Doubt, Day 1 and 2 Reflections

After watching the first few scenes, what are your impressions? Do you believe that Father Flynn did it? Why?

Give you answer (in the form of a thesis statement) and provide three scenes which you feel support your answer.

TO BE GRADED ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Father Flynn's sermons and speeches provide insight into his character which confirm Sister Allocious's fears, he did harm Donald Muller.

1. His first homily on doubting

2. The group talk with the boys in gym class

3. The meeting between the two nuns and Father Flynn

Satire Prep

In order to prepare to write satire, we must first analyze the genre of media that we intend to satirize. Your job is to look at the 4 print articles that you got from the library and pull the following pieces of information. You will need to post your findings by Friday morning at 8am.


Diction (Word Choice): What words or phrases do you see used over and over? Are their puns? Alliteration?

Syntax (Sentence Structure):How are the sentences configured in this genre of media? Are they short and to the point? Or are they long winded or romantic?

Punctuation: How is your genre punctuated? Is there a lot of exclamations or questions, or do most sentences end with a period?

Audience: Who do the writers seem to be creating for? Men? Women? The elderly? The wealthy? The middle class?


Clichés: Some figures of speech are phrases that briefly describe a complicated concept through connotation. However, some of these phrases are used so frequently that they have lost their novelty, sincerity, and perhaps even their meanings. Does your genre contain any of these?


As you begin sorting through you print articles, underline and circle the instances you find of these devices used.

TempraPedic Parody

iPhone Parody

For the past two weeks, the Humanities students have been studying parodies. The class was split into two groups and given the assignment to create a commercial parody based on a current advertisement. The students wrote, directed, produced, and edited their own work. Here is the first commercial for the iBrick.