You are hosting a brunch for historical, literary, or other disreputable persons (think: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party). What is your menu? Who are your guests? In answering this question, imagine a scenario: We want some exposition, serious or silly, we would accept some dialogue, and we are willing to trust you to respond in such [...]
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zero period:
- Diction 10
“Pots rattled in the kitchen where Momma was frying corn cakes… I read Jane Eyre in the cold English mansion of a colder English gentlemen.” – Maya Angelou
- Words of Wisdom: ” You are all going to be replaced by machines, so do something a machine can’t do, THINK.” -Mr.Eldridge
-we finally thought [...]
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Please post your group response here; and include your group name!
Brady, “I Want a Wife”
What is her tone. How does repetition affect her tone? Cite evidence and explain.
What kind of jobs does she enumerate? From [...]
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What was done…
-We worked on Diction 9
-The quote was from John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
-With the passage came an explanation of passive and active verbs
-We need to know how to make verbs passive
-(subject) Mistakes were made. (verb)
-Using passive voice the agent (who, what) can be “hidden”
-Rice is farmed in great quantities. & Lives were lost. (Stated [...]
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Saukko, “How to poison the earth”
Why is this piece satiric? How can we tell?
What rhetorical devices does she employ? What is their effect?
Mitford, “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain”
Characterize her tone. What [...]
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scribe**111607 lucky m o r n i n g**
‘Jump out of bed as soon as you hear the alarm clock!! You may find in useful spending five minutes each day saying to yourself; “Every day in every way I am getting better and better” Perhaps it is a good idea to start a new day [...]
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11/15/2007
Class begins with pop quiz #3
Tone worksheet #7-Rachel Carson, the author, describes the power of the tides as unique for they have complete control over the oceans.
Unique-having one occurrence in time
Carson uses this word to create an emphasis on the overwhelming force of the tides. (Tone guides comprehension)
Things to turn it:
Essay on journal response
Scavenger hunt [...]
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Beginning of Class-
9:45- Mitchell helps pass out the daily tone sheet to the class and the class begins to work on the class assignment
*Any late work should be turned in, if you have any
10:00- Mr.Eldridge tells the class that we should be moving from our daily tone sheet to the AP Language [...]
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Well, I’ve finally gotten this one done. So here it is: Last week’s etymology is machine, a system or device for doing work together with its power source and auxiliary equipment.
It may seem a simple noun, clearly obvious, even to lay folk, but appearances can be deceiving. Machine finds its way to English shores via [...]
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Hey you guys, so today was Wednesday November 14,2007!! ( 7 more days until THANKSGIVING!)
Today was a particularly normal day for the zero period class.
We are still getting used to our new seats and some of us actually prefer sitting with our old groups. However, as Mr. E said…we need to broaden our horizons [...]
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