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 * Assignment for Wednesday, March 7, 2012 **
 * Meet with your reading group to discuss the sections of the text that you tabbed with the Post-it Notes.
 * Identify one group member to type a record of your discussion. Have that group member email Mr. Gibbons (scott.gibbons@grant.kyschools.us) the notes that he/she took regarding the group’s conversation.


 * When you are finished with the discussion, complete the following assignment individually and then with your partner.

//The Old Man and the Sea //causes the reader to consider what it really means to be defeated. Often defeat is associated with being beaten or having lost. But if one loses almost everything and never gives up are they considered defeated? From the first pages where we meet Santiago, he is a struggling (some say defeated) fisherman. Even the patched sail of his ship “looked like the flag of permanent defeat.” Santiago is old, very poor, and out of luck. He hasn’t caught a fish in 84 days. Many viewed him as already defeated. But yet within him burns determination and life. He still strives endlessly to fish every day to support his existence. Is that a characteristic of a defeated man?

In an essay of a minimum of 250 words, discuss a time when others thought you were defeated. How did you persevere?
 * After you write a draft of your essay, share it with your partner through Google Docs, or email your partner the MS Word document so that they can read it and make comments.
 * After you make comments on your partner’s essay, send it back to them with the comments attached to the document.
 * Make the corrections and then share the document with Mr. Gibbons.

With your partner, you will create a graphic organizer (venn diagram) and a short essay (150-word minimum) comparing Santiago (the old man) to Christ.
 * Assignment for Thursday, March 8, 2012**
 * 1) Compile a list of examples from the novel that reveal what Santiago and Christ have in common or where they are different.
 * 2) Develop a [|Venn_Diagram.jpg] to show the similarities and differences.
 * 3) Go to the blogsite and contribute your ideas as well as discuss the ideas that your classmates have in order to develop a strong, detailed list of examples.
 * 4) Click here to access the blogsite.
 * 5) With your partner, develop the comparison/contrast essay and either email the document to Mr. Gibbons (scott.gibbons@grant.kyschools.us) or share it with Mr. Gibbons through Google Docs.