October 28, 2014 Tuesday

Class Work

This was the homework:

 

Select a character who undergoes a transformation. Explain:

1. What or who was the character before the transformation. Describe visually.

2. What or who the character becomes.

3. Discuss the personality before and after the transformation.

4. Explain if the transformation is for the good of society and the individual or if the transformation is evil and/or dangerous.

5. If possible, provide a link to the transformation scene if the story has been made into a movie. Or, provide illustrations.

6. Be prepared to share the information and the scene/illustrations in class on Tuesday, October 28, 2014.

(50 Points)

At the end of the presentations, you will be asked to compare your transformed or transforming character to the other transformed or transforming characters.  (Orange sheet provided) (46 pts.)

1. Identify your character.
2. How does your character transform?
3. What other character(s) transform as yours does?
4. What is the reason your character transforms?
5. What other characters have similar reasons?
6. What are the results of your character's transformation?
7. What other characters have similar results?
8. How did other "beings" react to your transformed character?
9. What other characters have similar reactions?
10. If you had the ability to transform, would you? Explain. What would be the advantages? What would be the disadvantages?

Thursday we will be sharing ghost stories. There are plenty out there. Find one. Practice telling it or practice reading it. Either way, you have no more than 5 minutes to share the tale. Use your voice, facial expressions and movements to make us believe that things really do go bump in the night. (75 points)


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We will study Halloween things. Draw your item out of the pumpkin. Your task is to find out all that you can about the history of the object. How did it come to be associated with Halloween? What is its significance? What special "powers" does it have? How is it viewed today. Create a picture collage of your object. Show it while you share the information with the class on Thursday. 75 points)



Extra Credit: Come in costume! This is NOT required but will take the place of 50 points of a PAST missing assignment.

 

 Now - let's take a look at Ghost Towns: http://www.cbsnews.com/sunday-morning/