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English II
Presentations this week will be followed by discussion of Volume II.

English IV
All students should be finished viewing The Truman Show by class Wednesday (available on Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, etc). We will begin writing intros in class Wednesday and finish the analysis essay in class on Thursday. Your prompt follows:
Write an analysis essay focusing on some aspect of Peter Weir's 1998 film The Truman Show. Your essay should strive to provide insight into the meaning of the film, 20 years later, in the context of our increasingly media-centered, artificial world.
Art Survey
Your "TMNT" presentations are due on Wednesday, complete with presentation notes. Please make you have done the following:
  • used a legible font no smaller than 18
  • cited and referenced all sources, which must be credible (no Wikipedia)
  • linked all pictures to the museum where they're located - in other words, each picture linked to its online version for the museum (i.e. The Louvre, or more specifically Mona Lisa)
  • included an accurate citation for each web source at the end of the presentation
  • shared it with me as "lastname-TMNT"

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