1. A truism: Something that is about ALL people- life in general.
Which of the following are NOT truisms:
The little frog is in trouble.
2. In life, the bigger you are, the more you get your way.
3. Life is better when you have someone to look up to.
4. The little frog should stab the big
frog in the eye with the pencil. Duh.
5. Unfortunately, it is often the strong
who survive and the little who are
eaten. 1

2. Try it (draw a picture):
1. Explain how showing courage is important.
2. Explain how people we admire inspire us.
3. Explain how fear can paralyze you.
4. Explain how objects that are important to you can remind you to do your best.
5. Explain how challenges help to develop character.
7. Explain how good leaders inspire us .

3. Copy the following statement
Choose your battles wisely.

4. Examples of History and Movies
Bride wars
EL Paso Rio Grande dispute
Real Steel
General Custer vs Sitting Bull
Vietnam War
Cowboys vs. Aliens
King John the Lion Heart w/ crusades
Titanic

5. Possible thesis statement:
Write a thesis statement explaining why it is important to pick your battles wisely.

6. Turn in your Write Source book to p. 193
Expository Writing: Understand the prompt Plan time wisely As you write: Decide on a focus or thesis for your essay Be selective – examples Use rhetorical devices – repetition, parallelism, restatement End in meaningful way

7. READ
“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers”

8. THINK

9. Answer:
Write an expository essay that explains how challenging situations or circumstances can develop our character.
Confidence, determination, strength, wisdom, skill, humility, perseverance, hope, faith, knowledge,
Harriet Tubman, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Ghandi, Samuel Robles, Hellen Keller, Mozart, Forrest Gump, The Persuit of Happiness, The Panic, The Color Purple, The Help,

10. Answer:
Write an expository essay that explains how challenging situations or circumstances can develop our character.
Without challenges we would never grow or change. It is overcoming difficult situations or trials that develops stronger, wiser, more skilled people.
Courage, confidence, bravery, strength, responsibility, faith, belief, trust, smarter, intelligence, wisdom, perseverance, determination
Forrest Gump, Source Code, Blindside, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Obama, Anne Frank, Tim Tebow, My Sister’s Keeper, Pursuit of Happiness

11. Answer:
Write an expository essay that explains how challenging situations or circumstances can develop our character.
Faith, hope, skills, determination, confidence, pride, willpower, conviction, integrity, courage, leadership, perseverance, self-control, strength, wisdom, intelligence, love
Goal, Forrest Gump, Real Steel, Saving Private Ryan, The Warrior, Save the Last Dance, The Blindside, Friday Night Lights, Abraham Lincoln, Tebow’s mom,

12. Write
Write an expository essay that explains how challenging situations or circumstances can develop our character.
Leadership conviction perseverance courage intelligence strength confidence
Forrest Gump, Shania Twaiin; Tebow, Blindside, Friday Night Lights, My Sister’s Keeper, Life Is Beautiful, A Walk to Remember, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Paul Revere, Obama,

13. Truism: It pays to pay attention.
Explain
Literature
Movie
Own experience
Wonder
(Just one sentence each)

14. For exactly 60 seconds:
In your OWN words, explain what the statement means.

15. For the next three minutes (you must write the entire time) tell how it's true in a piece of literature or story (poem?) – anything you have read!

16. For the next three minutes- explain how the statement is true in a movie or TV show or video game.

17. For the next three minutes, please explain how this statement is true in history.
Thanks.

18. WHEW!
For ONE minute, write about all the things you wonder...
Write any questions that you may have about the statement or what happened to YOU; What would you like to know? What do you wonder about?

19. Utilizing what you wrote
Fill in the Essay worksheet based on your writings.
First write your thesis or truism.