Hello Everyone...
So this is the first post to our blog this year. Since most of you are new to blogging I thought I would do the first posting myself and have you all respond to it at school. As the new school year begins, I find myself thinking about how I can make this year a good one for you and for me. What do you think we should be doing differently this year than you did last year? What would you like to do in class (read, do as a project, discuss as a topic) that you haven't had a chance to do before? Are there any books, poems, short stories, etc that you would like to try? Do me a favor and make a comment to this blog so I can know what you are thinking!
See you in school!
Mrs. Lindell
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(sorry about the first one!)
I'm usually fine with the normal curriculum. I've read Jane Eyre and The Strange Tale Of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde before, but I enjoyed them so I don't mind doing them again. Looking forward to second period this year!
~bek dowdle
We're looking forward to having fun thisi year
Google tells me that I can use some HTML tags, such as < b >, < i >, < a >. Seeing as I am an experienced blogger, I know what all of these tags do. Anyway, I think that English should be fine the way its been set up before. But, it is an interesting twist to have a class blog and I look forward to it.
-Love,
Nick Nieminen
I enjoy reading suspenseful, sad, emotional, or really any type of novel in english, and I like discussing them in class too. I am looking forward to reading and expanding my thoughts and ideas on the novels with the class. This class looks like it will be fun and I'm eager to see what will happen as the year goes on.
-Liana Piacquadio
Fourth Period English!
Im looking foward to english this year and i think its going to be alot of fun. Jane Eyre is starting off really sad =/. I agree with nick that this blog is cool.
Janine!!!!!!
woohooo
I am looking forward to this year in english. I enjoyed reading The Kite Runner last year and over the summer I read A Thousand Splenidid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and also Ninteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. I like those kinds of books because they are somewhat challenging and prepare me for experiences that I may be involved in in the future. However, I'm sure all the books we read this year will be interesting.
-Kristie Debitetto
This year in english is going to be a lot of fun. I think we off to a good start, I do not think there is anything that needs to be switched around. This blog is cool we did a blog with Mr. Belgraire for philosophy class.
-Vincent Debitetto
Looking forward to the books and such, and basically what everoyne else said.
-Rebecca Fix
English this year seems like it is going to be a lot of fun! The books we are going to read seem really interesting and I'm excited to read them. Im looking forward to English this year!!
-Katie P
I agree with everyone here~~
I really like Jane Eyre so far
I'm looking forward to English this year :D
-Jane Suh
English has started off well and I'm looking forward to reading different books this year. Whenever I read though, I like to talk about the books in class so I can make sure I'm understanding what I'm reading, because last year some of the books were hard to understand. I also agree that the blog is awesome. =)
-Hannah Kutzin
english should be different this year than any other, by using both print and technology together, we can better understand and appreciate wut we read
tom dicarlo
I look forward to the books we are going to read this year. They all seem very interesting and different from previous books we've read in school. I like the idea of the blog it seems like it's going to be helpful =)
-Colleen
this is certainly no english class i ever had. i really like this blogging thing, it is different and a lot of fun. jane eyre, so far, is an excellent book. this year i want to read books that are interesting and captivating. i hate books that read like a textbook...that is what global is for. also i agree with everybody, this year is going to be a lot of fun=) see you in second period!
-katie michels
i definitely want to go over what were reading in class because i have a hard time understanding a lot of these books. im looking forward to period 4 this year and i think it's going to be a fun class. see ya tomorrow, gotta go read chapter 2.
I enjoy reading most types of novels so anything is fine. shel silverstein writes great poems, but i dont think they have much depth, i read them in elementary school. I agree with everyone, this blog idea is new to me and really cool, i think it wil be useful. and nick, because im just that amazing, i know what the HTML tags mean =)
--> nikki florio
Looking forward to this year, because I can already tell I have a good class and a good teacher =). Although the book seems VERY depressing, I'll enjoy it as long as we can have daily discussins about the book. See yall tomorrow.
Tee hee- I wrote on a blog. LOL, OMG, BRB and such...
Written and sincerely signed,
Patrick Joseph Peter Cardiello M.D.
im looking forward to english this year because i like the book choices especially kite runner and snowflower and the secret fan!
Hi! Basically like everyone said this english class has started off great so far. I actually saw the movie Kite Runner during the summer, so I thought that maybe after we finish reading the book, we can watch the movie. I think everyone would really enjoy that. Can't wait to see what's going to happen during the rest of the year!
-Patchanun Kerdlap =D
I'm enjoying the blog idea, it's fun to see what everyone else is thinking. I personally have a wide variety of genre interests, but I really enjoy fantasy books, a taste of worlds we don't know, such as Twilight and Harry Potter, and Romances and tragedies like Jane Eyre also catch my attention. I just finished reading "The Birthmark" for homework, which I really enjoyed, so I'm looking forward to what's in store for the rest of this year!
Dara
English looks like it's going to be good this year. There are a lot of interesting looking books on our list, so that's going be fun. I think it'd be really beneficial for us if we discussed the books well in class so we understand them, but not over analyze them. That kind of makes the books boring. This blog idea is really great, so I'm excited for english this year!
Rachel Carforo, 4th
So far I like Jane Eyre. I like how we go over what we read at home in class because it helps me understand the reading better. This year is going to be fun:) I agree with nick janine & hannah..i like this blog:)
-jennnnn!
I'm blogging the next day...but I made it! Better late than never I guess.
Jane Eyre is great so far, and I love the descriptive language she uses, in every aspect of the story. I think this school year will be a good one :)
Simone
I don't have very high expectations for english class this year. But that's only so I am not disappointed, and paradoxical as it may sound I expect to be surprised. Yet, if I learned anything from summer reading it is that in the hands of people like Faulkner and Joyce the
English language can be a weapon that inflicts its victims with a massive headache.
English is one of my favorite sujects, so I'm really looking forward to this year. The book list looks good and I like that we are going to be paying more attention to grammar. See you second period :]
-Lauren Mastroberardino
Hi! Well, i basically agree with everyone. I think English is going to be fun this year because we are reading some really amazing books. So far i like Charlotte B.'s writing and how much imagery she incorporates in her descriptions. Oh, and i also like this blog thing :]
-Camila S.
I basically agree with everyone above me. The books that we are reading this year sound really interesting and I can't wait to read them.
-Victoria Leonardo
This is the better twin! haha. Anyway, i especially appreciate the extensive vocabulary review during class and superb analysis of the book, as it is very difficult; at a much higher level, like a small child learning from a college professor.
Haha. I'm Charlotte Bronte now! You got me doing it! AHH!
Emily Meneghin
Sorry...I screwed up the first post... anyway, I like the books that are on the list and I like creative writing. This year sounds like a lot of fun.
-Amanda Srere
i really like the book so far. the difficult language is really enhancing my vocab. i'm so happy we're reading more classical literature- i like these types of books alot! i am enjoying the story alot, and i understand it very well too.
Looking forward to a fun year in English and we got off to a great start already. I think this blog is going to be very cool and will add another whole aspect to our class.
-Mike Nardini
I am looking forward to English this year. I really like Jane Eyre so far.
This year I would like to do reading in class for some of the more challenging books. Last year we read and discussed in class A Tale of Two Cities and it helped me tremendously because sometimes I would have no clue what was going on until Ms. Rodrigue would explain it to us. Also, I'm glad you are going to coincide some of the books with what we are doing in U.S. History. This will help us get a better grasp on the different time periods.
-Rebecca Gibson
I'm looking foward to this year (like everyone else has said). I'm enjoying Jane Eyre so far and I'm looking forward to the books we'll be reading this year.
-Gloria
I agree with what everybody else said above me. I'm really looking forward to this year and Jane Eyre has been really interesting so far.
Kukka
Yeah english is gonna be a bit different this year but it's all good because its english. Looks like fun.
2nd period where its at =P
i just finished reading chapter nine, and it was really sad. helen was really brave and had a stong and true heart. she reminded me of bailey from the sisterhood of the traveling pants book. i was really touched by that scene, and struck when i read about jane waking up embracing her deceased friend.
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