Part I
1. Find a printed advertisement (from a magazine, newspaper, or from the internet)
2. Identify the purpose of the ad.
3. Identify the intended audience of the ad.
4. Identify the techniques used to persuade.
5. Identify whether or not the ad is effective. Explain why or why not.
Part II
6. Watch 1/2 hour of television and take notes on each commercial.
7. What techniques do the ads use to persuade?
8. What elements of the ad are or are not politically correct?
9. Choose one ad and explain why it is or is not effective.
10. What unintended messages are presented in the ad?
Monday, March 29, 2010
Homework for the Week of March 29th-April 2nd
Due Monday
--Review and Assess, p. 701
--Read "Marian Anderson: Famous Concert Singer" p. 702
Due Tuesday
--Review and Assess, p. 706
--Vocabulary Web, p. 711
Due Wednesday
--Read "Flood" p. 712
Due Thursday
--Advertisement Assignment
--Review and Assess, p. 701
--Read "Marian Anderson: Famous Concert Singer" p. 702
Due Tuesday
--Review and Assess, p. 706
--Vocabulary Web, p. 711
Due Wednesday
--Read "Flood" p. 712
Due Thursday
--Advertisement Assignment
Homework for the Week of March 22nd-26th
Due Monday
--Read from "Nobel Lecture" p. 683
Due Tuesday
--Review and Assess, p. 686
Due Wednesday
--Read "Keep Memory Alive: p. 687
Due Thursday
--Review and Assess, p. 688
Due Friday
--Vocabulary Web, p. 693
--Read "A Child's Christmas in Wales" p. 694
--Precis Handout
--Read from "Nobel Lecture" p. 683
Due Tuesday
--Review and Assess, p. 686
Due Wednesday
--Read "Keep Memory Alive: p. 687
Due Thursday
--Review and Assess, p. 688
Due Friday
--Vocabulary Web, p. 693
--Read "A Child's Christmas in Wales" p. 694
--Precis Handout
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Response to Literature Essay: Night (Due Friday, March 12th)
Night Essay Directions and Options
Directions: Choose one of the following options and write a five paragraph essay using MLA style. Be sure to have a clear thesis and to support your ideas through reasons, details, facts, and examples from the story as well as offering your own explanations, interpretations, and insights.
*Please see me if you need assistance. I am available to help before or after school, or at lunch if you let me know when you will be by.
1. There are various themes that exist in Night. Choose a theme and write about what the theme is, how it is portrayed in the novel, and what readers are supposed to learn from it.
2. Conflicts are a part of any story and certainly a part of any life. What conflicts exist within Night? How do these conflicts affect the characters involved? How are these conflicts resolved?
3. Night portrays the viciousness with which human beings may treat each other. What explanations are offered for this viciousness within the story? How does Weisel portray violence and viciousness within the novel and what is its purpose?
4. One of the challenges of life is to face adversity. Nobody is exempt, though some have greater adversity than others. Each person reacts differently to adversity--some become stronger and more hopeful while others become weaker and more bitter. What are the reactions of characters within Night as they face adversity? What may we learn from their extreme experiences?
Directions: Choose one of the following options and write a five paragraph essay using MLA style. Be sure to have a clear thesis and to support your ideas through reasons, details, facts, and examples from the story as well as offering your own explanations, interpretations, and insights.
*Please see me if you need assistance. I am available to help before or after school, or at lunch if you let me know when you will be by.
1. There are various themes that exist in Night. Choose a theme and write about what the theme is, how it is portrayed in the novel, and what readers are supposed to learn from it.
2. Conflicts are a part of any story and certainly a part of any life. What conflicts exist within Night? How do these conflicts affect the characters involved? How are these conflicts resolved?
3. Night portrays the viciousness with which human beings may treat each other. What explanations are offered for this viciousness within the story? How does Weisel portray violence and viciousness within the novel and what is its purpose?
4. One of the challenges of life is to face adversity. Nobody is exempt, though some have greater adversity than others. Each person reacts differently to adversity--some become stronger and more hopeful while others become weaker and more bitter. What are the reactions of characters within Night as they face adversity? What may we learn from their extreme experiences?
Homework for the Week of March 1st-March 5th
DUE TUESDAY
• Read Night, p. 72-76
DUE WEDNESDAY
• Read Night, p. 77-81
DUE THURSDAY
• Read Night, p. 82-83
DUE FRIDAY
• Essay Outline
**Study For Night Exam
• Read Night, p. 72-76
DUE WEDNESDAY
• Read Night, p. 77-81
DUE THURSDAY
• Read Night, p. 82-83
DUE FRIDAY
• Essay Outline
**Study For Night Exam
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