Friday, 10/3/08.

Composition
1. Finish your characterization mini-narrative (put all of the stuff from the characterization box sheet into a story format with sentences).

World Literature
1. Vocab Power Plus (VPP) lesson 1 words, definitions, and pictures in Cornell notes format. The word list (10 total) starts on p. 13 of the VPP book. Words and parts of speech go on the left, definitions and pictures go on the right.
2. Answer, in 1-3 sentences, the thematic question/prompt on looseleaf. The prompt is:
Authors often use literature to convey some sort of “truth” about life. What message about life does the author communicate through one of the short stories we have read in class? List at least three parts or ways the author communicates this theme.

The texts you can use:
“Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket”
“Catch the Moon”
“And of Clay Are We Created”
Other text with Mr. Power’s permission

Here's my response so you can see what yours might look like:
In works of literature authors often communicate messages about life. Ray Bradbury, in his short story “The Pedestrian,” communicates the message that a person is only truly alive and human if he or she is an individual who does not conform to the braindead ways of society. This is shown through the character Leonard Mead’s walks, the way the setting is described, and the comments Mead makes about those people around him.