Tuesday 8/26/14

* Open
  • Prefixes (copy, define, and provide words; see the right side of the blog)
    • Epi
    • Ex
  • Pray
* EQ: What's the point of studying Greek Mythology?









We all know that companies create identity by the power of association. They can use association by name or image. What identity did Honda intend on giving their van by giving the name, Odyssey, to this model?

Assignment: Using your knowledge of Greek mythology and some internet research, figure out why your assigned company or product is named or branded as it is. Then write a brief description to explain what is being referenced and why the company chose that name/logo (one or two paragraphs). Write your description on the card given in class. To see all images, click here. Be prepared to share your information with the class.

* SAT Practice #1

You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below.

Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
Many persons believe that to move up the ladder of success and achievement, they must forget the past, repress it, and relinquish it. But others have just the opposite view. They see old memories as a chance to reckon with the past and integrate past and present.

Adapted from Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, I've Known Rivers: Lives of Loss and Liberation
Assignment: Do memories hinder or help people in their effort to learn from the past and succeed in the present? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

HW: Complete the 25 minutes of writing (your teacher will tell you how much, if any, time remains)

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