-SPOILER ALERT: For my analysis, I use the book The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. For my analysis, I am going to analyze the climax of the book. As such, no secrets the book holds from new readers will be barred from this analysis.- The premise of this assignment is near exhilarating on the usual homework scale;…
“How to Read Like a Writer” Notes
Key Terms and Main Ideas -Read like a writer (RLW): Identify choices author made so as to make better choices in own writing -While reading, think about how the choices the author made affect you as a reader -“Would you want to try this technique in your own writing” -Two ways to read (Allen Tate): Origin and development (historians) vs. construction (architects) -Consider context around…
Why Blog? Post
Education is undergoing a long term, slow reform. Laptops and tablets are commonplace in the classrooms now, and a middle school classroom without a SMARTboard is uncommon. In his article Why Blog? Searching for Writing on the Web, author Alex Reid presents an addition to this reform: educational blogging. Reid says that “Through blogging, you…
‘Why Blog’ Notes
http://writingspaces.org/sites/default/files/reid–why-blog.pdf Key Terms and Main Ideas -‘…becoming good at anything worth becoming good at takes time.’ (why blog) -Blogging is a good way for students to develop as writers -Writing blog posts encourages students to work outside of the typical school curricula and apply their learning to their own personal lives. -Blogging gives students motivation…
I Chose a License
For my site license, I chose the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This means that no one can use my work for commercial purposes, no one modify my material then share it under my name, and if someone does want to share it, they have to credit me directly. It is important…
I Set
Somewhere, out there, one or two long abandoned blogs float around WordPress, passwords and content long forgotten. Thankfully, they did not serve meaningless lives, as I from them I gained experience on this platform. Setting up the blog was fairly simple; a bit of careful clicking here and there got me the right ‘aesthetic’. Dark…
I Introduce
The website tells me to write my story, but I refuse. My story is mine to create, and mine to remember. An hour ago, I returned from my lesson. The contrabass is so familiar in my hands, yet also so foreign. I know so much, and I have so much to learn. “Mon cœur s’ouvre…
Marleigh and the Arts 