"Ideas Live On" by Benazir Bhutto--Monday 1/28 and Tuesday 1/29

"Ideas Live On" text link                            Bhutto video

Write the following question at the top of a blank sheet of notebook paper (Quick Write topic for this week---not today!!!): 
According to the author, Benazir Bhutto (former prime minister of Pakistan), what makes a government effective?

We will begin answering the following questions today: Use the RACE STRATEGY and highlight your evidence in the packet--No need to copy the questions down

1. What point of view does Bhutto establish in paragraphs 1-3 about democracy and the success of a nation?
2. Give a few examples of quotes that prove her point of view.

3. What is the impact of Bhutto's use of quotes (Kennedy and Churchill) in the first 2 paragraphs on the meaning of her speech?

4. How does Bhutto's question in par. 7 develop the point of view she establishes in par 1-3 about government ? Give evidence.

5. How does Bhutto further develop her point of view when she states, "The reflection and thought of the past is giving way to the speed of the future"? (par 10)

6. Identify an idea that is common to both par. 3 and 11. Explain.

7. Which areas does Bhutto identify as key to Pakistan's future in par. 11? Give evidence.

8. How does Bhutto support her criticism of the military in par. 12-23? Give evidence. (SKIP)

9. How does Bhutto develop her criticism of the political system in par. 14? (SKIP)

10.  What criticism does Bhutto make of military rule in relation to the justice system? (par 15-16). Give evidence. (SKIP)

11. What criticisms does Bhutto make of the military dictatorship's economic approach in par. 18-23? Give evidence.

12.In par. 18, how does Bhutto suggest that the military maintain its position? What kind of relationship does she suggest the military government has with its citizens? Give evidence.

13. Based on her statement in par. 13, what can you infer is the purpose of her speech?
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1. What point of view does Bhutto establish in paragraphs 1-3 about democracy and the success of a nation?

In par. 1-3 Bhutto tells us the success of a nation depends on the success of the individual. In par. 2 she states, “’The empires of the future will be the empires of the mind’” meaning, the intelligence of each person is most important.

Make-ups/test must be finished today!! Extra-credit crossword/word find (can count for quarter 2 or 3--please label)

Quarter 2 grades--must be turned in by today:
1. Packet #1 (Acts 1-3)
2. Any quick writes 1-3
3. any annotation packets (1.2, 2.1, 3.1)
4. Worksheet 3.2

Quarter 3 grades---should be caught up by now:
1. Acts 4 and 5 packet
2. test

Today we will take the test!!

You may only use your character map if you have one!!!

Please TAKE YOUR TIME!!!!! When you are finished, please continue being quiet for anyone who is still working. I do have some extra-credit crossword puzzles if you would like one.

Tomorrow--we will do extra-credit and make-up work.

Review for the test

1. (Period 3 needs to finish the end of the play)
2. Go through packet #2 (Acts 4 and 5) pages that need to be completed: 39, 40, 41-42, 43-44, 48, 49, 51-53 (on page 53 choose 3 from #10-15). Any other pages are considered extra-credit!!
3. Review important information from Acts 1-5/possible test questions
4. movie

Review of the end----TEST IS THURSDAY---TOMORROW--WE WILL REVIEW

Scene 4 summary:
During the battle, Young Cato is killed and Lucilius taken prisoner--he insists that Brutus will never be taken alive.

Scene 5 summary:
Facing defeat Brutus's forces rest--he feels all is lost. He asks 3 men to kill him but each refuses. Finally, Strato agrees to hold the sword as Brutus runs on it. Antony calls Brutus "the noblest Roman" and Octavius promises a noble funeral for him. The end!!!!!!!

Read pages 789-793.

audio scene 4: click here
audio scene 5: click here

Today we will:
1. Finish the movie
2. Finish any remaining comprehension check questions on act 5
3. Complete packet pages 52-53 
*If your class did not do the pages on monologue, dialogue, and soliloquy we will do so today!

Finish Act 4: A good amount of reading today....

FIRST: If your class has not watched the animation, we will do that.

SECOND: Read Act 4, Scene 3 (start on page 765)

THIRD: Work on the comprehension check questions on page 40 for Act 4

FOR HOMEWORK.-- complete the work on pages 41- 42 on simile, metaphor, personification, and imagery 


Pages from packet #1 (Acts 1-3) that need to be completed:

18, 20-21, 22 (bottom row only), 24, 29-30, 31, (28, 35-36 are extra credit)