DID YOU KNOW???

That I am 1/8 Cherokee Indian???? Not that anyone in my family ever was a Cherokee; I actually ate an entire Cherokee Indian one time.

did you make a difference today?

I did! The hubs and I just got back from attending a public forum on off shore drilling in N.C. Hubs even spoke & I'm trying to upload a picture from my phone but its not working. Hmmm.

See you tomorrow.

I AM CHUCK NORRIS!!!!

I eat steak every night of the week, and sometimes, I even kill the cow.

Where's the blog love?

OK, here is what I was laughing at during your timed write today. I was seriously about to bust a gut trying not to laugh out loud as you all worked so diligently on your essays!

http://http//cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/04/let-me-count-ways.html

What if that cake was what showed up at your graduation party?!?

My personal favorites...

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/04/teacher-tearjerker.html

Line of poetry

How's that writing coming? Can you believe it was once a timed write on an exam? You would have to remember an exact line and really the entire poem as well... Tough!

For Friday the 23rd

Don't forget your cartoon!

We will be reading a lot of DOAS. (No, really!)

Happy Earth Day! Do something good for the planet:

• Don't run the water while brushing your teeth.
• Carpool with a friend
• Open the windows
• Recycle your plastics and paper
• Turn off the lights when you leave the room
• Reuse your plastic bags from the grocery store

Hey Guys!

hey contributors 2 the AP Lit. blog! You guys are all so funny! I've got just the thing funny guys like u would like! come visit my website at candyland.com, and no, it's not the Hasbro games site.....

Everybody here gets a HUMPBACK WHAAAALE!

YOU get a humpback whale!

And YOU get a humpback whale!

We all get humpback WHAAAAAAALES!

Adorable Videos!!!

I found some great, cute adorable animal videos for all you animal lovers in the class!! They are cartoons, but they are still adorable....just click on more if you like this one.

Force

Friday work

hey guys, Mrs. Moon,

Did i miss a lot today?
Also, two things: how far should I read in DOAS and, my brother is in town and said, "Oh Mrs. Moon? What? hah hah. I definitely have to go by and see herrrr..." so could he come at like 11:40ish one day this coming week and talk to you and he kind of might want to talk to the class about the Navy just to tell experiences and stuff. Idk though, it was all just talk coming from him so i wonder if he would actually do it :/ who knows? it's Marcus...

missed you all,
Lauren

Timed Write tomorrow?

So, it is up for discussion. Do you want to keep your timed write for tomorrow or move it to Friday? I don't care either way, so let me know what you want to do. I'll use the comments here as the guide as to what we do.

(It is just a single timed-write. On poetry. 40 minutes)

videos. Videos. VIDEOS!

Oprah special with Dr. Phil......

Crazy Spanish people play some stupid pranks.....

This one is for SaraH: guy gets scared out of his mind....

Alewzsheeeowns.

Mnemonics
ORIGIN: Mnemosyne; goddess of Memory
DEFINITION: a mind/memory/learning aide

Tantalize
ORIGIN: Tantalus was kept hungry and thirsty with food and water just out of his reach
DEFINITION: what chocolate does to me...every....day......

Don't forget...

to bring in your permission slips so you can watch Oprah with the class!

How's that web quest going? Are you learning lots of info about Miller and the 50s?
Can't wait to discuss it tomorrow!

Lauren...

I saw you on TV this morning in the Azalea Parade! You looked nice in your snazzy band uniform. You were holding the sign, right?

Way to go!!

BAMA.. what a state

I DO NOT FREEBASE COCAINE

ANOTHER WINNER

GEORGE DUBYA BUSH ON ZOMBIES

NASA sightings

Hi! Don't forget to study your allusions tonight! The quiz will mostly be on the mythological allusions, but you may have some on the other ones!

Don't forget to complete the AP MC questions! Good luck!

Here is the website to go to if you want to see the space station and shuttle. Click on the "Go to Country" then put in North Carolina then Wilmington!

Neat-O!

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/

set your alarm

For 5:45 am. The space station will be visible in the sky for a few minutes. I'm totally looking! Keep your fingers crossed that I see it! I think that stuff is so cool!

so i was listening to rap music as usual.

and i started thinking.
this is like poetry.
infact, this is better than a lot of poetry, or on par at least.
metaphors, rhymes, emotions, etc. plus. its rap music, so its cool.
then i started thinking about that maya angelou quote about 'poetry being music', and i thought about how much newfound thinking of certain rap music as poetry was conflicted with this thought.
i shrugged it off, but the whole time i was listening to this one song on repeat like 15 times.
here the cause of this thinking,
ladies and gentlemen,
Atmosphere

DRAMA!

Remind me to tell you tomorrow the DRAMA that our poems caused today!!!!!

(Madison--yours started the whole thing!)

Don't forget to remind me!!

If you want to make more drama, come to class tomorrow with another of your favorite poems!

Our favorite poem

i know you wanted us to print out our poem and bring it in for you tomorrow. but i have no ink in my printer, so if it is alright, i would like to print it from yours in the morning (the color would look nicer anyways). i have my poem picked out and everything.
its not the most jaw dropping epic, read into it forever.
there are a thousand better ones.
but i enjoy it alot.
and if we are posting these all around some high school in an attempt to make a tiny etch in the masses appriciation of the art, we should start with something that they will at least understand, and not some way too old skool ap prompt stuff.
anyways my poem is RIGHT HERE if you want proof.
i hope you dont mind me printing in your class tomorrow morning. ill be there at 820.
thanks mrs. moon and stars.

Regarding the poetry assignment...

Hey Mrs. Moon, can I use some poetry by a guy named Andrew Dice Clay? They aren't exactly original, but he's a famous poet from the Bronx. Maybe you've heard of him....I think we talked about him in class once.

noooooo

Yuck! I hate Duke.

IM NOT SAYING A WORD.

on friday april 16th

WANNA KNOW WHY?

how do you guys feel about this?
does this deserve a whole day of silence?
is this even present?
what up?

For your presentations tomorrow

So, here's what is going on tomorrow:

You will get in front of the class and give a brief summary of your novel. (You may or may not want to tell the ending). You will also share one of your creative assignments (or both if they are short--I'll determine) and do some explaining. For those who did a soundtrack--you will pick 4 songs to play excerpts from and you will explain how the songs fit your novel.

You will be graded tomorrow on your presentation skills. You will get a separate grade for the book report itself.

OK?

all thos illushunz n stuF

post away children.

DO YOU SEE THE TIME?!

yeah.. so im still not finished with this book report- heh heh yeah... and mrs. moon it's only because i re-did my other project to be in MLA format typed up- chyeah im dumb. I just read your comment about cute stuff- no juding please- by anyone...Andrew

mrs. moon i'm super freakin pumped

about my poem.

it reminds me of what we read in class.

not as good.

but just as crazy.

JEOPARDY ?: What is 22 Pages of Poetry?

TOO MUCH POETRY!!!

HAPPY EASTER !

hooray for school tomorrow ! but Mrs. Moon I have a question about the soundtrack. Normally for school you should use censored music, but I was thinking to make mine fully relavent I would you the explicit version? What do you think?

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

was...different
ive never really read any "metafiction" as you called it
except maybe 'a series of unfortunate events'
it was... good.
if someone asked me if i liked it, i would say 'yes',
and i would recommend it.
but it was strange.
funny and comical at times, and i could defiantly see the satire in it.
thanks for the read. ill have it back to you tomorrow,
unless im running late and forget to put it in my napsack

so when researchin 18th century poets

i came across this man.
Kobayashi Issa.
and i almost picked one of his poems, the first i saw.
called "With My Father"
it reads like this:

With my father
I would watch dawn
over green fields.

then i thought, "wait, thats too short, she will get mad."
so i looked at another one, and another one, and another one.
this man has the same style poems for like 100+ of all his works
like i know some poetry is abstract.
but come on. seriously? this is art. look at this poem by him

"Pissing in the snow"

Pissing in the snow
outside my door--
it makes a very straight hole.

imma write stupid crap like that a hundred times and be famous.
come on.. history

BOOK REPORT???!!!

Do we also have to do a book report?!

And Mrs. Moon, I did my poetry assignment on construction paper but its cute so is this bad?

-crap, Lauren

yo mrs. moon and stars

J.Dizzle Salinger aint got nothing on me.
see hwat i did right.
i took his last chapter of the book.
chapter 26.
and i made it better. way better.
like they should probably put this one in the book.
its more action packed.
he ends up gettin in a fight with his sister, who turns into an agent from the matrix.
so holden freaks out and pulls out his dragon flute,
like the one Tommy, the Green Ranger had

(SEE THAT HERE)

and they fight to the death and destroy new york city

DUKE SUCKSSSS!!!!!!!!!

LET'S GO 'NEERS!!! DUKE IS A BUNCH OF LARGE WHITE INTIMIDATING WOOSIES!!!! EVER SEE THE MOVIE "DELIVERANCE"? THAT'S WHAT MOUNTAIN MEN DO TO LARGE WHITE BOYS!!!! HERE, PIGGY PIGGY!!!!

How Long...

How long do the quote explanations and other explanations ( i.e.- song relating or 10 things in a time castle related?) need to be? Just thorough?
How Long does the summary need to be for the book report? I though I remember you saying like one page.
How long does our reaction to the poems need to be? I thought you said like a paragraph.

You guys I FAIL AT POSTING

my last one magically posted itself!

magic like...Harry Potter? eh?

see I made that reference because the only thing I think about is Harry Potter!

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....

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NOT.

:)

Anyway! I started my book today, you know for my book report. I'm super stoked!

ha ha...just kidding mrs. moon. i finished it a month ago...along with my poetry assignment.

(you guys i just lied, i didn't really finish it a month ago. just don't tell ol' teach.)

WAY TO GO CAROLINA! WOO! A WIN FOR US ALL!

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This picture reminds me of the Tar Heels this season.

K I'm going to go read my book.

I mean, continue taking all these practice tests that I've been working on over spring break Mrs. Moon!

Bye!

You guys