Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Journal #15

Using the same method of italicizing as before, make sure your vocab words you want credit for are accentuated.

What would be the absolute worst job to have as a career and why?

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Journal #14

Follow the rubric you have been given using the words from lesson 14 for bonus - in order to show the words highlighted as you type, you will need to use HTML. For italicizing you will place the following in front of the word you wish to italicize. Use the <> After the word you will type <> (Sorry that had to be so wordy, but as soon as I typed the actual, it turned it to italics and did not show you the HTML.)

Some people always get to places on time, others don't. Describe what kind of person is always late. Using details, describe what type of person is always on time. What kind of person is always early?

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Journal #13B

Journal #13B
Follow the rubric you have been given using the words from lesson 13 for bonus - in order to show the words highlighted as you type, you will need to use HTML. For italicizing you will place the following in front of the word you wish to italicize use the < followed by the letter i and ending with the > After the word you will type < followed by / then the letter i and > (Sorry that had to be so wordy, but as soon as I typed the actual, it turned it to italics and did not show you the HTML.)


If you were allowed to star in the movie of your choice, what kind of movie would you choose? Pick our your costars, your shooting location, and your wardrobe. Include, if you like, your action sequences and the physical skills you'd learn (ie. martial arts, ballet, etc.).

Journal #13A

Journal #13A
Follow the rubric you have been given. Use the words from lesson 13 as bonus. In order to designate the words use HTML. For italicizing you will place the following in front of the word you wish to italicize use the < followed by the letter i and ending with the > After the word you will type < followed by / then the letter i and > (Sorry that had to be so wordy, but as soon as I typed the actual, it turned it to italics and did not show you the HTML.)

George Bernard Shaw stated, "What we call education and culture is for the most part nothing but the substitution of reading for experience, of literature for life, of the obsolete fictitious for the contemporary real." Someone who hates reading could use Shaw's words to argue that books merely distract from real life. Whatever your feelings on the matter, write a rebuttal to the anti-reader, explaining why literature is an important part of life.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Journal #1

Following the rubric you have been given, complete the following. For bonus vocabulary words, use lesson #1. Please remember to add your initials to the end of the comment so you can be appropriately credited.

On the streets of many American cities, small towns, and villages, live homeless people. Write the biography of a homeless man and his family whom you met on the streets.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"

Walter Mitty is a henpecked husband who goes on a mundane shopping trip with his wife. He keeps escaping from reality into fantasies of drama and adventure that parody (A work that ridicules another work by imitating some aspect of its style or content) stereotypical movies and novels.

In approximately 100 words describe what Mitty imagines he is doing as he is driving to town, passing a hospital, and hears the shouting of a newsboy and what happens in his final daydream.
Also include what Thurber (the author) parodies in ONE of these fantasies. Discussion prior to your response is encouraged - collaborate a bit.

Monday, May 4, 2009

"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"

The literary element is stream-of-consciousness. Granny is dying throughout the story and we hear her thoughts. In at least 100 words give your opinion of Granny's dying thoughts and why Granny feels she has been jilted again at the end of the story.