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Welcome to Mr. Pandit’s “Literature Lounge”

Welcome to Mr. Pandit’s “Literature Lounge”. 17 September 2013 Do Now: Write down five things you learn from CNN Student News. Students will be able to: recognize effective writing techniques Homework : Vocabulary List 1 due Thursday. Welcome to Mr. Pandit’s “Literature Lounge”.

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Welcome to Mr. Pandit’s “Literature Lounge”

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  1. Welcome to Mr. Pandit’s “Literature Lounge” 17 September 2013 Do Now: Write down five things you learn from CNN Student News. Students will be able to: recognize effective writing techniques Homework: Vocabulary List 1 due Thursday

  2. Welcome to Mr. Pandit’s “Literature Lounge” 17 September 2013 Do Now: Please have your materials and summer reading assignment ready for me to check/collect. 2) Define the following AND give one example of each: n. 2) v. 3) adj. 4) adv. 5) art. 3) Set up a page for Cornell Notes in the “Notes” section of your binder title it Quack. Students will be able to: recognize effective writing procedures & vocabulary study. Homework: Vocabulary List 1 due Wednesday

  3. Announcement: If you share a document on GoogleDrive(formerly Google Docs) with a teacher, don’t forget to grant them permission to open the file!You email must include: Your Full NamePeriodTitle (Subject of the email).

  4. Do Now: Parts of Speech 1 • n. = noun – a person, place or thing • (example?) • v. = verb – the action, state, or occurrence in a sentence • adj. = adjective – a word used to describe a noun • adv. = adverb – describes an verb • art. = article – specifies a particular item or object.

  5. Today’s Agenda:1) CNN Student News2) Science Fiction: Finish Sci-Fi Notes2) (English III) Timed-Essay format: Quack3) Successful OEQ Format: R.A.C.E.

  6. Vocabulary List 1 • eccentric (adj.) 11. supercilious (adj.) • elusive (adj.) 12. supersede (v.) • eminent (adj.) 13. amorphous (adj.) • exorbitant (adj.) 14. anarchy (n.) • expound (v.) 15. anomaly (n.) • extricate (v.) 16. atheist (n.) • extrovert (n.) 17. unfettered (adj.) • abdicate (v.) 18. unfounded (adj.) • aberration (n.) 19. unparalleled (adj.) • abhor (v.) 20. unremitting (adj.)

  7. Quack: Cornell Notes • Did you set up a page for Cornell Notes and title it Quack?

  8. Elements • Aliens and or creatures not necessarily looking as evil/good as they may be • Technology being the undercurrent of the story Science Fiction

  9. Elements • Taking place in the future(distant/near) • The story usually revolving around another planet or space Science Fiction

  10. Science FictionThemes • Much of science fiction is an effort to depict the way advances in technology may give us three things:

  11. Science FictionThemes • New forms of freedom and power • New forms of slavery and "un-freedom“ • Destruction on a mass scale

  12. Science FictionThemes The original Star Trek is a perfect expression of these ideas. It depicts humanity developing new powers that make it possible to conquer

  13. Science FictionThemes the world of nature and worlds of illusion. But our wisdom will have to keep pace with our power, the series argues, or we will fall into new forms of

  14. Science FictionThemes slavery and destruction. In many ways, this theme makes Star Trek the ultimate expression of the ideas of science fiction. 

  15. CNN Student News • Part I: Interpretation: Write down five things you learn from CNN Student News. • Part II: Reflection: Choose one story from the above five and explain how it may affect your life. (No more than two or three sentences).

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