Prompts+2014-2015


 * September 22, 2014:**
 * 7th grade periods 1/2:** “ [|Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.”][|-Robert Frost]

Quote 1: It well may be that in a difficult hour, Pinned down by pain and moaning for release, Or nagged by want past resolutions power, I may be driven to sell your love for peace, Or trade the memory of this night for food. It well may be. I do not think I would. (excerpt from ¨Love is not all: It Is Not Meat Nor Drink¨ by Edna St. Vincent Millay Quote 2: "A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world." by Oscar Wilde
 * September 12, 2014:**
 * 7th grade periods 8/9:**

"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." Have you ever been blamed for what you did not do? Have you ever blamed anyone? After you briefly answer these questions, read this short story. When you finish reading complete this Creature assignment in your prompt document for today and Monday.
 * September 8, 2014**
 * Seventh grade periods __1/2__: view this lesson video and be prepared to discuss it tomorrow**
 * Seventh grade periods __8/9:__ write your thoughts about this quote and be prepared to discuss it tomorrow-**
 * September 5th and 8th, 2014: (for homework) 7th grade**

•“Every work of art is aggressive. . . And every artist’s life is a small war or a large one beginning with oneself and one’s limitations. To achieve anything you must first have ambition and then talent, knowledge, and finally the opportunity.” -Carlos Ruiz Zafon
 * August 27, 2014:** What do the following ideas have in common? Explain your answer by showing why you believe what you do through examples and elaboration on your answer.

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•" I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." - [|Dean, Jimmy]======

•" It is not pain that undoes us but our response to it, the way we let it keep lingering in the mind." -Epictetus