Reading Details: 120 minutes - I have seen so many students lose points for forgetting these. Please make sure to include them. Create a weekly phone reminder if you are struggling.
Post 2: Respond to a peer's prompt from week 6. I have selected a group of prompts that any member of any class can choose, or you may choose a different one from your class. In any case, please include the prompt and its author. Note: some related prompts have been combined, or prompts may have been slightly edited. The originals are available on the students' blogs.
If your name is listed below with your prompt, please read the prompts and select one, but you do not need to respond to it now. Please do post the prompt and author, and keep it in mind for a future free post.
Remember: If you have earned a blog exemption this quarter and would like to use it, you need to create a post stating that you are using your exemption.
Optional Make-up Post: If you'd like to make up a previous post, you can make up one post this week without a late penalty. For all late posts please indicate the week # (1-7) of the original post, the date it was due, and the topic so that I know how to award credit. (Additional make-up posts will be worth up to 5 points each, or 50% of their original value).
Peer Prompts
Block 1
Asha - What form[s] of art do you enjoy the most? Which from do you like to do the most or appreciate the most and why? Forms of art include painting, drawing, dance, singing, acting, photography, writing, etc.
Clay - The United States was founded on the basis of freedom, but to remain safe, some freedoms must be taken away. How much is too much? Too little?
David - If you could learn how to do one thing, what would it be?
Douglas - Write a brief story that uses irony in some way. At the end of the story, identify the irony and explain what kind of irony you used.
Emily - If you had one day left on earth until the planet exploded, how would you spend it and why?
Jessica - How can you be yourself and not care about what other people think of you?
Julia: Create a beginning to Lord of the Flies from Piggy's point of view leading up to meeting Ralph. Explain how they got on the island, and why they were together in the first place. Go into detail as much as possible.
Kylie: Write a post about your role model. Who inspires you, and why?
Madeline: If you won a contest on the local radio that granted you the money to fly and stay at a resort anywhere in the world for a week, where would you chose to go? Explain why you would want to travel to this place? Also describe what you would do on your trip, create your own trip itinerary.
Puying: Is there a food that evokes memories of your younger days or a major event in the past? How do you connect this food to your life? Do you like this food? Is there a specific reason that your like/hate it? Does this food have a specific meaning for you？Explain why.
Block 2
Eliott: Why do humans want power?
Ethan: With Christmas time right around the corner, the fond memories of Christmas time and the holidays are right behind it. What is your most memorable/favorite holiday memory and why do you cherish it so much?
Maggie: Cake or pie and why?
Todd: What is human nature?
Ben / Wilson / Ajit: Respond to a recent current event or weigh in on a national debate. (Their specific posts involved Paris attacks, the US response to those attacks, and the Syrian refugee crisis)
Block 3
Alex: What are the worst and best feelings?
Alyssa: Choose a character from Lord of the Flies who would be best at leading. Discuss his strengths and weaknesses and how that would affect his rule. Then, choose a character from another book, movie, or TV show that you think is similar to the leader you chose from Lord of the Flies. Describe the differences and similarities between the Lord of the Flies character and the one you chose.
Emily: As the first semester is coming to an end, and exams are approaching keep this quote is mind. "Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realize the great life." - A.P.J. Abdul Kalam How are you going to persevere through exams and all the work? Are you going to give up? What strategies are you going to use? Compare yourself to this quote.
Judie: Reflect on what your life would be like if you were a different gender.
Pierson: Write on your opinion of LOTF.
Sydney: What is one thing you are thankful for?
Takumi: Choose a character from the Lord of the Flies and describe things you would have done the differently than what the character did.
Thomas / Gracie: Analyze the similarities and differences between our class's decisions about survival and the decisions of the characters in LOTF. Be specific about events in the classroom and book.
Tomohiro: How would your life be different if you never…? (His specific post was about if he never came to the US)
Tyren: What is the worst punishment to you?
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