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=CREATE YOUR OWN JOURNAL PROJECT=

// Among the Hidden // Post-Reading Journal Project Adapted from Pre-Reading Activities found in the __Among The Hidden__ Literature Guide by Kathleen Woken-Rowley **http://books.google.com/books?id=xfGeteYePfgC&dq=literature+guide+among+the+hidden+kathleen+woken-****rowley&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=RUTc6jYp6m&sig=nNpHP3pxVmHXljwYGKAgiu8CxCk&hl=en&ei=ZHJPS9LmDoeXtgfL47UB&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false**

This will be a journal project using the topics given below. All entries should be placed in a separate notebook or a booklet of loose-leaf that you make to be handed in and:

1. Each journal entry should be at least a half of a page long. 2. There must be 11 journal entries done, following the topics listed below. 3. You may decorate the entries to make the journal more like you 4. Covers should be decorated.

Topics for journal entries : ** Day 1 ** : Journal/discuss the concept of having dreams and goals for the future. Are dreams and goals important? What happens when those dreams are never fulfilled? What if other people make fun of or doubt those dreams? Is it more important look at reality or to have dreams? Can you do both?

** Day 2 ** : Journal/discuss the concept of loneliness. Write/tell the difference between loneliness and being alone. Write about a time or situation in which you felt particularly alone or lonely and how you might have (or did) remedy the situation. Include a photograph or drawing to illustrate the writing.

** Day 3 ** : Journal/discuss the quote: “Liberty, too, must be limited in order to be possessed,” by Edmund Burke (1729-1779). What do you think would happen if everyone were free to do whatever they pleased? Should liberty be limited? How far should the government go to protect our lives? Or do you think the government should not be involved in our freedom to choose the life we want to live?

** Day 4 ** : Journal/discuss the concept of happiness. Is there really such thing as true happiness? How would you define it? Explain.

** Day 5 ** : Journal/discuss a time when you wanted something so badly you would do almost anything to get it. What was the situation? What was the result? Include how it felt to get/not get what you wanted.

** Day 6 ** : Discuss/journal the saying “To thine own self be true,” which comes from Shakespeare’s // Macbeth //. What does the quote mean? Where have you heard the saying? In what situation might you find yourself having to be true to yourself? When have you ever had to decide to be true to yourself in a tough situation?

** Day 7 ** : Discuss/journal the characteristics of a good leader. Then discuss the characteristics of a bad leader. Are leaders born or made? List the attributes of their ideal “leader,” how he/she would act, reason, negotiate, follow, etc. Can leadership be used for evil deeds?

** Day 8 ** : Most people feel that honesty is the best policy. Is it ever okay to lie? If so, when and under what circumstances? Explain your answers using specific examples or situation.

** Day 9 ** : Sometimes the course of our lives can be changed in an instant. Whether it is a change for the positive or negative, it can sometimes bring surprising results. Journal/discuss a time when major change was introduced into your life, paying special attention to the astounding effect this change had on you.

** Day 10 ** : Journal/discuss the concept of courage and/or what makes a hero.

** Day 11 ** : Describe the room you would like to have if you were not allowed to “exist”. What would you want in it? Take into account that during the day, no one can know that someone is living in your house. Also include what you would do while other people are playing and having fun in the outside world, when you are not allowed to leave your house.