The Moth Radio Response

The Moth Radio directions
1- Go to www.prx.org and sign up – you must create a username and password, then activate your account through email.
2- In the search box type in “Moth radio 201”
3- Click on broadcast and go to 35:58

You are about to listen to a story about race, after you finish, answer the following questions on your blog

1- What are your opinions about what you heard? Did you like the story? Why or why not?

2- Describe how the officers speak to both Noah and Cleveland. Is there a difference? If so, what?

3- What are the ways that both Noah and Cleveland speak to the police officers?

4- *For an extra point* What, if any stereotypes are mentioned in the story?

5- At what point do the officers believe Cleveland?

6- Why do you think Ms. Edwards chose this story to play about race? How could this be related to To Kill a Mockingbird?

Blog entry title: Intro talk for TKMB

Choose two of the topics below and write 3 complete sentences arguing against or supporting the idea. After you choose your side, give two examples of your idea.
*You may use examples from books, movies, current events, your life experience or history.
*You must also go to a classmate’s blog and write your opinion about their example.

1) Girls should act like girls

2) Nobody is all good or all bad

3) Some words are so offensive they should never be stated or written

4) Under our justice system, all citizens are treated equal by the court system

5) When the law should not succeed in punishing criminals, citizens should do so.

Alternate Ending

Create a different ending for John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. This is creative so be sure to add as many details as possible :-)
Length- at least 3-5 sentences.

Blog entry *Mandatory*

Do you think it was a good or bad reason for George to shoot his friend Lennie?
Choose two reasons in the text to support your answer.

This response is worth 8 points. To earn complete credit, make sure you develop your response. You need two specific examples with explanation, this should be a total of six sentences.
*You may not make up your own ending!* The facts are there, Curley was going to shoot Lennie, don't try to change the events in the book.
If you make up your own ending, you will only receive 50%.

Alternate assignment for period 4 only! This is due at the end of class!

Part I
English 9 News article activity

Directions: Complete the following activity for 15 points.
Write the headlines (titles) for each of these articles.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/science/10google.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=google%20car&st=cse
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/fashion/14SKIN.html?ref=style
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/fashion/14ROW.html?ref=fashion
Article 1____________________________________________
Article 2 ___________________________________________
Article 3___________________________________________
Choose two of the articles listed above and complete the following activities.
1- Write down/type quote from the story. Be sure to type the quotation marks and punctuation.
2- Figure out how many people were interviewed for the story (examine quotes and where people are talking to complete this question)
3- In 4-5 sentences, describe what is the article about?
Include the subject (person/topic) of the article
Include where it takes place

Part II
Find an article about Halloween.
Include the following:
Where does this holiday come from? Why do we celebrate it?
What are popular Halloween costumes now? (Include explanations for kids and adults)
What were popular Halloween costumes 30, 40 and 50 years ago? (Include explanations for kids and adults)
Be sure to list where your article is from.

Blog entry 5 *optional*

Discuss what you like and dislike about Of Mice and Men the film and book so far. Devote at least 3-5 sentences to each idea.
Things I like/dislike about the film....
Things I like/dislike about the book...

Blog entry number 4 *optional*

Complete this blog entry if you have incomplete entries, if you're missing entry number 1 or just for fun!

Pretend that you are the director for the 2010 version of John Steinbeck's film adaptation of Of Mice and Men. Choose a character from the text and decide which current actor/actress should play them. *Post a picture of this person*
Provide an explanation explaining why you've picked this actor to play your character.
Then choose a setting, choose other actors for the roles of Lennie, George, Curley's wife, Curley and Slim.