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Little Plastic Castle and 32 flavors by Ani Difranco

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Task 1) Describe the picture and infer what the song will be about. Task 2) Fill in the pronoun blanks and check your work Task 3) Identify the similes and examples of personification and explain their significance. Task 3) How does the narrator feel about feminism? Do you relate or agree? Task 4) What is the message of the song? Do you agree? Disagree? Little Plastic Castle In a coffee shop in a city                is every coffee shop in every city  On a day               is every day  I picked up a magazine                  is every magazine Read a story, and then forgot          right away  They say goldfish have no memory  I guess            lives are much like mine And the little plastic castle  Is a surprise every ti...

BROKEN ROAD MODALS AND PAST TENSE

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Task 1) Fill in the blanks below Task 2) Listen and check your work Task 3) Identify the metaphores and similis Task 4) Why does the author think that a road that was broken was blessed? Task 5) Describe a time when you encountered a difficult situation but from which something positive came out. Practice using the past tense. What did you learn from that experience. Practice using modals. BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD I       1       (to set) out on a narrow way many years ago Hoping I        2      (can/would/will)   find true love along the broken road But I         3      (to get) lost a time or two Wiped my brow and kept pushing through I        4         (shouldn't/ may/ couldn't) see how every sign pointed straight to you That every           5    ...

IMAGINE AND LET IT BE

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"no path without pain" IMAGINE Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today... Aha-ah... Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion, too Imagine all the people Living life in peace... You... You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world... You... You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one TASK) John Lennon images a better world. What would that world look like to you? Pick one line from the song above and expand on it using your knowledge of modals.  for example.  The world will live as one. I imagine that the ...

What was the script? Create a story using the demonstrative language of art. ART

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ART HISTORY  TASK:  1) Describe the image 2) Describe the use of light in the image 3) Infer when and where it was taken.  4) Describe the character in the image including age, occupation. Use your imagination to explain when and where the image was taken. What was going on at that point in time? In that place? Why create this image? What is the story behind the painting?  How did that person get there? PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL 5) What was the goal of the painter? Why did he or she create this image? What was his or her intention? What did he or she value? . Skill: Empathy.  Pay attention to light