1. Wednesday Sept. 30, 2015

2. TOK 1.CNN Student News 2.Work on perspective assessment piece. Due Friday at noon.

3. IB English OBJECTIVE: Students will participate in a class discussion on 1984 where they will listen attentively, speak clearly, and make complex inferences from their own understanding of the text and the ideas presented by their peers. Homework: -Continue to prepare for class discussions 1.Class discussion on 1984 TEKS 19 (B): Make complex inferences (e.g., inductive and deductive) about text and use textual evidence to support understanding. TEKS 24: Students will use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. TEKS 25: Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Managebac: Aaron, Diego, Josh, Sophia, Jessica, Caleb, Miguel, Alejandra, and Justin

4. You recently covered Latin America in HOTA. How can you relate the issues/ideas from HOTA to 1984?

5. If Orwell were writing his novel today, what do you think would be some issues he would feel he needed to address? Be prepared to give details in your explanation.

6. We can do a lot of talking about how “right” Orwell was about the future, but let’s discuss where/what/how he was wrong?

7. As you know from your summer reading, no story is original. So, how are Shakespeare’s ideas in Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth similar to ideas presented in Orwell’s 1984.

8. Lastly, address the other ideas presented from your summer reading. -"...More Than It's Gonna Hurt You: Concerning Violence": -"Is That a Symbol?": -"It's All Political": -"Don't Read with Your Eyes":