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Journal 2 Why is it important to reflect on experiences of your past? How does this reflection effect choices you make in the present and future? Give at least one example of how reflecting on an event of your past effected a choice you made.
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Journal 1- [Number each entry @ the top]
If you could change two things about this past school year(sophomore yr.), what
would you change? Why? If you wouldn’t change a thing, why not?
( You do NOT need to write the prompt. Journal Entries must be at LEAST a page long. Write neatly. You can write on the
back of the page)
Journal 2Why is it important to reflect on
experiences of your past? How does this reflection effect choices you make in the present and future? Give at least one example of how
reflecting on an event of your past effected a choice you made.
Journal 3
Is there one year of your life that stands out as exceptional? Maybe you starred in a play, or you suddenly became very
popular, or your mother was in a yearlong fantastic mood. Describe this
year.
Journal 4
Rewrite the six word memoir you wrote yesterday. How do these six words explain you/your life?
Journal 5
An American is… When you see these words, what do you
think? Write whatever comes to your mind. You can write nouns (people, places,
and things) or adjectives…Don’t limit yourself.
Make sure you write in complete sentences.
Journal 8
What events that defy explanation occur in the world today? Are there natural phenomena, such as black holes, that
you find mysterious or difficult to understand? List events that are not fully understandable and free write
about one of them.
Journal 9
What do you think is the “American dream?” Has it changed over the course of history?
Has your idea of it changed since completing the “What is an American?” project? Support
your answer with examples and details!
Journal 10Do you agree with all of the statements made
about Americans in the presentations over the past two days? Does the media portray
Americans in stereotypical ways, or are these truthful representations of the way Americans live and act? Are some
representations more truthful than others? (Americans work at, eat, believe, say, etc.)
GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES of your opinions!!
Journal 11
Who is your favorite character in The Great Gatsby? Why? Which character did you
detest? Why? Was it easy for you to have strong feelings towards specific characters
because of Fitzgerald’s writing?
Journal 13
If you were to be reincarnated as an animal, what kind would you
want to be and why?
When you finish with your journal, study for your Vocabulary Quiz!
Journal 14
According to the cliché, “Every setback is an opportunity for a
comeback.” In your life, has this proven true? Have you always
recovered from setbacks?
Journal 15
Do you think Nick is to blame for Gatsby’s death? Was Nick really as innocent and naive as he seemed
when it came to Daisy and Gatsby’s relationship?
*Journals Due Tomorrow!
Warm Up
As a citizen of the United States and a human living on this planet, do you feel
globally responsible, as Arthur Miller did when he wrote The Crucible, for
justice? If you had a way to stand up against injustice, would you? Have you
in the past or are you presently?
Wrap Up
Herb Block and Arthur Miller chose to stand up against the injustices of their time by using
their crafts; Block was a cartoonist and Miller was a playwright. What injustice would you choose to speak out against today? What skill could you employ, as Block and Miller did, to
get your point across?
Journal 16
What would you say to the world if you were given 5 minutes and
language was not a barrier?
Journal 20You already know how the Salem Witch
Trials end. Predict how you think The Crucible will end. What do you think will happen to Elizabeth and John Proctor? What will become of Abigail Williams
and the other girls? Reverend Parris? Do you think the truth will come out by the end of the play before more people
die?
Journal 21
What surprised you most about the ending of The Crucible? Why do you think Arthur Miller chose to end the play this way? If nothing surprised
you, how did you guess this ending? Do you think John Proctor made the
right decision? Why or why not?
Journal 23“We shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us; so that if we shall deal falsely
with our God in this work we have undertaken and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us,
we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world.”
What does the quotation suggest about Americans at this point in
their history?Journals will be taken up next Wednesday,
October 27th.
Journal 24Most people are born with five
senses- sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. If you had to give up one sense for the rest of your life, which would you
pick, and why?
Journals due TOMORROW!