Friday, December 30, 2011
Parenthetical Documentation
For an internet parenthetical documentation if i have the author is that what i place in my ( )?
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Hey, if some of you guys are having trouble finding "The Black Cat" online this might help ya out. http://www.online-literature.com/poe/24/
Friday, November 11, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
So... Mrs. McCarthy wanted us to post something on here so I found that video we were watching the other day about "Slam Poetry" Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2A7wD5Rew8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taFaFEuwHLQ
we should watch this Mrs. McCarthy its my favorite movie, and it has to do with what we are talking about!
Friday, November 4, 2011
This weekend
Hey Loves!
I'm sure today went fine, but just in case you do not finish the Nature essay, bring your book home!
Also, set your clocks back an hour and get an extra (deserved) hour! Don't show up at 6am on Monday!
I'm sure today went fine, but just in case you do not finish the Nature essay, bring your book home!
Also, set your clocks back an hour and get an extra (deserved) hour! Don't show up at 6am on Monday!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
HOMEWORK 11/1
Here is the HIGHLY anticipated short story by Washington Irving
The Devil and Tom Walker TEXT
Read the story, and if you would like to follow along, use the study guide to help your understanding.
There will be a reading check and a mini-project tomorrow to apply your knowledge of the story. Any questions? Ask on here! Take advantage of this BLOG!!!
The Devil and Tom Walker TEXT
Read the story, and if you would like to follow along, use the study guide to help your understanding.
There will be a reading check and a mini-project tomorrow to apply your knowledge of the story. Any questions? Ask on here! Take advantage of this BLOG!!!
Devil and Tom Walker
OH MY GOODNESS I am soooo frustrated with our school's computer system...
If you want to find Devil on your own, go for it, it's all over online...however, I can upload it when I get to a functioning computer in about an hour.
Thanks for your patience!
If you want to find Devil on your own, go for it, it's all over online...however, I can upload it when I get to a functioning computer in about an hour.
Thanks for your patience!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
MIDTERM
To reiterate what I said today:
You have TWO options for taking your midterm exam.
TODAY (Wednesday) was the only review session.
You may take the midterm:
TOMORROW, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27th at 7AM and not come Friday.
OR
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28th at 7AM and not come tomorrow (Thursday).
You have received all the notes/information necessary to be successful. Look back at the content of your midterm notes and find corresponding guided notes, study guides, etc...if you have additional questions.
IF YOU WANT, ASK ME A QUESTION ON HERE UP UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK AND I (OR A CLASSMATE) WILL ANSWER IT!!
GOOD LUCK!
You have TWO options for taking your midterm exam.
TODAY (Wednesday) was the only review session.
You may take the midterm:
TOMORROW, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27th at 7AM and not come Friday.
OR
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28th at 7AM and not come tomorrow (Thursday).
You have received all the notes/information necessary to be successful. Look back at the content of your midterm notes and find corresponding guided notes, study guides, etc...if you have additional questions.
IF YOU WANT, ASK ME A QUESTION ON HERE UP UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK AND I (OR A CLASSMATE) WILL ANSWER IT!!
GOOD LUCK!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
ONE MORE DAY!!!
only one more day ms.mccarthy! we love you! don't stress out! i'm positive your wedding will be beautiful!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Quote for Whiteboard on Monday
"In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich."
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Homework for Monday 9/26 (if you don't finish)
HOMEWORK for 9/26 (weekend homework)
Here is the TEXT:
The Crisis TEXT
As young scholars, this should be FASCINATING to you! This is the basis for all American persuasion, including the advertisements, movie trailers, political speeches and campaigns you see every day...everything you hear and read can indirectly be attributed to people like Thomas Paine...this stuff is UNBELIEVABLY, undeniably SATURATED in rhetoric and persuasion..just think, it made all patriots wage war, and everyone on the fence decide to revolt against England as well. What have you done lately? Can you even effectively persuade me to give you a homework pass???
Friday, 9/23
Hi, my LOVES!!
I am not feeling well and am super stressed about my upcoming wedding...before I get so sick that I'm snot-faced and red-eyed at my "I Do's," I am taking today off to rest and sort out the chaos.
Be ULTRA-nice to Ms. Walker, your substitute (as if I have any doubt that you will be).
1. You have a vocabulary quiz that I've made "kind of" easy (by splitting it up into 'chunks'...eww, gross word).
2. After this, you are to read "The Crisis" by Thomas Paine and complete the corresponding study guide, identifying persuasive appeals and basic rhetorical devices. Here's the deal:
-In each box, you could easily identify 10 different specific instances...give me at least 5 or 6.
BTW, an APHORISM is a saying about life...something you'd find in a fortune cookie...I'll give you one...
Thomas Paine says, "What we gain to cheap, we esteem too lightly"....what does this mean?
FOR PERSUASIVE APPEALS:
In each box, you can either give me concise example from the text, or actually QUOTE the text, including page numbers (for instance, T.Pain tells a story about listening to a guy outside a pub talking about wanting "peace in my day." T.Pain talks about how selfish this guy is because his 8-year old kid is standing right next to him...this is hugely PATHOS and ETHOS...write these instances down!)
FOR RHETORICAL DEVICES:
- Put specific quotations with page numbers...if it's long, throw ellipses (...) in btw. phrases.
YOU CAN DO THIS....it's advanced, because you are SUPER ADVANCED! I wouldn't give you this if I didn't think you were intelligent enough to handle it :)
COMMENT OR ASK ON HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...DON'T JUST NOT DO IT, YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE TO BE CONFUSED!
I am not feeling well and am super stressed about my upcoming wedding...before I get so sick that I'm snot-faced and red-eyed at my "I Do's," I am taking today off to rest and sort out the chaos.
Be ULTRA-nice to Ms. Walker, your substitute (as if I have any doubt that you will be).
1. You have a vocabulary quiz that I've made "kind of" easy (by splitting it up into 'chunks'...eww, gross word).
2. After this, you are to read "The Crisis" by Thomas Paine and complete the corresponding study guide, identifying persuasive appeals and basic rhetorical devices. Here's the deal:
-In each box, you could easily identify 10 different specific instances...give me at least 5 or 6.
BTW, an APHORISM is a saying about life...something you'd find in a fortune cookie...I'll give you one...
Thomas Paine says, "What we gain to cheap, we esteem too lightly"....what does this mean?
FOR PERSUASIVE APPEALS:
In each box, you can either give me concise example from the text, or actually QUOTE the text, including page numbers (for instance, T.Pain tells a story about listening to a guy outside a pub talking about wanting "peace in my day." T.Pain talks about how selfish this guy is because his 8-year old kid is standing right next to him...this is hugely PATHOS and ETHOS...write these instances down!)
FOR RHETORICAL DEVICES:
- Put specific quotations with page numbers...if it's long, throw ellipses (...) in btw. phrases.
YOU CAN DO THIS....it's advanced, because you are SUPER ADVANCED! I wouldn't give you this if I didn't think you were intelligent enough to handle it :)
COMMENT OR ASK ON HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...DON'T JUST NOT DO IT, YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE TO BE CONFUSED!
Monday, September 19, 2011
For anyone trying to post youtube videos
if your logged into blogger and you are on youtube you can click share (located under the actual video) and it will give you the options to share on facebook twitter or google. If you click more options blogger is listed and all you have to do is click that and it will open another window to show you a preview of your post.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
persuasion homework, I got a laugh out of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaP5AY673ws&feature=related
i hope this shows up when i poast it
i hope this shows up when i poast it
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
why flamingos are pink!
Flamingos are pink and orange depending on the food they eat. They eat algae and crustaceans that contain pigments called carotenoids. Most pigmets are found in shrimp and blue-green algae that birds eat. The enzymes in the flamingos break down the carotenoids into pink and orange and are deposited into their feathers and legs. This is why flamingos are pink.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Homework 9/13: REad OPP and complete questions
OH MY LORD!!! After several, no joke, hours of trying to post this, here it is.
Okay, so below is the link to the excerpt with the questions at the bottom:
Of Plymouth Plantation text and study questions
*DON't FORGET YOUR VENN DIAGRAM: COMPARE/CONTRAST BRADFORD AND COLUMBUS!!!*
HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE HECK BRADFORD IS SAYING???
Tomorrow we will use the study guide below to better comprehend his antiquated and complex language. Feel free to use it as a guide (duh) while you read...it asks questions in chronological order of the events.
Plymouth Plantation Study Guide
Okay, so below is the link to the excerpt with the questions at the bottom:
Of Plymouth Plantation text and study questions
*DON't FORGET YOUR VENN DIAGRAM: COMPARE/CONTRAST BRADFORD AND COLUMBUS!!!*
HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE HECK BRADFORD IS SAYING???
Tomorrow we will use the study guide below to better comprehend his antiquated and complex language. Feel free to use it as a guide (duh) while you read...it asks questions in chronological order of the events.
Plymouth Plantation Study Guide
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Homework 9/8: Equiano's Slave Narrative
Hey Guys!
Come to class prepared tomorrow by finishing Equiano's slave narrative, which you can find below:
Equiano's Slave Narrative
I am checking this thoroughly at the beginning of class (AKA I'm collecting them), so do your best.
ALSO, STUDY FOR VOCABULARY QUIZ 2! Use your Vocabulary Squares!!
Come to class prepared tomorrow by finishing Equiano's slave narrative, which you can find below:
Equiano's Slave Narrative
I am checking this thoroughly at the beginning of class (AKA I'm collecting them), so do your best.
ALSO, STUDY FOR VOCABULARY QUIZ 2! Use your Vocabulary Squares!!
Monday, September 5, 2011
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