Where are you going? Where have you been?

April 13, 2015
Write a summary of the story, "Where are you going, where have you been?"

Show, using evidence from the story, how religion is a recurring motif in the story.  For example, explain how certain key words (e.g., church, hell, music, goat, guilt) are woven into the story. 

The title of the story suggests a journey.  What kind of a journey did Connie take?  For example, how does Connie see herself and her mother, at the beginning of the story?  How does her view of things change by the story's end?  What accounts for that change?


April 2, 2015
Do Now:
Do you think the media can mix people up?
  
For example, have you ever heard a song that goes perfectly with the way you might have been thinking or feeling?
Does the feeling, or emotion recognize the song, or does the song create the emotion in the person?
Which do you think comes first: the words you hear in the song or the emotions you were feeling? 

How can we know?  Is media manipulative?

AIM: Can you find the point in the story where the nightmare ride begins?

See PPT for further analysis







Do the words or lyrics of songs seem to fit into the experience you have in life?  Have you ever noticed that a song almost seems too coincidental in the way it matches up to how you feel?  How could that be?


AIM: Why is the title of the story written in two parts? 




March 30, 2015
Do Now: The Devil is consumed with hunger.  He must burn a lot of calories!   But not all souls suit his insatiable appetite.  What signs and signals does Connie give that makes her so appetizing for Arnold Friend?

Read, discuss, write responses to  PowerPoint Questions

Film: The 1950s was a time when parents were very worried about evil.  Let's look at two clips and see if you can see what was on people's minds in the 1950s that relates to our story, Where are you going, Where have you been?

March 27, 2015
Do Now: Before television and radio, where did parents learn about how to raise their children?

AIM: How does the Media (radio) cause Connie to be mixed-up?


Homework: Have you seen the movie Hairspray?
If so, write a brief summary of the movie.  If not, use Youtube to view different scenes and select one scene you can write a paragraph about.

http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/h/hairspray-script-transcript-musical.html



March 30, 2015
Do Now: What do you know life during the 1950s? Was there more freedom, less parental interference?
Or were parents more strict? 
Were kids more anxious?


AIM: Iago is very manipulating.  Nowadays, can too much media mix up and manipulate people the way Iago does?  
Why is  Connie mixed up?  Family, loss of religious values?  Media, such as TV and radio?

What is your first impression of Connie? What kind of a teenager is she?  If she is a teenager in the mid 1950s, what year might have she been born?
Why doesn't she get along with her sister, June, who was born before the war?  
What does she think of her mother?  
Why is her father so distant?
Does she dislike her mother that much?

View clips about Teens in the 1950s. - Happy Days