Dec. 14 - 18: The Chrysalids / Sci-Fi Week

QUIZ on ch. 13-17 of The Chrysalids is on Mon. Dec. 14 (25)
DUE Wed. Dec. 16: Sci-Fi Book Search worksheet (20)
DUE Fri. Dec. 18: Character Awards (10)/ 3 Acrostic Poems (15)
DUE Mon. Jan. 4: Book / Movie Review sheet (10)

Thurs. Dec. 17, 2015
Lego Literature competition. Create a Lego sculpture of a scene from any of the literature covered in class this year; OR finish your incomplete assignments.
 
Wed. Dec. 16, 2015
 - We'll start viewing  The Truman Show.  Following completion of the movie, we'll complete the movie review and discuss ethical issues and documentary-like elements of this film through discussion of questions from the study guide.
- Popular Mechanics calls The Truman Show one of the ten most prophetic science fiction movies ever made. What connections can you make between this movie and our media studies unit?
- Finish the book review side of the movie review page for The Chrysalids.
- Finish your essay while the movie is on, if you need more time for completion.

Tues. Dec. 15, 2015
--- Work on you own or with others to complete The Chrysalids Character Awards worksheet.
--- Work on your own to complete three theme acrostic poems for The Chrysalids.
Return novels to the library to be scanned.

Mon. Dec. 14, 2015

- 5 min. of study time before writing quiz 3 on ch. 13-17
The library tables are booked for  the rest of this class.
--- Work on your own or with others to complete the library sci-fi author/book search sheet.