Check out this blog (Tuna's Aquarium) created by a high school senior taking AP Lang. I came across it while reading teacher-y stuff on Clay Burell's blog Beyond-School.org. I don't know how may of you blog (or if you do, if you would want to share that information with all of us), but I'm impressed by this student's style. Enjoy. As always, comment for the good of all, and post links if you want to share.
Read More......Here is the candidate quiz. A better one than the previous, I think.
Your homework for this weekend is to write a fable. It must have a moral and it must have some original elements to it. If you want to parody a fable already written, or take the moral from one of Aesop's, you may.
Read More......We will begin a series of classic rhetorical exercises tomorrow. Here is a list of the exercises from our favorite rhetoric resource, Silva Rhetoricae.
Your homework for tonight is to read a short fable of your choice, committing it to memory. We will share them in class tomorrow, and write them down at the end of the period. This exercise is intended to entertain us all while we work on recall and organizing a narrative on the fly. Please do not spend too much time going over the original fable; just understand the story and feel free to extemporize while delivering it to the class. Have fun with this one. Also, if you choose a fable after reading this, post the name so we don't all do the tortoise and the hare.
Read More......and possibly just wrong. But, this test is an interesting way to get you thinking about some of the major issues, if only for long enough to fill in a bubble. Share your results!
http://www.gotoquiz.com/candidates/2008-quiz.html
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