Today's assignment: Write a minimum one-page summary and analysis of the film, including bibliographical information following MLA style, brief plot summary, and a discussion of the filmmaker’s purpose/point of view/tone relative to your topic. Are there themes present? Are there motifs pointing to the themes? Does the film reinforce popular ideas or introduce new ones? Does it trade in stereotypes? How does lighting, color, scene-setting, etc. contribute to the overall purpose?

We finished watching the Black Mirror episode about technology. Andrew will use this to write a short paper about how technology can be invasive and often do more harm than good.

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We watched an episode of "Black Mirror" that focuses on AI. Andrew will be writing an analysis of this episode tomorrow.

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REHUGO is an acronym for Reading, Entertainment, History, Universal Truth, Government, and Observation. Andrew will be exploring a topic (he chose A.I) through these categories. He will engage in reflective writing assignments throughout this project.

We reviewed how to write a good thesis statement, using a student model text.

Andrew continued writing his rough draft for his essay on Afghanistan, citing evidence and embedding quotes throughout his draft.

Today I modeled how to write effective transitions between paragraphs. Then Andrew continued working on his one-page essay about the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks.

Andrew continued to work on the first draft of his essay, using evidence from the articles he chose to support his ideas.