Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Picture Book for Novel Reading
Picture Book Instructions:
You will be drawing a scene from each days reading of the book "Animal Farm."
- It must be in color
- It must have a cover
- Each scene should take up the majority of a piece of A4 paper.
- You can use words in your scene. For example, you can have one of the characters saying an important line of dialogue or you can use captions at the bottom or top of the page to describe what is going on in the scene.
- After each days reading you will choose one scene that you want to depict in the picture book.
- When we complete the reading of the book, you will also be responsible for writing a summary on the back cover of your picture book.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Homework for Jan. 11, 2011
For tonight's homework you will answer the following questions related to "Harrison Bergeron" on your own blog:
Life in Vietnam
What would you do to help people who were less capable mentally, physically, or socially to “catch up”?
Do you believe that total equality is possible, or would human nature make sure that some people would eventually dominate others?
In what situations have you felt similarly to any of the characters? What persons, places, or ideas from your own experience came to mind while you were reading this story? Try to list as least two examples.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
What is Government?
What is the purpose of a government? Why does it exist?
What forms of government are there?
Why are there different forms of government?
What is democracy?
What is the best type of government?
What is power? What is equality? What is fairness?
What is justice?
How does government affect your life? Use specific examples.
Who should be involved in the governing of a population?
If you had to rank the three most important responsibilities of government, what would they be and why would you put them the in the order that you do?
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