You should finish reading Gulliver's Travels for today.  We will analyze it, and then look at A Modest Proposal.  

• First, write a report (as detailed as you can make it) for the King (His Majesty, George II), explaining Mr. Swift's proposal. At the end of your report, you should write your views on the scheme's good points (if any) and also on its drawbacks. 
• Next, write a letter (choose the date of a day in 1729) to the Irish Times, giving your views in support of Swift's suggestion, or against it. Write as if you are the mother of a baby, a farm worker, a landlord or any other person who might have an interest in the matter. You may write more than one such letter.
• Finally, writing as yourself now, say what you think of Swift's Proposal. Try to show what you think Swift's real views are about how to relieve poverty (look at the section in italics near the end of the pamphlet). Try to comment on his irony (irony is found where what an author seems to say is different from what he or she really thinks, and the reader or audience is expected to pick this up). Say whether Swift's writing has any relevance to the modern world.

p1-7 due tomorrow.  

States/Capitol quiz must be done by today.  

This questioning framework is good for analyzing photos such as those in a textbook, on transparencies, PowerPoint, Internet, etc…

OBSERVE the photo.

SPECULATE about what you see.

ANALYZE the information.

EVALUATE the information.

Here are some additional questions to help prompt student thinking related to image analysis:

How has the scene you see been affected by human activities?

How might these activities affect the economy of the place?

How might these activities affect the environment of the place?

Can you think of any other ways that the land in the scene might be used?

What brings people to the place in the image?

What resources can you see in the image that are valuable?

What economic activities can be seen in the image?

What transport systems can you find evidence for in the image?

What five things would you add to the image you are observing? What five things would you remove?

What are five underlying factors causing the image to be the way it is? What caused this situation?

(If the picture includes people) What do you think these people are thinking? Fill in a thought bubble.

(If the picture is a family) Where do you think this family lives? What problems might this family face? What resources might this family require?