Journal -August 31st

Write about a time when you felt that you weren't valued by someone: a time when someone didn't have any faith in your opinion or abilities and so didn't believe you or a time when someone publicly stated that they didn't trust of believe you. How did that make you feel? Did you eventually show that person that they could trust you? Has there ever been a time when you didn't trust what a person said or have faith in what they could do? Did they prove you wrong in the end?

Journal Topic- August 27th

1. In the last 100 years, how have women gained more equality to men?

2. Are there areas today where women aren't considered to men? How so?

3. Are women's thoughts and experience valued in some areas more than men?

4. In your experience, how do males and females see the world differently, communicate differently, and approach problem differently? How does sometimes create misunderstanding between males and females?

August 26th- Journal

Every plant knows this: It’s only when you get crap thrown on you that you really start to grow. Scott Sorrell¨ What do you think the author of this quotation means with it? Why do you agree or disagree with this quotation? Give an example from your own life, somone you know, or something that's happened in the news, history, movie, or book that supports you answer. Write in complete sentences.

Journal Topic- August 25th

Go to the following link about the possibilities of aliens if other solar systems/planets. Answer the following questions.

1. Why do you think or not think there are aliens on other planets? Give reasons to back up what your position is.

2. Should NASA and other government organizations focus more money on satellites and other missions to search for life on other planets? Give reasons to back up what your position is.

Journal Topic- August 24th

Technology has advanced a lot in the hundred years since the literature we're going to start read this year was published. What are some examples of the advancement in technology in the last hundred years? fifty years? 20 years? 10 years? What pieces of technology do you think you couldn't live without and why? Do you think we are over dependent on technology? Why or why not?

Quotation Blog Week # 1

1. Go to www.quoteland.com

2. Search for a quotation about a topic: success, failure, inspiration, hope etc.

3. Paste the quotation and author at the top.

4. In your own words, what does the quotation mean?

5. Why do you agree of disagree with a quotation?

6. Give an example from your own life, somebody you know's life, a person is the news, or a movie that helps to support what you say.