9.9.14+and+9.10.14

Discuss: "The Danger of a Single Story" --What is a single story? --What is the danger of a single story? --Where do you see single stories in your life? --What single stories did you grow up with?

Vocabulary: Add this to your literary device list at end of your journal
 * Theme:** A major idea or unifying subject that can be found throughout a reading. A theme is more than one word; it is an idea that an author reveals through his/her choices. This idea is central to an author’s goals in writing his or her piece.


 * “Love”=not a theme
 * “All is fair in love an war”=closer to a theme, but is weak
 * “While the cliché states that all is fair in love and war, this narrow focus does not consider the pain that these actions, completed in the name of love, might cause to innocent parties in the lovers’ peripheral”=a theme

Create: theme list for Adichie's "The Danger of a Single Story"

Discuss: What is assimilation?

Journal Write: Assimilation: Assimilation

When was a time you had to choose to assimilate to another culture/place/norm, etc.? How did this affect you? Did you learn anything new from the experience?

Read: "Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed"--we got about halfway through. Finish reading for homework and be ready to discuss next class. Read: "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" by Ray Bradbury, 1949
 * This copy does have some typos/dialogue issues in places, but they're not too distracting.

Another link to the reading: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B270PU2LFF7bcWhHUVg1d1ZsMVk/edit?usp=sharing

HW: Finish "Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed" and be ready to brainstorm themes and main ideas about the text next time I see you.