Thematic Focus No. 1: Morality by James Taylor

"Shooting An Elephant" by George Orwell

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Monday, April 13, 2014

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Cool Down.

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Write about a time you felt pressured to do something? Tell the story using specific detail. (120 words)

Questions for "Shooting An Elephant"

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1. (For All) Why does Orwell shoot the elephant? Please support your answer with details/evidence from the essay.

2. (AP) In this essay, the proportion of narrative to analysis is high. Mark each paragraph as narrative or analytic, noting how much analysis Orwell places in the middle of his essay. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having it there rather than at the beginning or the end?

2. (E3) Orwell uses the anecdote of his shooting the elephant to illustrate his feelings of imperialism. What are those feelings, and how does the anecdote illustrate them?

"On Compassion" by Barbara Lazear Ascher

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Thursday, April 16, 2014

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Questions for "On Compassion"

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1. What examples of encounters with the homeless does Ascher offer? List them if you'd like.

2. Compare your experience with the homeless or homelessness to Ascher's? Are your experiences similar ? Different? How are your feelings about the homeless similar or different based on your own personal experience? (120+ words)

3. Where does Ascher believe compassion comes from? Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Friday, April 17, 2014

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Questions for "The Death of the Moth"

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1. What is Woolf's claim in the essay, that is, what is her big point? What reasons does she use to support her claim?

2. What do you think is Woolf's purpose in writing this essay? To explore? inform? to convince? to meditate? pray? Explain.

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"It was as if someone had taken a tiny bead of pure life and, decking it out as lightly as possible with down and feathers, had set it dancing and zigzagging to show us the true nature of life."

Virginia Woolf

Here's the URL for "The Death of the Moth" by Virginia Woolf. Please copy and paste it into your address bar..

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http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/everythingsanargument4e/content/cat_020/Woolf_DeathoftheMoth.pdf