Monday, May 23, 2016

A Midsummer Night's Dream Performance Review

Use the graphic organizer to write a review of today's performance. This is an example of a theater review. Your response should be about a paragraph.

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Science Fiction Blog Post #2 Due TUESDAY March 22


Explain the following quotation, then explain how it relates to the novel you are reading.  Write a well developed paragraph and use textual evidence in your response. “You can’t change the world.  You can only change yourself.” – Beatrice Wood

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Science Fiction Section 1 - Due Friday, March 11



Read this passage from the introduction of Fahrenheit 451:


Ideas - written ideas - are special. They are the way we
transmit our stories and our thoughts from one generation
to the next. If we lose them, we lose our shared history. We
lose much of what makes us human. And fiction gives us 
empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people,
gives us the gift of seeing the world through their eyes. 
Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.

Write a paragraph that answers the questions below. Use textual evidence for part c.

  1. What do you think he means by “fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over”?
  2. Do you agree with the idea? Why or why not?
  3. What true things do you think your book is telling us about what we need to be human?
  4. Do you think our shared history is something that makes us human? Explain.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Friday, January 15, 2016

Crispin Section 3 Due Friday, Jan 22

Continue the ending of Crispin. What do you think happens after the book ends? You can pick up right up where the book left off, or pick up several years later. Requirements:

  1. From Crispin's point of view
  2. Realistic to Crispin and Bear's characters
  3. Accurate to the setting (Middle Ages)
  4. Should be several paragraphs

Monday, January 4, 2016

Crispin Section 2 - Chapters 17-32 DUE FRIDAY, JAN 8

Bear has a big impact on Crispin's character development during section two. Throughout the section, Bear provides Crispin with many "words of wisdom."
     1. What do you think Bear's most influential words of wisdom are?
     2. Why were they so influential to Crispin?
     3. How did they impact his character development?
Don't forget to use textual evidence and citations in your response.