**ATTENTION 3rd block HONORS AMLIT HW DUE TUES. 8/17**

3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.

HW DUE TUES. 8/17:

1) In the WRITING SECTION of your binder as JOURNAL #1, complete ONE 150-200 word response to ALL THREE QUESTIONS BELOW... 

• FIRST THING: from our reading/discussion today in class, use Conroy’s comments (BLUE SHEET/WRITING SECTION of binder) from Lords of Discipline about his ‘GREAT TEACHER THEORY’ as the ‘inspiration’/guide for your own response to these THREE qu's:

• What qualities, in your opinion, make a GREAT TEACHER?

• Think back over the teachers you’ve had through your years in school. Have we [your teachers from any grade/school/etc.] "measured up" in your eyes academically, personally/supportively, and/or in any other way?  

• Finally, choose ONE of the THREE main 'chunks'/sections of CONROY'S EXCERPT (as noted in class) and briefly explain/talk about which of those section appeals to you the most, AND WHY you feel this way/what caught your attention. 

********JOURNAL REMINDERS:

• PLEASE NOTE FOR THE REST OF THE SEMESTER: A HARD COPY ('physical' PRINTED or WRITTEN sheet) is REQUIRED for ALL JOURNALS to be placed in your BINDER WRITING SECTION

• **typed or written; either is fine (**but IF I NEED TO PRINT FOR YOU, please remember timeliness **BEFORE 10am or NO PRINTING FROM ME!!)

• 150-200 words MINIMUM for the response

• answer the qu's with the prompt and/or text in mind

--BE READY TO SHARE YOUR RESPONSES IN CLASS TUESDAY TO EARN **VALUABLE CCR GRADE DISCUSSION POINTS