Favorites

Since we are moving in to grammar, these blogs will be a little more abstract. I'm hoping next week to do a very interesting blog but I want to talk to you before we attempt it. Curious? Good. For this response I want you to pick three favorites. The three will be a book, movie, and song. For each of those you are to give a review and explanation behind why it is your favorite. This might seem juvenile, but I feel that you can learn about yourself by thinking about what my be your "favorite" and why.


The rubric still applies. In this case the quote would be maybe a line from a song, movie, or book.

The More You Know

Even though I didn't see many of you with tears in you eyes during our discussion of The Scarlet Letter, I hope those of you that read the entire book at least gained some new ideals about forgiveness and sin. For this response I want you to delve in to your personal feelings about this book and how you feel about the themes that were presented. You can argue for or against any of these ideas. Do you think this perspective of sin and repentance is right or wrong? This is your chance to be an "expert" on this book.

I want to thank you for you blog responses last week. Everyone turned in very good work. The blogger award for last week goes to Bryson. What is this Mr. H? It's new. I realized I need to respond more to your responses. My last question on that blog was a little ambiguous. I wanted each of you to think about the purpose of staying connected to what is happening in the world around you. Unfortunately, many people don't realize this till much later in their life. Some blame it on adolescence, but I feel that each of you is capable of going beyond yourselves and caring for those around you.

Remember to follow the rubric.

Events

For this blog I want you to discuss a current event. This can be anything you choose to talk about. What you need to do is read a few articles on the subject and report on it (quoting from the articles) and then form an opinion and develop that opinion. Can you think of why this would be relevant for you to do?

The Letter A

Even though we are only a few chapters in to The Scarlet Letter, each of you should already be identifying some themes and making some predictions. Some questions you might not be thinking about: In what ways could The Scarlet Letter be read as a commentary on the era of American history it describes? What is your perception of Pearl?

I also want you to think of some predictions and questions you hope to follow up on as we continue to read.


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The Minister Dude

As you were leaving class today a certain student was confronted by Mrs. Gilbreth about his comment about the Minister being "crazy". I don't mean to pick on this student, actually I intend to do the opposite. The comment is legitimate, and the discussion that follows is very important. This is story is a parable (we should all know what a parable is from Sunday school), so there is a lesson to be learned from it. But if the minister is crazy can we be expected to learn from him? Even if you don't think he is crazy you can at least discuss if the method the minister used for his lesson was appropriate. How was it effective? How was it not effective? Finally, I want you to talk about some "veils" in your life and the life of others. These questions sound generic, but I strongly believe that as Christians this is one of the strongest weapons Satan uses against us. We use this veils to hide and in turn become passive followers instead of active servants. I could go on for awhile about this, but I will let you discuss.
Remember to look at your rubrics for the blog and to leave your name.

P.S. Great class today Juniors!

I would prefer not to. Unless it's a blog response...

How would you deal with someone like Bartleby?

No blog!

I apologize, but there will be no blog today. There will be one later this week.