https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl Unit Design Brainstorming Sessions en-us 2017-09-19 17:54:32 UTC 2026-03-05 06:40:13 UTC hello@padlet.com cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189033117 The violence/fear readers are exposed to in this novel are often scarier because of what we do not see. The very nature of a post-apocalyptic story is that there IS violence. Suicide is discussed, the violent ways the "bad" guys survive is discussed, there is a lot of discussion and usage of the gun the father has with them for protection.]]> 2017-09-19 17:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189033117 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189033183 These are a little amorphous in this novel - there isn't necessarily an overarching "villain" in this story, though we do see bad guys that must be escaped from - even cannibals, for example - that the father and boy are always on the run from. But another way to look at this good and evil is the goodness and resilience of the father and boy, vs. the hopelessness & desolation of their world which must be overcome.]]> 2017-09-19 17:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189033183 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189033315 There are questions that can be raised here, particularly concerning whether or not the way the father and boy live can be considered "living" at all. The mother chooses suicide over the kind of life they live. There are also of course the fates of characters, the father dying and the boy living on, carrying that fire, that goodness.  And we can ask: who else does it seem has died? Do you think the population of the Earth that has been destroyed is better off where they're at, rather than this situation?

]]> 2017-09-19 17:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189033315 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189033371 This is obviously an incredible and meaningful theme in this book. Their relationship is perhaps the embodiment of good in the good vs. evil conversation. What does it mean to love somebody more than yourself - to truly sacrifice everything for your son, for example? Did the mother who commit suicide do so selfishly? Is that true love for a son?

]]> 2017-09-19 17:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189033371 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189033757 2017-09-19 17:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189033757 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189038872 Book of Revelations]]> 2017-09-19 18:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189038872 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189038976 We all know what these are about!]]> 2017-09-19 18:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189038976 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189039314 Folk poetry about the end of the world, kind of a fable, as there is a moral at the end]]> 2017-09-19 18:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189039314 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189041013 This could be interesting to discuss, because I think a lot of students will be familiar with the story in some capacity and it would also offer a post-apocalyptic visual and genre discussion.]]> 2017-09-19 18:12:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189041013 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189042542 This is a stretch but still a look at the end of the world. He asks if nature would continue without us.]]> 2017-09-19 18:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189042542 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189043380 2017-09-19 18:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189043380 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189044700 What does it mean to be good? What does it mean to be evil? Is there a universal moral standard?]]> 2017-09-19 18:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189044700 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189046186 Maybe a question about the hero's journey - very common in popular media, and how do we see it used in The Road?]]> 2017-09-19 18:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189046186 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189046529 How do post-apocalyptic stories connect to our modern times?


]]> 2017-09-19 18:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189046529 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189046845 What is the human condition? W]]> 2017-09-19 18:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189046845 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189047949 Essay exploring the essential question that is chosen using themes from the main text and others we have explored]]> 2017-09-19 18:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189047949 cjoy2 https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189047993 Creative writing project. Write a short story about the major theme/essential question. For example, a short story about goodness vs. evil. Or a short story about the hero's journey, or a post-apocalyptic story.]]> 2017-09-19 18:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cjoy2/hj9kt7emqjpl/wish/189047993