tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38927426184377759262024-02-08T06:36:12.126-08:00Welcome to Writer's Corner!This blog has been created for students enrolled in my one and only section of English 10 Advanced. Feel free to ask questions, react to class assignments, or post thought provoking quotes, passages, and poems. This blog has been created to encourage and inspire the writer in each and every one of you! Start writing!Mrs. Benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234653123453232344noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892742618437775926.post-64308163369597683582011-06-07T12:02:00.000-07:002011-06-07T12:02:49.856-07:00Citation Machine Link<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">You may need site this for some of your portfolio revisions:<br />
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<a href="http://citationmachine.net/"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Citation Machine</span></a> Please submit a works cited page in MLA (Modern Language Association) format. You may also want to check the free plagiarism checkers listed in an early post. <br />
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Good luck! </div>Mrs. Benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234653123453232344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892742618437775926.post-47393025929778486172011-06-07T09:11:00.000-07:002011-06-07T09:11:24.720-07:00Survey<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Please take the following student survey regarding your technology experience this year for an easy 100% as a classwork grade. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. <br />
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<a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCSD_4-12_Student" target="_blank">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCSD_4-12_Student</a><br />
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<li><a href="http://voicethread.com/#home"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Voicethread</span></a> </li>
<li><a href="http://prezi.com/"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Prezi</span></a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.fotobabble.com/"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Fotobabble</span></a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.picnik.com/"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Picnik</span></a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.toondoo.com/"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Toondoo</span></a> </li>
<li><a href="http://comiqs.com/editor/"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Comiqs</span> </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.scrapblog.com/"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Scrapblog</span> </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.voki.com/"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Voki</span></a> </li>
<li><a href="http://animoto/"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Animoto</span></a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.glogster.com/"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Glogster</span></a> </li>
<li><a href="http://faceyourmanga.com/"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Face Your Manga</span> </a></li>
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<u><strong>Reminder:</strong></u> You must choose a Web 2.0 format for your project (Prezi, Glogster, etc.). When in doubt, look to your project sheet for requirements. <br />
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Here are some useful sites that I'd like you to use for your project (in addition to a few others that you may find throughout your search): <br />
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1) <a href="http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/199"><span style="color: #888888;">http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/199</span></a><br />
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2) <a href="http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/394"><span style="color: #888888;">http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/394</span></a><br />
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3) <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1049783777" id="thumbnail" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #888888;"><img alt="See full size image" height="1" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRemvS2_A3A98Z7e3McPbsIEmoeAFaHdHQ4IfIF1WcnzI1KJawtRRh_xA" style="border-bottom: 1px solid; border-left: 1px solid; border-right: 1px solid; border-top: 1px solid; float: left; margin: 10px 10px 0px;" width="1" /></span></a><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/"><span style="color: #444444;">http://www.poetryfoundation.org/</span></a> </div><br />
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<a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/theme-for-english-b/">http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/theme-for-english-b/</a><br />
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2) <u><strong>Respond/ React/ Reflect</strong></u> in a few detailed sentences. Remember to use textual evidence and to double check your grammar and your spelling before posting. Thank you! <br />
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</div>Mrs. Benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234653123453232344noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892742618437775926.post-56441066350581644292011-03-17T10:45:00.000-07:002011-03-17T10:45:47.506-07:00Literature Circles: Art Connection or World Connection<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">We've found that posting the Art Connection or World Connection can be "tricky" on our Wiki Space. Therefore, you may post your work HERE! Be sure to label your entires and include your name. Thank you. </div>Mrs. Benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234653123453232344noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892742618437775926.post-55464882572825417702011-03-15T07:51:00.000-07:002011-03-15T07:53:13.878-07:00Nikki Rosa Poem<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177827">http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177827</a><br />
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Please write a one paragraph response about the speaker's feelings regarding her childhood. </div>Mrs. Benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234653123453232344noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892742618437775926.post-5336926885177155662011-03-09T07:44:00.000-08:002011-03-09T07:44:40.765-08:00Wiki Space for Literature Circles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hello,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ms. Tezuka and I decided to create a new space for your Literature Circle activities and responses. I've been checking on our blog and on our facebook account for responses, however, there are several people who have not responded thus far. This new space and format should be beneficial for your groups. Please feel free to make suggestions and we'll work through the formatting process together. Good luck! And thank you to everyone who has posted. I've enjoyed reading your posts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Here's a link to the wiki:<br />
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You will need to go to your book page, click on discussion and start <br />
posting under the role that you've been assigned or agreed upon in your group.</span></div>Mrs. Benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234653123453232344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892742618437775926.post-34973585496477847702011-03-02T20:06:00.000-08:002011-03-02T20:06:27.342-08:00Three Key Points or Findings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">After you've read your assigned text for the literature circles for 25 minutes, please discuss three key points or findings from the reading that you found to be interesting, disturbing, confusing, and/or thought provoking. Include why you felt this way about the reading. You do not have to post here; you may also use your writer's notebook or facebook. Thank you. </div>Mrs. Benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234653123453232344noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892742618437775926.post-29889195713436983812011-03-02T19:58:00.000-08:002011-03-02T20:02:01.662-08:00Literature Circles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Feel free to post comments and ask questions about the book that you are reading for your literature circle HERE! You may also choose to post on our facebook account. However, you should decide as a group where you will post more often, on facebook or our blog. Good luck and read, read, read! <br />
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To laugh is to risk appearing the fool,<br />
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental,<br />
To reach out for another is to risk involvement,<br />
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self,<br />
To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss.<br />
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To love is to risk not being loved in return,<br />
To live is to risk dying,<br />
To hope is to risk despair,<br />
To try is to risk failure,<br />
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.<br />
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The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing,<br />
He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love....live.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Chained by his certitude's, he is a slave; <br />
He has forfeited freedom, <br />
Only a person who risks is free.<br />
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<a href="http://www.schoolpsychologyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/to-risk.jpg" id="thumbnail"></a><a href="http://www.schoolpsychologyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/to-risk.jpg" id="thumbnail"></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> *** Consider making a text connection (self, world, or text). I'm giving you some academic freedom with your response. That is why I have NOT listed a plethora of directions =] </span></div>Mrs. Benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234653123453232344noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892742618437775926.post-14465971392820107532011-02-23T14:30:00.000-08:002011-02-23T14:30:41.570-08:00Six Word Memoir: Vacation!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.couches.us/red-couch-424.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.couches.us/&usg=__HhOb8LSM_Uc0U0XPG6c4rO_2JqY=&h=235&w=424&sz=17&hl=en&start=46&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=LeVK8n5B3wrHXM:&tbnh=70&tbnw=126&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcouches%26start%3D36%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=ZYplTbzNOYO0lQeW5qSPBg" id="apf9" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img height="72" id="ipfLeVK8n5B3wrHXM:" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRlk2tvPXMSNJ5QEBd_O0DSt5prcCzG2u5mR1hypCGB6m7f0bgv1P6-Pg" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="128" /></a><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.coffeehousemysteries.com/UserFiles/Image/CoffeeWithHeart(1).jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.coffeehousemysteries.com/about_coffeehouse_mystery_books.cfm&usg=__LLJWzg4q9QrA5GLbaJ9mvrZddas=&h=291&w=300&sz=18&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=W4_c_sSattT0PM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcoffee%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=GollTejhOMH7lwe7xLmPBg" id="apf1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img height="115" id="ipfW4_c_sSattT0PM:" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTJ-IuTi9S5Fc-yrtf3_uRzh8Nx4jvbJqZQsZEjOiP8VGJYWzpt952ssA" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="118" /></a>Calm. Lazy. Relaxing. I love vacation! <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.room111heroes.com/reading.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.room111heroes.com/2007/06/about-this-site.html&usg=__vWEkdSBq7cWPa-HIANWrALDriOg=&h=759&w=538&sz=81&hl=en&start=134&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=SUuiDQtvX4S-rM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=101&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dreading%26start%3D126%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=D4plTemUFIK8lQe1_YSFBg" id="apf7"><img height="144" id="ipfSUuiDQtvX4S-rM:" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTuqayCqFCcNMR8b4t-DaEpfk6Uhk0SoXQsuam23VanphMTfRBokhPyL1CF" style="border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="103" /></a></div></div>Mrs. Benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234653123453232344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892742618437775926.post-88845150927395012622011-02-16T11:58:00.000-08:002011-02-17T14:59:09.356-08:00Powerful dialogue today. I am impressed!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">1) Please view the following site if you were absent (you may need to cut and paste the following link into your URL): <br />
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<a href="http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/do-we-need-black-history-month-full-episode.html?xid=googlevideo-do-we-need-black-history-month-full-episode">http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/do-we-need-black-history-month-full-episode.html?xid=googlevideo-do-we-need-black-history-month-full-episode</a><br />
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*** If you were absent, you also need to respond to the clip on this blog or in writing. Thank you. <br />
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2) Please post here if you did not get to participate during class due to time constraints. Our block of time goes by too fast in English 10 Advanced! </div>Mrs. Benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234653123453232344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892742618437775926.post-20086333071080307252011-02-15T10:16:00.000-08:002011-02-15T10:16:04.133-08:00Great Start!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Your Six Word Memoirs were fantastic! Keep writing! Yesterday went exceedingly well. Keep up the great work! Thank you =] </div>Mrs. Benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234653123453232344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892742618437775926.post-53132652442652503472011-02-12T14:01:00.000-08:002011-02-12T14:03:40.363-08:00Mrs. Benedetto's Very First Six Word Memoir...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a class="link" href="http://search.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/redirect.jhtml?qid=b271a394832ff25cdf4c497b5b1ef30b&searchfor=snow&action=pick&pn=1&n=77dd9a83&ptb=19E4C82F-028A-4D72-9C0D-F2CBD6D1EFE0&ptnrS=XQxdm002YYus&ss=&st=hp&cb=XQ&pg=AJimage&ord=14&redirect=mPWsrdz9heamc8iHEhldEenhLSvYPsjy8PdxWWuQCYa8jrQur8Y7kklzq%2B4n7%2BntnI0sp5X5ztobE5aPjj%2Fxsw%3D%3D&ct=AR" id="ri15" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://media5.picsearch.com/is?VwMeggPwFmNTLMw89LHb8YKv9t5z6ZxN7Tz4zq5g2LM" /></a>Snow. Burr. That's winter for you. </div>Mrs. Benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234653123453232344noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892742618437775926.post-70838142183415157672011-02-12T13:07:00.001-08:002011-02-12T13:49:54.783-08:00Another useful link...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Six Word Memoirs for Teens:<br />
<a href="http://www.smithteens.com/sixwords/">http://www.smithteens.com/sixwords/</a></div>Mrs. Benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234653123453232344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892742618437775926.post-61889570032798667602011-02-08T13:24:00.001-08:002011-02-12T13:58:09.672-08:00Assignment # 1: The Six Word Memoir...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Try your hand at your very own six word memoir. <br />
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Please go to the following link for more information and exemplars regarding Six Word Memoirs:<br />
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<a href="http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/">http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/</a></div>Mrs. Benedettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17234653123453232344noreply@blogger.com12