AP Narrative Prompt

Write about a time when you did something really repellant, ridiculous, unintelligent, or mean-spirited. Why did you do it? What were the reactions of others? What did you learn about yourself? Looking back on the event, what can you understand about it in retrospect? This is still a narrative essay, so try to think deeply and avoid easy clichés. Often, we learn the most about ourselves by seeing how we behave when we are at our worst. What positives can you also glean from the experience? While you are expected to look critically at yourself, don’t fall victim to demonizing your former self in order to vaunt up your current self. Try to be fair and analytical, honest and even-handed. Good luck.

ROUGH DRAFT DUE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5TH

9th and 10th Grade JOURNAL #3 - Time Magazine Article

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2078636,00.html

Journal #3 - Make notes on the purpose of the article and things that surprise you or interest you a AS you read. Then, when you are done reading the article, write a response to it. Do you agree or disagree with the decisions that were made? What stuck out to you? etc.

First Four Chapters of New Book

There is a link (courtesy of Entertainment Weekly) to the first four chapters of a new YA book.

Here is the description of the book:

http://shelf-life.ew.com/2011/09/07/first-chapters-from-tempest/

Here is the link to the first four chapters:

http://img2-3.timeinc.net/ew/static/pdf/2011/07/Tempest.pdf

Have fun. It says it's a romantic time-travel book. If that's your thing, get on it.

-Mr. Durham

MORE RECOMMENDATIONS

Here's a great site that Mr. Potter created to include great book recommendations across the genres. Check it out:

https://sites.google.com/site/westlakepotter/read-this

Have fun.

-Mr. Durham

RECOMMENDATIONS!!!!

Here is the link for the Google doc where you can recommend books to other students and fill in summaries and add your own thoughts. Please do it as often as you can. Thanks, guys! Let's get going on our reading community.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-a-MRW9Gnh_-5guJi4hhilCHRgfMHmgYZ3_2e_HVFXs/edit?hl=en_US

Keep on reading.

-Mr. Durham