When you get your PSAT scores back, don't throw them away!
You will receive your scores December 10th and need to bring them to me on the 11th
You have to bring them to me. You will be given 10 points for just bringing them in.
IF YOU DON'T BRING YOUR PSAT SCORES YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER PSAT PRACTICE READING COMPREHENSION TEST
Crucible Vocabulary for Friday's test
"gaunt"-"merely"
Service opportunities This great site leads you to all sorts of service opportunities
Salem, OR service
Leaf Haul
Adaptive Horse riding Therapy
Alzheimer's help
Percentage of people dying of cancers
Ten of you (1/3 of us!) in this room will die from Alzheimer's or another form of
dementia
Here's a list of 100 service opportunities in and around Salem:
Service Links
"There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.
Sacrifice: an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy.
I want all of you to think about causes that might be worth making sacrifices for. By sacrifices, I mean that you would have to give up
some time,
some money,
some physical effort,
some mental effort in order to make a difference in the world.
Maybe there are other ways to sacrifice. We can give up our pride, for example.
It is difficult for the average person to think in these terms. To help you, I'd like you to do the following:
1. Write down five very different things that you enjoy doing or that you value.
2. Then I'd like you to think and realize that some people in the world do not have the privilege of doing the thing that you've listed.
3. Then I'd like you to write down a service opportunity that corresponds to your example.
4. Then I would like you to make an argument (1 paragraph only this time) that people should consider doing one of the things you have listed.
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Service Opportunities:
Purchase Malaria nets (100,000 people will die of malaria this year in West Africa)
Bracelets for Change--Madelinn Probst's Facebook page
Causes worth fighting for
More Causes
On a sheet of paper, write down five things that would be worth sacrificing for.
They can be very small things or very big things. State the cause (or thing) and what you would give up.
Example: My dog I give up 30 min of my time to take her for a walk
Example: Kids dying from Malaria in Africa I give up $5/mon and tell people about it
What or who you would sacrifice for What you would give up
1. Cat Care at Humane Society Time, "comfort zone"
2. Give up toys for cousins, etc. Toys,
3. Give jacket; give away your favorite . . .
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