Homework 4 Mon

presentations ready, with illustrations in classworks as necessary

headlines written and posted on blogs

penguins
computer theft
bathingsuit day
battle of bands
ika snow day
swine flu @ middle school
basketball

headlines

Headlines

alliteration
rhyme
intertextuality
brevity
idiom
loaded language
fear
naming
punning (word play)
juxtaposition
consonance, assonance


The headline serves the paper and its relationship to the audience

red banner - short and loosely tied to the story (deck gives real info)
blue banner - shortish and based on fear/outrage
black banner - longer and more sophisticated language
Broadsheet - longer and more sophisticated again

Commentary reflection

Write and post a brief response to your commentary experience...

• what went well
  


• where you struggled

Have a great break! :)

jargon

HHGG paper 1

connections in HHGG (themes, motifs, literary elements)

choose any half page from the first three chapters

Write a "paper"

full introduction

outlines of body paragraphs

• key idea
• examples (2)

full conclusion

due friday

Hitchhiker's guide T&M

Themes:
Mostly Harmless
The probability of the improbable
The population of the universe is ZERO
42 (The ultimate answer to life and everything)
Aliens Rule
The power of a cup of tea (there are moments where incredibly innocuous things are important)
The 'importance' of humanity
Past + present

Motifs:
Don't Panic (everything is nuts, no need to panic)
Mice
Monkey Man (speaking down to him)
Encyclopedia galactica
Marvin
The triple breasted whore of Eroticon six
Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
Improbability Drive/Heart of Gold
Babel Fish
Tea
Earth