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For this
summer’s reading, you will read Conrad Richter’s The Light in the
Forest. Study questions to help as you are reading the book can
be found on the Pillow Academy website. These questions should be
answered on loose-leaf paper. These questions will be used as the
basis of discussion the first few days of school. A test on the book
will be given the first week of school.
In
addition to The Light in the Forest, you will read Alan
Williams’s Walk On. You will not be tested on Walk On.
Your assignment for this book follows.
My advice
is to read Walk On first so that The Light in the Forest
will be fresh in your mind when you return to school.
The
following quotes are found throughout the novel. Please respond to
each quote by explaining:
1) How
the quote relates to that particular chapter
2) How the quote relates to Alan Williams’s life, and
3) How the quote relates to your life. Your responses should be ½ to
¾ of a page each.
*Helpful
Hint: Though the quote may be found in the middle of a chapter, you
should read the entire chapter before responding to the quote.
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“You
can learn a lot about a man by the promises he keeps in small
conversation.” Bowman Williams
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“For
where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew
6:21
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“Sports do not build character…they reveal it.” John Wooden
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“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines
what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” Lou Holtz
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“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
John Wooden
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“The
ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of
comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of
challenge and controversy.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“I
don’t want to be their coach. I don’t want to be their agent.
And I don’t want to be their promoter. I just want to be their
dad.” Bill Walton
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“For
even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to
give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45
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“A
walk-on’s role was not about playing time, autographs, or ESPN.
Being a walk-on was about practice; that is where we made our
difference.” A.W.
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“No
matter who you are, understand, there will be a press
conference—whether you’re Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic
Johnson, whoever. There will be a press conference to announce
it’s all over.” Dick Vitale
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