Thursday & Friday, 4-5 September

Studnet ID Photos were taken today.

Students wrote about and discussed the following:

WOW Unit I

Essential Questions

1.    What are the kinds of internal conflicts individuals write about and what do they usually learn from those conflicts?

2.    What makes a personal essay engaging to a reader?

3.    Why is it that humans constantly seek peace and harmony knowing that they are plagued by internal and external strife?

4.    How do individuals survive in society that is sometimes at odds with their beliefs?

5.    What factors do individuals consider when identifying themselves?

SHomework:

Read "Living Like Weasels" by Annie Dillard in the Thomsen Reader (p 143). Write a short essay according to prompt #1 Entering the Conversation (p. 147). Due Monday.

Bring Thomsen Reader to class all next week.