RESEARCH PROJECT

IT'S RESEARCH TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You will begin your research project on Monday, May 11 or Tuesday, May 12 on a HERO.

Remember, you cannot choose a family member (although it's really these people that are our heroes).  You must choose someone that you can research.  This can be someone who is alive or dead, real or fake. 

PERSUASIVE SPEECHES

All speeches will be delivered Friday, May 8th

and

Monday, May 11th

Catching Fire Persuasive Speech

How good are you at persuasion?

Do you use ETHOS, PATHOS and LOGOS when you are trying to persuade others?

Are you going to persuade the Citizens of PANEM to abolish the 3rd Quarter Quell??

May the odds be ever in your favor!

CATCHING FIRE IS BACK!

Now that we have completed our Narrative Essay, we are returning to 

CATCHING FIRE!!!!!!!!

Here is the catch.  You will be reading silently and actively.  

What does that mean?

That means that while you are reading silently you will be "thinking" and "questioning" and "synthesizing" everything that is happening page by page. 

How are you going to do this?

First I will model how to do this.

Then we will do it together as a class.

Finally, you will do it on your own.

Why are you doing this?

You need to be able to comment and question while you read, (Also to answer your own questions)

When you actively read like this, you are analyzing and evaluating.

This is important because you are READING CLOSELY and EXAMINING to understand 

every little detail.

How does this help you?

When you learn how to actively read, you understand more. 

This is a skill you need for the rest of your life, not just in school.

WRITING PROMPT

Here is your writing prompt, exactly the way we have it in class so that you will not get confused. 

Imagine that for one day you could trade places with anyone you choose. The person could be real or imaginary, from the past or from the present.In a well-developed composition, identify the person you would want to trade places with, explain why you would like to trade places with this person, and describe how your day would be different as this person.