Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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Period 1:
Review Vocabulary
Reading Quiz & Discussion
Begin researching the Russian Revolution

Period 2:
Review Vocabulary
Reading Quiz & Discussion
Begin researching Persepolis and Iran

Period 3:
Examining perspective by using Sweet Home Alabama
Discuss Our Town

Period 5:
Publish Haikus
Begin work on sonnets
Checking out William Shakespeare for inspiration

Thought for the day...
A book is the most effective weapon against intolerance and ignorance.
- Lyndon Baines Johnson

45 comments:

Lauren Whitney said...

1.
The rain drips gently
Down from the green canopy
Above ferns and trees.

2.
Abandoned on shore,
Sitting on the sandy beach,
Glitter in the sun.

Anonymous said...

My Haiku (I think)
By Justin Smith

Gentle and Serene
The forgotten water does sing
Gentle and Serene

Anonymous said...

The Band-aid
Sticky, gooey, brown
Covering the huge red gash
With a rip it's gone

Anonymous said...

THE PIT

The crowd is violent
they are thrashin from the tunes
the pit is emence

Anonymous said...

my haiku, everyone.... here ya go.....

Child

Small Child, lonely, lost
Surrounded by your demons,
Will you defeat them?

Anonymous said...

Live your own life

You're your own person.
Don't let anyone change you.
Stay true to yourself.

Anonymous said...

I like waffles

I like to eat waffles,
with syrup and I use a fork,
and I like to use a knife.

Anonymous said...

Silver

Silver rivers flow
Over jagged ridges of stone
Down into a cave
Of darkness under sun light

Its journey along
The path so long and so down
The silver braids swirl
The cold, uninviting dark

The journey is over
The end is finally here
Silver stops its rush
For it has reached the end

Anonymous said...

Rainbow

Raining and sunshine,
Splashes of light in the sky
Mixtures of colors

-Katie Hilliard

Anonymous said...

I wish

She is so gorgeous
I will never measure up
You have just proved that





OH! he's a farmer

Up on the tractor
You will plow all of the fields
Yes I love your tan

Anonymous said...

Lost

Clinging to her love
Losing all hope that she stored
Weeping, love is pain.

Anonymous said...

Lauren, I like how descriptive both of your's are. It seems that you really took time to get it nice.

Katie, your's is epic.

Anonymous said...

Dan you're making me hungry again

Anonymous said...

Good Food

I like plain cheese cake
because it is so yummy
to eat at midnight.

Anonymous said...

Teriyaki Please

Would you like a meal?
Onion Teriyaki Please
With Sweet Onion Sauce!

Anonymous said...

I like Lauren's first one and I like Dylan's haiku

Anonymous said...

Tears...

Tears come down my face,

I know they will wash away,

I just have to wait.

Anonymous said...

in the night----


it lurks in the night
it wants to eat all the mice
look out what am i?

Anonymous said...

My Summer Sun
By Teasha Beatrice

Summer is coming
My life revolves around the sun
I need it to survive

The freezing of day
My midnight dreams of warmth
The sun is coming

Anonymous said...

i like both of Lauren's a lot. they're very pretty!! i like the first one best..... i love rain in a forest. during spring and summer. fall and winter not so much. anyway, it's very descriptive.

Alicia's is also very pretty. very much so. makes a nice picture.

Anonymous said...

I like Lauren's first one, because I like the way she describes the rain and the tree, and I like Dylan's, because it paints a picture of a mosh pit

Anonymous said...

I like Lauren's second one better than her first, because the second one gives me a picture in my mind of a beach. It doesn't have a title so it makes me feel like I can think of any beach at all.

Anonymous said...

Nicole,
Hey girl I love the one about a farmer and I can totally relate to it I love it!!!

Anonymous said...

Well Katie, Your poem Rainbow, is masterful. I liked how you say "splashes". It paints a pretty picture!

Anonymous said...

KHilliard, I love how I can picture the scene and I love how just in those three lines you created a picture

Anonymous said...

I love Lauren's first Haiku, awesome imagery Lauren!

Katie,

your haiku is so

life like. :]

Anonymous said...

Philip,
I like your poem a lot it is short but says a lot in the little there is.

Anonymous said...

i also like Rachel's and Sarah's. both are very pretty, and they are both so true!!!!

Anonymous said...

Silver- different one........


Silver rivers flow
Over jagged ridges of stone
Down into a cave

Anonymous said...

Dylan, yours is original. You did a good job describing a mosh pit.

Austo, yours is really funny. Very original.

Anonymous said...

Kim is so right. I like cheese cake and a midnight snack is always good. Awwwww. Now i want cheescake.

Anonymous said...

Well Lauren, I really enjoyed reading your second poem. I liked the idea of "glitter". Very Nice.

Anonymous said...

Nice Haiku Austin!

Kinda makes me hungry though!

~Sarah

Anonymous said...

Teasha, I love the feeling you gave through your words, It makes me long for summer!

Anonymous said...

Philip your poem is so true!
I love it!!! :D

Anonymous said...

PHilip i liked your poem it was very nice and it had a lot of meaning

Anonymous said...

Brenna's Haiku is very nice, i can picture it.

Lauren's first haiku was also very nice, i can picture the rain dripping and the ferns.

Anonymous said...

another one, just for the heck of it.....

Falling

Forever falling,
This is what unites us all
We are all falling

Anonymous said...

i like y the humor



-Austin

Anonymous said...

lauren, i love both of your poems...they give me a great image and they are relaxing.

Lauren Whitney said...

Justin, your haiku is beautiful! It makes me think of when I was younger, sitting on the rock that overlooked the small brook on my grandparents’ property. The only problem is, the second line has 8 syllables, not 7.

Katie Boutin, your haiku is true, and it makes me think of ripping a Band-Aid off of a wound. Everyone knows how bad this hurts, and you evoke the pain of ripping off Band-Aids.

Katie Hilliard, your haiku captures the happy, light feeling that you get when you see a rainbow. The simple phrases paint a lovely picture of what a rainbow is.

Nicole, I like how your first haiku deals with insecurity, and it clearly shows how girls feel about themselves and compare themselves to other girls, and always feel insignificant. Your second one shows off the side of you that doesn’t take yourself seriously, and we all love that part of you, especially in your writing.

Anonymous said...

Lauren I love yours. I can picture the rain coming down and the ferns and trees.

Katie H. I like yours. It's very telling. I can imagine the colors from the rainbow after it rains.

Anonymous said...

Nice poem Jacob!

I like a mystery!

:]

~Sarah P.

Anonymous said...

Brenna,

the last poem you posted,

I love it,

and it's so true!

~Sarah

Jasmine said...

And here is my late offering....


Winter

Wet snowflakes melting
From my mouth puffs of white clouds
Cocoa in my mug.