Due Monday, October 27

Due Monday, October 27

Read the following quote. In a well developed paragraph express its meaning, the theme it expresses and it's implications on the book.

He's a big, goofy dream, too, just like me. He likes to pretend he lives inside the comic books. I guess a fake life inside a cartoon is a lot better than his real life.

So I draw cartoons to make him happy, to give him other worlds to live inside.

I draw his dreams.

And he only talks about his dreams with me. And I only talk about my dreams with him. (3.118-3.121)

Due Monday, October 13, 2014

Read the following quotation from the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part –Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.  In a complete and well supported paragraph express what the excerpt means in the context of the independent reading you have completed in class.  Use specific evidence from both the book and one independent reading article to support your response.

Quote #1 

Due on Monday, October 13, 2014

"If you stay on this rez," Mr. P said, "they're going to kill you. I'm going to kill you. We're all going to kill you. You can't fight us forever."

"I don't want to fight anybody," I said.

"You've been fighting since you were born," he said. "You fought off that brain surgery. You fought off those seizures. You fought off all the drunks and drug addicts. You kept your hope. And now, you have to take your hope and go somewhere where other people have hope."

I was starting to understand. He was a math teacher. I had to add my hope to somebody else's hope. I had to multiply my hope.

"Where is hope?" I asked. "Who has hope?"

"Son," Mr. P said. "You're going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation." (p. 43)

THIS IS A TEST

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Your first task is a simple one.  Respond to this posting with the words, "This is a test."

We just want to be sure you work out any kinks before we get to the good stuff.

Post #1, Due Monday, October 6, 2014

Post #1

Due Monday, October 6, 2014

8:30am

Every person who faces defining their personal American Dream may have a different interpretation of what the American Dream is. Different aspects of the dream may have different importance to different people. Look at the chart above and write a complete paragraph in response to the following prompts: 

•  What about this chart stands out? (i.e. opportunity is more frequently selected than freedom and family)
• Is there anything surprising to you about the chart?  (i.e. people would rather be free than have a good job)
•  Is the chart in line with your thinking?  How?