On Wednesday, you have your test on the 12 Olympians. I hope to see several of you during tutorial, so I can coach you!
Also on Wednesday, we will begin to craft the introductions to our podcast book reviews. Be sure to bring your outside reading book (and Post-it paragraphs) to class.
Finally, we will begin to brainstorm and draft an autobiographical incident essay about a time you made a transition from childhood to young adulthood.
There are numerous ways teenagers make this transition. For this assignment, you will choose an event in your life that, to your mind, marked the shift from childhood to young adulthood. You might consider the following moments:
1. a time you felt alone and needed help but were able to solve your problem yourself;
2. a time you made a choice that went against societal or parental expectations;
3. a time you felt caught in the middle of a conflict between or among your friends, family, or community and were able to resolve, or at least to understand, this conflict;
4. a time you took on some new form of responsibility
5. a time you connected with a powerful mentor who nurtured a unique gift or talent you had.
On Friday, come to class with a specific moment in time you can write about in this essay.