Quick Writes Quarter 1 BOO K REVIE W

Quick Write – 7/23/18 Respond to the following quote: “If you live for likes, you will not like how you live. ” Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 7/24/18 Respond to the following quote: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. ” - MARIANNE WILLIAMSON Jens Martensson

Reflection – 7/25/18 After the activity, choose one statement that stood out to you the most. Write it at the top of your page, and answer the following questions: • Did you agree or disagree with the statement? Why? • Why do you think this was the statement that stood out to you the most? • After hearing what your peers had to say, did your opinion on the statement change at all? • Overall, what are your thoughts on what you heard and saw during the activity? 1. Physical strength is the most important strength for survival 2. Family is the biggest motivator to succeed 3. Survival depends solely on a person's ability to withstand stress 4. Some people are naturally more likely to survive than others 5. Our worst experiences are the ones that help us grow the most 6. It would be much easier to survive in an extremely hot climate than an extremely cold climate 7. You should do whatever it takes to survive, even if it’s at the cost of another person 8. People should NOT be held accountable for their actions, in a lifeor death situation Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 8/1/18 Respond to the following question in a MINIMUM of five sentences: ► Prompt: Should people in life- or-death situations be held accountable for their actions? Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 8/14/18 Respond to the following question in a MINIMUM of five sentences: ► Is humankind inherently good or evil? Explain. Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 8/20/18 Respond to the following question in a MINIMUM of five sentences: “If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness. ” — A phrase that was carved on the walls of a concentration camp cell during WWII by a Jewish prisoner. ► What do you think the quote means? What is your reaction to it/thoughts about it? Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 8/21/18 Respond to the following question in a MINIMUM of five sentences: What do your clothes say about you as a person? Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 8/23/18 Respond to the following question in a MINIMUM of five sentences: ► How can knowledge impact the future? Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 8/23/18 Respond to the following question in a MINIMUM of five sentences: Is survivor’s guilt rational? Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 8/27/18 Respond to the following question in a MINIMUM of five sentences: "I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen" -John Steinbeck ► What do you believe this quote means? Relate it to a time in your life. Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 9/4/18 Respond to the following quote in a MINIMUM of five sentences: “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality” Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 9/5/18 What does the quote mean to you? How can you apply it to the reading from Night? Respond to the following quote in a MINIMUM of five sentences: “I was quiet, but I am not blind. ” - Jane Austen, Mansfield Park Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 9/6/18 What does the quote mean to you? How can you apply it to the reading from Night? Respond to the following quote in a MINIMUM of five sentences: No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be. - BRAM STOKER, Dracula Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 9/7/18 Respond to the following in a MINIMUM of five sentences: Why is it so important to remember the past? Why do we teach about events like the Holocaust? Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 9/10/18 Respond to the following in a MINIMUM of five sentences: “In the end, we’ll all become stories” - Margaret Atwood Jens Martensson

ID Card Reflection– 9/10/18 Respond to the following in a complete sentences, FULLY answering each: After reading about the fate of your ID, reflect. 1. What is the name of your ID? What happened to your ID? 2. What is your reaction to this? 3. Put yourself in their shoes: - If you survived: How would you be feeling after the liberation of the camp? What would you be doing to make sure that events like this never happened again? - If you did NOT survive: How would you be feeling just before you died? What would you hope to be remembered for? Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 9/11/18 Respond to the following, after watching the clip: What is an example of repetition used in the clip? 2. Why do you think the boy did not answer the phone? 3. How might the boy’s story have been different if he had answered the phone? 1. Jens Martensson

Quick Write – 9/18/18 Respond to the following in a MINIMUM of five sentences: “How nice – to feel nothing and still get full credit for being alive” - Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five Jens Martensson

Article Response – 9/18/18 Respond to the following in a MINIMUM of five sentences. Turn in when you have finished. ► Comparison: Choose two groups of people that were described in the article. How was their experience of the event similar? How was it different? Write a response that compares the perspectives of two groups of people using details from the article. Jens Martensson