Syllabus #4

SYLLABUS
May 10th – June 4th , 2007

3rd CLASS 5/10
IN CLASS: work on blogs – check 10 rules
HW: create Declaration of Independence

1st CLASS 5/14
IN CLASS: check declarations
HW: create governing body for your blogtopia
read Feed part 3 Utopia up to p. 124 (for Monday)
answer DQ 1
1. Surrounding the story of Titus and his friends are hints of various international events. Why doesn't Titus seem to be aware of them?
2. Is there anything like the "lesions" in today's culture?

2nd CLASS 5/15
IN CLASS: check governing bodies, hand out for movies, begin viewing
HW: create daily itinerary for blogtopia
create 3 journal entries for society members of your blogtopia
view individual film and prepare synopsis to present
read Feed part 3 Utopia up to p. 124
answer DQ 1
1. Surrounding the story of Titus and his friends are hints of various international events. Why doesn't Titus seem to be aware of them?
2. Is there anything like the "lesions" in today's culture?

3rd CLASS 5/17 - NO CLASS – Friday schedule

1st CLASS 5/21
IN CLASS: present your individual film synopsis, collect/check itineraries and journal entries
HW: create advertisement for your blogtopia
read Feed p. 124 to part 3 Slumberland
answer DQ 2
1. In a consumeristic society, once things have outlived their usefulness, they tend to be discarded.
2. How might this attitude affect the way people interact with one another?
3. How might it affect the way they think of the past?

2nd CLASS 5/22
IN CLASS: check advertisements, discuss Feed and Violet’s list, list of 10 things to do before you die
HW: read Feed
answer DQ 3
1. Do Titus's actions (and nonactions) in his relationship with Violet strike you as realistic?
2. How do you think you would act if you were in his place?
3. In what way does Titus's conception of love differ from Violet's?

3rd CLASS 5/24
IN CLASS: discuss and read
HW: finish Feed
answer DQ 3
1. The author dedicates the book "to those who resist the feed." What does he mean by this?
2. What is "the feed," in a real-life context, and how can it be resisted?
3. What are the benefits and drawbacks of doing so?
4. In what ways do you "resist the feed"?


1st CLASS 5/28
IN CLASS: visit each other’s blogs and post comments
HW: correct/add/change/ final edit of blogs


EXAM BLOCK
TUESDAY MAY 29
9:00 AM – FINAL BLOGTOPIA DUE
then you can spend the rest of the block working in my room