Ethan Frome Test

Your test on Ethan Frome will be making a tumblr blog on the book today. There are four types of posts I want you to make. Reference QUOTES and PAGE NUMBERS in each post. Here are your requirements: Here is an example of a tumblr account to look at: http://english3reach.tumblr.com/

1) TEXT POSTS (Use a picture for each if possible):
A) Ethan Frome
B) Zeena Frome
C) Mattie Silver

2) PHOTO POSTS (Picture and caption)
A) Theme of book
B) A symbol in the book

3) CHAT POST
A) One important conversation in the book; explain its meaning; should be a direct quote

4) AUDIO POST
A) Link to a song that you think exemplifies a major theme/idea in the book

5) VIDEO POST
A) Link to a video clip on YouTube that you think exemplifies a major theme/idea in the book

Make sure you give me the link to your blog address.

Case Study on Marriage

While we are reading the novel this week for homework, we will be working on a case study on marriage in class. The purpose of this project is to hypothesize and investigate. We want to discover something about marriage through interviews and research. Here are the requirements for this group project:

1. Case Study Report (example in Dropbox)
    A. It's up to your group who writes what part in the report.
    B. In section 3.0 Research Background, everyone needs to write one section each (needs an
        authentic source)

2. Interviews
    A. Everyone in your group should interview two people each
    B. Come up with interview questions as a group
    C. Interview two different types of people for your case study

3. Keynote Presentation/ Poster
    A. Present your findings to the class
         * summarize your case study report: what were you trying to find out about marriage?
         * what did you find out about your hypothesis through your interviews?


Potential Topics about Marriage
1. Marriage and Infidelity 
2. Marriage and Divorce
3. Marriage and Religion
4. Marriage and Society/Culture
5. Marriage and Age

Pursuit of Happyness Test

For your test on The Pursuit of Happyness, you will be working in pairs on a poster. Here is the information that needs to be on your poster:

1. What is the difference between George/Lennie's American Dream vs Chris Gardner/Son?
2. Compare and Contrast George/Lennie's relationship and their pursuit of happiness to Chris
    Gardner/Son?
3. Why do you think Lennie/George’s American Dream was unsuccessful versus Chris
    Gardner/Son?
4. What about one dream made it successful and the other not?

GRADING RUBRIC:

50% Poster Design/ Creativity/ Organization 
50% Thoughtful Answers/ Information

Debate

Here are the rules and regulations of our debate on Friday:

There will be two rounds; each round will consist of:

I. Presentation of Arguments by One Team

1. Each member of the team will read their "mini-paper" - their part of the team's overall argument

2. Each member has FIVE MINUTES to read their paper. All of the time does not have to be used.

II. Criticism by the Opposing Team

1. The opposing team will have TWO MINUTES to confer and share ideas about what to criticize about the first team's argument

2. The team will elect one person to read the criticisms. That team member will have FIVE MINUTES to relate to the audience any criticisms their team found.

III. Rebuttal by the First Team

1. The first team has TWO minutes to confer and share ideas on how to refute the other team's criticisms.

2. The first team will elect one person to present their rebuttals to the audience. That team member will have FIVE MINUTES.

IV. Closing Speech

1. Each team will then have TWO minutes to share ideas on a closing speech to present to the audience.

2. One person one each team will present the closing speech to the audience. The speech should summarize the strengths of their argument and point out the weaknesses of the opponent's argument.

3. The team member from each team will have FIVE minutes to use.