Saturday, August 16, 2008
introductions
In reading this blog you can learn a little about me, but what about you? What is your "recommended reading?" Where have your travels led you this summer...to China, Sudbury Farm, Crane's beach? How did you unwind? In class this year, I hope we are able to explore ideas, experiment with learning, and have some fun. What are your hopes for English class this year?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
41 comments:
Hi Ms. Miller, it's Tyler Turnbull.
I guess I could tell you that I'm a twin, that's pretty interesting. You probably already know that, so I'll also tell you that I wrestle for the high school!
Hi Ms. Miller, it's Logan Turnbull.
i went to Cape Cod this summer and worked at a golf course. My favorite book this year was "The Things They Carried."
Hi Ms. Miller, it's your favorite student... Josh Nadler. I like to play soccer and ski. Also, I enjoyed the summer reading surprisingly!
Hey MS. Miller, this is Maddie from your period 6 class. I went water skiing for the first time this summer. One thing about me that a lot of people know is that I swim a lot.
Hi, Ms. Miller, my favorite summer reading book was a novel called Invisible Man. It's about the life of a hopeful civil rights leader during the time where on was desperately needed.
Hi Ms. Miller, it's Taylor from period 2, something about me is that I went to Costa Rica for a week this summer.
hi its david fan from your class. i didnt do very much i worked with my dad over the summer. i also stayed in needham the whole summer vacation. its kinda hard creating an account on blogger ...
Hi Ms. Miller, this is Allie Faber from period 6. One thing about me is that I spent all of August on Cape Cod and went to the beach everyday!
Hey Ms. Miller, my names Alex Lavrentios. I went to greece this summer to a foreign exchange camp and I'm also on the school football team. My favorite book is "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."
Hi Ms. Miller, I'm Janet Fitzgerald. I am looking forward to English class this year. One of my favorite book I read was "The Things They Carried". I will be talking to you more in class.
-Janet
Hey it's Nate Sobeck,
This summer I went to camp for three weeks as a C.I.T. and next year I will be going back there as a counselor.
Hey Ms.Miller its paul sharpe from your period 6 class. I acctually really enjoyed "The Things They Carried" this summer. This summer i really just hung out around needham. I also paintballed alot this summer and i play for a paintball team.
Hi Ms. Miller, it's Val Pinkhasov from period 6. This summer I stayed in Needham and hung out with friends. I did not work a lot this summer. My favorite book this year was "The Greatest Game Ever Played."
Hi Ms. Miller, this is Caroline Mahoney, this summer I spent two weeks in Norway and saw a polar bear, I enjoy skiing, dancing, tennis, and reading, my favorite summer reading book was "The Golden Compass."
Hi its Olivia Marsh from period 2, this summer I spent a lot of time in the cape and just hanging out in Needham, My favorite summer reading book was the things they carried.
hey ms. miller, its melissa barron from period 2. this summer i was in israel for five weeks and had the time of my life. also, i'm a varsity cheerleader at needham high!
Hi Ms. Miller, it's Chris Tran.
This summer I went to Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and places on Cape Cod. Since I'm around the water so much I took a Life Guard certification class. To prepare for the upcoming school year I also took a preparation course for the SAT's. During the school year I'm on the track team so to tie in with my interests I volunteered with the Needham Track Club over the summer.
Hey Ms. Miller it's Susanna Kroll from your period 2 class. I relaxed a lot this summer but also had a fair amount of work from my classes. As always, the summer went by so much faster than I had hoped.
Hey Ms Miller its Zak from period 6.
Over the summer i went to Peru for a month and hiked in the Andes as well as doing community service and seeing Machu Picchu, i had a great time. During the year i play Ultimate Frisbee and im also on the swim team.
Hi Ms. Miller, my name is Jessie Roy and I'm in your period 6 class. This summer I went to Israel for 5 weeks and then a sleep away camp for 10 days after that. I read five books this summer, and my favorite was "The Tenth Circle" by Jodi Picoult. I am excited to be in your class this year and I hope to learn a lot from you!
-Jessie
hi Ms Miller this is matt Rosen from period two and something interesting about me is that i worked at a day camp all summer long
Hi Ms. Miller, it's Dana Kappel from your period 2 class. This summer I went on an amazing 5 week trip to Israel with my camp friends and then went back to camp. My favorite book that I read was the Kite Runner! I am looking forward to this year!
Hi Ms. Miller, it's Maddy Foreman from your period 2 class. The most interesting thing that I did this summer was moving from Arizona back to Needham. I enjoyed reading "The Things They Carried this summer and cannot wait to disscus it more in class.
hi Ms. Miller, Dan Higgins here from your 2nd period class. i enjoy skiing, reading, playing piano, baseball and the ocean.
this summer i was a lifeguard, played a ton of baseball and went to my family's house in Newport RI for two weeks.
Hey Ms. Miller, it's Andrew Liacopoulos.
I went to the Bahamas this summer and met a lot of people from different parts of the US.
Hi Ms. Miller, I'm Alyssa Nava. I'm a foreign exchange student from the Philippines. I didn't go to school today because I was too tired to get up. I just arrived last night.
Hi Ms. Miller its Sean Koljonen from your period 6 class. This summer I went to California for a week to visit some friends. The most interesting book I read this summer is "Game of Shadows"
Ohaiyo, gozaimasu! This this Elizabeth Fucci from your per 6 class. I didn't do too much this summer, but my favorite book I read over this summer is Carrie by Stephen King. I saw the movie and needed to read the book. My family and I went up to VT and I went again with one of my friends over the fourth of July weekend. That's really the only place we went.
Hi Ms. Miller, its Denisse Huezo-Rosales. I am on the volleyball team and for the summer i was a tennis instructor for a program called Tenacity.
Hey Ms. Miller, it's Tyler from your period 6 English class. This summer went really well for me because I enjoyed my time as a camp counselor for eight weeks. I'm one of the two conductors of the NHS marching band.
Hey Ms Miller, its Jordan from your period 6 class. I worked for most of the summer as a lifeguard and also did community service clearing trails on Mt. Washington. I wrestle for Needham and I liked "The Things They Carried" because the author was very straightforward. Hopefully this year will be great!
Hey Ms. Miller, it is Kelsey from your period two class. I went to Hilton Head Island to visit all of my family for most of the summer. My favorite book was "The Glass Castle".
Hi Ms. Miller, it's Jeff from period 6. I enjoy sports and being outside. I spent this summer at camp. My favorite book that I read this summer was "Water for Elephants"
Hi, it's Erika Sweet. I just switched into your class. This summer I went to Israel for 5 weeks and then to camp for a week and a half. My favorite summer reading book was "The Kite Runner"
Courtney Elliott
September 10, 2008
Ms. Miller- Honors
Page 294
“No doubt he was laughing at me. I must have looked silly hurtling across the roofs, and like a black-face comedian shrinking from a ghost when the white pigeons shot up around me. To hell with him. He needn’t be so smug, I knew of something’s he didn’t know. Let him find someone else. He only wanted to use me for something”
I chose this passage from the classic novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, because it was one that stuck into my head because its descriptive wording painted a picture in my head. In this excerpt the main character was describing a situation in which a white man he noticed was looking down on him. As an African-American living in this time period (the 195o’s) it’s safe to assume that this wasn’t the first time, however this one time, noticing someone looking down on him, hits him as if it hasn’t happened before. He compares himself to a black- faced comedian (who were popular back the) as if, to the man he notices, he is lesser than himself. He is clearly bothered by this as shown through him exclaim “to hell with him.” Ralph Ellison did a great job describing how the main character felt, especially using the imagery of a black-faced comedian” shrinking from a “ghost.” The themes of inequality are apparent in this passage simply because the situation of a man looking down on the other because of his race. This theme is constantly shown throughout the book including my next passage, which is the narrator explaining how he feels in this world.
Page 4
“I am man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids- and I might even be said to posses a mind. I am invisible understand simply people refuse to see me. Like bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus slideshows…”
Inequality reigned in America in the 1950’s as explained in the passage above. Here there is a man who considers himself “invisible” because people refuse to recognize him for what he truly is, as explained by the author. This is a good example of descriptive writing, for after reading this passage one can one can imagine themselves in the position that the narrator finds himself in.
Post a Comment