Blog Post #5: Reader Response questions from Ferris Bueller's Day Off

You will have the first 20 minutes in class to complete this blog post, so get going!

From your intertextual analysis assignment:

In a typed document, each member of the group must separately respond to each of the following questions in complete paragraphs.

1. Summarize the source text (what is seen in Ferris Bueller)
2. Summarize the connection text (what you found)
3. Explain the connection
4. Analyze the connection (What does it mean? How are viewers affected? Why is this connection present?)


Number each of these questions. You have five minutes to respond to each of these questions. Print out your responses when you are done, and then get into your groups to discuss the connection your group came up with. You will have the remainder of the hour to put together a short presentation on your intertextual connection from Ferris Bueller's Day Off as a group.

Blog Post #4: House “Pilot” and the Moral Philosophical approach

Yesterday, we viewed House in class. Now, it is your turn to respond to the episode through the Moral/Philosophical Lens. Consider our discussion on Tuesday about positive and negative role models on television. Respond to the following in about 3 solid paragraphs.

Respond to one or more of the following questions:

Which character do you sympathize with the most based on values/morals/beliefs, and which character do you sympathize with the least based on values/morals/beliefs?

How do the characters act, and what sort of model do they provide to a reader? (positive or negative)

How do the morals of the story differ from your own morals?

What is the lesson being taught in the episode/series? Do you agree or disagree with this message?

You might also consider the following in your response:

To what extent does a work mirror the morals and values of a culture (or society at large)?

What consequences do characters face for right or wrong choices?

How do the morals of the story differ from yours?