Monday, September 30, 2013

Reader's Response #2 & Personal Narrative


  1. Opening Moment: Deanna & Julia 
  2. Time to read: 15-20 mins 
  3. Reader's Response #2 due today
    1. Reading Response Groups (15 mins)
      1. Dillon, Zoe, Gabby B, Sam
      2. Deanna, Julia, Alisha
      3. Nick, Joe, Nick (abs), Reilly
      4. Kenny, Luke, Gabby T
After book discussions, create a list of questions you would like to ask the authors of the books you are reading. Each group should come up with 2-3 questions for each author. Questions should be focused on the book's subject matter, the author's writing of the book, research done, etc.  Post as a response to this thread...include the name of everyone in your group.
  1. Common Application: 650 words! New Prompts!   
  2. My Favorite Mistake: Worksheet (Like Prompt #2 on Common App)
  3. Huffington Post Article on Essay Writing Advice
  4. Second Personality Profile: Where are you in terms of getting an interview?  Deadline is TBD.
Ms. Bennell has given contacts for you to "warm call."  This means you will need explain how you received their information, and how you hope to contact them for an interview.  See the shared googledoc for details.  
Posted by at

5 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 9:31 AM

    Author of Born To Run:

    1. Did you see a big difference between the amount of injuries you attained from running barefoot versus running with shoes?
    2. How much did you learn from meeting the people of the Tarahumara tribe?
    3. What sparked your interest to find the people of the tribe?
    4. What sparked your interesting running and barefoot running?

    Author of Outliers:

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 9:35 AM

    Author of Outliers:

    1. Why did you wanna write a book about the success of individuals or groups of people?
    2. Would you call yourself an outlier?
    3. Which outliers are the most interesting?

    Born to Run- Gabby T and Luke
    Outliers- Kenny

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 9:43 AM

    James Mcbride - Alisha
    1. What was the vibe you got from interviewing this person?
    2. How did you find this person?

    Madeleine Blais - Julie
    1. How many girls from this team did you interview face to face?
    2. How much of this information is from a secondhand source?

    Eric schlosser - Deanna
    1. What first made you so interested in the topic you wrote about?
    2. What wast he most interesting fact out of everything you learned

    ReplyDelete
  4. grbousquet1September 30, 2013 at 9:47 AM

    Author of "Chew on this"
    1. Why did you write a book on food?
    2. Do you still eat at fast food places after writing your book?
    3. Did fast food companies ever give you legal troubles?

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 9:49 AM

    Author of Friday Night Lights:
    How did you do your research to learn about the Permian Panther football team?
    Did you play football yourself?
    Author of where men win glory:
    What inspired you to write this book?
    Why do you add some much about politics?

    Author of behind the beautiful forevers:
    Why is India so poor?
    Why are they still sexist?

    Author of Into Thin Air:
    What are the consequences of not having a permit to climb?
    Why did you feel the need to rewrite the story about Everest?

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)