Open Ended Response

Prompt:

Compare and contrast the differences between Japanese literature and Greek and Roman literature by analyzing the genre of writing (novel, poem, parable, short stories, etc.) and elements of writing (such as the themes and characters).

Christmas Articles

Click on the link below.  Skim through the titles of the articles, and find one that interests you.  Read it, and answer the 5W & H questions in the comment box.

Who is the audience for this article?
What is the author's purpose for writing this article?
Where is the topic sentence in the article?  Find it and write it.
When is the best time to read this article?
Why is this topic important?  If it is not important, then why?
How will you use this new information?

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/christmas/index.html

When you're done, read your independent book!  Have a great, safe break!

:)

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Look through these advertisement.  Write a paragraph.  Pretend you created the advertisement.  Identify any pillars of persuasion or propaganda that is in the advertisement, and discuss what the purpose of using these types of propaganda is.

video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw8mQFCfGxE

After watching the video, choose which technique you find to be the most effective.  Why?

Oedipal Complex

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-art-flourishing/201205/the-real-oedipal-complex

Oedipus Rex Pre WebQuest

Webquest

Group 1:

http://www.watson.org/~leigh/drama.html


Group 2:

http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/background/24c.html


Group 3:

http://www.greektheatre.gr/origins.html


Group 4:

http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/festivals/explore/exp_set.html


Group 5:

https://greektheatre.wordpress.com/home/


Group 6:

http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110tech/theater.html#Theaters

Irony...LOL

http://www.boredpanda.com/irony-funny-pictures/

Click on the link....find your favorite example of irony.  Comment what is ironic about this picture.


When you're done with that, click on the article of the week link below.  Read it :)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/banned-from-buffet-dalmon-miles_n_1933097.html