Monday, September 5, 2011

Framework of Values

Assignment Six (Due Tuesday, September 6^th)

Reread the sections entitled EMPATHY and DEVELOPMENT OF AN ETHICAL SELF, and consider the following questions.

1)   Why is EMPATHY toward your classmates important? Why is EMPATHY toward your teachers important? How does a sense of EMPATHY lead to personal growth and/or an ethical self?

2)   Describe a situation in which it was difficult to maintain your “personal integrity in the face of social pressures.” Why was it so difficult to remain yourself and not give in to peer pressure? If you did give in to social pressure, describe what it was like to hide. If you stood up to social pressure, describe the personal strengths that allowed you to maintain your personal integrity and ethical self. BE SPECIFIC

Type your responses to these questions, double-spaced, two page minimum.


Reading Bowl
 
1st Reading Bowl book Due September 26, 2011

Please let me know if the information below is incorrect or incomplete. You can correct information or provide information by commenting on this post below.

When finished with a book, please see me for the reading guide sheet that you must complete by due date.

8th Grade
Dylan - Maus
Emma - True Notebooks
Hannah - Donorboy
Eli - Great Wide Sea
Adriana - In Zanesville
Dominique - In Zanesville
Kendall - Part-Time Indian
Liam - Lani Garver
Erica - Great Wide Sea
Celeste - Keeper
Adam - Lani Garver
Nico - Part-Time Indian
Houston - 
Michael - 
Jordan - 
Annice - 


7th Grade
Danielle - Miss Peregrine
Sam - Peak
Brooks - Peak
Felicia - Kick Me
Juliet - Miss Peregrine
Katherine - Peak (2nd Book - Miss Peregrine)
Cedar - I am not Esther
Megan - Miss Peregrine
Jason - Peak
Ean - Kick Me
Luke - Monster
Evan - Monster 
Max - Born to Rock (2nd Book - Monster)
Alexa - Miss Peregrine (2nd Book  - I am Not Esther)
Lucy - Peak