Startin' up the blog 08-09

Spreadsheet

I compiled what we seen to know so far into a spreadsheet...so here it is for your viewing pleasure.

Final Exam

Does anyone know if we have to match characteristics to literary periods? Or are we just matching them to the stories?

Final

Tide Rises and Tide Falls- Longfellow Roman.

Narrative of Olaudah Equiano- Equiano ?

Great Gatsby- Fitzgerald ?

Jumping Frogs of Calacaras Co.- Mark Twain realism

Walden- Thoreau trans.

Raven- Poe Roman.

Crucible- Miller Contemporary

Nature- ? trans.

Devil and Tom Walker- Irving ?

Mice and Men- Steinbeck ?

Outcast of Poker Flat- Hart ?

Virginia Convention- Henry Classicism/revolution

Scarlet Letter- Hawthorne Puritan

Sinners In the Hands of An Angry God- Edwards ?

Life You Save May Be Your Own- O'Connor modern

Plymouth Planation- Bradford ?

Cross of Snow- Longfellow Roman.

Poor Richard's Almanack- Franklin Classicism/revolution

Autobiography- Franklin Classicism/revolution

Rappaccini's Daughter- Hawthorne ?

Rose For Emily- Faulkner ?

Resistance to Civil Government- Thoreau trans.

Rip Van Winkle- Irving roman.

Old Ironsides- Holmes ?

Self Reliance- Emerson trans.

Grizzlies Walked Upright- ??

Earth On a Turtle's Back- ??


PLEASE FILL IN THE PLACES THAT YOU KNOW, EITHER THE AUTHOR OF LITERARY PERIOD!! Thanks

I have a few that I don't know about either. Can anyone tell me the period of The Great Gatsby, Speech in the Virgina Convention, Poor Richards Almanack, Old Ironsides, and Rip Van Winkle?

Final Exam

Can anyone tell me which literary periods these pieces belong to: The Life You Save May Be Your Own, The Crucible, and Resistance to Civil Government Thanks!

FInal Exam

Does anyone know which vocabulary words will be on the final? I want to know whether to study each week's words or only the ones from this nine weeks. Thanks!

Crucible

Can anyone tell me how far we read in The Crucible on Friday? Thanks

can we put "i, we, me, my...etc." in our conclusions? i was always taught we could but i didn't know if its formal MLA?

THE Crucibleeeeee

Soooooo, I walked thru my dad's room today and guess what was on TV! .....The Crucibleeee! haha I didnt watch it though because I had to do homework and it was at the beginning. :)

vocab week 16

1. Asceticism: the doctrine that a person can attain a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self-denial, self-mortification, and the like.
2. Ameliorate: to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate.
3. Dissuade: to advise or urge against
4. Fastidious: excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please
5. Flux: continuous change, passage, or movement
6. Gargoyles: a roof spout in the form of a grotesque or fantastic creature projecting from a gutter to carry rainwater clear of the wall.
7. Genuflected: to be servilely respectful or deferential; grovel.
8. Harridans: a woman regarded as scolding and vicious.
9. Misanthrope: a hater of humankind.
10. Solicitous: anxiously desirous

I enjoyed seeing many of you last night at prom. It is wonderful to see you all dressed up looking like mini-adults. Tim in a tux was extraordinarily different and April looked beautiful as well. I saw Jessica in a cute, short white number, Ash looking dapper in a tux, Cheresa in a dress instead of athletic attire, Mara with very curly hair, Katy H stuck with the tried and true sparkly dress, and of course, Caleb. I didn't get to see his date, for he claimed he had ten of them. I hope you all had fun, safe nights.

Question!

So I used information from the inside flap of my book...how do i document that?

Hey Everyone,
I was out taking the ap bio exam today and was wondering what did we did in class? & how far did we get in the crucible? any homework?

Thanks!

Finally finished!

If anyone wants to give a little advice on parenthetical documtntation as well (being more specfic on what to document) that be great too!!

Might be a silly question but just making sure...

Are you allowed to put numbers in your paper? Such as: The strike continued for 30 days.

How far did we get in the Crucible in class today so that I can read it over the weekend?
and is there any other homework I need?

Thanks!

Hope everyone has a good weekend :)

Week 14 Vocab

1. Adept: very skilled; proficient; expert
2. Assiduous: constant; unremitting
3. Behoove: to be worthwhile to, as for personal profit or advantage
4. Chagrin: a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation
5. Discern: to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect
6. Ennui: boredom
7. Errant: deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying
8. Hedonist: a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification
9. Lascivious: inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd
10. Usurped: To take over or occupy without right

Week 13 Vocab

1. ascertain: to make certain, clear, or definitely known; determine
2. cogent: convincing or believable; to the point; relevant
3. dissuade: persuade not to do something
4. exorbitant: highly excessive
5. furtive: stealthy, secretly; sly; shiftly
6. impervious: unable to be penetrated, injured, or influenced
7. impute: to attribute a characteristic to; charge with fault
8. nebulous: hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused
9. obstreperous: noisy, clamorous, or boisterous
10. sinuous: indirect; devious; winding

Serious Frog Jumpin' in Calaveras County

Week 12 Vocab

1. diatribe: bitter denunciation
2. esthetics: appreciation of beauty or god taste, as in fine arts
3. fortify: to strengthen
4. interminable: no limits; incessant; unending
5. inured: accustom to accept something undesirable; become advantage of
6. mordant: biting or caustic in manner; sarcastic
7. pragmatic: practical point of view or practical consideration
8. specious: apparently good/right but lacking merit; superficially pleasing
9. surreptitiously: done in stealthy way; secret or unauthorized
10. vernacular: native of language, place, or time period

What will happen next?

I had never been exposed to the story that we are watching right now until this year in class. The bell rang today at what seemed to be the climax. Anyone who has never read/watched the ending, what do you think is going to happen?

Personally, I don't really know. It could be a tragedy where he gives the potion to her and lives alone, forever in agony, or he could get selfish. I don't know. Does anyone else have thoughts?

Week 11 Vocab

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a good spring break. I figured it was my turn to post vocab so here are the words for week 11.
1. corrugated: to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges; wrinkled; furrow
2. defunct: no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning; dead
3. dilatory: delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy
4. disheveled: untidy; unkempt; disorderly
5. distraught: distracted; deranged; crazed
6. laudable: deserving praise
7. lethargic: drowsy; sluggish
8. menagerie: diverse; miscellaneous group
9. meretricious: flashy/vulgar attraction
10. notoriety: widely known
See you all tomorrow.

How's Of Mice and Men coming? Just as a reminder, you should be nearing the end of the book.

Homework

I can't find Resistance to Civil Government in the book. I found Civil Disobedience which is a part of Resistance to Civil Government, I think. And I looked on the Internet, and still can't find it. Did anyone find it?

Week 10 Vocab

1. abstraction an- impractical idea; something visionary and unrealistic.
2. denizen-an inhabitant; resident.
3. disconcerting-To frustrate (plans, for example) by throwing into disorder; disarrange.
4. harlequin-(often initial capital letter a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand.
5. innuendo-an indirect intimation about a person or thing, esp. of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.
6. labyrinth-an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit.
7. permeate-to pass into or through every part of
8. prodigality-the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending
9. subterfuges-A deceptive stratagem or device:
10. unfathomable-Difficult or impossible to understand; incomprehensible

SAT PREP

Although the beneficial nematode is no bigger than a dust mite, its ____ appetite soon _____ grubs, cutworms, and weevils.

a. disproportionate....outnumbers
b. fortuitous.....demolishes
c. languid......undermines
d. greedy.....irrritates
e. voracious.....exterminates


The great horned owl, one of the most efficient and ____ of all _____, occasionally kills more prey than it can eat.

a. docile...birds
b. casual....fliers
c. inept....hunters
d. ruthless....predators
e. amusing....parents

Give it a try.

Just to give you a look ahead, we are starting Transcendentalism tomorrow. This will entail reading two pieces by Emerson and two pieces by Thoreau. If there are any hippies in the class, this movement is for you.

Then, we will delve into Dark Romanticism, most widely associated with Edgar Allan Poe. Have you read "The Black Cat"? Please post below and let me know. We will do another Hawthorne piece (via video again-are you catching the hint that Hawthorne is a little challenging?).

That just about wraps up our Romanticism Unit and then we will test on it all. Between now and then, you will have a spring break assignment, which is to read the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. It's short, don't panic. It's actually called a novella because it's only about 100 pages. It's one of my favorites, but then again, I love Gatsby. We will continue on through some more literature, and then sometimes in May we will complete our research paper! Yay!

Studying

Hey guys. Along with authors and period, are we going to have questions about each story as well?

Test

We are taking the midterm on thursday right?

Midterm

Hey everyone. So I'm trying to think of all the stories we've read that could be on the midterm but I have a feeling I'm forgetting some. Here's the list so far: The Earth on Turtle's Back, When Grizzlies Walked Upright, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, The Autobiography, Poor Richard's Almanac, Olaudah Equiano, Speech in the Virginia Convention, the poem by Phyllis Wheatley, and The Great Gatsby. Can anyone think of any other stories?

Tonight's Homeworkkkk

My literature book is at my dad's house and I'm at my mom's so I'm looking up the info on the internet, what does FP stand for I didn't write it down and what are the questions for the poem?

PLEAASSEE let me know!

THANKS!!

Week 9 Vocabulary

Vocabulary List Week 9:


1. Atrocity - an extremely cruel and wicked act

2. Malevolence – the quality of wishing evil or harm on people

3. Sagacious - having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; intelligent

4. Chimera - a horrible or unreal creature of the imagination

5. Docility - easily managed or handled; teachable

6. Conflagration - a destructive fire

7. Odious - deserving or causing hatred

8. Perverseness - willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; disobedient

9. Phantasm - a creation of the imagination or fancy; fantasy

Rhyme Scheme Help

Mary had a little lamb A
Its fleece as white as snow B
And everywhere that Mary went C
The lamb was sure to go B

It followed her to school one day D
Which was against the rules E
It made the children laugh and play D
To see a lamb at school E

Rules:

Exhaust all capital letters before moving on to lowercase letters
Look for patterns-In this poem the 2nd and 4th lines always rhyme, and in the second stanza the 1st and 3rd correlate too.

Hope that helps.

This was too funny to not post, sry.

KIDS ROCK

Despite any rumors you may have heard, I asked Mrs. Brandenburg and Mr. Rivenbark today and they both said that the dress code has NOT passed (yet). The proposal on New Hanover County School's website is a DRAFT, hence not finalized. It still has a bit of the process yet to go.

Chill out. Wear your jeans and shut up :)

In regards to our paper...

I am unsure what to write about...
Most everything right now that I actually know about has been taken so I need some help
This is open to all persons.
O and if you could tell what your topics are then I will know NOT to use yours.
I was thinking of being against religions in schools but then again I am not sure

Cool Armonica Video

This video, from the History Channel, tells about the history of the armonica and why it is not a common instrument today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D9BBMDWoNM

Vocabulary, Week 8

(I figured it was my turn to post them)

1. vaunt – to speak boastfully; brag.

2. obsequious – compliant, obedient, and dutiful

3. truculent - fierce; cruel; savagely brutal; aggressively hostile

4. beguile - to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude

5. enervate - to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken

6. idiosyncratic – having a characteristic or habit that is peculiar to an individual

7. exonerate - to clear or relieve, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate

8. alacrity - cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness

9. canonical - reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality

10. evocative – having the ability to draw forth or bring out something latent, hidden, or unexpressed

MISS JONES THE AQUARIUM WAS NOT FREE.

How are the drafts of the persuasive speech going? What topics have you decided upon?

Week 7 Vocabulary

1. repudiate- to reject as having no authority or binding force; to reject with disapproval or condemnation
2. erudite- characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly
3. Truncate- to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short
4. recalcitrant- resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory; hard to deal with, manage, or operate
5. soporific- causing or tending to cause sleep
6. innocuous- not harmful or injurious; harmless
7. querulous- full of complaints; complaining
8. succinct- expressed in few words; concise; terse
9. superfluous- being more than is sufficient or required; excessive; unnecessary or needless
10. prevaricate- to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie

Speech

I don't know what to start working on for the speech... Do we have to complete that planner? Do we write an actual paper that we turn in? Do we have to have note cards? If so how many? When is the rough draft due? When is the final thing due? This whole assignment is so unorganized..... I don't know what to do......

Gatsby Test Tomorrow

Does anyone know exactly what we are supposed to study for the Great Gatsby test tomorrow?? I have no idea what to look at....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=339ixMtHrVk

This is the Charleston...

Help!

Hey everyone. For the excerpt from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, one of the questions for homework asked how a Native American would have felt reading this. Would they have felt something different than the Puritans? Are they suppose to be the sinners no matter what? I guess I just don't understand what difference it would have made. Anyone want to explain??? Thanks!

Random impressive or funny videos.

Guy playing crystal glass.
Hammer skills
How to act in English III
Musical stop motion
Contains foul language, don't watch around little kids.
Insanely good stop motion
Billy's Balls 2
Decent break dancer to say the least
Why Laird Hamilton rocks 2:23 wow

At least one of these should be worthy of conversation in class.

If anyone is applying to be a Social Marshall, how long is your essay? I have already written mine but i think it might be too short at 231 words...

I GAVE YOU THE WRONG PUZZLE. DON"T FREAK OUT. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO KNOW THOSE WORDS.


:(

I am pretty surprised that none of you have used the blog lately to ........well..........do anything really. I thought someone would have a Gatsby question or some kind of question or comment. I guess class really is that boring.

Valentines Day Mood Set

If you have a loved one who likes kittens, hearts, or strange childish voices, be sure to send them this. (omg a parallel thingy)
http://www2.b3ta.com/i-love-you/iloveyou.swf
P.S. Nobody is better than ice cream...

Week 6 Vocab

Week Six Vocabulary


Ambiguous- open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations

Red Herring - something intended to divert attention from the real problem or matter at hand; a misleading clue.

fallacy - a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc

Pinnacle - the highest or culminating point, as of success, power, fame, etc.

respite - a delay or cessation for a time, esp. of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:

sagacious - having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd

veracity - habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness

plausible - having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable

stringent - rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe:

Cognizant - Fully informed; conscious.

Two questions:

1-Who in Hollywood would play a good Gatsby? Nick? Daisy? Tom? George Wilson? Myrtle? Jordan?


2-Be NICE! Would anyone from our class fit any of these roles? I don't necessarily mean they act like these characters, but could they play one of these roles well?

Across the Universe

Even though I may be a little late to the party, I finally watched Across the Universe this past weekend. Has anyone else seen it? What do you think about it?

Please remember you have a vocabulary quiz tomorrow. Mini-Quiz:


The wolf let out a _________________ howl to express her grief over the loss of her pups.

"A penny saved is a penny earned" is a(n) ____________________.

Putting together model planes is a(n) _________________ task; nonetheless, many people find pleasure in it.

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/hangman/hangman_america1920s.htm

See what you know about the 1920s.

Ms. Jones: Here are the four pictures that we used in the powerpoint. Enjoy!



Nicole drinking alcohol out of an egg, and Ash drinking brandy (or, in this case, apple juice)

Brittany with a flask in her skirt and Kristian with a flask in her boot

To my mob group: if there is any way to post your video so I can share it, I would love it!

To my prohibition group: can I have your two pictures to share?

Many of your presentations today showed originality and careful creation. Nice work!

silly

DORMITORY
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM

PRESBYTERIAN
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER

THE EYES
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE

GEORGE BUSH
When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE

THE MORSE CODE
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS

ELECTION RESULTS
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES LET'S RECOUNT

MOTHER-IN-LAW
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER

SNOOZE ALARMS
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS NO MORE Z'S

ELEVEN PLUS TWO
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE

What do I discover my dog playing with this afternoon? One of the fifty million expensive sturdy dog toys that I have purchased to entertain her and prevent her from destroying my house with her fangs? No. Of course not. Instead, she manages to locate the handle portion of a plastic serving spoon that was melted in half inside the dishwasher. Nice.

Vocabulary Week 3 and 4

Vocabulary List Week 3:

1. ineffable- incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible
2. squander- to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully
3. persevere- to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly
4. prudence- caution with regard to practical matters; discretion; regard for one's own interests
5. tyranny- arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority; the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler
6. avarice- insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth
7. frugality- economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful; entailing little expense; requiring few resources; meager; scanty
8. aphorism- A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
9. dolorous- full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful
10. arduous- requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult; requiring or using much energy and vigor; strenuous

Vocabulary List Week 4:

1. jingoist- Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy; chauvinistic patriotism
2. pious- having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations; characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious
3. pseudonym- a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name
4. temperance- self-control; habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite or passion, esp. in the use of alcoholic liquors; total abstinence from alcoholic liquors
5. ethics- a system of moral principles
6. humility- the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc
7. paradox- a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
8. almanac- an annual publication containing a calendar for the coming year, the times of such events and phenomena as anniversaries, sunrises and sunsets, phases of the moon, tides, etc., and other statistical information and related topics
9. anecdote- a short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature, often biographical
10. revolution- an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed; a radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, esp. one made suddenly and often accompanied by violence

This is a very funny video i found thought Ms.Jones would like it lol

Don't forget your vocabulary quiz tomorrow! The Scarlet Test won't be too bad as long as you were paying attention to the film.

Worst Analogies Ever Written in a High School Essay

Most of these are pretty funny. They also serve as examples of what not to write in an essay.

http://www.interweavers.com/brett/humor/analogies.html

So what do you guys think about The Scarlet Letter film? I understand that it isn't exactly something you would have rented for a Friday with friends, but do you like it? Do you understand it? What do you like/dislike about it?

CLOVERFIELD

I just saw Cloverfield and thought that it was epic and intense! I recommend those who aren;t afraid to get a little dizzy (shot though the scope of a camcorder) and not afraid of some thrill to go see it. And if you get the chance to, at the end of the movie there are strange occurrences (hint- watch closely at the end when they are at the carnival.) If you are a real loser like I am, stay after the credits to hear a creepy message. I don't want to give it away but you might have to hear it backwards to get the whole message. It was the best movie I have seen in a while and I hope you all get to see it. Field trip anyone?



(see if you can see the hidden picture in this poster)

Week 2- Vocabulary

Vocabulary- Week 2

persecution- a program or campaign to exterminate, drive away, or subjugate a people because of their religion, race, or beliefs

engulfed- To swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing

feign- to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse.

salvation- the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.

rigor- a severe or harsh act, circumstance, etc.

lusty- spirited; enthusiastic.

peril- exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger.

narrative- a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.

phenomena- something that is impressive or extraordinary.

predestination- fate; destiny.

flashcardexchange.com

For those of you who weren't satisfied with your vocabulary quiz scores, check out this website. A student from my AP class uses it and she says it will let you turn your flashcards into a memory game so you can quiz yourself on the computer. It sounds pretty useful to me. By the time you have typed in the words and definitions and then played memory for a few rounds, it seems like you would be pretty familiar with the words.

HI GUYS!!!

Hey guys whats up? Nothing much here dudes. Just posting on the class blog. Its so rad! I can't wait to hang out with you dudes tomorrow!
PEACE!

Funny Grammar Mistakes in Church Bullitens

Here’s some announcements that actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services that just sound a little funny:

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The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
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Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of thosethings not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
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The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict.
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Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
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Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.
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The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
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The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday: "I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours"

Do we have the vocabulary quiz tomorrow?

I figured I might start by sharing a few cool websites that some of my students have shared with me. Neither of them are academic, but visually interesting all the same.

maninthedark.com

or

http://dura.cell.free.fr/home/swf/arms12.swf

Hi guys! I just want to set up some ground rules on academic blogging:

1. No innappropriate content will be tolerated. This includes photos, links, and comments.

2. Do not reveal personal information via your profile. Either leave it blank or make it fictional/funny.


Now, for those of you who don't know what to do, here are some suggestions:

1. Link us to a cool site you find about college, something we are studying (literature, authors, grammar, etc.) or some link you just thought was cool.

2. Post a question. This can pertain to class, homework, politics, pet peeves, etc.

3. Comment on other students' posts. Tell 'em what you think!

4. Give us a movie review so we know what to add to our weekend plans.

5. Share thoughts on life, school, assignments, teenagehood, etc.

6. Do your classmates a favor; post the vocab. definitions or homework reminders for those forgetful members.

7. Ask Miss Jones a question. I'm not Jeeves, but I can help you out when it comes to this class and some other minutia.

8. Post an English cartoon, game, or photo. Grammar mistakes found in the public domain always makes me smile. Not because I like grammar mistakes, but because you are able to identify them.

9. Comment on class. Did you like/dislike our discussion? Why? Hated the reading assignment? Why? Loved writing your myth? Why?

These are just suggestions. Explore the possibilities of academic blogging. I'm am excited and interested to see how well you will do with this.