January Master

Pre-teach: Robinson Crusoe is a great story that can teach us how to become masters of something that we are now subject to - bad habits, weaknesses, rebellion, circumstances, etc. In the beginning, Crusoe feels he is a prisoner (or subject) to an island. As you read, ask yourself what you would do if you were in similar circumstances (you may learn something about yourself) and what you may have learned from the experience.

1. Read: Robinson Crusoe

2. Choose: A principle you found in your reading

3. Bring: A question  to discuss and a favorite quote

4. And do one or more of the following:

-Write an I-search Paper from the research you did in Journeyman

-Write a Compare/Contrast Essay from the research you did in Journeyman

-Take what you researched in Journeyman and improve another skill to present the principle and your evidence (research) in a beautiful, appealing, or persuasive way through story, essay, art, speech, presentation, video or other way of your choosing.

-Read pages 9- 18 of this study guide.  Choose one writing assignment and one activity to do from the guide.  Include an application.

Read: A Postcolonial Presidency: Our Man Obama. If you disagree with anything he says, write a Persuasive Letter to the author, explaining your point of view and why you think that way.

-Write a Persuasive Letter to Robinson Crusoe to try to get him to make a different choice than one which you did not agree with in the book.