After bouncing around the campus this morning looking for a classroom with technology, we landed temporarily in the A-building, where we looked at a student paper to see how well he integrated citations into the text, used metacommentary, considered opposing viewpoints , and used appropriate voice signals so we would know when he was speaking and when it was someone else.
We also did a check-in so students could let me know how they are doing. Many students were confused over what to write for the Book Report Essay which was due today, but students can have until Wednesday, as I am still reading Half the Sky essays.
I am going to give students a link to post essay plans and the abstracts. Make sure your thesis is stated in the abstract. Make the writing elegant.
We watched a New Heroes video on Inderjit Khurana's Ruchika School Social Service Organization (RSSO), Train Platform Schools in Orissa, India. We then talked about the business: http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/meet/khurana.html
Students were to develop six sentences: 2-3-part thesis sentences; 1 analogy, 1, definition, and 1 consequence. You can post them here.
Homework is to complete the book report essay and to work on the abstract for the presentations. The social entrepreneur essay is due next Wednesday, July 25, for a peer review. The final draft is due with the portfolio, July 27, 2012 by 12 noon.
Email the list of minimally five sources Thursday, July 19 along with an Initial Planning Sheet for the Social Entrepreneur Essay to coasabirenglish1A@gmail.com
We also did a check-in so students could let me know how they are doing. Many students were confused over what to write for the Book Report Essay which was due today, but students can have until Wednesday, as I am still reading Half the Sky essays.
I am going to give students a link to post essay plans and the abstracts. Make sure your thesis is stated in the abstract. Make the writing elegant.
We watched a New Heroes video on Inderjit Khurana's Ruchika School Social Service Organization (RSSO), Train Platform Schools in Orissa, India. We then talked about the business: http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/meet/khurana.html
Students were to develop six sentences: 2-3-part thesis sentences; 1 analogy, 1, definition, and 1 consequence. You can post them here.
Homework is to complete the book report essay and to work on the abstract for the presentations. The social entrepreneur essay is due next Wednesday, July 25, for a peer review. The final draft is due with the portfolio, July 27, 2012 by 12 noon.
Email the list of minimally five sources Thursday, July 19 along with an Initial Planning Sheet for the Social Entrepreneur Essay to coasabirenglish1A@gmail.com
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Tiffany Chang
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
16 July 2012
New Heroes: Inderjit Khurana Theses
Three-part theses
Although the government questions the purpose of Inderjit Khurana’s platform schools, the charismatic woman demonstrates her determination to give the disadvantaged children education because she sees that they are living in a trapped lifestyle and wants to help them break free from their expected lives in society.
Despite the government’s doubt that platform schools will help children lead a brighter future, Inderjit Khurana is committed to providing the opportunity to learn and be mentally enriched because with knowledge, they will be able to view their future more optimistically.
Analogy
Inderjit Khurana is “like God”, since she successfully raises the children of India’s platform stations from their unfortunate circumstances and helps them to lead a brighter future.
Consequence
As a result of Inderjit’s Khurana’s efforts to give the children living on India’s platform stations education, the young girls are able to mentally and physically escape the life of prostitution.
Definition
A social entrepreneur is an individual whose business is to improve the social issues of society, which Inderjit Khurana does by giving education to the young children of Orissa, India and helps them achieve a more positive lifestyle.
Testimony
Scholars say that education is the key for leading a successful lifestyle, which social entrepreneur Inderjit Khurana confirms by developing platform schools for the young children of Orissa, India, that result in successful stories of students going onto higher education.
Chie Shan Chan
Professor Sabir
English 1A
17 July 2012
New Heroes: Inderjit Lhurana Theses
2-Three part thesis:
Although Inderjit Kharana meets many struggles with starting platform schools, the many lives of children are saved because education gives children an opportunity to a better life.
Despite the government’s opposition with funding schools on train platforms, Inderjit never gives up because she understands how important education is.
Analogy:
Inderjit Khurana is “like God” for giving children a chance with education.
Consequence:
Inderjit Khurana’s efforts save many children from having to sell themselves into prostitution.
Definition:
Inderjit Khurana is a social entrepreneur who puts money on the social problems in her community.
Testimony:
Orissa is originally a country in deep poverty, but Inderjit Khurana encourages the children to pursue for a higher education.
Tamara Qirreh
Professor Sabir
English1A
New Heroes: Inderjit Khurana
It is not uncommon in poor areas of the country that children and their education is sacrificed for survival. We see one example of many, in India's Bhubaneswar region. One of the many forgotten parts of the world and their children, change can only happen from within. It takes a great deal of will and care to support this type of economic disappointment. Without the governments help it makes it difficult for people to care. However there are special people in this world that convey a sense of greatness when they willfully take on a responsibility to help the less fortunate that the government has left behind. One of these people is Inderjit Khurana, a school teacher in Orissa, India. From a school teacher to a social entrepreneur Khurana started Ruchika Social Service Organization (RSSO) in 1985, which gave disadvantaged children an opportunity to receive, at the very least, a basic education. Khurana brought the school to an area that suffered the most in her country. The train stations were popular grounds for poor children to come and beg passengers for money. Using this to her advantage Khurana came to the train stations, gathered the children and even used the train schedules as a product to learn. Inderjit Khurana is like a conductor herself, resembling a musical conductor, gathering her future artists to come and discover their creativity and learn a new tune with many new instruments. She goes deeper to discover the root of these disadvantaged children and realizes it roots from the poverty in their homes and with their parents, who are most likely uneducated. As a result Inderjit Khurana’s program extends out to the welfare of these children’s families as well and helps them to receive food and basic medical necessities. Although, our government should provide this type of support and assistance to their people, its people like Inderjit that saved so many lives by a simple gesture that poor people deserve education and support.
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