Red Space Rocket » Uncategorized http://redspacerocket.com Mr O'Meara @ Western Heights College Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:00:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Master Class: Monday http://redspacerocket.com/2010/08/30/master-class-monday/ http://redspacerocket.com/2010/08/30/master-class-monday/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:17 +0000 Mr O'Meara http://redspacerocket.com/?p=2484 Answer me this: what is the difference between a fictionalised story and a fictional story?

Use examples in your answer. Try to keep this answer between twenty-five and fifty words.

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• Expand vocabulary
• Read and critique a classical imaginative text

Vocabulary builder
The affluent octogenarian leapt over the conflagration.

Focus questions for “Arrangement in Black and White”

1. Who are the characters in this story?
2. Quickly describe each character.
3. What is the moral of this story?
4. What issues from this 1927 story are relevant in 2010?

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O’Meara: Fat AND Bald
Because I’m Worth Mr O’Meara
Don’t Lean a Little, Learn with Mr O’Meara
If Only Everything In Life was Like Mr O’Meara
Snap! Crackle! O’Meara!

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2. Apricot
3. Banana
4. Berry
5. Blackberry
6. Blueberry
7. Boysenberry
8. Cantaloupe
9. Coconut
10. Cranberry
11. Date
12. Dragon fruit
13. Grape
14. Grapefruit
15. Guava
16. Honeydew
17. Kiwi fruit
18. Lemon
19. Lime
20. Mandarin
21. Mango
22. Melon
23. Nectarine
24. Orange
25. Papaya
26. Passionfruit
27. Paw paw
28. Peach
29. Pear
30. Pineapple
31. Plum
32. Prune
33. Quince
34. Raspberry
35. Rockmelon
36. Star fruit
37. Strawberry
38. Tangelo
39. Tangerine
40. Tomato
41. Watermelon
42. Cherry

]]> http://redspacerocket.com/2009/07/20/have-some-fruit/feed/ 0 Ten Things We Learned About Presenting Using PowerPoint http://redspacerocket.com/2009/06/04/ten-things-we-learned-about-presenting-using-powerpoint/ http://redspacerocket.com/2009/06/04/ten-things-we-learned-about-presenting-using-powerpoint/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:53:10 +0000 Mr O'Meara http://redspacerocket.com/?p=1530 1. Make eye contact.
2. Have vocal and physical confidence.
3. Stand slightly to the side of the screen.
4. make sure that technology works as you expect before you start
5. Speak clearly.
6. High contrast colours work well.
7. Don’t write words that you can’t say.
8. Animate your points in the slide show.
9. Use lots of vivid images.
10. Check and recheck for spelling mistakes.

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Rhetoric Techniques And Blister In The Sun

Download example assignment

Your presentation should be similar in style and presentation.

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Thoughts Happen: A Hyphen-Free World
Why is this? Here’s my best explanation: hyphens group modifiers together for clarity.

]]> http://redspacerocket.com/2009/05/10/the-hyphen/feed/ 0 Writing Topic for Wednesday http://redspacerocket.com/2009/04/29/writing-topic-for-wednesday-2/ http://redspacerocket.com/2009/04/29/writing-topic-for-wednesday-2/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:00:01 +0000 Mr O'Meara http://redspacerocket.com/?p=1406 Chocolate is good for you.

]]> http://redspacerocket.com/2009/04/29/writing-topic-for-wednesday-2/feed/ 0 Rhetoric http://redspacerocket.com/2009/04/26/rhetoric/ http://redspacerocket.com/2009/04/26/rhetoric/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:23:46 +0000 Mr O'Meara http://redspacerocket.com/?p=1416 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
]]> http://redspacerocket.com/2009/04/26/rhetoric/feed/ 0 Thursday http://redspacerocket.com/2009/03/26/thursday-2/ http://redspacerocket.com/2009/03/26/thursday-2/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:00:20 +0000 Mr O'Meara http://redspacerocket.com/?p=1336 The word for today is overt.

Today’s quotation is from Thomas Edison, the American inventor. He said “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

Today is brought to you by the feeling of cool water running over your feet on a stinking hot day.

]]> http://redspacerocket.com/2009/03/26/thursday-2/feed/ 0 Esperanto/English Translator http://redspacerocket.com/2009/03/25/esperantoenglish-translator/ http://redspacerocket.com/2009/03/25/esperantoenglish-translator/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:53:42 +0000 Mr O'Meara http://redspacerocket.com/?p=1349 While I was investigating Esperanto I found this really useful translator. Rather than just give you the whole sentence it translates word by word which gives you much better control over the new sentence.

Tradukilo – Esperanto/English Translator

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Screenwriting – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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