Welcome to 9B with Mrs. Duczkowski-Oxley and Miss Blanchard Something to think about: “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” Charles R. Swindoll

March 14th, 2012 Directions: Examine the photo below and respond to the following questions in your journal using complete sentences. What are your initial reactions to this photograph from the American South in the 1930s? What similarities and what differences do you see between the ‘white’ drinking fountain and the ‘colored’ fountain? What does this photograph tell you about race relations during this time? To what extent does this photo depict the common slogan of the era ‘separate but equal’? http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAjimcrow.htm

March 15th, 2012 Think back to your childhood. What is your favorite childhood memory? Describe that experience. Where were you? Who was with you? What did you do? What do you remember about how you felt at that moment? What made that moment memorable? How would that experience be different now that you are no longer a child?

March 16th, 2012 In your opinion, what are the characteristics of a good book? What draws you into a book in the first place? What are your first impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird?