Art inspired by mythology

December 3rd, 2009 by

Cronus

In the Painting Cronus devouring his children by Fransico de Goya, describes the struggle between keeping power.

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Twitter Persona

December 2nd, 2009 by

Narcissus

1. In pity, the Gods changed me into a lovely flower bending its head over the water.   2. Every girl knows me for my beauty!  3. If only I felt the same way about Echo, as she does me.  4. Today, I made fun of someone that is not all there.   5. I am the hottest guy to ever step on the face of this earth, i saw my reflection in the waters of a spring and died.   6. I am a Scorner of Love.  7. My mother was told that I would have a long life.8. I am the son of the River God!9. I am a hero from the territory of Thespiae and Boeotia.10. I left Echo heartbroken and she spent the rest of her life in lonely glens.

Narcissus

 

In this class we are reading the book, Greek Mythology. We are doing an assignment and every person in the class is a character from the book. We have to get ten quotes for your person and your classmates have to guess who you are by the tweets that you leave on twitter. I am Narcissus.

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Mythology Presentation

November 16th, 2009 by

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Glogster Assignment

October 16th, 2009 by

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The Lottery Book Review

October 1st, 2009 by

I just  recently read the book, The Lottery, written by Shirley Jackson. This book is written on about a sixth grade level. This book takes place in a very small town with a population of about three-hundred. Just about the most appreciated value of the small town is work. Women only work at home, not within the economy, women are not as important to the family as men. Young boys have also learned the value of work after their fathers, play for them is very rare. The lottery takes place with the hierarchy within the settlement. Mr. Summers conducts the lottery, he is the owner of the biggest business in this town, the coal business.

This book is about many families that go to a hierarchy and play a game called the lottery. If someone from your family is chosen to draw, and they are not there, someone else from your family will be chosen to draw for them. In my opinion, this is not a good book for people in my grade to read, because of the level it is written on, however, I would recommend this book to younger children.

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Best Sentences

October 1st, 2009 by

I just recently read the book The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson. Check out the four sentences that I found while reading the story below.

Compound Sentence-”The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.”   PAGE 7

Simple Sentence-”They greeted one another and exchanged bits of  gosssip as they went to join their husbands.”   PAGE 9

Compound-Complex Sentence- ” The lottery was conducted as the square dances, the teen-age club, the Halloween program by Mr. Summers, who had time and energy to devote to civic activities.”   PAGE 9

Complex Sentence- “The people had done it so many times that they only half  listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.”   PAGE 17

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Quotation Assignment

September 14th, 2009 by

“I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.”
– Socrates
 
     Socrates was born in 470 b.c. He died in 399 b.c. Socrates was a Classical Greek Philosophser. He said this quote because he is very smart, but he doesnt want to do anything for anyone. Socrates was a very famous teacher. He could do it for them but he wants them to do it for themselves, so next time they will know how to do it. This quote caught my eye because I have been laying back and not trying. This quote helps me try harder and not give up. 
 
  

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