It's Lauren!!

Yay Lauren! You look great!

Check it out everyone!

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Hi from Boston

Hi everyone! I am enjoying my time here in Boston!

How did class go today? Did you like the poem? How was the quiz?

Let me know!

Have a great weekend!

Dylan Thomas and other stuff

For tomorrow, you are

1. taking your words quiz

2. working on a poem assignment. Yes, it's tough. Work with a partner and figure it out! Don't just give up--you are in an AP class and need to learn how to analyze and THINK!

3. reading

Above are some pictures of Dylan Thomas (the author of "Do not go gentle into that good night")

Doesn't he look cool?

AP Exam FYI

Here are some facts I came across...

North Carolina is one of 16 states in which the percentage of students that scored a 3 or higher on at least one AP exam exceeds the national average according to a report released by the College Board today. A total of 24,563 (29.1%) students from North Carolina's public high school class of 2009 took at least one AP exam during high school. This number exceeds the national average of 26.5% and represents an increase of 6,473 students from 2004. A total of 14,697 students (17.4%) from the class of 2009 earned a score of 3 or higher on at least one AP exam. This number represents an increase of 3,874 students from 2004 and exceeds the national average of 15.9%.

FOKABLURARY

narrator-unreliable: a narrator who provides inaccurate, misleading, or conflicting information to the reader.

parallelism: when two or more lines proceed at the same angle but in different places on a single plane OR; is the repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect.

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Sorry I wasn't here today. I was super sick. Did I miss anything?

Imma Write a Book

Alright, I've just decided that I'm gonna write a book about the inner feelings and thoughts that guys have. For real. Cuz in Hamlet and Macbeth, it wasn't about their inner thoughts and feelings about being a man, it was about them contemplating issues and problems that actually matter. They weren't just whining the whole time about being princes and what was "expected" of them. And in the end, they both went out guns-a-blazin. Not Edna. What does she do? She thinks, and ponders, and goes nutso crazy cuz the guy she wants to have an affair with leaves her. You know how it should have ended? Besides the Orcs and Dragons? Leonce should have taken her into the Bayou, and fed her to some alligators. Given her something real to complain about for once. Word.

ending

so i acctually like the ending i think its kinda fitting to the tone of the whole book. she would never be satisfied with anything or anyone so she...

im satisfied with that conclusion idk how else they could have ended it.

Ending of the Awakening...

So how about I believed you that Edna killed Robert? haha. That ending was terrible!

BE FEARLESS!!!!

This is a good theme song for our class. I think.

Class Outing! (and other stuff)

Thanks for playing my new game today! Obviously, I will have to tweak it a little, but I think it will work!

Don't forget to study for your quiz tomorrow. There will be definitions, examples, and pictures!

I am going to this event at UNCW. Why don't we all go and have a wonderful educational experience together! I think it sounds awesome!

http://appserv02.uncw.edu/news/artview.aspx?id=2808

See you tomorrow!

PS--Don't forget to find where Edna is naughty!!

Oh yea, the powerpoint!

Hey LAH!, did you get our powerpoint finished today?

Lots of stuff

So...

1. Read in everyone's favorite book through chapter 29.

2. Complete the sheet on "Holy Sonnet II" by Jarman

3. Finish your newest words flashcards/writing

4. Be prepared to talk about MC AP questions

Have a great night!

VOEKABULARRY

TERCET: a group of 3 lines that rhyme together or are connected by rhyme with adjacent groups of 3 lines.

TRIPLET: a group of 3 lines of verse.

andrew

how much are NHS shirts and who do you make the payments to and when are they due?

What we have going on...

Make sure you have read through chapter 24 of The Awakening

Finish the PDS for my favorite poem

I am trying to get the lab for tomorrow!

Post your poetry definition! The first person needs to make a new post...

i cant get enough of this site

myspace.com/whitehouseog

this book....

while i respect its message, and the strong female making the transformation/awakening, and battling repression yada yada. this book is gay. and it aggravates me to read it. im ready for another one.

The Awakening Mandatory Response

OK--here it is! Due tonight by 11:00 pm (But I hope you're not up that late!)

Each person will pick a character from The Awakening. In the comments section, give us a brief overview of the physical nature of your character (if we know it), his or her significance to the plot thus far, and one important quote/line about the person.

Everyone responds to ONE character. So, read the comments section and see who has been taken. Only one person per character!

1. Edna Pontillier
2. Leonce Pontillier
3. Adele Ratignolle
4. Robert Lebrun
5. Mademoiselle Reisz
6. Mariequita
7. Madame Lebrun
8. Edna's father (the Colonel)
9. Doctor Mandelet

SNOW!

Yay! Finally snow in Wilmington!!

To Julian...

Happy President's Day Long Weekend

OK, here's what we have going on:

1. Read through Chapter 24 in The Awakening

2. Be on the lookout for your mandatory blog post on our novel

Wow! Is that all? I'm letting you guys off too easily!

We will be in the lab on Tuesday for finishing touches to your projects. Then, hopefully, we will start presenting on Wednesday!

"The Awakening" is a bad title.

So when I read this book, I fall asleep. So why is it called The Awakening then if when somebody reads it, they fall asleep? Doesn't make any sense. Don't we have a literary term for that? Like "worstbookevar"? I think the "t" is silent.

Update

For tomorrow:

AP Words quiz! This thing is a whopper! Or, to use litotes, this quiz isn't a tiny little lamb at all!

Back in the lab for 40 minutes

Discussing The Awakening chapters 1-12

More on tone...another poem. (Sarah, aren't you happy?!?)

Helen Keller Quote

Hey guys, I was thinking about how today in class yall were making fun of Helen Keller, and I didn't think that was cool. I mean, I know I say inappropriate stuff sometimes, and I get chastised and berated and verbally abused for it, but cmon. To prove how intelligent and well educated she was despite her disabilities, I looked up some other Helen Keller quotes that I think really capture her character and her preservering spirit...

We have a lot going on!

Good class today! Here is what we have going on:

1. AP Words study material due tomorrow

2. Finish tone worksheet on the Emily Dickinson poem

3. Read chapters 1-5 of The Awakening

4. Continue working on MWDS

Is that it? (Like that's not a ton of stuff!)

Have a great night!

Go Heels!

Lauren...

I expect a name tomorrow!

Good job today!

Good job getting through timed write #2. Hopefully, I'll have those for you by Thursday.

No specific homework tonight--but you could be working on your AP Words flash cards (or whatever you use), on The Metamorphosis MWDS, or you could begin reading The Awakening (just to get ahead if you are so inclined).

Tomorrow we will watch a Power Point, talk about diction and tone, and play another AP Words game!

DEFINICIONES

La significa de la palabra "diction", en ingles, es: choice and use of words in speech or writing.


La significa de una otra palabra, "diction-formal", es: lanuage that involves very elaborate, technical use of syllables and follows the properties of grammar.


La significa de una mas palabra, "diction-informal" es: language that is conversation-like and includes the use of slang/contractions.

Mas definiciones en ingles:
diction-middle: the languages spoken by the various races of men, elves, and hobbits that inhabit the land of Middle-Earth.

diction-poetic: refers to the style, vocabulary, and metaphors that is common in poetry.

For tomorrow

Hi! For tomorrow:

We will finish up with the Metamorphosis! Sorry we didn't get to that today, but I thought we were having a good discussion about writing, so I let it go. We are having a mini-Socratic seminar.

Don't forget to bring either your independent read or How to Read Literature like a Professor. You will get reading time!

Say a positive mantra in your head about tomorrow's timed write before you go to sleep tonight. Let's see what positive thinking can do. Be serious, pick a mantra that is attainable (not "I will get a 9, I will get a 9" but something more realistic like "I will write with coherence" or something), and maybe you will be more at ease tomorrow during the timed write.

Super Bowl fun facts

Are you watching the game tonight? I am, but mainly for the commercials and to eat yummy finger foods! Here are some fun facts:

151.6 million: Number of people who will watch at least part of the game.

34: Number of languages the game is broadcast in.

1: Number of languages in which the word "football" doesn't mean "soccer."

53.5 million: Pounds of avocados consumed on Super Bowl Sunday

1 billion: Number of chicken wings consumed on Super Bowl Sunday.

7 million: Number of employees who will not show up to work Monday. (Hmmm...I wonder if any teachers will be absent!)

310,000: Pounds of carbon emissions generated by the Super Bowl

22,000: Number of parking spaces at the stadium

$5.6 billion: Amount consumers will spend on Super Bowl related items

$2.8 million: Cost for a 30-second advertisement slot during the game

2.9 million: Number of HD TVs bought for the Super Bowl in 2009.

20 million: Number of Americans attending a Super Bowl party

25%: Percent of women who watch the game and enjoy it.

10 million: Number of man-hours spent preparing food for the Super Bowl party.

10 million: Number of man-hours spent making the movie Avatar.

Tell me one of these fun facts tomorrow and win a prize!

MY DAD IS A WANTED CRIMINAL!!!!!!!!

hey moon, I won't be in school on monday, or ever again, cuz my family is fleeing to Mexico.

One more...

More pics

Here are our pics! Enjoy!

Have you seen this website?

I just found this website! It would have been great during Graduation Project, but can still help with procrastination!

http://writeordie.drwicked.com/

Mandatory homework for tonight

In addition to reading The Metamorphosis (finish Chapter 2), I want you to complete one more assignment. I am taking it for a grade tomorrow. I know some people in class do not check the blog, so I guess that's their problem.

Read this article:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123289019

And I want you to come in with your 6 word story about you/your life. I'll have one, too.

To make your life a bit easier, you don't have to complete the Metamorphosis worksheet. We'll do it tomorrow in class. But, write down your story so you can hand it in tomorrow.

Good luck!

picture day?

soooo, about this Picture Day Mrs. Moon.... ???

Have you

memorized the first line to The Metamorphosis yet?

GIANT JAPANESE POISONOUS DANGEROUS CENTIPEDE

Alrighty, this link leads to a video that shows a Mukade, a giant centipede. These things were like 6 inches long (the big ones) and would get into houses and stuff. They were all over the place. They were really poisonous too. Could kill a small child. My sister was born in Japan, where I used to live, so we really freaked out whenever we found one, which was probably like once a month.

A few things...

1. Picture day tomorrow!

2. Andrew, I just found out what was written as the word of the day yesterday. When I got here this morning it said, "Dragon: a mythological creature who captures princesses and breathes hella fire." So, I thought that's what you wrote (even though it wasn't exactly your handwriting).

THEN I found out that when my 3rd block got into class yesterday, the board read, "Drag-on: what this class does." Thanks.

3. Don't forget to read half of page 21 for tomorrow.

Ohh Mrs. Moon, you shouldn't have!

OH Mrs. Moon,
I just wanted to say that i am so very , yes, Oh so very happy..no overjoyed, that you have placed that FINE mm mm mmm, piece of artwork on our blog. which would be me. :) correct.
well, YAY i am Oh-fficially a part of this class!! WOOO baby

p.s. Julian and "king Mandrew" keep yo dirty comments to yallselves