Bradbury's Writing Style

Go to the class wiki

Copy and paste five quotes that you like from your classmates. What is Bradbury's writing style? What kind of figurative language does he use? Give some examples. How is Bradbury's writing style different from Arthur Miller's?

Science Fiction

Go to this link.

What is Science Fiction? Who are some of the famous authors? What are the settings like?

Later, you are going to write a science fiction story to record in a Podcast. Do you have any ideas what your topic could be? What setting interests you?

Big Media

Media Ownership Chart: Most of our media sources are ultimately owned by a very small number of very large media corporations. Make a list of all the media you consume in a “typical” day – print media, television, video games, music, etc. Aim for a list of between 8-10 media examples. Then, research and chart who ultimately owns each media example. Use www.cjr.org to help you with questions of ownership, parent companies, etc.

Banned Books

Go to this link about banned books. What are the general reasons books are banned? What does this say about our culture and our country? Have you read any of the books on the list? How would your education be affected if you didn't read that book?

Renegades of Funk

Listen to the Rage Against the Machine song

"Renegades of Funk." Here is a link to the

lyrics

Who are some of the people mentioned?

What does Zack de la Rocha (the singer)

admire about them?

Period 6 Rough Draft Thesis Statements

Go to the Schreiber website

Click on the link for Period 6 Rough Drafts.

Read the introductions of 10 Rough Drafts. Choose the three best thesis statements. Copy and paste them into your blog. Explain why you think they are the best. Are they unique? Are they specific? Are they precise? How can you improve your thesis statement? What can you learn from other thesis statements?

Thesis Statements and Embedding Quotes

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1. Click on the PDF Per. 3 Rough Drafts. Read the introductions of 10 Rough Drafts. Copy and paste the three best thesis statements onto your blog. Explain why you think they are the best thesis statements? Are they unique? Is their phrasing precise? Do they give you ideas on how you could improve your own thesis statement?

2. Click on the PDF about Embedding Quotes. Read the information. If you wrote a rough draft, revise three of your quotes so that they are embedded. Introduce the quotes and only use the words that are absolutely necessary for expressing your point. Write the revised quotes in the blog. If you did not write a rough draft, choose a rough draft from the Per. 3 Rough Drafts. Revise three quotes to make them embedded. Post them in your blog.