Immigration Essay

Immigration Reform Argumentative Essay

Essay due: Friday, June 6

Brief summary of The Immigration Bill--the crux of the issue: PATH TO CITIZENSHIP

—The estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally could obtain "registered provisional immigrant status" six months after enactment of the bill as long as:

(1) The Homeland Security Department has developed border security and fencing plans, per the specifications set out in the bill.

(2) They arrived in the U.S. prior to Dec. 31, 2011, and maintained continuous physical presence since then.

(3) They do not have a felony conviction or three or more misdemeanors.

(4) They pay a $500 fine.

—People in provisional legal status could work and travel in the U.S. but would not be eligible for most federal benefits, including health care and welfare.

—The provisional legal status lasts six years and is renewable for another six years for $500.

—People deported for noncriminal reasons can apply to re-enter in provisional status if they have a spouse or child who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, or if they had been brought to the U.S. as a child.

—After 10 years in provisional status, immigrants can seek a green card and lawful permanent resident status if they are current on their taxes and pay a $1,000 fine, have maintained continuous physical presence in the U.S., meet work requirements and learn English. Also the border triggers must have been met, and all people waiting to immigrate through the legal system as of the date of enactment of the legislation must have been dealt with.

—People brought to the country as youths would be able to get green cards in five years, and citizenship immediately thereafter.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/immigration-bill-summary-93557.html#ixzz33E6BRnKI
Immigration Reform S 744--Summary 1
Summary of Immigration Bill 2013

THE LAST WEEK! Monday

HAND IN PAPERS

WATCH DEATH OF A SALESMAN
YouTube high school production of DEATH found on YouTube
Online text for Death of a Salesman

The American Dream

IMMIGATION ESSAY DUE MONDAY

MONDAY NIGHT'S HOMEWORK: 

Read the poem I am Waiting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and be prepared for a 3 point reading quiz Mon.

Online text for Death of a Salesman 

Pretty decent Death of a Salesman Unit by another teacher 

Wednesday, June 4

BEAN TREES TEST
You may return your books at your leisure. Turn in Bean Trees and the red anthology, The Amercan Experience. Death of a Salesman should technically be turned in Friday, too, but I wouldn't be surprised if you could get away with returning it a bit later :^}

Immigration Reform Argumentative Essay

Essay due: Friday, June 6

Brief summary of The Immigration Bill--the crux of the issue: PATH TO CITIZENSHIP

—The estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally could obtain "registered provisional immigrant status" six months after enactment of the bill as long as:

(1) The Homeland Security Department has developed border security and fencing plans, per the specifications set out in the bill.

(2) They arrived in the U.S. prior to Dec. 31, 2011, and maintained continuous physical presence since then.

(3) They do not have a felony conviction or three or more misdemeanors.

(4) They pay a $500 fine.

—People in provisional legal status could work and travel in the U.S. but would not be eligible for most federal benefits, including health care and welfare.

—The provisional legal status lasts six years and is renewable for another six years for $500.

—People deported for noncriminal reasons can apply to re-enter in provisional status if they have a spouse or child who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, or if they had been brought to the U.S. as a child.

—After 10 years in provisional status, immigrants can seek a green card and lawful permanent resident status if they are current on their taxes and pay a $1,000 fine, have maintained continuous physical presence in the U.S., meet work requirements and learn English. Also the border triggers must have been met, and all people waiting to immigrate through the legal system as of the date of enactment of the legislation must have been dealt with.

—People brought to the country as youths would be able to get green cards in five years, and citizenship immediately thereafter.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/immigration-bill-summary-93557.html#ixzz33E6BRnKI
Immigration Reform S 744--Summary 1
Summary of Immigration Bill 2013

Human Trafficking in Portland

Friday, May 30

Immigration Reform Argumentative Essay

Essay due: Friday, June 6
Bean Trees test Wednesday

Brief summary of The Immigration Bill--the crux of the issue: PATH TO CITIZENSHIP

—The estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally could obtain "registered provisional immigrant status" six months after enactment of the bill as long as:

(1) The Homeland Security Department has developed border security and fencing plans, per the specifications set out in the bill.

(2) They arrived in the U.S. prior to Dec. 31, 2011, and maintained continuous physical presence since then.

(3) They do not have a felony conviction or three or more misdemeanors.

(4) They pay a $500 fine.

—People in provisional legal status could work and travel in the U.S. but would not be eligible for most federal benefits, including health care and welfare.

—The provisional legal status lasts six years and is renewable for another six years for $500.

—People deported for noncriminal reasons can apply to re-enter in provisional status if they have a spouse or child who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, or if they had been brought to the U.S. as a child.

—After 10 years in provisional status, immigrants can seek a green card and lawful permanent resident status if they are current on their taxes and pay a $1,000 fine, have maintained continuous physical presence in the U.S., meet work requirements and learn English. Also the border triggers must have been met, and all people waiting to immigrate through the legal system as of the date of enactment of the legislation must have been dealt with.

—People brought to the country as youths would be able to get green cards in five years, and citizenship immediately thereafter.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/immigration-bill-summary-93557.html#ixzz33E6BRnKI
Immigration Reform S 744--Summary 1
Summary of Immigration Bill 2013

Human Trafficking in Portland
 

May 21

Vocabulary for Final Exam: Norman Shur's 1000 Most Important Words
Quizlet cards for 50 most important words from the book The 1000 Important Words
Immigration Reform
Read Bean Trees to the end of Ismene for Friday

Vocabulary for Final Exam: Norman Shur's 1000 Most Important Words
Quizlet cards for 50 most important words from the book The 1000 Important Words
Read The Bean Trees to page 70

Hand in poems. Enjoy!

Discuss characterization
Taylor (Missy)
What She's Like                                      Evidence--What she says, does, others say
1.  Stands up for herself                          1. "You think being busted is a joke?" (21)
2.                                                               2. "There was enough of destiny in it to satisfy me (16)
3. insecure; didn't believe in self            3. "I had expected more of a fight . . . " (7)
4. Wants to make some thing of self      4. "If I had wanted a baby, I would have stayed . . . (24)
5. Humble                                                 5. "He didn't treat me like teacher's pet . . ." (8)
6. She doesn't like abusive males          6. ". . . didn't have daddy, that I was lucky that way (12)
7.                                                               7. " I asked him how come he was giving me the job..."(8)
8. nonconformist         8. "...if I couldn't dress elegant I'd dress memorable." (6)
9.                                                               9."Which is not to say that we, me and Mama, were any        better than Harbines or had a dime to our name."(2)
10. "I'd probably seen the worst I was going to see so there was no reason to quit now." (13)
11. Wants to be free, to have vision       11. "In Kentucky, you could never see too far, since there were always mountains blooking the other side of your view." (17.)
12. Mrs. Hoge hinted in every imaginable way that she was retarded, but I mantained that she had her own ways of doing things and wasn't inclined to be pushed." (49)


Lou Ann
What She's Like                                      Evidence--What she says, does, others say
1. humble                                                  1. '... but thought of herself as just an ordinary Kentuckian...' (33)
2. Used to being objectified by men        2. "To be able to relax this way on a crowded bus was a     new experience for her..." (40)
3.  She focuses on the inside of a 
person and not appearances                    3."Lou Ann could never see why the accident needed to change his life at all" (36)
4. not confrontational--passive                 4. "thinking about herself and Angel splitting up... didn't particularly do anything about it..."(33-34)
5. very quiet and submissive                 5. "But Lou Ann rarely corrected anybody on anything." (38)
6. can't stand up for self; manipulable   6.'...Lou Ann had not experienced before. the arguments made her feel like the rubber in a Gumby doll, that her body could be bent into any shape and would stay that way.' (34)
7. Very self-conscious                           7. "As she was getting ready for bedshe caught sight of herself in the mirror and thought she looked disgusting and pornographic in her nightgown..."
8. Not ignorant                                        8. "Angel had warned her to keep them shut, but she had wanted to see where she was going."

2013 SAT Practice Test (Collegeboard.com)