J1: Do you like movies?
HW1: Is our criminal justice system fair?
J2: What does Andy do to suvive jail?
HW2: How are the prisoners made out to be heroes?
J3: Is Shawshank a believable story? Explain.
HW3: What elements are introduced earlier that play a part later?
J4: Describe Andy Dufresne's strong points.
HW4: Why does the ending satisfy us?
J5: Who is more important: the individual or the government?
HW5: How much control is too much?
J6: Why does violence fascinate us?
HW6: How does the filmmaker heighten the violence?
J7: When can someone else be responsible for your crimes?
HW7: Who is a more powerful character: Mike or his wife?
J8: Free Writing
HW8: Free Writing
J9: Why is Mike losing his grip?
HW9: What is the difference between a leader and a tyrant?
J10: Who are the good guys?
HW10: Describe the strange behavior of Mike and his wife?
J11: It’s Free Writing Friday
HW11: It’s Free Writing Friday
J12: Should ambition be checked by morality?
HW12: Do you believe in visions?
J13: Would you rather hear the truth or be happily ignorant?
HW13: What did you think of "Men of Respect"?
J14: Define: Insanity
HW14: How should society measure “normalcy”?
J15: Why is McMurphy the hero of Cuckoo’s Nest?
HW15: Describe Nurse Ratched.
J16: What is “fairness”?
HW16: What does the glass cage symbolize for the patients; for Nurse Ratched?
J17: How does the Chief achieve “invisibility”?
HW17: What is the relationship between McMurphy and Billy; McMurphy and Chief Bromden
J18: What is true strength?
HW18: Which part of the movie was your favorite?
J19: Why do we dislike Nurse Ratched?
HW19: Who wins at the end?
J20: Free Writing
HW20: Free Writing
J21: Do you like mysteries?
HW21: What are some of the clues you noticed today?
J22: Do you believe in ghosts?
HW22: What's wrong with Cole Sear (the boy)?
J23: Why does Dr. Crowe want to help Cole?
HW23: What does the following phrase mean:There are none soblind as those who WILL NOT see?
J24: Why did you enjoy this movie?
HW24: At which point did you figure it out?
J25: What is the function of government?
HW25: Can one person make a difference?
J26: What is the purpose of the mask?
HW26: What other symbols did you notice?
J27: Do you follow politics?
HW27: Describe the world of V.
J28: Free Writing
HW28: Free Writing
J29: Fact or Opinion: It is worth giving up freedom to have security.
HW29: Fact or Opinion: V is a good guy
J30: Fact or Opinion: Movies are a waste of precious time
HW30: Fact or Opinion: Movie stars are overpaid
J31: What is “honor”?
HW31: Describe the most honorable person you know.
J32: Is technology hurting us?
HW32: Should doctors be more compassionate than others?
J33: What does “vigilante” connote?
HW33: Are issues ever really clear-cut?
J34: Free Writing
HW34: Free Writing
J35: Suggest one improvement our school can make.
HW35: Leave a message.
J36: Have you changed from the start of the term?
HW36: What are your favorite expressions?
J37: Free Writing
HW37: Free Writing
J38: Make up your own holiday
HW38: Why are we scared by ghosts?
J39: How much money would satisfy you?
HW39: Would you rather have love or money?
J40: Say something nice about someone
HW40: Can you tell when someone is lying?
J41: What would you like to experience that you’ve never experienced before?
HW41: What would you do with the power to read minds?
J42: Free Writing
HW42: Free Writing
J43: What would you do if you found a valuable object?
HW43: Would you rather be brilliant or beautiful?
J44: Explain this: “This sentence is false.”
HW44: Write three of your favorite punchlines
J45: Write a note to your future self
HW45: Are you in favor of the death penalty?
J46: Why do con-men still exist?
HW46: What changes people?
J47: Free Writing
HW47: Free Writing
Friday, May 22, 2009
MOVIE CLASS
J1: Why do you like the movies?
HW1: Discuss the ways in which "Network" is critical of TV.
J2: What makes you laugh?
HW2: What are your favorite comedies?
J3: Why does violence fascinate us?
HW3: How does the filmmaker heighten the violence?
J4: If you send someone to do your dirty work, who’s responsible?
HW4: Who is a more powerful character: Mike or his wife (Ruth)?
J5: Why is Mike losing his grip?
HW5: What is the difference between a leader and a tyrant?
J6: Who are the good guys?
HW6: Describe the strange behavior of Mike and his wife.
J7: Should ambition be checked by morality?
HW7: Free Writing
J8: Do you believe in visions?
HW8: Is Mike insane or just feeling guilty?
J9: Can the truth hurt as well as help?
HW9: Discuss: Mike is more to blame than Ruth.
J10: Do you believe in charms and amulets?
HW10: How do the predictions come true?
J11: It’s Free Writing Friday
HW11: It’s Free Writing Friday
J12: Why do we like to challenge authority?
HW12: Describe several ways YOU challenge authority.
J13: Describe a time you felt out of place.
HW13: What is a snob?
J14: Define: Insanity
HW14: How should society measure “normalcy”?
J15: Why is McMurphy the hero of Cuckoo’s Nest?
HW15: Describe Nurse Ratched.
J16: What is “fairness”?
HW16: What does the glass cage symbolize for the patients; for Nurse Ratched?
J17: How does the Chief achieve “invisibility”?
HW17: What is the relationship between McMurphy and Billy; McMurphy and Chief Bromden
J18: What is true strength?
HW18: Which part of the movie was your favorite?
J19: Why do we dislike Nurse Ratched?
HW19: Who wins at the end?
J20: Free Writing
HW20: Free Writing
J21: Why do we listen to critics?
HW21: How do critics form their opinions?
J22: Why are movies so popular?
HW22: Would you ever want to appear in a movie?
J23: Who is your favorite movie hero?
HW23: Does movie violence lead to real-life violence?
J24: Which do you prefer: book or movie?
HW24: Has a movie ever had a positive effect on you?
J25: Which is more important: Character or Conflict?
HW25: Which movie had the most surprising ending?
J26: What are some of the great symbols you know?
HW26: Explain the symbolism of the dominoes.
J27: What is a hero?
HW27: Who are your heroes?
J28: Free Writing
HW28: Free Writing
J29: Do you prefer a movie that features immediate action or a movie that builds slowly?
HW29: Pick any two movies band compare them.
J29: Do you prefer a movie that features immediate action or a movie that builds slowly?
HW29: Pick any two movies band compare them.
J30: Fact or Opinion: Movies are a waste of precious time
HW30: Fact or Opinion: Movie stars are overpaid
J31: What is “honor”?
HW31: Describe the most honorable person you know.
J32: Is technology hurting us?
HW32: Should doctors be more compassionate than others?
J33: What does “vigilante” connote?
HW33: Are issues ever really clear-cut?
J34: Free Writing
HW34: Free Writing
J35: Suggest one improvement our school can make.
HW35: Leave a message.
J36: Have you changed from the start of the term?
HW36: What are your favorite expressions?
J37: Free Writing
HW37: Free Writing
J38: Make up your own holiday
HW38: Why are we scared by ghosts?
J39: How much money would satisfy you?
HW39: Would you rather have love or money?
J40: Say something nice about someone
HW40: Can you tell when someone is lying?
J41: What would you like to experience that you’ve never experienced before?
HW41: What would you do with the power to read minds?
J42: Free Writing
HW42: Free Writing
J43: What would you do if you found a valuable object?
HW43: Would you rather be brilliant or beautiful?
J44: Explain this: “This sentence is false.”
HW44: Write three of your favorite punchlines
J45: Write a note to your future self
HW45: Are you in favor of the death penalty?
J46: Why do con-men still exist
HW46: What changes people?
J47: Free Writing
HW47: Free Writing
HW1: Discuss the ways in which "Network" is critical of TV.
J2: What makes you laugh?
HW2: What are your favorite comedies?
J3: Why does violence fascinate us?
HW3: How does the filmmaker heighten the violence?
J4: If you send someone to do your dirty work, who’s responsible?
HW4: Who is a more powerful character: Mike or his wife (Ruth)?
J5: Why is Mike losing his grip?
HW5: What is the difference between a leader and a tyrant?
J6: Who are the good guys?
HW6: Describe the strange behavior of Mike and his wife.
J7: Should ambition be checked by morality?
HW7: Free Writing
J8: Do you believe in visions?
HW8: Is Mike insane or just feeling guilty?
J9: Can the truth hurt as well as help?
HW9: Discuss: Mike is more to blame than Ruth.
J10: Do you believe in charms and amulets?
HW10: How do the predictions come true?
J11: It’s Free Writing Friday
HW11: It’s Free Writing Friday
J12: Why do we like to challenge authority?
HW12: Describe several ways YOU challenge authority.
J13: Describe a time you felt out of place.
HW13: What is a snob?
J14: Define: Insanity
HW14: How should society measure “normalcy”?
J15: Why is McMurphy the hero of Cuckoo’s Nest?
HW15: Describe Nurse Ratched.
J16: What is “fairness”?
HW16: What does the glass cage symbolize for the patients; for Nurse Ratched?
J17: How does the Chief achieve “invisibility”?
HW17: What is the relationship between McMurphy and Billy; McMurphy and Chief Bromden
J18: What is true strength?
HW18: Which part of the movie was your favorite?
J19: Why do we dislike Nurse Ratched?
HW19: Who wins at the end?
J20: Free Writing
HW20: Free Writing
J21: Why do we listen to critics?
HW21: How do critics form their opinions?
J22: Why are movies so popular?
HW22: Would you ever want to appear in a movie?
J23: Who is your favorite movie hero?
HW23: Does movie violence lead to real-life violence?
J24: Which do you prefer: book or movie?
HW24: Has a movie ever had a positive effect on you?
J25: Which is more important: Character or Conflict?
HW25: Which movie had the most surprising ending?
J26: What are some of the great symbols you know?
HW26: Explain the symbolism of the dominoes.
J27: What is a hero?
HW27: Who are your heroes?
J28: Free Writing
HW28: Free Writing
J29: Do you prefer a movie that features immediate action or a movie that builds slowly?
HW29: Pick any two movies band compare them.
J29: Do you prefer a movie that features immediate action or a movie that builds slowly?
HW29: Pick any two movies band compare them.
J30: Fact or Opinion: Movies are a waste of precious time
HW30: Fact or Opinion: Movie stars are overpaid
J31: What is “honor”?
HW31: Describe the most honorable person you know.
J32: Is technology hurting us?
HW32: Should doctors be more compassionate than others?
J33: What does “vigilante” connote?
HW33: Are issues ever really clear-cut?
J34: Free Writing
HW34: Free Writing
J35: Suggest one improvement our school can make.
HW35: Leave a message.
J36: Have you changed from the start of the term?
HW36: What are your favorite expressions?
J37: Free Writing
HW37: Free Writing
J38: Make up your own holiday
HW38: Why are we scared by ghosts?
J39: How much money would satisfy you?
HW39: Would you rather have love or money?
J40: Say something nice about someone
HW40: Can you tell when someone is lying?
J41: What would you like to experience that you’ve never experienced before?
HW41: What would you do with the power to read minds?
J42: Free Writing
HW42: Free Writing
J43: What would you do if you found a valuable object?
HW43: Would you rather be brilliant or beautiful?
J44: Explain this: “This sentence is false.”
HW44: Write three of your favorite punchlines
J45: Write a note to your future self
HW45: Are you in favor of the death penalty?
J46: Why do con-men still exist
HW46: What changes people?
J47: Free Writing
HW47: Free Writing
Period 8
J1: Why do you like the movies?
HW1: Discuss the ways in which "Network" is critical of TV.
J2: What makes you laugh?
HW2: What are your favorite comedies?
J3: Why does violence fascinate us?
HW3: How does the filmmaker heighten the violence?
J4: If you send someone to do your dirty work, who’s responsible?
HW4: Who is a more powerful character: Mike or his wife (Ruth)?
J5: Why is Mike losing his grip?
HW5: What is the difference between a leader and a tyrant?
J6: Who are the good guys?
HW6: Describe the strange behavior of Mike and his wife.
J7: Should ambition be checked by morality?
HW7: Free Writing
J8: Do you believe in visions?
HW8: Is Mike insane or just feeling guilty?
J9: Can the truth hurt as well as help?
HW9: Discuss: Mike is more to blame than Ruth.
J10: Do you believe in charms and amulets?
HW10: How do the predictions come true?
J11: It’s Free Writing Friday
HW11: It’s Free Writing Friday
J12: Why do we like to challenge authority?
HW12: Describe several ways YOU challenge authority.
J13: Describe a time you felt out of place.
HW13: What is a snob?
J14: Define: Insanity
HW14: How should society measure “normalcy”?
J15: Why is McMurphy the hero of Cuckoo’s Nest?
HW15: Describe Nurse Ratched.
J16: What is “fairness”?
HW16: What does the glass cage symbolize for the patients; for Nurse Ratched?
J17: How does the Chief achieve “invisibility”?
HW17: What is the relationship between McMurphy and Billy; McMurphy and Chief Bromden
J18: What is true strength?
HW18: Which part of the movie was your favorite?
J19: Why do we dislike Nurse Ratched?
HW19: Who wins at the end?
J20: Free Writing
HW20: Free Writing
J21: Why do we listen to critics?
HW21: How do critics form their opinions?
J22: Why are movies so popular?
HW22: Would you ever want to appear in a movie?
J23: Who is your favorite movie hero?
HW23: Does movie violence lead to real-life violence?
J24: Which do you prefer: book or movie?
HW24: Has a movie ever had a positive effect on you?
J25: Which is more important: Character or Conflict?
HW25: Which movie had the most surprising ending?
J26: What are some of the great symbols you know?
HW26: Explain the symbolism of the dominoes.
J27: What is a hero?
HW27: Who are your heroes?
J28: Free Writing
HW28: Free Writing
J29: Do you prefer a movie that features immediate action or a movie that builds slowly?
HW29: Pick any two movies and compare them.
J30: Fact or Opinion: Movies are a waste of precious time
HW30: Fact or Opinion: Movie stars are overpaid
J31: What is “honor”?
HW31: Describe the most honorable person you know.
J32: Is technology hurting us?
HW32: Should doctors be more compassionate than others?
J33: What does “vigilante” connote?
HW33: Are issues ever really clear-cut?
J34: Free Writing
HW34: Free Writing
J35: Suggest one improvement our school can make.
HW35: Leave a message.
J36: Have you changed from the start of the term?
HW36: What are your favorite expressions?
J37: Free Writing
HW37: Free Writing
J38: Make up your own holiday
HW38: Why are we scared by ghosts?
J39: How much money would satisfy you?
HW39: Would you rather have love or money?
J40: Say something nice about someone
HW40: Can you tell when someone is lying?
J41: What would you like to experience that you’ve never experienced before?
HW41: What would you do with the power to read minds?
J42: Free Writing
HW42: Free Writing
J43: What would you do if you found a valuable object?
HW43: Would you rather be brilliant or beautiful?
J44: Explain this: “This sentence is false.”
HW44: Write three of your favorite punchlines
J45: Write a note to your future self
HW45: Are you in favor of the death penalty?
J46: Why do con-men still exist?
HW46: What changes people?
J47: Free Writing
HW47: Free Writing
HW1: Discuss the ways in which "Network" is critical of TV.
J2: What makes you laugh?
HW2: What are your favorite comedies?
J3: Why does violence fascinate us?
HW3: How does the filmmaker heighten the violence?
J4: If you send someone to do your dirty work, who’s responsible?
HW4: Who is a more powerful character: Mike or his wife (Ruth)?
J5: Why is Mike losing his grip?
HW5: What is the difference between a leader and a tyrant?
J6: Who are the good guys?
HW6: Describe the strange behavior of Mike and his wife.
J7: Should ambition be checked by morality?
HW7: Free Writing
J8: Do you believe in visions?
HW8: Is Mike insane or just feeling guilty?
J9: Can the truth hurt as well as help?
HW9: Discuss: Mike is more to blame than Ruth.
J10: Do you believe in charms and amulets?
HW10: How do the predictions come true?
J11: It’s Free Writing Friday
HW11: It’s Free Writing Friday
J12: Why do we like to challenge authority?
HW12: Describe several ways YOU challenge authority.
J13: Describe a time you felt out of place.
HW13: What is a snob?
J14: Define: Insanity
HW14: How should society measure “normalcy”?
J15: Why is McMurphy the hero of Cuckoo’s Nest?
HW15: Describe Nurse Ratched.
J16: What is “fairness”?
HW16: What does the glass cage symbolize for the patients; for Nurse Ratched?
J17: How does the Chief achieve “invisibility”?
HW17: What is the relationship between McMurphy and Billy; McMurphy and Chief Bromden
J18: What is true strength?
HW18: Which part of the movie was your favorite?
J19: Why do we dislike Nurse Ratched?
HW19: Who wins at the end?
J20: Free Writing
HW20: Free Writing
J21: Why do we listen to critics?
HW21: How do critics form their opinions?
J22: Why are movies so popular?
HW22: Would you ever want to appear in a movie?
J23: Who is your favorite movie hero?
HW23: Does movie violence lead to real-life violence?
J24: Which do you prefer: book or movie?
HW24: Has a movie ever had a positive effect on you?
J25: Which is more important: Character or Conflict?
HW25: Which movie had the most surprising ending?
J26: What are some of the great symbols you know?
HW26: Explain the symbolism of the dominoes.
J27: What is a hero?
HW27: Who are your heroes?
J28: Free Writing
HW28: Free Writing
J29: Do you prefer a movie that features immediate action or a movie that builds slowly?
HW29: Pick any two movies and compare them.
J30: Fact or Opinion: Movies are a waste of precious time
HW30: Fact or Opinion: Movie stars are overpaid
J31: What is “honor”?
HW31: Describe the most honorable person you know.
J32: Is technology hurting us?
HW32: Should doctors be more compassionate than others?
J33: What does “vigilante” connote?
HW33: Are issues ever really clear-cut?
J34: Free Writing
HW34: Free Writing
J35: Suggest one improvement our school can make.
HW35: Leave a message.
J36: Have you changed from the start of the term?
HW36: What are your favorite expressions?
J37: Free Writing
HW37: Free Writing
J38: Make up your own holiday
HW38: Why are we scared by ghosts?
J39: How much money would satisfy you?
HW39: Would you rather have love or money?
J40: Say something nice about someone
HW40: Can you tell when someone is lying?
J41: What would you like to experience that you’ve never experienced before?
HW41: What would you do with the power to read minds?
J42: Free Writing
HW42: Free Writing
J43: What would you do if you found a valuable object?
HW43: Would you rather be brilliant or beautiful?
J44: Explain this: “This sentence is false.”
HW44: Write three of your favorite punchlines
J45: Write a note to your future self
HW45: Are you in favor of the death penalty?
J46: Why do con-men still exist?
HW46: What changes people?
J47: Free Writing
HW47: Free Writing
Period 3
J1: Why do you like the movies?
HW1: Discuss the ways in which "Network" is critical of TV.
J2: What makes you laugh?
HW2: What are your favorite comedies?
J3: Why does violence fascinate us?
HW3: How does the filmmaker heighten the violence?
J4: If you send someone to do your dirty work, who’s responsible?
HW4: Who is a more powerful character: Mike or his wife (Ruth)?
J5: Why is Mike losing his grip?
HW5: What is the difference between a leader and a tyrant?
J6: Who are the good guys?
HW6: Describe the strange behavior of Mike and his wife.
J7: Should ambition be checked by morality?
HW7: Free Writing
J8: Do you believe in visions?
HW8: Is Mike insane or just feeling guilty?
J9: Can the truth hurt as well as help?
HW9: Discuss: Mike is more to blame than Ruth.
J10: Do you believe in charms and amulets?
HW10: How do the predictions come true?
J11: It’s Free Writing Friday
HW11: It’s Free Writing Friday
J12: Why do we like to challenge authority?
HW12: Describe several ways YOU challenge authority.
J13: Describe a time you felt out of place.
HW13: What is a snob?
J14: Define: Insanity
HW14: How should society measure “normalcy”?
J15: Why is McMurphy the hero of Cuckoo’s Nest?
HW15: Describe Nurse Ratched.
J16: What is “fairness”?
HW16: What does the glass cage symbolize for the patients; for Nurse Ratched?
J17: How does the Chief achieve “invisibility”?
HW17: What is the relationship between McMurphy and Billy; McMurphy and Chief Bromden
J18: What is true strength?
HW18: Which part of the movie was your favorite?
J19: Why do we dislike Nurse Ratched?
HW19: Who wins at the end?
J20: Free Writing
HW20: Free Writing
J21: Why do we listen to critics?
HW21: How do critics form their opinions?
J22: Why are movies so popular?
HW22: Would you ever want to appear in a movie?
J23: Who is your favorite movie hero?
HW23: Does movie violence lead to real-life violence?
J24: Which do you prefer: book or movie?
HW24: Has a movie ever had a positive effect on you?
J25: Which is more important: Character or Conflict?
HW25: Which movie had the most surprising ending?
J26: What are some of the great symbols you know?
HW26: Explain the symbolism of the dominoes.
J27: What is a hero?
HW27: Who are your heroes?
J28: Free Writing
HW28: Free Writing
J29: Do you prefer a movie that features immediate action or a movie that builds slowly?
HW29: Pick any two movies band compare them.
J29: Do you prefer a movie that features immediate action or a movie that builds slowly?
HW29: Pick any two movies band compare them.
J30: Fact or Opinion: Movies are a waste of precious time
HW30: Fact or Opinion: Movie stars are overpaid
J31: What is “honor”?
HW31: Describe the most honorable person you know.
J32: Is technology hurting us?
HW32: Should doctors be more compassionate than others?
J33: What does “vigilante” connote?
HW33: Are issues ever really clear-cut?
J34: Free Writing
HW34: Free Writing
J35: Suggest one improvement our school can make.
HW35: Leave a message.
J36: Have you changed from the start of the term?
HW36: What are your favorite expressions?
J37: Free Writing
HW37: Free Writing
J38: Make up your own holiday
HW38: Why are we scared by ghosts?
J39: How much money would satisfy you?
HW39: Would you rather have love or money?
J40: Say something nice about someone
HW40: Can you tell when someone is lying?
J41: What would you like to experience that you’ve never experienced before?
HW41: What would you do with the power to read minds?
J42: Free Writing
HW42: Free Writing
J43: What would you do if you found a valuable object?
HW43: Would you rather be brilliant or beautiful?
J44: Explain this: “This sentence is false.”
HW44: Write three of your favorite punchlines
J45: Write a note to your future self
HW45: Are you in favor of the death penalty?
J46: Why do con-men still exist
HW46: What changes people?
J47: Free Writing
HW47: Free Writing
HW1: Discuss the ways in which "Network" is critical of TV.
J2: What makes you laugh?
HW2: What are your favorite comedies?
J3: Why does violence fascinate us?
HW3: How does the filmmaker heighten the violence?
J4: If you send someone to do your dirty work, who’s responsible?
HW4: Who is a more powerful character: Mike or his wife (Ruth)?
J5: Why is Mike losing his grip?
HW5: What is the difference between a leader and a tyrant?
J6: Who are the good guys?
HW6: Describe the strange behavior of Mike and his wife.
J7: Should ambition be checked by morality?
HW7: Free Writing
J8: Do you believe in visions?
HW8: Is Mike insane or just feeling guilty?
J9: Can the truth hurt as well as help?
HW9: Discuss: Mike is more to blame than Ruth.
J10: Do you believe in charms and amulets?
HW10: How do the predictions come true?
J11: It’s Free Writing Friday
HW11: It’s Free Writing Friday
J12: Why do we like to challenge authority?
HW12: Describe several ways YOU challenge authority.
J13: Describe a time you felt out of place.
HW13: What is a snob?
J14: Define: Insanity
HW14: How should society measure “normalcy”?
J15: Why is McMurphy the hero of Cuckoo’s Nest?
HW15: Describe Nurse Ratched.
J16: What is “fairness”?
HW16: What does the glass cage symbolize for the patients; for Nurse Ratched?
J17: How does the Chief achieve “invisibility”?
HW17: What is the relationship between McMurphy and Billy; McMurphy and Chief Bromden
J18: What is true strength?
HW18: Which part of the movie was your favorite?
J19: Why do we dislike Nurse Ratched?
HW19: Who wins at the end?
J20: Free Writing
HW20: Free Writing
J21: Why do we listen to critics?
HW21: How do critics form their opinions?
J22: Why are movies so popular?
HW22: Would you ever want to appear in a movie?
J23: Who is your favorite movie hero?
HW23: Does movie violence lead to real-life violence?
J24: Which do you prefer: book or movie?
HW24: Has a movie ever had a positive effect on you?
J25: Which is more important: Character or Conflict?
HW25: Which movie had the most surprising ending?
J26: What are some of the great symbols you know?
HW26: Explain the symbolism of the dominoes.
J27: What is a hero?
HW27: Who are your heroes?
J28: Free Writing
HW28: Free Writing
J29: Do you prefer a movie that features immediate action or a movie that builds slowly?
HW29: Pick any two movies band compare them.
J29: Do you prefer a movie that features immediate action or a movie that builds slowly?
HW29: Pick any two movies band compare them.
J30: Fact or Opinion: Movies are a waste of precious time
HW30: Fact or Opinion: Movie stars are overpaid
J31: What is “honor”?
HW31: Describe the most honorable person you know.
J32: Is technology hurting us?
HW32: Should doctors be more compassionate than others?
J33: What does “vigilante” connote?
HW33: Are issues ever really clear-cut?
J34: Free Writing
HW34: Free Writing
J35: Suggest one improvement our school can make.
HW35: Leave a message.
J36: Have you changed from the start of the term?
HW36: What are your favorite expressions?
J37: Free Writing
HW37: Free Writing
J38: Make up your own holiday
HW38: Why are we scared by ghosts?
J39: How much money would satisfy you?
HW39: Would you rather have love or money?
J40: Say something nice about someone
HW40: Can you tell when someone is lying?
J41: What would you like to experience that you’ve never experienced before?
HW41: What would you do with the power to read minds?
J42: Free Writing
HW42: Free Writing
J43: What would you do if you found a valuable object?
HW43: Would you rather be brilliant or beautiful?
J44: Explain this: “This sentence is false.”
HW44: Write three of your favorite punchlines
J45: Write a note to your future self
HW45: Are you in favor of the death penalty?
J46: Why do con-men still exist
HW46: What changes people?
J47: Free Writing
HW47: Free Writing
Monday, May 4, 2009
The Dark Knight: Cheat Sheet
THEMES:
1. The Irony of the Joker: Planned Chaos
a. robbing the Mob bank
b. death threats
c. ferry boats
d. gives Batman wrong addresses for Rachel and Harvey
2a. The Power of Life and Death: Joker
a. kills innocent people
i. Rachel Dawes
ii. Ferry Boats
iii. Hospital blown up
2b. The Power of Life and Death: Batman
a. saves innocent people
b. jumps out window to save Rachel
c. doesn’t kill Joker (twice)
3a. Does Good Always Defeat Evil: No
a. Joker succeeds in planned chaos
b. Causes change in Harvey Dent
c. Batman forced to use excessive force
3b. Does Good Always Defeat Evil: Yes
a. Ferry Boats are NOT blown up
b. Batman does NOT kill
c. Mob and Joker are defeated
CHARACTER ISSUES
4. The Batman is a Flawed Character
a. willing to break laws (listening in on cell phones)
b. seriously injures Maroni (throws him off fire escape)
c. not accepted as a hero by Gotham
d. Hey, why do you think they call him The Dark Knight?
5. Batman and Joker are Two Sides of the Same Coin
a. they both wear "masks"
b. each uses violence to achieve a goal
c. both are outsiders to society
d. JOKER to BATMAN: "You complete me."
6. Harvey Dent: Thin Line Between Good and Evil
a. DA who becomes a killer
b. Two-Headed coin becomes burnt on one side as a symbol of his new
evil persona
c. His face becomes a mask: he has a dual personality
7. Alfred is the Conscience of the Batman
a. tells Batman that he shares blame in Joker's rise to power
b. knows truths about Batman that no one else does (Rachel Dawes)
c. Teaches lesson: "burn down the forest"
1. The Irony of the Joker: Planned Chaos
a. robbing the Mob bank
b. death threats
c. ferry boats
d. gives Batman wrong addresses for Rachel and Harvey
2a. The Power of Life and Death: Joker
a. kills innocent people
i. Rachel Dawes
ii. Ferry Boats
iii. Hospital blown up
2b. The Power of Life and Death: Batman
a. saves innocent people
b. jumps out window to save Rachel
c. doesn’t kill Joker (twice)
3a. Does Good Always Defeat Evil: No
a. Joker succeeds in planned chaos
b. Causes change in Harvey Dent
c. Batman forced to use excessive force
3b. Does Good Always Defeat Evil: Yes
a. Ferry Boats are NOT blown up
b. Batman does NOT kill
c. Mob and Joker are defeated
CHARACTER ISSUES
4. The Batman is a Flawed Character
a. willing to break laws (listening in on cell phones)
b. seriously injures Maroni (throws him off fire escape)
c. not accepted as a hero by Gotham
d. Hey, why do you think they call him The Dark Knight?
5. Batman and Joker are Two Sides of the Same Coin
a. they both wear "masks"
b. each uses violence to achieve a goal
c. both are outsiders to society
d. JOKER to BATMAN: "You complete me."
6. Harvey Dent: Thin Line Between Good and Evil
a. DA who becomes a killer
b. Two-Headed coin becomes burnt on one side as a symbol of his new
evil persona
c. His face becomes a mask: he has a dual personality
7. Alfred is the Conscience of the Batman
a. tells Batman that he shares blame in Joker's rise to power
b. knows truths about Batman that no one else does (Rachel Dawes)
c. Teaches lesson: "burn down the forest"
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