Hi Guys,
Let's talk about how people act around authority. This is a three paragraph response tonight, so get ready to write, okay? :)
Paragraph 1: How do people you know act when there are authority figures around? For example, teenagers when adults are around, drivers when they see a police man on the road, employees when their boss is around and so on)
Paragraph 2: Do you think the boys are acting differently than if there were no adults around? Explain your answer with three peices of evidence from the text.
Paragraph: Do you think that authority is needed to keep people (kids and adults) from doing terrible things? Conclude this writing sample with your thoughts on the role of authority based on your personal knowledge of the way people behave and also the examples from Lord of the Flies.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Blog # 3 QQC
Hi Guys,
Tonight your homework is to do a QQC on something discovered or interesting from chapter 4, Painted Faces and Long Hair.
Some thoughts or questions to consider to help you elaborate your comments:
Where do predict the story is going?
How does this quote add to that belief?
What are some things from the chapter that seem symbolic? Why?
What characters do identify/sympathize/ empathize with?
What emotions does this quote/ chapter evoke in you?
Please follow the guidelines from the first QQC. Happy writing to you!
Tonight your homework is to do a QQC on something discovered or interesting from chapter 4, Painted Faces and Long Hair.
Some thoughts or questions to consider to help you elaborate your comments:
Where do predict the story is going?
How does this quote add to that belief?
What are some things from the chapter that seem symbolic? Why?
What characters do identify/sympathize/ empathize with?
What emotions does this quote/ chapter evoke in you?
Please follow the guidelines from the first QQC. Happy writing to you!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Blog #2
Hi Guys!
Tonight, I would like you to take a minute to think about the characters we know so far and think of the leadership qualities you admire most. Then, choose one character that, if it were up to you, you wold choose as a team leader on a project here at school and why.
This is a three paragraph response, and requires quotes from the text to supprt what you say.
Paragraph 1: What do you value in a leader (5 sentences)
Pragraph 2: Whic character would you choose to work on a project with and allow to lead and why. (evidence/ quotes from text required- 8 sentences)
Paragraph 3: How does this character make an overall good leader/ conclusion paragraph (5 sentences)
Tonight, I would like you to take a minute to think about the characters we know so far and think of the leadership qualities you admire most. Then, choose one character that, if it were up to you, you wold choose as a team leader on a project here at school and why.
This is a three paragraph response, and requires quotes from the text to supprt what you say.
Paragraph 1: What do you value in a leader (5 sentences)
Pragraph 2: Whic character would you choose to work on a project with and allow to lead and why. (evidence/ quotes from text required- 8 sentences)
Paragraph 3: How does this character make an overall good leader/ conclusion paragraph (5 sentences)
Monday, June 29, 2009
Blog # 1 QQC
As we read William Golding's Lord of the Flies, we will be generating fierce wonderings about the reding through the use of QQC's. What is a QQC you ask? I wil tell you! Quote, Question and Comment. You may do these in any order you like, but the idea is, you find a quote that is interesting to you from the text. Then you generate a question in relation to the quote, and comment on it ,or explai it. You could do a CQQ, or a QCQ. Whatever, just so long as you are writing detailed responses. Your comments should be a MINIMUM of 8 sentences. Take a look at the sample:
QUOTE: "You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live." (Ishmael)
Question?: How can we stop this sytem or the cycle?
Comment:I see Ishmael's point. And I agree with his point. Whenever we talk about consuming less, we think about the "market fluctuation". How will my stocks do if I consume less? How will our economy survive if we consume less? If people stop buying shoes and purses and cars, well that means there are no jobs for people, which means no food, which means... we all know what that means. This is a relatively standard response when you think about the implications of reducing your output seriously. I want so much to consume less, and compared to say three years ago, I do. But even my drop in consumption is not enough. I still drive to work. I still buy groceries in containers that are disposable. I still shop for shoes (I know, it's bad). No matter how much I recycle, or use canvas bags at thegrocery store, I can't seem to escape my overall "need" to consume, and also can't escape my guilt over what a drop in consumption could mean for the people behind the product. And it seems that the new "green" marketing tactics alleviate that consumer guilt a bit. Well, I say to myself, I am buying something BUT it has a recycle symbol on it. Can the need to save the world ever reconcile itself with our perceived need to consume? This question still plagues me.
QUOTE: "You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live." (Ishmael)
Question?: How can we stop this sytem or the cycle?
Comment:I see Ishmael's point. And I agree with his point. Whenever we talk about consuming less, we think about the "market fluctuation". How will my stocks do if I consume less? How will our economy survive if we consume less? If people stop buying shoes and purses and cars, well that means there are no jobs for people, which means no food, which means... we all know what that means. This is a relatively standard response when you think about the implications of reducing your output seriously. I want so much to consume less, and compared to say three years ago, I do. But even my drop in consumption is not enough. I still drive to work. I still buy groceries in containers that are disposable. I still shop for shoes (I know, it's bad). No matter how much I recycle, or use canvas bags at thegrocery store, I can't seem to escape my overall "need" to consume, and also can't escape my guilt over what a drop in consumption could mean for the people behind the product. And it seems that the new "green" marketing tactics alleviate that consumer guilt a bit. Well, I say to myself, I am buying something BUT it has a recycle symbol on it. Can the need to save the world ever reconcile itself with our perceived need to consume? This question still plagues me.
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