NAME:Jasmin

eNi
jas
col
eD.
Mari
o DATE:,2020
GRADE/SECTI
ON:ABMY11
-7 SCORE:

Ac
tiv
ity1
Writ
eatext
uale
vid
enc
etos
upp
ortt
hei
dea
sex
pre
sse
dint
hep
ara
gra
phb
elo
w:

“Tod
ay,Ame r
ica
nsa r
et o
os el
f-cent
ere
d.Ev e
nourfamili
esdon’
tma tte
ra ssuchanymoreastheyonc
ed i
d.
Othe
rpeopl
eanda c
ti
vit
iestakeprece
den
ce.Infac
t,theevid
encesho
wst hatmostAme r
ica
nfamili
esnolo
nger
eatt
oget
her,prefer
ringins
t e
adtoeatonthegowhi l
erushi
ngt othenextappoi
ntment
.Sit-d
ownme a
lsare
ti
metoshareandconne
ctwitho t
hers;howe
v e
r,thatconn
ecti
onhasb e
comelessvalu
ed,asfamil
iesbe
ginto
pri
zei
ndi
vid
ualacti
vi
ti
esoversharedti
me,promot
ingsel
f-cen
tere
dnessandgroupi
denti
ty.”
tvsc
hool.
a l
azhar-c
ibubu
r .
sch.i
d

Today,wea retoos e
lf-ce
nt er
e d
.Mo s tfamili
esn olongers i
td o
wnt oeattoget
he r,preferringinste
a dtoeat
onthegowhi lerushingtot henex tapp o
int
men t(Glei
ck1 48).Everythi
ngisa bo
u twhatwewa n
t.
Thisisaweake xamp l
eofe videncebeca us
ethee vi
d e
nceisn otrelat
edtothec l
aim.Wha td oestheclaim
aboutsel
f-center
ed ne
ssha vetodowi thfa mil
iese at
ingt ogethe
r ?Thewr ite
rd oesn'
texplainthecon ne
c t
ion
Today,wea retoos e
lf-ce
nt er
e d
." Wea recon
s umers-on-the-run...t hev e
ryn otio
no fthefa milyme alas
asit-do
wno ccas
ionisvanishing.Ad ultsandchildrenali
kee a
t...o nthewa ytot hei
rn extactiv
ity"(Glei
ck
1
48).Ev ery
thingisa bou
twha twewa nt.
Thisexampleisineffect
iveb e
c a
uset heq uo
tat
ioni snotintegratedwiththewr i
ter'
sideas.No ti
ceho wt he
writerhasdroppedthequot at
ionintot heparagraphwi thoutma kin
ga nyconnec
tionb e
twe e
ni tandthec lai
m.
Furthermore,sheha snotd i
scussedtheq uot
ation'
ssignificance
,whi chmakesitd i
fficultfort hereaderto
seetherela
tions
hipb et
we enthee vid
e nceandthewr iter
'sp oi
nt
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READI
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NAME:Jasmin
eNi
col
eD.
Mari
o DATE:
GRADE/SECTI
ON:ABM-
Y11
-7 SCORE:

Wr
iti
ngAc
tiv
ity2

Cho
oseap
opu
larn
ove
l/c
las
sica
ndr
ewr
itei
tinmo
der
nco
nte
xt.

Alice’sAd ventur esinWo n derland

”–t heo neLe wisCa rr o
llwro t
ea ndp ubli
shedin1865_Al ic
e,as ev
en-ye
ar
-oldgi rl
,i ss i
ttingo nther i
v e
rban kwi thhe relders iste
r,t r
y i
ngt owr aphe rhea daroundtheideaofher
sis
terr ead i
ngab oo k“wi tho utpic
tu resorc on ver
sations”!
Sudd enl
y ,at alkingwhi ter abbitwithap ocke twa tchr unspasthe r.
Shed oeswha ty ouwo u l
dd ot oifafu llyc l
o thedwhi ter abbi
tru n
sc los
eb yy oushoutin
g:“Ohd ear!Ohd e
ar!
Ishallb et o
ol ate”:n amely ,shefo llowsi td ownar ab bithall.
Shefa l
lsal on
gwa ya nde ndsu pinac uri
o usha ll
,s urr ou
ndedwi thma nyl o
ckedd oors
.Shefi ndsakey,b u
t
botht heke ya ndt hed oori t’ssupposedt ou nlocka reto osmallforhe r.
So,s hel eavestheke yo nt het abl
ewhe res hefi ndsab ottlelabel
ed“DRI NKME. ”
Aliced oesex ac
tlywha ty ous houldn’td oify oufinds uchab ottle
:s hea ctuall
ydrinksit.
And,i nas e
c ond,s hes hrinks–b utno ws he’st oosma lltor e
acht heke yont hetable!
Fortun at
e ly
,b elowi t
,t her e’salittlegla ssb oxwithav erysma l
l“EATME”c ake.
Aliceisn owe xtreme lylarge–a ndhe rhe adhi tsthec eil
ing.
She’su nha ppya boutho wt hi n
gst urnedo ut,s oshes tartscrying–a ndhe rlargetearsfloodthehallway
.
TheWhi teRa bbita ppearso nceagain,a ndAl i
ces t
artleshim,s ohed ro
pst hewhitekidgl ov
esandthefanit’
s
carrying.
Alices tartsf anninghe rselfa nds hrinksd owna gain,whi c
he ssenti
allyme ansthats hen o
wn eedstoswim
throught hep oolofhe rownt ears
. Alicema n agestos wimo utoft hes e
ao ft ear
sa ndjoi
n sagroupofa n
imal
s
whoha ved o
n ethes ame .
Theys eemt ofa cean ewp ro blemnow:ho wt oeffectivelygetd ryaga i
n.
ADo d osugge stsaCa ucus-Ra ce–whi c h,e ssenti
all
y ,me ansrunninga ro
u ndincirc
lesuntilnob
odywins.
Unfo rtunately,Al icel os
esa l
lo fhe rn e
wf o undfr i
end s–mo s
tly,s malla n
imalsandb irds–themi nut
eshe
startstalkinga bo utthee xp loi
tsofhe rca tn amedDi nah.Alicestartstocr ybutstopsoncesheseestheWhi t
e
Rabb i
ty eta gai
n .Hes eemst ob elookingfo rt heDu ches s’
sglovesa ndfan.
Fors omer e
a so
n ,t heWhi teRa bb
itc onfus esAl i
cewi thhi smaidservant,Ma ryAn n,andheo rdershertogo
i
n t
otheho usea n dr e
tr i
evet hefa na ndt hegl oves.
However,o n
ceAl icege tsinsidet heho use ,s hes ta
r t
sgr owi ngonceagainan dge tsstuckinside
.
TheRa bbitan dhi sa nimalfr iendstr yt oge the routb yt hr o
wingp e
b b
lesa the ra nd–interesti
ngly–thep lan
works:t hep ebb lestu rnin toca kes,a n do nceAl icee atst hem,shes hrinksa ga i
n.Att hee dgeoft hewo od,
Ali
ces e
esaho use.
Ass hea pproa che sit,s hen oticesaFi sh- Footma nd eli
ve r
inga ninvit
ationt oaFr o
g- Footman:“Fo rt he
Duchess.Ani nv it
a ti
onfr omt heQu eent op layc ro
q uet
, ”sa ystheFish-Footma n.
Afteras trangec onversati
onwi tht heFr o g,Al iceen t
erst heho us
e.
There,shefi nd stheDu chess,he rCo ok,a ndab a
b y.
Anda l
so–t hegr inningChe shire-Catwhi c hha sas trangeha bi
tofa ppe
aringa ndd isapp
ea ri
ng.
Bythee ndo ft hec ha pter,Al icet a
ke st heb abywhi cht he ntrans
formsint oap ig,a ndtheCe shir
e-Cats t
arts
vani
shings l
owl yl eavingb ehindito nlyi tsgr in:
We l
l!I ’veofte ns eenac a
twi thoutagr in,’t houghtAl ice;‘butagr inwi thoutac at
!I t’
st hemostc uri
ous
thi
ngI eversa wi na llmyl ife !’
Afterhe ari
ngo uthe ro ptionsfr omt heChe shire
- Cat( whichc l
aimsthate v er
yb odyinWo nderl
andisc r
azy),
Ali
ced eci
dest ov i
s i
tt heMa r chHa re.
TheChe shir
e- Ca tisd eadon !Me aning:me e ttheMa rchHa re,theMa dHatter ,andt heendles
slytir
ed
Dormouse!An dwe lco
met othes tr an
ge st–t ho ughAl icecallsit“thes t
upidest”–t eap artyinthehistor
yo f
thewo r
ld,fil l
e dwi thn on-sequitursa ndab uncho fr i
dd l
esn obod
y( d
idwes a yn o
b ody?)ca nanswer.Sucha s
ever
yone’sfa vorite:“Whyi sar avenl ikeawr i
ting-desk?”Wa i
t…wha t?Ex actly!An dthat’swhatAl i
ce
thi
nksa swells o,a ft ernoticingad o ori nat ree,shehe ad sthere.
An dwha t’sb e
hin dthed oo
r?Ab ea
uti
fu l
garden.Andt hr eelivi
n gp l
a yingc ardsp ain t
ings omewhi ter o
sesred,becauset heirqueen,TheQu ee
no f
Heartshateswhi teros es
.Shel i
ke stos ay“Offwi thhi she ad!”alot,though–d emandi
n gthehe adofa ny
one
whod i
spleaseshe re venint hel east.TheQu eeni nvi
tesAl icetop l
ayaga meo fc roquetwithhe r,b u
titso o
n
beco
me scleart ha tthiswi l
ln otb ey ourr egu larga meo fc r oq
uetsinc
ea l
lthega mep iece
sa realiv
ea n
dt here
canbeo nl
yo newi nner.Soone n o
ugh,ma yhe me nsu
es,whi che xa
cerbate
sfu rtherwhe ntheChe shir
e-Cat
appears
,a ndt heQu eenwa n tsitshe ada swe ll.Andt hat’sab ittri
ckys i
ncet hat’stheo nl
yt hingthe
exec
utionercans eeoft heChe shire-Ca t.

Beca
u s
et heCatbelon
gst ot
heDu chess
,a ttherecommenda
tio
no fAlice,t heysendfo rher.TheDuchesshasa
cur
iousha bi
toffindi
ngmo ral
sinabsol
u t
elyever
ythingarou
ndhe r,an dsoon,ont hethreatofexecuti
on,the
QueenofHe artsban
ishesher
.Shei n
troduce
sAl i
cetotheGryphon,an dtheGr yphont akesAli
cetotheMo c
k
Turt
le.ForAl i
ce’
samu seme
nt,theMo ckTurtleandtheGryphondancet otheLo bsterQua d
ril
le
,b u
t,s oo
n
afte
r,a stheMo c
kTu rtl
estart
ssingin
g“Be auti
fulSoup,”theGr yphont akesAliceawayfo rso
mei mpend
ing
tri
al
Intothecourtro
om,Al i
cewatchesastheKn av
eo fHeart
sist r
iedfo rs t
eali
ngt heQu een
’star
ts.Butit’
sa
funnytrialsi
ncenon
eo fthewitne
sseshaswitnes
sedanythi
nga ndthej uryc o
nsi
stso ffooli
shani
ma l
s(though,
humansa reso
me t
imesevenl
essrati
onal
).Toma kema t
ter
sevenmo resurrea l
,Alicestartstogrowdur i
ngthe
tri
al
.