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Bell Ringer: ACT PREP Pick the correct answer. Write on your own paper. Make sure you date your paper. Keep your bell ringer in one place.

  As you are reading the memoir, think about the hero and the hero’s journey. Is Ishmael Beah a hero?  A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

 Sierra Leone in West Africa: Ishmael Beah’s Home Country

  Background: Third page in book  New York City 1998: Page 4  Chapters one and two Background-Chapter 2

  Write an essay that answers the following writing prompt. You must have an introduction paragraph, a body (at least 2 paragraphs), and a conclusion paragraph. You must also use evidence and commentary to support your claims. Also, when you cite from the text, you must use quotation marks. Prompt: How do the characters of King Arthur and Sir Launcelot follow the characteristics of the hero’s journey? Use evidence from the text to support your claims. Finish Writing Prompt

  Finish writing prompt.  Read the book that you checked out from the Media Center last week. Homework

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