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Friday, 19 October 2012

oct 19 weekend reminders

  1. read over geography prezi checklist - presentations will begin on friday oct 26th
  2. complete your perspective autumn art in paint
 
 
3.  now that you've read the book & seen both films, begin to think about what dramatic scene from the novel you wish to act out.  get your pdf file to cut, copy and paste the exact dialogue  in ms word for you and your group of choice to practice.
 
4. work on math handout bias in data pg.407 - we will correct it and 3.2 workbook on monday.
 
5.  begin working on your novel study final reading response task below - due wed oct 24th
 


Novel Study: Tuck Everlasting Final Reading Responses

 

Some readers have not been satisfied with the story’s ending.  In her quest for independence, Winnie chooses not to drink from the spring but to live the way life was meant to be lived, with death as part of the wheel and flow of things.  She chooses a natural death over living with Jesse in the unnatural state of eternal life.  What are your feelings and thoughts about her final decision?

 

The Tucks and The Man in the Yellow Suit are a contrast of selflessness versus greed.  The Tucks have had to live a very lonely life, never forming meaningful relationships with anyone to ensure no one else suffers the curse of living forever.  The Man in the Yellow Suit is only concerned and obsessed about building his own wealth.  In fact he says the water should be available “only to certain people, people who deserve it. And it will be very, very expensive.”   What are your feelings and thoughts about being selfish versus being selfless in life? about showing empathy/compassion versus apathy/indifference towards others?