Free Question~Free Write/Type

Today, March 27th we will be doing a quick one day (possibly 2 day) assignment. With a majority of the class gone on FBLA here is what you are to do today:

Think of a deep question, any question at all as long as it is school appropriate, and post it to your blog. This question needs to allow for someone to type at least a 150 word response to the question. It can be anything from your favorite childhood memory to your most embarassing moment or even what you think about "love". Be creative, have fun, and most importantly put some good thought into it.

Once you have posted your question then you need to travel to your classmates blogs and respond to each question in 150 words or more. This is a free write type of day so just write/type to your hearts content and then move on (as long as it is at 150 words). Try and get to everyone's blog question that is present today and the rest of the class can play catch up tomorrow!

I have posted my own question to be answered already and I will be responding to yours as well! See mine at laneseslagle.blogspot.com

Writing for your future responses

Today and tomorrow (maybe Friday) will be spent responding to your classmates blogs. Here are the requirements, please read them closely as they are somewhat complex:

You must responded to 2 blogs of each question - that is a total of 20 responses i.e. 10 blogs and 2 responses for each of the ten is 20 or respond to bayless' question 1 and Michelle's question 1 then Jake's question 2 and Michael's question 2

You can only respond to a classmates blog 2 times i.e. Bayless could respond to Laura for question 2 and 6 but after those two she can't respond to any more of Laura's Writing for your future blogs.

Each response must be at least 5 complete sentences

Each response is worth 5 points (1 point per sentence and this assignment is worth 100 Pts)

Responses can include questions, comments about similar tastes or responses you have, a critique of the answer (say they didn't complete the question or answer it entirely)

So just a quick run down:
-respond to each Writing for Your Future blog question 2 times
- 5 sentence minimum on responses
- only respond to the same person twice
- you will do a total of 20 responses

Question 10: Your Thoughts

This is the final question for the "Writing for your Future" Unit. You need to check today and make sure that all of your questions completed and posted to your blog.

Today's question is:

Reflect on these words of Dorothy Day: "No one has the right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do." What is "The work to be done" for your generation, and what impact does this have on your future as a leader? Write a creative, reflective, or provocative essay. 500 words

Question 9: 10 years

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 300-350 words

Question 8: Phone a Friend

In a moment of crisis you have one phone call. Whom do you call? Why? 200-250 words

Question 7: The World Out There...

Question today is simple yet complicated:

Are we alone?

200-250 words

Question 6: Summertime

If finances and family considerations were not an issue, how would you spend your last summer before starting college?

300-350 words

Question 5: Educated

Think about your education and what it means to be an "educated" individual. Does an education mean that you are better than a person without? Does an education make you live more responsibly? Here is your college application question for today:

What are the responsibilities of an educated person? 250-300 words

Question 4: Inventions

Today's question can have a variety of answers. I really want you to think about how different the world would be if we didn't have that item today. Here is your question:

What invention would the world be better off without, and why? 250-300 words

Question 3: Courage

Courage has been described as "Grace under pressure" How would you describe it?
200-250 words

Do NOT forget to give your blog a creative title!

Check out my post at: http://laneseslagle.blogspot.com/

Question 2: Autobiography

Today's question may be a bit more challenging. You will need to think about your life from birth to present day and make a good judgement call about what events took place when in your life. Here is Question 2 in our 10 part series "Writing for Your Future":

You’ve just written a 300-page autobiography. Send us page 217. 250-300 words

Writing for Your Future

For the next 10 days we will be focusing on writing short essays for your future. These questions come from various college application/scholarship forms from around the U.S. Some are typical others are very unique. The biggest thing is each day your assignment will be worth 25 points and will have a word range that it must fall between. If you are gone one day you will need to get caught up. For today we will start out simple:

Question 1: What single word best describes you and why?

Requirements:
Creative Title - 5 points
Body between 200-250 words - 20 points

Check out mine at: laneseslagle.blogspot.com