Lesson One - Swimmers

Lesson One - Personal Response to Text
Duration - 3 blocks (3 x 80 min + homework)

"Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul." - anonymous

Much of literature explores the diversity of ruling passions that influence people's lives and relationships. In this unit, through the reading of various pieces of literature, we are going to consider the question, "What idea does the author develop regarding the significance of ruling passion in an individual's life?"

In the first lesson of this unit, we will consider the ruling passion that people may have to continue to live a joyful and vibrant life.

You will also review how to write a personal response to text. In this lesson, the examples provided are from a visual text, and you will be responding to a second visual text, but the "rules" regarding a personal response apply to any type of text - visual, multimedia, or print.