October 1

Bell Work
Option 1: Make a list of characteristics that a good president should have. Then write a paragraph describing whether you think Obama or McCain has the characteristics of a good president.
Option 2: Paragraph: What matters more, what a candidate accomplishes or who the candidate is as a person?
Option 3: Based upon the issues we covered yesterday, which candidate would you support? Why?

Partner Work
Advanced
Part One
Read the biographies of either John McCain or Barack Obama and make a Google Presentation with the following information about either McCain or Obama's stories:

• Plot - what has happened in his life
• Setting - where and when key events have taken place
• Characters - key people in the story of McCain or Obama - if possible, find a hero (also called protaganist) or villain (also called antagonist)
• Theme(s) - main idea (or moral) of the candidate's biography
• Point of view - is it a narrarator, first-person, second person, third person, omniscient

Part Two: Embed your presentation inside your blog and then write a paragraph describing why this candidate's story could help him or hurt him in the election. In other words, will people connect with the story?

Beginners:
Read the biographies of either John McCain or Barack Obama and create a new post in your blog with the following information about either McCain or Obama's stories:

• Plot - what has happened in his life
• Setting - where and when key events have taken place
• Characters - key people in the story of McCain or Obama - if possible, find a hero (also called protaganist) or villain (also called antagonist)
• Theme(s) - main idea (or moral) of the candidate's biography
• Point of view - is it a narrarator, first-person, second person, third person, omniscient

Part Two: Write a paragraph describing why this candidate's story could help him or hurt him in the election. In other words, will people connect with the story?