Scribe for 10/24/12
Hello everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day!
Today in Smith’s class we had a productive day and ended up getting a lot
of work done. I hope that you finished your brains presentation, (it was due
today)! Make sure that someone in your group shared the link with Smith at asmith@lps.k12.co.us. Also
check that everyone's name and class period is on the project. We had a quiz on
Fahrenheit today, if you missed the quiz be sure to look through the book for
main ideas.The quiz was pretty easy so don’t stress over it too much. Smith also
mentioned that we should be working on our banned book video and SAT
exercises.
Make sure you are ready for the in class essay on
Friday. You need to have an outline for the essay by tomorrow, I would recommend
laying out your body and conclusion paragraphs and writing a thesis. To start on
your homework you need to go to Smith’s teacher page, agenda, Wednesday and
thesis work. That will bring you to a power point. Please copy and paste the
thesis slide on to a google document then write your thesis statment. Later you will need to paste the other slides on to your document, so you can go ahead and do that now too if you want. The prompt
is: What 3 things are Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut trying to warn society
of in “The Pedestrian” , Fahrenheit 451 and “Harrison Beargon”? How have these
warnings come true? If you have never had experience with an in class essay here
are some things you need to know: use good vocab, keep on topic, and watch your
time. In class we focused on the thesis and the intro paragraph.
The
Introduction: Your first paragraph is usually the attention getter, but for an in class
essay start with your thesis which includes: titles, authors, restatement and
answered question, and a why. Look in your pieces to find an interesting start;
what did you read that suprised you about a potential future society, what did
you agree or disagree with? Try to connect those ideas to the thesis, but only choose one side. Ms. Smith
explained that the authors are warning us of several things here are a few :
Minorities, technology dominance, public ignorance, persuasive government,
passive thinking, the balance of the government and people, power, propaganda,
loss of knowledge, total equality, form of government, civil liberties and
rights, conformity, loss of relationships, loss of family, lack of education,
lack of questioning the system/ authority, loss of critical thinking. I would
determine which ones I would use by taking the main ideas of each piece and
seeing which ideas work the best with them. Pick 3 of these and make a thesis
statment regarding them. Make sure to answer the question and include a why.
The thesis is one sentence only, use a semi colon for the second
question instead of a period. Another idea you can use to help build your thesis
is to use the titles and authors of the pieces, then say what they were warning
us of and why and that has/has not come true in our society today. Ex; Kurt
Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury in “Harrison Beaurgon” , “The Pedestrian” and
Fahrenheit 451 warn society of loosing critical thinking, vicious propaganda,
and loss of relationships because of the government and societies that are
created; this has come true in our society today because our society is loosing
track of what matters.
We didn’t have time to go over other parts of
an essay but if you want to look ahead I would check the in class essay outline
ppt. Have a wonderful rest of your day and email me at Haysley6@yahoo.com if you
have any questions or need help with anything!
Rachel Haysley
Homework:
-Write Thesis by tomorrow
-SAT 5
exercises and study for quiz on Monday
-Work on banned book and video
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