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EXTRA CREDIT OPS FOR UNIT 3 (2012)
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#1 -
Research the following sites.  Then create a large poster for display entitled "The Negative Effects of Weed."  The poster must be neat and colorful and error free.  Other than that, be creative.  Good posters will earn an extra credit QUIZ grade.
 
 
#2 -
Create two ads for the same product.  Each ad must target a different audience AND use a different persuasive technique.  You may create your ad by hand or on the computer (if you are able to print it).  [In other words, choose a product (Cheerios, M&Ms, etc. Create a drawing for the product.  Then decide how to sell the product to different audiences:  children, adults, men, women, etc.  Choose the two audiences you want.  Choose a different persuasive technique to use, as discussed in class.  If you don't have your handout, Google "propaganda techniques in advertising." Then create the ads targeting two different audiences.]
 
#3 -
In a well-organized five-paragraph (typed) essay, compare/contrast gang life in The Outsiders to gang life in the world today.

"He who learns but does not think is lost! 
He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger!" 
Confucius 551-479 B.C. (Chinese philosopher)

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"YOU make choices, but  CHOICES make you." (DOS)
 
“Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds.” (FDR)

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DID YOU KNOW THAT NO PIECE OF PAPER CAN BE FOLDED IN HALF MORE THAN SEVEN TIMES?  TRY IT.  THEN GET BACK TO WORK.

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