Monday, March 21, 2011
Essay 3 Social Entrepreneur Cyber-Assignment
Today we reviewed Point of View from SPHE Essay 3. Two students came to class with completed exercises. They completed POV Grammar Quiz, everyone else will have an opportunity to complete the quiz on Wednesday.
We also reviewed the Pidd essay. Homework is to complete the essay for Wednesday. Bring it in.
We then watched one of the programs from The New Heroes. See http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/meet/
Mimi Silbert, Delancy Street, is the program we watched. Afterward we examined what we knew about her and the organization in relationship to what we defined as social entrepreneur per Robert Redford, program series host. At the series website there is a brief description of the program and a bio on Mimi Silbert. If students are interested in Delancy Street Foundation, visit the foundation website.
CyberAssignment
Write a three paragraph response to the episode in response to the question: what is a social entrepreneur and how does Mimi Silbert, Delancy Street Foundation, exemplify this?
Start doing your research re: the person you want to profile in an essay on a social entrepreneur. I will give students a copy of the assignment Wednesday, March 23, 2011.
Students were asked to bring their books to class on Wednesday and to read the first 3-4 chapters in The Pact and The Kite Runner. Only one person said she was reading Sula. There needs to be at least two people reading a book. If anyone besides Dina is reading Sula, let us know, otherwise Dina, choose one of the other books to read. Post your selection here.
On Wednesday, March 23, 2011, bring earphones. We are going to watch a Frontline World program on Social Entrepreneurs.
We closed with a couple of poems from the collection: http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/ The poems I read were: Speaking: The Hero by Felix Pollak and NO by Joy Harjo, Honolulu, HI, 2003
We also reviewed the Pidd essay. Homework is to complete the essay for Wednesday. Bring it in.
We then watched one of the programs from The New Heroes. See http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/meet/
Mimi Silbert, Delancy Street, is the program we watched. Afterward we examined what we knew about her and the organization in relationship to what we defined as social entrepreneur per Robert Redford, program series host. At the series website there is a brief description of the program and a bio on Mimi Silbert. If students are interested in Delancy Street Foundation, visit the foundation website.
CyberAssignment
Write a three paragraph response to the episode in response to the question: what is a social entrepreneur and how does Mimi Silbert, Delancy Street Foundation, exemplify this?
Start doing your research re: the person you want to profile in an essay on a social entrepreneur. I will give students a copy of the assignment Wednesday, March 23, 2011.
Students were asked to bring their books to class on Wednesday and to read the first 3-4 chapters in The Pact and The Kite Runner. Only one person said she was reading Sula. There needs to be at least two people reading a book. If anyone besides Dina is reading Sula, let us know, otherwise Dina, choose one of the other books to read. Post your selection here.
On Wednesday, March 23, 2011, bring earphones. We are going to watch a Frontline World program on Social Entrepreneurs.
We closed with a couple of poems from the collection: http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/ The poems I read were: Speaking: The Hero by Felix Pollak and NO by Joy Harjo, Honolulu, HI, 2003
