You all did quite well on the corrections "regrade" from your "Primeval Night" quiz, and in the class discussion on Tuesday. Obviously, you can see the answers are in the text when you READ CLOSELY AND TAKE NOTES. Read for content, deeper meaning and to see what the author's intent is behind the piece, not just for plot.
We will discuss "Nightfall" on Thursday, as it is a more difficult text. Make sure you have finished reading it by the start of class on Thursday so you can participate in the discussion and see how much you personally understood in the text. Pay attention to the discussion and take notes.
We will NOT have a class discussion of "Harrison Bergeron," our final text, before you take a quiz on it. So, make sure you read "Harrison Bergeron" CLOSELY and analyze it as you go along. ASK QUESTIONS, just like you're doing in the blog for "Nightfall," and make sure you're able to answer those questions by the time you've finished analyzing the text.
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF: Remember, we are looking at "technology" as we read our Science Fiction unit. Ask yourself how technology figures into these pieces. Is the author's comment that man's technological advances are beneficial to mankind? Harmful? Both? Also, as we did with the Poe unit, compare and contrast the stories. Which stories have similar themes and ideas? Which offer contrasting ideas and themes? Start to look at the pieces TOGETHER as a unit to examine what commentary Science Fiction makes about mankind as he advances into the future.
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