For Monday, please listen to this NPR podcast about fake news, or read the transcription.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/23/503129818/study-finds-students-have-dismaying-inability-to-tell-fake-news-from-real?scrlybrkr=595f7cc3#

Thanks

Choose ONE of the TWO short stories that you have read during our literature circles.

 Based on your reading) of the short texts in this unit, what is the purpose of the authors’ writing (warning, prediction, disclosure)? What message are they sending to readers about utopia?

×In “Harrison Bergeron”, Kurt Vonnegut (or your literature circle short story) uses his story to offer readers a warning to humanity that_____________________.

Support your paragraph’s claim with TWO pieces of direct, textual evidence. Each piece of evidence should be explained.

Write a Kid Blog post about your summer reading book:

• Briefly describe the title, author, main characters, and primary conflict.  Then label at least three plot points from your book and connect them to our Freytag lesson (exposition, rising action, inciting incident, climax, falling action, denouement). 

NAVIGATE:

Write a Kid Blog post about your summer reading book:

• Briefly describe the title, author, main characters, and primary conflict.
• Which of the Seven Stories is your book an example of?  Why did you categorize it that way?