Carry the Fire—due December 4

How do you carry the fire on a daily basis? Why bother? Write 400+ words.

Also, how does WALL-E carry the fire? Write 150+ words.

Juxtaposition—due December 3

1. Juxtapose The Road & WALL-E. List similarities. List differences. Explain your logic.

2. Select from the stems on the right to write 200+ additional words to show you're thinking critically.

Philosophy/Abstraction & Georgia Guidestones—due November 30

1. Type 4 philosophical, abstract sections word-for-word (verbatim) from the book. Include page numbers. These are not concrete parts of description or verbal dialogue, but reflections on existence. Are these parts cool? Interesting? Necessary? Why?

2. Research and read about the Georgia Guidestones. Presume the dad and boy were looking for these. What do the Guidestones say? How valuable and viable are the Guidestones in the apocalypse the novel presents?

Total 400+ words.

"There are people and we'll find them. You'll see" (244). —due Nov 18

 

Read pages 220-245, then write about the word "gregarious."

Are you gregarious? Why are some people gregarious? Using your own words, define "gregarious." Why do we like to interact with others? What is interpersonal communication so valuable and important?

Include 300+ total words.

Topics—due November 13

 

Read pages 188-205, then pick 1 or 2 to write 250+ words:

1. Ely

2. boy's dream

3. train

4. no propane

5. dad's cough

6. "blue" ocean

7. "pitiless dark" (187)

8. infant

9. Something else up to page 205.

Worth It—due November 9

What makes life worth living for you? Respond with 200+ words.

One Sentence—due November 5

Pick one sentence from the novel. Type it here. Include the page number. Connect your life or a memory to that sentence. Type until 12:23.

Favorite & Least Favorite—due November 4

1. Type 200+ words about your favorite part of the novel so far. The happiest, best, most pleasant, most decent, most ethical.

ALSO

2. Type 200+ words about your least favorite part of the novel so far. The saddest, worst, most uncomfortable, most depraved, least ethical.