do we have vocab due monday? Also, I wanted to use my lit book as a reference, and im positive i did it wrong. I've gathered all my information, I just really don't know where to start writing. ):

JONES!!!!!

Hey Jone,s what are your thoughts on personal stories within the paper? I know we cant use i/me but does it still have to be all fact based?

Miss Castle Hayne Essay.

Jones, I am entering a contest where i could win a small scholarship for college called Miss Castle Hayne. The essay was on "What my community means to me."

“What My Community Means to Me”

If you asked me a question such as; “If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?” I would say Castle Hayne. Some people might call me crazy, but I don’t think I could find a better place. Having visited many places in my short sixteen years I can honestly say Castle Hayne is my one and only true home. Castle Hayne is like a small town; greet your neighbor at the mailbox kind of place. I can tell you first hand living in Castle Hayne all my life, that when I go to the grocery store ninety-five percent of the people I see there I know by name. I run into old friends at the gas station, the river, CVS, etc. all the time. Sometimes running into people unexpectedly isn’t all it’s cut out to be; when you have no make up on or your hair is messy, but it’s the conversation you’re most likely to have when you do run into someone that makes living in Castle Hayne so great. There is no big city that could give me that homely, comfortable feeling. The Castle Hayne community to me is home. Born and raised in Castle Hayne. Call me Dorothy, but there’s no place like home.

I was wondering if you had any input on this i feel like it's missing something important. I'm not quite sure what it is.

Outline

It seems I have lost my outline for the research paper, or never got it... I'm not sure which, it would be greatly appreciated if you could email it to me. Please and thank you.
I hope you had fun during the holiday break Ms. Jones (:
email: musicjunkie1433@hotmail.com
(yes i realize my email address is awesome.)

Jones, im having issues with some of the internet bibliographies. Can i just make sure i get the websites and get some help with them when w ecome back to school?

Kindle!!

I got a Kindle for Christmas!!! I'm so excited! :)

Research paper

So I'm working on my paper and I'm about ready to turn my notecards into a paper. I'm not sure how I would seperate my paper into its three prongs since I'm not doing it on a person. How would I do this?

vocab

do we have any more vocab?

So I was working on my research paper today, and I realized at the top of the "outline" it said for the example name: Anita Lyfe. I thought about it and was like wow Ms.J it means "I need a life." Oh how you humor me haha

Mary Kay

Hey Jones, do you like make-up?? if so, my momma is a Mary Kay consultant and she could hook you up. ALSO anyone else who likes makeup (ladies, or guys as a present to yo momma or girl) she has pre- wrapped gift baskets full of that lovely makeup!!! Great christmas present. ALSO, she does give away FREE SAMPLES AND MAKEOVERS.

The blog only appears "dead" because NO ONE POSTS!!!!! It is easily revived. I'll begin.

ANDREW: Awesome awesome awesome pretzel/cranberry concoction. IDK how you got the sugar to stick to the pretzels but I'm in love. Wish I had more.

Recession Santa was fun and in my opinion a success. I think the top gift winners were the 15 dollar Subway card, the pokemon gameboy, the cap gun, the party in a bag, and the box o' nonsense.

I never hint that I want and definitely do not expect gifts, but I have been very surprised and thankful to those of you who have gotten/baked/made me something. You guys are great. I wish I could buy you all something. But I'm a teacher. So I'll give you the best gift of all: knowledge (insert groan).

Secret Santa?

I think this blog is dead, but I'm still going to ask. Are we doing that secret santa thing tomorrow?

The exact privacy measures taken as stated on the TSA's website

Strict privacy safeguards are built into the foundation of TSA's use of advanced imaging technology to protect passenger privacy and ensure anonymity.

To that end, the officer who assists the passenger never sees the image the technology produces. The officer who views the image is remotely located in a secure resolution room and never sees the passenger.

The two officers communicate via wireless headset. Once the remotely located officer determines threat items are not present, that officer communicates wirelessly to the officer assisting the passenger. The passenger may then continue through the security process.

Advanced imaging technology cannot store, print, transmit or save the image, and the image is automatically deleted from the system after it is cleared by the remotely located security officer. Officers evaluating images are not permitted to take cameras, cell phones or photo-enabled devices into the resolution room.

So basically the possibility of someone taking a picture of the image with their phone as Kat was saying is not very likely.

Does knowing the privacy measures change anyone's view on the scanners?

Vocab. 14 and 15

I'm not sure if we're aving a test this week or not but I might as well post the vocab.
Vocab 14
1. Adept - very skilled or proficient at something
2. Assiduous - showing great care perseverance
3. Behoove - a responsibility for someone to do something (like homework or a school project)
4. chagrin - distress or embarassment at having failed or been humiliated
5. Discern - percieve or recognize (something)
6. Ennui - a feeling of listlessness and general dissatisfaction resulting from a lack of activity or excitement, i.e. how you feel at school (minus Tonya's class)
7. Errant - erring (which means doing something you shouldn't) or straying from the proper course or standards
8. Hedonist - a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification
9. Lascivious - (of a person, manner, or gesture) feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire
10. Usurped - take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force

Vocab 15
1. Contrive - to plan with ingenuity
2. Dissipation - scattering or dispersion
3. Emasculate - make (a person, idea, or piece of legislation) weaker or less effective
4. Indifference - lack of interest, concern, or sympathy
5. Irrevocable - not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; final
6. Metaphysical - highly abstract, subtle, or abstruse
7. Peripheral - of, relating to, or situated on the edge or periphery of something
8. Soliloquy - an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, esp. by a character in a play
9. Stealthy - behaving, done, or made in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard
10. Unsullied - not spoiled or made impure

Ms. Jones!!

Ms. Jones, Why do you keep having us read books with depressing endings?? I just finished "Of Mice and Men" and the ending was horrible and made me want to cry. Can we read a happy book next, Please?!

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

Turkey day

Whats everybodys favorite thanksgiving dish?

Cleaned out my garage today. Spent hours on it. But now I sit down in the living room and realize that no one can even see the garage so the rest of my house is still dirty and it looks as though I've done nothing. Sigh.

Project help

So I have to do this project in my allied health class and I got assigned the reproductive system. We have to have a product, in this case it would have to be the male reproductive organ and the female reproductive organ. I need help on finding a good product to make. I figure since everyone in fourth block has many disscusions about this I figured you guys can help. I really need it to be good.

1920's

JONES, since we've been talking about the 1920s a lot lately i thought I'd throw this out there, the HBO series Boardwalk empire, in my opinion, is actually very educational in learning about prohibition and the overall way things looked back then. Now, there is a good helping of sex, alcohol, and rock n' roll haha. But, it is very interesting. I figured you could probably rent it if you thought it was worth watching.

Great Gatsby on Itunes?

is it the podcast one or is it one of the audiobooks

Vocab 12 and 13

Vocab week 12
1. Diatribe - a forcefull and bitter verbal attack against someone or something
2. Esthetics - concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty
3. Fortify - strengthen (a place) with defensive works so as to protect it against attack
4. Interminable -endless (often used as a hyperbole)
5. Inured - to accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant
6. Mordant - (especially of humor) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting
7. Pragmatic - dealing with things sensibly and realistically
8. Specious - superficially plausible, but actually wrong
9. Surreptitiously - kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of
10. Vernacular - The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region

Vocab week 13
1. Ascertain - find (something) out for certain; make sure of
2. Cogent - (of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing
3. Dissuade - persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action
4. Exorbitant - (of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high
5. Furtive - attempting to avoid notice or attention; secretive
6. Impervious - incapable of being influenced, persuaded, or affected
7. Impute - represent (something) as being done, caused, or possessed by someone; attribute
8. Nebulous - (of a concept or idea) unclear, vague, or ill-defined
9. Obstreperous - noisy and difficult to control
10. Sinuous haveing many curves and turns; lithe and supple

wait, why doesnt the poll have an option of 0 books?

"that first car"

ok so as i have noticed, half the kids i see pulling up in the parking lot at school are driving their nice new cars mommy and daddy bought them. Then there's my car, that im purchasing on my own. Now i love my car but it dont exactly have the new car thing going for it. As of yesterday i have to get in on the passenger side of my car because the driver's door is jammed sht for whatever reason. SO, who else has a gangster ghetto cool mobile with issues like mine??? humor me please haha

Okay. So we should get this blog thing going.

Gatsby is a good place to start.

Would you attend a huge party next door to your house (if invited by the owner of the house) even if you didn't know him OR ANYONE ELSE?

vocab guys

Week 11 Vocab
1. corrugated - shaped into alternate ridges and grooves
2. defunct - no longer existing or functioning
3. dilatory - slow to act
4. disheveled - untidy, disordered
5. distraught - deeply upset and agitated
6. laudable - deserving praise
7. lethargic - sluggish and apathetic
8. menagerie - a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition
9. meretricious - apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity
10. notoriety - infamous

THE GREAT GATSBY PROJECT

ummmm.....Ms. Jonesss when are we suppose to do the presentation??

Ms. Jooooooonnnnneeeesssss!!!

We are all confused on the outline part.

poke

ok so can i just say that gettin poked on facebook is the weirdest, most pointless thing ever.. It's like being inappropriately touched via the internet!! ha just say hello, i won't bite.

Thanks for powderpuff support!!

Thanks to all who came and watched us play. Even though we lost we didn't run over and play dead like everyone thought we would. =D

Ms.jones I figured out what beanus means on urban dictionary

Hey, so does anybody know how many students are in 4th block? I'm bringing cookies tomorrow and want to make sure I bring enough. Let me know! : )

this would be me. as a wisconsiner.... every child has at least one of these floating around. just so u kno anna... i dug through 4 unpacked boxed and scanned this onto my computer just so u could see it.

Shawna is a cheese head.

Me: Shawna where are you from?
Shawna: Asheville, NC
Me: wow, i was way off, i thought you were from Wisconsin....
Shawna: Well actually, i moved from Wisconsin to Asheville when i was in 4th grade.
Me: You're a cheese head!
Shawna: I know its ridiculous!
Me: Ridiculously awesome!

Celestica- Crystal Castles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsxNUl1IHnE

Blog

This blog is now officially dead.

Picnik!

Since we were talkin about it today in class, I figured I'd show you the wonders of picnik, Ms. Jones! = )

original


edit


You can also add "stamps", text, touch-ups, borders, and TONS of cool effects!

photo from fanpop.com

Ms J....I,christopher patrick gallaher.....am not a pervert!

Hiiiiiiiiiiiii Guyyyyyy

What's up you guys? Freakin' Laney needs to get on the ball and like send my transcripts so I can finally start school. As psychotic as this might sound, I actually want to go back to school. I've missed like a whole week and daytime tv sucks. Although, since we got Dish Network, I found this new channel called The Hub that shows awesome shows like The Wonder Years and Family Ties. Michael J. Fox is so funny in that, its ridiculous but they don't show those until late at night so I've been just kinda loungin' and its real dumb. I hope you guys are doing well though in my absense. It was pretty fun dropping by the other day though. You guys should really be posting more stuff on the blog so I can have something to look at when I'm bored (which is a lot of the time lately).

vocab.

heres week 8 and 9 since i did it already.
Week 8
1. vaunt - boast about or praise something
2. obsequious - obedient or attentive to an excess or sevile degree
3. truculent - eager or quick to argue or fight
4. beguile - charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way
5. enervate - cause someone to feel drained of energy or vitality
6. idiosyncratic - peculiar or individual
7. exonerate - absolve someone from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, esp. after due consideration of the case
8. alacrity - brisk and cheerful readiness
9. canonical - accepted as being accurate and authoritative
10. evocative - bringing strong images, memories or feelings to mind
Week 9
1. atrocity - an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury
2. malevolence - having or showing a wish to do evil to others
3. sagacious - having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment
4. chimera - something that is wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve
5. docility - ready to accept control or instruction; submissive
6. conflagration - an extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property
7. odious - extremely unpleasant; repulsive
8. perverseness - showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable often in spite of the consequences
9. phantasm - a figment of the imagination; an illusion or apparition

p.s. dont freak out there are only 9 words for week 9.

My ipad wont let me post on thr blog cuz the text box is retarded.

The "Sinners" Essay.

I can't find the shortened version that's in our book, so can I quote from parts of the sermon that aren't in the book?

So I finally got my internet service back up and running so I can get back to blogging!

Honors English III


1.repudiate- to reject as having no authority or binding force
2.erudite- characterized by great knowledge
3.truncate- to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short
4.recalcitrant- resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
5.soporific- causing or tending to cause sleep.
6.innocuous- not harmful or injurious; harmless
7.querulous- full of complaints; complaining.
8.succinct- expressed in few words; concise; terse.
9.superfluous- being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
10.prevaricate- to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.

Chris Brown "Teach Me How To Dougie"

sooo , when Mr. Moon came in our class last week (3rd period) & we were talking about the dougie , i remember Miss Jones talking about Chris Brown doing it & she was like "it looks like he's putting on his clothes" THIS is it ! lol .

Fishing

Ms. Jones, this is why i don't do my homework. :)

scarlet letter study guide

didnt you say we could find that on your page, because i cant find it.

Friday Night Lights

Ms. Jones were you there last night!? Man was that a game. I have never seen that many people in Buctown at once! And i've definitely never seen all the students rush the field after our game!!

BUC TOWN!..Mike, Tevin, Colton, Big Lee. You guys are my heroes.

Great game Bucs!!

Check these guys out

Hey guys, This is a band that a couple of friends of mine are in. Their new album is coming out soon, and you should definitely give them a listen. 

Rio Bravo Myspace

knitting!!!

i made mittens!

Scarlet Letter

So here are some questions for thought:
Why do you think Hester decided to keep Pearl when she first found out about her pregnancy?
Why did Chillingworth pick Dimmesdale as a spiritual guide? Did he pick by chance, or did he have a previous suspicion of some sort?
Why do you think Hester did not leave the colony? Would you have left?

spirit week

hey does anyone know the theme for monday??

My favorite movie of all time; Easy A

"Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80's movies? I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window. I wanna ride off on a lawnmower with Patrick Dempsey. I want Jake from Sixteen Candles waiting outside the church for me. I want Judd Nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me. Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason. But no, no, John Hughes did not direct my life."- Olive ( from Easy A)

Don't forget everyone in 3rd block RAVE for my 17th Birthday!

The cupcakes have been made and I'm bringing the strobe.

(YES cupcakes make a rave THAT much better)

I need to make a CD though to jam out to because you can't have a strobe with no music. Ideas??

Holy Cow

I just read all the posts that I missed when my account went awol. Ha it was fun and now my eyes hurt like nobody's business. Anyways. I saw Social Network friday and it was AWESOME!!! Btw J.T. is a total D-bag in this movie so if you can't handle that don't go see it. And also those twins (Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss) are mega-hot so be prepared!!!! Haha. It was a good movie; very good acting with some scenes that make YOU feel as socially awkward as they portrayed Mark Zuckerburg (for the unintelligble, the creator of facebook). It was an interesting beginning and a very strong ending. Next I'm going to see Easy A (which is about the Scarlet Letter) with my bestie Bryanna and I might post about that too. :) L8r.

BLOG

YAY! I'm back on the blog. Thanks Ms. J!!!!

Vocab List 5

Does anyone have the vocab for week 5? I didn't find it on Ms. Jones wesite.

Huck Finn help station

http://www.loudlit.org/works/hfinn.htm

i hope this helps anyone, it was my life saver...
in other words, this is how the cool kids read
the adventures of huck finn

and actually kinda sorta understand it.

Huck Finn.

Can anyone explain the whole thing in ch. 14 about the kings, dukes, and King Soloman??

School/ homework

Mrs. Jones,
So earlier you had said that out essays for "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" were due on monday. Since we have no school today, and a 2 hour delay tomorrow, does that still stand?? I'm trying to determine how much homework I need to do while on vacation. And are you guys writing the introduction and closing paragraphs in class or individually?

Scarlet Letter Questions

I need the questions for the next chapters of scarlet letter!! I think Ms. Jones passed them out the day i got checked out. Could someone please email them to if possible?

I want pictures of what you do on your day off..

Huck Finn Online Reading

I don't get this blog but yeah the website for the reading is archive.org you click on audio and type in the story you want

Miss me?

Hey! I was absent today because I am sick. =( So sad. Anyways, did I miss anything that I need to do? I am reading Huck Finn right now. (That was the only thing I knew for a fact I needed to do.) Our quiz Friday is through chapter 14, right? I am going to try and be back tomorrow but I can't make any promises. If you saw me this morning, I looked like I had an encounter with death. Hah!

Absent

Wasn't here today, what'd I miss?

The Scarlet Leter

So I was reading The Scarlet Letter, and i got through chapter 5 and answered the questions. Then I was reading over the questions for chapter 6. And they are all the same questions!! WHY?! Was that a typo? Or could you just not think of anymore questions to ask? Let me know, Cause I be confused. Thanks!!

MONSOON

ok, so you know its been raining hard at laney when the track by the football field is flooded and has a steady current going round and round!!! I think it's safe to say that everyone got soaked at some point today, but i bet nobodys car door is mentally handicapped!!! I get to my jeep and open the door and somehow my inner door handle managed to explode and it was hanging off. Ha and in order to get out of my car i have to roll the window down and reach outside the car!!! But none the less im still hapy with my jeep cuz it gets me from A to Z

Help??

Is there a website that has the exact excerpt of the John Edwards sermon in the book?

4th Block

I got checked out during 4th block so i wanted to know what I missed!

Today's Essay

I'm sick again so I checked out early today. Can anyone explain the essay that was assigned today to me and when it's due, etc.?

Vocab week 5

I can't seem to find vocab week 5... can anyone post it or something? It would be really helpful thanks.

Scarlet Letter Quiz

For the quiz on the first four chapters of The Scarlet Letter, are the questions going to be based on the questions included in the study guide, or are there going to be questions that are not on the study guide as well?

So there are very few interesting classic Books

Ms. jones, I really hate classic's, but i know there mandotory for this class. I was talking to someone about books that were older that may be more interesting for the class to read, at some other point through the semester or for Ap. Both of us believe that the Out Siders is a really good book. It's just an idea, it may be below some of our literary levels but maybe...

Sorry I've been out this week...

I fully intended on going to school today, but I felt terrible and just couldn't get out of bed. I've been having intense pains in the right side of my abdomen since Tuesday. I went to the doctor on Wednesday and she thought it was my gall bladder and might have gall stones so she scheduled me an ultrasound to check it out Thursday morning. We got the results this morning and they found no sign of gall stones, but found that I might have something called fatty liver (wikipedia never makes things easy, so I'm not quite sure what it is). She's gonna have me get a CAT Scan on Monday morning to check out my abdomen and see if we can find the problem. I dodged a surgery for removal of my gall bladder, but we still have no idea whats wrong with me. =/

But did I miss anything incredibly important this week?

about da book

umm i need 2 know what edition of da book is it b-cuz my mom want 2 know cuz we have like 3 of them and she would like 2 know which one it is like the bar code ms.jones if u have it could u let me know thank u

yeah this was our pyramid, it was AWESOME

The Strange English Language

In hopes of finding something funny or interesting to add life back to the blog, I came across this. I figured since this is an English blog, the weird quirks of the English language would be an acceptable topic on which to post. Enjoy! =)

~Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend?
~When the stars are out, they are visible,When the lights are out, they are invisible.
~If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
~The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
~Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
~How can ‘A Slim Chance’ and ‘A Fat Chance’ be the same?
~How can ‘You’re so cool’ and ‘You’re not so hot’ be different?
~Why are ‘A Wise man’ and ‘A Wise guy’ opposites?
~A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
~The bandage was wound around the wound.
~I did not object to the object.
~The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
~Boxing rings are square.
~A guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
~The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
~There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
~Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.
~The farm was used to produce produce.
~English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France.
~If brother becomes Brethren, why doesn’t mother become Methren?
~If tooth becomes teeth, why doesn’t booth become beeth?
~If one goose becomes two geese, why doesn’t one moose become two meese?
~If I speak of a foot and you show me your feet,And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
~How come Writers write but Fingers don’t fing?And Grocers don’t groce and Hammers don’t ham?
~A box in the plural becomes is boxes.But an Ox in the plural never becomes oxes. (It becomes Oxen).
~A lone mouse can transform into a whole set of mice,But it’s impossible for a single house to become a whole block of hice. (It becomes houses).
~Although the masculine pronouns are he, his and him, we must be grateful for small mercies of the language that the feminine pronouns after ‘She’ don’t become ‘Shis’ and ‘Shim’.
~If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
~A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
~How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
~He could lead if he could only get the lead out.
~They were too close to the door to close it.
~I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
~When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
~You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a languagein which your house can burn up as it burns down,in which you fill in a form by filling it outand in which an alarm goes off by going on.
~It is only in the English language that people recite at a play and play at a recital.
~No sooner had my eye fallen upon the tear in the painting, then this eye of mine began to shed many a tear.
~I was given a number of injections to make the pain number.
~It’s not ridiculous, but entirely sensible to ship by truck and send cargo by ship.
~We are a strange lot to have noses that run and feet that smell.
~The buck does funny things when the does are present.
~I was proven right that I had the right of way.
~How come you never hear of a combobulated, gruntled, ruly, or peccable person?
~Why is it that whether you sit down or sit up, the results are the same?
~Shouldn’t there be a shorter word for “monosyllable”?
~If people from Poland are called “Poles,” why aren’t people from Holland called “Holes?
~If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn’t it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?
~The human race has been running for a great many centuries now – but we’re not tired yet.
~The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

Some of these are really lame but I laughed at a few, too. Hope somebody else is as nerdy as I am and at least cracked a smile! =)

School Spirit

ok, so i know today in class we were talking a lot about school spirit and i got to thinkin. Why does no one have any!!!?!?!?!??! it should be a crime, especially if you base your spirit on how good the football team is or isnt, there should be spirit win lose or draw!!!
Anyways, i think it'd be funny as crap if the football team cheered for the powderpuff girls!! and yes, we do know how to execute a "pyramid." It was just one of those things we ended up doing with our free time. Weird right?

Here ya go Ms. Jones.

Well yeah, I did hear what you were saying today about no one being on the blog and yeah, I know. I haven't posted anything in a while. I've been checking everyday but nobody's really posting anything that I have felt the need to comment on so I just haven't been posting/commenting. I do have some good news though. I was just talking with one of the parentals and she said that I might not be moving for another 2-3 weeks, so yeah, thought I'd share. Oh and Ms. Jones, you still haven't given me my progress report so I'm completely oblivious to what my current grade is. I don't think its anything to be real proud of though. Unless, of course, those letters counted a bunch because I know mine was a monster (not better than Devin's though). Oh and I've talked to a few people today, what's this crap about my current grades from this semester transferring over? I swear that someone told me that it doesn't, if so then I'm in some trouble.

69

Today In Physics we got our interim reports and I somehow managed to have a 69 in the class.... What the... How abysmal.

powderpufff

There is about 6 girls playing powderpuff from our class, ms.jones you forsure have to come. haha

I need a better system, because going to bed after 1 every night then waking up at 5:30 is just not cutting it...

vocab. week four .

1. jingoist

2. pious

3. pseudonym

4. temperance

5. ethics

6. humility

7. paradox

8. almanac

9. anecdote

10. revolution

Fishing

Check this video out, it's Stephen's little brother catching a sick drum on fly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxArCLJ4nbw

Dress Code

Sorry I wasn't in class Friday, I was stuck in the deans office because my shirt was SUPER offensive (plain green shirt), and I got a referral. I love how this school cares more about the dress code than actual academics. So what did I miss Friday?

Turtles can fish!

I just got back from fishing with captain Stephen and his little brother James Allen, and caught 2 fish. One was a bluefish and it was chill. The other was a 28" red drum, at night, which was an amazing fight and it JUMPED! Red drum are known for never ever ever jumping and thr one I caught today was a once in a lifetime drum. Stephen caught a sting ray and his brother caught 2 bluefish and a flounder. So Ms. Jones please, please, accept my amazingness.

So today BOTH classes went independently well. Different things in both classes, but still I imagine that those observers were in for a treat. They saw everything from essay writing (kind of) to vocabulary quizzing. Too bad they missed joke time.

So what's up this weekend? Anyone going to the Northeast Branch Library Sale?

Dolphins!

So last year in AP Environmental Science we watched this movie The Cove. It's about the dolphin killings in Japan. I watched whale wars before and was aware of this problem in Japan. Japanese fisherman just have no conscience! It kills me to see these beautiful animals being slaughtered for no reason. I could go on and on about the whaling, but I won't. I am really trying to take part and help out as much as I can. There is this petition addressed to President Obama and the Japanese Ambassabor to address this issue. Many people in Japan don't know about this because the media is hiding it from them. So if you can please sign the petition that would be great! Just go to the link posted on here.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/724/210/624/

I went to see that band tonight. N exactly my "scene" and I didn't know the words to a lot of the tunes, but I had fun nonethless. Live music just has a feel.

Random question...

Would being a belle in the Azalea Festival be counted as volunteer work??
I ask not only because I am interested in being a belle, but because we were talking about how you have to have volunteering on college apps.

Ok i understand this whole blog thing is really neat and cool and stuff but i have been looking and looking and i cant find the freaking week 3 vocab and its starting to piss me off

My life is Bro

Today my lax team crashed into the Alps. Good thing I brought an extra 24 pack of nattys and a few girls to make me some sandwhiches in case I get hungry. Mlib

Letter to the Teacher

Ay yo Mrs. Jones, when are you gonna grade those letters? I'm really anxious to see what you thought of mine.

Famous Descendants of Mayflower Passengers

Check out this website. I won't remind you, but if you can put THREE of the DESCENDANTS (not the original passengers) on your vocabulary quiz I will give you 5 extra credit points on your vocabulary quiz!

http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Genealogy/famousdescendants.php

It won't let me put the picture up, but here' s a link to some Puritan paper dolls. Have fun!


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I realize that both 3rd and 4th blocks think that we spend most of our time gabbing. Realize I've been doing this nine years. I have a plan. I know what I am doing. Trust me. We have already covered one literary period, written a myth, presented it, written a letter, reviewed parts of speech up to verbs, and spoken about colleges (in 4th block). We read (almost) a narrative from Bradford and learned 20 new vocabulary words. We aren't sitting on our butts.

Remember your vocabulary quiz tomorrow. New words defined on Monday.

Tomorrow we will read some PURITAN POETRY. Did you even know it existed?

Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) is one of the most important figures in the history of American Literature. She is considered by many to be the first American poet, and her first collection of poems, "The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, By a Gentlewoman of Those Parts", doesn't contain any of her best known poems, it was the first book written by a woman to be published in the United States. Mrs. Bradstreet's work also serves as a document of the struggles of a Puritan wife against the hardships of New England colonial life, and in some way is a testament to plight of the women of the age. Anne's life was a constant struggle, from her difficult adaptation to the rigors of the new land, to her constant battle with illness.
It is clear to see that Anne's faith was exemplary, and so was her love for children and her husband, Governor Simon Bradstreet. Anne's poems were written mainly during the long periods of loneliness while Simon was away on political errands. Anne, who was a well educated woman, also spent much time with her children, reading to them and teaching them as her father had taught her when she was young. While it is rather easy for us to view Puritan ideology in a bad light because of it's attitude towards women and strict moral code, her indifference to material wealth, her humility and her spirituality, regardless of religion, made her into a positive, inspirational role model for any of us.
Another one of Anne's most important qualities was her strong intuition, although only subtly hinted at in her work, probably for fear of reprisal from the deeply religious Puritan community, one cannot help but feel her constant fascination with the human mind, and spirit, and inner guidance.
Her style is deceptively simple, yet speaks of a woman of high intelligence and ideals who was very much in love, and had unconditional faith. While it was difficult for women to air their views in the 17th Century, Anne Bradstreet did so with ease, as her rich vocabulary and polyvalent knowledge brought a lyrical, yet logical quality to her work which made it pleasant for anyone to read.

poll

4 people hit the wrong button in the poll

hi just wondering

i had got checked out in 3rd block and i missed english 4th and i was just wondering what we did in class today

ms.jones i was getting ahead on my vocabulary and i noticed there isnt a list #5, do we just skip to 6?

i don't know about you guys but i'm super excited about the topics we will have to post on the blog. This is by far the best english class i have ever stepped foot in.

9/4/10 Fishing Report

Me, Stephen Cone, and Turtle Went fishing this weekend. On saturday we caught some drum, some flounder, and other useless fish. Sunday we ran into a school of reds and some sheepshead up by figure 8. No luck on the shark fishing saturday night. 9/4/10-9/5/10

How is everybody enjoying their Labor Day?

All I have to say is that Ms.Jones class is a lot of fun and it is the most fun I've ever had in an english class. And it has only been 8 days!

Defined Vocabulary for Week # 2 :D

Vocabulary List Week 2:


1. Persecution: the act of persecuting; the state of being persecuted.

2. Engulfed: to swallow up in or as in a gulf; submerge; to plunge or immerse

3. Feign: to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of

4. Salvation: the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction

5. Rigor: strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people

6. Lusty: full of or characterized by healthy vigor; spirited; enthusiastic

7. Peril: exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger

8. Narrative: a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious

9. Phenomena: of phenomenon (a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable)

10. Predestination: an act of predestinating or predestining; fate; destiny; the action of God in foreordaining from eternity whatever comes to pass



Hey guys, I got these definitions off of dictionary.com if anybody was wondering. Feel free to use them! =)

one of the most beautiful pieces i've ever read !

this was written by one of my twitter followers , Keishorne . i really like this because it talks about thing that think will continue to become more increasingly important in this country as time progresses if change is not made .

http://keishornescott.me/post/1038700665/i-have-a-dream-by-keishorne-scott

leaving

i want be in class today im leaving at 1:35 i guess ill b taken my vocab quiz next week...ill miss u guys {insider:tears} even though i suppost to been left but hey u kno how parents r

week 2

Vocabulary List Week 2:

1. persecution

2. engulfed

3. feign

4. salvation

5. rigor

6. lusty

7. peril

8. narrative

9. phenomena

10. predestination

I cannot find my paper with information about where to find vocab words. someone help me out?

I WAS THE WINNER FOR THE FREE CLASS RING !

they pulled me out of 4th period to go to Ms. Vaughn's office . at first I thought they had accidently called me to get a schedule change or something , but she took me to talk to the Herff Jones reps. & they told me I won the raffle ! my mom didn't answer when I first called her , but when she finally did she started off yelling at me for something random I did at home this morning so I had to quickly tell her the good news to get that load quickly put away lol. but mom & dad were really happy they didn't have to spend $300 on a ring .. lol .

Wedding on Tuesday.

Okay first off I'm really excited about mine and Devin's wedding on Tuesday, its gonna be great. I really think we should have a ceremony for it. Perhaps we could bring Mr. Motley in to marry us because I think he married Mrs. Metz or something and that would be so official. Also, Hali, what is the cake gonna look like exactly?

Ummm...I forgot to sign my name on the letter.

I had to print out a second copy this morning, because I realized that I had to fix something, so I forgot to sign my name on the second copy...OOPS...

i hate

i hate when subs just make a bigdeal ab eaten in there class when its not even there class...lord that get 2 me like dis morning ugh now im n da den like yyy??

Sunset At CB State Park

About this letter...

So if my letter is barely a two pages and only the signature part goes over to the second page, how should i edit that?

Cupcakes!

Halee and I are making cupcakes for fourth block, can some one please bring napkins? Were only bringing these for Chris and Joey because women can cook and clean. But they can't have them unless they build-up muscle.

attention ladies

i am quite hungry. can you please make me a sandwich as i shoot some domes off in modern warfare...dont forget the pickles...also, make me some kool aid. i need something to quench my thirst as i perfect my letter to ms jones that she will probably criticize. thanks. oh, bring some lotion. got a nastay knot in my back.

Ay yo what's gucci?

Haha just kiddin' with the title, but yeah I gotta question about the blog itself. Why is the time all like messed up and stuff?

I love you guys. Really. It's so early in the semester and I already look forward to seeing you every day. Thanks for that. I am enjoying watching all of your different personalities. I want to read your letters and continue to learn about everyone. I know that sounds all "teachery", but hey, I am in fact a teacher.

I hear a dragon marionette is being added to the collection. I can't wait. :)

does anybody know how the blockstyle letter heading should look?

Hurricane or No??

So who thinks that we are going to get hit by Hurrican Earl??

Been gone from class for the past two school days

aight, so friday I had to leave school early to go on a young life trip, and I missed class today cause I had ISS for having my shirt unbuttoned. Have I missed much?

Also, I'm really glad that the school is focusing more on dress code than academics

Just so everyone knows, I am fine. I was doing a little late night grocery shopping at wal-mart, you know getting frozen lunches, coffee filters, etc, and I SLIPPED ON A GRAPE in the middle of the clothing department. I popped my knee out (which I have done before) and hit my shin pretty bad. I had to go to the ER and wasn't released until six am. That didn't set me up for much sleep and I never would have made it to be my bubbly cheerful self my third and fourth blocks. Just know, this doesn't happen often and I hope you guys were good and took the time seriously to get some good work done on your letters and myths. I have only seen Mike Walsh's ( I didn't ask to see them, I just thought some of you might post paragraphs looking for help). I have answered all questions on the blog and I am still accessible via this blog. I will be back tomorrow. Did we have AC today? How did things go? Did you miss me or Hali's cupcakes more? :)

Myth

What was the assignment given Friday about writing a Myth?

What's up?

Yo, for the myth, does that have to be like done by Monday? I seem to recall her saying we could finish it during class but I'm not 100% on that.

Letter to the Teacher

When writing the letter to the teacher, it says we have to choose 3-4 topics. Can we just use 2?

Vocab words

Vocabulary List Week 1:

1. exhortation

2. ignominy

3. inauspicious

4. preternatural

5. deportment

6. reverential

7. obtrusive

8. scourge

9. ponderous
10. talisman

I don't know about anyone else, but yesterday was EXHAUSTING for me. I came home, made a smoothie, checked my facebook and went to bed. I was asleep by 5:30, woke up at 11:30, realized it was late and just checked back out. Hopefully I will quickly get back into the routine of things and won't be so zapped at the end of the day. I know fourth block knows what I mean-they were practically zombies yesterday :) I am interested to see the differences between third and fourth blocks. So far I've got a rowdy bunch and a quiet bunch. Wonder if it will stay that way?