Narrative

I changed the topic from "personal narrative" to plain old "narrative" because I want you to take poetic license and generate a work of fiction that illustrates your best creativity.  I will maintain that the best short stories are those that reflect personal experience, one that many other people have yet to endure.  Or perhaps, a deep criticism that many people don't contemplate as in "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," one of my favorite short stories.  Today, I challenge you to consider your graphic organizers as a mere springboard of thought, and type up to two pages that engage the reader with your created protagonist.  Make the reader feel like he/she is part of the conflict by sparing no details.  Don't just merely tell me what is going on, but make me feel what is going on through sharing the same experiences as the protagonist.

I don't need to be present to check your work ethic.  Make a timed-goal to write for whatever reasonable and challenging time allotment you create and stick to it.

Time

Everyone has twenty-four hours in a day, yet the old cliche, "There's never enough time," always finds its way into day-to-day life.  Do you think life is too fast? Too chalk full of responsibilities that inhibit one from enjoying life?

I challenge you to find an article that indicates sleep is an overrated necessity.  Football players get home around eleven.  Elementary kids have practice until eight o'clock.  Musical participants pull all-nighters.  I suppose the bottom line questions are as follows: Do we do too much?  Should we slow down and choose fewer activities?

Browse online for ideas and write your thoughts in a developed blog.

Does Money Equal Happiness?

I'm giving you a lot of latitude with today's topic, "Money."  In one way shape or form, think about how money affects your life, your future, your social clique.  I'll offer a few things to think about to get you started:

According to http://www.finaid.org/loans/, the average student loan debt for a four-year degree is just under $30,000.  But wait, calculate an average of seven percent interest on a ten-year loan and you're talking about repaying $41,799.05 at $348.33/month.  Can you make the monthly payments?

I'm curious to hear how money (or lack there of) affects your high school social life or even extra curricular activities.  Now obviously you can spare me the details, but are there activities that are just not possible because of financial constraints?

Is working a minimal-wage job during high school worth the time?

Okay, how much money do you need right now to meet your "wish list"?  How long would you be content?

Anything else?