Works cited in-class exercise, Tuesday, 3/30/10

You'll find the exercise here.

Extra credit question for Tuesday's quiz

What is a filibuster (in current U.S. politics)?

Reading for Tuesday, March 23, 2010

"The Freedom to Be an Adult"

Extra credit item for Thursday's quiz

What country is currently in a diplomatic disagreement with the United States over that country's decision to build housing in a disputed territory? Who is disputing the territory with that country?

Web vocabulary for Thursday, March 18, 2010

As always, please make sure you know the meaning of these words before reading the essay linked below.

converge
forebear
illustrious
lurid
rebuke
stringent
subsequent
vigilante
vigor
zealous

Web reading for Thursday, March 18, 2010

"Gun Control's Twisted Outcome"

Vocabulary words for Thursday, March 4, 2010

For maximum effect, please learn the definitions of these words before reading the online article for class on Thursday.

• algorithm
• contemptuous
• cynical
• denunciation
• exacerbate
• foil (verb)
• inherent
• omniscience
• protocol
• resilient
• technocracy
  

Reading for Thursday, March 4, 2010

Please notice the date of the article. It was written less than a week after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to blow up a plane over Detroit on Christmas day.

"The God That Fails"