1. Wednesday, March 22nd

2. Agenda Bell Ringer Honors: English 3:
Close Reader: The Yuckiest Food in the Amazon
Reading Questions
English 3:
The Road Intro PPT

3. Bell Ringer
Honors: What is the grossest food you’ve ever tried/eaten? How old were you? Describe the experience with sensory details.
English 3, before I give you your Bell Ringer I have something for you to see first. So, get out your binders and open your journals so you’re ready when the time comes.
English 3: If the world as we knew it were to fall today, right now, where would you go? What would you do? Meaning, either due to a cataclysmic natural disaster or a man-made one, all laws, resources, and luxuries are either gone or almost down to nothing. What would be your (realistic) survival plan?

4. Honors
Read The “Yuckiest Food in the Amazon” in the Close Reader booklet.
Pg. 83 – 90
When you have completed the reading:
(On Your Own Sheet of Paper Please!)
Answer Questions #1, 2, 4, 5, 7, & 8
Also, complete the Short Response Question (on your own) on Pg. 90

5. The Road The Road - Opening Scene: The Road – Movie Trailer
The Road – Movie Trailer

7. The Road By Cormac McCarthy

8. About the Author The Road won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Literature
Research fellow in mathematics and science at the Santa Fe Institute
According to McCarthy, his son helped him write The Road.
He uses simple sentences and minimal punctuation.

9. Raised Roman Catholic
First published sometime around 1957
Very private—has only submitted to one interview
Recipient of many grants, which he lived on while he wrote.
Also had various jobs—auto mechanic, Air Force, radio show,
Did find not find huge literary success until 1992, with All the Pretty Horses.
Has published 10 novels, including All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, No Country for Old Men, and The Road.

10. Questions for Discussion
What does the title hint about the subject of the novel?
A journey
What are some theories about how the world could end?
Nuclear War
Meteor Hit
Health epidemic (plague)
Alien invasion
Global Warming
What are some conveniences that would be lost if our society drastically changed due to a post- apocalyptic event?
Loss of food supply (unable to grow crops, animals die, grocery store eventually empties)
Loss of electricity (difficult to stay warm, difficult to cook food)
Loss of communications (no phones, internet, etc.)
How would our society function after the event?
No law
Mass hysteria
Looting
Every man/woman for him/herself