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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Wednesday, June 6, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esgfG3BoAPc We watched "The Origin" by Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye. We learned the mnemonic devices for the thirteen colonies: Deli sandwich with underwear hanging out Huge pencil punches through the middle like a toothpick pencil strikes the middle of a new basketball jersey The face above the jersey is George of the jungle A huge pair of scissors is cutting off the back of his hair The hair falls into a mass of shoes The last shoe laughs because it is so merry and kicks Santa Claus in the rear He goes head first into a clothes hamper gin runs out of the bottom of the basket Drips all over a big apple The apple takes off in a straight line north Gets into a row boat and rowed to an island This is the mental stack. If you have worked much with mental stacks you already know that one image must connect with the next, Exaggeration and motion are important parts of memory, so when I teach these images I add detail to support it. I have had classloads of kids be willing to learn the mental stack without me even telling them what it represents. When I have finished I tell them, “You did such a wonderful job of learning that mental stack, I bet you I could teach you the 13 colonies in the order that they joined the union, and I bet I can do it in 30 seconds!” They think I am crazy so I have someone time me. then I tell them that the stack they just learned is the answer and it takes about thirty-five seconds to explain what state each image represents. Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey Georgia Connecticut Massachusetts Maryland South Carolina (Santa Claus initials) New Hampshire Virginny New York North Carolina (line north) Rhode Island Then we learned number-letter code in order to make a peg system. Memorize for tomorrow: 1=t,d 2= n 3= m 4= r 5= L 6= sh, s 7= k 8= f 9= p,b 0= z

Monday, June 3, 2013

World View work is due tomorrow. Have at least one strong paragraph, but better up to one full page. This is a thirty point assignment. Up to ten points extra available for anyone who wants to read a meaningful part of their paper. Bring envelope and address, forever stamp tomorrow- if you can. We will write our graduation letter in class.Ideas were given out in class. Have an address you think will be good for five years in order to get a letter to you. We did choice reading total points today. If you missed, have it ready tomorrow. Grades were updated. Reminders: Monday, June 3, Choice Reading due Tuesday, June 4, D-Day, letter to future self Wednesday, June 5, Letter to teacher done in-class

Friday, May 31, 2013

p 263 we took an in-class quiz from within the textbook. It was a 20 point quiz over "Twa Corbies". Zingers, we looked at how literate people can be much more clever than others in their put-downs. Powerpoint available to be seen. Ask your teacher. World View: Assignment for Tuesday. Write a paragraph or a page to explain your paradigm of life (30 points). Read it, or parts of it, for extra points (possible 10). Handout given in class to start you thinking about how you view life. Reminders: Monday, June 3, Choice Reading due Tuesday, June 4, D-Day, letter to future self Wednesday, June 5, Letter to teacher done in-class

Friday, May 24, 2013

Poem, “The Second Coming” p. 1164 due. We marked it, discussed it, and handed it in. Lorelei 1356, number 1-10 a quiz where each question was worth two points if you got it correct on the first try, and one point if correct on the second try, for a total of 20 points Choice Reading. It is due on Monday, June 3. There will not be any written requirement for this. Next class, which is Tuesday, we will review the book "Things Fall Apart"by using the jeopardy game. You can find this game in two parts on the webpage. Reminders: Tuesday, May 28, review for the test tomorrow Wednesday, May 29, Final on Things Fall Apart Thursday, May 30, Room 448 computer lab Friday, May 31, Monday, June 3, Choice Reading due Tuesday, June 4, D-Day, letter to future self Wednesday, June 5, Letter to teacher done in-class

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Poem, “Things Fall Apart” p. 1164 due Friday. The poem may be found in the connections section of Things Fall Apart, or in the textbook on page 1164. Use the textbook to understand the context of the poem and to make connections.

Review ch 15 Read ch 16, 17, 18.

On Thursday of next week, we will be writing On Demand. You have a choice of lit analysis or on a narrative. The narrative should include three proverbs that are tied into the story. Make sure they are fresh proverbs, not stale ones. See some examples below.

Reminders:
Friday, May 24, Poem “The Second Coming” a full page
Wednesday, May 29, Final on Things Fall Apart
Thursday, May 30, Room 448 computer lab
Monday, June 3, Choice Reading due
Tuesday, June 4, D-Day
Wednesday, June 5, Letter to teacher done in-class

Afghan: You can't hold two watermelons in one hand.

Don't look where you fell, but where you slipped.

Don’t set sail using someone else’s star.

You condemn on hearsay evidence alone, your sins increase

Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.

Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.  African Proverb  

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. African Proverb

The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.  African Proverb   

There are 40 kinds of lunacy, but only one kind of common sense.  African Proverb

Only when you have crossed the river can you say the crocodile has a lump on his snout.

Pick up the hen and you can gather all the chicks.  

Rain beats a leopard's skin, but it does not wash off the spots.

Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.  Ethiopian Proverb  

He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured.  Ethiopian Proverb  

When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.  Ethiopian Proverb

A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river.  Chinese  

A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.  Chinese

A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas; a dog hunting does not notice them.  Chinese

A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.  

A man without a smiling face must not open shop.  Chinese Proverb   

A murder may be forgiven, an affront never.  Chinese   

A needle is not sharp at both ends.  Chinese

A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it.  Chinese

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.  Chinese

A miser is ever in want.  Greek

A small evil may be a great good.  Greek

A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime.  Greek

Act quickly, think slowly.  Greek

Add not fire to fire.  Greek

Affairs sleep soundly when fortune is present.  Greek

Don't hear one and judge two.  Greek

Endeavour to bear the ignorance of fortune with patience.  Greek

He who has been angry becomes cool again.  Greek   

He who laughs not in the morning, laughs not at noon.  Greek Proverb    

A bad bush is better than an open field.  French

A bad sheerer never had a good sickle.  French Proverb  

A black hen lays a white egg.  French Proverb  

A hedge between keeps friendship green. French  

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.  French   

A summer's sun is worth the having.  French   

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.  French  

Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills.  Jewish   

Don't ask questions of fairy tales.  Jewish   

He is not called wise who knows good and ill, but he who can recognize the two evils the lesser.  Jewish Proverb

 Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.  Jewish Proverb  

The sun will set without thy assistance.  Jewish

A bald head is soon shaven.  Irish   

A good denial, the best point in law.  Irish

A house can't be kept without talk.  Irish

A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners.  Irish   

A service not asked for, neither God nor man is thankful for.  Irish Proverb   

Anything will fit a naked man.  Irish Proverb

Comfort is not known if poverty does not come before it.  Irish   

Evening is speedier than morning.  Irish

Every invalid is a physician.  Irish

A field held in common is always ravaged by bears.  Russian

A jug that has been mended lasts two hundred years.  Russian

A lizard on a cushion will still seek leaves. Russian   

After the head is off, one does not cry over the hair.  Russian

An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue.  Russian Proverb   

An icy May fills the granaries.  

An indispensable thing never has much value.  Russian Proverb   

An old loan repaid is like finding something new.  Russian Proverb   

As long as a child does not cry it does not matter what pleases it.  Russian  

A soft answer calms wrath- Rachel’s mom

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Poem, “Things Fall Apart” p. 1164 due Friday. The poem may be found in the connections section of Things Fall Apart, or in the textbook on page 1164. Use the textbook to understand the context of the poem and to make connections. Review ch 15 Read ch 16, 17, 18. On Thursday we will be writing On Demand. You have a choice of lit analysis or on a narrative. The narrative should include three proverbs that are tied into the story. Make sure they are fresh proverbs, not stale ones. Reminders: Thursday, May 30, Room 448 computer lab Friday, Poem “The Second Coming” a full page