Hello! Here's what we're up to today:
English 8
- Pink Day Video and/or BHM video
- Discussion: Do advertisers have an obligation to act ethically?
- Lucky strikes ad and Mad Men
- Barbie ad and body image
- Freewrite
- Discussion
- Time for Assignment 3 - which ad did you choose?
- How to write an expository paragraph (Lesson notes)
- Tomorrow, come to class with a clear plan for how to write your A3 (this means: have the ad ready, and identify three techniques you see). You'll have the entire lesson tomorrow to write it. It is due on Wednesday.
New Media 10
- Checking in
- Recapping yesterday
- Coming back to "Freedom"
- What literary terms do you see? The goal here is to crowdsource some analyses here.
- How might this song fit into Assignment 3?
- A possible thesis structure for assignment 3:
- These texts use symbolism of ________ to show _____________________.
- Thoughts on Assignment 4
- Literary terms
- What is a proverb that you use often?
- Discussion: How self-centred are you?
- Text #2: "This is Water" by David Foster Wallace (audio and text - I believe this text is mobile-friendly)
- Content warning
- Heads up on inappropriate word use in the text
- Discussions of suicide
- David Foster Wallace
- Context of the speech
- I won't be printing it out (though I'm happy to at an individual's request), so I suggest writing notes on symbols you hear
- Reaction to speech
- What did you think?
- What did it make you think of?
- What do you think is "water"?
- How might this fit into your Assignment 3?
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