1. NUGGETS
Romina Olea
March

2. “There’s pleasure in ambition” The pleasure of reading to impress yourself by Rebecca Mead

3. “Find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it, go on to something else.” How teachers make children hate reading by John Holt

4. “I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky
“I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky.” Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie

5. “To write in Spanish is for me a gesture of survival
“To write in Spanish is for me a gesture of survival.” Always living in Spanish by Marjorie Agosin

6. "No, I will not submit. I will struggle first
"No, I will not submit! I will struggle first!" The School Days of an Indian Girl by Zitkala-Sa

7. “I whooped in my heart for having once asserted the rebellion within me.” The School Days of an Indian Girl by Zitkala-Sa

8. “Champion the average. Rely on your own good sense
“Champion the average. Rely on your own good sense.” I Just Wanna Be Average by Mike Rose

9. “Average. Who wants to be average
“Average? Who wants to be average?” I Just Wanna Be Average by Mike Rose

10. “As I see it today, the ability to read awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive” Saved by Malcom X as told to Alex Haley

11. “Finally the dictionary's A section had filled a whole tablet­ and I went on into the B's. That was the way I started copying what eventually became the entire dictionary.” Saved by Malcom X as told to Alex Haley

12. Summary Theme Works Cited
My theme was ambition and determination. Pushing yourself to be the best as we have been taught in this class. These are quotes that stand out to me and each picture has a lot of meaning and thought behind it that correlates with the quote.
The Pleasure of Reading to Impress Yourself by Rebecca Mead
How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading by John Holt
Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie
Always Living in Spanish by Marjorie Agosin
The School Days of an Indian Girl by Zitkala-Sa
I Just Wanna Be Average by Mike Rose
Saved by Malcom X as told to Alex Haley