March 28, 2019

Objective:  I can produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience (W11-12.4).
Agenda:

• Entry Task:  Cut and paste the Alaska postcard and the back into your journal.  You may color it when you have extra time.  
  
• Pre-reading:  Do you think McCandless knew what he was doing what dangerous or do you think he was ignorant of the dangers?  What evidence do you have to support your thinking?
  
• Follow along to Ch. 7 (18:00) p.59-69
  
• Post-reading:  Re-read the last two communications from Alex on p. 69 and revisit our pre-reading question.  Why do you think he wrote these postcards in this way?
  
• Select one of the quotes from this chapter to copy onto the back of your postcard--you may complete a response to this later if you like.
  
  • “It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated” from Anthony Storr, Solitude:  A Return to the Self (Krakauer 60).
    
  • “I’m going to divorce them as my parents once and for all and never speak to either of those idiots again as long as I live” (Krakauer 64).
    
  • “Unlike most of us, he was the sort of person who insisted on living out his beliefs” (Krakauer 67).
    
  • “I now walk into the wild” ~Alex (Krakauer 69).
    
• Review the expectations for the letter in the rubric. Finish handwriting your paragraphs.
  

Exit Task:  Get your Chromebook and begin typing your letter in Google Classroom.  Work until the last 3 min. of class; you will have some time tomorrow, but not enough to type the whole letter.