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Barney 2.0
Read: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/mouse-sex-studies-1.3545486 Imagine a companion story to “Barney” by Will Stanton – “Barney 2.0.” Think about the possibilities of a parallel story where a female rat also experienced “awakened intellectual curiosity.” Her name is … Barbara. (It has to be Barbara, I’ll tell you why if you ask after all stories are done.) 1. Begn…
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The Wheelbarrow Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdxLxnhGnvo Molly Malone In Dublin’s fair city, Where the girls are so pretty, I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone, As she wheeled her wheel-barrow, Through streets broad and narrow, Crying, “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!” “Alive, alive, oh, Alive, alive, oh,” Crying “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh”. She was a…
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Conduct Your Own Oral History Project
The Courage of Conviction Conduct Your Own Oral History Project An oral history project preserves part of a person’s life history—as viewed through that person’s eyes, experiences, and memories. In general, oral history projects add to the knowledge we share about our lives and also add details to our understanding of the past. History is…
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Does Music Speak to Your Values?
The Courage of Conviction: Social, Political, and Spiritual beliefs The 1960s was a time when popular music—whether country, R&B, gospel, Motown or rock—spoke of themes such as overcoming adversity and the possibility of freedom and equality. Songs touched on messages about the hardships of racism, poverty, and the urban experience. During the Vietnam War, many…
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Conversation Starters
Are you a good listener? Turn to the person beside you and ask them to talk to you for about 30 seconds about one of the following: Tell me what you would do if you won a million dollars? Tell me about the last movie you watched? Tell me about why this school year is…
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Study Skills
Write a post about study skills. most students fail in examinations simply because they lack study skills and/or examination taking techniques. What study skills do you use that make you a better student? What skills should you be using?
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Your Number One
What was the #1 song when you were born? (not sure? you can find out here.) Write about how the song relates (or not!) to your personality.
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Macbeth: Personal Response after Act 5
Examine one of the following topics and write a narrative or personal essay: Kingship (Consider the differences between the four Kings in the play) Ambition (Consider the differences and similarities between the ambitions of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth) Guilt (Consider Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s response to guilt) Order (Consider nature, politics, relationships, and how order…
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Stand Up
Have you ever stood up for something you believe in? A brave and proud woman takes a different path at the … Borders. Background Check: Locate the following on a map: Western Canada Western United States Alberta Montana Follow Alberta Highway 4 to the border where it becomes Interstate 15 in Montana. Follow I-15 through…
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Pick 5 and Synthesize (Part 2)
Pick 5 of the following words and synthesize them into a piece of your writing: divergent amity pseudovision extremities abnegation transcribe apparitions prototype plod cultivating a narcotic contingency incrementally unfathomable threshold gumbo dauntless perpetual candour idyllic perfunctory polyurethane bureaucrats ontologically erudite intuitive ventilator roundabouts decompensating reverberated skeletons ghosts invisible primal vigilant tenuous gourmet pungent hyperthyroidism…