Period 1

Read the questions below and click "comments" to respond here in a well-written paragraph of at least five sentences.

Period 2

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Period 5

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Period 6

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Why are there bullies?

Answer the following questions while meeting these requirements:
- Write at least five (5) complete sentences (including a topic sentence and a conclusion) in paragraph form.
- Use specific details from the novel (Tenderness) to support your opinion.
- Utilize school-appropriate language.

Questions: Why do some people choose to bully others? What do bullies expect to gain from bullying? Is bullying more the fault of the bullies or the people getting bullied? How should bullies be punished? How can bullying be prevented? Is bullying really a problem in schools or is it given too much attention?

Period 1

Read the questions below and click "comments" to respond here in a well-written paragraph of at least five sentences.

Period 2

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Period 5

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Period 6

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Should teens be tried as adults?

Answer the following questions with these requirements:
- Write at least five complete sentences (including a topic sentence and a conclusion) in paragraph form.
- Use specific details from the novel to support your opinions.
- Utilize school-appropriate language.

Questions: Should teens and children be prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced like adults for adult-like crimes? Why or why not? Which crimes should warrant adult sentences and which shouldn't? What should be the minimum age for being tried as an adult and why? How would your opinion be different if you or someone close to you (who was underage) was accused of a crime? How would your opinion be different if someone close to you was a victim of a crime committed by a juvenile? What should be done to juveniles who commit drastic adult-like crimes (such as premeditated murder)?

Period 1

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Period 2

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Period 5

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Period 6

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What about Lori?

Answer the following questions while following these requirements:
- Write at least five complete sentences (including a topic sentence and a conclusion) in paragraph form.
- Use specific details from the novel to support your opinions.
- Utilize school-appropriate language.

Questions: What kind of person is Lori? What has she done and said to make you believe this? How is she responsible and not responsible for what has happended to her? What do you think is going to happen to her? What advice would you give her and why? If you were her, how would you have reacted similarly and/or differently?

Period 1

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Period 2

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Period 5

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Period 6

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Should we listen to ignorant people?

Answer the following questions while keeping these points in mind:

•Write at least five sentences in paragraph form with a good topic sentence and a good conclusion.

•Use standard punctuation, spelling, and school-appropriate language.

•Use details from To Kill a Mockingbird--and details from your own experience--to support your answer.

Is it okay to accept the viewpoints of ignorant people? Should racist or hateful ideas simply be accepted and/or ignored? Is it better just to let people think and say whatever they want without confronting ignorance? Why might acceptance be either a good or a bad idea? Does ignoring ignorance validate it and/or guarantee that it will continue? Does confronting it guarantee that it will stop? How can ignorant people be eduacted or is this even possible? How can the spread of ignorance be prevented?

Period 1

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Period 2

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Period 5

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Period 6

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Should rape victims testify?

Answer the following questions while keeping these points in mind:

•Write at least five sentences in paragraph form with a good topic sentence and a good conclusion.

•Use standard punctuation, spelling, and school-appropriate language.

•Use details from To Kill a Mockingbird--and details from your own experience--to support your answer.

Should rape victims testify against their attackers in court? Is it cruel to force these victims to relive the trauma they suffered? Is keeping them from testifying denying them the right to confront their accusers? Could sheilding them from defense cross-examination prevent crucial details from coming to light (being discovered)? In other words, could sheilding these victims from questioning be unfair to the accused attackers as well? Should rape victims be treated differently because of the nature of the crime?

Why does it take death to stop violence?

Answer the following questions while keeping these points in mind:

• Write at least five sentences in paragraph form with a good topic sentence and a good conclusion.
• Use standard punctuation, spelling, and school-appropriate language.
• Use details from Romeo and Juliet--and details from your own experience--to support your answer.

Why does it often take death to get rival groups of young people to stop fighting? How seriously do you think most teens view violence before deaths result? Why do teens continue to engage in dangerous behavior when there is the risk of death? What types of conflicts could be serious enough to make a teen want to risk his/her life? Are most teens even thinking of permanent consequences when they engage in violent behavior? In conclusion, how can teen violence be prevented?

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How good is the friar's plan?

Answer the following questions while keeping these points in mind:

• Write at least five sentences in paragraph form with a good topic sentence and a good conclusion
• Use standard punctuation, grammar, and school-appropriate language.
• Use details from Romeo and Juliet--and details from your own experience--to support your answer.

Is the friar's plan for getting Romeo and Juliet together a good idea? What are the potential drawbacks/hazards of the plan? What are the potential benefits/rewards of the plan? Could it have ever worked and why or why not? What could have been some alternatives to the plan? Would you have gone along with the plan (in Romeo or Juliet's postion)? Why or why not? Should the friar be blamed for what eventually happens?

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Should teens be allowed to marry?

Answer the following questions while keeping these points in mind:

• Write at least five sentences in paragraph form with a good topic sentence and a good conclusion.
• Use standard punctuation, spelling, grammar, and school-appropriate language
• Use details from the adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in Scope--and details from your own experience--to support your answer.

Should teens your age be able to get married? What could be some of the advantages of allowing kids under eighteen to marry? What could be some of the disadvantages? Are teens mature enough to handle being with one other person for life? To sum up, what should be the minimum age (if any) for getting married?

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Should people ever be shielded from the truth?

Answer the following sentences while keeping these points in mind:

• Write at least five complete sentences in paragraph form with a good topic sentence and a good conclusion.
• Use standard punctuation, spelling, grammar, and school-appropriate language.
• Use details from the excerpt of The Odyssey (Book 12)--and details from your own experience--to support your opinion.

Was it a good idea for Odysseus to only tell his crew about part of the dangers Circe described for him? Why did Odysseus do this? Did it make things turn out better or worse? Would you have done the same thing in Odysseus's place? If you were a member of Odysseus's crew, would you be angry that Odysseus didn't reveal the full truth? All in all, is shielding people from the truth ever a good idea?

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Period 6/7

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Who is to blame for the Cyclops incident?

Answer the following questions while keeping these points in mind:

• Write at least five complete sentences in paragraph form with a good topic sentence and a good conclusion.
• Use standard punctuation, spelling, grammar, and school-appropriate language.
• Use details from the excerpt of the Odyssey (Book 9) to support your opinion.

Who is to blame for what happens to Odysseus and his men? Are Odysseus and his men more at fault for raiding the Cyclops's home and eating his food? Is the Cyclops to blame for being an ingracious host who attacks his guests? Whom would be convicted if the case was brought to trial? Whom do you sympathize with the most and why? To sum up, how could the situation have been prevented in the first place?

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Should the police always act ethically?

Answer the following questions while keeping these points in mind:

• Write at least five complete sentences in paragraph form with a good topic sentence and a good conclusion.
• Use standard punctuation, spelling, grammar, and school-appropriate language.
• If possible, use details from the novel to support your opinion.

Is it ethical to convict suspected criminals by any means? Should the police be able to follow suspected but unconvicted criminals to catch them committing other crimes? Should law enforcement officials be able to entrap suspected criminals? Should the police be able to do whatever it takes to get confessions from suspected criminals? Can the law ever be broken to make sure that suspected criminals are brought to justice?

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Should teens be allowed to drive with teens?

Answer the following questions while meeting these requirements:

• Write at least five complete sentences in paragraph form with a good topic sentence and a good conclusion.
• If possible, use details from the novel to support your opinion.
• Use school appropriate grammar, mechanics, and language.

Should teens be allowed to drive with teenage passengers? Do other teens distract teen drivers and cause accidents? Are teens more likely to drive recklessly when teen passengers are in a car? Are cars with teen passengers more likely to get pulled over? In conclusion, should cars with teen passengers be looked at differently than cars with adult passengers and why?

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Are criminals citizens?

Answer the following questions while following these requirements:

• Write at least five complete sentences (including a topic sentence and a conclusion) in paragraph form.
• Use specific details from the novel to support your opinion.
• Use school-appropriate language.

Should released convicted felons be given the same rights as citizens with clean records? Should they be allowed to get driver's licenses? Should they be allowed to get any jobs they choose? Should they be allowed to travel across state/country borders? Should they be allowed to vote? Should they be allowed to live wherever they choose? Should neighbors be notified of where they live? What's more important, individual rights or public safety?

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Should privacy be protected?

Answer the following questions while following these requirements:

• Write at least five complete sentences (including a topic sentence and a conclusion) in paragraph form.
• Use specific details from the novel to support your opinion.
• Utilize school-appropriate language.

Questions: Should famous or infamous people be able to protect their personal privacy? What should the media be allowed to show the world and what should be off limits? How can the media be regulated? Would regulation infringe upon the rights of free speech and freedom of the press? What could happen if the media isn't regulated? Does public access to the lives of the famous/infamous (think:Eric) serve any good purpose?

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Why are there bullies?

Answer the following questions while meeting these requirements:
- Write at least five (5) complete sentences (including a topic sentence and a conclusion) in paragraph form.
- Use specific details from the novel (Tenderness) to support your opinion.
- Utilize school-appropriate language.

Questions: Why do some people choose to bully others? What do bullies expect to gain from bullying? Is bullying more the fault of the bullies or the people getting bullied? How should bullies be punished? How can bullying be prevented? Is bullying really a problem in schools or is it given too much attention?

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Should teens be tried as adults?

Answer the following questions below while following these requirements:
- Write at least five complete sentences (including a topic sentence and a conclusion) in paragraph form.
- Use specific details from the novel to support your opinions.
- Utilize school-appropriate language.

Questions: Should teens and children be prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced like adults for adult-like crimes? Why or why not? Which crimes should warrant adult sentences and which shouldn't? What should be the minimum age for being tried as an adult and why? How would your opinion be different if you or someone close to you (who was underage) was accused of a crime? How would your opinion be different if someone close to you was a victim of a crime committed by a juvenile? What should be done to juveniles who commit drastic adult-like crimes (such as premeditated murder)?

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1/13 Blog - What about Lori?

Answer the following questions below while following these requirements:
- Write at least five complete sentences (including a topic sentence and a conclusion) in paragraph form.
- Use specific details from the novel to support your opinions.
- Utilize school-appropriate language.

Questions: What kind of person is Lori? What has she done and said to make you believe this? How is she responsible and not responsible for what has happended to her? What do you think is going to happen to her? What advice would you give her and why? If you were her, how would you have reacted similarly and/or differently?

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