Wiki Space for Literature Circles

Hello,


Ms. Tezuka and I decided to create a new space for your Literature Circle activities and responses.  I've been checking on our blog and on our facebook account for responses, however, there are several people who have not responded thus far.  This new space and format should be beneficial for your groups.  Please feel free to make suggestions  and we'll work through the formatting process together.  Good luck! And thank you to everyone who has posted.  I've enjoyed reading your posts.

Here's a link to the wiki:

http://english10advancedlitcircles.wikispaces.com/


You will need to go to your book page, click on discussion and start
posting under the role that you've been assigned or agreed upon  in your group.

Three Key Points or Findings

After you've read your assigned text for the literature circles for 25 minutes, please discuss three key points or findings from the reading that you found to be interesting, disturbing, confusing, and/or thought provoking.  Include why you felt this way about the reading. You do not have to post here; you may also use your writer's notebook or facebook.  Thank you. 

Literature Circles

Feel free to post comments and ask questions about the book that you are reading for your literature circle HERE!   You may also choose to post on our facebook account.  However, you should decide as a group where you will post more often, on facebook or our blog.   Good luck and read, read, read! 

 

Risk Taking 101

 Please read the following poem and  Respond/ React/Reflect: 

"To Risk"...

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool,
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental,
To reach out for another is to risk involvement,
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self,
To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss.

To love is to risk not being loved in return,
To live is to risk dying,
To hope is to risk despair,
To try is to risk failure,
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing,
He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love....live.

Chained by his certitude's, he is a slave;
He has forfeited freedom,
Only a person who risks is free.

-William Arthur Ward



 *** Consider making a text connection (self, world, or text).  I'm giving you some academic freedom with your response.  That is why I have NOT listed a plethora of directions =]  

Six Word Memoir: Vacation!

Calm. Lazy. Relaxing.  I love vacation! 

Powerful dialogue today. I am impressed!

1)  Please view the following site if you were absent (you may need to cut and paste the following link into your URL):

http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/do-we-need-black-history-month-full-episode.html?xid=googlevideo-do-we-need-black-history-month-full-episode

*** If you were absent, you also need to respond to the clip on this blog or in writing.  Thank you. 

2)  Please post here if you did not get to participate during class due to time constraints.  Our block of time goes by too fast in English 10 Advanced! 

Great Start!

Your Six Word Memoirs were fantastic!  Keep writing! Yesterday went exceedingly well.  Keep up the great work!  Thank you =]