Closing Thoughts:
Attendance Sheet
1- Make sure to submit your extra credit folder (if you have not done so already).
2- Upload project 1 and project 2 to your e-portfolio
3- Film (answer questions/discuss)
Break
4- Life in 10 Years Power Point Presentation
Questions from the film:
1. What is happening? (Provide a summary and some "context" about the film).
2. Consider a quote that you like and be willing to share it.
3. Who is your favorite character? Why?
4. Who is your least favorite character? Why? (Can you at least feel a bit of sympathy for how/why they got in the situation or see things from their own perspective?)
5. What is the main event that changes everything for your character?
6. Compare/contrast how life was before the event and after the event.
7. Write a short reflection (Which character in the film do you identify with best? Compare/contrast an event from your life that was hard for others to understand and tell how you got through it).
Final Assignment:
Get started by brainstorming ideas:
Make a Venn Diagram. Brainstorm the
main points how your life is now compared with how you want your life to be in
ten years.
Next, you will use the outline below to create a power point presentation.
I.
Introduction
a.
Plan to Hook your reader (e.g.
use a quote)
b. Thesis Statement (see the template below for help)
II.
BODY
a.
Provide some background/context
about your goals/life
1.
________________
b.
Describe at least 3 goals or
decisions about your life now before fulfillment of these goals/decisions.
1.
________________
2.
________________
3.
________________
c.
Compare/Contrast how your life
will be different after you have reached your 3 goals/decisions.
1.
_________________
2.
_________________
3.
_________________
III.
Conclusion
a.
Revisit your quote and respond on
a deeper level connecting the connect from your essay.
Example Thesis Template:
My life after _________ will offer more possibilities [ANSWER] than my current life now as a _________ [CONTEXT], which may be illustrated in __________________[SUPPORTING POINTS/areas changed].
*Note: This is just an example to get you started. Please feel free to adapt or expand, as needed.
Quotes by Louis Zamperini:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/207905.Louis_Zamperini
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/louis_zamperini.html
http://billygraham.org/landingpages/unbroken/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=SearchAd&utm_campaign=NN-Zamperini&SOURCE=BY14CZGGS
Links for quotes about accomplishing your goals:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/accomplishment
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/achieving.html
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/goal.html
Compare/Contrast:
http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/comparing-and-contrasting/
Other Rhetorical Patterns:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jewel001/CollegeWriting/START/Modes.htm
