Thursday, October 21, 2010

Blog Post 4 All Periods

Create a post, and type excerpt on 50-75% of the book. SOAPStone. Include name and title of book.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

4th Blog (Period 4 Only)

1. Name
2. Title of Book (underlined or italicized)
3. Excerpt from 26-50% of book. Two to three paragraphs.
4. SOAPStone analysis of excerpt. Use tone worksheet from class.

Must be completed by 11:59 pm on 10/15 for full credit.

4th Blog (Period 3 Only)

1. Name
2. Title of Book (underlined or italicized)
3. Excerpt from 26-50% of book. Two to three paragraphs.
4. SOAPStone analysis of excerpt. Use tone worksheet from class.

Must be completed by 11:59 pm on 10/15 for full credit.

4th Blog (Period 2 Only)

1. Name
2. Title of Book (underlined or italicized)
3. Excerpt from 26-50% of book. Two to three paragraphs.
4. SOAPStone analysis of excerpt. Use tone worksheet from class.

Must be completed by 11:59 pm on 10/15 for full credit.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

3rd Blog (Period 4 only)

Read an excerpt from another group's independent read.
Write a blog with the following format:
1. Include your name,
2. The title of the novel, and the name of the person's excerpt you are responding to.
3. What is the tone of the excerpt you have read? Be precise. See tone words below.
4. Compare and contrast the excerpt with what your independent read. Focus on subject matter, methods of research, ways of persuasion, causes, effects, etc...

Positive Tone/Attitude Words

Amiable
Amused
Appreciative
Authoritative
Benevolent
Brave
Calm
Cheerful
Cheery
Compassionate
Complimentary
Confident

Negative Tone/Attitude Words

Accusing
Aggravated
Agitated
Angry
Apathetic
Arrogant
Artificial
Audacious
Belligerent
Bitter
Boring
Brash
Childish

Humor-Irony-Sarcasm Tone/Attitude Words

Amused
Bantering
Bitter
Caustic
Comical
Condescending
Contemptuous
Critical
Cynical
Disdainful

Consoling
Content
Dreamy
Ecstatic
Elated
Elevated
Encouraging
Energetic
Enthusiastic
Excited
Exuberant
Fanciful

Friendly
Happy
Hopeful
Impassioned
Jovial
Joyful
Jubilant
Lighthearted
Loving
Optimistic
Passionate
Peaceful

Playful
Pleasant
Proud
Relaxed
Reverent
Romantic
Soothing
Surprised
Sweet
Sympathetic
Vibrant
Whimsical

Choleric
Coarse
Cold
Condemnatory
Condescending
Contradictory
Critical
Desperate
Disappointed
Disgruntled
Disgusted
Disinterested
Facetious

Furious
Harsh
Haughty
Hateful
Hurtful
Indignant
Inflammatory
Insulting
Irritated
Manipulative
Obnoxious
Outraged
Passive

Quarrelsome
Shameful
Smooth
Snooty
Superficial
Surly
Testy
Threatening
Tired
Uninterested
Wrathful

Droll
Facetious
Flippant
Giddy
Humorous
Insolent
Ironic
Irreverent
Joking
Malicious

Mock-heroic
Mocking
Mock-serious
Patronizing
Pompous
Quizzical
Ribald
Ridiculing
Sad
Sarcastic

Sardonic
Satiric
Scornful
Sharp
Silly
Taunting
Teasing
Whimsical
Wry

Sorrow-Fear-Worry Tone/Attitude Words

Aggravated
Agitated
Anxious
Apologetic
Apprehensive
Concerned
Confused
Dejected
Depressed
Despairing
Disturbed

Neutral Tone/Attitude Words

Admonitory
Allusive
Apathetic
Authoritative
Baffled
Callous
Candid
Ceremonial
Clinical
Consoling
Contemplative
Conventional
Detached
Didactic
Disbelieving

Embarrassed
Fearful
Foreboding
Gloomy
Grave
Hollow
Hopeless
Horrific
Horror
Melancholy
Miserable

Morose
Mournful
Nervous
Numb
Ominous
Paranoid
Pessimistic
Pitiful
Poignant
Regretful
Remorseful

Resigned
Sad
Serious
Sober
Solemn
Somber
Staid
Upset

Dramatic
Earnest
Expectant
Factual
Fervent
Formal
Forthright
Frivolous
Haughty
Histrionic
Humble
Incredulous
Informative
Inquisitive
Instructive

Intimae
Judgmental
Learned
Loud
Lyrical
Matter-of-fact
Meditative
Nostalgic
Objective
Obsequious
Patriotic
Persuasive
Pleading
Pretentious
Provocative

Questioning
Reflective
Reminiscent
Resigned
Restrained
Seductive
Sentimental
Serious
Shocking
Sincere
Unemotional
Urgent
Vexed
Wistful
Zealous

3rd Blog (Period 3 only)

Read an excerpt from another group's independent read.
Write a blog here with the following format:
1. Include your name,
2. The title of the novel, and the name of the person's excerpt you are responding to.
3. What is the tone of the excerpt you have read? Be precise. See tone words below.
4. Compare and contrast the excerpt with what your independent read. Focus on subject matter, methods of research, ways of persuasion, causes, effects, etc...

Positive Tone/Attitude Words

Amiable
Amused
Appreciative
Authoritative
Benevolent
Brave
Calm
Cheerful
Cheery
Compassionate
Complimentary
Confident

Negative Tone/Attitude Words

Accusing
Aggravated
Agitated
Angry
Apathetic
Arrogant
Artificial
Audacious
Belligerent
Bitter
Boring
Brash
Childish

Humor-Irony-Sarcasm Tone/Attitude Words

Amused
Bantering
Bitter
Caustic
Comical
Condescending
Contemptuous
Critical
Cynical
Disdainful

Consoling
Content
Dreamy
Ecstatic
Elated
Elevated
Encouraging
Energetic
Enthusiastic
Excited
Exuberant
Fanciful

Friendly
Happy
Hopeful
Impassioned
Jovial
Joyful
Jubilant
Lighthearted
Loving
Optimistic
Passionate
Peaceful

Playful
Pleasant
Proud
Relaxed
Reverent
Romantic
Soothing
Surprised
Sweet
Sympathetic
Vibrant
Whimsical

Choleric
Coarse
Cold
Condemnatory
Condescending
Contradictory
Critical
Desperate
Disappointed
Disgruntled
Disgusted
Disinterested
Facetious

Furious
Harsh
Haughty
Hateful
Hurtful
Indignant
Inflammatory
Insulting
Irritated
Manipulative
Obnoxious
Outraged
Passive

Quarrelsome
Shameful
Smooth
Snooty
Superficial
Surly
Testy
Threatening
Tired
Uninterested
Wrathful

Droll
Facetious
Flippant
Giddy
Humorous
Insolent
Ironic
Irreverent
Joking
Malicious

Mock-heroic
Mocking
Mock-serious
Patronizing
Pompous
Quizzical
Ribald
Ridiculing
Sad
Sarcastic

Sardonic
Satiric
Scornful
Sharp
Silly
Taunting
Teasing
Whimsical
Wry

Sorrow-Fear-Worry Tone/Attitude Words

Aggravated
Agitated
Anxious
Apologetic
Apprehensive
Concerned
Confused
Dejected
Depressed
Despairing
Disturbed

Neutral Tone/Attitude Words

Admonitory
Allusive
Apathetic
Authoritative
Baffled
Callous
Candid
Ceremonial
Clinical
Consoling
Contemplative
Conventional
Detached
Didactic
Disbelieving

Embarrassed
Fearful
Foreboding
Gloomy
Grave
Hollow
Hopeless
Horrific
Horror
Melancholy
Miserable

Morose
Mournful
Nervous
Numb
Ominous
Paranoid
Pessimistic
Pitiful
Poignant
Regretful
Remorseful

Resigned
Sad
Serious
Sober
Solemn
Somber
Staid
Upset

Dramatic
Earnest
Expectant
Factual
Fervent
Formal
Forthright
Frivolous
Haughty
Histrionic
Humble
Incredulous
Informative
Inquisitive
Instructive

Intimae
Judgmental
Learned
Loud
Lyrical
Matter-of-fact
Meditative
Nostalgic
Objective
Obsequious
Patriotic
Persuasive
Pleading
Pretentious
Provocative

Questioning
Reflective
Reminiscent
Resigned
Restrained
Seductive
Sentimental
Serious
Shocking
Sincere
Unemotional
Urgent
Vexed
Wistful
Zealous

3rd Blog (Period 2 Only)

Read an excerpt from another group's independent read.
Write a blog here with the following format:
1. Include your name,
2. The title of the novel, and the name of the person's excerpt you are responding to.
3. What is the tone of the excerpt you have read? Be precise. See tone words below.
4. Compare and contrast the excerpt with what your independent read. Focus on subject matter, methods of research, ways of persuasion, causes, effects, etc...

Positive Tone/Attitude Words

Amiable
Amused
Appreciative
Authoritative
Benevolent
Brave
Calm
Cheerful
Cheery
Compassionate
Complimentary
Confident

Negative Tone/Attitude Words

Accusing
Aggravated
Agitated
Angry
Apathetic
Arrogant
Artificial
Audacious
Belligerent
Bitter
Boring
Brash
Childish

Humor-Irony-Sarcasm Tone/Attitude Words

Amused
Bantering
Bitter
Caustic
Comical
Condescending
Contemptuous
Critical
Cynical
Disdainful

Consoling
Content
Dreamy
Ecstatic
Elated
Elevated
Encouraging
Energetic
Enthusiastic
Excited
Exuberant
Fanciful

Friendly
Happy
Hopeful
Impassioned
Jovial
Joyful
Jubilant
Lighthearted
Loving
Optimistic
Passionate
Peaceful

Playful
Pleasant
Proud
Relaxed
Reverent
Romantic
Soothing
Surprised
Sweet
Sympathetic
Vibrant
Whimsical

Choleric
Coarse
Cold
Condemnatory
Condescending
Contradictory
Critical
Desperate
Disappointed
Disgruntled
Disgusted
Disinterested
Facetious

Furious
Harsh
Haughty
Hateful
Hurtful
Indignant
Inflammatory
Insulting
Irritated
Manipulative
Obnoxious
Outraged
Passive

Quarrelsome
Shameful
Smooth
Snooty
Superficial
Surly
Testy
Threatening
Tired
Uninterested
Wrathful

Droll
Facetious
Flippant
Giddy
Humorous
Insolent
Ironic
Irreverent
Joking
Malicious

Mock-heroic
Mocking
Mock-serious
Patronizing
Pompous
Quizzical
Ribald
Ridiculing
Sad
Sarcastic

Sardonic
Satiric
Scornful
Sharp
Silly
Taunting
Teasing
Whimsical
Wry

Sorrow-Fear-Worry Tone/Attitude Words

Aggravated
Agitated
Anxious
Apologetic
Apprehensive
Concerned
Confused
Dejected
Depressed
Despairing
Disturbed

Neutral Tone/Attitude Words

Admonitory
Allusive
Apathetic
Authoritative
Baffled
Callous
Candid
Ceremonial
Clinical
Consoling
Contemplative
Conventional
Detached
Didactic
Disbelieving

Embarrassed
Fearful
Foreboding
Gloomy
Grave
Hollow
Hopeless
Horrific
Horror
Melancholy
Miserable

Morose
Mournful
Nervous
Numb
Ominous
Paranoid
Pessimistic
Pitiful
Poignant
Regretful
Remorseful

Resigned
Sad
Serious
Sober
Solemn
Somber
Staid
Upset

Dramatic
Earnest
Expectant
Factual
Fervent
Formal
Forthright
Frivolous
Haughty
Histrionic
Humble
Incredulous
Informative
Inquisitive
Instructive

Intimae
Judgmental
Learned
Loud
Lyrical
Matter-of-fact
Meditative
Nostalgic
Objective
Obsequious
Patriotic
Persuasive
Pleading
Pretentious
Provocative

Questioning
Reflective
Reminiscent
Resigned
Restrained
Seductive
Sentimental
Serious
Shocking
Sincere
Unemotional
Urgent
Vexed
Wistful
Zealous





Tuesday, October 5, 2010

2nd Blog (Period 4 only)

  • Type the title.
  • Select two to three paragraphs from the first 25% of your book. Type it word for word on this blog. Include the page number in parenthesis (this is a reference point for other members).
  • SOAPS the excerpt. Make sure that you are specific as possible, and always write in complete sentences. Points will be deducted for punctuation and spelling errors.
  • This must be posted by Friday morning (10/8).

2nd Blog (Period 3 only)

  • Type the title.
  • Select two to three paragraphs from the first 25% of your book. Type it word for word on this blog. Include the page number in parenthesis (this is a reference point for other members).
  • SOAPS the excerpt. Make sure that you are specific as possible, and always write in complete sentences. Points will be deducted for punctuation and spelling errors.
  • This must be posted by Friday morning (10/8).

2nd Blog (Period 2 only)

  • Type the title of your book.
  • Select two to three paragraphs from the first 25% of your book. Type it word for word on this blog. Include the page number in parenthesis (this is a reference point for other members).
  • SOAPS the excerpt. Make sure that you are specific as possible, and always write in complete sentences. Points will be deducted for punctuation and spelling errors.
  • This must be posted by Friday morning (10/8).