Sentences Pack
This is the information we have been working through in Morphing English and my Year Eleven English class. I have put it here in case you missed any classes.
Sentences
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Minor Scission Assignment
Choose one story from Tim Winton’s Scission.
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
Please type up your work or write in very neatly and clearly.
Use quotations in your answers to effectively prove your point.
1. From whose point of view is this story told? Is it first person or third person? (around two lines)
2. How does the story start [...]
My Reading for 2009-04-30
Read: Developer resigns using text message in a game. http://twurl.nl/nigmcm Today is clearly a slow news day. #
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Chocolate is Good for You
I don’t know if chocolate is good for you. I do know that chocolate feels good to me. I don’t know if this belief would stand up to scientific or medical examination, but I believe it all the same.
Even on my worst day, and they never get that bad, a good dose of chocolate [...]
Writing Topic for Wednesday
Chocolate is good for you.
My Reading for 2009-04-29
Read: Court partly upholds “dirty words” ban http://twurl.nl/q3aty0 #
Read: When Smokers Attack http://tinyurl.com/dz3lgk #
Read: Geelong schools needs more money for maintenance. http://tinyurl.com/dgum55 #
Listen: the American Life – The Friendly Man. #
Listen: Slate Daily Podcast. #
Listen: A Prairie Home Companion, The New Yorker Out Loud, 60 Second Science. #
Read: Complaints against ticket inspectors soar. http://twurl.nl/znzhn3 A [...]
My Reading for 2009-04-29
Read: Court partly upholds “dirty words” ban http://twurl.nl/q3aty0 #
Read: When Smokers Attack http://tinyurl.com/dz3lgk #
Read: Geelong schools needs more money for maintenance. http://tinyurl.com/dgum55 #
Listen: the American Life – The Friendly Man. #
Listen: Slate Daily Podcast. #
Listen: A Prairie Home Companion, The New Yorker Out Loud, 60 Second Science. #
Read: Complaints against ticket inspectors soar. http://twurl.nl/znzhn3 A [...]
My Reading for 2009-04-28
Read: Three chapters of Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space #
Read: Victoria not in recession: Brumby http://twurl.nl/zoqbbv #
Listen: RN Shuffle http://www.abc.net.au/rn/rnshuffle/ #
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Rhetoric
In The Power of English today, we will start our work on rhetorical devices. Here is some of the material we will consider.
Rhetorical Devices
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My Reading for 2009-04-26
This is a gentle reminder to my students. Your list of reading is due either tomorrow or Tuesday. #
Listen: Homage to Roy Orbison. http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2009/04/25 #
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My Reading for 2009-04-25
Read: Twitter and Teachers. http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2009/04/23/twitter-lessons-for-educators/ #
Read: Shakespeare’s Plays in 140 characters each. http://opoyul.blogspot.com/2009/01/all-twittered-shakespeare-synopses.html #
REad: Non Binding Resolutions http://certifiedprepwn3d.googlepages.com/non-bindingresolutions #
Read: Can Reports Misrepresent Themselves. http://twurl.nl/3ushst #
REad: Checkout charities http://www.slate.com/id/2216517/ #
Read: A few thoughts about Twitter by John Dickerson. http://www.slate.com/id/2216793/ #
Read: About Strunk and White. http://twurl.nl/rys145 #
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My Reading for 2009-04-25
Read: Twitter and Teachers. http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2009/04/23/twitter-lessons-for-educators/ #
Read: Shakespeare’s Plays in 140 characters each. http://opoyul.blogspot.com/2009/01/all-twittered-shakespeare-synopses.html #
REad: Non Binding Resolutions http://certifiedprepwn3d.googlepages.com/non-bindingresolutions #
Read: Can Reports Misrepresent Themselves. http://twurl.nl/3ushst #
REad: Checkout charities http://www.slate.com/id/2216517/ #
Read: A few thoughts about Twitter by John Dickerson. http://www.slate.com/id/2216793/ #
Read: About Strunk and White. http://twurl.nl/rys145 #
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