Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Primary/Secondary Sources

Click on the Link.
Browse around the website.
Answer the questions below in the comments section. Label your answer with your initials and period.

1. Describe a primary source you found on the website.
2. Explain how that primary source is different from a secondary source you saw in the video.
3. Why are primary sources better than secondary sources?
4. What was something you learned from this website about 9/11?
5. Who was Rudy Giuliani, and why is he listed on this website?
6. What is Ground Zero?
7. Describe the memorial at Ground Zero. What does it look like?
8. Why do people care so much about remembering the events of 9/11/2001?

Friday, September 7, 2012

Extra Credit Question #2

The past two weeks we have been talking about elements of fictional narrative. To receive extra credit this week, answer one or more of the following:
1. Name a work of fiction in which the Protagonist is *not* a good-guy.
2. Name a work of fiction in which the Antagonist is not necessarily bad.
3. Name a work of fiction in which the Antagonist is not human.
4. Name a work of fiction in which the setting is as important or more important that the Major Characters.
5. Name a work of fiction written in first person.
6. Name a work of fiction with an internal conflict.
7. Name a work of fiction where the Antagonist is nature.
8. Name a work of fiction in which tone is related to the setting (ex: New York = dangerous, exciting).
9. Name a work of fiction that has no resolution.
10. Name a work of fiction that has no Major Characters.