of the situations. Most of the time we listen to the news and think, "That's terrible" or "Gee, what a shame. I really feel sorry for those people." And the next night we're bombarded with a whole new set of characters in a whole new set of tragedies. It is rare that we get any follow up on any of the people who are involved.

Once and a while, we should stop to remember that for each news item reported, a certain number of people's lives change forever. We should not lose our feelings of sympathy or empathy for the many people involved; we should not allow ourselves to become too dulled and emotionally numb from the barrage of tragedies that we hear about each day. We must try to remain alert and empathetic and to try to find ways to not only help those who are hurt but also to reduce the number of senseless tragedies that happen in our world.