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Further Oral Activity Preferences
On your index card, please do the following:
Your name:
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Choice one: (Include activity and activity date)
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Language and Culture
Word or phrase, page number | Meaning or associations in reader's culture | Definition of word/phrase according to text | What does the word/phrase tell readers about the characters' identity and/or culture? |
Null (3) | dull, null=nothing, zero | boring | teenagers, they use slang |
unit (3) | math, measurement, machine | a way to refer to someone, a nickname, mate, bro | more technologically advanced society, perhaps the people aren't fully human |
Feeds (3) | eating, food, news feed, twitter feed, | something that gives info, people aren't in control of it | advertisements are the norm, people constantly connected |
meg (6) | nutmeg, name, mega, megabyte | super, a lot, very | their world is full of technology, their words are associated with it |
Bonesprocket (6) | bone, sprocket, piece of machinery | party pooper, lame | technologically driven |
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Language & Culture
Word or phrase, page number | Meaning or associations in reader's culture | Definition of word/phrase according to text | What does the word/phrase tell readers about the characters' identity and/or culture? |
Null (3) | dull, null=zero, nothing | bored | teenage slang, being bored is associated "nothingness" "void" |
Unit (3), unette | basic unit, measurement, army, police | person, nickname, bro, dude (dudettes) | robotic, technologically advanced culture |
Feed (3) | eat, animal, news feed, feedback, twitter feed, facebook feed | something that gives info | advertising is part of their daily life, |
nougat (4) | candy filling | candy filling | |
meg (6) | megabyte, mega-watt (huge) | super, a lot, strong | electronics have a strong presence in their lives |
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Language & Culture
Word or phrase, page number | Meaning or associations in reader's culture | Definition of word/phrase according to text | What does the word/phrase tell readers about the characters' identity and/or culture? |
Null, (3) | dull, null=zero | bored | teenage slang |
Unit (3), unette | math/science, number, measurement, a part of something bigger, police units | bro, dude | developed technologically, smarter, |
Feeds (3) | news feed, twitter, feed, eating | something that gives information | a more advanced version of today's feeds, teens are dependent on it. |
Youch (5) | ouch, pain | good-looking, hot, cute, available | possible that the girls actually bring the guys pain... |
download (5) | receive something from the computer, internet | sharing, receiving (not just an individual act) | constant company is important, social interaction is technologically related |
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Language and Culture
Word or phrase, page number | Meaning or associations in reader's culture | Definition of word/phrase according to text | What does the word/phrase tell readers about the characters' identity and/or culture? |
"shit-all" (3) | shit, all | nothing | teenage, informal |
Null (3) | null=zero (math), dull | bored | nothingness, void- something the characters fear |
Feeds (3) | news feed, twitter feed, eating | something that gives you information | there is something present that is constantly giving info |
Unit (3), unette | a group, technology, a part of whole, math/science term, measurement | bro, dude, friend | culture is filled with technology |
Lo-grav (3) | low gravity | low gravity, fun thing! place, fun activity | futuristic activities, they can go to the moon for spring break |
Meg (6) | mega, mega-watt, mega-pixel, a unit | a lot | abbreviation, technology driven vocabulary |
bonesprocket (6) | sprocket, gear, bonehead | idiot, | technological, machinery term, roboti |