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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Tuesdays With Morrie!

(EXCERPT FROM RANDOM HOUSE EDITION)

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.

For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.

Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger?

Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final "class": lessons in how to live.

Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.

ASSIGNMENTS (FOUND BELOW):
PART I. Reading and Questions
PART II. On Going Vocabulary

PART I.
Read the following Sections and answer the At Home Questions

The Curriculum – The Syllabus
-- Read In Class & Home - Jan 31

The Student – The Orientation
Read - In Class - Feb 1/Feb2
HW - AT HOME QUESTIONS - DUE FOR DISCUSSION FRIDAY FEB 3

The Classroom – Taking Attendance
Read - In Class - Feb 6
HW - AT HOME QUESTIONS - DUE FOR DISCUSSION ON TUESDAY FEB 7

QUIZ ON READINGS ON TUESDAY FEB 7

The First Tuesday – The Second Tuesday
- Quiz Feb 7
- HW Read The First Tuesday through the Second Tuesday

The Third Tuesday – The Professor
- Read In Class and for Homework - Feb 8 & 9
- HW - At Home Reading Questions - Feb 9

The Fourth Tuesday – The Fifth Tuesday
- Read In Class and for Homework - Feb 10
- HW - At Home Read Questions - Feb 10

QUIZ ON READINGS ON FEB 14

The Sixth Tuesday – The Seventh Tuesday
- Read In Class and for Homework - Feb 14
- HW - At Home Reading Questions - Feb 14

The Eighth Tuesday – The Ninth Tuesday
- Read In Class and for Homework -- Feb 15
- HW - At Home Read Questions - Feb 15

The Tenth Tuesday – The Eleventh Tuesday
- Watch Nightline Interview Part 3
- Read in Class and for Homework -- Feb 16

The Audiovisual – The Thirteenth Tuesday
- Read for Homework - Feb 16

The Fourteenth Tuesday – Conclusion
- In Class and at Home - Feb 28
- HW - At Home Reading Questions - Feb 28

DISCUSSION
- In Class - Feb 29
- UNIT TEST on March 1
- Packet and Vocab DUE on March 2

VIDEOS WITH MORRIE!

THE AUDIO - VISUAL PART I.

PART I.


PART II.


PART III.


PART IV.


THE AUDIO - VISUAL PART III

PART VII


PART VIII