Friday, February 27, 2009

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
All Quiet reading quiz and review
Animal Farm research

Period 2:
Shortened due to special senior meeting in Room 18!!!
Vocabulary Quiz
Quick book discussion
Work on presentations

Period 3:
Viewing Rear Window - evaluating fidelity

Period 5:
Publish and comment on odes
Free verse?

Thought for the day.... (because perspective matters)
"I do not seek. I find." - Pablo Picasso

Odes, Sonnets & other Rhyming Stuff

For my creative writers...

Here are some sites that you may want to check out....

Rhyming Dictionary & Thesaurus - so many uses...and will also include phrases.

RhymeZone - This site allows you to search the word you want to rhyme and organize the results by syllable - because sometimes it matters!

Write Express Rhyming Dictionary - Exactly what you think it is.

Poetry 4 Kids Rhyming Dictionary - organizes by word length, not to be confused by syllables.

I will place these permanently on my new website - which you may want to bookmark: http://whstyler.sau23.org - just think Woodsville High Styler & you'll always find me!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Period 1:
Present current events
All Quiet reading quiz
In class reading time
Animal Farm research

Period 2:
Present current events
Hullabaloo reading quiz & discussion
Work on Persepolis Presentations

Period 3:
Discuss "Rear Window" - anticipate the movie
Work on Our Town

Period 5:
Publish/Comment on Sonnets
What is an ode?
Begin writing an ode...

Thought for the day...
What is now proved was once imagined.
- William Blake

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

I'm debuting a new website... Check it out!

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

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Period 1:
All Quiet Reading Quiz & Book Review
Recognizing what is important...
What is the purpose of war?

Period 2:
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard Reading Quiz & Book Review
Discussing goals, and ways to get there
What is happiness?
Understanding Sampath

Period 3:
Independent Film Project
Reading Our Town
Understanding Perspectives

Period 5:
Poetry...
We shall begin with the haiku (which is much more complex than you remember)

Thought for the day...
"What is art but a way of seeing?" - Saul Bellow

Monday, February 23, 2009

Welcome back, well almost. See you tomorrow.

Thought for the day...
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
- Nelson Mandela

February 13, 2009

Final Day of Winter Carnival!!!

Period 5:
Descriptions.....

Have a great vacation & see you all at the ball tonight!

Thought for the day...
All glory comes from daring to begin.
- Eugene F. Ware