September 20, 2010
"Pot Shots"
"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages you've had." --F. Scott Fitzgerald
It's easy--often even mildly entertaining--to criticize people we don't know very well. Do you feel you're fair to other people? Do you criticize too much? Is your tendency to be critical or fair?
September 21, 2010
Some people might look for friends who are wild, aggressive, and daring; others might look for friends who are smart, loyal, and funny. List at least ten qualities you think a perfect friend should possess, ranked in order from the MOST important to the LEAST important. Do you know anyone who comes close to being the "perfect" friend?
September 22, 2010
Slang changes wildly from generation to generation, dating slang included. Kids in the past used to get "pinned"--a guy would literally give a pin to a girl he was dating in order to show that they were an item.
What language do you use to describe "dating" (pairing off)? What language do your parents use? Do boys in your generation give anything to girls to show that they are a couple (class rings, letterman's jackets, etc)?
September 23, 2010
Technology has led to the discovery of vaccines and medical treatments. It has also brought computers and televisions into people's homes and has provided us with electricity, the Internet, phones, cars, planes, and much, much more. But an argument can be made that technology has largely worsened the quality of our lives, polluting the air, making our lives needlessly stressful, and dampening our enthusiasm for books.
If you had to give up one technological advantage that you use all the time, what would it be? Do you think your life would be better off without it?
September 24, 2010
" Personal Personification"
Personification is a literary device that gives a nonliving object characteristics of a living thing. For example, a writer might say the wind moans, or the rain laughs, and the leaves whisper. The poet Carl Sandburg wrote a poem called "Fog" that begins with personification:
"The fog comes in on little cat feet."
Write the more lines, rhymed or unrhymed, to follow Sandburg's line.
For example:
The fog comes on little cat feet,
And creeps silently past my window.
It patiently stalks the moon,
And suffocates the twinkling stars.
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