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Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom



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= Essential Questions Life How do you want to live your life?

What do you value? Why?

Would you live in the same way if you knew that your time on earth was limited?

How do you want to be remembered? What will be your legacy?

Literature

Anticipatory Set

Please respond to the following statements with one of the following: Strongly agree/ Somewhat agree/ Neutral/ Somewhat disagree/ Strongly d isagree Explain your answer.
 * 1) People are often unsatisfied with their lives.
 * 2) It is important to have love in life.
 * 3) Love always wins.
 * 4) Money is critical to a good existence.
 * 5) Financial stability helps determine self-worth.
 * 6) You can be truly happy without fulfilling personal relationships.
 * 7) Fear stops people from fully living.
 * 8) It is okay to feel self-pity.
 * 9) It is not necessary to pursue dreams.
 * 10) Life is not meant to be taken seriously
 * 11) Younger people have better lives than older people..
 * 12) Death is something to fear.
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.5;">Popular culture makes people feel bad about themselves.

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 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.5;">Why is ALS called “Lou Gehrig’s Disease?

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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**Who is Mitch Albom?**
[|Link to Bio of Albom]

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<span style="background-color: #5febe2; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Study Guide/ Reading Questions =<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Motifs = Socratic Seminar or Literature Circles
 * Media
 * Reincarnation/Renewal
 * Food

=<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Required Note-taking #1 = If you choose to buy a copy of the text, you will be annotating the text as you read. Please refer to the annotation guidelines for expectations/requirements. If you use a school copy of the book, you will take two-column notes. Please see teacher for format.

**Required Note-taking #2** Mitch tackles some pretty weighty topics in Tuesdays with Morrie. Before reading, write your ideas about the following topics. As you read, record Morrie's and Mitch's ideas about the topics, too.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">**Topic** || **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">My belief **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">(pre-reading) ** || **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Morrie’s Belief ** || **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mitch’s Belief ** || **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">My belief **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">(post-reading) ** ||
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Death ** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fear ** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aging ** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Greed ** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Marriage ** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Family ** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Society ** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Forgiveness ** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Living a Meaningful Life ** ||  ||   ||

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