Monday, 3/21: Copy “Homework,” Euphemisms, “Old Glory”

Welcome to the Fourth Quarter!
Short Week! Spring Break Begins on Friday!
3-Mile Run is Thursday!

Copy “homework” into planner.

“Warm Up, 3/21.”
Euphemism (n – U FEM ISM):
A “nice” way of saying something  unpleasant.


Examples: passed on = died, sanitation engineer = garbage man, waitress in the sky = flight attendant

  1. visually disabled =
  2. solid waste =
  3. landfill =
  4. economically disadvantaged =
  5. undocumented transborder migrant =
  6. vertically challenged =
  7. involuntary servitude (noun)  =

Try making up your own euphemisms for…

  • detention
  • a test
  • talking too much
  • getting an F

 

“Utopia vs. Dystopia”

“I don’t try to predict the future; I try to prevent it.” -Ray Bradbury

Copy and Respond.

Bonus: What is “Old Glory” a nickname for? Respond thusly: “Old Glory” is the nickname for___________.

What is freedom? Privacy? What do we give up to be “free”?

In England there is 1 surveillance camera for every 14 people. The average Londoner is caught on camera around 300 times per day.

A look at the Bill of Rights. Why is #6 especially important?

Old Glory” p203.