Ask Why? with me!

Contribute to my Why? Blog article with your questions about why specific things in life are the way they are. Let’s build a great list together . . . Click on the link to find out what it’s all about.
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Mockingbird Chapters 9-11

For these chapters, I am mostly interested in you reading and asking questions. You can make comments, but the big push through this section is to ask questions of the text, either for clarity (base level of the rising levels of reading) or for pondering (the middle and upper levels of the rising levels of [...]

Jem’s Journal – Mockingbird Chapter 8

At the finish of chapter 8, please write a 250-300 word reflection on Jem. Call it Jem’s Journal and write the article as if you are Jem and you are thinking back on the events up to this point in the book. Please make sure you consider the events through the end of chapter 8 [...]

Mockingbird Chapters 7-8

Write a quick blog article (7-10 sentences) driven by the comments and questions your group raised while reading chapters 7-8. Be sure to link to your articles from your wiki (and to your wiki from your articles). The subject of your group’s questions and comments were open this time – everyone filled out a thinkmark [...]

Mockingbird Chapters 5-6

Please write a short blog article (7-10 sentences) reflecting on the symbol discussion your group engaged in. Which symbols do you think are most important? Which ones did your group discuss that you are not sure about?
It will be very difficult for you to complete this assignment without your group engaging in dialogue. Please discuss [...]

Mockingbird Chapters 2-4

As you read these chapters, I’d like you to note your impressions of the characters (especially the Finch family). Write questions and observations as you read, and then compile the best of them on your group’s wiki. I’d then like you to write an extended reflection on a particular character (in your blog – 250 [...]

Can I borrow your pickup? Moving Day Adventures

I hate moving and while I like my apartment and am happy to stay there until our family can afford to buy a house (and we can’t afford a house, no matter what the real estate agents say about interest rates), I would probably be willing to stay there for a couple years even if [...]

Following The Crucible

After finishing The Crucible, I had some trouble deciding how best to follow it, but then moved towards choosing words and looking further at the witch trials and hysteria. After digesting everything we had to digest, content wise, please complete the following assignment. It should be a minimum of 15 sentences long, and eventually I’ll [...]