Free Write-

You are writing on whatever topic you want to for the next 5 minutes. The only rules are:

1. You must write the entire time2. You cannot repeat the same thing 3. It has to make sense.

Sponge 1 Qtr 4.

Sponge 2 Qtr 4.

Sponge 3 Qtr 4.Use the following fact to make a FICTION

paragraph:

In the Civil War, 620,000 bodies littered the

ground.

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Sponge 7 Qtr 4.Take the following 3 sentences and

combine them into one sentence

that is not a run-on. You can cut

out unnecessary words.

The average Union soldier was 26

years old.

He was usually white.

He was usually a native born

Protestant farmer.

Sponge 8 Qtr 4.Use the given sentences and fill in the blanks to make your

own paragraph. You are writing all of the sentences,

including the ones that are given to create your full

paragraph.

Sponge 9 Qtr 4.Make the following telling sentence into a showing

sentence through description, figurative language, or

comparison:

Iron clad ships were used in the Civil War.

The following example will help you see the difference

between showing and telling:

Telling: Her heart beat fast.

Showing: The frenzied beat quickened with each stare.

Sponge 10 Qtr 4.

If you were trying to motivate Americans to waste less food, which fact do you feel would be the most effective to promote change?

Pick your fact and then explain why it is the most effective in one paragraph (5 sentences)

Sponge 11 Qtr43.Use the given sentence and fill in the blanks to make your own

paragraph. You are writing all of the sentences, including the ones

that are given to create your full paragraph.

After the

Make one of the following telling sentence into a showing sentence

through description, figurative language, or comparison:

Two thirds of those who died in the Civil War died of disease.

Germ Theory was not widely recognized yet.

Chloroform, ether, and whisky were the main antiseptics to treat wounds.

The following example will help you see the difference between

showing and telling:

Showing: Her heart beat fast.

Telling: The frenzied beat quickened with each stare. Sponge 12 Qtr 4.

Sponge 13 Qtr 4.

This is a LISTENING SPONGE- I will read the scenario and ask you a question at the end. If you

have any questions, you can ask them, but I will only reread the part of the scenario that helps

answer your question. You are writing a one paragraph response to answer the question. Take

notes as I read.

A Callous Passerby

Roger Smith, a quite competent swimmer, is out for a leisurely stroll. During the course of his walk he

passes by a deserted pier from which a teenage boy who apparently cannot swim has fallen into the water.

The boy is screaming for help. Smith recognizes that there is absolutely no danger to himself if he jumps in

to save the boy; he could easily succeed if he tried. Nevertheless, he chooses to ignore the boy's cries.

The water is cold and he is afraid of catching a cold -- he doesn't want to get his good clothes wet either.

"Why should I inconvenience myself for this kid," Smith says to himself, and passes on. Does Smith have a

moral obligation to save the boy? If so, should he have a legal obligation ["Good Samaritan" laws] as well?

Sponge 14 Qtr 4.Take the following 3 sentences and combine them

into one sentence that is not a run-on. You can cut

out unnecessary words.

USE A SEMI-COLON: BS;BS.

The North and South disagreed over taxes.

They disagreed about state versus federal rights.

They had different belief systems.

Sponge 15 Qtr 4.

This is a LISTENING SPONGE- I will read the scenario and ask you a question at the end. If you

have any questions, you can ask them, but I will only reread the part of the scenario that helps

answer your question. You are writing a one paragraph response to answer the question. Take

notes as I read.

The Overcrowded Lifeboat

In 1842, a ship struck an iceberg and more than 30 survivors were crowded into a lifeboat intended to hold

7. As a storm threatened, it became obvious that the lifeboat would have to be lightened if anyone were to

survive. The captain reasoned that the right thing to do in this situation was to force some individuals to go

over the side and drown. Such an action, he reasoned, was not unjust to those thrown overboard, for they

would have drowned anyway. If he did nothing, however, he would be responsible for the deaths of those

whom he could have saved. Some people opposed the captain's decision. They claimed that if nothing

were done and everyone died as a result, no one would be responsible for these deaths. On the other

hand, if the captain attempted to save some, he could do so only by killing others and their deaths would

be his responsibility; this would be worse than doing nothing and letting all die. The captain rejected this

reasoning. Since the only possibility for rescue required great efforts of rowing, the captain decided that the

weakest would have to be sacrificed. In this situation it would be absurd, he thought, to decide by drawing

lots who should be thrown overboard. As it turned out, after days of hard rowing, the survivors were

rescued and the captain was tried for his action. If you had been on the jury, how would you have decided?

Sponge 16 Qtr 4.

Make sure your response is one paragraph long (5 sentences)

Sponge 17 Qtr 4.

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Sponge 19 Qtr 4.

This is a LISTENING SPONGE- I will read the scenario and ask you a question at the end. If you

have any questions, you can ask them, but I will only reread the part of the scenario that helps

answer your question. You are writing a one paragraph response to answer the question. Take

notes as I read. This story comes from an actual book.

Sophie's Choice

In the novel Sophie's Choice, by William Styron, a Polish woman, Sophie Zawistowska, is arrested by the

Nazis and sent to the Auschwitz death camp. On arrival, she is "honored" for not being a Jew by being

allowed a choice: One of her children will be spared the gas chamber if she chooses which one. In an

agony of indecision, as both children are being taken away, she suddenly does choose. They can take her

daughter, who is younger and smaller. Sophie hopes that her older and stronger son will be better able to

survive, but she loses track of him and never does learn of his fate. Did she do the right thing? Years later,

haunted by the guilt of having chosen between her children, Sophie commits suicide. Should she have felt

guilty?

Sponge 20 Qtr 4.

Take the following 2 sentences and combine THEM

into one sentence that is not a run-on USING A

PARTICIPIAL PHRASE. You can cut out unnecessary

words.

Verb (ing/ed)+phrase, BS.

-The issue that led to disruption of the

Union was slavery.

-The dispute led to secession.