ENGLISH - 1st trimester – Day 47
· Take prefix test #4
AFTER TURNING IN YOUR TEST…
· List 10 characteristics that you dislike in another person - things that would convince you that they will be NEVER your friend or things that would make them horrible to work with.
· Next, list 10 characteristics that you like in other people
· Introduce “Doubting Bully” concept for writing where we will PROVE our assertions on a fictional person named Muldoon…
a. Muldoon is…____________. (Choose from list of the horrible characteristics)
i. This is our CONCLUSION.
b. Imagine someone right there arguing, “No, Muldoon is NOT a liar.”
c. With words, prove to this bully that Muldoon is a liar by telling the story about something you saw Muldoon do one time that proves that Muldoon is a liar.
i. Your goal is to silence him with words. (share with class)
· Next, try the same with the following quote:
a. “More than 400 of the 2,000 largest malls in the U.S. have closed in the past two years.”
b. Add SHOW and DOUBTING BULLY
i. Do NOT contradict (re: Monty Python)
ii. Instead, answer…
1. Why might this matter to Americans? (pretend that it does)
· Now, using CARDS 2, 3, 4 – read your opening sentence and do the same thing.
· Watched 2 short news clips:
o Visualizing How A Population Grows To 7 Billion: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/31/141816460/visualizing-how-a-population-grows-to-7-billion
o Find Your Spot Among World's 7 Billion And Meet The 'Most Typical Person' http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/10/28/141792664/find-your-spot-among-worlds-7-billion-and-meet-the-most-typical-person?ps=rs
· CHOOSE card 2 or 3….then using a copy of the facts from the film, write:
o “According to the film Human Footprint (2008) …”
§ Next, write down a word for word fact that proves how Americans are making a huge, environmental impact (and put it in quotation marks).
o Then, in 3 sentences, tell why Americans should care or why it might matter to Americans.
ENGLISH homework:
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