Do Now: Answer the following questions: 1.In a sentence or two, infer the overall message of this image. 2.This cover is seven years old. Does the message still apply today? Why or Why not?

Homework Complete the summer reading assignment; the written portion of the assignment is due Monday. For Pre-AP, The Color of Water is due first. Purchase necessary supplies for class.

Group Activity Let’s equally divide the class into 6 groups. Each group will receive an image in the form of a magazine cover from The New Yorker. Tasks: – Identify the prevalent imagery used. In other words, what is the subject of the image? –Identify any instances of juxtaposition, comparison, or contrast and describe them. –Infer the greater meaning or message of the image and explain how you arrived at that conclusion. –Present your findings and explanations to the whole class.

Memory Palace On a sheet of paper, list five nouns that are important to you or represent you or your life (and be able to explain them). We will now watch a video presentation from the TED Conference. Please pay close attention and do not talk.

Memory Palace Example: So let's say you're trying to remember a long grocery list, and you choose to use your neighborhood to mentally visualize it. You could imagine the first item on your list -- bacon – strips scattered along your driveway. The next thing on your list might be bread -- you could picture your neighbor walking a loaf of bread like a dog on a leash. Next up is frozen pizza, so you picture big pizzas replacing all the windows at your neighbor's house. Let your imagination do the hard work for you -- the more ridiculous or striking an image, the easier it'll be to remember.

Memory Palace Let’s split into small groups of 2-4 students. Each student must complete all of the following: 1.Explain your list of five nouns to a group partner. 2.Use the “Memory Palace” method to memorize a group partner’s five nouns and explanations. Visualize a very familiar location with five rooms. As you “walk” through the location, imagine (vividly) a different one of the five nouns and its explanation represented in each room. Example: If “football” is the noun because his first football was a Christmas present from his dad; then, you would imagine him on top of the fridge opening the present with the football inside. 3.Present the group partner’s five nouns and explanations to the class.