The Greatest Everest Simili Contest

Due: Friday 24th, 2009


Create a simile for the height of Mt. Everest (29,035ft).

Mt. Everest is as tall as _________________ ( fill in the blank).

Requirements:

Simili that can be cleary read from across the room.

Visual accompanies the simili that is either drawn or printed out (can be easily seen from across the room.


I suggest displaying your simili and visual on a posterboard or a larger sheet of paper.

I.E. Mt. Everest is as tall as 27.5 Empire State Buildings.

04-21-09

Ambrosial (pg 61) - exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell

Euphoria (pg 61)- A feeling of great happiness or well-being.

Barren (pg 65) - destitute; bereft; lacking (of)

Why was Hall concerned about Tenzing, the Sherpa who fell in the crevasse 3,000 ft above base camp?

Tell the story of Kami, the young Sherpa who climbed the Lhotse Face.

Monday - April 20th, 2009

Vocabulary:

Abhorren:–adjective

causing repugnance; detestable; loathsome: an abhorrent deed.

Moraine-noun

a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay

Questions mentioned in class and written in notes:

1. What is significant about the seven summits discussed in this chapter?

2. Why would Krakauer be concerned over who the other clients in Rob Hall's group are? In other words, why would a climber be concerned over who he is climbing with? Be specific.

04-17-2009 Friday Questions

In a section of your notes which will be submitted for a grade, put the heading Into Thin Air in the center and make sure to date all of your entries above the entry on the left. There will be questions on the blog which are to be answered either in class or out of class, based on how much reading is accomplished in class. Pay attention to these blog posts as they will be your update.

Chapter Two

After Sikhdar's discovery in 1852, how many lives were lost? How many expeditions were there? In what year was Everest first summited?

What two countries border Mt. Everest?

Who is Mallory? (pg 17)

What happened to Mallory and Irvine?

Who was the first person to summit Mt. Everest?

Why was Queen Elizabeth happy? Explain the significance.

Vocabulary:

1. accretion:
an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.

2. plausible:
seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable

3. escarpments:
a long, precipitous, clifflike ridge of land, rock, or the like, commonly formed by faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust.

Everest Video

http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation/articles/s/southampton_everest.shtml

Environmentalism and Everest

Sherpa to Clean Up Everest

K2

K2 - Picture from NY Times


NY Times Article

Jeep Video - Climbing K2

Women under rule of Taliban

http://www.rawa.org/rules.htm

"A denier of veil is an infidel and an unveiled woman is lewd".

"Conditions of wearing veil:

1. The veil must cover the whole body.
2. Women's clothes must not be thin.
3. Women's clothes must not be decorated and colourful.
4. Women's clothes must not be narrow and tight to prevent the seditious limbs from being noticed. The veil must not be thin.
5. Women must not perfume themselves. If a perfumed woman passes by a crowd of men, she is considered to be an adulteress.
6. Women's clothes must not resemble men's clothes.

"In addition,

1. They must not perfume themselves.
2. They must not wear adorning clothes.
3. They must not wear thin clothes.
4. They must not wear narrow and tight clothes.
5. They must cover their entire bodies.
6. Their clothes must not resemble men's clothes.
7. Muslim women's clothes must not resemble non-Muslim women's clothes.
8. Their foot ornaments must not produce sound.
9. They must not wear sound-producing garments.
10. They must not walk in the middle of streets.
11. They must not go out of their houses without their husband's permission.
12. They must not talk to strange men.
13. If it is necessary to talk, they must talk in a low voice and without laughter.
14. They must not look at strangers.
15. They must not mix with strangers."




The link below shows a recent antagonist movement by the Taliban. Girls now struggle to go to school in Pakistan.

Class Dismissed in Swat Valley: NY Times

Mortenson Video - 4-14-2009 Tuesday

Watch CBS Videos Online

Extra Credit 3rd Quarter

Creative Extra Credit Assignment
Points: Extra 100 pt assignment (only to benefit, not to hurt)

Using your 3rd Quarter SSR book, create one of the following using your SSR book as inspiration:

1. Create EITHER:
· 8x10 photo with artist statement
· recorded piece of music with artist statement
· drawing, painting, or sculpture with artist statement

2. Write EITHER (2-3 pages):
· rewrite a chapter of your book from another character’s point of view
· create an alternate ending
· literary criticism (needs clear thesis statement)
o examples: feminist theory, queer theory, psychoanalytical perspective

What is an artist statement? Check it out using the link below:

http://www.artistsfoundation.org/art_pages/resources/resources_arts_statement.htm

WARNING: Make sure to connect your piece of art to your SSR book!

DUE: Thursday, April 16th, 2009