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==** Task One:  **==


 * 1. Setting- time, place, mood, and environment **
 * Time - Future. When there is less oil. **
 * Place - America's Gulf Coast Region. **
 * Mood - Relaxed at first. Tense. **
 * Environment - Destroyed. Doesn't seem like the typical predicted future - electronics and technology. **


 * 2. Character List- make sure to list each main character and include a brief description and quote from the character **
 * Nailer- Tanned scarred skin, dark hair, blue eyes, small, skinny. **
 * Pg.h99 ‘But now, after his time in the oil room, all he could think of was how much he’d wanted Sloth to believe that his life was just as important as his.’ **


 * Sloth- Irish, blonde hair, blue eyes, hair chopped short- small, skinny. **
 * “Maybe Sloth was an oath breaker, but she was smart enough to know you don’t deserve things, you gotta take them.” **


 * Pima- dark skin, scarred, too big for light crew, too small for heavy. **
 * Pg. 9 ‘Pima their boss girl, taller than the rest and filling out like a woman, black as oil and hard as iron.’ **


 * Richard Lopez- wiry, mustache, Nailer’s father. Abusive father, addicted to drugs and is an alcoholic. **
 * ‘He could almost remember times when his door hadn’t seemed dangerous. Before his mother went feverish. Before his father turned drunk and high. Now, opening the door was always a gamble.’ **
 * Pg. 77 “He didn’t used to. He used to be different. Before all the drugs and before my mom died.” **


 * Bapi- fat, mustache. **
 * Pg14. ‘Babi had been light crew himself once; he knew their ways, knew the tricks of laziness. It made him dangerous.’ **


 * Nita- beautiful, dark hair, soft skin, nice body, rich, clever. **
 * Pg. 110 “She was clever, Nailer realized. Soft, but not stupid. Nailer couldn’t help thinking that he’d made a mistake letting her live. It was hard to tell when you were being smart, and when you were being too smart for your own good. And this girl...she already seemed to be taking over the space around the fire. Owning it. Asking questions instead of answering them.” **


 * Tool- half man, half dog, pointed teeth, huge. **
 * pg. 209, “Spending money on the poor is like throwing money into a fire. They’ll just consume it and never thank you.” **

** Who are the Bangladeshi ship breakers? Access the following site, read the article, and play the video to find out. **

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 * The Bangladeshi ship breakers are a group of people working near Chittagong on the Bay of Bengal to break apart large ships that can weigh up to 68,000 tons. They have to do this because Bangladesh needs the steel for infrastructure and development and without the steel they would lose 80% of their entire steel. Also it is a giant recycle process for the other parts of the ships.They salvage and recycle 97% of the ship in total.There are children there and most of the workers are very young. Some started as young as age twelve. **

** Think about conditions under which they work. **

 * It is super hazardous because they don’t have safety equipment, they don’t have unions, and they have no formal training. Around fifty of them are killed in blowtorch explosions deep within the ships.Some are injured severely, but can’t afford to work anywhere else. **

===** At what age does the U.S. allow children to begin work? What are the conditions or laws under which they work? Find a site with this information. What age does India allow children to work? What are the conditions or laws under which they work? Find a site with this information. **===
 * The legal age for working in the United States is 16 years old. Minors aren’t allowed to work in places that are considered hazardous, and there are unions. **


 * India’s legal age is 14. But in India, there is tons of child labor, and minors work in all sorts of industries. **
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 * Who are the child laborers in today's world and in which countries are they mostly located? What types of jobs do they perform? **
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 * Look at the following video: **


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 * AS as group: Talk about what you saw and read. **
 * AS an individual: Then write a reflection individually under Discussion Post 1. Pay attention to conventions, organization, and ideas and content.THEN: Read and comment on your other group's posts. **
 * Respond to the various articles on the Bangladeshi ship workers. What connections do you see with Ship Breaker? What connections do you see with your research from PoP? **


 * V IKRAM: The connection to ship breaker is that the people in Bangladesh do pretty much the same thing as we do. They also get paid less than $1 dollar a day for very strength demanding work, as well as very health-hazardous too **


 * UMA: I felt that the connection is that the workers are basically doing the same job, for very little pay, and their jobs help to cater to the rich. Also the work is super hard and risks has tons of health risks. **


 * Source: http://montycores.wikispaces.com/Ship+Breaker **

** Discussion Prompts 2- Group **

 * 1. How does the author begin to create his world? How does he build suspense? **


 * The author creates his world by using real life situations but by adding a futuristic twist to it, making it intense and more challenging but exciting to read. **


 * 2. In Chapters 4-6, the author creates contrasts. In this dystopia, there is utopia. Describe these elements fully. **


 * 3. Discuss the term "fate". Is it a religion? Dumb luck? Does your opinion agree with Sadna's or Nailer's? **


 * 4. Paolo mentions the old wrecks that the Bright Sands Beach kids scavenge as those from the Accelerated Age, meaning our time. Why would he use this term? **


 * 5 Why did the author pick the term "clipper ship" for his swank vessel? Look up clipper ships, tell what they were like, and describe the differences between them and Paolo's ships.1. How does the author begin to create his world? How does he build suspense? **



** Vocabulary **

 * impassively: **


 * without emotion;apathetic; unmoved. **


 * allegiance: **
 * The loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign **


 * encroached: **
 * to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits **


 * retribution: **
 * requital according to merits or deserts, especially for **


 * speculatively: **
 * pertaining to, of the [|nature]  of, or characterized by <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|speculation] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">, contemplation, conjecture, or abstractreasoning: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">a speculative approach. **


 * metropolitan: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. of, noting, or characteristic of a <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|metropolis] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> or itsinhabitants, especially in <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|culture] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">, sophistication, or inaccepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas,etc. **
 * 2. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0055bb; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">of <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> or pertaining to a large city, its surrounding suburbs, andother neighboring communities: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">the New York metropolitanarea. **
 * Creole: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0055bb; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">a <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but ofEuropean, usually Spanish, ancestry. **


 * pylons: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0055bb; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">a <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently usedin races. **


 * affiliations: **


 * roiled: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. to disturb or disquiet; irritate; vex: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">to be roiled by a delay. **


 * usurper: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|force] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> or without legal right: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">The pretender tried to usurp the throne. **


 * reverie: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">lost in reverie. **


 * goading: . **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0055bb; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">a <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod. **


 * quarry: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc. **


 * gossamer: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">something extremely light, flimsy, or delicate. **


 * monofilament: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">generally large <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|filament] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> of synthetic fiber. **