10/18

Warm-up:  Write a reflection about taking the PSAT or SAT yesterday.  What questions did you feel most prepared to answer?  What do you know that you need to study more?  What have we done in this class that helped prepare you?


Classwork:  Read Alexie's "Superman and Me" on LOC pg 110-112, start write alike assignment


Homework:  MUST HAVE INDEPENDENT READING BOOK BY MONDAY

WRITE ALIKE: USING PROSE, EMERSON, TALBOT, AND ALEXIE VOICE/STYLE

DUE MONDAY, OCTOBER 22ND

You will felicitously answer the following questions from the opening of chapter 4 (pg. 87) using the voice, opinion, and style of the four authors we have studied. You will write in the full persona of the authors you choose considering their views, background, experiences, and even their unique style in which their views were delivered. You will answer the four questions using at least 2 different author’s persona and at least one question must incorporate and focus on the style the writer uses (view sheet given on what constitutes an author’s style). You do not have to include direct quotes from their text to delineate your responses, but you are writing as if you are Prose, Emerson, Talbot, or Alexie.

Questions to answer thoroughly:

1.     What makes a person educated? When we are seeking education, are we looking for knowledge, wisdom, skills, or all three?

2.     Is the purpose of education to make us knowledgeable about ourselves and our culture or to teach practical skills?

3.     Who should decide what is “best” for students to learn?

4.     Should schools impart values as well as knowledge?