Songs from today's lesson on Tone in Writing

This kid is talented:



Song: Hilltop Hoods, Nosebleed Section

And of course there is this fabulous gem:



Song: Soggy Bottom Boys, Man of Constant Sorrow, from O Brother Where Art Thou?

This Semester's Goals

It's a new year and a new semester. You are halfway done and you'll soon by in 10th grade. I'm already going to miss you guys!

Your homework assignment tonight is to write your own blog post about your goals for this semester. We will be checking in on these goals in the next couple of months to see if you are still on track with them.

The next time we will look at them is at SLCs (Student Led Conferences) on March 11th and 12th. At the end of the semester we will review them again to see if you have met your plans or fallen short, and why. The last time we will look back at them is for your TPOLs (Transitional Presentations of Learning.)

*Please include a photo that represents your goals in some way for this semester. Answer the following questions, and spell check your writing before posting!

1. How are you different now than when you started school in August?

2. What skills do you think are the most important for succeeding in Humanities? Why?

3. One thing I would like to improve on this semester is....I am going to do this by....

4. What are you most curious about? If you could study any topic, what would you study and why?

Please use complete sentences and give detailed, descriptive responses.

This is what Project Based Learning looks like

Sweet Video Taylor!

What have you done?

It's the New Year! I've done all the things that are in BOLD, I wonder what else I'll achieve this year? Do this on your blog too. Let's see how many things we've all done.

*The picture to the right is one I took in France in the city of Fecamp. It corresponds with #34 below.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (I've seen it!)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gold panned

27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Gone without food or water for 24 hours or longer
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (I've seen it many, many times)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Stayed up for 24 hours with NO sleep at all
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching (I've seen whales from my own sailboat)
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Changed a light bulb
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican (I will in February!)
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Mowed the lawn
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

TOTAL:68! How many have you done?