3 1/2 weeks until Finals and then Graduation!!!
You must respond to the topic in an email to me at grace.longo@lodi.k12.nj.us no later than 3 p.m. on the date it is due. The 6th blog is due Friday, May 25
Blog 7-Due May 25 (I know there is no school!)
Your call-tell me anything, within reason that you wish you could have said to me during the year. For example-"The blogs should have been done this way......," "If we have to read a book, then I wish we could.....", "That was a pointless project, you should have given us....."
Blog 6-Due May 18
Choose something from elementary school, middle school and high school that you are really proud of. Why do these events stay with you? What is it you did that made you so proud? What can you apply from these experiences to your future?
Blog 5-Due May 11
What are your immediate after graduation plans? What will you do this summmer? What will you do in the fall? Do you have a plan B?
Blog 4-due May 4
In researching for your career project, what was the one thing you found out that you did not know about the career you picked. What do you think you will like best about this career? What do you think you will like least?
Blog 3-due April 27
Graduation is both exciting and scary. As much as you can't wait to get "out of this place!", the future is an unknown place. Even if you know for certain what you are doing next year, for most of you, it is something you have not experienced before. In this week's blogspot, give me one thing you are excited about and explain and one thing you are nervous about and explain. Then tell if you are more excited or nervous.
Blog 2-Due April 20th
What career do you want to pursue after high school? What will it take to reach this goal? (3-5 sentences)
Blog 1-Due April 6!
Do you think it is ever okay to treat someone badly to get what you want? Is it ever okay to treat someone badly to satisfy someone else? Is it ever okay to treat someone badly because you are afraid of what someone might do? Explain. Have you ever found yourself in this position?
Blog 8 due March 30.
It can be said that Lady MacBeth was the force behind all of MacBeth's wrongdoings. Do you think he was a victim of her "abuse," or was he was in control of his actions. In a court of law, do you think they would or should be charged equally with murder?
Blog 7-Due March 23
We are winding down, any last minute items you think you need to know before you graduate? Now is the time to speak up. If the answer is no, then I need to know what have you learned the past 4 years that you think will be most helpful to you the next few years?
Blog 6-Due March16
Pick one:
St. Patrick's Day is this Sunday. It is considered an Irish holiday with many symbols-leprechuans, shamrocks, pots of gold and the color green. Explain one of the following meanings of green (3-5 sentences)
green with envy
green with money
being green with the environment
Blog 5-Due March 9
Some people feel that our destiny is determined at birth. Regardless of our daily actions, what happens to each of us is set by a bigger plan. Do you believe this to be true? Explain why or why not.
REMEMBER THAT I AM YOUR ENGLISH TEACHER, SO PRACTICE SOME OF THE THINGS I TAUGHT YOU AND DEFINITELY PROOFREAD BEFORE YOU HIT THE SEND BUTTON!!
BLOG 4-DUE 3/2
Think of a time in your life when you would have done anything to get what you wanted. Describe that situation and how it turned out.
BLOG 3-DUE 2/17
Remember everyone is on board this week! February is Black History Month, Valentine's Day and we also celebrate the birthdays of 2 former presidents-Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.
Choose one:
1. Do you think racism still exists today?
OR
2. Make a list of people who love you and give at least one reason why you know they love you.
OR
3.If you could ask the president to do one thing, what would it be?
GO GIANTSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! (if you picked correctly, no Blogspot for you!!) If you picked New England, then the following is for you:
BLOG 2- Due 2/10-Do you think sports stars, singers, actors/actresses are worth the millions of dollars they are paid? Explain.
OR
Do you think that the MVP of the Super Bowl really needs to be given a brand, new, expensive car? Explain.
3RD MARKING PERIOD-BLOG 1-DUE 2/3
If I could be doing anything right now, I'd be...
Blog 8-Due 1/13--Watch Out!!
If there's one phrase to take away from this poem, it's "albatross around the neck." Let us explain:
Have you ever done something stupid and known it was stupid at the time? It's one thing to mess up because you haven't thought through the consequences of your action. It's quite another to think, "Yeah, if I do this, it's going to cause huge problems for me, and I'm going to wish I hadn't done it, but I'm going to do it anyway."
What is one thing you did anyway that caused you to have an "albatross around" your neck?
Blog 7-Due 1/6-Remember the rules!!
So here we are, 3 weeks to mid-terms and then you are 1/2 way through your senior year-WOW! Reflect back about what you have done and what you now need to do in the coming months, as you will soon be entering the next phase of your life.
Blog 6- Due 12/23- Remember 3-5 sentences, watch punctuation and capitalization!
Choose one:
Write about a Christmas Past, the Christmas present or a Christmas future!
Blog 5-
Which ghost taught Scrooge the most? Explain why you feel this way.
Blog 4
If you can go back to your childhood, what would you like to change and why?
Blog 3
You have been given $100,000 to give away; you cannot spend it on yourself. What would you do with the money?
Blog 2- Due November 25
Do you believe in ghosts? Do you think ghosts or spirits, really can appear to people, or do you think that these appearances only happen in dreams or imagination?
Blog 1-Due November 18
We are headed into the "Holiday Season" which means many things to many different people. What does this mean for you? How does this time of year make you feel?
Blog 7?
What is your reaction to Christopher's father admitting he killed Wellington? Is he justified in doing this? Should Christopher be afraid of him?
Blog 6-Due October 21
Do you think it was okay for Christopher's father to lie to him about his mother's death? Why or why not?
Blog 5-Due October 14
What keeps you from being successful in English?
Blog 4-Due Friday, October 3
Christopher refers to a white lie as not really a lie, but not telling the entire truth. When have you ever told a white lie and why?
Blog 3-Due Friday, September 30
What is your number 1 goal for your senior year? Why? How are you going to accomplish this?
Blog 2-Due Friday, September 23
What pressures would a family have if they had a child like Christopher?
Blog 1-Due Friday, September 16
As you look back on your years at Lodi High School, what was the most important thing you learned? What would you have done differently? What advice would you give to this year's freshmen?
