Monday 12/6/10

IN CLASS:
Hours 2, 4, 8--Today we went over the root words for this week.

• CHRONOS=Time (as in chronological, synchronize)
• TEMPUS/TEMPORIS=Time (temporary, tempo)
• PARA=beside, along, with (parachute, paramedic, parallel)

Then we did some talking about revising papers before turning them in. Halfway through class we went to the lab to do some more work on essays. They are due tomorrow. The lab will be open after school for students who need more work time.

Hours 3, 5--Today we went over root words (see above). Then we started talking about bias. We read an assortment of articles dealing with the proposed DREAM ACT. Each article looked at the issue from a different angle or bias.

ASSIGNMENT:
Hours 2, 4, 8--Essay due tomorrow
Hours 3, 5--none