Writings on the Wall

This week’s blog offers you brainstorming opportunities and you can even earn an extra credit point!

Directions:

Please write down either a cool idea for the blog OR a summer reading book choice (it must be appropriate, meaning no strong language and no adult situations). Please describe the idea or book choice, why you chose it or think it would be a great summer reading book and why it would be the most interesting choice. For the book, you must also give a brief annotation about the book (one or two sentences briefly describing its plot).

Extra Credit: If I pick your blog idea or summer reading book recommendation, I will give you an extra credit point, BUT only if the idea is well written and explained well. PLUS, I will give you an extra credit point if you give me both a blog idea AND a summer reading book choice IF they are both appropriate and well written.

Thank you in advance for your excellent ideas and book recommendations!

Please read at least two links from the Shakespeare timeline to learn more about his life and what scholars know and do not know about Shakespeare; then write about two of the things you learned and discuss why they were interesting to you. DO NOT REPEAT OTHERS’ ENTRIES! There is plenty of information to go around. Check out these other links if you wish:

Shakespeare Genealogy

Shakespeare Timeline Summary Chart

Then take the Shakespeare Biography Quiz here. How well did you do?

Please read the information on the front page of the following link on Shakespeare’s Language and then click on a few of the links further down on the page to inspire you to create your own word with definition! Shakespeare was the king of creating new words by merging words together. Definitely check out Shakespeare’s Dictionary and look at the words he coined. This will inspire you to create a word of your own.

Directions: Check out at least two of the websites from the link above, including the Shakespeare Dictionary. Then, write something new that you learned from the websites regarding Shakespeare, his language or Elizabethan England in general. DO NOT REPEAT OTHERS’ POSTS! You must find something new to discuss. Finally, create your own word with a definition. This word must be appropriate or you will receive a zero.

Have fun! We will share our words Friday.

What song was the top of the Billboard charts the day you were born? Click on this link: Top of the Charts and follow the directions to search for your song. Then write about what you think of the song. If someone else has the same song as you, please write something different about it than that person. You can talk about the song itself, the genre, why you like or dislike the song and if you think it has anything to do with you or your personality or the opposite. Be descriptive and grammatically correct!

This blog prompt is from “C” block. I let them choose something fun to write about this time and because it was just the Chinese New Year, they thought it would interesting for all of us to explore our Zodiac signs. Click on this link: http://www.astrology-online.com/persn.htm, and find your Zodiac sign. Read at least two paragraphs, or skip around to the various sections, and then write about your sign.

1. Read about your sign.

2. After reading about it, decide if this fits your personality or not. List two examples of things that EITHER do or do not match your personality and why you think so.

3. Respond to one of your friend’s posts. Is he or she being honest?

4. Even though this is a quirky topic, you still need to take it seriously!