Nonfiction Analysis Student Activity Sheet

Do you ever take anything for granted? In the book Searching for Summer, author Joan Aiken uses imagery, mood, and word choice to help the reader understand the concept of taking things for granted. The main characters Tom and Lily decide to go searching for sunlight on their honeymoon due to the fact that they live in a world where there is no sunlight. Fallout from nuclear testing in the 80’s (1980’s or 2080’s- we do not know), has blocked all of the sunlight. By using specific elements, the author helps us to feel how the characters did in the story.

A person’s image of utopia varies depending on their individual life experiences and the expectations of the society in which they live; utopia could be described as an ideal place where equality, comfort, safety, compassion, and freedom are important qualities. In Sir Thomas More’s Utopia, the elimination of property and money has all citizens working for the commonwealth and it is “where every man has a right to everything, they all know that if care is taken to keep the public stores full, no private man can want anything; for among them there is no unequal distribution so that no man is poor, none in necessity; and though no man has anything, yet they are all rich” (More 81). More’s Utopia also encourages a balance of power

Scenario 1: You are preparing fifth grade students for the Alabama Writing Assessment. So far, students are struggling. Students are just not interested in writing. How can you peak their interest and improve their writing scores? Will you incorporate Writer's workshop? Two to three paragraphs.

Document C is written by Alan Ward a historian, professor at the University of Connecticut, published in 2003. Alan Ward had more freedom and maybe a bit less knowledge

The following question is based on the accompanying documents. (The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise). The question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that:

In Honors English (3rd and 5th), ask students to turn in yesterday’s assignment. They have a test on “A Problem” today, so they should log into their pearson accounts online and take the test. I will check their scores and put them in Skyward asap. Once their test is finished please have them read pages 78-79 in the literature book. Their assignment is to read “Like the Sun” (pgs 80-84) and “The Open Window” (pgs 85-88). They should be looking for instances of paradoxes and irony during each reading. They need to complete the critical thinking questions on pages 84 and 88.

Chancellor’s Honors Reads is a book club open to all members of the Honors College and introduces students to introspective literature through informal forums with professors. My favorite book we’ve read is Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air, which follows a neurosurgeon’s coming to terms with his own death. I loved how Kalanithi blurred the lines between science and emotion to draw analogies I would otherwise overlook. This gets to the heart of the program. In gathering around thought-provoking works, Honors Reads has guided me through books that help me to reinvent how I read the world, to continue to pursue a curious life.

ITS A BEN 10 ACTIVITY BOOK. MOREOVER ITS A COLLECTERS EDDITION. WHAT ELSE REASON DO YOU NEED TO READ THIS BEN 10 BOOK. ITS NOT EXACTLY A READABLE BOOK AS ITS A ACTIVITY BOOK. BUT PACKED WITH AWESOME QUIZZES, CROSSWORDS,ETC IT WILL SURELY KEEP YOU HOOKED TO IT UNTIL THE END AND LEAVE YOU WANTING FOR

The speaker just states the name and what company he or she works for. If they would have stated the credibility of the sources it would help drive the home the point better because others would have the same view. For all I know one of the sources could be a doctor and he wrote an article on the second amendment.

Week two of my classroom handbook will be of the topic problem solving skills used during conflict in the classroom. Kaiser and Rasminsky suggest a five step process that will effectively teach children at the early childhood level problem solving skills to last a life time. I will go over each step and then provide an example of what this process might look like in a classroom.

Students in AP Language and Composition (AP3) are required to arrive to the first day of school having completed the “Summer Reading Assignment.” Students are to read Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich and the essays listed below. Then, complete the corresponding assignment (explained below). The assignment is to be turned in the first day of the 2015-2016 school year (August 29th, 2015).

What is your opinion on the topic after reading/viewing the selection? Do you agree or disagree with the author? Why or why not?

After reading the four assigned flash nonfiction pieces they are different from the longer pieces that we have read because the plot is right to the point of the piece. I notice that in the nonfiction piece the plot is easier for the reader to know before getting to the end. In my opinion, the flash pieces have more energy because writing in short words the author has to be able to communicate more effectively and being able to get all of their thoughts. I think they have a greater effect on the reader because of it more intense and easy to follow along.

A prominent tone used by More throughout the story is irony. More uses an ironic tone through various characters, allowing readers to further discern the differences between Utopia and Europe. To do this, More utilizes characterization as a tool in portraying irony. In Book I the readers are introduced to various characters, two of them being Raphael Hythloday and Thomas More himself. While More uses the narrator More as the skeptical voice, he uses Hythloday to be the main advocate of Utopia. Although the character is named after himself, ironically More’s true thoughts lie within Hythloday’s criticism of current European society. This sets the tone for more irony and satire to come. For example, during the discussion

To choose one scientific part of a book for journal including empirical inquiry in the area of demography and analyze it from general about author place of publication year of edition