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2/6/2025

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Daily Literary Quote
“Distracted from distraction by distraction” 
                                                      ― T.S. Eliot

Journal Prompt
You are Hamlet. You have just witnessed your uncle's reaction to the play you staged.  Compose a tweet or Instagram caption about your life right now. (Be creative with the hashtags.)
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Eye Spy

1/29/2025

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Daily Literary Quote
"Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them."
                                                                       - Oscar Wilde

Journal Prompt
To what extent do parents have the right to "spy" or check up on their children? What circumstance might allow or prevent this?
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Paralysis by Analysis

1/23/2025

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Daily Literary Quote
“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”
                                       - Horace Walpole

Journal Prompt
Do you characterize yourself as a “thinker” or a “doer”?  What are some advantages/ disadvantages to each?
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I Ain't Afraid of No Ghost!

1/21/2025

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Daily Literary Quote
“Now I know what a ghost is.  Unfinished business, that’s what.”
                                                -Salman Rushdie

Journal Prompt
Do you believe in ghosts or the supernatural?  Why or why not?  Why do you think they remain so prevalent in our stories and folklore? ​​​​
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Going Medieval

10/22/2024

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Daily Literary Quote
“In the Middle Ages, cathendrals and convents burned like tinder; imagining a medieval story without a fire is like imagining a World War II movie in the Pacific without a fighter plane shot down in flames.”
                                                                                                                               -Umberto Eco 

Journal Prompt
What comes to mind when you think about the Middle Ages?  What are some stories or movies that are set during or have characters from the Medieval Era?
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A Friend in Need

10/1/2024

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Daily Literary Quote
“When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.”
                                                                                                                       -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Journal Prompt
Why are friends important?  Discuss a time when you discovered who your true friends were.
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Holding Out for a Hero

9/19/2024

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Daily Literary Quote
“As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.” 
                                                                                               ― Ernest Hemingway 
Journal Prompt
What is a hero? Explain your definition and give three detailed examples of real-life heroes and why you think they fit your definition.
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Where in the World?

9/10/2024

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Daily Literary Quote
“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.”
                                                                                                                    -Carl Sagan
Journal Prompt
You have the freedom to travel to any city or country in the world.  
Where would you go and why?  Be specific. 

(3 sentence minimum)
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The Character of Character

9/4/2024

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Daily Literary Quote
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
                                                                                                -Martin Luther King, Jr.


Journal Prompt
What does Dr. King mean by the famous quote above?  What is character?  Can it be seen?  How does “character” relate to fictional “characters”?  Provide specific examples.
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Welcome to the Jungle

9/3/2024

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Respond to the following prompts:
  1. Name
  2. Birthplace
  3. Favorite movie/show
  4. Favorite book
  5. Highlight of your summer
  6. "If I could be an inanimate object, I'd be a(n) __________________________ because...."
  7. “2 truths and a lie” – Share two little-known facts about yourself and make up something that is not true (in no particular order).  The rest of the class will have to guess which is the lie.
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