Day 18

Objective:  The students will write an intro paragraph using the inverted triangle format.

1.  WP Number 8

2.  Write an Inverted Triangle Format Intro

3.  Turn in Long Way Home (Questions, Story, Writing)

4.  Hand back all graded work from folders.  You now have ONE WEEK FROM TODAY to rewrite your essay.

5.  Bring Monte Cristo tomorrow. 

 

WP Activity

“Long Way Home”

 

     Like Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” Charles Waugh writes of what he thinks the future will be like in his story titled Long Way Home.  The story has a father thinking, about the day that his son left his home.  Jack the son went to become a space explorer.  Most fathers would be happy about this profession for there son, but this decision means that he will never see his son again.

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“The Pedestrian” versus “Long Way Home” Essay

Writing Situation:  Many authors of science fiction present ideas of what they think the future will be like in their literature.  Some of them present a society where its citizens have no control of their everyday lives, while others present a society where the citizens have free will and choice.

Writing Directions:  Using “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury and “Long Way Home” by Charles Waugh, explain both authors’ idea of what they feel the future may hold for society.  Then, tell which story presents the most likely to happen scenario based upon the world today.

 

 

Day 17

Objective:  The students will complete the assignment for "Long Way Home."

Get your graded Pedestrian assignment  from then back folder.  Be NEAT!

1.  WP #7

2.  Complete "Long Way Home" assignment.  For the Venn Diagram, I want to see 15+ bullets for each story and at least 5 things in the middle that they have in common.

3.  We start Monte Cristo on Friday, so if you want to buy it to close read for extra credit, make sure you buy the correct abridged version (the one that has 71 chapters).  See the link on warrenmlk.com

WP:  Write an intro paragraph using sentences below that follows the inverted triangle format.

Essay prompt:  After reading “The Pedestrian,” discuss what the overall theme to the story is in detail.

 

Write the following in proper Inverted Triangle Format.

 

1.  Many of these authors paint a gloomy picture of future society.

 

2.  The overall theme of “The Pedestrian” is that the use of too much technology makes people easily controlled.

 

3.  Writers of science fiction often focus their writing on what they think future society will be like.

 

4.  Ray Bradbury, one of America’s most prolific writers, wrote a cautionary tale in 1963 called “The Pedestrian.”

 

5.  The story presents a world where individual choice is against the law.