English 10: Read your USSR books tonight

Deadline for USSR forms is next Wed. the last day of October. How many books have you read? Have you written out clear responses?

Do so now while you have time.

What injustice are you going to explore for your creative response to this novel?

It's clear from today's presentations that innumerable injustices existed in the south during the thirties and Harper Lee chose to expose many of them through the innocent eyes of her main character, Scout Finch.

What will you do?

• Litter at Claremont
• Homelessness in Victoria
• Cliques at Claremont
• Cyberbullying
• Bullying at Claremont
• Pressures to conform
• Pressures to be a certain kind of student
• Pressures to be a teen
• Are teenage voices heard? Where? How? What do you need to say? 

Once you choose a topic, how will you "show" us the injustice? You cannot simply stand up and say--this is bad, this is bad, this is bad, can you?

Choose to create poems, performance poems, stand up comedy, a story, a play, a dance, an installation, a film, a demonstration, a speech, bring in a panel of people to speak and invite other classes to join us, book the library, do a poster display . . . The key here is to use art to change people's minds. 

A strong first draft is due, Monday, Nov. 5.