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Date	Blogger	Blog
Oct. 29	Mrs. Lofgren	In the book, A Long Way Gone, what is the most challenging hardship that Ishmael must face?
Nov. 1	Lauren V.	Hello =]. I love English Class!
Nov. 5	Alli R.	When Ishmael lost everything ( family and friends), then he began to trust the military leader and began to kill harmless civilians.
Nov. 6	John G.	I think the most challenging hardship is overcoming the nightmares he has, and getting used to not being numbed out by drugs.
Nov. 6	Lauren V.	I think the most challenging hardship that Ishmael had to face is the recovery process, he had trouble trusting anyone. He was feeling like he had a home and family then it was all taken away.
Nov. 12	Mrs. Lofgren	Are there examples of figurative language in any of your favorite songs? If so, what is the song title, the artist, the lyric, and type of figurative language?
Nov. 13	Nicky G.	In the book, A Long Way Gone, I think the most challenging hardship that Ishmael had to face was the fact that he couldn't trust anybody. It was difficult for him to open up to anybody to trust because of what he had been through.
Nov. 13	Jon H.	Song: "Carry On My Wayward Son" by Kansas. Lyric: "Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean." This is an example of a simile.
Nov. 13	Drake C.	Artist: Guns and Roses Song: "Sweet Child of Mine" Simile: "She's got a smile that it seems to me reminds me of childhood memories where everything was fresh as the bright blue sky."
Nov. 14	Reid R.	Song: "Cyclone" Artist: Baby Bash Lyrics: "She moves her body like a cyclone." Figurative Language: Simile
Nov. 15	Zach D.	I think the biggest hardship he faced was as stated he had no one to trust. He couldn't really rely on anyone except himself.
Nov. 15	Ryan K.	Artist: The Rolling Stones. Song: "Sympathy for the Devil" Lyric: "Just as every cop is a criminal and all the sinners saints" There are some otomatapia and others in the song as well.
Dec. 7	Mrs. Lofgren	Can you think of any allusions to Greek mythology in your world, i.e. music, video games, movies, books, products, stores, etc.?
Dec. 7	Mrs. Lofgren	Does anyone have any creative ways to remember content on the final exam review packet?
Dec. 20	Lauren V.	HAVE AN AMAZING WINTER BREAK =]
Jan. 16	Zach D.	Wow! I'm the first person to post on here for a while...anyway. Yea, there is a video game GOD OF WAR that has to do with Greek mythology.
March 11	Shaqueta W.	I love this English class and I love Mrs. Lofgren and I also love Miss Grimm our student teacher!!!!!
April 2	Mrs. Lofgren	"Parting is such sweet sorrow." As we finish Romeo and Juliet, what lessons do you believe modern readers can take away away from a play that is over 400 years old?
April 8	Kelsey H.	If you compare Romeo and Juliet to today's couples, in the play they didn't want to seperate even when the families tried to break it apart, but today you hear that divorces are more common than those who are happily wedded.
April 9	Bethany S.	I think that a lesson that you can take away from this is that we're better together.
April 9	Becca K.	What I learned form reading Romeo and Juliet is not to marry young!
April 10	Josh H.	Killing yourself does not resolve anything most of the time.
April 10	Sam H.	I think that what we as modern readers can take from this is that no matter what your parents think of who you marry, it's all abought what you want.
April 10	Jon H.	I think we can learn that we need to put fights in the past and learn to get along before someone gets hurt.
April 10	Libby B.	I think that one of the morals you can take away from this play is to always trust your heart. Even though they knew it would be hard to see each other, they did it anyway, because they loved each other. :-)
April 15	Alyssa D.	Realizing that his family (Ishmael's family) is gone, and being brainwashed and having to kill harmless people. Ishmael also has to get over all the memories and try to move on.
April 15	Kailey V.	I learned from reading Romeo and Juliet that you should get to know the person you want to marry before actually marrying them! :)
April 15	Nicky G.	Throughout reading Romeo and Juliet, I think the most important thing we learned was to never give up on something that could take you somewhere in life. I loved reading this play and think it will stay with me forever. :)
April 15	Drew D.	Don't kill over love and don't fall in love young.
April 16	Taylor F.	Don't fall in love too easily, and don't rush into it either. Always think through each decision you make and consider how others will be affected.
April 16	Tina A.	Through the course of reading Romeo and Juliet, I think I learned quite a lot. I think this play is showing that you can never give up what you believe in. You should not live your life being scared of living. You should live your life to the fullest. ;D
April 16	Jayden G.	Don't get married too soon, otherwise things might not go as planned.
April 17	Tanner M.	What I learned from Romeo and Juliet was that you shouldn't marry when you are too young, because that person might not be the person you truly love.
April 17	Miss Grimm	Is there a short story you enjoy that you would recommend to your classmates?
April 20	Cameron N.	I would recommend "The Tell Tale Heart" because I liked the suspense and the way the killer thinked.
April 21	Amber W.	Out of all the short stories we read, I would probably recommend "The Necklace" because I believe that honesty is the best policy and if you don't tell the truth it will come back and haunt you. =)
April 21	Bethany S.	The Tortoise and the Hare
April 22	Kaity E.	Personaly, I really liked all of the Dr. Suess books. They are very childish but they also teach a good lesson. BTW: SCHOOLS ALMOST OUT! :)
April 22	Libby B.	If I had to suggest one short story, I would say Alyssa D.'s short story. I read it in class + it is AMAZING! It's so descriptive and it really keeps you engaged.
April 22	Haley D.	I would also recommend "The Tell Tale Heart" because I enjoyed the suspense and I felt like a lot of other students did too. It gave a different point of view, one from the killer's eyes instead of the victim's.
April 22	Luke W.	My favorite short story as a little child was "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." This short story had a really good moral: no one believes a liar, even when he speaks the truth.
May 5	Taylor F.	I recommend Haley D.'s short story because it has a good moral. It targets a problem that teenage girls have but it also has humor in it to lighten the story.
May 5	Mrs. Lofgren	After our study of utopia literature circles, what charactertistics do you believe are essential for a "perfect" society?
May 8	MacKenzie R.	After we studied all these different ways trying to create a perfect society, I think it's impossible for there to be a perfect society because everyone is their self and has a different opinion in their life. So it would be hard for everyone to be content. And plus, no one is perfect, so there can't be a perfect society.!
May 13	Ashley B.	I agree with Kenzie. After learing aobut all the problems the world has right now, and the more to come... it seems impossible for things to ever be perfect. While somethings are getting solved, others are just going to keep going wrong and that seems like a cycle to me. So to me, it's impossible to have a perfect society.