Archive for the 'Reflection' Category
“Stories in My Life”
During our unit on stories we will ponder the following Essential Questions:
• What makes a good story?
• How does culture influence stories?
• How have stories influenced our lives?
Let’s focus on the last question:
What stories do you remember being read/told to you as a small child? Summarize the stories.
Who told you these stories?
Where did [...]
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Language in My Life
As we begin reading “Cyrano de Bergerac” one of our Essential Questions is-
What does language reveal about a person?
We will discuss this in class, particularly as it relates to Cyrano and Christian. However, consider language in your life. What do you like and dislike?What words and phrases are meaningful to you? Why are they [...]
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Songs In My Life
Just as Kino has songs in his life, I have many songs in my life. Because I am more than 3 times as old as each of you (yikes!), selecting just a few to write about was very difficult. I quickly filled up my brainstorming sheet, and as I listened to some [...]
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A Reflection on Manners
I grew up in Southern California and when I was in 7th grade my mother insisted that I attend “Cotillion” class at our country club. She bought me a beautiful light blue dress, white tights, navy blue Capezio Mary Janes, and here is the best part- two pairs of white gloves! My [...]
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