List+Of+Quickwrites

**Quickwrite # 1 -** September 10th 2007
What are some of the things that could make senior English educational to you. Give detailed Ideas

**Quickwrite # 2 - September 11th 2007**
Definition: Power - The capacity or ability to direct or influence, your SELF, the behavior of OTHERS, or the course of EVENTS. Do you have power? How? Are there moments that you feel powerless? What have you done to gain or fight for power?

**Quickwrite # 3 - September 12th 2007**
What are some of the things you believe in?

**Quickwrite # 4 - September 17th 2007**
What are some of the concrete actions that you can take to make your goals a reality.

**Quickwrite # 5 - September 18th 2007**
Read the definition of Allusion in front of you. Come up with some examples of well known characters or events and what they could signify

Quickwrite # 6 - September 20th 2007
What are your thoughts about the state of the world today? How do you feel about the state of the world? What are your "Why" questions about the state of the world?

Quickwrite # 7 - September 24th 2007
Create some questions using the Socratic Method?

Quickwrite # 8 - September 25th 2007
A. List some guidelines to posting on the proboard or B. What do you think about President of Iran coming to Coloumbia University

**Quickwrite # 9 - September 26th, 2007**
Write a paragraph about your book.

**Quickwrite # 10-** **October 1st, 2007**
Write a response to John Lennon's - Imagine

**Quickwrite # 11 -** **October 4th, 2007**
Reflect on your Effective and Critical Reading yesterday. What worked? What didn't? What comments do you have about the process?

**Quickwrite # 12 - October 5th, 2007**
Respond to Proboards Discussion Guidelines. Anything you disagree with? Anything you want to add?

**Quickwrite # 13 -** **October 9th, 2007**
What do you think about the following terms: Colonialism, Imperialism, Developing country, Third world?

Respond to a character, event or quote in your book. Try to incorporate any one of the following Socratic questioning methods in your response. Types of Socratic Questions: • conceptual clarification questions • probing assumption • probing rationale, reasons or evidence, • questioning viewpoints & perspectives and • probing implications / consequences
 * Quickwrite #14**

Quickwrite # 15
What are the major themes in your story? 1st Using a web, identify a broad list of themes 2nd Write about what you think the concrete message is for at least two of them. 3rd (If there is time) Add details regarding how you think these themes are communicated in the story (through the evetns, characters, literary elements, etc.

Write a letter to the author of your book, tell him or her what you liked and didn't like about your book? How did it touch you, what did it leave you thinking about?
 * Quickwrite #16**

Quickwrite # 17 Write about an elementary school experience. Did you ever get in trouble in school? Was there a teacher you had some tense interactions with? Describe a moment in this teacher’s classroom. Try to be as detailed as possible in your description.

Quickwrite # 18 How important is your name to you?

Quickwrite #19 Write about both stories. What are the major themes?

Quickwrite #20 Respond to the World - through poetry. Use the poems reviewed in class to inspire your thinking.

Quickwrite #21 Make a list of 10 things you are passionate about & /or might want to persuade someone else about.