Congratulations to Peter Rutkowski, Jason Bao, Nate Mark, and Garrett Wolfram on an excellent presentation during period one today. The information they shared was insightful and organized. The highlights were the specific examples they used to construct the connections between Stroud's fantasy world and our own real world. Tremendous research and thorough development. Everyone was involved. You even wrapped it up well at the end. Great job going above and beyond, men.
The bar has been set. The challenge is out there. What are you going to do to make sure your presentation is as strong and clear and thorough as it needs to be?
You completed a quick 15 minute writing assignment today where you interpreted a quote using "HB" as support. I've only looked at a dozen so far but Ava Khan definitely nailed it. What terrific insight she offered into how Barry Goldwater's quote on equality was evident in the text of "HB". I'm looking forward to checking out the rest.
Tomorrow I'll be giving you an assignment on irony. We found some examples in our "Harrison Bergeron"story, and now I want you to locate an example on your own. This will be in the form of our juxtaposition/parallel structure/cohesive writing assignments. Ten points. More to come tomorrow.
We'll have an agreement quiz this week. That means we'll spend a bit of time tomorrow working on agreement errors again. Perhaps this time we'll try a different approach. Hmmm... my mind is racing with an idea.
We'll also start reading a story from our text books tomorrow. I wonder if you'll be able to see the connection it has to "HB".
Remind me tomorrow that we have to file our C.A.P. papers and reflections (if you haven't already done so).
Isabella, I think I found it. Imaginat10n!
Here's an Archer card challenge. I heard about this on NPR over the weekend. I thought it was funny and creative. The Washington Post presented its readers with a challenge. Take any word. Change, add, or subtract one letter in the word. Give the new word a definition. Sound simple enough? Here are a couple examples.
sarcasm becomes sarchasm
definition- the gap between a person who uses sarcasm and the ability of the audience to grasp it.
reincarnation becomes reintarnation
definition-when a person dies and is reborn as a hillbilly
Dopler becomes dopeler
definition-the tendency for stupid ideas to sound smarter the faster they are coming at you
Take a couple of days and see what you can come up with. Create one or two on your own, type it up nice and I'll sign your Archer card for each one. Work with a friend. I'll sign for both of you. They need to be original. Check out this link for more examples. Have fun.
See you tomorrow.
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