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Monday, December 31, 2012
January 2013 Newsletter
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Holiday Literature
Here are some classic Holiday clips for your viewing pleasure. What is YOUR Holiday tradition?
Yes, this is from Sesame Street. Don't judge, it is cute and accurate!
Thank you Adam Sandler.
And the Nativity story:
The history of Christmas from the History Channel:
And Kwanzaa!
And Bing Crosby singing "Mele Kalikimaka."
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Winter Break
Make sure you know:
The author
The title
The genre
The plot
The central conflict
The resolution of the conflict
The main characters
and what other books, movies, TV shows your book is related to.
Have a great break!
Friday, November 30, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Library Science: Wednesday Huakaʻi!
This week we will be visiting one of our Kauai libraries for a huakaʻi with papa ehiku and papa ewalu. Some of you are regulars at the library, with your cheerful little red library card all chewed on and your name all rubbed off of the back. Some of you might never have been before!
You can enjoy the library on simple or complex levels. You can use if for advanced scholarly research: each library in the state is connected so that you can request any book in the entire statewide system, and you can get access to scholarly journals online. Or you can just let your eyes scan the shelves, noticing glossy magazines, bright cd covers, enticing book covers. You can go in looking for a specific piece of information, or you can go in open to finding something new.
Before we go, there are some things about the library that will be helpful for you to know.
First, all of the materials in libraries are very well organized. Imagine the millions and millions of books that exist in the world. Libraries have to be equipped to store and find any of those materials almost instantly. Most libraries use The Dewey Decimal System to organize their materials. Click on the list to see the amazingly long list of genres the Dewey Decimal System uses to categorize books. If you familiarize yourself with this system, youʻll be able to find whatever you need at any library in the country.
Here is a simple overview of the system.
from "List of Dewey Decimal Classes." Wikipedia. Oct 25, 2012. Accessed Nov 5, 2012.
Each book will have a number printed on its spine with the dewey decimal number on it, and the first few letters of the author's last name. You can easily find books by understanding how to order numbers (Math and English, together at last!) and how to alphabetize words.
The library is organized by genre. Sometimes if I am looking for specific information, I have better luck finding the section of the library with the genre I want than looking for specific books listed in the online catalog.
Something very exciting about the Hawaii State Library system is that we can now check out audio books and electronic books for electronic reader apps. You can also log in to your library account through the website, order books, renew materials, and check on due dates.
Here's a link to the State Library website. If you have a library card but haven't logged in before, your pin, is the last four numbers of your phone number.
See you at the circulation desk!
You can enjoy the library on simple or complex levels. You can use if for advanced scholarly research: each library in the state is connected so that you can request any book in the entire statewide system, and you can get access to scholarly journals online. Or you can just let your eyes scan the shelves, noticing glossy magazines, bright cd covers, enticing book covers. You can go in looking for a specific piece of information, or you can go in open to finding something new.
Before we go, there are some things about the library that will be helpful for you to know.
First, all of the materials in libraries are very well organized. Imagine the millions and millions of books that exist in the world. Libraries have to be equipped to store and find any of those materials almost instantly. Most libraries use The Dewey Decimal System to organize their materials. Click on the list to see the amazingly long list of genres the Dewey Decimal System uses to categorize books. If you familiarize yourself with this system, youʻll be able to find whatever you need at any library in the country.
Here is a simple overview of the system.
from "List of Dewey Decimal Classes." Wikipedia. Oct 25, 2012. Accessed Nov 5, 2012.
Each book will have a number printed on its spine with the dewey decimal number on it, and the first few letters of the author's last name. You can easily find books by understanding how to order numbers (Math and English, together at last!) and how to alphabetize words.
The library is organized by genre. Sometimes if I am looking for specific information, I have better luck finding the section of the library with the genre I want than looking for specific books listed in the online catalog.
Something very exciting about the Hawaii State Library system is that we can now check out audio books and electronic books for electronic reader apps. You can also log in to your library account through the website, order books, renew materials, and check on due dates.
Here's a link to the State Library website. If you have a library card but haven't logged in before, your pin, is the last four numbers of your phone number.
See you at the circulation desk!
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Rhetoric Quiz
Aloha e nā haumana!
So what have you learned about rhetoric this month? Hopefully a lot! For this post, you have TWO options.
First, you can click on the link to a rhetoric quiz in a google doc,
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDBPS3BrNHJFNFJGZ3kxb2YySXliUlE6MQ#gid=0
OR
you can write a five paragraph essay in the comment field defending this point: "Rhetoric is important and useful."
So what have you learned about rhetoric this month? Hopefully a lot! For this post, you have TWO options.
First, you can click on the link to a rhetoric quiz in a google doc,
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDBPS3BrNHJFNFJGZ3kxb2YySXliUlE6MQ#gid=0
OR
you can write a five paragraph essay in the comment field defending this point: "Rhetoric is important and useful."
Friday, October 26, 2012
Spelling Quiz Week 12
Hi Haumana!
Here is your Week 12 spelling quiz.
Click on the link and fill in the questions with the correct spellings of this weekʻs words.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHFrUUxMNFNaREd5ckt2Y2xIVTE4dXc6MQ
And here is the week 12 SAT vocabulary quiz for grades 9-12. Middle schoolers can take this for extra credit!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEMzUHc2YU56andiU0pMTFprUkNvRUE6MQ
Click on the link and fill in the questions with the correct spellings of this weekʻs words.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHFrUUxMNFNaREd5ckt2Y2xIVTE4dXc6MQ
And here is the week 12 SAT vocabulary quiz for grades 9-12. Middle schoolers can take this for extra credit!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEMzUHc2YU56andiU0pMTFprUkNvRUE6MQ
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Pathos, Ethos, Logos
Can you identify what these commercials are trying to appeal to? Is it your emotion, your sense of right and wrong, or your logic?
In the comments section below, identify each commercial by Pathos (feelings), Ethos (right-and-wrong), or Logos (logic).
In the comments section below, identify each commercial by Pathos (feelings), Ethos (right-and-wrong), or Logos (logic).
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Kawaikini English Newsletter Vol. 2, at last!
The much anticipated Second Volume of our Kawaikini English Newsletter is finally ready to hit the presses! Here are some screenshots as teasers.
P.S.
I had lots of trouble finishing this document in Word: it kept overwhelming the program and making everything crash and lose changes and save itself as a duplicate. So if your formatting is different from how you originally did it in class, thatʻs why. Does anyone have suggestions for newsletter building programs? For Octoberʻs newsletters letʻs see if we can find a program that can handle a complex document like this. Not wimpy Word.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Persuasive Essay Assignment: High School
High Schoolers!
Here is your persuasive essay assignment. This is due November 2, 2012.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B13VABsPbQGBZ1NXeGEzX2ZoOU0
Here is your persuasive essay assignment. This is due November 2, 2012.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B13VABsPbQGBZ1NXeGEzX2ZoOU0
Book Club Assignment
Octoberʻs Book club will be on Wednesday October 24. This will be our third one so hopefully everyone will be beautifully prepared.
Here is a link to the assignment on google docs in case you need a refresher.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xDYGVdxTQSDlu-HSsX6r9j6Z3bOv5mou8zEbmvQpkgk/edit
Here is a link to the assignment on google docs in case you need a refresher.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xDYGVdxTQSDlu-HSsX6r9j6Z3bOv5mou8zEbmvQpkgk/edit
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Great Speeches
All arguments, whether they are about dirty socks on the couch or international trade policy, are in one of three tenses: past, present, and future. The past tense is the language of forensics-- of finding out what happened, who did it, who is to blame or who gets the credit. The present tense is the language of values. It defines who we are and who we aren't, and it defines us versus them. The future tense is the language of solutions, options, and choices.
Listen to these famous speeches and make a note in the comments about what tenses these rhetorical examples use. Does their use of past, present, and future reflect blame, values and choices? Or is it more complicated than that?
In your comment write:
1. the speaker's name
2. the topic
3. the tense: past, present, future
4. the effect of the tense on the strength of the speech Here's Bobby Kennedy, a young and promising politician, announcing the death of Martin Luther King Jr. Shortly after this, Bobby Kennedy himself was assassinated. Here's a comedian, Charlie Chaplan, giving a speech in a movie. Isn't it so oddly incongruent that he is dressed as Hitler? He is reclaiming that image to rob it of its terror. Would you, as a teenager, face the UN and tell them to shape up or ship out? President Barack Obama, when he was still running for president, saying that words matter: And a little while later, Barack Obama talking about what he will do (future!) and about the history of the US (past!) Martin Luther King talking about what America means, in his last speech before he was killed. He says "we are not going to let any dogs or water hoses turn us around!" What's the context? If you don't know, find out.
Listen to these famous speeches and make a note in the comments about what tenses these rhetorical examples use. Does their use of past, present, and future reflect blame, values and choices? Or is it more complicated than that?
In your comment write:
1. the speaker's name
2. the topic
3. the tense: past, present, future
4. the effect of the tense on the strength of the speech Here's Bobby Kennedy, a young and promising politician, announcing the death of Martin Luther King Jr. Shortly after this, Bobby Kennedy himself was assassinated. Here's a comedian, Charlie Chaplan, giving a speech in a movie. Isn't it so oddly incongruent that he is dressed as Hitler? He is reclaiming that image to rob it of its terror. Would you, as a teenager, face the UN and tell them to shape up or ship out? President Barack Obama, when he was still running for president, saying that words matter: And a little while later, Barack Obama talking about what he will do (future!) and about the history of the US (past!) Martin Luther King talking about what America means, in his last speech before he was killed. He says "we are not going to let any dogs or water hoses turn us around!" What's the context? If you don't know, find out.
Monday, October 8, 2012
October Articles:
Vedantam, Shenkar. "Tie my Shoes, Please: How Persuasion Works." SHOTS NPR Health Blog. NPR.org. July 24, 2012. Web. Accessed September 26, 2012.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/07/23/157248356/tie-my-shoes-please-how-persuasion-works
http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/04/30/151711810/reclaiming-rhetoric-for-the-modern-age
http://www.npr.org/books/titles/138115998/the-age-of-persuasion-how-marketing-ate-our-culture?tab=excerpt#excerpt
Week of October 8
Vedantam, Shenkar. "Tie my Shoes, Please: How Persuasion Works." SHOTS NPR Health Blog. NPR.org. July 24, 2012. Web. Accessed September 26, 2012.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/07/23/157248356/tie-my-shoes-please-how-persuasion-works
Week of October 15
What is rhetoric and what does it have to do with us?http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/04/30/151711810/reclaiming-rhetoric-for-the-modern-age
Week of October 23
Is this the age of advertising?http://www.npr.org/books/titles/138115998/the-age-of-persuasion-how-marketing-ate-our-culture?tab=excerpt#excerpt
Week of October 29
Thank You For Arguing
Here is a link to the full text of my favorite book about persuasion:
http://swcta.net/davis/files/2011/09/Thank-You-for-Arguing.pdf
This is Thank You For Arguing by Jay Heinrichs.
You can also check out his webpage with a cute interactive argument tool at
http://www.thankyouforarguing.com/high/home.html
http://swcta.net/davis/files/2011/09/Thank-You-for-Arguing.pdf
This is Thank You For Arguing by Jay Heinrichs.
You can also check out his webpage with a cute interactive argument tool at
http://www.thankyouforarguing.com/high/home.html
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Ha! "The Day I Read a Book" Song
(I’ll Never Forget) The Day I Read a Book"
Jimmy Durante
SPOKEN:
When I look back through life I find,
Lots of memories remain,
Certain days stay in my mind
And keep running through my brain,
I remember the day that Ederle swam the channel, what a splash.
I remember the Wall St. Crash
Or when Winchell first shouted, “Flash!”
But there’s one day that I recall though it was years ago.
All my life I will remember it, I know.
SINGING:
I'll never forget the day I read a book.
It was contagious, seventy pages.
There were pictures here and there,
So it wasn't hard to bear,
The day I read a book.
It's a shame I don't recall the name of the book.
It wasn't a history, I know, because it had no plot.
It wasn't a mystery, because nobody there got shot.
The day I read a book. I can't remember when,
But one o' these days, I'm gonna do it again.
SPOKEN:
Ah, lit'rature!
There's nothin' like sittin' home next to the fireplace, with a pipe, a dog, and a good book at your feet.
But if you walk into my house, you’ll see loads of books.
And believe they’re not there just for appearance.
I press an awful lot of butterflies.
My literary appetite is “stupendious.”
They don’t write them quick enough for me.
The book of the month didn’t come out fast enough,
So I read the book of the week!
The book of the week didn’t come out fast enough,
So I read the book of the day!
The book of the hour! The book of the minute!
But that wasn’t even fast enough.
So far this week I’ve read six books that haven’t been written yet!
But I’m not confined to home reading.
I once spent two weeks in library.
I would have been outta there sooner,
But I had buried my nose in a book and forgot which book I buried it in!
A “dilemmia.”
Why on the first page of this book they printed the author’s name,
And right underneath it was a private phone number.
Copyright-1-9-3-9.
But I’m gonna send it back.
I’ve been dialing that number for four months and nobody has answered.
Nevertheless, while perusing through the library,
I found the tract that I was looking for.
It wasn’t the Encyclopedia “Britannia”!
It wasn’t Ferverum Briago.
It was a book that was 3,857 pages thick.
And I’m glad I took it!
It fit perfectly under the short leg of my pool table!
SINGING:
It wasn't a history, I know because it had no plot.
It wasn't a mystery, because nobody there got shot.
The day I read a book.
I can't remember when,
But one o' these days, I'm gonna do it again.
Yes, and one of these days, I’m gonna do it again!
Jimmy Durante
SPOKEN:
When I look back through life I find,
Lots of memories remain,
Certain days stay in my mind
And keep running through my brain,
I remember the day that Ederle swam the channel, what a splash.
I remember the Wall St. Crash
Or when Winchell first shouted, “Flash!”
But there’s one day that I recall though it was years ago.
All my life I will remember it, I know.
SINGING:
I'll never forget the day I read a book.
It was contagious, seventy pages.
There were pictures here and there,
So it wasn't hard to bear,
The day I read a book.
It's a shame I don't recall the name of the book.
It wasn't a history, I know, because it had no plot.
It wasn't a mystery, because nobody there got shot.
The day I read a book. I can't remember when,
But one o' these days, I'm gonna do it again.
SPOKEN:
Ah, lit'rature!
There's nothin' like sittin' home next to the fireplace, with a pipe, a dog, and a good book at your feet.
But if you walk into my house, you’ll see loads of books.
And believe they’re not there just for appearance.
I press an awful lot of butterflies.
My literary appetite is “stupendious.”
They don’t write them quick enough for me.
The book of the month didn’t come out fast enough,
So I read the book of the week!
The book of the week didn’t come out fast enough,
So I read the book of the day!
The book of the hour! The book of the minute!
But that wasn’t even fast enough.
So far this week I’ve read six books that haven’t been written yet!
But I’m not confined to home reading.
I once spent two weeks in library.
I would have been outta there sooner,
But I had buried my nose in a book and forgot which book I buried it in!
A “dilemmia.”
Why on the first page of this book they printed the author’s name,
And right underneath it was a private phone number.
Copyright-1-9-3-9.
But I’m gonna send it back.
I’ve been dialing that number for four months and nobody has answered.
Nevertheless, while perusing through the library,
I found the tract that I was looking for.
It wasn’t the Encyclopedia “Britannia”!
It wasn’t Ferverum Briago.
It was a book that was 3,857 pages thick.
And I’m glad I took it!
It fit perfectly under the short leg of my pool table!
SINGING:
It wasn't a history, I know because it had no plot.
It wasn't a mystery, because nobody there got shot.
The day I read a book.
I can't remember when,
But one o' these days, I'm gonna do it again.
Yes, and one of these days, I’m gonna do it again!
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Research Resouces
I just discovered a fantastic treasure: UC Berkeley has made their internet research course available right here:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
As we write our projects about language, here is a useful tool using transition words in essays.
http://www.whitesmoke.com/how-to-use-paragraph-transitions
And for your works cited page, here is a very useful guide to doing proper citations for any type of source:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
As we write our projects about language, here is a useful tool using transition words in essays.
http://www.whitesmoke.com/how-to-use-paragraph-transitions
And for your works cited page, here is a very useful guide to doing proper citations for any type of source:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
August Newsletter!
Aloha Kawaikini Ohana a Haumana!
We have published our first Kawaikini English Newsletter and every student received a copy, but in case you want a closer look, here's a link to the PDF.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B13VABsPbQGBQWNTUGpnV0FTaHc
We have published our first Kawaikini English Newsletter and every student received a copy, but in case you want a closer look, here's a link to the PDF.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B13VABsPbQGBQWNTUGpnV0FTaHc
Friday, September 7, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Linguistics resources for September projects
A reading resource list for your language projects! I'll add more to this list as I find more favorites.
This is a brief and thorough overview of the whole study of language. Enjoy!
http://www.ielanguages.com/linguist.html
A wonderful open source textbook: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Linguistics
A simpler introduction to English, from wikijunior: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Languages/English
Totally awesome infographics on all kinds of topics:
http://visual.ly/categories
A 50 minute documentary about the origins of English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaWOsFRUUy8
This is a brief and thorough overview of the whole study of language. Enjoy!
http://www.ielanguages.com/linguist.html
A wonderful open source textbook: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Linguistics
A simpler introduction to English, from wikijunior: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Languages/English
Totally awesome infographics on all kinds of topics:
http://visual.ly/categories
A 50 minute documentary about the origins of English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaWOsFRUUy8
Ever wonder where English came from?
Get the Embed Code to Add This Infographic to Your Site.
‘The History of the English Language’ courtesy of Brighton School of Business and Management.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Online degrees?
In several classes we talked about "Fake" online colleges. There's a term for that! They are called "diploma mills" and they are not accredited. That means that your credits won't transfer to any other colleges, and that your degree at the end will be worth about as much as a merit badge and a pat on the head.
However, there are many online degrees available that ARE accredited. Here's a list: http://www.degreejungle.com/rankings/best-online-colleges
Good online universities have been approved by regional accreditation boards and those credits will transfer and you'll end up with a real, actual diploma. Yaay!
But beware! Even though these REGIONALLY ACCREDITED online colleges may give you a degree, there is still a bias with employers AGAINST online degrees. Regardless of the quality of the education, if an employer thinks online degrees are junk, you won't get hired.
So, buyer beware.
Wiki food for thought: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_degrees
However, there are many online degrees available that ARE accredited. Here's a list: http://www.degreejungle.com/rankings/best-online-colleges
Good online universities have been approved by regional accreditation boards and those credits will transfer and you'll end up with a real, actual diploma. Yaay!
But beware! Even though these REGIONALLY ACCREDITED online colleges may give you a degree, there is still a bias with employers AGAINST online degrees. Regardless of the quality of the education, if an employer thinks online degrees are junk, you won't get hired.
So, buyer beware.
Wiki food for thought: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_degrees
You're so human!
Hi Haumana!
I just came across this interesting little slideshow that relates perfectly with what we're going to be learning about this month.
Take a look!
Ten Things That Make Humans Special
I just came across this interesting little slideshow that relates perfectly with what we're going to be learning about this month.
Take a look!
Ten Things That Make Humans Special
Thursday, August 23, 2012
EXTRA CREDIT
Hi folks! Falling behind? Here are some extra credit assignments you can try out to catch up.
Read the article and write your thoughts about it. You choose how you write your response. You can write a letter to the adults in your life summarizing its points so that they understand you better, or write an outline of the main ideas, or write a letter to the school board explaining how schools should be run differently based on the information, or write a quiz about the article, with a list of questions and the answers, or write how the article affects you personally.
Take the quiz above and find out how you fall on the right or left hemispheres. Were your results the same as they were in class? Write a paragraph for me about why or why not you agree with your test results. Are you really a right or a left brainer?
Watch the video and write 5 QAR questions (one from each level) about it.
Watch the video and write 5 QAR questions (one from each level) about it.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Money College Career: Articles
For the reading section of your project, you can either read a nonfiction book related to MONEY, COLLEGE, or CAREER OR choose one of these articles that relate to MONEY, COLLEGE, and/or CAREER. Read it carefully and fill out this article response form:
"They Don't Live for Work...They Work to Live." by Anushka Asthana. The Observer, Saturday May 24, 2008.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/may/25/workandcareers.worklifebalance
"Choosing a College Major: For Love or for the Money?" by David Koeppel. New York Times, December 5, 2004.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E2D71631F936A35751C1A9629C8B63&pagewanted=all
"It's not Just the Degree, but What You Study." By Motoko Rich. New York Times, August 4, 2011.
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/its-not-just-the-degree-but-what-you-study/
http://nymag.com/news/features/my-generation-2011-10/
"Is going far away to college overrated?"Thomas Plante. Psychology Today. September 12, 2012.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/do-the-right-thing/201209/is-going-far-away-college-overrated
"Wages of Virtue: Job Choice and the Money Motive." Louis Putterman. Psychology Today. September 4, 2012.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-good-the-bad-the-economy/201209/wages-virtue-job-choice-and-the-money-motive
The Articles:
"They Don't Live for Work...They Work to Live." by Anushka Asthana. The Observer, Saturday May 24, 2008.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/may/25/workandcareers.worklifebalance
"Choosing a College Major: For Love or for the Money?" by David Koeppel. New York Times, December 5, 2004.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E2D71631F936A35751C1A9629C8B63&pagewanted=all
"It's not Just the Degree, but What You Study." By Motoko Rich. New York Times, August 4, 2011.
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/its-not-just-the-degree-but-what-you-study/
Interview with recent graduates about their first jobs. 30
minutes
interview with student entrepeneurs who combine social
justice with money smarts. 8 minutes
"Educated and Jobless: What's Next for Millenials?" Npr staff. NPR, November 12, 2011.
“The kids are actually sort of alright.” Noreen Malone. New York Magazine. October 16, 2011.
"Is going far away to college overrated?"Thomas Plante. Psychology Today. September 12, 2012.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/do-the-right-thing/201209/is-going-far-away-college-overrated
"Wages of Virtue: Job Choice and the Money Motive." Louis Putterman. Psychology Today. September 4, 2012.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-good-the-bad-the-economy/201209/wages-virtue-job-choice-and-the-money-motive
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Great advice about writing!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/writing-advice-from-famous-authors
And a cool approach to writing a novel, step by step.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0MrHV3T-vI&feature=related
Sentence types:
http://litreactor.com/columns/clause-i-said-so-a-refresher-course-on-sentence-types
Comma Rules:
http://litreactor.com/columns/three-comma-rules-you-need-to-learn-now-no-more-excuses
More Comma Rules:
http://litreactor.com/columns/two-more-comma-rules-you-oughta-know
And a cool approach to writing a novel, step by step.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0MrHV3T-vI&feature=related
Sentence types:
http://litreactor.com/columns/clause-i-said-so-a-refresher-course-on-sentence-types
Comma Rules:
http://litreactor.com/columns/three-comma-rules-you-need-to-learn-now-no-more-excuses
More Comma Rules:
http://litreactor.com/columns/two-more-comma-rules-you-oughta-know
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Summer Reading Assignment
From DanielleRead one prose-- fiction or non-fiction, book and report on:
1. Title:
2. Author:
3. Genre:
4. Setting:
5. Protagonist;
6. Characterize the Protagonist:
7. Conflict:
8. Climax:
9. Resolution:
10. Summary of Plot:
11. Theme/ So What/Lesson
12. How does this theme relate to your own life? Why?
13. What was the most memorable part of this book? Why?
14. What did you like the most about the author's style?
15. What were some of your favorite lines? Why?
16. What type of person would you recommend this book to? Why?
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