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.
