How do we construct identity through our actions, interests, values and beliefs? What is the relationship between nature and American identity? What does it mean to be a rebel? What is the relationship between self and society? What is success? To what extent is community essential to happiness? Is knowledge dangerous? An entry for your Essential Question Journal might look like this: Title Essential Question Passage My Thoughts What is success? This passage tells me a lot “Survivor Type” “I played football in high school. I was about Richard Pine: he’s the best damn determined to reach his goals, football player my and he must be very school ever to have been so produced. successful on the football field Quarterback. I made All-City my last two (“I made All-City my years” his dedication shows last two years. I and skill). But he also sounds hated football. But bitter. When he if says, “But a poor wop a poor wop from the if you’re you’re from the projects are your only projects…sports and you want to go the way he uses an ticket out,” to college, sports are ethnic slur to describe himself your only ticket. So makes it sound as though he I played, and I got like having to succeed on didn’t my athletic someone else’s terms. scholarship” Title and Author Amount of Entries a Minimum of 2 entries “To Build Fire” by Jack London Stephen King Minimum of 2 entries “Survivor Type” by excerpts from Who Minimum of 1 entry Deep Survival: Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales by Ralph Waldo Emerson Minimum of 1 entry “Nature” by Ralph Waldo Minimum of 1 entry “Self Reliance” Emerson excerpts from by Henry David Minimum of 2 entries Walden Thoreau to Civil by Minimum of 2 entries “Resistance Government” Henry David Thoreau of the by Robert W. Minimum of 1 entry “Spell Yukon” Service by John Krakauer Minimum of 7 entries (must have an Into the Wild entry for Chapters 16, 17, and 18)
How do we construct identity through our actions, interests, values and beliefs? What is the relationship between nature and American identity? What does it mean to be a rebel? What is the relationship between self and society? What is success? To what extent is community essential to happiness? Is knowledge dangerous? An entry for your Essential Question Journal might look like this: Title Essential Question Passage My Thoughts “Survivor Type” What is success? “I played football in high school. I was the best damn football player my school ever produced. Quarterback. I made All-City my last two years. I hated football. But if you’re a poor wop from the projects and you want to go to college, sports are your only ticket. So I played, and I got my athletic scholarship” This passage tells me a lot about Richard Pine: he’s determined to reach his goals, and he must be very to have been so successful on the football field (“I made All-City my last two years” shows his dedication and skill). But he also sounds bitter. When he says, “But if you’re a poor wop from the projects…sports are your only ticket out,” the way he uses an ethnic slur to describe himself makes it sound as though he didn’t like having to succeed on someone else’s terms. Title and Author Amount of Entries “To Build a Fire” by Jack London Minimum of 2 entries “Survivor Type” by Stephen King Minimum of 2 entries excerpts from Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales Minimum of 1 entry “Nature” by Ralph Waldo Emerson Minimum of 1 entry “Self Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson Minimum of 1 entry excerpts from Walden by Henry David Thoreau Minimum of 2 entries “Resistance to Civil Government” by Henry David Thoreau Minimum of 2 entries “Spell of the Yukon” by Robert W. Service Minimum of 1 entry Into the Wild by John Krakauer Minimum of 7 entries (must have an entry for Chapters 16, 17, and 18)
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