Period 2 Blog #10

Your comment post should be at least 300 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

Pick one of the following situations and write about it using specific examples and also relate it to The Crucible

Describe a time when:

              1.   Honesty (your own or someone else’s) caused a problem for you.

                            OR

        2. Your emotions in a particular situation clouded your judgment .

Period 3 Blog #10

Your comment post should be  at least 310 words this week due Sunday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

 "Immature love says, 'I love you because I need you' , Mature love says, 'I need you because I love you.”

* What does this quote mean to you? Explain it's meaning in your own words.

* What is the difference between mature love and immature love? Be sure to use detail and discuss how it could relate to Romeo and Juliet.

Period 9/10 Blog #10

Your comment post should be  at least 310 words this week due Sunday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

 "Immature love says, 'I love you because I need you' , Mature love says, 'I need you because I love you.”

* What does this quote mean to you? Explain it's meaning in your own words.

* What is the difference between mature love and immature love? Be sure to use detail and discuss how it could relate to Romeo and Juliet.

Period 2 Blog #9

Your comment post should be at least 290 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points). 

Read the following article and relate it to a theme present in The Crucible, you may also discuss similarities to events in The Crucible and how affected the lives of both the villagers and characters in The Crucible.

BBC ARTICLE: WITCH HUNT IN KENYA

Period 3 Blog #9

Your comment post should be  at least 290 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

* If you were faced with ending a relationship because your family and your girlfriend/ boyfriends family did not get along, would you end it or stay together? Explain why or why not and be sure to use examples when explaining and also relate it to Romeo and Juliet.*

Period 9/10 Blog #9

Your comment post should be  at least 290 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

* If you were faced with ending a relationship because your family and your girlfriend/ boyfriends family did not get along, would you end it or stay together? Explain why or why not and be sure to use examples when explaining and also relate it to Romeo and Juliet.*

Period 2 Blog #8

Your comment post should be at least 280 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

After viewing the Discovery Education video last Wednesday, What may some of the true causes of the Salem Witch trials be? Explain at least 2 examples from the video and how they affected the people of Salem.

Period 3 Blog #8

Your comment post should be at least 280 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).


There are many different ways to express yourself (art, music, writing, dance, sports, and many others) What is your favorite way to express yourself or get your point across? Explain using examples.

Period 9/10 Blog #8

Your comment post should be at least 280 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).


There are many different ways to express yourself (art, music, writing, dance, sports, and many others) What is your favorite way to express yourself or get your point across? Explain using examples.

Period 2 Blog #7

Your comment post should be at least 270 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

Option #1

Write about a time you made a bad choice that you wish you could go back and change.

Option #2

Write about a time you made a good choice that played a role in who you are today.

Period 3 Blog #7

Your comment post should be  at least 270 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm.  

-Do you think music is Poetry explain why or why not?

                  -If you do not think of music as poetry explain what you think poetry is a post a poem
                   you like and explain why.

                  -If you do view music as poetry what is your favorite song and why? What does this song                     mean to you?

Period 9/10 Blog #7

Your comment post should be  at least 270 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm.  

-Do you think music is Poetry explain why or why not?

                  -If you do not think of music as poetry explain what you think poetry is a post a poem
                    you like and explain why.

                  -If you do view music as poetry what is your favorite song and why? What does this song                     mean to you?

Period 2 Blog #6

*This week your final product (comment) should be anywhere from 260-300 words (Due Thursday)

* This week your response should be one paragraph discussing comparing a short story your classmate wrote to Edgar Allan Poe's Writing.

After reading Poe’s short story your task is to create a modern horror story.

*Your story should include all the elements of good writing:

            Plot, Setting, Characters and Climax/Resolution

*Also try to mimic Poe’s style by including elements of:

            Suspense, Drama, Fear and Mystery

Period 3 Blog #6

Your comment post should be at least 260 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm

 After writing your short story and peer editing others, do you think this is true explain why or why not...

Period 9/10 Blog #6

Your comment post should be at least 260 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm. 

After writing your short story and peer editing others, do you think this is true explain why or why not...

Period 3 Blog #5

Your comment post should be  at least 250 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm.  

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
                                        *That do you think this quote means? 
                                        *How does it relate to an experience in your own life?

Period 9/10 Blog #5

Your comment post should be  at least 250 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm.  

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
                                        *That do you think this quote means? 
                                        *How does it relate to an experience in your own life?

Period 2 Blog #5

Your comment post should be at least 250 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points). 
*Think about the play we have been reading in class.  Consider the story overall and really spend some time thinking about what the author's intent was.  In this week's blog,  explore the nature of the “American Dream” both as YOU understand it and how it is represented in Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman.

Period 2 Blog #4

The week of October 5-9 is designated as the Week of Respect in New Jersey to recognize the importance of character education and a positive school climate

Your assignment this week is to copy and paste the following quotations into ascending numerical sequence with one line of space between the quotations (#1-#20) and respond to the following 5 questions:

1. What do you do to show respect?

2. Can you think of a time when you failed to do this?

3. How might someone show a lack of respect for himself/herself?

4. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

disrespectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

5. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

respectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

6. No one is happy unless he respects himself. - Jean Jacques Rousseau

11. If I trim myself to suit others I will soon whittle myself away. - Anonymous

7. Form a good opinion of yourself and then deserve the good opinion of others. - Anonymous

14. Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully. - Frederick Douglass

9. Through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. - Agatha Christie

2. If I am not for myself, who then will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? - The Talmud

13. If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1. El respecto al derecho ajeno es la paz. Respect for the rights of another, that is peace. – Mexican-American Proverb

5. We must all learn to live together as brothers. Or we will all perish as fools. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

15. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise. – BIBLE, Ephesians 6:1-2

19. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. – BIBLE, I Peter 2:17.

18. While we are thus unconstrained in our private intercourse, a spirit of reverence pervades our public acts; we are prevented from doing wrong by respect for authority and for the laws, having an especial regard to those which are ordained for the protection of the injured as well as to those unwritten laws which bring upon the transgressor of them the reprobation of the general sentiment. - IBID Book II, 35, Funeral Speech of Pericles.

8. For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness, and strength. - Buddha, The Dhammapada

17. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. (The American’s Creed) - William Tyler Page [1868-1942]

20. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel truths to be self-evident. - Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

12. If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time. (To a caller at the White House) - In Alexander K. McClure: Lincoln’s Yarns and Stories [1904], page 124

16. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. – BIBLE, Psalm 119:6

4. He who walks in another’s tracks leaves no footprints. - Joan L. Brannon

3. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. - Rules of Civility

10. To be nobody-but-yourself--in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else--means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. - e.e. cummings

Period 3 Blog #4

The week of October 5-9 is designated as the Week of Respect in New Jersey to recognize the importance of character education and a positive school climate

Your assignment this week is to copy and paste the following quotations into ascending numerical sequence with one line of space between the quotations (#1-#20) and respond to the following 5 questions:

1. What do you do to show respect?

2. Can you think of a time when you failed to do this?

3. How might someone show a lack of respect for himself/herself?

4. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

disrespectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

5. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

respectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

6. No one is happy unless he respects himself. - Jean Jacques Rousseau

11. If I trim myself to suit others I will soon whittle myself away. - Anonymous

7. Form a good opinion of yourself and then deserve the good opinion of others. - Anonymous

14. Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully. - Frederick Douglass

9. Through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. - Agatha Christie

2. If I am not for myself, who then will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? - The Talmud

13. If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1. El respecto al derecho ajeno es la paz. Respect for the rights of another, that is peace. – Mexican-American Proverb

5. We must all learn to live together as brothers. Or we will all perish as fools. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

15. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise. – BIBLE, Ephesians 6:1-2

19. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. – BIBLE, I Peter 2:17.

18. While we are thus unconstrained in our private intercourse, a spirit of reverence pervades our public acts; we are prevented from doing wrong by respect for authority and for the laws, having an especial regard to those which are ordained for the protection of the injured as well as to those unwritten laws which bring upon the transgressor of them the reprobation of the general sentiment. - IBID Book II, 35, Funeral Speech of Pericles.

8. For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness, and strength. - Buddha, The Dhammapada

17. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. (The American’s Creed) - William Tyler Page [1868-1942]

20. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel truths to be self-evident. - Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

12. If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time. (To a caller at the White House) - In Alexander K. McClure: Lincoln’s Yarns and Stories [1904], page 124

16. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. – BIBLE, Psalm 119:6

4. He who walks in another’s tracks leaves no footprints. - Joan L. Brannon

3. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. - Rules of Civility

10. To be nobody-but-yourself--in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else--means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. - e.e. cummings

Period 9/10 Blog #4

The week of October 5-9 is designated as the Week of Respect in New Jersey to recognize the importance of character education and a positive school climate

Your assignment this week is to copy and paste the following quotations into ascending numerical sequence with one line of space between the quotations (#1-#20) and respond to the following 5 questions:

1. What do you do to show respect?

2. Can you think of a time when you failed to do this?

3. How might someone show a lack of respect for himself/herself?

4. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

disrespectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

5. Can you think of someone who stands out by consistently demonstrating

respectful behavior? What effect does this have on his/her life?

6. No one is happy unless he respects himself. - Jean Jacques Rousseau

11. If I trim myself to suit others I will soon whittle myself away. - Anonymous

7. Form a good opinion of yourself and then deserve the good opinion of others. - Anonymous

14. Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully. - Frederick Douglass

9. Through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. - Agatha Christie

2. If I am not for myself, who then will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? - The Talmud

13. If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1. El respecto al derecho ajeno es la paz. Respect for the rights of another, that is peace. – Mexican-American Proverb

5. We must all learn to live together as brothers. Or we will all perish as fools. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

15. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise. – BIBLE, Ephesians 6:1-2

19. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. – BIBLE, I Peter 2:17.

18. While we are thus unconstrained in our private intercourse, a spirit of reverence pervades our public acts; we are prevented from doing wrong by respect for authority and for the laws, having an especial regard to those which are ordained for the protection of the injured as well as to those unwritten laws which bring upon the transgressor of them the reprobation of the general sentiment. - IBID Book II, 35, Funeral Speech of Pericles.

8. For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness, and strength. - Buddha, The Dhammapada

17. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. (The American’s Creed) - William Tyler Page [1868-1942]

20. When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel truths to be self-evident. - Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

12. If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time. (To a caller at the White House) - In Alexander K. McClure: Lincoln’s Yarns and Stories [1904], page 124

16. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. – BIBLE, Psalm 119:6

4. He who walks in another’s tracks leaves no footprints. - Joan L. Brannon

3. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. - Rules of Civility

10. To be nobody-but-yourself--in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else--means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. - e.e. cummings

Period 2 Blog #3

Your comment post should be at least 230 words this week due Thursday by11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points). This week you will be replying to the following questions>

-Is there ever a time that it is "okay" to have an affair?

-DO you think even if there are no immediate consequences it will effect the person or their relationship in the future? explain

Period 3 Blog #3

Your comment post should be  at least 230 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm.  

  Henry Ford once said "Failure is simpley the opportunity t begin again, this time more intelligently."
                                        *That do you think this quote means? 
                                        *How does it relate to an experience in your own life?

Period 9/10 Blog #3

Your comment post should be  at least 230 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm.  

  Henry Ford once said "Failure is simply the opportunity t begin again, this time more intelligently."
                                        *That do you think this quote means? 
                                        *How does it relate to an experience in your own life?

Period 2 Blog #2

Your comment post should be at least 220 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm (worth 70 points) and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm (worth 30 points).

This week’s blog is going to ask you to reflect personally and think about a specific event in your life that really caused you to grow up.  The topic is from this year’s common app so get familiar with the style of the prompt; you’re going to be answering these types of questions again in the near future…

This week’s prompt:

Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.

Period 3 Blog #2

Your comment post should be at least 220 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm.

“You will miss 100% of the shots you don't take” - Wayne Gretzky

   * That do you think this quote means?

   *How does it relate to an experience in your own life?

Period 9/10 Blog #2

Your comment post should be at least 220 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm.

“You will miss 100% of the shots you don't take” - Wayne Gretzky

   * That do you think this quote means?

   *How does it relate to an experience in your own life?

Period 2 Blog #1

Your comment post should be  at least 210 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm.

Dr. Suess once said "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter"

                                     

          * What do you think this quote means?  Relate this quote to an event in your life or to something you have seen someone else experience and explain the relation using examples.

Period 3 Blog #1

Your comment post should be  at least 210 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm.

Dr. Suess once said "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter"

                                     

          * What do you think this quote means?  Relate this quote to an event in your life or to something you have seen someone else experience and explain the relation using examples.

Period 9/10 Blog #1

Your comment post should be  at least 210 words this week due Thursday by 11:59 pm and you will be responsible for responding (respectfully) to one of your classmates in at least a one paragraph reply entries by Sunday at 11:59 pm.

Dr. Suess once said "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter"

                                     

          * What do you think this quote means?  Relate this quote to an event in your life or to something you have seen someone else experience and explain the relation using examples.