1. U5L1 Connections (Review) Open the Word document "Connections" from within the lesson. Save it as E202U5L1surname In this document, complete the chart as outlined below. Submit this assignment using the Folder for U5L1 connections. Using the 'connections' chart provided (under Resources), match each text studied this term with a text from a different unit. Explain in two or three concise, yet detailed sentences what the two texts have in common (discuss theme, character or conflict and make specific reference to each literary work). Do not generalize; this chart is key to the exam preparation you are doing, so be sure to add enough detail to aid in study purposes. NOTE - Stating that two works are both' stories' is not an acceptable answer. NOR is stating 'both have the same theme'.

2. Connections...   Connection: Theme or Character or conflict   Rick Hansen: Still in Motion  Example answer...  October Sky  Both works highlight the main character’s ability to face adversity and overcome challenges that lead to success. Rick Hansen overcame the self consciousness of his disability to become the ‘Man in Motion’ and raise global awareness for people with disabilities. Home Hickam Jr. faces the challenges of growing in a poor Virginia mining town while working his way to becoming a famous American rocket scientist.  October Sky  The Ordinary Superstar Wayne Gretzky Both works highlight the main character’s humble beginnings and their ability to strive to extraordinary heights while maintaining connection with their humble roots.   “Thanks for Not Killing my Son”   Outlasting the Fickleness of Fame 

3.  The Cartoonist: Lynn Johnston   Up Where She Belongs   The TV Host: Oprah Winfrey   The Movie Maker: Steven Spielberg   The Ordinary Superstar: Wayne Gretzky   The Nature of David Suzuki   “The Man Who Finds His Son has Become a Thief” 

4.  Mother Teresa: An Exemplary Life   Live Fast, Die Young   Who legend’s rock start warning  Vicious circle of rock star couples   Jagger, I Fear for Amy   “The Interlopers”  “I Love Smoking”  “Better Late Than Never”  “Paper Matches”   “Cooks Brook”

5.  “Unwrapped Fairy Tales”   “It Was a Year Ago”  “Paid up Member”   Monsters are due on Maple Street   “My Canada”   “Teenage Wasteland”   Forbidden City 