Writing+Resources

All English I students are asked to write in class, on demand in response to the following prompt. Attached to Unit 2 is a word document with this same information that you can print. //The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall//. Source: **Nelson Mandela**
 * **Perserverance** is a steady effort to maintain a course of action, purpose, or belief, often in spite of difficulty. ||
 * Write a personal narrative about the meaning of perseverance as it applies to personal success.** ** Write to develop real or imagined experiences or events. Use effective technique, **** well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences throughout the beginning, middle and end of your narrative. You may use the following information as well as your own experiences, observations, and/or readings.**

//Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever//. Source: **Lance Armstrong**

//Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. Remember no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost. Sometime, somewhere, somehow we shall find that which we seek.// Source: **Helen Keller**

//It’s not that I’m so smart; it’s just that I stay with problems longer//. Source: **Albert Einstein**

//If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.// Source: **Michael Jordan**

Here are some helpful links to examples, tips, and ideas for writing in the classroom.

//Narrative// -

[|A one page narrative, by John Updike, about Ted Williams last game as a Boston Red Sox].
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