Dear Intensive Students,
For the last two weeks of the camp, you will have to focus on your major essay assignment, which is a "compare and contrast essay." After exploring a very unique interactive website, you will compare your life, and the view out your window, to that of someone else from another country. This is the website:
There are 14 people in 14 different cities living in 14 different highrise apartments. Lots to compare and contrast! In class, every student will get to choose one to explore (every student a different selection), and you will then begin navigating and gathering your observations for your essay. This essay is very "societal" in nature, and you may want to comment on politics, history, culture, ethnicity, economy, health, family, and just about anything and everything else that ties in with community. Essentially, you are comparing Korean culture and daily life (yours) to that of a different (or maybe not so different) environment.
Questions you will want to consider:What do I see when I look out my window?
How does that compare to the view out ________'s window?
What are the items/features of my home that define culture, family, and well being?
How does Korea's economy, politics, and cultural issues compare to that of (other country)?
What are your impressions after experiencing HIGHRISE?
Most of you probably live in a highrise apartment, and you'll notice Korea is not among the nations chosen for this project. Pretend you are writing your essay for the producers of this project, so that they might choose Korea (and even your home) as the 15th highrise.
Compare & Contrast EssayLength: 500 Words
Include: Pictures of your home if possible. Pictures from the website. (use Crtl Print Screen for a screen capture, and paste the image into Paintbrush or pixlr.com)
I recently gave this very same assignment to my KMLA highschool students, and you can see some of their essays at:
Here is one of the better essays from a KMLA student:
You will have to write this essay in-class on paper early in the last week of GLPS. If you have time, begin exploring, and have fun learning about new people and places.
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