Overview: In Anthem, we witness a society in which the government wishes to control its population by training its citizens from birth. What if they could control us before birth? The novel is science fiction, but the following documentary is not.
Directions: View the brief documentary Designer DNA from Explained. Compose a blog response where you discuss: 1) Direct parallels to Anthem and 2) Do you feel the benefits are worth the risks? Why or why not? Please feel free to explore this issue. I look forward to your responses.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
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Due Friday, June 14th - All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Mr. Pellerin's Freshmen English
Overview : Go back to our first blog, and walk through the 2018-2019 school year. Revisit the books we read and our class responses. Look...
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Overview : Go back to our first blog, and walk through the 2018-2019 school year. Revisit the books we read and our class responses. Look... -
Directions : 1) Read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, "Part II: The Sieve and the Sand," pages 33-77. 2) In this blog space, a... -
Directions : Choose one of the following prompts and compose an essay. Use direct quotations from the text (see link below for help)...