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The ACCEPTANCE OF SELF — DATES: February 2, 2015—March 5, 2015 (18 Days)
— GENRE(S): Film / Non-Fiction / Short Story — CURRICULAR OBJECTIVES: Personal Response to Text, Short Story Terminology Quiz — TEXTS: The Adjustment Bureau (2011), variety of short stories (“The Adjustment Team,” “SuperToys Last All Summer Long,” “The Scarlet Ibis," "The Sniper," etc.) |
MAJOR ASSESSMENTS (See Associated CharT FOR BLOCK D)
WHAT'S IN A NAME
The Personal Response is a first person account of your thoughts considering your name. It will consider a critical analysis of the meanings associated with your name and how they may/may not be applicable. Other considerations of the student’s name will be examined with emphasis on personal exploration. The response will be approximately two-pages in length, typed & double-spaced. It will reflect organized paragraphing and stylistic technique.
DISCOVER THE MEANING BEHIND YOUR NAME:
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"Adjustment Team" vs. The Adjustment Bureau
Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York the only woman he's ever loved. On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris (Damon) meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt) - a woman like none he's ever known. But just as he realizes he's falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart. David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself - the men of The Adjustment Bureau - who will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path...or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her.
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