Todays HW (boring!)

Sullivan

• Milosevech - past president of Yugoslavia and Serbia and is compared to being as evil as Hitler. Bad man!

• Yugoslavia - describes three of the political entities that existed under the Balkan Peninsula.
  * Bosnia and Herzegovina - a country off the Balkan Peninsula of Southern Europe.
  * Albania/Kosovo/Serbia - a country in Southern Europe, northeast of Kosovo/A Muslim region that recently declared it's independence from Serbia/Christian terriorty that killed thousands of Muslims from Kosova as a means of "ethnic cleansing"
  *ethnic cleansing - a term used to describe the previous events in Yugoslavia, refers to genocide to remove an ethnic group.
  * Hague - located in the Netherlands, it is the home for the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

• George Soros - is originally born from Hungry and is an American financial speculator, stock investor, and political activist.

• Detente 2004 - a French term meaning relaxing or easing

• Abu Graihb - a prison west of Baghdad, a site where Saddam originally tortured executed dissidents and later where the USA's military tortured Iraqi detainees

1. Were you ever tempted to quit your research and journalism because of the dangers you were faced with?

2. What was your motivation to find out the true events in Kosovo?

3. How would you compare citizens in that region compared to Americans here at home?

Josh Prager

• "The Giants win the pennant" - a well known American culture phrase that became popular after Bobby Thompson played a part in the Giants win over Brooklyn.

• "The shot heard around the world" - a baseball term referring to the Bobby Thompson's walk-off homerun that ended up winning the Giants the National League Pennant.

• Bobby Thompson/Ralph Branca - Branca entered the game in the ninth inning and surrendered a walk off home run to Bobby Thompson, allowing the Giants to win.

1. Has baseball always been a point of interest for you?

2. How did you come to idea of writing a book about this event about baseball?

3. Do you think the Giants would have won without the spy signaling the pitches before they were thrown?

Christine Kenneally

• "I" - teachers discourage the use of "I" in most writing, especially nonfiction. It is not promote a professional tone and instead makes the writing personal.

• creative writing vs. journalism - Creative writing is what the name implies, creative. You can make up a story and the facts whereas journalism is stricter and focuses of displaing actual facts

1. Why did you feel the need to write about Lily and her condition?

2. Do you still keep in contact with Lilly's parents?

3. Have you heard whether or not Lilly has improved or not?