THE LAST BLOG PROMPT!!
As we end another school year, I want you to reflect on the year that you had.  What are some of the positives that you experienced this year?  What are some of the negatives that you experienced this year?  What are you going to miss about middle school?  Your response is not a time to "bash" teachers or other students.

I do want to thank all of you for a good year!  I hope that I have prepared you for your next step: HIGH SCHOOL!!

 

*You must write three paragraphs and each paragraph must have at
In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 we have read about one possible scenario for the future. No one really knows how things will be in the future, but at one time or another we allthink about it. What is your vision of the future? What do you think our world will be like 50
years from now?

Your assignment is to describe our world as you believe it will be 50 years from now.

*You must write three paragraphs in your response.  Each paragraph should have at least 7 sentences.

The novel, Fahrenheit 451, begins with the line, "It was a pleasure to burn." Why might it be more pleasurable to burn books than to read them? What does the book-burning element of the society in the novel tell you about its values? What do you think the people who live in this society are like? In what way(s) is our society now like the one in the novel? Do you think there are citizens in our society now who would agree with book-burning? Why? Who are they?

*In your response, you will write three parargraphs.  Your response will be if you are "for" or "against the statement.  Make sure you provide details to support your answer.

Education will become "dumbed down" for two reasons:
a. classes will become too crowded to reach all students effectively
b. technology makes it unnecessary to think about a subject in its entirety.

　

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*You must write at least three paragraphs, with tranisition words and details to support what you write about.

Imagine that television, movies, ect. (no technology at all), were never invented.  How would your family have spent the evening time when you were growing up? Do you feel as though this would have changed your family dynamic at all?

*You will write three paragraphs with three details, supporting details, and transition words.  You also need to have at least 8 sentences for each paragraph.

Some educators argue that every child in every school should have access to computers. Others believe that the value of computers in the classroom is overrated and that computers may actually interfere with the learning process. In your opinion, how important are computers in the classroom? Use specific reasons

and examples to explain your answer.

*You will write three paragraphs with three details, supporting details, and transition words.  You also need to have at least 8 sentences for each paragraph.

Situation: You have a major project due in Language Arts and you did not have enough time to complete it. You will ask your teacher for an extension on the project.

Directions: Think about the reasons that you feel you should receive an extension.

Prompt: Now write to persuade your teacher to allow you more time to complete the project.

*Read the prompt carefully!! You must write three paragraphs for your response.  Include details to support what you are writing about.
Imagine you have been granted the answers to any two questions of your choosing. One answer you will remember, the other will be wiped from your memory in an hour. You cannot speak to anyone else, or write the answers down. Think of two questions and write how you could benefit from knowing the answers to BOTH.

*You should write three paragraphs in your response.  Anything less will not be accepted until you write the correct number of paragraphs.  Three and f
While many schools have a graduation and a completely different building from elementary to middle school, others stay in the same building with the kindergartners all the way through the end of high school. How would your transition from fifth grade to middle school have been different if you were still in the same building with the younger kids?

*Respond to the prompt writing three paragraphs.  You need to have specific details within your writing.  Each paragraph should have at least 8 sentences in order to receive full credit.
Imagine you wake up and you are no longer in your own bed at home. Instead you are freezing cold, lying on your back and gazing at the stars. Slowly you stand and notice you are on a large ocean liner; its funnels clear against the moonlight. You turn to read the name on one of the lifeboats and your heart lurches; 'HMS Titanic'. Describe what happens next.