This is the tenth grade blog accompanying the website, Step into our classroom by your teacher, Troy White - www.stepintoourclassroom.org. This blog is a resource to help facilitate homework and in-class assignments. I am not alone in blogging, as everyone will be participating in the writing process via your personal blog. Writing is not only an art form, but a means of communication.*If you are having difficulties viewing our numerous embedded Google Docs, you need to update your browser.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Interesting things on the internet!!!
I found this on Youtube- Amazing! How talented is this guy? Honestly, when I grow up, I want to be just like him. -"Bboy2old"
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
I will
Still I Rise
---Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise
Monday, January 18, 2010
Frakenstein Media Projects
Thom, Nik, Mimi,and Eddy's friend?
Listen to what this extremely unbiased viewer had to say- "This is the best video ever. Whoever is grading this project should give it an A+. The characters are extremely well analyzed, and the actors really show an understanding of the characters. It's also very witty." (Well said Nik!)
Jasmine, Mimi (again), and Maria (we know it's her because she's in the mirror).
Neph, Maria K., and Annbella- Wow, she died just like this last year!
Mimi and Natalie!
Riana, Mariella, and Angela-
Bader? Zak, and Monster-
Listen to what this extremely unbiased viewer had to say- "This is the best video ever. Whoever is grading this project should give it an A+. The characters are extremely well analyzed, and the actors really show an understanding of the characters. It's also very witty." (Well said Nik!)
Jasmine, Mimi (again), and Maria (we know it's her because she's in the mirror).
Neph, Maria K., and Annbella- Wow, she died just like this last year!
Mimi and Natalie!
Riana, Mariella, and Angela-
Bader? Zak, and Monster-
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Homage to the Epistolary
An epistolary is a work of fiction, usually a novel, written in the form of letters. You are to choose two of the following individuals and create characters for both.
Pre-writing guiding questions
- Who are these individuals?
- What are their backgrounds?
- What makes them unique, or not?
- What conflicts effect them?
- What are their motives (what drives them; makes them do what they do)?
- What is their relationship; how are their fates/lives connected?
- Do they know one another?
Read the following exert on “The Art of Letter Writing"
Appeal
Apology
Don’t forget the most well-received of all letter formats, the love letter.
Take note, that the unique nature of the epistolary allows for very creative characterization.
- The address from where the letter is being sent and its destination are an effective means of setting.
- The handwriting of your characters might give insight to their personalities.
Here are the seven individuals to base your characters on:
You also need to create images of the actual letters. These will be small detailed photos you will take of certain key phrases. They will add credibility, create mood, and potentially aid in characterization as one's handwriting can often say alot about the individual.
YOU will base these images on YOUR text and need to create the handwritten segment, take the photo and upload it to blogger.
*Remember to adjust the resolution on the camera or adjust the image size before uploading to blogger otherwise you will hate life. Acceptable image size for a small web-based jpg is 60dpi.
Pre-writing guiding questions
- Who are these individuals?
- What are their backgrounds?
- What makes them unique, or not?
- What conflicts effect them?
- What are their motives (what drives them; makes them do what they do)?
- What is their relationship; how are their fates/lives connected?
- Do they know one another?
Read the following exert on “The Art of Letter Writing"
Appeal
Apology
Don’t forget the most well-received of all letter formats, the love letter.
Take note, that the unique nature of the epistolary allows for very creative characterization.
- The address from where the letter is being sent and its destination are an effective means of setting.
- The handwriting of your characters might give insight to their personalities.
Here are the seven individuals to base your characters on:
You also need to create images of the actual letters. These will be small detailed photos you will take of certain key phrases. They will add credibility, create mood, and potentially aid in characterization as one's handwriting can often say alot about the individual.
YOU will base these images on YOUR text and need to create the handwritten segment, take the photo and upload it to blogger.
*Remember to adjust the resolution on the camera or adjust the image size before uploading to blogger otherwise you will hate life. Acceptable image size for a small web-based jpg is 60dpi.
They might look something like this.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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