Summer School Day 16

1) Visit this website: New York Times column: 36 Hours in Los Angeles

• 36 Hours in Paris
• 36 Hours in Madrid
• 36 Hours in Mexico City

• You will use this site as a template for writing an informative text detailing 36 hours in a specific location.

2) Your assignment: 

1. Create a new document within google called, "36 Hours last name"
2. Pick a location that you are familiar with OR research a location that you might find fun to write about. (I.E. Bergen County, Seaside, Wildwood, NYC, etc).
3. Begin with an introductory paragraph, describing the location so the reader has a general sense of the location.
4. Then break up your writing into the day, time, and a witty title just like the NY Times does. Your sections may include but are not limited to the following activities:
• Meals (breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, late night food)
• Parks
• Amusement parks
• Sight-seeing
• Sports-venues
5. In each section, explain, in detail, what the traveler will be doing, how to properly experience it, information about the venue such as phone numbers, addresses, or directions, and any advice.
6. Include pictures in your column just like the article does to liven your article.   
7. Here are your sections (you may adjust these times accordingly):
• Friday, 6:00 pm
• Saturday, 8:00 am
• Saturday, 12:00 pm
• Saturday, 3:00 pm
• Saturday, 7:00 pm
• Saturday, 10:00 pm
• Sunday, 9:00 am

Grading:

• Do not use the MLA format
• Introduction with general information about the location: 10 pts
• 7 sections with enough information to entice a traveler to include:
• name of the location
• location
• website links
• what to do at the location
• if it's a restaurant, suggestions for food or drink
• cost
• 35 pts
• At least 5 photos: 10 pts
• Grammar, punctuation, mechanics: 10 pts
• At least 2 full pages double spaced, Times New Roman, size 12: 10 pts
• Total 75 pts 
• Due on Wednesday,  July 31 at the end of the class.

3) Work on your satire paper.  

Assignment:

Channel your inner Jonathon Swift/Mike Royko.  Pick a problem that you would like to satirize.

• Jonathon Swift chose to write about poor Irish beggars.  
• Stephen Colbert satirizes the gap between the wealthy and the poor.  
• Mike Royko satirizes guns in the US by pretending to love guns.

Here are some possible topics you may want to write about but are not limited to.

• Bullying
• School Discipline
• Immigration and illegal immigrants
• Drugs
• Crime
• Alcohol - Drunk Driving
• Divorce

Once your have chosen your topic come up with a satirical solution to your problem.  Remember, the key to satire is make it seem like you are serious about your solution.

Your paper should include at least 3 different satirical devices we have learned to include:

• hyperbole
• invective
• inversion
• irony
• sarcasm
• satire
• understatement

Anytime you use any of these satirical devices in your paper, underline it.

Requirements:

• Your paper file should be called: "Satire Paper Last Name" Share it with me on google drive. 
• MLA formatting 10 pts
• 2 quotations 10 pts
• Works Cited page 10 pts
• 2 full pages 5 pts
• 3 satirical devices 15 pts
• Spelling and grammar count 10 pts
• Strong intro and conclusion 10 pts
• If you use vocabulary words in your paper correctly, I'll give you an extra credit point per word.  Just bold your vocab words.
• Due on Tuesday, July 30 at the end of the period.
• 70 pts total 

4) Study for vocabulary test tomorrow.  Final vocabulary test.  All 46 words to be tested.