Story Blog #1

Story Cubes are Fun!

This is the first blog assignment for the fourth quarter of 2011-12. The nine cubes that you see at the right are the nine elements that you need to use in a story of your own design. Your story should include PLOT, SETTING, CHARACTERS, and a THEME. It should also be better than my third grade daughters can produce, seeing as you have read considerably more stories than they have (I hope).

These stories are due no later than Wednesday, April 11th, 2012. They should only appear on your blog, and nowhere else should they arrive in my classroom.

Each element (each cube) should be pointed out in your blog post via boldface type.

Good Luck, and have fun!

Mr. B

PS - I believe that one in the bottom middle is a skyscraper or high-rise building.

A Modest Proposal

This is the smartboard screenshot of the questions from class:

Good Luck! Enjoy the Satire!

The SRP scoring rubric is attached here!

Good Luck!

Mr. B

This is the video for instructions about how to make your paper look correct for MLA format. This includes importing your works cited from Noodletools...



Here is the link, in case the video above didn't work.

MacBeth Video

In case you miss a day during school when we watch Macbeth, here is the PBS video which you can watch on your own.

Watch Macbeth on PBS. See more from Great Performances.

Poetry Intro Day Project

The Renaissance Poetry Packet
This is the poetry packet. (a Google Doc)

Did You Know?

The five poems on the first page of the packet are all related in some way. 

BLOG ASSIGNMENT: 

Write one paragraph that tells the “untold” story behind the 5 poems on page 1 of packet.

(6-8 sentences)
In your paragraph, be sure to use at least three words or phrases from the poem. Put quotes around and highlight the words/phrases used.

I [Mr. Becksfort] am looking for interesting, imaginative, and clever responses.

English Renaissance

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The President's State of the Union!

This Wordle was creating with the full text of the president's State of the Union Speech, 2012. The words are sized so that the more a word was used, the larger it appears. This is an interesting study, don't you think?