Thursday, June 16, 2011

Essay points pt 2

Intro

Idea
Grab attention
Rhetorical Question
Real life 

1. General 
Enders Game:Topic 
Examples
>Specific 

Airplane
Subway

Ender revealing true character
in times of isolation.

3. Examples when specifically looking
at Stilson, Bonzo, N.C. Compassion , struggling to express.

4. In those moments O>C Card reveals the importance.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Notes on Essay

1.
Skillful interpretation of the question and use of language features,
form, structure to craft an exposition essay. 

>Exposition- Explanatory
>Take a side
>Position/opinion
>argument.  
>Expressive/persuasive
>Logical Imformation
>Repetition 

2.
Evaluates how the text sustains or challenges 
establised cultural assumptions.

>Judgement
>Controlling info/fear
>Dramatic irony
>Unknown-xenephobia
>Fear death/apocalypse
>Fear of failure 

Discuss history relating to xenephobia and actions taken
due to fear of other cultures.  Saying others are bad gains power among that person or group.

>Xenephobia against russia.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Cavs Guide to writing and essay.

1. Read-ACTIVE
* Reacting-Allowing the book to effect you.

2. Read the Question
*Question+Idea
*Impact question
*Reaction

3. Hypo(thesis) 
*Opinion

4. Research
*Examples

5. Strean of Consciousness
*Strong views/opinions = thesis '

6. Organise-Structure 
*Draft-editing

Introduction

I. Grab Attention > So what
(1-3 sent)

II. Intro Topic
*Specific to Text
(1-3 sent)

III. Thesis 

Body

Information- Examples

Paragraph
1. Topic Sentence- links to thesis
2. Examples-quotes                                                                            (3-6 sent)
*summarize the quote = location in story, whats happening
*quote
*explain relevance of quote

3. Transition > relating one paragraph to another 



















   

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Enders Game Time-line

1.Ender is sent to battleschool
2.Ender breaks bernards arm on the shuttle
3. Ender is transferred to salamander army
4. Ender participates in his first battle and cause salamander to draw against the other army.
5. Ender is transferred to Rat army and particiates in a battle he is allowed to fight in.
6. Ender practices with launchies

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Demosthenes and Locke in depth

Demosthenes 

Radical- who opposed the rule of athens by macedonia. (Alex the Great). Use of persuasion and influence to gain power. e.g Cold War/ Anti Russia, wont win public favor. The spead of fear equals power and keeping together to fight in a unusual situation. 

In the Science-Fiction world of Enders game, progress is propelled by fear. Agree or Disagree

Science Fiction 
-Genre
-Conventions
-Aliens
-Unknown /Vulnerability, Control
-Space/Battleschool, inter-galactic battle
-Future
-Apcalypse/End of the world

Fear
-Peter/Mean, aggresive, psycopathic and mentally unstable
-Vulnerability/Control
-Not being good enough/Ender, Graff.
-Not being sophisticated enough/Bugger better technology, weapons
-Enhanced knowledge
-Death

Progress
-Technological
-Species
-Human capabilities
-Society

Propelled
-Pushing forward