Monday, April 13, 2015

Monday, April 13 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: In WN, other than the fact that “Harrison Bergeron” fits in the dystopian definition, how can we see Post-Modern characteristics?  Give specific pieces of textual evidence to support your answer.
*Small Group and then Large group discussion on “Harrison Bergeron
*“There Will Come Soft Rains”
*Annotations: Dystopia?, Personification, Repetition (specifically of the idea of rain), Create some discussion questions/prompts while reading
*Get a Partner, Discuss Annotations:
*Is it a dystopia? Evidence to prove/support answer
*What is personified in the story? Why?
*What other than rain did you see repeated? Why do you think he did that?
*Where do you see ideas that demonstrate the topic of society and the individual?
*What were your points/prompts/questions to discuss? Discuss them…
*Grab a question sheet for each of you.  You can work alone or with that same partner. 
*When you are done, turn the questions in.  You can then read or work on your journal entries for BwF until all are finished.

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