Lesson Five - It Gets Better
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| Course: | English Lang Arts 10-1 |
| Book: | Lesson Five - It Gets Better |
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| Date: | Monday, 8 September 2025, 4:17 PM |
Introduction
Lesson Five - It Gets Better
Duration - 2 blocks (2 x 80 min + homework)
“The best is yet to be.” ~ Robert Browning
We sometimes think that our best days are behind us. That’s not a good thought to hold onto. It's far better to think that "the best is yet to be", as it turns us around to thinking that the best is still to come. The reason we start to think that maybe we’ve already lived our best days is because life has been a bit rough lately, and we’re projecting that roughness into the future. But what if it were possible to fully believe that things are going to get better, and that our future holds days that are better than anything we’ve yet lived? That would be pretty powerful.
Lesson
The teenage years can be the most turbulent of a person's life. There are many areas of stress, and unfortunately, some of the stress comes from relationships with others. Teenagers are often told that their high school years are the best years of their lives. And if high school is not going so well, for whatever reason, THAT adds even more stress.
Stop and profoundly think about that. If your high school years really ARE the best years of your life, that does seem to suggest that life after seventeen simply goes downhill . . .
It. Gets. Better.
Explore the websites on the Resources page.
Assignment
(50 marks)
Open a new Word document. Label it E101U4L5surname
In this document, write the good copy of your personal response to text as outlined below.
Submit this assignment using the Dropbox for U4L5 it gets better
Reflect upon the ideas and impressions suggested by the various websites in this lesson.
For those who feel as though they are outsiders, what do these websites suggest about life getting better?
Choose ONE of the websites and write a personal response to text about life getting better for an outsider.
Support your idea with reference to the text presented and to your previous knowledge and/or experience.
In your writing you should
- select a prose form that is appropriate to the ideas you wish to express and that will enable you to effectively communicate to the reader (short essay, diary entry, journal entry, newspaper article, editorial, interior monologue, short story, personal observation, etc.)
- discuss ideas and impressions that are meaningful to you
- respond from a personal, critical and/or creative perspective
- consider how you can create a strong unifying effect
(Your assignment will be marked using the "personal response to texts" rubric.)
Conclusion
