1. Responding to Author Quotations
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Responding to Author Quotations

2. Wednesday, September 9 “Boredom: the desire for desires.”- Leo Tolstoy
Chose one of the following quotes to respond to. Think about it to yourself. Now explain it’s meaning in three sentences or more.
“Boredom: the desire for desires.”- Leo Tolstoy
“The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.”-Leo Tolstoy

3. Remember: Use quotation marks and give the page number.
Dude, it’s reading time!
Complete one TCJ while you read. That means choose and copy a meaningful quote from your novel on the left side, and respond with and example or anecdote in at least three sentences on the right side.
Remember: Use quotation marks and give the page number.
Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Source Type.

4. Wednesday, September 9
the-day/ After looking at the picture of the day, write down two observations and one question.

5. Thursday, September 10
Chose one of the following quotes to respond to. Think about it to yourself. Now explain it’s meaning in three sentences or more.
“All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.” –Leo Tolstoy
“Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.” – Leo Tolstoy

6. Remember: Use quotation marks and give the page number.
Dude, it’s reading time!
Complete one TCJ while you read. That means choose and copy a meaningful quote from your novel on the left side, and respond with and example or anecdote in at least three sentences on the right side.
Remember: Use quotation marks and give the page number.
Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Source Type.

7. Thursday, September 10
Chose one of the following quotes to respond to. Think about it to yourself. Now explain it’s meaning in three sentences or more.
“All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.” –Ernest Hemingway
“All things truly wicked start from innocence.” –Ernest Hemingway

8. Friday, September 11
Chose one of the following quotes to respond to. Think about it to yourself. Now explain it’s meaning in three sentences or more.
“For me, it’s that I contributed,…That I’m on this planet doing some good and making people happy. That’s to me the most important thing, that my hour of television is positive and upbeat and an antidote for all the negative stuff going on in life.” –Ellen DeGeneres
“It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” –JK Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

9. Friday, September 11
Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions. – Paulo Coelho
I cry very easily. It can be a movie, a phone conversation, a sunset - tears are words waiting to be written. –Paulo Coelho