MRS. HOGAN-MCLEAN'S LA CLASS
Welcome
About Me
Syllabus & Starters
Start-Up: Materials List
Starting Strong!
Wrapping Things Up
Independent Reading
What to Read Next
Unit 5: Multi-Genre Project
Unit 4: Analyzing Advertising
Unit 3: Book Clubs & The Literary Essay
Unit 1: Short Stories & Signposts
Unit 2: Hometown Hero Documentary
First Week Handouts
Team Calendar
Grammar
Unit 5: Multi-Genre Project
1. First, see if you can ace this online quiz by mastering the
there is/there
are writer's dilemma! Click here to try your hand:
http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/there_is/thereis.html
2. Click the links below to watch a series of videos -- each, in a way, about real-life "downsiders." After each viewing, write your thoughts as mini-quick writes in your Writer's Notebooks.
Tales from the Deep with New York Sandhog (3:23)
.
What is a sandhog? What are the pros and cons of working as a sandhog in NYC? Would you ever consider doing this kind of work? Why or why not?
Las Vegas Tunnel People (3.01).
What connections do you see with
Downsiders
? Differences?
Wasteland, Part I (3.52).
Wasteland, Part II (8.07).
What were the benefits and drawbacks of this project for the people who participated?
Downsiders
connections?
Landfill Harmonic Orchestra (11.44).
What surprised you? What did you learn? What connections do you see with
Downsiders
?
Welcome
About Me
Syllabus & Starters
Start-Up: Materials List
Starting Strong!
Wrapping Things Up
Independent Reading
What to Read Next
Unit 5: Multi-Genre Project
Unit 4: Analyzing Advertising
Unit 3: Book Clubs & The Literary Essay
Unit 1: Short Stories & Signposts
Unit 2: Hometown Hero Documentary
First Week Handouts
Team Calendar
Grammar
Unit 5: Multi-Genre Project