Aristotle by Billy Collins : The Poetry Foundation [poem] : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry.

Aristotle by Billy Collins : The Poetry Foundation [poem] : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry.

ENG2DG Poetry Homework

Binder Spines Found Poetry Activity

Found poetry is created by finding the words or lines of your poem in unusual places.

Your task is to assemble a found poem the titles on the spines of books. You must include Night and at least 5 other books (no more than 10 books). You will bring these books to class to show off your found poem.

Wiki address

In case you forgot where the course wiki page is, please follow the link (you may wish to bookmark it also):

http://haleswiki.wetpaint.com/

Good luck!

Taylor Mali

Taylor Mali's slam poem "Like you know"





Taylor Mali's slam poem "What Teachers Make"

Wikipedia removes my posting

It took a few days, but the fine folks at wikipedia finally removed my posting for My Papa's Waltz. Having said this, they did not remove it because it is wrong. In fact the they removed it because it was believed to be blatant advertising. It makes my wonder what would have happened if I had written it just a little differently.

My Papa's Waltz

Okay, so if you have looked carefully then you will find the mischievous action I have taken on Wikipedia. Yes, I posted something there; you just have to figure it out. Good luck!

Welcome back to school!

The 2008-2009 school year has now begun. Plesae use this blog to follow some of the things happening in class.

I have posted the link for the SEEP book so that you can download it if you wish.

Good luck!

Satire -- The Daily Show

The Daily Show is an excellent example of satire. This video clip pokes fun at both former NFL football star, murder suspect, and now armed robbery suspect O.J. Simpson and Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton.

Plagiarism Info

As we head into more writing and researching in the course, it is worthwhile being reminded of what constitutes academic fraud. I have posted a few interesting sites to checkout. Especially entertaining are the videos presented by the Rutgers University Libraries. make sure you open in a new tab or window so you can easily navigate back to this page.

Student Focused Learning?

Is this really what people mean when they suggest that we make the lessons student centered? Of course not, but the cartoon should make us realize the dangers of giving in to the belief that students can not be challenged.

This is a fascinating parody of the Harry Potter series and the expanding empire that is Wal-Mart.

What is Plagarism?

To plagiarize is to borrow someone else’s words or ideas without mentioning
his/her name and/or without using quotation marks (“...”).

PLAGIARISM is taking another person’s words, ideas or statistics and passing them off as your own. The complete or partial translation of a text written by someone else also constitutes plagiarism if you do not acknowledge your source.

Since we cannot always be original it is entirely acceptable to present another person’s ideas in your work. However, it must be done properly to avoid plagiarism.

The University of Ottawa has an excellent handout on plagiarism, and how to avoid it.
(http://www.uottawa.ca/plagiarism.pdf)

Stuff Your Classmates Can Use

What are some great things you use to help you in English class? Are there any sites that provide great info for research?

Give the links that you think will be usefull! :-)