English-Short Stories

This week will be a continuation of our short-stories Unit. Today we finished watching the movie Minority Report. Students will be asked to write a three-paragraph which is outlined below:

The short story “All the Troubles of the World” and the movie Minority Report portrays a futuristic view of the world and the problems that society could face.  In both examples, our society has managed to find a way to predict crime, but the tool used to predict crime has its flaws.  For this assignment, compare the two technologies-Multivac and the Precogs.  You are going to write three paragraphs: one paragraph will be about Multivac, one about the Precogs, and then one about both. 

Before you write, use this graphic organizer to make notes on their similarities and differences.

Multivac	Similarities	Precogs

For this assignment you will need to:

·         write fully developed and complete paragraphs

·         use quotes to support your points

OUTLINE

Topic Sentence – Minority Report

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Main points to support 

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Topic Sentence – All the Troubles of the World

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Main points to support
1.________________________________________________________________________________2.________________________________________________________________________________3.________________________________________________________________________________

Topic Sentence – Both

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Main points to support 

1.________________________________________________________________________________2.________________________________________________________________________________3.________________________________________________________________________________