What I Am, What I Want To Be

Which selection in this theme most helped you think about who you are and what you want to be. Explain your thinking using the title and details of the selection you've chosen..

Hair-Raising Tales

Choose two of your favorite villains from some ghost/scary stories you have heard, seen or read. Write a description of their evil deed, physical appearance and anything else you know to help me understand the character. Your description must be in paragraph form and needs to be at least eight sentences for each character. You will need to do your typing in a Word Document and then cut/paste. I also want you to write your writing level at the bottom of your paragraphs.

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry

Many psychologist say that a bully acts the way he/she does because he/she feels bad about themselves. A bully picks on others when there is something going on in his/her own life that he/she dislikes but cannot do anything about. Do you think this is true about bullies, explain your answer?  Who do you think is the bully in "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry", give two examples of how he/she is a bully.

The Summer of Vietnam

1. What stand do you think Gonzales takes on the war? Do you agree with her position? Why or why not? Support your answers with 2 examples from the story. Hint: look at Reading Focus on pg. 622.





OPINION
2. What new insight might readers of this essay gain? Why?

Literature Circles

As we are finishing up our first lit circle, what do you think? In detail tell me do you like lit circles, why or why not. What could be done to make the lit cirlce groups more exciting in your opinion. If any, could we add a new job to the list or is there a job you feel we could delete, explain your answer.  Do you feel that you have completed your responsibilities for the lit circles group? Explain. Add any other information you think I need to know.

Thank You in Arabic

In your opinion, how might Noami's year in Jerusalem have affected her life after she returned to the United States, using  two expericences about how her situation affected her life.

Raymond's Run

Describe in detail two examples in which Squeaky faces external conflicts.