As for your American novel work, take your time and submit some quality evidence of your major LA skills. I am not too concerned on when you submit but, you have had a ton of time to get this done. The sooner the better.
Essential Question for the Week: How do individuals build or maintain their 5 human needs (safety, freedom, control, sense of belonging and fun) in a time like this?
Belated Music Monday - Sorry I didn’t get this out yesterday. There is no task for this song other than enjoy it! You could make connections to last week’s video or to our current situation. Feel free to add comments or opinions. I just heard this song for the first time this morning.
Task #2 - Writing Skills: Once again, you are writing a 2 CD response. Although, this week's source, it would make sense to write a 4 CD response. One for each of the “four principles of thriving”.
Task #3 - Language Skills: I would encourage you to fully understand the following words from the article. Not all of them are academic; however, I think they are all helpful in understanding the world around you.
Try writing a sentence for each of these words.
- Resilience
- Fidgety
- Vitality
- Enormous
- Bestow
Task #4 Grammar & Conventions Skills: This is the same as the Schoology post. This is also a crucial skill for writing your thesis statements. When laying out your claims, they should all look and sound the same in structure. Review this Khan Academy mini lesson on parallel structure, then look back at your thesis statements.
- What activities are keeping you from boredom during this extended break?
- What are the three things you are looking forward to when life returns to normal?
- What is the greatest movie of all time and why? Provide at least three reasons.