Thursday, Sept. 14 2017

English 9 Thursday Sept. 14

Objectives/Essential Question: Can You…

•W.3 Organization- Construct effective beginnings, endings and transitions for different occasions in a piece of writing.

Agenda:

•Roll Call- Seating Chart- Objectives/Homework in notebook (page 3)

Introduce DOL- (page 7)

Date at the top of page

Letters- Write these: ATR2

•Discuss the Autobiography poster Assignment

•Continue working on your encyclopedia-

•Continue Triadic Interview- Probably C→ A & B

•Look at sample projects for both Forced Comparisons and unforced Comparisons (blended comparisons)

Pick your best 5 or so answers to begin write up

OR

GO BACK AND RE-INTERVIEW IF YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH

•Let's talk about your New Autobiography Project- on page 7 & 8: Biobags:

Homework:

•Continue working your Encyclopedia- you all will share at least 1 entry on Monday.

•Continue working on your Biobags if you like it

#10 BioBags Autobiography Assignment

10. BioBags: List some of your most influential favorites: books, TV shows, movies, vacation spots, etc. Then pick one from the list and explain its significance—why did it make your list? Try for a paragraph of 5+ sentences.

10.  Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith

9. The Expanse Series by James S.A. Corey

8.  Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

7.  Dune by Frank Herbert

6.  Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

5.  The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

3.  Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy

2.  Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

1.  Watership Down by Richard Adams

Galactic conquest has certainly been the focus of many novels in the sci-fi genre. Never before though has the idea of bio-engineered breeding proto-molecules sticking a wrench the proverbial works been the focus, until James S.A. Corey’s Expanse series. Today you can watch this series on the sci fi channel, but the 6 books in the series are so much better. Follow an idealistic captain from Earth who lets his own moral code disrupt the precarious balance of power on every single space station between Earth and Saturn’s outer moons. Add in a proto-molecule that can morph into any shape and you  have the start of a great read. I highly recommend this out of this world experience.