Tuesday, January 6

1) What was the best part of first semester?

2) What was the worst part of first semester?

3) Have you seen The Lion King? What do you remember about it?

4) Type one sentence from The Road and explain why it is a cool sentence.

5) What is best part about Lego technical writing?

6) What is the worst part about Lego technical writing?



Type 300+ total words to fulfill these tasks.

Read & Respond--due Friday, March 11

Click on a link at the right hand of your class blog. Read the article, review, or essay written about The Road. Then, respond to what you read with 200+ words, agreeing, disagreeing, complimenting, and criticizing the article, review, or essay and the author.

Include the title and author's name of the article, review, or essay you select.

Haiku Heroes

Post your haiku here for extra credit.

Senselessness in The Road--due Friday, February 11

Type a paragraph/section from The Road here, selecting a passage that is not mere description or dialogue. Select a passage that seems entirely senseless or pointless--a passage that "doesn't make sense." Then, attempt to make sense out of the passage by answering these questions in 200+ words:

What meaning can you create?

What can you infer from the passage?

What symbology can you extract?

What major themes are likely present?

What can you pull out from "reading between the lines"?

Tone in The Road

Type three sentences that really set a horrific tone. Put these sentences in quotes and provide the page number. Then, type three of your own sentences explaining how/why The Road creates such powerful responses in the reader.