Blog #7

We are nearly finished English 20-1! Just review and exam and that is it. I would like you to take sometime today to reflect on the year. Think back all the way to September. What did you enjoy? Even if English is your least favorite subject I hope there is one thing that you didn't mind doing. What about it was enjoyable, appealing, interesting, expand, explain! What did you dislike? What about it was difficult, challenging, boring, expand, explain! What did we do that you wouldn't mind doing again but would change slightly, how would you change things? Do you have any ideas that you think would work well in an English class?

These are the things we did this year:

The Road
Twelve Angry Men
A Midsummer Night's Dream
V for Vendetta
The King's Speech
Of Mice and Men
Poetry Anthology
Film Presentations
Blogs
Seven Essays! and rewrites!
Two exams...soon to be three!

Blog #6

 Spring Break 2015


Best part of spring break was....... Write a concise, descriptive paragraph and include one image. (min 300 words) 


Due Monday April 20th.

Blog #5

New Year Resolutions

It's that time of year again...resolution time that is. This is the time of year when gyms are packed, salad is the main part of everyone's diet and money is piling into savings or paying off old bills rather than being spent. In a few more weeks people will fall back into their old routines, gyms will empty out and lunches will start to include carbs and that new pair of cleats will have a place of honor on the shoe rack.

What do you think about New Year Resolutions? Do you make a resolution each year? Do you stick to it? Do you think that resolutions are a good thing to practice?

Write about New Year Resolutions.
Min 300 words
Due Thursday Jan 15th

Ms. Harstone

Blog #4

What is your favorite winter holiday memory? Be detailed as you explain what happened, who was there, when this occurred and why it was taking place. Try to evoke the senses in your description. 

Every year on Christmas Eve my entire Italian family gets together for a Christmas Eve feast, there are usually sixty people but every year it gets bigger and bigger as people get married and babies are born. It is tradition in the town that my Nonna and her nine siblings grew up in to have fish and no other meat on Christmas Eve. My Nonna works hard the week before Christmas Eve to prepare the meal for all of us. She makes stuffed squid, baccala (salted cod), mussels, prawns, salmon and of course several pasta dishes; lasagne, spaghetti, gnocchi and ravioli. Everyone arrives around seven pm and dinner usually lasts three hours. After dinner and dessert and lots of laughter everyone gets ready to head to midnight mass. This is a family tradition that has been passed down for generations and it is something that everyone looks forward to each and every year.

Ms. Harstone

300 words

Due Friday December 5th

Blog #3

What do you think  is awesome? For this blog you will need to check out the blog 1000 Awesome Things blog. Go through the list and find one that is appealing to you. Your job is to write about that. Remember, you can be creative and your post does not need to be true. So, what will it be... #390 Being waited on hand and foot or maybe #392 Catching the ice cream truck! You have 1000 choices so find one that you like best.

Please include the number and title of the blog you are using as inspiration in your post!

Ms. Harstone

You must post by Monday November 3rd 2014
Minimum of 300 words

Blog #2

It was 2:43am. We had been cutting and folding and pasting since 7:00pm. We were beyond tired. The coffee we had made had long since lost its effect. We were tired. We had to get this done though...Sitting there around the kitchen table we only had a few more to make. I looked at my cousin and she didn't do anything or say anything but just looking at her made me laugh. Then my sister started laughing and in between laughs she tried to ask what was so funny but I could barely breathe I was laughing so hard, there was no way I was going to be able to form words and explain. Tears had begun to stream down my face and my stomach hurt so bad but I could not stop laughing and I had no idea what I was laughing about. By this point my cousin had joined in. My sister was on the floor in an uncontrollable fit. There was nothing to even be laughing about but it was hilarious.

Staying up so late that everything becomes funny...Awesome!

Ms. Harstone
Due Oct 7 2014
Minimum 300 words

Blog #1

Camping 

The campfire is crackling and you have your favorite flannel jacket on. You have organized your graham cracker and chocolate and now you are slowly turning your marshmallow watching as it slowly turns the perfect shade of golden brown. Next to you your  best friend is making hot chocolate and another is pulling out his guitar. The stars are out. The moon is shining. It could not be a more perfect night.

Write about your favorite camping memory. If you have never been camping make it up. Be very descriptive as you recall the details of your camping memory.

Ms. Harstone
Minimum 400 words
Due September 23