How can a pen and keyboard have power?

Writers see how they have the power to create change when they put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard can have in creating the change we wish to see in the world.  Malala Yousufazi took great risks to write about how young girls are treated in Pakistan under Taliban rule, where they are denied an education.  Her father organized a secret school for girls to help overcome this oppression.  The BBC (the major news source in Europe) asked if a student from the school would write about her experiences and his daughter rose to the occasion though she faced certain death if she was discovered.

1.  Read Malala Yousufazi's blog about her life as a Pakistani schoolgirl. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7834402.stm 

2.  Use the graphic organizer to plan out your response to the following question:  

How does Malala's blog demonstrate the power of the pen and the keyboard?  Support your response with details from the passage.  

3.  Add your response as a comment to this blog by Monday, January 7th, 8am.   

4.  Read the responses from your classmates and be prepared to respond to them in class.  

Excellence is a habit

I recently read and reflected on the following quote:  

"We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."  
~ Aristotle

What is Aristotle trying to teach us with his observation?  Write a 1 paragraph response as a comment on this blog post.  Be sure to have:  

• a topic sentence that restates the question.  
• 2-3 details.  
• an elaboration for each detail.