Final Exam essay prompt

Final Exam For English II World Literature Fall 2014

Directions:
Type on your tablet or write on your own sheet of paper

EITHER COMPLETE PART ONE WRITING PROMPT AND EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFIGANCE OF 5 QUOTATIONS FROM PART TWO…

OR ONLY DO PART TWO BUT EXPLAIN ALL 10 QUOTATIONS

PART I.) ACT Style Writing Prompt: ( 30 points) Follow the rules we discussed in class for completing.
Educators debate extending high school to five years because of increasing demands on students from employers and colleges to participate in extracurricular activities and community service in addition to having high grades. Some educators support extending high school to five years because they think students need more time to achieve all that is expected of them. Other educators do not support extending high school to five years because they think students would lose interest in school and attendance would drop in the fifth year. In your opinion, should high school be extended to five years?
In your essay, take a position on this question. You may write about either one of the two points of view given, or you may present a different point of view on this question. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

PART II.) Write a 7 SENTENCE OR LONGER paragraph unpacking what each quote means, its significance, and how it applies to the world today and your personal life.

1.) “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! . . . You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are the way they are?” ~ The lord of the Flies

2.) “"I will show you a more simple way. If you do one thing, you will do these hundred and ten things, without ever thinking about them. If you love, you will unconsciously fulfill the whole law.” ~ Henry Drummond The Greatest Thing in the World

3.) “The most immediate fact of man’s consciousness is the assertion "I am life that wills to live in the midst of life that wills to live" —Albert Schweitzer

4.) “An Eye for an Eye makes the whole world blind” ~ Gandhi

5.) “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” ~ Gandhi

6.) By crawling a child learns to stand. ~ African proverb

7.) However long the night, the dawn will break. ~ African proverb

8.) “For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.” ~Elie Wiesel author of Night

9.) “Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.” – Oprah Winfrey

10.) “It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see”~ Thoreau