World Lit. (5/23)

What is your experience with revision? What is the importance of editing and revising not only a huge research project, but also a simple paragraph? Why do so many students write an essay and turn it in without reading it?

World Lit. (5/18)

Select a work of art on the following page:

http://www.chgs.umn.edu/museum/responses/

Respond to the piece using critical response protocol...

1. What do you notice? Imagine using all of your senses.
2. What does this image remind you of?
3. What feeling do you get from the image?
4. What does the image make you wonder about?
5. What do you think the artist wants you to take away from the image?

Be ready to share your responses on Thursday.

World Lit. (5/16)

Based on the character-building activities we did last week, make a list of values that are keeping your character alive during the genocide they are experiencing. Explain why each value is important to your character.

World Lit. (5/12)

Start thinking about the next stage in your final creative project. Consider your research and create a person that could be a part of that world. Describe that person in detail: physically and psychologically.

World Lit. (5/5)

Since we have been juggling assignments for the last few weeks, let's take a few minutes and reflect on your progress and understanding of the Witness/Genocide Creative Research Project. What aspects of the project do you understand and enjoy and what aspects of the project do you question? You have about a week to finish collecting your detailed notes. What can you do to successfully complete this stage?

World Literature (4/28)

Take some time to think about the topic you have chosen for your Final Creative Research Project. What interests you about this topic? Out of the three options (poem, letter, or photo essay) which one have you chosen to represent your researched topic? What made you choose the one you did?

World Lit. (4/26)

Think about the fish bowl activity from last Thursday. Connect one of your personal values with one of Wiesel's values. Explain...

World Literature (4/25)

How do YOU locate a topic for an essay when asked to write an essay without a specific topic?

World Literature (4/21)

Think of your values-both what you value in your life and/or the emotional/cultural rules you follow. For example, maybe your parents have influenced or motivated you in a way that has made family one of your values.

World Literature (4/20)

Imagine you are fleeing for your life. You are tired, hungry, and cold. What motivates you to keep going, to keep surviving?

World Literature (4/18)

What is "denial" ? Why might people deny what they know to be true?

World Literature (4/15)

Think of a time when you have been a witness to something. Describe in detail the event. Why was it happening? How did it make you feel? Did you do anything in reaction to it?

World Literature (4/14)

What do you know about the holocaust?

Reading Test Free Write

Write for 10 minutes (no pause) about tomorrow's test...

World Literature (3/28)

What are you going to do to make sure your presentation is better than any other presentation?

World Literature (3/25)

How do you keep communication barriers from interfering with your communication?

World Literature (3/24)

Think of a time when a speaker or storyteller held you spellbound. Did the person use vivid examples or a compelling tone or voice? Write a paragraph describing what you found so fascinating.

World Literature (3/23)

Think of a time when you've had to get up in front of a group of people to present or perform. Spend 5 minutes writing about the hardest part of having all of the attention on you.

World Literature (3/18)

Two truths and a lie...

World Literature (3/17)

Do you believe the story in part 2 or Pi's new story in part 3? Why?

World Literature (3/16)

Does it feel like Pi has been through a lot since the beginning of the novel? How does that make you feel as a reader? Do you feel exhausted? Why?

Worl Literature (3/14)

Much of the novel is almost unbelievable. What do you buy? What do you sell?

World Literature (3/10)

What types of questions presented the most difficulty when you tested yesterday?

World Literature (3/7)

Pi kills for the first time while on the lifeboat (chapter 61). Describe an experience involving the death of a living being (insect, plant, animal, etc.). What kind of feelings went through your mind?

World Literature (3/4)

Create one multiple choice question using the first part of the novel...

World Literature (3/3)

If you were in Pi's situation, how would you survive (150 words)?

World Literature (3/2)

"Fiction is true because it speaks about what it means to be human. It's reality, often times, being so superficially analyzed, that is false."

--Yann Martel author of Life of Pi

What is the significance of this quote? Do you agree with the quote? Why?

World Literature (2/28)

If you could ask Yann Martel himself something about Life of Pi, what would it be?

World Literature (2/24)

Rain is falling, waves are high, and you are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. You see a tiger swimming towards your boat. Will you save the tiger? Why or why not?

World Literature (2/22)

Describe an experience on a boat...

World Literature (2/18)

Based of what you know so far, what predictions can you make about the remainder of Life of Pi?

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World Literature (2/17)

How are you making personal connections with Life of Pi?

World Literature (2/16)

You have 48 hours to finish the first part of Life of Pi. What do you need to do in order to make this happen?

World Literature (2/14)

Describe your favorite book from childhood:

World Literature (2/11)

Questions about Life of Pi...

Lion Description

150 words

World Literature (2/10)

What forces you to continue reading in a "good" book?

World Literature (2/9)

Where do you go when you want to read? What kind of environment do you need?

World Literature (2/7)

How do you preview a novel?

World Literature (2/4)

Why is television viewing easier than reading a novel?

World Literature (2/3)

What is the biggest difficulty when completing multiple choice tests on reading passages?

World Literature (2/2)

Describe two of the most memorable readings in your life (books, comics, website, letters, poems, magazines, emails, etc.)? Why are these readings memorable?

World Literature (2/1)

You have just entered a new semester. What are some steps you need to take to improve your opportunities to learn?

World Literature (1/31)

You have just entered a new semester. What are some steps you need to take to improve your opportunities to learn?

Semester 2_Jarman

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