1. Language: Language played a big role in 1984 regarding doublespeak. How has our current language changed during this past year considering
how many transitions within our cultural setting have taken place? Helpful
Note: Think about how doublespeak forced everyone in 1984 to only
speak a certain way. |

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.

Can you relate to the perspectives of the narrator? how do you understand her perspectives?

Read this excerpt from chapter 2 of the scarlet letter using comprehension strategies. a blessing on the righteous colony of the massachusetts, where iniquity is dragged out into the sunshine! what is the meaning of the word “iniquity”? wickedness, sin mistakes, errors belongings, possessions solitude, loneliness