Monday's Message....Famous Figures Who Shape Lives

Your projects are soon approaching.  I look forward to the character presentations. Make sure you practice at home and time yourself.  Take extra time on your 3 paragraph literary analysis.  It's worth more points than the rest of the project.  January 18th will be interesting, I'm sure.

The new marking period is almost here. I know we will be switching gears to persuasive writing soon, but I wanted to give you all another shot at explanatory essay topics. Our next type of reading is non fiction / biography. I would like you all to think about a famous person, living or dead, who has had an influence on your life. Think about the following questions to get you started:

• What made this person famous?
• What character traits does this person possess? How do you know?
• What type of person would be most drawn to this person?
• Is his / her influence a positive one? (I would hope so.) Explain.
• How will knowing about this person's life shape your life?

The above questions would help shape an explanatory essay. Now think about your influential person. Let's talk about him / her here on the blog. I bet you will see that others feel the same way that you do.

I almost don't want to share pictures because I don't want to lead you all in one direction or another. Remember, all areas are acceptable. Your special person could be in politics like a world leader, sports, music, theater, literature......and so on, and so on.

Here are a few pictures of the people who helped to shape my life.

 

Jacqueline Kennedy

Dr. Maya Angelou is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. As a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, she continues to travel the world, spreading her legendary wisdom. Within the rhythm of her poetry and elegance of her prose lies Angelou's unique power to help readers of every orientation span the lines of race. Angelou captivates audiences through the vigor and sheer beauty of her words and lyrics. ( This excerpt is from her own web site.)

John Steinbeck (Above)

S. E. Hinton

Who are some of the people you will admire 10, 20, 30 years from now?

Freaky Friday

Let's talk about strange events in our lives either the ones we experienced or the ones we witnessed. If you have not had anything strange happen to you then talk about events that you either heard or read about.Tell us your thoughts. I will post some weird pictures to get you started.

Perhaps you have seen strange or unexplained things in real life. You know what they say.
" Life is sometimes stranger than fiction." Prove it.

Stange? Real or fake? You decide.

M. C. Escher

The celebrated sports-mascot is a part of actual, North American mythology passed down from the American Indians. Alternately, the Jersey Devil is said to be the undying, demonic offspring of a cursed woman by the name of Mrs. Leeds. Either way, sightings of the fearsome, New Jersey resident go back hundreds of years, though descriptions of the beast vary wildly from that of a dragon, to a winged stag to a bigfoot-like creature. By some reports it is known to prey on livestock, terrorize naughty children, and pepper snowy rooftops with it's hoof-prints.

Time to Think Thursday

The new marking period is almost here.  I know we will be switching gears to persuasive writing soon, but I wanted to give you all another shot at explanatory essay topics.  Our next type of reading is non fiction / biography.  I would like you all to think about a famous person, living or dead, who has had an influence on your life.  Think about the following questions to get you started:

• What made this person famous?
• What character traits does this person possess? How do you know?
• What type of person would be most drawn to this person?
• Is his / her  influence a positive one? (I would hope so.) Explain.
• How will knowing about this person's life shape your life?

The above questions would help shape an explanatory essay.  Now think about your influential person. Let's talk about him / her here on the blog.  I bet you will see that others feel the same way that you do.

I almost don't want to share pictures because I don't want to lead you all in one direction or another. Remember, all areas are acceptable.  Your special person could be in politics like a world leader, sports, music, theater, literature......and so on, and so on.

Here are a few pictures of the people who helped to shape my life.

Jacqueline Kennedy

Dr. Maya Angelou is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. As a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, she continues to travel the world, spreading her legendary wisdom. Within the rhythm of her poetry and elegance of her prose lies Angelou's unique power to help readers of every orientation span the lines of race. Angelou captivates audiences through the vigor and sheer beauty of her words and lyrics.  ( This excerpt is from her own web site.)

 

John Steinbeck (Above)                            

S. E. Hinton

Who are some of the people you will admire 10, 20, 30 years from now? 

World Wide Wednesday

Because we are in the month of December, I thought it was time to start thinking about what happened in the world in 2011.  I always love when the news reports include a photo montage of the year in review.  Let's try to think about what happened this year starting way back in January 2011. Try to think about the second half of your 7th grade year and what events happened this past summer. September through December should be easy for you all because of your many current event assignments. This topic will take some research, I'm sure.  We may even have to ask the content teachers like Mr. Eckert, Mr. Szot, Miss Patterson, Mrs. Howanich, and Mrs. Mackin. Who else would have a handle on the pulse of the world? Mr. Gordon? Maybe.  I think he would know what new trivia questions have surfaced in 2011. I bet there are many.  Mr. Rizzo, Mr. Iveson or Mrs. Gross? Has there been any new information that would concern a mathematician or accountant?  There certainly have been many developments along those lines. Can you identify them?

I guess you will have to think about that now or even ask these knowledgable professionals. That's your task.  I will post picture, and I ask that you  identify the event and the approximate time that it was in the news.

Note:  As I am writing this blog, Santa is driving through my neighborhood on a caravan of fire trucks.  It is anything but quiet!

First and foremost.....



Now, how about these events.....

Arkansas Tornado 2011 Map

The images were so upsetting for this next one.  This is the most benign of all.

Happier times....




Who and why?

I guess the math teachers would have something to say about this.

Maybe this too....

Let's leave this one for Mr. Eckert, Mrs. Mackin, and Mr. Szot.

Your thoughts? What did I miss? Let's hear from you all now. NOTE:  This post is going up on December 7.  Why should we remember this day?  Easy question, right?

 

 

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T-REX Tuesday

Okay, everyone, Tyrannosaurus Rex Tuesday is here. Now what are you going to do with it? Let's see how creative everyone can be. Does this lead to a story or a discussion of something you read or learned. I can't wait to find out. I hope it's successful, interesting, and surprising all in one. It was your idea. Go for it!

  

New dinosaur species similar to T.rex is uncovered in Argentina

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 10:57 AM on 17th December 2008


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1096383/New-dinosaur-species-similar-T-rex-uncovered-Argentina.html#ixzz1bdjpcXup

I hope you weren't thinking of the car or motorcycle called T-Rex....This is the real thing.