Daily+Journal+Topics

Daily Journal Topics will be answered in your literary journals. They will frame the discussion portion of our class time.
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 * 1) What is a dystopian society? What does this mean?
 * 2) Slang--does it serve a purpose? Why or why not?
 * 3) What is it like trying to be an individual in Feed? Being an individual in our society?
 * 4) What is Poetry?
 * 5) How does receiving peer feedback on ones writing help the writer and the other participants in the process?
 * 6) What methods are used to maintain order and power in Feed? What politics, if any, are presented thus far in the text?
 * 7) M.T. Anderson, through personal research, uses word choice and tone to interpret how language may evolve for future teenagers. Did you find the language realistic? Any similarities to phrases you use now? If not realistic, explain what didn’t work for you?
 * 8) Write about how it would change the story if your character made a different decision earlier in the story. Let the reader know what event your character would change and write it in first person.
 * 9) Pick the most important/significant word/line/object/event so far in the movie and explain why you chose it. Be sure to back up and support your choice with examples from the movie.
 * 10) Choose a character from V for Vendetta to leave their text and enter Feed. Write a scene or story in which the character from Vendetta interacts with the characters from Feed, the society, power structure and environment. What would this character think of the world within Feed? How would they react?
 * 11) Draw two 3x5 squares on a page (or two) in your journal. In the first square summarize what occurred in your reading last night. Do not write outside of the square. On the second square, analyze the importance and the reasons it happened.
 * 12) When creating a visual presentation, such as your glog, what do you need to keep in mind in regards to design, choosing what to place on it, and overall aesthetic? 
 * 13) Do we have our own "feeds" today? If so, who places them there? Who controls it? Is it possible to "unplug" ourselves?
 * 1) Is there a cost of living in a dystopian society? If so, what is it and is it worth it?