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Category : Education | Tags : literature circles booktalks high school english language arts kentucky |
Posted in Book Commercials, Fourth Block S09, 2001: A Space Odyssey on Jun 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
Their only hope is their only enemy.
Standard Podcasts [2:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (21)Posted in Fourth Block S09, 2001: A Space Odyssey on May 31st, 2009 No Comments »
In their final literature circle discussion, Brady makes an Aha! with Bowman’s transformation into a godlike being of infinite energy, Chris infers that the three objects launched on page 205 were the three crewman killed by HAL, Dustin sees foreshadowing in “So, for the last time, David Bowman slept” (288), Nathan connected to the end of Fahrenheit 451 (Dave alone in space, Montag alone on the river), Trenton zoned out on all the planet details, Holly wondered if Bowman’s solitude affected his sanity, and Alex illustrated Titan. Be sure to look for their book commercial this week!
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In their second literature circle discussion, Alex finds a simile on page 126 (”veined with a delicate tracery of pipes for the cooling fluid, they looked like the wings of some vast dragonfly”), Chris compares Bowman of A Space Odyssey to the Bow-Man of The Odyssey, Trenton investigates Saturn with the help of www.nineplanets.org/saturn.html, Dustin wonders why Hal started to malfunction (or as Nathan points out, is he actually malfunctioning?), Brady begins to visualize the vastness of space, and Holly illustrates the plight of the astronauts (and shows the symbolism of fortune cookies!):
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In their first literature circle discussion, Alex investigates one of the inspirations for “2001″ (Clarke’s 1948 short story “The Sentinel”), Holly makes a connection to The Giver, Chris is far from “impracticable,” Brady wonders if our future will be this grim, Trenton finds alliteration in ”blazing beacon,” Dustin wonders about the impact the aliens will have on humanity’s future, and Nathan illustrates the dramatic moment when the moon monolith is uncovered (below).
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