Journal+Entries

Session One Journal Entries

Journal Entries (1 page ea.)

 * Journal Table of Contents** (copy into your own Journal Table of Contents in your notebook)

__Date Title Type of Writing Page #__

Date: 6-29-09 Title: Another Planet Type of Writing: Creative Writing Page #: 1 //What would life be like for humans on another planet? How would human life be sustained on another planet? What technology would we need? Give examples and be specific. If you have questions, write those also.// || Date: 6-30-09 Title: Sustaining Life Type of Writing: Reflection Page #: 2 //Reflect on what makes your life livable. What does it take to sustain life? What does a person need in order to remain living? What helps people have a high quality of life? What are some vital parts of your life? Write about both physical needs as well as social/emotional needs.// || Date: 6-30-09 Title: Victimization Type of Writing: Reflection Page #: 3 //What is a victim? Give examples of victimization that you have personally witnessed (in your life, in your family, in your friends' lives, on the news). Explain the emotions that you think a victim goes through. Also, give your opinion of victims: are they weak or strong? Explain your answer in detail.// || Date: 7-1-09 Title: Did You Know 3.0 Type of Writing: Reflection Page #: 4 //Think about these questions while watching the "Did You Know" video. After watching the video, respond to the following in your journal:// Date: 7-6-09 Title: Pre-crime Type of Writing: Persuasive Page #: 5 //If it were possible to stop a crime before it happened, would it still be appropriate to punish the person who was about to commit the crime? For example, if the police knew a person was about to kill Mr. Devine and stopped the would-be killer, should the would-be killer be put in jail for life for murder even though Mr. Devine is alive and well? Yes or no? In your response, convince the reader you are right. Give several reasons why you answered yes or no. (USE COMPLETE SENTENCES IN YOUR RESPONSES)// || Date: 7-7-09 Title: Goodbye Type of Writing: Reflection Page #: 6 //Put yourself in the place of a Jewish person about to be separated from his/her family at a concentration camp during the Holocaust. If you knew you were about to be separated forever from the rest of your family, what would you feel? How would you try to deal with your feelings? What last words would you say to your family as you parted from each other? What would you miss most about your family? Try to identify with what the characters in// __Night__ //are going through.// || Date: 7-9-09 Title: Buena o Mala? Type of Writing: Reflection & Persuasion Page #: 7 //This journal entry is a 3 part response. Your response to this entry will be useful when developing your persuasive essay:// Date: 7-10-09 Title: Scenes of Power Type of Writing: Reflection/ Author's Purpose Page #: 8 //Think of all of the scenes from all of the science fiction you have ever been exposed to. This can include scenes from books and movies in this class or outside of it. Describe one scene that was emotionally powerful (a scene that was trying to get the viewer/reader to feel an emotional response). A few examples from my own memory:// //Describe the scene and explain why it is emotionally powerful. What emotions were the director/writer trying to make you feel? **Does the scene reflect poorly or beneficially on technological advancement.** Your response to this journal entry will help you develop your persuasive essay.// || Date: 7-13-09 Title: Devil's Advocate Type of Writing: Persuasive Page #: 9 //What is the thesis of your persuasive essay? Are you arguing that technology will have a positive outcome or a negative outcome for humanity? Now that you have answered that question, for this journal entry you need to argue the OPPOSITE of your thesis. What is the counterargument to your thesis? What is the other side of your argument? This is an exercise in counterargument and it will help you write your essay. You need to be able to see the logic behind the other side's point of view in order to know how to disprove it.// || Date: 7-14-09 Title: I Am Eliezer's Friend Type of Writing: Creative Page #: 10 //Think about the victimization that took place in// Night//. Now pretend that you were a Hungarian friend of Eliezer. Before the Nazis came to power and began exterminating the Jewish people, you and Eliezer were very close friends. Then little by little you watched as your friend's (Eliezer's) rights were taken away, up to the point where he was stuffed in to a train with many other Jewish people.// //Write a journal entry as Eliezer's friend on the day that Eliezer boarded the train to leave town.// || Date: 7-16-09 Title: Waiting Type of Writing: Reflection Page #: 11 //Describe the scene in// The Pianist //where the Jewish people were waiting to be transported out of the Warsaw ghetto. What was it like for the people who had to stay there? How would you feel if you were there? How would you pass the time? What would you think about? Try to understand what the Jewish people in Warsaw were going through.// || Date: 7-17-09 Title: Gruesome Discovery Type of Writing: Reflection Page #: 12 //Imagine that you were part of a military force defeating Germany during WWII and you discover a Jewish concentration/death camp. Many people are dead, but there are some survivors. Before this discovery, you had no idea that Nazis were running concentration/death camps. How would you respond to what you would see there? What would you do? What would you think?// ||
 * ===**Entry 1**===
 * Respond to the following prompt in page 1 of your journal:**
 * ===**Entry 2**===
 * Respond to the following prompt on page //2// of your journal:**
 * ===**Entry 3**===
 * Respond to the following prompt on page 3 of your journal:**
 * ===**Entry 4**===
 * Respond to the following prompt on page 4 of your journal:**
 * //What facts from the video were most surprising/interesting?//
 * //How does the information in this video impact you, personally? What does it mean for your life?//
 * //Stretch your mind to find some connections between some of the information in this video and things we can learn from science fiction.// ||
 * ===**Entry 5**===
 * Respond to the following prompt on page 5 of your journal:**
 * ===**Entry 6**===
 * Respond to the following prompt on page 6 of your journal:**
 * ===**Entry 7**===
 * Respond to the following prompt on page 7 of your journal:**
 * //Describe technology that humans have now that has made our lives better.//
 * //Describe technology that humans have now that has made our lives worse.//
 * //Will the future of technology be good or bad for humanity? Pick a side and defend your response.// ||
 * ===**Entry 8**===
 * Respond to the following prompt on page 8 of your journal:**
 * [|The scene in AI when the mother leaves the child robot in the woods after programming it to love her.]
 * The scene at the end of __Deep Impact__ when the president is speaking in front of a destroyed Washington D.C. about human survival after surviving part of a comet hitting Earth.
 * The scene in __Fahrenheit 451__ when the librarian is burned alive with the book collection.
 * The scene at the end of "All Summer In A Day" when the students let Margot out of the closet.
 * The scene in __iRobot__ when the robot discovers that it is capable of defeating the master computer; that it was MADE to defeat the master computer.
 * ===**Entry 9**===
 * Respond to the following prompt on page 9 of your journal:**
 * ===**Entry 10**===
 * Respond to the following prompt on page 10 of your journal:**
 * What did you feel?
 * Why didn't you do anything to help your friend?
 * What do you think will happen to Eliezer?
 * ===**Entry 11**===
 * Respond to the following prompt on page 11 of your journal:**
 * ===**Entry 12**===
 * Respond to the following prompt on page 12 of your journal:**