After the vocab presentations today we briefly discussed the reading from the last few days. We also read and discussed an editorial from a British online newspaper that makes some interesting claims about the true nature of boys. The rest of the period was spent creating comic strips. We discussed the characteristics of good comic strips, such as thought and speech bubbles, action pictures, narration, humor, and logical sequencing. For this assignment, pick one chapter that you feel is the most significant in terms of the overall meaning or message of the novel. You can summarize the whole chapter or zero in one specific event, it is up to you. You must have at least 6 tiles on your paper, feel free to use more than that if you like. Get creative! You do not have to use direct quotes. You will be graded on sythesis and effort. It is okay if you are not artistically inclined - stick figures are fine as long you focus on the detail and dialogue! Have fun with this! To see some examples, click here. For homework tonight, read Chapters 10 and 11 for Per.2 and Chapter 10 for Period 3. Check out this funny cartoon pictured here that could make a reference to Lord of the Flies. On block days this week we will be talking about social commentary and satire - what does this cartoon say about what happens when kids are taken out of civilization and put into nature?
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Freshmen - Tuesday, Sept.23
After the vocab presentations today we briefly discussed the reading from the last few days. We also read and discussed an editorial from a British online newspaper that makes some interesting claims about the true nature of boys. The rest of the period was spent creating comic strips. We discussed the characteristics of good comic strips, such as thought and speech bubbles, action pictures, narration, humor, and logical sequencing. For this assignment, pick one chapter that you feel is the most significant in terms of the overall meaning or message of the novel. You can summarize the whole chapter or zero in one specific event, it is up to you. You must have at least 6 tiles on your paper, feel free to use more than that if you like. Get creative! You do not have to use direct quotes. You will be graded on sythesis and effort. It is okay if you are not artistically inclined - stick figures are fine as long you focus on the detail and dialogue! Have fun with this! To see some examples, click here. For homework tonight, read Chapters 10 and 11 for Per.2 and Chapter 10 for Period 3. Check out this funny cartoon pictured here that could make a reference to Lord of the Flies. On block days this week we will be talking about social commentary and satire - what does this cartoon say about what happens when kids are taken out of civilization and put into nature?
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