The Nobel prizes are awarded

This week's blog focuses on the Nobel prizes. If you recall, a number of years ago we displayed a bulletin board filled with fun facts about Nobel and the various Nobel prizes. This year, you boys will use this space to collaborate about the Nobel prizes and decide how that information should be displayed on the bulletin board for your school mates to learn new information about these important prizes. See the official website, http://nobelprize.org/ for more information. Each of you will report on a prize and this year's recipient. First come, first served. Our president is a recipient this year. What prize did he receive and why? Are there Jewish/ Israeli recipients? Seek and you shall find out about these genii among us. I am anxious to read what you uncover about these men and women, individuals who, I hope, will serve to inspire you this year. You have until October 29 to blog! The bulletin board you create will be ready to display on November 2, 2009. Enjoy this "nobel" endeavor!

Reading articles

I am quite fond of certain magazines (The New Yorker is just one of my favorites) and urge you to find a "favorite" magazine. Today, you don't need to subscribe to a magazine in order to enjoy reading quality articles. Perhaps you have a talent or interest that you want to pursue. Journals exist on most topics under the sun- find one that suits you. Blog about your journal article and the journal itself. We are eager to read your article, so be sure to link the article directly to your post, as I did. To do so, underline the word you want to link and click on the hyperlink icon. Viola!

You have until Chol HaMoed.

Happy reading!

Malcolm Gladwell

You have read one article by Malcolm Gladwell. Gladwell is one of my favorites. He is an excellent writer who writes for a phenomenal publication- The New Yorker; aside from that, he has great hair! We will read Gladwell in the future. For now, tell me something serious and something fun about him (as I told you something serious and something fun already!).

Gladwell posts should arrive by September 15. Otherwise, I open it up to all my fine readers on the World Wide Web...so students- make me proud!

Mrs. Tsuna

Welcome!

Folks- the time has come.

"To talk of many things:
Of shoes-and ships-and sealing-wax-
Of cabbages-and kings-
And why the sea is boiling hot-
And whether pigs have wings."

As the Walrus famously says in his invitation to the Oysters, the time has come! Time for what, you may ask? And who is that Walrus, anyway? And what became of those Oysters? And who thinks of these things- anthropomorphizing walruses and oysters ?

Well, I cannot claim the genius of Carroll, but I hope to inspire you to discover your inner genius.
This blogspot is a space for you to contemplate and ruminate upon all that you read, both in and outside of class. Over the course of this first semester, we will read articles, short stories, poems and novels. Your creative responses are welcome here, any time-day or night- java not required.

Please respond to the title of the blog and the poem referenced above by September 1, 2009 for a chance to win fantastic blog-prizes!

I look forward to the jabber....

Mrs. Tsuna