only one more day ms.mccarthy! we love you! don't stress out! i'm positive your wedding will be beautiful!
Friday, September 30, 2011
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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