Terms for the Exam

Telescopes- To make more compact or concise; condense

municipal- of or pertaining to a town or city or its local government or (as a noun) a municipal bond.

bureaucracies- government by many bureaus, administrators, and petty officials

alimony- an allowance paid to a person by that person's spouse or former spouse for maintenance, granted by a court upon a legal separation or a divorce or while action is pending

metropolis- any large, busy city

caricature- a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things

masque- a dramatic composition for such entertainment

fiscal- of or pertaining to financial matters in general

dubious- doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt

interminable- incapable of being terminated; unending

effete- lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate; decadent; unable to produce: sterile

spectre- a ghostly appearing figure

burgeoning- To grow or develop rapidly

cordially- courteous and gracious

National honors society

I was denied into NHS because of my character or something like that. Mrs Jones would you say i have a character not suited of NHS? I was really disappointed by not getting in. My mom said i could appeal it or something and have them take a look at me again but i don't see how that will help if my teaches told them i wasn't good for it. i just never thought i was rude or insubordinate in my classes.

National Honors Society

Do you know who is on the council Ms.Jones?

essays

what were the three types of essays for the AP exam?

blog time

so the western part of the state is three hours after us so im posting this at 5:40 and the blog will say its like 2:40 something.

yeah i wonder if anyone really did write him outraged?! hahaha that would be funny.

By the way...I don't know if I have mentioned this....but...I HATE NATIONAL BOARDS. I really would rather do ANYTHING ANYTHING than this. Clean toilets, grade essays, wash my dog, garden, even exercise. Sigh.

When the heck did you all post this stuff? I checked it while I was working on my national boards stuff which was like 9pm!!!! I feel bad that I couldn't offer more help but I just honestly didn't even see it.

Have any of you read the essay about putting grandma in the ovens yet? What do you think?

double spaced?

Would you like us to double space our Visual rhetoric assignment?

ethos???

are funds and charitys ethoes? like mac aids fund or abovetheinfluence etc...

anddd

Pathos:
The emotions triggered in this picture are emotions of endurance, and strength. The picture of Lance Armstrong and the picture of the Subaru Outback are supposed to go hand in hand with each other. In hopes of the advertiser the reader should acknowledge that just like Lance Armstrong is tough in all sorts of ways so is the Outback. Lance Armstrong has gone through many “races” in his life, one in being fighting testicular cancer. Armstrong truly represents the word strength and if the Outback is just like Lance Armstrong then the reader starts to feel convinced that the Outback is the right car for them.

Ethos:
This advertisement uses a famous professional biker, Lance Armstrong as a way to convince it’s readers that the Subaru Outback is a tough car. The advertisers are saying that the SUV is just as tough as Lance Armstrong.

Logos:
At the bottom of this advertisement there are many facts about the Subaru Outback that could potentially convince the reader to look into buying the Outback such as the “toughest SUV”. If the advertiser is saying it is the toughest SUV as a fact then the logical appeal of the car would catch the reader’s eye as being top of the line.




Does everything work alright for this ad.

Project

ms jones i dont remember if we said that my viagra add had logos in it or not because i only had pathos and ethos before i came to you...do you remember?

projectoooo

if my ad has live abovetheinfluence.com on it would that be ethos?

I felt that today's discussion about our timed write was one of the most successful yet. I feel like you guys are learning how to talk about writing, literature, and your thoughts very well. I feel like I can be critical (not negative-critical) of your strengths and weaknesses and most of you are accepting of it and willing to work on it instead of dwelling on it. Today was a good day.

How did it go? Is offering incentives for charity ethical?

Good luck on your timed write tomorrow! Let me know what you thought.

i was lost after the first sentence

its hard to take a stance on a claim when i dont even know what this passage is saying... i think maybe hes saying that people shouldnt read so much and think more but im not 100 percent sure.

So as I was leaving to go feed my neighbor's cat this morning my dog decided to make a run for it. After leading me on a high speed chase around the four adjacent yards next to mine, she finally ran back in the house (I left the doors open in hopes she would return). Now she is banished to her crate while I work on national boards. She is trying her hardest to look pitiful. Whimpers and all. It's working. She looks like a candidate for that ASPCA commercial. All she needs is that Sarah McLauchlin (sp) song. Stupid Dog.

Check out the use of diction: cold, wet, alone. Who would want their kid to feel that way? He looks so sad!

ON A BOAT!

UN-EDITED (EXPLICIT LANGUAGE)



EDITED VERSION (CLEAN LANGUAGE)

AHHH

Do we have homework tonight?! I cant figure out what it is if we have it! help please!!!

I hate schoolwork. I hated it when I was in college, I hated it in grad school and I hate it for National Boards. That's not entirely true: I like school work when I like the topic or I don't feel stressed about a looming deadline. Those two characteristics do not hold true for my current writings. So, instead of writing about what I am SUPPOSED to be writing about, I am blogging to my class (who rarely posts) just to avoid it and prolong the pain. Sigh. Back to the dungeon. I WILL GET TWO PAGES WRITTEN THIS HOUR> I WILL I WILL I WILL I WILL.

I started your narratives today. I read all of your reflections (at least all of you who did a reflection (arg) ). I have only read three of them, but so far I can see that they are good content wise, but they still need a little revision to be what I would consider a "final draft". I think I will probably edit and score them, and then return them for more revisions to be made. This may sound like I think they are bad and that isn't the truth. I think they are very good. I have laughed and winced. I just think they could be better and I want you to see your writing in its most laudable form. I really don't even know what everyone is writing about, but I have read about pancakes, bloody ears and wet shoes, team obligations vs. personal desires, retarded Greek statues, how not to drive and how to become a snowball.

I will say this as a forewarning: My national boards stuff is due at the end of this month. I am up to my eyeballs in working on it and trying to balance teaching and grading too. So far I have kept my head above water, but it is possible that as the deadline nears your timed writes or narratives or whatever is still in need of grading may get pushed (temporarily) to the back burner. Please be patient. After Spring Break is when we hit it the hardest anyway (seeing as that's the last month before the exam) and then I will be all yours to grade grade grade as much as I can.

ALLLYYY!!

Thankk yoouu Alllyy!!!

Due when??

Is our narrative due tomorrow

definitions 1-5

abject-hopeless or miserable
adamancy-too hard to cut, break, or pierce
affability-pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite
antiquity-the quality of being ancient; ancientness
ardor-great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion

Thanks!

I got on here to give everyone my deff. but ally already did them so thanks ally!

ALL MC DEFINED :-)

i went ahead and defined all of the words in case anyone forgot at the last minute......

Abject – utterly hopeless
Adamancy – inflexible, rigid, uncompromising
Affability – friendliness
Antiquity – olden days
Ardor – passion or enthusiasm
Armory – arsenal
Atavistic – the return of a trait or recurrence of previous behavior after a period of absence
Benevolence – kindness or compassion
Buttressed – to sustain, prop, or bolster
Centrifugal tendency – the tendency to move towards the center (?)
Colloquialism – communication or conversation
Countenance – tolerate, put up with
Deference – respect, regard, reverence
Despondent – hopeless, downhearted
Didactic – educational, informative
Disconsolation – hopelessly unhappy, gloomy
Discourse – speech, discussion, conversation
Donning – to put or dress in
Edification – enlightenment, moral improvement
Empathy – understanding, sympathy
Enumeration – details, account
Garrulous – talkative, chatty
Hyperbole – exaggeration, overstatement
Impregnable – indestructible, secure
Inanities – lack of sense, significance, or ideas; silliness
Incognito – disguise
Inevitably- inescapably
Infinitive clauses
Ingratiate – suck up to
Libertine – a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained (licentious)
Lieu – in place of; instead of
Locales – a scene or setting
Oxymoron – conjoining contradictory terms
Paean – any song of praise
Parish - community
Pejoratively – negatively, as in criticism
Persona – personality or character
Platitudes – a flat, dull, or trite remark
Plight – dilemma, predicament
Pomposity – characterized by excessive self-esteem, arrogance
Pragmatism – character or conduct that emphasizes practicality
Regression – the act of going back to a previous state; return or reversion, decay
Relish – liking or enjoyment of anything
Remonstrance – a protest, objection
Salient – prominent or relevant
Seclusion – privacy or isolation
Subservient – submissive or docile
Synecdoche – a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special
Trepidation – tremendous fear or agitation; anxiety or nervousness
Uninhibited – open and unrestrained
Wanderlust – strong desire to travel

26-30

incognito- having one's identity concealed
inevitable-unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped
infinitive clauses-the verb is in the clause and the subject may or may not be present
ingratiate-to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others
libertine- person who is morally or sexually unrestrained

multiple choice #16-20 + #40-53

Disconsolation – hopelessly unhappy, gloomy
Discourse – speech, discussion, conversation
Donning – to put or dress in
Edification – enlightenment, moral improvement
Empathy – understanding, sympathy

Pragmatism – character or conduct that emphasizes practicality
Regression – the act of going back to a previous state; return or reversion, decay
Relish – liking or enjoyment of anything
Remonstrance – a protest, objection
Salient – prominent or relevant
Seclusion – privacy or isolation
Subservient – submissive or docile
Synecdoche – a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special
Trepidation – tremendous fear or agitation; anxiety or nervousness
Uninhibited – open and unrestrained
Wanderlust – strong desire to travel

BE MEAN AND TELL ME WHATS WRONG

i wanted to end it with my friend giving her apple slices and him and her liking each other, which would be a slap in the face. but i didnt know how to go about doing it so i just quickly ended it. if you have any scenerios, holla

(my personal narrative)

I’m going to marry that girl. I was only in third grade but I knew that she was the one. I heard my dad talking to some woman that was staying with us at the time about her being the one. I saw the way they looked at each other. He called it love. That didn’t even come close to what I felt now-sitting behind my big flip top elementary school desk focused intently on the back of her head as she listened to Mrs. Kanthro explain times tables. Now that was one thing that I just couldn’t understand, with all them numbers, I knew when you had 3+3 that they equaled 6. So why was she keep saying 3 and 3 equaled 9? The teacher was probably just didn’t get to bed early enough. Shucks, I should teach the class. At least I wouldn’t give the students all the wrong answers. I guess I will never understand this “multiplication” as she called it, but what I did understand was that I loved Paige Michaela Evans. I could picture it now- her long brown hair blowing swiftly behind her white veil as she walked down the aisle into my arms, “I do.” She would say, “I do to…” I would respond. “You do too what Julian?” Kyle asked me. He was my best friend, we have know each other ever since I moved to New York when I was a baby, and for some reason, we had the same class every year, but I wasn’t complaining. He even sat next to me right now. “Nothing”, I responded slightly embarrassed I had let my little fantasy sequence bubble over into reality (as it hopefully soon would). “Well pay attention, before she calls on you.”, “Thanks.” I said in return. That was good ole’ Kyle always looking out for me, just like I always looked out for him. We were blood brothers-we’ve taken the oath and everything. We even lived a block away from each other. Nevertheless, I was going to die before I told him that I had a crush on a girl (cause that was gross) let alone Paige Evans, the prettiest, way-out-of-my-league-girl ever, with teasing sure to ignite (not like she would like him either, with his short blond hair and geeky Harry Potter glasses). I tried to listen a little longer to Mrs. Kathro’s lesson, but every time I almost got it, Paige would drop her pencil or swoosh her hair, or even simply moving was enough for me to have a mental thought collision. I wonder how long God is allowing his angel to be on earth before he calls for her to return. RINGRING ringring. Whoops, time for lunch. Oh yea, I was wondering what was growling. Kyle and I sprinted top speed with the rest of the kids out of the classroom towards the lunchroom. It was first come first serve ‘round here. As got to the cafeteria, it seemed like no matter what we did that we were destined to be back of the line, despite our rush. But that was ok. We waited along the long wall and talked about Kyle’s new Lego set, it was some build it yourself medieval castle. He loved them things. He also told me that his mom got him the new NOW 3 CD. Lucky. Today the line seemed to move faster than usual. We reached the lunch ladies in no time. What’s on the menu I wonder? Yesterday’s meatloaf is today’s sloppy Joes, YUM. Except their was something else as well. Apple Slices Day! For ten cents extra you could get a little pack of apple slices with caramel. And I just so happen to ask my poppa for a dime this morning. Except this was a special apple slices day. This wasn’t for me-don’t get me wrong I love apple slices just as good as the next 8 year old kid- but today I was on a mission. A mission of the highest priority and danger: to infiltrate the girls table, and win the love of my life over with a gift from the heart. “A dollar and ten please.” I paid happily, leading my friend to our normal table out of reflex. We all sat down, and started joking and mixing food, cause we were cool. I tried to stay in the background, psyching myself up for the task at hand. I was doing it- it was now or never. I stood up. My friends were talking to me…asking me something, all I heard were distant mumbles. I felt a little uneasy, like my legs were still being broken in, and begin to understand how the racing horses felt with those blinders on the sides of their eyes. I couldn’t see anything else-but her. Eventually I forced one foot in front of the other and in what felt like a few days walk, made it over their. By this time, everyone in the whole cafeteria had theirs eyes in my direction. The girls table all turned around to see what this tall, pale, goofy, red-headed kid was doing hovering behind them like Casper the creepy ghost. She was the last to look. I think she knew I had come for her. As she turned, my muscles began to tense up and I froze. They all had that girlish half-smirk on their face where you can’t tell if there are laughing at you or not. I still couldn’t speak. I almost forgot why I was there. Then I slowly began to lift my hands up in the form of a bowl, with the apples slices placed in the middle, much like giving an offering to a holy shrine. I looked her in the eyes and waited for her to take it. I was throwing myself into the wind and hoping that Paige would grab me and not let go. She didn’t. I was hoping that my actions were efficient enough, because I was pretty sure that I had gone mute. I stood there. Nothing happened. As the seconds ticked pass, I realized that she hated me, or so it seemed. She wasn’t accepting my offering. She began to slowly giggle, and that laugh only elevated as her friends joined in. So here I was in the middle of the cafeteria frozen like a retarded Greek statue, and being laughed at under these school fluorescent lights, which seemed to burn brighter and brighter with each additional laugh. I couldn’t take this anymore, I had to leave this place of torment. Like a rubber band being stretched out farther and farther, I had to be let go eventually-now was my time. I dropped the delicious fruit treats and watched them fall to the ground in slow motion and hit the floor like porcelain. Then I didn’t know what else to do, I couldn’t stand there, god knows I couldn’t talk her, so I did the only thing I knew how to do- I ran. I bolted out of the cafeteria as fast as my elementary school, Rugrat watching, child legs would take me. At first I didn’t even know where I was going, but when I came to I was outside on the recess playground, I took a moment to compose myself and gather my thoughts before I went off back to class. Mission: Success. As I walked back to the class all I could think was that she totally liked me; I was a total pimp.

Monday-

Discussion on the rest of Their Eyes Were Watching God

New Vocabulary

Narrative Drafts

Tuesday

Quiz on TEWWG to the end

PS-KP-I did not hand out the list of terms to everyone in class so don't worry about defining them. We will get to it eventually.

http://videogum.com/archives/kevin-on-the-office-is-retarde_009844.html


There's the link the Kevin is "special" episode. Check it out if you have a second.

So don't forget to watch The Office tonight.

I am halfway through with your essays. So far no one has scored under a six and that is GREAT. (say it like Tony the Tiger and it's more fun..Grrrrrrrrrrreat!!!) This one had a little twist to it and you all (so far) have handled it well. Kudos. I will get them back to you ASAP.

Please don't forget to get your permission forms signed. I would really like you to be one of my videos. I chose your class for the whole class discussion because I think you will be wonderful at it. I think many of you understand this book and we are finally together again as a class to be able to discuss something. I was so disappointed I didn't get to discuss OMAM or The Great Gatsby with you because I LOVE LOVE LOVE those books. I hope you can make it on Friday. BTW-If we are filming on Friday I would have to push the vocab test back to Monday. We wouldn't have time for both. If too many of you are going to be absent, I will have to cancel the filming-we are already so small I am not sure my graders would believe my "whole class discussion" was really only six people. Or.........do I save the discussion for Monday and do the test on Friday as planned. Now that's a possibility. We could just set the chapter that everyone should be in by Monday..............hm........I think THAT'S what I'll do. Okay:

Vocab Test on Friday
Discussion for TEWWG on Monday. I know it's 2 days after the quiz, but you'll deal. It gives you time to think about what you want to talk about. We should still have time to edit narratives.

im dissapointed in you guys

tsk tsk tsk.
i heard some of you peoples.... decided to cheat of my paper.
except you erased my right answers and put the wrong ones, and then spread
those false testimonies to the rest of the class....
shame.... thought i raised you slackers better.

Soooo...I asked about Huskins classes, UNCG-ischool, and NCVPS (NC Virtual Public Schools). This year, most of the huskins courses will be at least partially online, so that's something to consider. Mrs. Brandenburg will offer an information session on UNCG and NCVPS on April 10 in Room 110 at lunch.

Let me know if you have questions about these programs and I will do my best to answer or find answers to your questions.

BTW-This year ECU is reporting a 3.45 GPA (average) for its freshman class.

ahh

i cant finish the matching vocab either your deffinitions are moreconfusing or mine arent exactly right! i dont know!

paper

i need help with my narrative all i can think of is an internal conflict with myself with my brother moving back into the house but i dont know if it is strong enough for a 3 page paper

This one is Janie and Tea Cake (not Teapot, Tea Bag, or Tea Leaf as I saw on your quizzes today, which by the way were VERY good!)

This is Jody Starks.

And this one is obviously Janie. All of these were taken from the only film production of Hurston's masterpiece. It's actually pretty good (although I feel some parts are miscasted) and I intend to show you some of it.

Any idea why I would post this today?

nararative

the only conflict i cant think of is a conflict with my parents and i dont know if that is strong enough for a story.

nararative

the only conflict i cant think of is a conflict with my parents and i dont know if that is strong enough for a story.