Daily Scribe Monday 9/29/2008 – Period 5
Period 5 Scribe 9/29/08
So, are you ready for MAGIC?
Well too bad! This is the daily scribe, not magic.
Hmm, where to start? Well, this is Alex Kolkin (or according to Mr. Eldridge, AK-91 because my namesake was a producer of high-quality machine guns for peasants, some Russian guy with a really long name) and I’m filling in for Shaina today because she wasn’t here, along with half the class it seemed. Today started off like any other day in English–that is, completely off-the-wall and unpredictable. After learning that Michelle is in the hospital, (get better soon, Michelle!), Mr. E sent a few people on a mission for butcher paper and markers to make an amazing card that would be amazing. Meanwhile, as Erica came in late for no apparent reason, the rest of the class worked on the daily warm-up, which this week is Syntax. (Today’s warm-up was by Virginia Woolf and dealt with the joy and sheer depth of poetry.) Syntax is the grammatical placement of words in a sentence and the structure an author uses to create each sentence. Believe it or not, but my ramblings are actually using syntax, because I am choosing which words I want to use and where I want to put them. Weird, huh? While we worked on the essay, Zachglasser, in his ever-present eagerness to be informed and forgetfulness to breathe, began questioning Mr. E about what he would miss tomorrow if he didn’t go to school because of Rosh Hashana ( the Jewish new year for all you goyems out there) and was subsequently schooled by Mr. Eldridge in the scholarly teachings of Judaism. Mr. Eldridge then proceeded to tell a Jewish joke that only Jewish people got, if them at all, and somehow the conversation diverged to the odd fact that he has 5 grandmothers. Mr. E explained the benefit of syntax and how it conveys the mood and better enforces the ideas of an author, who can demonstrate it through word choice, word placement, sentence length, and even punctuation use–that’s a lot of ways to use syntax, and everything you write or type has it. After learning about the USC college entrance exam ($$$$$$$$$$), several students were asked to read the sentences they had written about college entrance exams. To Mr. E’s surprise, all of our sentences were boring and polite. It filled him with such rage that lightning bolts nearly shot out of his eyes as he screamed to the heavens in torment! (Did I do it right this time?) Following this, Zachglasser’s sentence regarding “hell on earth” was pointlessly debated once again by none other than Ryan Katie, whose reminders of clichés are beginning to become a tad cliché themselves. Yeah, I said it. Rounding out the class, we received some old assignments back and were about to look at concrete and specific verbs when the clock struck 1:29, which, contrary to popular belief, was not really 8:45 in the morning.
REMINDER: Don’t forget about the “From Journal to Essay” assignment due on Friday, which should be 2-3 pages.
Well, that rounds out another exhilarating day of English. If you see any mistakes or would like to add your 10 cents, just post a comment to correct me so I can hang my head in shame.
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Wow, whoever wrote this must be a genius!
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wow alex…. seriously?
haha
jk
well i just wanted to say that I much prefer your spelling of Ryan kATIE’s name rather than his regular “Mean Girls” namesake.
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i agree with notalexkolkin. definity a compelling blog about our ongoing class rivalries. haha
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I just wanted to point out that a person who was of a not un Callie Aaker-like quality pointed out that Thomas Paine appealed to Ethos in his seminal Common Sense in Mrs. Meider’s 6th period class. A quasi not un Ryan Cadyesque person also pointed out Paine’s use of logos and pathos to appeal to the common citizenry to bear arms against the British. I want to point out that their astute perception of rhetoric is not unadmirable and shows a suprisingly low level of unawesomeness that is tragic in a sense. They are such smart cookies. Speaking of syntax, here is a quote from an article touting Toto toilet company’s latest TCF583M model in Japan : “The thrones designed by Toto include features such as recorded sounds to mask vociferous farts” If that isn’t awesome syntax, I don’t know what is. It also has interesting diction, like the use of the word vociferous. Japanese toilets are awesome.
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Not UnDylan Lee, that just flew right over my head.
I like how Zachglasser! is also mentioned in Ed Guo’s period 4 blog as well. And, just curious, someone today said that a one armed man was arrested and put in handcuffs. HOW??!!
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USC is NOT all about the money as a matter of fact.
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snaps for Macaulay Kolkin.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/kimmie_thekid/db2f2083.jpg
enjoy.
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Kim you are a genius. I definately lolzed when i saw that picture.
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I laugh at my round face and boyish charm.
Thanks for the name of your photobucket account in the process.
And i’ll be taking that one step further.
Right after I finish my essay.
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fool-kin, too bad the name of my photobucket account won’t do you any good.
it’s private.
take that.
and thanks, a-carf. my genius is often under-appreciated.
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Barn-smell, you’re not the only one that can make up nicknames.
Curse you, you’ll get yours someday.
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you mean “barn-smellSLIKEROSES”.
my goodness, Alexis, who comments on their own post three times?
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Alex what’s up with you and magic tricks? Ohh! Dylan i totally know what your talking about with the japaness toilets! My friend is working at Tokyo’s Disneyland right now and she emailed me about them! She said that the stalls would start to make flushing noises, the seats would play music (classical…whatever floats your boat), and they even had a heated toilet seat option! I know!, she didnt understand either. (is everyone putting not in front of their name because of out double-neg. conversation? Also, what is up with these weird smiley faces on our comments? does mr.e choose them?)
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wow kim that picture is amazing. made my day. BIG props for coming up with that one
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I agree with kolkin; the constant reminder of cliches (sorry for the lack of accents), is becoming not only cliche in itself, but also extremely annoying-almost as bothersome as Stephen King. Anywho, the blog was well-written. Our class is way too rambunctious.
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