Mr. Kanach-English 2

Pick one of the following questions (one a week) to write on your blog.

1. Identify some of the things about your own society that you think are “phony”.
2. Do you think that society encourages children to grow up too quickly?
3. When do you feel you stopped being a child? How did you know?
4. What is your concept of an “ideal” boyfriend or girlfriend?
5. Agree or disagree: People can overcome their own problems.
6. The brother or sister (or friend or relative) I feel closest to is__________.
7. Establishing a mature relationship with a member of the opposite sex is difficult (agree or disagree).
8. Agree or disagree: “The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”

Salinger’s uncollected stories

Generally speaking, there are certain things people have to do — sleep, eat, go to work or to school. But that still leaves quite a few hours in the day free. Rather than just sleeping or eating more, people usually find something they like to do — a hobby. In The Glass Menagerie, Laura likes to collect little glass animals. Her brother, Tom, likes to go to the movies. What do you like to do?

ASSIGNMENT

Your assignment is to write about your hobby — something you like to do in your spare time.  You can write, make a youtube video or do something creative on your blog.

GETTING STARTED

Perhaps you have a collection of some sort: baseball cards, stamps, cans, bottle caps, post cards, etc.  Maybe you like to build models, work on cars, listen to music,  participate in a sport, or play a musical instrument. Whatever your hobby is or whatever you like to do will be the topic of your presentation on your blog. Perhaps there is some hobby you would like to become involved with but have never taken the time to look in to it. Here is your chance. If you want to, you may make your presentation about a hobby you would be interested in acquiring.

Many of the books we do this year are of a depressing nature but we can say to ourselves they are only fiction. I would like you to read a true story that was brought to the attention of the public only three years ago. It is a true story about a girl that is truly heartbreaking. After reading ,  please give your thoughts on the article.

The Girl in the Window

The Girl in the Window alternate site

Hally and Sam have a heated debate over who in history should be considered “great” or a “Man of Magnitude”–someone who has had a positive and significant impact on the world.  Hally believes it is Charles Darwin, the scientist who gave us the theory of evolution which explains, among other things, the scientific reasons for our existence on Earth.  Sam retorts that Abraham Lincoln is his “Man of Magnitude.”

Who would you pick as your person of “magnitude”?

You have now viewed the film, Escape from Sobibor, and will now visit the Holocaust Museum..

In the film, we saw many examples of both fear and bravery.

You will be connecting one specific example of fear in the film to one example of fear from the museum.  When does fear occur?  Who experiences this emotion?  How is it acted upon, if at all?  How well do you connect to this emotion, as you view the film and visited the museum?

You will be connecting one specific example of bravery in the film to one example of bravery from the museum.  When does bravery occur?  Who experiences it?  How is it acted upon, if at all?  How well do you connect to the notion of bravery as you view the film and the museum?

HOLOCAUST SITES

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/

Learning about the Holocaust (by the

Personal Stories of Holocaust victims: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/phistories/

Maps of what happened in Germany: http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/gallery/maps.htm

Pictures from the Holocaust:http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/gallery/gallery.htm#rise

Hear survivors tell their stories to students who interviewed them: http://www.tellingstories.org/

An introductory summary of the Holocaust: http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/summary/

Variety of Images of surrounding the Holocaust: http://remember.org/image/images1.html#storm

Interactive maps of the Holocaust:http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/maps/

Site devoted to discrediting those who deny the Holocaust occurred: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/holocaust/

Escape From Sobibor – Wiki site

What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Langston Hughes
You are to write a minimum eight line poem on Dreams.

Langston Hughes Poetry

• Please peruse these sites in class today, clicking not to read much content, but to survey the main holdings of the sites to see which ones you’d like to read more than others.
• After skimming through the links, please explore more carefully the sites you’ve discovered, making notes to yourself about the most compelling and interesting information you find (maybe copy and paste into a Word document). Be sure to track where you’re finding information so you can direct people there later.
• Let yourself sink into the material. Please do not rush. Just absorb and worry about reacting later. To track where you’ve been, however, please save the URL of a webpage that you found compelling before navigating away.
• As you go or when you finish (when is up to you), write an article in your blog explaining how you’re feeling about what you’re seeing, what you have found that is most compelling or interesting, and where you found it.
• Be sure to organize your content in a way that gives clear and proper credit concerning where the information comes from.

Holocaust Sites

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/

Learning about the Holocaust (by the

Personal Stories of Holocaust victims: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/phistories/

Maps of what happened in Germany: http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/gallery/maps.htm

Pictures from the Holocaust:http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/gallery/gallery.htm#rise

Hear survivors tell their stories to students who interviewed them: http://www.tellingstories.org/

An introductory summary of the Holocaust: http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/summary/

Variety of Images of surrounding the Holocaust: http://remember.org/image/images1.html#storm

Interactive maps of the Holocaust:http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/maps/

Site devoted to discrediting those who deny the Holocaust occurred: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/holocaust/

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Have you read any other books or seen any films about the Holocaust and the rise of the Nazis to power? How did these circumstances affect the lives of the characters in the book or film? What did you learn about life for both Jews and non-Jews during World War II?

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A stereotype is an oversimplified image of a group of people, usually held in common by some part of society. How can stereotypes be harmful? What do you think people can do to overcome stereotyping? Have you noticed any examples of stereotyping in your community or in the media?

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The Book Thief urges the reader to consider the power of words—both the written and spoken word. Think about the significance of words.  Write about a time when words have played a significant part in the world.