Prison Life Essay

Continue drafting and gathering evidence for your essay to be written in the class later. Use the essay outline drafting sheet to guide you.

Here are some ideas to shape your thesis for Topic A or B

Topic A

Possible Thesis:

There are certain factors that you can use to determine how a prisoner will behave in prison such as thier age, the type of crime committed and their personality.

Next, you would use two of the Inmates to prove how this is true. You can use your interpretive skills for a start, but then gather evidence to support your assumptions about the Inmate.

Find evidence (online or at www.cjbrief.com) :

• about the type of crime they committed and what type of people do those crimes
• about the age group
• about the personality or ethinicty or job profession the Inmnate is part of or from

Topic B

Possible Thesis

Women in prison face different issues in prison than men, and thus, they have developed different lifestyles and ways of interacting with each other in the prison system.

Next, you will support your thesis by finding evidence in the book and elsewhere to show how this is true.

To start you need to choose aspects to compare, for example:

• structure of relationships
• reasons for having relationships
• what comforts/basic needs the relationships provide

So, your essay will show what the relationships are like for women in prison and how they are different than the men's. Keep in mind that your focus is on the women, so you should only briefly mention issues related to the men to highlight how they are different.

Assignment for March 29, 2007

Fun with Fahrenheit 451

First thing is to lighten up a little and test your knowledge of the book:

http://www.quia.com/rr/116799.html This is a quiz that is modeled after the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

http://www.quia.com/cb/118301.html This quiz is modeled after Jeopardy and two students can play it with each other.


After you've done the game show quizzes(30 min.), you are to begin working on your outline for the essay we will write in class on Tuesday. You are only to work on the outline and perfecting it. You will write the essay in class, not at home. I will pass the essay topic and reading out to you.

Get started!

GROUP 5 POST HERE

Assignment for March 8 - Due Today

Using the assignment we began on Tuesday, select a quotation from the novel that supports a point you are making.

After selecting the quotation, you are to interpret its meaning and explain how it supports the point you are making.

So you are doing three things:

1. Be sure about the point you are making (based on Tuesday's assignment);
2. Select a quotation that supports that point;
3. Interpret the quotation and explain how it supports your point.

You are to post this online. You are also going to respond to at least one other person's post and let them know if you get what they are saying. You MUST include your name in your postings!

GROUP 4 POST HERE

Interpretive Question #2 - pages 32 - 68

This question is based on the passage in Fahrenheit 451 that begins on page 58:
"Ah," Beatty leaned forward in the faint mist of smoke from his pipe....

And ends on page 59:"That's you, Montag, and that's me."

Use the entire passage above to answer the question.

Question:

In what way are the opinions and ideas Beatty expresses in the passage true for most people, at some point, in some way? Isn't it possible that you have felt some semblance of those opinions or ideas -- whichever ones apply -- at some time in your life? Write a response that will be at least two paragraphs, discussing specifically two (2) examples of how you have shared in some way the ideas or opinions Beatty talks about in the passage from the novel. You will hand this in. Do not post it on the site.

GROUP 3 POST HERE

GROUP 2 POST HERE

Writing in Response to Literature: Essay 3

Writing in Response to Literature: Fahrenheit 451

Assignment: Write a short essay (minumum 2 pages) discussing and analyzing an issue from Fahrenheit 451 that you see present in society today.

You must do the following within your essay:

• Be specific about the issue from the novel
• Provide specific and detailed examples from society
• Use quotations or paraphrases from the novel to aid your analysis
• Type your essay using 12 pt. font and double spacing.

Due March 1

Interpretive Question #1 - Due 2/22

Interpretive Question 1, pg. 1 - 32

Here is a quotation from the book: "What?", asked Montag, of that other self, the subconscious idiot that ran babbling at times, quite independent of will, habit and conscience." (11)

Question: Based on what has happened so far in the novel, what do you think the "idiot self" that Montag refers to is meant to represent or say about Montag?Be specific and relate your response to what has happened in the novel. You may want to look for other places that this 'idiot self' is mentioned by Montag.

Post your response on the blog, and print out a copy to hand in to me. Be sure to include a standard heading in your post.

GROUP 1 POST HERE

Here's How to Post a Comment

Students:

Posting on this blog is simple. First, you find the item that you'd like to respond to on the page. If you are posting for your group, you look for where it says, "Group XX Post Here". Once you find the post you are looking for, you click on "Comments".

That will take you to another page where you can see what Comments (posts) have been left by others and where you will see a section to Post your work. You must always type in your name, so I know who is posting. Do not post Anonymously.

When you have finished typing in your comments and typed in your name, you simply hit "Publish Your Comment." That's it!

Who Is Ray Bradbury? Due 2.15.07

For the next few weeks, we will be reading and discussing work by the author, Ray Bradbury. Thus, before we begin reading his work, we should find out who he is.

Your task is to locate information about Ray Bradbury and post a response explaining what type of fiction he writes, and why he is important to American Literature. Use your own words to describe him and his work. Everyone must post a response before leaving the lab today. When you post your response, start by writing your name and the assignment that you are posting about. Like this:

Chae Sweet
Assignment: Who is Ray Bradbury?

Welcome!

Hi. If you've gotten this far, then you must be in my class. Welcome. This is where we will posting and discussing the readings we will encounter in the classroom. The first text we will be discussing is Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.