Part 3 Writing Prompts

Writing Prompts: 
1)  Pick one of the writing prompts below then share your answers with me on the Google Document you shared with me yesterday. 
2)  When you are finished, go to Tween Tribune on the right side of this blog.  Find three stories that interest you.  For each story, write a one paragraph summary- include your personal thoughts on the story.  Make sure you include the title, author and date of each story you choose to write about.  These three paragraph/reflections should be written on the same Google Document as the writing prompts from today and yesterday.
3)  Go to State Challenge  -start on Beginner and make your way to Master Geographer.
 DESTROYING A MESSAGE: If you see a message posted in public and you don’t like it, is it
okay to destroy it? Would your answer change depending on the content of the message? What
would you do in the following situations? (Explain your reasoning.)
a. You see a sign saying that a sports team that you really don’t like is the best team ever.
b. You see a message or symbol (such as a swastika or a racial or ethnic slur) that is offensive to you or others.
c. You see a poster for a political candidate whose views you oppose.
d. You see a sign posted in a public space that has mean things written specifically about you.

DELIVERING A MESSAGE:  Nat is asked to deliver a message to Paul Revere, but is stopped
by a redcoat who wants the message. What would you do if someone wanted to take a message
away from you? What would you do in the following situations?:
a. Your mom has given you a note asking your teacher for permission for you to miss school
tomorrow so that you can go to an amusement park to celebrate your birthday. Another
student stops you and asks you to give her your note. What do you do? Explain why.
b. A student passes you a note and the teacher comes over and asks for you to give him the
note. What do you do? Explain your reasoning
c. You have written a love letter to another student. On the way to give the note to the student,
a bully stops you in the hall and asks for the note. What do you do? Explain why.