Monday, February 4, 2013

February 4*

JOURNAL TOPIC: (today's tunes: "Monday Night Football" ("Superstar" A.K.A. "Heavy Action") by Johnny Pearson; "ABC's Wide World of Sports" by Jack Shaindlin & Irving Robbins; "TV Party" by Black Flag)

Yesterday Americans celebrated an unofficial national holiday by eating 30 million pounds of snacks and sitting around the house.  Why?  What is it about the Superb Owl that everyone finds so compelling?  Do we watch because everyone else is, or because we all did it last year, or because...?  Given what you've read so far in Fahrenheit 451, how do you think Ray Bradbury would answer the question?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Vocab
3. Reading (quiz?)

HW:
1. Post SPRING VOCAB #2 definitions/remix to your blog
2. Come in with 5 suggestions for quiz questions on pp. 71-90
3. Translate the David Foster Wallace quote on your blog (title: TO MODERN OR POSTMODERN)

4 comments:

  1. You wrote superb owl instead of Super Bowl......

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  2. Good eye! I thought it was a nicer touch than "Super Bowel" :)

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  3. What does it mean by the : 3. Translate the David Foster Wallace quote on your blog (title: TO MODERN OR POSTMODERN) ????

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    1. He means to dumb the quote down in a way like Shakespeare i may be saing this wrong but oh well lol i hope it helps

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