Related Topics Extra Credit Directions: Research the following topics and include an article in your journal for each. Highlight sentences within the article to demonstrate your knowledge of the subject. 1. Mitch Albom 2. Morrie Schwartz 3. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4. Lou Gehrig 5. Ted Koppel 6. war in Bosnia 7. (58) famous case: straight man who killed a gay man after revealing his crush on a TV talk show 8. Lyrics for an inspirational song about death or living life to its fullest 9. A poem by W. H. Auden 10. Ted Turner 11. O. J. Simpson verdict
JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #1: What is the meaning of life? Tuesdays With Morrie Reading Assignment 1: pgs. 1 13 Would you want to know when you are going to die? Why or why not?
What would you want to do with the time you had left? Describe your living funeral. (I know it s morbid to think about.)
JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #2: What is one aphorism that you live by? Tuesdays With Morrie Reading Assignment 2: pgs. 18-23 Tell me something close to your heart. (20)
Reading Assignment 3: pgs. 48-54 JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #3: When someone is sick, dying, or has passed away, why do people always bring food? What does Morrie mean by, Love is the only rational act? (52) Why are we embarrassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise? (53) How do you find comfort in noise?
Reading Assignment 4: pgs. 55-59 JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #4: What makes you feel sorry for yourself? How do you overcome it? What makes you lucky?
JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #5: What regrets do you have? Tuesdays With Morrie Reading Assignment 5: pgs. 62-66 What if today was your last day on earth? What do you still need to do?
JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #6: Who taught you to love and to care? Tuesdays With Morrie Reading Assignment 6: pgs. 69-79 What are you going to do / what are you going to be when you grow up?
Reading Assignment 7: pgs. 80 85 (to the page marker) JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #7: What things do you take for granted?
Reading Assignment 8: pgs. 90 94 (to the page marker) JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #8: Who is your family? What do you want your family to be like when you grow up? (married, kids, etc.)
Reading Assignment 9: pgs. 100 107 JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #9: What emotion, or situation that causes you emotions, do you need to detach yourself from?
Reading Assignment 10: pgs. 108, 114 JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #10: If you were reincarnated, what would you come back as? Why? What do you believe happens when you die?
Reading Assignment 11: pgs. 115-121 JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #11: At what age are you officially old? What scares you most about growing old? What things do you do in your life to stay a child? What things do you have to do that make you an adult?
JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #12: What do you want your tombstone to read? Tuesdays With Morrie Reading Assignment 12: pgs. 122-128 What simple pleasures do you find happiness in? (must be non-materialistic) What do you have to give or offer to others? (126)
JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #13: Will you get married? Tuesdays With Morrie Reading Assignment 13: pgs. 142-149 What kind of person will you marry? Who is your role model for marriage, either good or bad?
Reading Assignment 14: pgs. 152-159 JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #14: What are some ways that you buy into what our culture tells you to be? In what ways do you create your own culture, or go against cultural norms?
JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #15: Who do you need to forgive? Tuesdays With Morrie Reading Assignment 15: pgs. 164-168 Who do you need forgiveness from?
Reading Assignment 16: pgs. 169-176 JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #16: Describe your perfect day (only 24 hours). What would you do?
Reading Assignment 17: pgs. 179-188 JOURNAL ENTRIES for Reading Assignment #17: My Bucket List