10.31 - Harrison Bergeron

We started today's class with the following writing prompt, which everyone responded to in their writer's journal:

In general in society, do you think it is better if people have a lot of differences or if they have a lot of similarities/things in common. Explain your response.
If you finish early, write about a time that you experienced where diversity or similarity was a strength.

After everyone had a chance to respond to this prompt, we discussed students' answers.

We then read the story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut in which everyone is made to be equal to everyone else. I read the story aloud while everyone else paid attention to a particular character looking at how they were described, what they said, and what they did. Characters that the class focused on were: Harrison Bergeron, George Bergeron, Hazel Bergeron, Diana Moon Glampers, and the ballerinas. After reading the story, everyone took a moment to describe their character over all. Groups of students with the same character then shared out their impressions which I took note of on the board.

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We will continue to work with this story next class.

Homework:

Prepare for the set 5 roots and prefixes quiz tomorrow.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

First quarter assignments must be turned in by 3:30 p.m. tomorrow (in person or online) to be included on the first quarter grade report. While people may still revise and work on first quarter work after this time, assignments received after 3:30 p.m. tomorrow will not make it on to the first quarter eligibility check.

 

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