Happy New Year!

AP studs did the following today:
 
Listened to the following story on Story Corps:
 
http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=374242152&m=374511149
 
Wrote about this story in response to the following questions: 

Without stating your opinion, write a short summary of this story.

Now think about your opinion.  How do you feel about this story?  Would you be able to forgive a person who recently killed a member of your family?
 
If your brother or sister carelessly killed someone’s child, would you approach the child’s family and ask for their forgiveness?  Why or why not?
 
Would you ever be able to forgive someone who killed a member of your family inadvertently or carelessly?
 
Would you ever be able to forgive someone who killed a member of your family deliberately?

In any of the foregoing scenarios, would any circumstances make any difference?  How about the killer’s background or hardships he or she suffered earlier in life?  Are there any circumstances that could change your response to your family member’s killer?

For your last paragraph, provide evidence for one of your opinions.  Evidence may take the form of, inter alia, a book, article, film, personal experience, current, event, or historical event.
 
If you used a work of fiction, make sure that you include the fictional disclaimer.

Remember that your vocabulary sheet is due Thursday, you have a graded discussion on Friday on the first 74 pages. Monday, January 12, your annotations are due, and you will have a quote test on Monday through page 74. 

 

Seventh Period did the following:

Thee two sayings "No hay mal que por bien no venga" and "Every cloud has a silver lining" have similar meanings. What is the general idea of these sayings? Do you think it's true? Why or why not?

Write about one of the worst situations you've been in and challenge yourself to apply the saying(s) to your situation.

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Compose a T-Chart that's titled "Arnold Spirit Jr." with the columns labeled "+" and "-". Go through up to p. 113 and find things about Junior's life of that have happened to him that fit in either one of the columns. Include page number(s) for each bullet point. (Ex: "born with water on the brain" (1) would go under the negative column while things that are going for Junior would go under the positive column.) Aim for eight examples/points overall.