Blog post due: FRIDAY 12/4

In exactly 100 words creatively describe one moment when your mouth dropped open, chin hit the ground, and tears rolled down your face (figuratively or not). If you prefer to develop this into a longer post, that’s fine too!

Chapters 6 and 7

1.      What is the “sign that came down from the world of grown-ups” and what could it symbolize?

Chapter 5

Interpret and respond to this quote by the narrator: “He found himself understanding the wearisome of life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent looking at one’s feet.”

Chapter 4 Response

 After reading Chapter 4, have your views about life, violence, power, and control changed since the beginning of the book? Discuss and explain using examples from the book.

Dear Auntie

As Piggy, write a letter to your Auntie describing what has happened to you and telling her how you feel about it.

There aren't any grown ups...

"There aren‘t any grownups; we‘ll have to look after ourselves." – Ralph

What would your life be like without grownups?

Were you "curious" by the "incident?"

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon is a very moving book about a boy named Christopher John Francis Boone who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome. Throughout the novel, we follow him as he tries to find the murderer of his neighbor’s dog, Wellington.  While searching for the murderer, Christopher decides to write a murder mystery novel, which happens to be what we are supposed to be reading.  Due to the fact that Christopher is the narrator of this book, we have the opportunity to see the world through his eyes and we are given a chance to understand what it is like to live with a disease like Asperger’s Syndrome 

Now that you have read this book and provided analysis through your Summer Reading Response Sheet, what do you think about the following statement?

  “Sometimes people are born with disabilities, but it’s communities that handicap them.”​​Anonymous

Create a blog post responding to this statement. Do you agree or disagree? Provide evidence to support your thought from the book, your own life, or both. (200 words)

Welcome— English 8!!

Welcome— English 8!!

As part of this course, you are expected to keep an online BLOG. The BLOG will be checked throughout the grading period. BLOG posts should be a minimum of 200 words. BLOG grades will be listed under Classwork/Homework in the grade book.

For help on creating your BLOG, click here:

BLOG instructions

Once you have created it and personalized it to your taste, please add the English Pickle to "blogs you follow."

The BLOG is a place to FREEWRITE. It's a place for YOU to share your thoughts and to improve your writing skills without being restricted to MLA format, course guidelines, etc. It is a place for you develop your own personal writing style.

Sometimes I will also post important information about class or things I want you to know or think you might be interested in.

Normally, there will be no specific prompt for BLOG postings unless I decide to choose one for that week. If that is the case, I will let you know on Monday of that week.

Otherwise: BLOG entries can be:

1. your thoughts about something you have learned in school
2. thoughts about what you heard, read, or saw on the news
3. thoughts about  anything that you have been thinking about

The purpose of the BLOG is to develop fluency in writing. BLOG writing does not have to be perfect grammar and spelling. Spelling and grammar errors will not lower your BLOG grade unless the poor spelling or grammar keeps me from understanding what you have written, is sloppy, or done carelessly without thought or proof-reading. 

BLOGS will be graded on the amount of writing and the thought that went into the writing. This is your chance to develop your flow of thought while writing.

You must submit a new post weekly. Posts are due by Friday @ 8 a.m. of each week of the grading period. I WILL CHECK THE TIME AND DATE STAMP for each submission. Posts submitted AFTER 8 a.m. on Friday will be considered late, and you will lose points. You may not make-up points for late BLOGS.

1st grading period:

Friday, August 21
Friday, August 28
Friday, September 4
Friday, September 11
Friday, September 18
Friday, September 25