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While you read…Brave New World

Posted on September 9, 2008 by dsader

Using the format of a blog, comment at the end of each reading session on both the substance of your reading and its effects on you. Record pages or sections on which you are commenting. Record your impressions of characters, … Continue reading →

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Prepare for English Language Arts Finals

Posted on May 30, 2007 by dsader

For those in the midst, or looking ahead at finals in my LA classes(9, 10-1, 20-1, 20-2, 30-1, 30-2). Consider the outcomes we’ve tried to achieve. Enhancing the artistry of communication has been a strong technical focus. Skills mastered include … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archetype, archetypes, artistry, audience, blog, communication, diction, English, english language arts, essay, Final, focus, focus question, focus questions, freedom, iblog, idea, image, images, language, language arts, Limit, literature, Man, participation, process, question, reading list, reality, right, rubric, self, shakespeare, Social, stj, Structure, support, symbol, Thinking, use, video, view, wit, writer | Leave a comment

My Mother’s Kitchen

Posted on May 3, 2007 by dsader

Use pencil crayons to draw a picture of your mother’s kitchen. Put the oven in it, and also something green, and something dead. Write a poem about your mother’s kitchen. You are not in this poem, but some female relation … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blog, image, images, poe, poem, poems, right, something, use, wit | 19 Comments

After Act 5 (English 30)

Posted on April 17, 2007 by dsader

Respond to one of the following: Do you think Rosencrantz and Guildenstern deserved to be put to death? What alternatives might Hamlet have taken? Examine Hamlet’s reasoning and consider whether you think Hamlet was seeking justice or revenge? Why does … Continue reading →

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So I was listening to Music from the Junos . . .(RS25)

Posted on April 5, 2007 by dsader

The lyrics from K-OS’s, “Heaven Only Knows,” struck a chord with something we had been discussing in class about “mysticism.” Discuss the following K-OS lyrics based on what we’ve learned when comparing Western and Eastern Mysticism. Have a careful listen … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brain, crowd, Eastern, God, Man, music, plan, record, right, something, Soul, understanding, use, variety, wit | 12 Comments

Blogging About the News (LA 9)

Posted on March 28, 2007 by dsader

Students can collect news headlines from a variety of RSS sources using their blog as a news aggregator. Writing about the news is one of the more common uses of a blog throughout the blogosphere. Bloggers blend fact and opinion, … Continue reading →

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An Interpretation of Hamlet

Posted on March 21, 2007 by dsader

(30-1) For hundreds of years, scholars have written about problems of interpreting this play. Complete any of the following statements and develop your thoughts in an entry in your blog. Trackback, SVP. What puzzles me most about Hamlet’s behaviour is … Continue reading →

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Plato’s Mimetic Theory of Art(RS 25)

Posted on February 2, 2007 by dsader

Have a look at this powerpoint file here. Wikipedia additional terms needed to answer the following: Given that what we experience of reality is merely a simulation in our minds, then all art is a simulation of a simulation. Is … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged communication, form, image, images, plato, print, reality, use | 30 Comments

Personal Universe Lexicon

Posted on November 28, 2006 by dsader

To construct your Personal Universe Lexicon, start with a new post. You may wish to construct the list with pen and paper first and transfer it to your blog later. Begin by following these instructions: Write down as many words … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abstractions, blog, freedom, lexicon, Man, pen and paper, significance, universe, use, verbs, wit | 31 Comments

from Staying Human in an Engineered Age.

Posted on October 31, 2006 by dsader

Will we decide that we’ve grown powerful enough? Can we draw a line and say, “this far and no further”? How do we control the techno-scientific juggernaut before it dehumanizes our species? Is it possible for us to refuse to … Continue reading →

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While you read…Brave New World

Posted on October 26, 2006 by dsader

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ability, blog, form, impressions, Novel, parent, question, record, Religion, response, use | Comments Off

Insert a New Scene into Macbeth

Posted on October 17, 2006 by dsader

Compose Act 5 Scene 5a: Lady Macbeth is reading letters while weeping. Enter Ross. Compose Act 6 Scene 1: Donalbain visits the Witches. Compose Act 5 Scene 9b: Malcolm’s speech in which he “accounts the loves” of his thanes and … Continue reading →

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Here’s an idea that could snowball!

Posted on September 28, 2006 by dsader

Find a “copyright-free” etext online at, say, Project Gutenberg or here or here Start a new blog. Parse your etext into manageable chunks and insert into your blog. Add graphics and organizers. Edit theme. Voila. Look at Castle of Otranto … Continue reading →

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Bloggiest start to the bloggiest year ever.

Posted on September 24, 2006 by dsader

What a funny word, “bloggiest”. Should I say it is a “most bloggy” start to the year? Does correct English matter in a blog? All students I teach have begun a blog, of sorts. For the most part, I’ve insisted … Continue reading →

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Three Questions – by Leo Tolstoy

Posted on June 15, 2006 by dsader

One day it occurred to a certain emperor that if he only knew the answers to three questions, he would never stray in any matter. What is the best time to do each thing? Who are the most important people … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: use

While you read…Brave New World

My Mother’s Kitchen

After Act 5 (English 30)

So I was listening to Music from the Junos . . .(RS25)

Blogging About the News (LA 9)

An Interpretation of Hamlet

Plato’s Mimetic Theory of Art(RS 25)

Personal Universe Lexicon

from Staying Human in an Engineered Age.

While you read…Brave New World

Insert a New Scene into Macbeth

Here’s an idea that could snowball!

Bloggiest start to the bloggiest year ever.

Three Questions – by Leo Tolstoy

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