The Pros and Cons of Television

We began our class with a debrief of the final section of "No Boring Parts Allowed."  We agreed that this was a poem about a guy (or girl) who appreciates high-intensity, action-packed stories and who has no time for slow spots. 

We then made a list of all the things we perceived to be positives about television, and a list of all the negatives.  We talked about these lists, which were fairly balanced in number.

We then read a poem called, "Jimmy Jet and his TV Set" about a boy who watches so much TV he turns into a television set.  We discussed the author's use of hyperbole and rhyme and we will construct a theme statement for this poem next day.