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Not quite Halloween

10/29/2010

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We played with Brush Strokes today, creating goofy sentences which may have described ourselves or the adorable children walking through the hallways.  See... writing is not as bad as you think.

Absolute: "Faces reddened, voices raised, the frustrated teachers attempted to keep order during class on the chaotic Friday before Halloween."

Appositive: "Mr. Coller, an old-school Punisher, stomped down the hall to inform students that the bell had rung."

Participle: "Leading the children around the high school hallways, parents puffed their proud chests forward as they walked."

Adjectives Out of Order: "The lengthy announcements, tired and overdue, boomed over the recently repaired loudspeaker."

Active Verb: "Photographers flashed their cameras in every classroom, hoping to catch the perfect shot for yearbook."
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These metaphors are a beast!

10/26/2010

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Today we will take a look at a "mentor text" which effectively uses metaphor to explain character.  Then we will do the same on our own.  Our mentor text, The Girl With the Pearl Earring, is available in the LMC if you'd like to read it.  It's a good one; I read it last year.

-Miss White
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What the heck did we do Friday?

10/25/2010

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Friday we read the last story in class, "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant".

Today, Monday, we looked closely at some overused metaphors.  Metaphor is a great tool to get across certain ideas to an audience.  We began to study Langston Hughes' "Dreams" and the metaphors within: dead dreams = a broken-winged bird and a barren field.  What thoughts come to mind when imagining a broken-winged bird?  The class thought of:
  • imminent death
  • sorrow
  • desperation
  • inability to fly
  • immobility
  • fear
What about the image of a barren field?
  • emptiness
  • sadness
  • lack of life
  • hopelessness
We will continue this metaphor discussion tomorrow with an emphasis on choosing just the right metaphor for your writing.

Have a great day!
-Miss White
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Lit Circle. Rinse. Repeat.

10/21/2010

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Let's do the same thing we did yesterday, but with different people in our groups and using a different story, "The Bet".

By the way - I really appreciated your intelligent responses to yesterday's lit circle.  I was excited about the way you disagreed with each other and used the text to support your opinions.  Nicely done.

-Miss White
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Still catching up...

10/20/2010

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Today we are looking at the ideas found in "The First Seven Years".

  • What do you think the author is trying to say?
  • Which character do you like best? Why?
  • Which character do you hate? Why?
  • What questions would you ave for these people?
  • How does the author feel about these characters?  How do we know?
Let's dig in and check it out.

-Miss White
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Monologues? Yes - monlogues.

10/19/2010

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Today we took a look at some monologues written by artists.  Soon, you will become the artist who writes your own story into a monologue and presents it to the class.
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Using Your Brush Strokes

10/14/2010

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We are done with our brush strokes!!  (Well, we are done learning how to create them.  Now we get to use them in everyday life.)

Today we chose a previously read short story to review with brush strokes!!  If you weren't in class today, please choose either "Everyday Use" or "The Cold Equation".  Then answer the study guide questions using the brush strokes given.

Homework: 
DUE MONDAY @ 12:01AM!!!
Get onto this website and leave a comment.  Be sure to put:
  1. Your name
  2. Either 6th or 9th period
  3. The story you chose to work on in class today.
  4. Your favorite brush stroke sentence from today's classwork.  Please let me know which question you used.

Have fun!  (Just think - it's Thursday already!)

-Miss White
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Wednesday? Already?! Nice!

10/13/2010

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Do you remember what you learned last week?  I hope so, because we are reviewing it today.  Plus, we will be adding the other brush strokes to give you even more tools to write boldly and powerfully.

Have a great day!
-Miss White
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ABSOLUTEly APPOSTIVE!

10/8/2010

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Hey folks!  Are you looking forward to your long weekend?  I am, but I can't say i am really excited about the meetings on Tuesday; I will miss you in my classroom.

Today we are going to review the ABSOLUTES from yesterday and be introduced to APPOSITIVES for today.  Keep in mind that these sentence structures can be used for all kinds of writing, not just English!

Here is an example of an appositive:
  • Miss White, my English teacher, will be in boring meetings all day Tuesday while I am sleeping.
See if you can hear/read any this weekend!

-Miss White
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"Everyday Use"

10/7/2010

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Yesterday we continued to read Alica Walker's short story about the southern family with differing views on their own history. 

Questions to ponder:
  • Do you know the people in your family?
  • Have you spent time learning from the older members of your family?
  • Are there objects that you feel are "to precious" to be actually used, except on special occasions?  Do you think those objects will ever be used?  When?
  • Which daughter are you more like: Dee or Maggie?  How do you feel about that?
We will be introduced to some BRUSH STROKES today, then later you will get to answer the "Everyday Use" questions using your new awesome sentence structures.  YAY!  Don't worry - there is no homework tonight!

Have a great day!
-Miss White
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      • Black Out Poetry
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      • BLINK
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      • Short Stories >
        • "The Cold Equations" by Tom Godwin
        • "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
        • "The First Seven Years" by Bernard Malamud
        • "The Bet" by Anton Checkov
        • "The Bass the River and Sheila Mant" by J.D. Wetherell
        • "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
        • "The Mask of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe
        • "The Velt" by Ray Bradbury
      • Boy's Life
      • Taming of the Shrew
      • Things Fall Apart >
        • Audio
        • Connected Ideas
        • Proverbs
      • World War II Choice Text >
        • Poetry of War
        • Lost In Shangri-La Website
      • Research Paper >
        • Annotated Bibliography
        • Source Evaluation
    • ELA11Regents >
      • Unit 1: Early American >
        • The Crucible >
          • Arthur Miller
          • McCarthyism
          • Salem Witch Trials
          • Read online
          • Vocabulary Games
      • Unit 2: American Romanticism
      • Unit 3: A Nation Divided/Reconstruction >
        • The Great Gatsby
      • Unit 4: Realism/Naturalism/Regionalism >
        • Of Mice and Men >
          • The Great Depression
          • John Steinbeck
      • Unit 5: Harlem Renaissance/Modernism
    • Own Local
  • Links I Like
    • Funny Stuff!
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  • Extra-Curricular
    • Mock Trial (Blog) >
      • The Competition >
        • Baldwinsville
        • Bishop Ludden
        • Cazenovia
        • Christian Brothers Academy
        • Cicero North Syracuse
        • Cortland
        • East Syracuse Minoa
        • Fabius Pompey
        • Fayetteville Manlius
        • Jamesville Dewitt
        • Jordan Elbridge
        • Lafayette
        • Marcellus
        • Malius Pebble Hill
        • Nottingham
        • Onondaga Central
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        • Tully
        • West Genesee
        • West Hill
      • NYSBA
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