Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Tuesday, January 3

Welcome back!  O happiness!

Starter:  Snowball Fight!
What do you love about school?  What inspires you about your education?  What do you appreciate about today?  This moment?


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Yay, literature!!!  We love reading great books!  


Four Corners

  • Government surveillance is necessary to keep us safe.  You shouldn’t worry about it if you are not doing anything wrong.                    
  • Torture is an appropriate way to gather intelligence as long as the prisoner does not die.                                                                                                      
  • If the government can prove you were thinking about a crime, they should be able to arrest you.
  • We are living in a “post-factual world.”



1984 Seminar is Monday, January 9
Make a copy of this Google Doc:  1984 Seminar Coaching and Prep
This week, you will prepare for the seminar using the guidelines in the document.
It will be an "intertextual seminar; there are hard copies of the other readings here in class.


What is intertextuality?

If you prefer, you may listen to the audio.  If you do this, please follow along in the reading!