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!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
"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?!?)
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?!?)
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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!
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!
Monday, February 8, 2010
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.
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.
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.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
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!
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!
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