A Prayer for Women

Dear Lord,
   I pray for wisdom,
   to understand a man.
   Love, to forgive him and;
   patience, for his moods.
   Because, Lord, if I pray for strength
  I'LL JUST BEAT HIM TO DEATH!!!!
    Amen

I thought this prayer was really cute and I hope that all you women out there enjoy it!!

Rubric Help

Here is some Rubric Help in the form of websites that are helpful in creating useful rubics of all sorts:
http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
I hope you all find these useful as well as enjoyed the experience of working in responsible colaborative groups!!! It feels as if you all had fun with this project. I know that there are some of you who feel like the person in the following image but it won't be for much longer:

It is almost over!!!!!!!!!!!!

The End Is Near!!!!

Greetings dearest students!! The end is soon upon us and instead of worry you all should be feeling joy and happiness. The holidays are right around the corner as is our winter break:)
To clear up some questions regarding studying for the final please visit your books website at:
http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_kasten_literature_1/26/6729/1722707.cw/index.html

Stay on the home page and select the chapter option at the top of the page. From there you will be given various options; choose the option for self-assessment. Take the multiple choice and true false quizzes if you wish to review for the final.
Regarding the blog/author study folder that is to be submitted on Monday December 7th; I feel that I have gone over this issue ad nauseam. If you still have questions of this nature please communicate with your classmates or make time to come see me in my office.
Thanks and have a great weekend:)

The Magic School Bus Series as Nonfiction or "Faction"

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score//Magic/magictg.htm

Above is a great website to use in conjunction with this book; The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor. Another great website is:
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/
this is a Scholastic website that contains a myriad of activities as well as lesson guides.

 Have fun I hope you enjoy this!!!!

Chapter 9:Nonfiction Blog All 3321 classes!!!!

Greetings everyone! The weekend is almost upon us. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter on Nonfiction (chapter9) and how this genre has changed over time to encompass a wide variety of aesthetically pleasing and informative books. I particularly liked the information regarding boys and nonfiction. I think that armed with this information we are given the opportunity to motivate and engage all of the boys in our classrooms; regardless of age.
Here are some great nonfiction books to look for or familiarize yourselves with:

Could a work of art really take 500 years to complete? Leonardo's horse did! Leonardo da Vinci was commissioned by the duke of Milan to create a bronze horse. After years of work and before the horse was cast in bronze, the clay replica was destroyed in 1499. Leonardo died before resuming work on the horse. In 1977, Charles Dent vowed to build the horse and give it to Italy as a gift from the American People. Sculptor Nina Akamu completed Dent's dream. On September 10, 1999, the statue was unveiled in Milan five hundred years after the French destroyed Leonardo's horse.

When people think of pirates, they usually envision swashbuckling, adventurous figures who spend their time searching for buried treasure. But this is a distorted, romantic view. In reality, pirates were little more than thieves and murderers dedicated to plundering, looting, robbery, and enslavement. Milton Meltzer, who has been called "arguably the best writer of social history for children and adolescents ever," uncovers the true-and often bloody, always fascinating-stories of pirates and piracy, both past and present. Here are the real Blackbeard and Captain Kidd-and other notorious pirates-as well as the forms of piracy that plague us today. Meltzer's vivid, well-researched text and Bruce Waldman's striking monoprint illustrations give readers an unforgettable look at this nefarious world.

EDRG:3321 All Classes

Greetings everyone! I found a video link regarding the "Stiletto Stoners" that we discussed today in class. This link is more informative as well as a little bit longer than the one we saw today in class. Here is the link:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/33087077#33087077

For this weeks blog there are a few options. You may blog about chapter 8 if you must but I would prefer that you blog about some of your favorite books of Fiction. Tell us a little bit about the books that you like as well as give us a web link (if it is available) so that we may become more familiar with the book as well as its author.

As you all know one of my favorite authors is Stephen King! I love almost all of his work, now he really knows fiction. I think that he lives more in his fictitious world than he does in reality, I guess that is why he is such a great writer. Here are some books of his that I recommend to you all as well as his official website:
http://www.stephenking.com/library/bachman_novel/thinner.html

On Writing is both a textbook for writers and a memoir of Stephen's life and will, thus, appeal even to those who are not aspiring writers. If you've always wondered what led Steve to become a writer and how he came to be the success he is today, this will answer those questions.

Several years after his wife's death, novelist Mike Noonan still suffers writers block. A dream inspires him to return to the couple's summer retreat in western Maine, a lakeside house called Sara Laughs. Shortly after arriving, Noonan is caught in the middle of a custody battle involving the daughter of an attractive young widow and the child's enormously wealthy grandfather. He also discovers that Sara Laughs is haunted and that his late wife, Joanna, still has something to tell him.

Billy Halleck commits vehicular homicide when his lack of attention to driving results in the death of an old lady on the street. Overweight Halleck is a lawyer with connections, though, and gets off with a slap on the wrist. After his trial, a gypsy curses him with a single word, "Thinner." Halleck begins to lose weight uncontrollably and must pursue the band of gypsies who are responsible for his dwindling condition.











I hope you all enjoy the website and let me know if any of you have read these books.

EDRG:3321 TUESDAY & THURSDAY

Greetings everyone I know that you are all looking forward to a restful weekend!!! I wanted to give you an update for your blogging options. For your next blog you may blog about:

• Chapter 6: Traditional Literature
• The Path of Needles or Pins Little Red Riding Hood by Terri Windling the story may be found at the following website: http://www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/rrPathNeedles.html
• You may also research, using the Internt or other means, an origional version of a Fairy Tale that interests you and discuss how you would go about using it in your classroom as well as what you thought about the changes.

Have fun with this blogg and don't forget to continue blogging about the various authors, books, and websites.
See you soon.