I'm tired of Love: I'm still more tired of Rhyme.
But Money gives me pleasure all the time.
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
Teenage Drama (Dialog Story)
"Jane! Come here," yells Christy.
"Hey how are you?" asks Jane.
"Well ya know same old same old. Just got out of math with Mr. Carson so the hard part of my day is over. How about you?" asks Christy?
"Oh I'm okay... I've been better," slowly exclaims Jane.
"Why what's up?" asks Christy
"Chris and I got in a fight last night. We were supposed to go out this weekend just the two of us, and did we, NO. He decided to invite all of his football buddies to the movies with us. So instead of watching The Notebook, like we had planned, we ended up watching some war movie that I don't even remember the name of. So anyways I was just really annoyed with him and he got mad because I was annoyed, and of course he wasn't listening to my reason why I was mad. So anyways, we got in this big argument and he left my house all mad. I just don't know what to do about it," exclaims Jane.
"I'm sorry Christy, but I'm sure if you just give it a little time everything will blow over and you guys will be back to you usual self again," reassuringly says Christy.
"I hope so he was pretty mad and I don't want to break up or anything I just want him to listen to me and do things that I want to do every once in a while. You know what I mean?," says Jane
"I totally see where you're coming from and I would feel the same way if I was in your position," says Christy.
"Chris wait up!" yells Jane, " thanks for making me feel better Christy, I'll let you know how everything goes."
"No problem, I'm always here for you," says Christy. "Oh and I hope everything works out" yells Christy as Jane makes her way to Chris.
"Hey how are you?" asks Jane.
"Well ya know same old same old. Just got out of math with Mr. Carson so the hard part of my day is over. How about you?" asks Christy?
"Oh I'm okay... I've been better," slowly exclaims Jane.
"Why what's up?" asks Christy
"Chris and I got in a fight last night. We were supposed to go out this weekend just the two of us, and did we, NO. He decided to invite all of his football buddies to the movies with us. So instead of watching The Notebook, like we had planned, we ended up watching some war movie that I don't even remember the name of. So anyways I was just really annoyed with him and he got mad because I was annoyed, and of course he wasn't listening to my reason why I was mad. So anyways, we got in this big argument and he left my house all mad. I just don't know what to do about it," exclaims Jane.
"I'm sorry Christy, but I'm sure if you just give it a little time everything will blow over and you guys will be back to you usual self again," reassuringly says Christy.
"I hope so he was pretty mad and I don't want to break up or anything I just want him to listen to me and do things that I want to do every once in a while. You know what I mean?," says Jane
"I totally see where you're coming from and I would feel the same way if I was in your position," says Christy.
"Chris wait up!" yells Jane, " thanks for making me feel better Christy, I'll let you know how everything goes."
"No problem, I'm always here for you," says Christy. "Oh and I hope everything works out" yells Christy as Jane makes her way to Chris.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
No One's a Mystery - by: Elizabeth Tallent
1. The "five-year diary with a latch and a little key" that Jack presents to the narrator functions symbolically in the story because the things that the narrator will write in there are a secret for only her to see like their relationship. Jack's affair is kept a secret from his wife with an latch and little key that only Jack and the narrator know about.
2. We know that Jack is married and it sounds like his wife doesn't know that Jack is having an affair. Jack's life with his wife sounds very predictable, he knows that he's going to get meatloaf for dinner, he knows that she won't turn around and look in her rearview mirror. Jack sounds like he's bored and has too much time on his hands.
3. Jack doesn't see himself in the girls life in the future, they will no longer be having an affair in a year. The girl loves Jack and wants to marry him despite the fact that he's married because she talks about writing in her journal that they are going to have multiple kids together and have a happy future together.
4. I don't the think the narrator wants to know the truth. She is having an affair with a married man who makes it sound like they don't have a future together and has to keep their relationship a secret from the world, I think that she already knows the truth and is in denial.
5. The title of the story is " No One's a Mystery" and I think it is ironic for this story. Thier relationship is a mystery, the individuals in the story are mysteries. Nothing is certain it's a mystery.
2. We know that Jack is married and it sounds like his wife doesn't know that Jack is having an affair. Jack's life with his wife sounds very predictable, he knows that he's going to get meatloaf for dinner, he knows that she won't turn around and look in her rearview mirror. Jack sounds like he's bored and has too much time on his hands.
3. Jack doesn't see himself in the girls life in the future, they will no longer be having an affair in a year. The girl loves Jack and wants to marry him despite the fact that he's married because she talks about writing in her journal that they are going to have multiple kids together and have a happy future together.
4. I don't the think the narrator wants to know the truth. She is having an affair with a married man who makes it sound like they don't have a future together and has to keep their relationship a secret from the world, I think that she already knows the truth and is in denial.
5. The title of the story is " No One's a Mystery" and I think it is ironic for this story. Thier relationship is a mystery, the individuals in the story are mysteries. Nothing is certain it's a mystery.
Service Learning Ideas
- Go to the elementary schools and help students with reading
- Have a story time at a library in the area a couple times a month
- Read to elderly people, at hospitals, nursing homes, their homes, etc..
Thursday, March 5, 2009
I'm Nobody! Who are you? - Emily Dickinson
I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you - Nobody - Too?
Then there's a pair of us!
Don't tell! they'd advertise - you know!
How dreary - to be - Somebody!
How - public like a Frog -
To Tell one's name - the livelong June -
To an admiring Bog!
Are you - Nobody - Too?
Then there's a pair of us!
Don't tell! they'd advertise - you know!
How dreary - to be - Somebody!
How - public like a Frog -
To Tell one's name - the livelong June -
To an admiring Bog!
My version of Emily Dickinson's - I'm Nobody! Who are you?
I'm Somebody, Who are you?
Are you Somebody, too?
Then that makes two of us.
Tell all! So everyone will know.
So dreadful to be nobody.
For no one to talk to.
No one will know - who I might be.
For everyone to talk to.
Are you Somebody, too?
Then that makes two of us.
Tell all! So everyone will know.
So dreadful to be nobody.
For no one to talk to.
No one will know - who I might be.
For everyone to talk to.
Thursday's Class
Today for class Sara, Jill, and I met in the classroom and made the nominations blog. It includes 5 limericks and 4 videos. We looked at all of the limericks and poems in the class and chose the ones that we liked best. We left the links on the site so the rest of the class can go and vote for which ones they like best.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
What is fiction?
Fiction is a story that isn't all true, it's what someone can come up with in their imagination.
Limerick
Breakfast with He
He ate his breakfast with me
Me, no I didn't want any tea
I ate an omelet with cheese and tomatoes
and said no to the fried potatoes
Then he put his hand on my knee.
He ate his breakfast with me
Me, no I didn't want any tea
I ate an omelet with cheese and tomatoes
and said no to the fried potatoes
Then he put his hand on my knee.
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