Assignments 4/3

Read "Part II" of The First Part Last

Blog Prompt: Topic of your choice, at least one well-developed paragraph.

By now you should know the sort of writing that I expect from you in your blog posts. I want to give you some freedom this unit, and allow you to blog about things that you are noticing or observing. Talk about characters, your reactions/opinions, whatever you find interesting!

Begin Film. 

Assignments 3/15

Before we put David's story behind us, let's take one last look at his life as an adult.

Interview with Larry King:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnSntzvGteI

Newspaper Article:

http://www.fact.on.ca/news/news0101/ti010107.htm


Blog Prompt:
Reflect on the video and the article. What did you think of it? What have you learned from David's story?

Assignments 3/5

Read: Finish the book today! Chapters 9, 10, and epilogue.

Blog Post:

Pull up/take out the predictions we made, and the questions we wanted answered at the beginning of the book. Respond to three predictions or questions. Were you right/wrong? Did your question get answered? Were you satisfied?

We will discuss the ending of the book as a class, and share our blog posts with one another.

Use this discussion as a review for the test on Thursday, March 7.   

Assignments 3/1

HAPPY MARCH!

Read Ch 8 and part of Ch 9 (pages 219-269).

Blog:

Midway through CH 9, we see that David has been bounced around from many different foster homes. Describe/list the foster homes that David has lived in. Which foster home do you think is the best for David. Why? Which foster home do you think is the worst for David? Explain why by using examples. 

Continue Antwone Fisher. 

Assignments for 2/27

Finish reading Ch 6 and complete chapter 7.

Blog Prompt: 

Where is David and why is there? Talk about David's father's visit. (summarize) What do you think of David's father's behavior? (his decision to sign/not sign the papers)

Discuss Antwone/David comparison/contrast handout.

Continue watching Antwone Fisher.

Assignments 2/25

Read Ch. 5 and 6

Blog Prompt: Summarize what happened in Chapters 4 and 5. Write about the four most important parts of the story. 

Start movie, Antwone Fisher

Begin comparing/contrasting David with Antwone. (handout)

Assignments 2/21

Where are we now? What happened in the trial?

Read Ch 4: pages 79-108

Blog Prompt: 

As the story continues, we will see David bounce around from foster home to foster home. In chapter 4, we see him with the Catanze family. Tell me everything you notice about David's time with the Catanze family so far. How is it different from his time with his mother? What are some of the major differences? Do you agree that the title of this chapter should be "New Beginnings"?