Hello! Today, we have officially started our Lord of the Flies unit. As an introduction, we did some interesting activities outside 😉 I had a lot of fun watching you guys; thanks for the great class.

Throughout this unit, we will be doing chapter skit presentations and the tentative presentation dates are as seen below. If you were not here today, you can come see me for skit presentation information.

Homework: Please have chapter 1 read by Friday.

LOTF CHAPTER SKIT CRITERIA

Only one chapter summary chart is required per group!

Hi all! We finished talking about rhetorical appeals today and started thinking about the project. I would like you all to have decided on the option you will be working on, and let me know by next class.

The project will be due in on Tuesday, March 1. I am giving you two weeks to work on this, so please start early and not leave it til the last day.

As agreed upon, next class will be a work block for the project; make sure you bring something to work on.

Advertisement Project

Today, we finished talking about personalized advertisements and began looking at rhetorical appeals and persuasion.

There is no homework for the weekend; happy Valentine’s Day!

Hi class, today we analyzed many examples of advertisements on social media and reflected on the impact these ads have on us. Since all of our book talk presenters were, coincidentally, absent today, there will be 6 book talks next class.

homework: please bring to class an advertisement of your choice

Hello class, great discussions today!

Today we watched the first 20 minutes of “Generation Like” and discussed the extent to which “likes” affect us and our self-image.

Regarding the paragraph assignment, I heard from Ms. Stancombe that you just read Brave New World and talked about the dangers of technology. If this is something you would like to tie into your paragraph, feel free to do so 🙂

Assignment is attached below, it is due on Feb 10th.

Have a great long weekend!

Generation Like Paragraph

Hi everyone,

Today we talked about what it means to be media literate, and played a Kahoot game surveying our social media use. As discussed in class, my office hours will be every Monday from 3:15-4:30. If that time does not work for you, feel free to set up an appointment with me for a different time.

For those of you who were absent, I have attached a list of questions that were in the Kahoot game. Note: this is not for homework; it’s just for you to check out.

Social Media Questionnaire