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Archive for November, 2007

November 30, 2007


from Jess*Lo’s photostream (Creative Commons license)

Do one of these two activities: 

“Hopes are but the dreams of those who are awake.” –Pindar, 522?-443 B.C.

  1. How are hopes like dreams? What are your hopes? Answer using 2 to 3 sentences.
  2. Go to this site and create a scrapbook of art (it’s at the bottom right). Use MercerELD+yourfirstname@gmail.com for the email.

November 29, 2007

tell truth from arimoore’s photostream (Creative Commons license)

“A man that should call everything by its right name, would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy” –Lord Halifax 1661-1715

Should a person tell the truth at all times? Explain why, or why not below using 2-3 sentences.

November 28, 2007


Limitless personality from Carf’s photostream Creative Commons license

Answer one of the two questions as a comment with two to three sentences:

1. The picture above is called limitless personality. What limits do you think you have put on your personality? What do you think the photographer means by giving the picture that title?

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures” –Henry Ward Beecher 1813-1887

2. Imagine you were to paint a picture, compose a song, or write a story. What would it be? Describe your creation and how would you “paint your nature” (put your personality) into it?

November 27, 2007


from Kevin Steele’s photostream Creative Commons license

How does the white space at the right of the photo make the picture better? Why isn’t he cat in the center of the picture?

  1. Go to script.pot on the desktop and write the script for one of the topics for this week’s podcast

November 26, 2007


from EricGjerde’s photostream Creative Commons license

What different shapes can you see in the photo above?

  1. Listen to our last podcast: eldpodcast1.mp3
  2. Send me a comment with ideas for this week’s podcast
  3. Visit these links to do writing…

Make a Charlotte’s Web Comic

Write a Goosebumps story WARNING! This site is haunted, so you’d better write at least five sentences before you go off and do something like making a monster, OR ELSE! Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

Write a post card, then print it out. Remember, no full names!