This is a practice POST
MS. Wheeler
Monday, August 24, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Tube a Song
http://www.customshorts.com/
Go to this site and create a song !!!!
You'll will love this assignment!
When you are finished send the link to my Teacher email, so that you can get a grade.
Remember, we will be showing these in class --- so do your best!
I am so proud of you as writers!
Ms. Wheeler
Go to this site and create a song !!!!
You'll will love this assignment!
When you are finished send the link to my Teacher email, so that you can get a grade.
Remember, we will be showing these in class --- so do your best!
I am so proud of you as writers!
Ms. Wheeler
Friday, August 07, 2009
CRITICAL THINKING ESSAYS
Critical Thinking
To be able to form ideas and opinions based on reason and evidence, including being able to analyze arguments, detect bias, identify assumptions, and inference, and test hypothesis.
We are told in the Word....
to listen
to think
to choose
to consider
to reflect
to judge
to proceed
to discern
to persuade
to convince
to conclude
to respond
to believe
to follow
to eat
to drink
to obey
to understand
2 COR 5:14-21
14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
To be able to form ideas and opinions based on reason and evidence, including being able to analyze arguments, detect bias, identify assumptions, and inference, and test hypothesis.
We are told in the Word....
to listen
to think
to choose
to consider
to reflect
to judge
to proceed
to discern
to persuade
to convince
to conclude
to respond
to believe
to follow
to eat
to drink
to obey
to understand
2 COR 5:14-21
14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
16So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 18All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21God made him who had no sin to be sina for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
MOON LANDING
Watch this!!!!
Now, write the story in first person telling me more details of what happened that day.
Use your imagination and have fun, but make it seem realistic.
Ms. Wheeler
GRAMMAR BOOK
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2932660/WORKSHEET
PRINT THIS GRAMMAR BOOK. WE WILL BE VIEWING IT IN CLASS.
WORKSHEET
PRINT THIS GRAMMAR BOOK. WE WILL BE VIEWING IT IN CLASS.
WORKSHEET
Friday, July 10, 2009
READ TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH - ESL
THE FOLLOWING IS FOR THE MORE ADVANCED ESL STUDENT.
WE WILL VIEW THIS IN CLASS. PLEASE PRINT A COPY FOR YOUR 3-RING BINDER.
Improve Your English
WE WILL VIEW THIS IN CLASS. PLEASE PRINT A COPY FOR YOUR 3-RING BINDER.
Improve Your English
Thursday, July 09, 2009
LET'S WRITE POETRY
http://www.worldslastchance.com/christian-poetry.html
Spend some time reading some of the poetry on this site.
BE INSPIRED!
Now, write some of your own.
Spend some time reading some of the poetry on this site.
BE INSPIRED!
Now, write some of your own.
VOCABULARY BOOK - 48 PAGES
PRINT THIS BOOK. YOU MUST KEEP IT!
WE WILL REVIEW IT IN CLASS DURING THE SEMESTER.
It has been written by a teacher that has worked for 10 years in Asia.
Thanks!
How to Improve Your Pronunciation at METEN(1)Click here and print.
Ms. Wheeler
WE WILL REVIEW IT IN CLASS DURING THE SEMESTER.
It has been written by a teacher that has worked for 10 years in Asia.
Thanks!
How to Improve Your Pronunciation at METEN(1)Click here and print.
Ms. Wheeler
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
ESL VIDEOS - MANY THINGS
http://www.manythings.org/
Interesting Things for ESL Students
A fun study site for learners of English as a Second Language Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more.
Interesting Things for ESL Students
A fun study site for learners of English as a Second Language Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more.
MORE AUDIO BOOKS FOR FREE
Audiobooks Download of 'Crazy Love' by Francis Chan, FREE for July! http://christianaudio.com/free
Audiobooks Just found this free audiobook too! 'A Tale of Two Cities' http://www.audiobooks.org/Books/A_Tale_Of_Two_Cities.html
Source: www.audiobooks.org
Free audiobooks online - Listen to audiobooks for free online or purchase. Free mp3 books. Links for free books and reviews. Find your favorite audiobook. Free audio books.
Audiobooks 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin' FREE download! http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book.jsp?id=103
Source: www.booksshouldbefree.com
| Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | 50 Top Free Audio Books | Free Audio Books Home Free Audio Books categories: Anthropology | Children | Epic | Fairy Tales | Fantasy | History | Humor | Medical | ...
Audiobooks Invite your friends! We have a special offer coming soon that everyone would enjoy!
Audiobooks Just found a free audiobook on Benjamin Franklin! http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Biography/-/The-Autobiography-of-Benjamin-Franklin/18190
Source: www.learnoutloud.com
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a personal account of the life of the famous American statesman, businessman, philosopher, inventor and scientist.
Audiobooks What would you like to see on our page? Let us know! Comment back.
Audiobooks More free audiobooks found on the internet! http://www.audiobooks.org/
Source: www.audiobooks.org
Free audiobooks online - Listen to audiobooks for free online or purchase. Free mp3 books. Links for free books and reviews. Find your favorite audiobook. Free audio books.
Audiobooks Great things are happening; be sure to return to our page and click 'Suggest to Friends' to invite everyone you know! We anticipate being able to give away much free audiobook content soon, but in the meantime, check out http://freechristianaudio.com
Audiobooks A bunch of free, quality audio content. Including articles, podcasts, and audiobooks!
Source: www.learnoutloud.com
LearnOutLoud.com Free Audio & Video Directory Featuring Free Audio Books, Lectures, & Speeches on MP3 Download and Streaming Video.
Audiobooks discussed Special or Free Offers Around the Net on the Audiobooks discussion board.
Audiobooks discussed Favorite Audiobook on the Audiobooks discussion board.
Audiobooks discussed Why audiobooks? on the Audiobooks discussion board.
Audiobooks Free audiobook download!
Source: freechristianaudio.com
Each month christianaudio gives away a premium audiobook download for free. How does it works? Well, we give away one audiobook download (that we have published or that a partner has allowed us to give away) each month totally free. Available only during that month. Only once, ever.
READ AUDIO BOOKS - Book Should Be Free
http://www.audiobooks.org/Books/A_Tale_Of_Two_Cities.html
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
http://www.audiobooks.org/Books/The_Red_Badge_Of_Courage.html
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
http://www.audiobooks.org/Books/Robinson_Crusoe.html
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
http://www.audiobooks.org/Books/A_Christmas_Carol.html
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book.jsp?id=103
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Text Also Available
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/
BOOKS SHOULD BE FREE -
CHOOSE A BOOK, THEN LISTEN AND READ THE TEXT AT THE SAME TIME
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
http://www.audiobooks.org/Books/The_Red_Badge_Of_Courage.html
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
http://www.audiobooks.org/Books/Robinson_Crusoe.html
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
http://www.audiobooks.org/Books/A_Christmas_Carol.html
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book.jsp?id=103
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Text Also Available
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/
BOOKS SHOULD BE FREE -
CHOOSE A BOOK, THEN LISTEN AND READ THE TEXT AT THE SAME TIME
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE LITTLE MERMAID
http://hca.gilead.org.il/li_merma.html
We will read this book in class.
Homework:
Do a QUIZ DRAWING.
Criteria:
1. Full Page Drawing
2. In Color
3. Caption
4. Chapter
YOU WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DO A BIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITER. HIS LIFE IS VERY INTERESTING. NOT THE ORDINARY. ENJOY!
http://hca.gilead.org.il/
OTHER BOOKS BY HANS!!!
NOW, THAT YOU'VE ENJOYED MR. ANDERSEN'S BOOK, THE LITTLE MERMAID. READ ANOTHER!
http://hca.gilead.org.il/li_merma.html
We will read this book in class.
Homework:
Do a QUIZ DRAWING.
Criteria:
1. Full Page Drawing
2. In Color
3. Caption
4. Chapter
YOU WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DO A BIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITER. HIS LIFE IS VERY INTERESTING. NOT THE ORDINARY. ENJOY!
http://hca.gilead.org.il/
OTHER BOOKS BY HANS!!!
NOW, THAT YOU'VE ENJOYED MR. ANDERSEN'S BOOK, THE LITTLE MERMAID. READ ANOTHER!
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
PRONUNCIATION VIDEO
HAIR - AIR - HERE
WHAT DID YOU SAY???
LET'S PRACTISE SOME PRONUNCIATION.
HAVE FUN WITH THIS!!!
Ms. Wheeler
Monday, July 06, 2009
LISTEN TO CHINESE FABLES.
http://www.starfall.com/n/chinese-fables/introduction/load.htm?f
Chinese Fables
English Idioms
Write down each fable in your English notebooks.
We will discuss them in class.
Chinese Fables
English Idioms
Write down each fable in your English notebooks.
We will discuss them in class.
PLAY - I REMEMBER
http://www.edhelper.com/students.htm
Play this game as a warm up for 5 minutes, before you start your school day or homework!
You must be registered with me to play this game.
The game is set up for several levels. Choose YOUR level.
Then Play. It lasts for 5 minutes.
WE WILL PRACTICE PLAYING IT IN CLASS, SO BE READY!
Play this game as a warm up for 5 minutes, before you start your school day or homework!
You must be registered with me to play this game.
The game is set up for several levels. Choose YOUR level.
Then Play. It lasts for 5 minutes.
WE WILL PRACTICE PLAYING IT IN CLASS, SO BE READY!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
CHOOSE A BOOK AND READ IT DAILY THROUGH YOUR EMAIL
http://dailylit.com/tags/christianity
CHOOSE ONE OF THESE BOOKS.
I would like for you to sign up to read it daily through your email.
I would also like for you to keep a journal of what you are reading through your English site.
Ms. Wheeler
CHOOSE ONE OF THESE BOOKS.
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
I would like for you to sign up to read it daily through your email.
I would also like for you to keep a journal of what you are reading through your English site.
Ms. Wheeler
Monday, June 29, 2009
HISTORICAL ESSAYISTS
Listening to famous essayists works is a great way to do research for your own essays.
http://www.ejunto.com/paine.html
LISTEN TO this by Thomas Paine
http://www.ejunto.com/emerson.html
Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
http://www.ejunto.com/ofriches.html
Of Riches by Francis Bacon, Free Mp3 Audio Book
WRITE YOUR OWN "HISTORICAL ESSAY." YOU CAN DO IT!
Ms. Wheeler
http://www.ejunto.com/paine.html
LISTEN TO this by Thomas Paine
http://www.ejunto.com/emerson.html
Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
http://www.ejunto.com/ofriches.html
Of Riches by Francis Bacon, Free Mp3 Audio Book
WRITE YOUR OWN "HISTORICAL ESSAY." YOU CAN DO IT!
Ms. Wheeler
ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO FOR 11TH AND 12TH GRADERS
I want you to answer the following questions on your own.
I want you to now think about creating an Electronic Portfolio. Make a list of what you think you would like to put into that portfolio and why.
We will discuss your ideas in class and share them with your classmates. With our collective ideas about a portfolio, you will be able to create a very useful portfolio.
- WHAT IS A PORTFOLIO?
- WHY DO YOU MAKE A PORTFOLIO?
- IN WHAT WAYS CAN IT BE USEFUL TO YOU IN THE FUTURE?
I want you to now think about creating an Electronic Portfolio. Make a list of what you think you would like to put into that portfolio and why.
We will discuss your ideas in class and share them with your classmates. With our collective ideas about a portfolio, you will be able to create a very useful portfolio.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
80. READ A PLAY
http://dailylit.com/tags/drama
You will select a play from this list. You must clear your choice with me before you sign up to being reading it.
It will be sent to your email daily from Daily Lit.
You will copy and paste it each day to a word document, and you will turn in a hard copy with your Play Review.
When you are finished you will write a Play Review.
I will give you the instruction on a Play Review (it is very much like a book review).
HAVE FUN READING A DRAMA!!!
Ms. Wheeler
You will select a play from this list. You must clear your choice with me before you sign up to being reading it.
It will be sent to your email daily from Daily Lit.
You will copy and paste it each day to a word document, and you will turn in a hard copy with your Play Review.
When you are finished you will write a Play Review.
I will give you the instruction on a Play Review (it is very much like a book review).
HAVE FUN READING A DRAMA!!!
Ms. Wheeler
79. DAILY LIT BOOK - THE CLASSICS
http://dailylit.com/tags/classics/popular/1
You will read a classical novel. Choose a novel from this list of 599 classics.
You will need to approve the book with me before you read it. Pick two books.
After I approve your book, you will sign up for it.
You will read it daily from your email!
You will print it as you go. Just cut and paste it to a word document, and keep the whole book. You will need to turn in a copy of the book when you are finished.
When you have finished reading the book, you will write a Book Report/Approach -
(please see my post on How to write a Book Report).
You will read a classical novel. Choose a novel from this list of 599 classics.
You will need to approve the book with me before you read it. Pick two books.
After I approve your book, you will sign up for it.
You will read it daily from your email!
You will print it as you go. Just cut and paste it to a word document, and keep the whole book. You will need to turn in a copy of the book when you are finished.
When you have finished reading the book, you will write a Book Report/Approach -
(please see my post on How to write a Book Report).
78. LITERATURE - WHAT MAKES A GOOD STORY
http://www.learner.org/interactives/literature/
What makes a good story. Follow this "interactive."
Then, you will write a good short story of your own!
Remember: You are an AWESOME writer!
Ms. Wheeler
What makes a good story. Follow this "interactive."
Then, you will write a good short story of your own!
Remember: You are an AWESOME writer!
Ms. Wheeler
77. RECORDING HISTORY WITH Newspapers-Journals-Letters-Speeches
http://www.learner.org/interactives/historical/
Let's learn about the different way we record history.
Click here and follow the "Interactive."
When you are finished, write me a bit of history using one of each of the methods!
HAVE FUN!
Ms. Wheeler
Let's learn about the different way we record history.
Click here and follow the "Interactive."
When you are finished, write me a bit of history using one of each of the methods!
HAVE FUN!
Ms. Wheeler
Friday, June 26, 2009
76. SIX WORD AUTOBIOGRAPHY
6 Word Autobiography
Tell the story of your life in just 6 words. That's right, just six little words--no more, no less. And no fair making up words-that-don’t-exist-normally-as-hyphenated-words so as not to exceed the limit!
Are you up to the challenge?
SOME EXAMPLES:
-
life too great for six words
Apr 21, 2009 6:41 pm
by littlegreenman -
In love with the Lord Jesus
Apr 22, 2009 4:10 am
by emiletic -
Born, still breathing, not dead yet.
Apr 22, 2009 7:36 am
by Prazzie -
(miserable, wacky) + New York = getting happier
Apr 22, 2009 3:51 pm
by emilyyoung -
irony, irony, irony, love, laughter, poetry
Apr 22, 2009 9:20 pm
by PamYve -
watching, learning, falling, worrying, smiling, expecting
Apr 23, 2009 8:46 am
by slior -
It has been fun so far.
Apr 23, 2009 9:30 am
by ibbyla
75. THE FOUNDATIONS OF LANGUAGE
http://www.learnoutloud.com/podcaststream/listen.php?url=http://www.learnoutloud.com/samples/30784/History%20of%20the%20English%20Language%20-%2001.mp3&all=31023&title=The%20Foundations%20of%20Language
Listen to this audio on the origins of language.
Take notes as you listen.
You can pause it at any time, and then start again.
Listen the important points about language and answer the following questions.
*Hint: You can always cut and paste the questions to a Word document, and then type the answers as you hear them. You can always pause your podcast while you type your answer.
Listen to this audio on the origins of language.
Take notes as you listen.
You can pause it at any time, and then start again.
Listen the important points about language and answer the following questions.
*Hint: You can always cut and paste the questions to a Word document, and then type the answers as you hear them. You can always pause your podcast while you type your answer.
- How many languages are there in the world?
- What is the main language?
- How to we communicate with so many languages? What do you use to help us to do this?
- What happens when languages are translated?
- What is one of the most difficult languages?
- List the different languages that are discussed and what makes the different from the others?
- What language has tones?
- Why is English one of the most difficult to learn?
- Which language is growing and changing quickly?
- What age is best to learn language?
- How do they learn?
- Why is language the common capability of everyone?
- What language has no sound?
- Where does language start in a person?
- What is the Tower of Babel story about language?
- What is the explanation that tells why we have different languages?
- What is the disease that affects language?
- What is "speaking in tongues?"
- Where is the "language organ?"
- How do scientists and doctors see this organ?
- What is Ding Dong theory?
- What is the Bow Wow?
- What is the Poo Poo?
- What is the Ta Ta?
- What is the Uh-oh?
- What happens after puberty with learning languages?
- What is "baby talk?"
- What is the one word stage?
- What is the two word stage?
- What age do children start using clauses?
- What is syntax?
- What is over generalization of rules?
- What is pidgin English?
- Where is this spoken?
- Why is Hawaiian Creole unique?
- How many language are in Papau New Guinee?
- What are stone age people?
- What are the names of ALL the processes?
- What is the global language?
- What languages do you speak and at what age did you start to learn them?
74. A GUIDE TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ESSAYS
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/essay.html#definition
Use this site to help you write different types of essays.
Use this site to help you write different types of essays.
73. TEENAGE ACNE - DEFINITION ESSAY
http://www.learnoutloud.com/podcaststream/listen.php?url=http://www.dummies.com/podcast/dummiespodcasts/29DummiesPodcasts.mp3&all=0&title=Episode%2029:%20Teenage%20Acne%20and%20How%20to%20Deal%20with%20It
LISTEN TO THIS 10 MINUTE PODCAST AND WRITE A DEFINITION ESSAY
LISTEN TO THIS 10 MINUTE PODCAST AND WRITE A DEFINITION ESSAY
Definition:
Examples: A definition essay may try and define . . .
- * the meaning of an abstract concept, like love;
- * the true meaning and importance of honesty;
- * how the meaning of family goes deeper than just your blood relatives.
72. BOOK REVIEW
Writing A Book Review
Purpose
The purpose of a book review is to help other people decide whether or not they want to read a book. You do this by summarizing the book and by evaluating how well the writer wrote the book. The book review can explain the positive aspects of the book, the negative aspects of the book, or both.
Length
Book reviews can be any length. Some book reviews are only one or two paragraphs. Others are several pages. The length of the review will depend on who your audience is. If the audience is your teacher, ask her/him about the length.
Style and Content
The style and content of your book review can also vary depending on your audience (who you are writing for). For example, if your book was a factual book about how deafness affects children's learning styles, you would write differently for different audiences. If you are writing for new parents of deaf children, you might provide a very detailed explanation of the subject matter; if you were writing for teachers of deaf children, you could provide less detail because you would assume that they already have a good understanding of the topic.
The content of your book review will vary depending on whether the book is fiction or non-fiction. For example, if you are writing a book review about a work of fiction, you should probably analyze the book’s characters, plot, setting, and theme. If you are writing about a non-fiction book, you will need to evaluate how useful, correct, and well-presented the book's information is.
Format
Book reviews should be formatted like an essay. This means that you need to write an essay with an introduction, body and conclusion.
The introductory paragraph of a book review usually includes . . .
- the main idea for a non-fiction book or the theme for fiction;
- identify the author, the title of the book and publisher ( some teachers prefer the book information at the top of the paper using an APA/MLA citation);
- author’s background (this is optional);
- your thesis (your opinion why other people should read the book).
The body of your essay must include . . .
- your summary of the main points of the book;
- your evaluation of the book where you explain to your reader why they should read the book or not.
The conclusion of your essay . . .
- should remind your reader of your thesis.
- may also review the main points of your essay.
Sample Outline for a Book Review
I. Introductory Paragraph
A. Identify the title, the author and the publisher of the book. (This information can be placed at the top of the paper using APA or MLA reference citation instead of in the introductory paragraph.)
B. Summarize the main idea/theme of the book you are reviewing in one or two sentences.
C. Write your thesis (what you think of the book).
1. Example: I loved the book but I had some problems with it.
2. Example: I thought the book has useful information for parents of deaf children.
II. Body Paragraphs
A. Summarize the important points of the book (This can be one or several paragraphs depending on your audience/teacher’s directions.)
1. Use quotes or paraphrases from the book to prove your points.
B. Evaluate (This can be one or several paragraphs depending on your audience/ teacher’s directions.)
1. Explain the writer’s purpose for writing the book. Give your opinion on whether the writer achieved her/his purpose in writing the book.
2. Criticize/praise the book
a. Explain to your audience if you thought the book was entertaining or boring, has good characters or unrealistic characters, has thorough information or inadequate information.
b. Use quotes or paraphrases from the book to prove your points.
III. Conclusion
A. Review the main points of your argument.
B. Remind the reader of your thesis (whether or not you thought the book was good).
71. Compare & Contrast Essay
Read this article and then write a compare and contrast essay telling me the difference and similarities to life today.
Click on this picture to open in a new window and read the article.
Click on this picture to open in a new window and read the article.
Compare/Contrast:
Examples:A compare/contrast essay may discuss . . .
- * the likenesses and differences between two places, like New York City and Los Angeles;
- * the similarities and differences between two religions, like Christianity and Judaism;
- * two people, like my brother and myself.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
70. Publishing Your Novel
http://ansonchi.webng.com/
Click here and see how one young novelist self-published!
DOWNLOAD HIS FREE NOVEL.
Then print it, or read it from your computer.
You will write a Book Approach from this novel.
See my Post on how to write a Book Report/Approach.
You can SEARCH WITHIN THIS BLOG OFF TO THE RIGHT COLUMN to find the POSTING.
Click here and see how one young novelist self-published!
DOWNLOAD HIS FREE NOVEL.
Then print it, or read it from your computer.
You will write a Book Approach from this novel.
See my Post on how to write a Book Report/Approach.
You can SEARCH WITHIN THIS BLOG OFF TO THE RIGHT COLUMN to find the POSTING.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
69. EDGAR ALLAN POE
As told by Emily...
My mother swears this is true:
My great-great grandmother, ill for quite some time, finally passed away after lying in a coma for several days. My great-great grandfather was devastated beyond belief, as she was his one true love and they had been married over 50 years. They were married so long it seemed as if they knew each other's innermost thoughts.
After the doctor pronounced her dead, my great-great grandfather insisted that she was not. They had to literally pry him away from his wife's body so they could ready her for burial.
Now, back in those days they had backyard burial plots and did not drain the body of its fluids. They simply prepared a proper coffin and committed the body (in its coffin) to its permanent resting place. Throughout this process, my great-great grandfather protested so fiercely that he had to be sedated and put to bed. His wife was buried and that was that.
That night he woke to a horrific vision of his wife hysterically trying to scratch her way out of the coffin. He phoned the doctor immediately and begged to have his wife's body exhumed. The doctor refused, but my great-great grandfather had this nightmare every night for a week, each time frantically begging to have his wife removed from the grave.
Finally the doctor gave in and, together with local authorities, exhumed the body. The coffin was pried open and to everyone's horror and amazement, my great-great grandmother's nails were bent back and there were obvious scratches on the inside of the coffin.
Comments: Shades of Edgar Allan Poe! It is a fact that once upon a time, before modern embalming techniques were in widespread use, people were found on rare occasions to have been buried alive, a circumstance that could not have been pleasant for anyone concerned, least of all the poor souls who woke up six feet under.
Here's one grisly example of a real-life case of premature burial, as reported in the New York Times on January 18, 1886:
BURIED ALIVEIt didn't help that medical science was slow to produce a reliable checklist of vital signs, nor that many doctors prior to the late 19th century were too poorly educated (or incompetent, or both) to tell a living body from a dead one.
WOODSTOCK, Ontario, Jan. 18. — Recently a girl named Collins died here, as it was supposed, very suddenly. A day or two ago the body was exhumed, prior to its removal to another burial place, when the discovery was made that the girl had been buried alive. Her shroud was torn into shreds, her knees were drawn up to her chin, one of her arms was twisted under her head, and her features bore evidence of dreadful torture.
It is also a fact that something of a moral panic concerning premature burials took hold in parts of Europe and North American during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, the fervor of which was scarcely warranted by the facts. Historians surmise it may have been prompted by the medical discovery that victims of suffocation and drowning could be resuscitated — that, though they appeared dead, they really weren't. This must have been a disconcerting realization for many people at the time.
In any case, so strong was the fear of "precipitate interment" during the 19th century that some folks who had the means took to stipulating in their wills that their coffins be outfitted with signaling devices just in case. No one knows if any of these were ever actually put to good use.
68. LEGENDS AND MYTHS 2
The story...
A teenage boy drove his date to a dark and deserted Lovers' Lane for a make-out session. After turning on the radio for mood music, he leaned over and began kissing the girl.
A short while later, the music suddenly stopped and an announcer's voice came on, warning in an urgent tone that a convicted murderer had just escaped from the state insane asylum — which happened to be located not far from Lovers' Lane — and that anyone who noticed a strange man lurking about with a hook in place of his right hand should immediately report his whereabouts to the police.
The girl became frightened and asked to be taken home. The boy, feeling bold, locked all the doors instead and, assuring his date they would be safe, attempted to kiss her again. She became frantic and pushed him away, insisting that they leave. Relenting, the boy peevishly jerked the car into gear and spun its wheels as he pulled out of the parking space.
When they arrived at the girl's house she got out of the car, and, reaching to close the door, began to scream uncontrollably. The boy ran to her side to see what was wrong and there, dangling from the door handle, was a bloody hook.
Comments: Folks have been telling the "hook man" story since the 1950s, and indeed the implicit moral message — "Sex is naughty, and bad boys and girls will be punished!" — seems more appropriate to that simpler, more naive era. Just as this moral has come to be parodied in horror films (where formerly it was delivered with morbid solemnity), its "bygone" relevance has taken the teeth out of the cautionary tale over time.
Noting the improbable "tidiness" of the plot, Jan Harold Brunvand has observed that "most tellers narrate the story nowadays more as a scary story than a believed legend." Small wonder. Given its exploitation by Hollywood in popular genre films like "Candyman" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer," most people under the age of 30 probably assume the story was invented by screenwriters.
Folklorists of a Freudian bent find meaningful sexual overtones in the imagery of the tale. The boy, who wants to get his "hooks" into the girl, is not only frustrated by her unwillingness but afraid of his own lustful impulses — a fear heightened by the stern "voice of conscience" emitting from the radio — and has to "pull out fast" before a deadly sin is committed.
67. LEGENDS AND MYTHS
NASA and the 'Missing Day in Time'
Netlore Archive: In which we are asked to believe that NASA scientists inadvertently proved that the biblical account of God causing the sun to stand still for a day is true...
Description: Urban legend
Circulating since: 1960s
Status: False
Email example contributed by R. Dean, 12 Nov. 1998:
Did you know that the space program is busy proving that what has been called "myth" in the Bible is true? Mr Harold Hill, President of the Curtis Engine Company in Baltimore Maryland and a consultant in the space program, relates the following development.
I think one of the most amazing things that God has for us today happened recently to our astronauts and space scientists at Green Belt, Maryland. They were checking the position of the sun, moon, and planets out in space where they would be 100 years and 1000 years from now.
We have to know this so we won't send a satellite, up and have it bump into something later on its orbits. We have to lay out the orbits in terms of the life of the satellite, and where the planets will be so the whole thing will not bog down. They ran the computer measurement back and forth over the centuries and it came to a halt. The computer stopped and put up a red signal, which meant that there was something wrong either with the information fed into it or with the results as compared to the standards.
They called in the service department to check it out and they said "what's wrong ?" Well they found there is a day missing in space in elapsed time. They scratched their heads and tore their hair. There was no answer. Finally, a Christian man on the team said, "You know, one time I was in Sunday School and they talked about the sun standing still."
While they didn't believe him, they didn't have an answer either, so they said, "Show us". He got a Bible and went back to the book of Joshua where they found a pretty ridiculous statement for any one with "common sense."
There they found the Lord saying to Joshua ,"Fear them not, I have delivered them into thy hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee." Joshua was concerned because he was surrounded by the enemy and if darkness fell they would overpower them.
So Joshua asked the Lord to make the sun stand still! That's right--"The sun stood still and the moon stayed---and hasted not to go down about a whole day!" The astronauts and scientists said, "There is the missing day!"
They checked the computers going back into the time it was written and found it was close but not close enough. The elapsed time that was missing back in Joshua's day was 23 hours and 20 minutes--not a whole day.
They read the Bible and there it was "about (approximately) a day" These little words in the Bible are important, but they were still in trouble because if you cannot account for 40 minutes you'll still be in trouble 1,000 years from now. Forty minutes had to be found because it can be multiplied many times over in orbits. As the Christian employee thought about it, he remembered somewhere in the Bible where it said the sun went BACKWARDS.
The scientists told him he was out of his mind, but they got out the Book and read these words in 2 Kings: Hezekiah, on his death-bed, was visited by the prophet Isaiah who told him that he was not going to die.
Hezekiah asked for a sign as proof. Isaiah said "Do you want the sun to go ahead 10 degrees?" Hezekiah said "It is nothing for the sun to go ahead 10 degrees, but let the shadow return backward 10 degrees.." Isaiah spoke to the Lord and the Lord brought the shadow ten degrees BACKWARD! Ten degrees is exactly 40 minutes! Twenty three hours and 20 minutes in Joshua, plus 40 minutes in Second Kings make the missing day in the universe!
References:
Joshua 10:8 and 12,13
2 Kings 20:9-11
66. ALLEGORY
LET'S WRITE AN ALLEGORY!!
Definition: In art, literature, and folklore, the symbolic representation of truths or generalizations about human existence.
Definition: In art, literature, and folklore, the symbolic representation of truths or generalizations about human existence.
Examples:
- Aesop's fable "The Fox and the Grapes" is an allegory of human greed and vanity.
- Most critics read George Orwell's satirical novel Animal Farm as an allegorical depiction of life in a totalitarian state.
65. ENGLISH CARTOONS
http://tvweb360.com/
WATCH
FELIX THE CAT
WRITE DOWN ALL THE ENGLISH SENTENCES, PHRASES, AND WORDS!
YOU CAN ALWAYS PAUSE THE MOVIE WHILE YOU WRITE.
GOOD LUCK!!!!
LET'S SEE HOW MUCH ENGLISH YOU CAN WRITE!
WATCH
FELIX THE CAT
WRITE DOWN ALL THE ENGLISH SENTENCES, PHRASES, AND WORDS!
YOU CAN ALWAYS PAUSE THE MOVIE WHILE YOU WRITE.
GOOD LUCK!!!!
LET'S SEE HOW MUCH ENGLISH YOU CAN WRITE!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
64. A CHRISTMAS CAROL
READ ONE CHAPTER A DAY.http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19505/mp3/19505-01.mp3
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE BOOK WHILE YOU READ IT.
MD5: 5CBC54231ACDB68BCD7B1B23BEB5E008
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD IT AS A MP3 ON YOUR COMPUTER!
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19337
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF THE BOOK.
AFTER YOU DOWNLOAD IT... YOU CAN READ IT OFF OF YOUR COMPUTER,
OR PRINT A HARD COPY OF IT.
http://www.btinternet.com/~tony.poulter/tests/xmas/scrooquiz.htm
TAKE THE QUIZ... WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED READING THE ENTIRE BOOK.
63. REFERENCES - WHERE TO FIND SOMETHING
http://biblos.com/
http://publicliterature.org/category/classics/
READ AND LISTEN TO BOOK ON LINE
http://www.learnoutloud.com/
DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO BOOKS AND PODCASTS
http://www.cambridge.org/elt/
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING
http://crichost.weebly.com/
To open Youtube and Blogspot
http://www.freebookspot.in/
FREE BOOKS
http://www.cambridge.org/elt/multimedia/
MULTIMEDIA
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
DOWNLOAD AND READ BOOKS - CLASSICS
http://librivox.org/
LISTEN TO BOOKS - CLASSICS
http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/
NOVEL WRITING
http://tvweb360.com/
TV FOR ENGLISH
http://www.savefile.com/files/2122831
SAVEFILE
http://www.rapidshare.com/
GO HERE TO GET FILES I SHARE WITH YOU
http://video.google.com/
WATCH AND UPLOAD VIDEOS
http://www.teachertube.com/members/
WATCH TEACHER LESSONS
http://www.audible.com/
PURCHASE AUDIO BOOKS
http://www.ebookcrossroads.com/epublishers.html
E-PUBLISH YOUR WORKS
http://www.surfthechannel.com/channels.html
WATCH A MOVIE FOR CLASS
http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&artistid=19294885&albumid=11594858
THE STRING QUARTET - MUSIC
http://www.cambridge.org/elt/multimedia/IWB_howto/default.htm
TUTORING INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD
http://dailylit.com/find
Reading a Book, or a Quote, or a Poem through Your EMAIL, Daily.
http://www.weebly.com/
CREATING YOUR OWN WEBSITE AND WEBLOG
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/essay.html#cause
DIFFERENT TYPE OF ESSAYS
http://www.learner.org/index.html
WORKSHOPS and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS FOR TEACHERS
http://publicliterature.org/category/classics/
READ AND LISTEN TO BOOK ON LINE
http://www.learnoutloud.com/
DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO BOOKS AND PODCASTS
http://www.cambridge.org/elt/
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING
http://crichost.weebly.com/
To open Youtube and Blogspot
http://www.freebookspot.in/
FREE BOOKS
http://www.cambridge.org/elt/multimedia/
MULTIMEDIA
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
DOWNLOAD AND READ BOOKS - CLASSICS
http://librivox.org/
LISTEN TO BOOKS - CLASSICS
http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/
NOVEL WRITING
http://tvweb360.com/
TV FOR ENGLISH
http://www.savefile.com/files/2122831
SAVEFILE
http://www.rapidshare.com/
GO HERE TO GET FILES I SHARE WITH YOU
http://video.google.com/
WATCH AND UPLOAD VIDEOS
http://www.teachertube.com/members/
WATCH TEACHER LESSONS
http://www.audible.com/
PURCHASE AUDIO BOOKS
http://www.ebookcrossroads.com/epublishers.html
E-PUBLISH YOUR WORKS
http://www.surfthechannel.com/channels.html
WATCH A MOVIE FOR CLASS
http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&artistid=19294885&albumid=11594858
THE STRING QUARTET - MUSIC
http://www.cambridge.org/elt/multimedia/IWB_howto/default.htm
TUTORING INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD
http://dailylit.com/find
Reading a Book, or a Quote, or a Poem through Your EMAIL, Daily.
http://www.weebly.com/
CREATING YOUR OWN WEBSITE AND WEBLOG
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/essay.html#cause
DIFFERENT TYPE OF ESSAYS
http://www.learner.org/index.html
WORKSHOPS and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS FOR TEACHERS
Monday, June 22, 2009
62. LISTENING TO A BOOK REVIEW
http://www.ejunto.com/lincoln.html
YOU WILL LISTEN EVERY NIGHT TO ONE SET OF CHAPTERS FROM THE ABOVE SITE.
You will have two weeks to finish listening to this THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Take notes while you are listening to each section.
You must bring your notes to class every day and be prepared to discuss and share what you have learned about Abraham Lincoln.
Your final assignment will be to write a Book Review.
YOU WILL LISTEN EVERY NIGHT TO ONE SET OF CHAPTERS FROM THE ABOVE SITE.
You will have two weeks to finish listening to this THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Take notes while you are listening to each section.
You must bring your notes to class every day and be prepared to discuss and share what you have learned about Abraham Lincoln.
Your final assignment will be to write a Book Review.
Format
Book reviews should be formatted like an essay. This means that you need to write an essay with an introduction, body and conclusion.
The introductory paragraph of a book review usually includes . . .
- the main idea for a non-fiction book or the theme for fiction;
- identify the author, the title of the book and publisher ( some teachers prefer the book information at the top of the paper using an APA/MLA citation);
- author’s background (this is optional);
- your thesis (your opinion why other people should read the book).
The body of your essay must include . . .
- your summary of the main points of the book;
- your evaluation of the book where you explain to your reader why they should read the book or not.
The conclusion of your essay . . .
- should remind your reader of your thesis.
- may also review the main points of your essay.
61. BOOK OF THE DAY
CHOOSE A BOOK AND READ IT!
http://publicliterature.org/?s=the+giver&x=0&y=0
Click here to choose a book!
http://publicliterature.org/?s=the+giver&x=0&y=0
Click here to choose a book!
60. INTERVIEWING
You will do a CAR INTERVIEW!
I will give you a Handout in class and discuss with you how to do an interview.
When finished you will type up your interview and turn it in.
I will give you a Handout in class and discuss with you how to do an interview.
When finished you will type up your interview and turn it in.
59. IRONIC ESSAY - Julius Ceasar
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2916
We will review this lesson together in class. And, read together some short ironic stories.
I think you will LOVE this lesson AND these stories.
When finished you will write your very own Ironic Story. Maybe you already have one!
ADVANCED PLACEMENT LESSON:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
Click here and read about the different types of irony
http://www.schoollink.org/csd/pages/engl/lesson3.html
We will review this lesson in class.
Please read Julius Caesar by Shakespeare
http://dailylit.com/books/caesar
You will finish reading it in 32 days.
http://publicliterature.org/books/julius_caesar/xaa.php
You may also read it from here.
YOU MUST COPY AND PASTE IT TO A WORD DOCUMENT AND TURN IT IN WHEN FINISHED WITH YOUR FINAL ESSAY.
I WILL GIVE YOU DIRECTIONS IN CLASS ON WRITING YOUR VERY OWN IRONIC ESSAY!
We will review this lesson together in class. And, read together some short ironic stories.
I think you will LOVE this lesson AND these stories.
When finished you will write your very own Ironic Story. Maybe you already have one!
ADVANCED PLACEMENT LESSON:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
Click here and read about the different types of irony
http://www.schoollink.org/csd/pages/engl/lesson3.html
We will review this lesson in class.
Please read Julius Caesar by Shakespeare
http://dailylit.com/books/caesar
You will finish reading it in 32 days.
http://publicliterature.org/books/julius_caesar/xaa.php
You may also read it from here.
YOU MUST COPY AND PASTE IT TO A WORD DOCUMENT AND TURN IT IN WHEN FINISHED WITH YOUR FINAL ESSAY.
I WILL GIVE YOU DIRECTIONS IN CLASS ON WRITING YOUR VERY OWN IRONIC ESSAY!
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