Omelas Seminar Reflection

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Omelas Reflection

1. Reaction (1 paragraph).  Make sure you talk about the comment someone made, and then tell me what that made you think!  Don't just summarize what was said.
2. Connections (1 paragraph).  Make a connection to another topic, text, experience, movie, piece of art...whatever you can think of!
3. Detailed Response (2 paragraphs).  Choose one of the main seminar questions, and answer it in two paragraphs.  Make sure you use evidence from the text, set up your quotes correctly, and use the TEAEA paragraph format.  Main Seminar questions are:
• What role does the idea of happiness play in this story?
• Why does this author think we can't describe happiness in our society (line 37)?
• What role does the child in the closet play in their society?
• Is it more moral to stay in Omelas or to walk away?  Why?
• What's the difference between the people who walk away from Omelas and those who stay?
• Is this story a metaphor for our own society?  Does our society have its own (metaphorical) small child in a broom closet?  What is it?
4. Questions and Answer (3 questions, 1 short paragraph).  Write 3 questions you have about the topics, text, or author.  Then choose one question and try to answer it in a short paragraph.  Use internet research, discussion, or your own deep thoughts to formulate your answer.

Omelas Seminar Make Up: Do ONLY IF ABSENT OR UNHAPPY WITH SEMINAR GRADE!

1. Choose of the major seminar questions listed above.
2. Answer these questions in a typed document of at least two double-spaced pages.  
3. Make sure to quote evidence from the text, and to set up your quotes correctly.
4. If you are doing this in addition to the reflection, you must choose different questions than the one you addressed in your reflection.

HWK: Complete the Omelas Seminar Reflection if you were here.  If you were absent, complete the Omelas Seminar Make Up.  Both are due first thing on Monday, February 21.  PRINT BEFORE CLASS!