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• Phillip Zimbardo says that heroes are "ordinary people" and it is the heroic act that is "extraordinary"-- write about a time in your life when an ordinary person performed an extraordinary act of heroism.

A teenager is a car on an on-ramp to a highway

How so?

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• Create a list of as many adjectives that describe YOU as you can think of

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• Create a list of as many different concrete nouns as possible.
• Aim for at least 10.

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• Your name
• a good day: single moment
• neighborhood/neighbors
• sibling connection: single moment

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• a small creepy place or any small shop or business from neighborhood
• A possession you would never part with
• nicknames
• Backyard memory
• Injury story
• BIG trouble

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• A valuable item you would never sell
• INJURY: childhood: the story
• Big Trouble: Caught BEing Naughty
• Neighborhood Shop/business

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• A valuable possession you would never sell
• Little business or shop or garage sale in your neiGhborhood
• childhood injury (yours or another kid's)
• Backyard: games / memories
• Witness a dramatic scene?
• BIG trouble

Pick a THematic Topic from HOMS

• Identity The future: hopes, dreams, waiting, plans Discrimination (racism, sexism, classism) Poverty and social class Hard work/success Gender roles Friendship Home and family Coming of Age, growing up