English 12 AP Journal 09/05/12

							English 12 AP Journal            09/05/12

 “Every man is wise when attacked by a
 mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad
 woman; only the wisest survive when
 attacked by a mad notion.”
  Robertson Davies
  Respond in a paragraph:
  What does Davies mean?
  Do you agree or disagree with Davies?
  Provide an example to support your response.
English 12AP Journal 09/06/12

 “A classic is something that everybody
 wants to have read and nobody wants to
 read.” –Mark Twain
  Respond in a paragraph:
  Do you agree or disagree with Twain?
  Provide an example to support your response.
English 12AP Journal          09/10/12

 “Writing is not necessarily something to be
 ashamed of, but do it in private and wash
 your hands afterwards.” Robert Heinlein
 Respond in a paragraph:
 What does Heinlein mean?
 Do you agree or disagree with Heinlein?
 Explain.
 Provide an example to support your
 response.
English 12 AP Journal            09/11/12
 “A pessimist sees only the dark side of the
 clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both
 sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the
 clouds at all - he's walking on them. -Leonard
 Louis Levinson
 Respond in a paragraph:
 -Put Levinson’s metaphor in your own words.
 -Do you agree or disagree with Levinson?
 -Provide an example to support your response.
Remember: College Essay Rough Drafts are
 due tomorrow.
English 12 AP Journal           09/13/12

 “A thought is often original, though you
 have uttered it a hundred times.”
  Oliver Wendell Holmes
  Respond in a paragraph:
  What does Wendell Holmes mean?
  Do agree or disagree with Wendell Holmes?
   Explain.
  Relate Wendell Holmes’ quote to a work of
   literature you have read.
English 12AP                              9/17/2012
Please turn in College Essays to the pink bin.
  “Against stupidity the gods themselves contend
  in vain.”-Friedrich von Schiller
  German dramatist & poet (1759 – 1805)
  Respond in a paragraph:
  -What does von Schiller mean?
  -Do you agree or disagree with von Schiller?
  -Provide an example.
  -Relate the quote to a literary work you have
  read.
English 12 AP                  9/18/12
“There are certain themes of which the
  interest is all-absorbing, but which are too
  entirely horrible for the purpose of
  legitimate fiction.” –Edgar Allan Poe
  Respond in a paragraph:
  -Put the quote in your own words.
  -Do you agree or disagree with the quote?
  -Provide an example from a literary work
  to support your response.
English 12AP                     9/19/12

 “The world is a tragedy to those who feel,
 but a comedy to those who think.”
 Horace Walpole
   English author (1717 - 1797)
 Respond in a paragraph:
 -Put the quote in your own words.
 -Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
 -Relate to a dramatic work you have seen or
   read.