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Start an Online Discussion with a “Plinky Prompt”
Your Specific Task: Form a discussion group of about 5 students(invite a staff member, too, if you want). Start your discussion in the “Garden Party” Forum. One of you picks the discussion starter from any of the “Plinky Prompts” in the Snowflake iblog. Post follow-up responses to each other so the discussion is “two-way”. Demonstrate…
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Book Talk
Read a book – fiction or non-fiction. During your reading, comment often (before, during, or after each reading session) in the STJ “Book Talk” forums using the following questions as a guide. Fiction: Which character do you like the most and why? The least and why? What passage from the book stood out to you?…
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Tropes in Film
Investigate tropes. What is a trope? View a film and review it with the aim of pointing out several tropes. note the broad categories tropes fall into, identify several examples from at least 3 categories. Write a short story(that one day could be turned into a feature film) based on an idea generated by tvtropes.org…
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Compare Two Films
Compare and contrast how two films deal with conflict. Man vs. Self Man vs. Society Man vs. Nature Man vs. Machine/Technology Man vs. Fate Standard Method Focus on characterization: character description, actions, speech, or thoughts. or Advanced Method Focus on such aspects as imagery, symbolism, archetypes. Quote directly from the films to support your points.