U5L1 Connections (Review)

Open the Word document "Connections" from within the lesson. Save it as E202U5L1surnameIn this document, complete the chart as outlined below.Submit this assignment using the Folder for U5L1 connections.

Using the 'connections' chart provided (under Resources), match each text studied this term with a text from a different unit.

Explain in two or three concise, yet detailed sentences what the two texts have in common (discuss theme, character or conflict and make specific reference to each literary work).

Do not generalize; this chart is key to the exam preparation you are doing, so be sure to add enough detail to aid in study purposes.

NOTE - Stating that two works are both' stories' is not an acceptable answer. NOR is stating 'both have the same theme'.

  Connection:

Theme or Character or conflict   Rick Hansen: Still in Motion Example answer... October Sky Both works highlight the main character’s ability to face adversity and overcome challenges that

lead to success.Rick Hansen overcame the self consciousness of his disability to become the ‘Man in Motion’ and raise global awareness for people with disabilities.Home Hickam Jr. faces the challenges of growing in a poor Virginia mining town while working his way to becoming a famous American rocket scientist.

October Sky The Ordinary Superstar Wayne Gretzky

Both works highlight the main character’s humble beginnings and their ability to strive to extraordinary heights while maintaining connection with their humble roots. 

    “Thanks for Not Killing my Son”       Outlasting the Fickleness of Fame      

The Cartoonist: Lynn Johnston

   Up Where She Belongs

 

The TV Host: Oprah Winfrey

    The Movie Maker: Steven Spielberg

    The Ordinary Superstar: Wayne Gretzky

    The Nature of David Suzuki

    “The Man Who Finds His Son has Become a Thief”    

Mother Teresa: An Exemplary Life    Live Fast, Die Young    Who legend’s rock start warning  

Vicious circle of rock star couples   Jagger, I Fear for Amy

  “The Interlopers”

“I Love Smoking”

“Better Late Than Never”

“Paper Matches”  

“Cooks Brook”

“Unwrapped Fairy Tales”

  “It Was a Year Ago”

“Paid up Member”  

Monsters are due on Maple Street

  “My Canada”

  “Teenage Wasteland”

  Forbidden City