Journal 35

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Journal 35

• Reflect on one thing you accomplished in this
  course the first half of the semester. Why are
  you proud of yourself? Then reflect on one thing
  you would change. What would you do
  better/differently?
• Finally, name one thing you liked doing, and one
  thing you did not. Be constructive, not rude
  please.

Please pick up your journals and handouts from
the table.
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• FREEWRITE
• Tell me whats on your mind.

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Journal 37

• Reflect on Story of an Hour. What surprised
  you? Did you like it?
• What has been the most important hour of your
  life so far?
• Pick up a lit book and the handout.

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ON A SHEET OF PAPER

• Write down a topic you feel strongly about that
  youd be willing to debate with another person.
• Is there an issue that you feel like you need to
  take a stand on?
• Why does this topic/issue matter to you.
• Please be neat, Im taking this up.
• Get a lit book.

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Journal 38

• Reflect on your experience with Huck Finn so far.
  Are there things you dont understand? What
  things about the text, Twain, Huck do you or do
  you not like? How does Twain make the story
  interesting or funny?
• Pick up a lit book

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Journal 39

• On Friday we briefly discussed how Toni Morrison
  called her experience reading Huck Finn both a
  guilty and alarming one. What do you think she
  meant by this? How does your reading of the novel
  compare?

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Journal 40

• Superstition is all throughout the novel. Choose
  one example you remember from your reading and
  explain what the superstition is.
• Why does Twain use superstition in the novel? How
  does it add to the humor?

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Journal 41

• We have seen Huck begin to change in the novel
  now that we are towards the middle of the text.
  In your opinion, what is the most important issue
  facing Huck at this point in our reading?

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Checking in

• How is the paper coming?! Reflect on where you
  are in the process and what questions you have.
  What needs to be reviewed?

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Journal 42

• What is your least favorite character in the
  novel so far? Why?

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Journal 43

• What is the worst conflict youve ever had with
  someone? Were you able to mend it? Have you ever
  fought with someone for so long that you forgot
  your issue with the person in the first place?

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Journal 44

• What is your favorite TV show? Why? What are some
  characteristics of a good episode or plot?

When you are finished, return to any old journals
you have not completed or get out Huck and
continue reading. NO TALKING!
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Journal 45

• What is the most persuasive thing youve read?
  What kind of strategies are you going to
  implement in your paper to make readers agree
  with your position? Be specific.

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Journal 46

• What do you think about the end of the novel? How
  do you feel about Hucks moral development by the
  end of the novel?
• Turn in Episode Guide and mural tile to the box.
  Will not be accepted after today.

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• Quietly pick up this weeks vocab off the table.
• I will give you some time to study if you are
  doing so individually in your seats.
• Make sure you have your study guide ready to be
  collected.

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Journal 47

• How do you think Huck is translating into a film
  so far? Are there things you like more or less
  than the book by comparison?
• When you are done, continue by working on any
  journals you have that are incomplete.

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HOLD ON TO YOUR PAPERDear Mr. Davis,

• On a separate sheet of notebook paper, write a
  letter to Mr. Davis that tells him
• 1.One thing you enjoyed/found useful doing this
  semester in class
• 2. One example of his teaching style that you
  really liked
• 3. Add well wishes for the coming years as a
  teacher
• Sign your name so he can remember you!
• We will be giving this to him in a notebook
  tomorrow, which is his last day with us!

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Journal 48

• If you could steal anything (besides money)
  without penalty, what would it be? Explain your
  answer!
• When you finish, study for your vocabulary quiz!

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4th Quarter Journalswith Ms. Bennett
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Journal 50

• Life is chock-full of embarrassing moments. When
  youre lying awake at night, having trouble
  sleeping, do your most embarrassing blunders run
  through your mind? Write about some of these
  agonizing memories.

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Journal 51

• Whats the worst movie youve seen recently?
  Imagine youre a film critic and write a couple
  of paragraphs tearing this movie to shreds.

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Journal 52

• If you and your friends could choose one new
  class to add to the curriculum, what would it be?
  Think of what would most help you in your daily
  life or what would prepare you for life after
  graduation. What kind of assignments would be
  required, and how would the class benefit
  students?

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Journal 53

• You are putting together a time capsule that will
  be buried in your backyard for 500 years. The
  capsule is about the size of a large suitcase.
  What would you put inside the capsule? What
  would you want future generations to know about
  todays world? What items best represent who you
  are? What items best represent your place in
  history?
• Make sure your timeline has you and your
  partners name on it, and turn it into the basket.

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Journal 54

• If you had to choose the most important single
  event of this century, what would win the honor?
  Why?

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Journal 55

• Did you complete your open-ended response log
  for the section of reading you were assigned for
  your literature circles? If you didnt- complete
  it now. If you did, this journal is a freewrite!
• an open-ended response log is where you jot down
  feelings, connections, words, phrases, doodles,
  questions, comments or any other noticings
  about what you read.

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Journal 56

• Discuss a character who wears a mask in the novel
  you are currently reading. Why do they wear the
  mask? What are they trying to cope with?

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Journal 57

• Did you complete your open-ended response log
  for the section of reading you were assigned for
  your literature circles? If you didnt- complete
  it now. If you did, this journal is a freewrite!
• an open-ended response log is where you jot down
  feelings, connections, words, phrases, doodles,
  questions, comments or any other noticings
  about what you read.

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Journal 58

• Theres fun scary (walking through a haunted
  house, screaming through a horror movie, riding a
  roller coaster) and then theres scary scary
  (being in a car accident, getting caught in the
  oceans riptide). Describe the scariest
  experience youve ever had. Was it fun scary, or
  was it really terrifying?
• Turn in your Lit. Circles Role Sheet and Mask
  Assignment!
• Study Vocab List 17 when you finish!

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Journal 59

• Write about an experience that occurred anywhere
  from childhood to now this needs to be something
  that has shaped/changed your life (death of
  friend/family member, meeting someone new,
  experience in school good or bad, a secret
  revealed that you did or didnt want to know,
  etc.) Describe it in as much detail as possible
  from beginning to end so that its as if youre
  there again. Explain how this experience changed
  you after recounting the event.
• Turn in your Connecting Themes handout from
  yesterday (there should be 3 stapled together)!
• Remember you have a vocabulary quiz Friday, and
  your journals are due! ALL Journal prompts are
  uploaded online.

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• What have you liked most about this class?
  (lessons, projects, assignments, etc.) What is
  one thing you would improve if you could and
  why/how would you change it? This can be
  something you did with Mr. Davis or myself.
• Remember Your journals are due at the BEGINNING
  of class tomorrow.
• You also have a vocabulary quiz on List 17.