2nd Quarter Journals

Journal 1- 2nd Quarter

What is one of your worst nightmares? Explain it in detail and tell me why it is so scary for

you.

Persuasive Speech Assignment• You and your partner have just been

given a product.

• You are to create a poster advertising this product, and then a 30 second-1 minute speech persuading people to buy it.

• You MUST use at least 1 persuasive technique (appeals) and 2 rhetorical devices. Underline and label them on the speech you write out.

Journal 2-

What are some issues contemporary society must face?**Remember to continue writing at least ½ a page for journals (to the middle hole on the notebook paper)!

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Journal 3

Why doesn’t Hester run away from the Puritan settlement? If you were in her situation, would you have run away?

Why or why not?

Journal 4

What is your opinion of Roger Chillingworth at this point in the novel? Why do you feel this way

about him? Has your opinion changed since the beginning of

the novel?

Journal 5

What questions do you have about The Scarlet Letter at this point?

Journal 6

Anticipating the end of the novel (which you will finish TODAY!), how do you think the novel will end,

given what you know now?

Journal 7

What was your reaction to the end of The Scarlet Letter? Why did

you feel this way? Was the ending close to what you

predicted in your last journal?

Journal 8If society gave you a “scarlet

letter” what would it be? Explain your answer.

You don’t have to share this with the class if it’s too personal.

~Hold on to your Essay and Mini-Poster.Text from these must be uploaded into turnitin.com by MIDNIGHT tomorrow!!

The Scarlet Letter Test TOMORROW!

Journal 9Freewrite

Journal 10

If you had to choose the best television show ever made, which one would you pick?

Why?

Journal 11

If you could wake up tomorrow with an ability to do something,

what would it be?

Journal 12

Write down the elements of Romanticism that you found in “The Devil and Tom Walker.”

Next, write down any SYMBOLS that you found in the story.

Journal 13

In society today, who do you think resembles Tom Walker, “selling his (or her) soul” for money? What have they gained and what have they lost because of their

obsession with monetary gain?

Poe’s “The Raven”Circle (2)- alliteration- the repetition of initial

consonant sounds, primarily used in poetry

(Ex. Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.)

Underline (2)- repetition- the use, more than once, of any element of language

Highlight and label one example of:

internal rhyme- occurs when the rhyming words appear in the same line (ex. I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers)

Journal 14There’s “fun scary” (walking

through a haunted house, screaming through a horror movie, riding a roller coaster) and then there’s “scary scary” (being in a car accident, getting caught in the ocean’s riptide). Describe the scariest experience you’ve ever had. Was it fun scary, or

was it really terrifying?

Journal 15

Write about one of your most agonizingly embarrassing

moments.

Journals will be collected TOMORROW!

Journal 16

What is the scariest or most suspenseful movie you

have ever seen? What elements made this move so

scary/suspenseful?