http://dwalker.edublogs.org knowledge, understanding, joy Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:54:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am down here in New Jersey visiting Will, and those of you know him know how bonkers he is about all things tech. He is a proudly self-professed geek. Being around him is a little intoxicating. I get swept up in things I just barely wrap my head around; ... http://dwalker.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/a-brush-with-ustream-and-a-crazy-twitter/ I have been tagged by Jeff. I'll give it a go. First, the Rules: 1) Post these rules before you give your facts 2) List 8 random facts about yourself 3) At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names, linking to them 4) Leave a comment on their blog, ... http://dwalker.edublogs.org/2007/08/22/getting-random/ It's another CAPT week, so our schedule is a bit odd. We meet Monday and then Thursday and Friday. Characterization is going to be very important as we begin our reading of Animal Farm. Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer are central. Be aware of what sets them apart from the other ... http://dwalker.edublogs.org/2007/03/12/getting-into-animal-farm-312-316/ Holden shows us pretty clearly that he has a particular set of beliefs that are really important to him. He believes that movies are rubbish. He believes that phoney people are annoying. He believes in books. And he believes that the young and the innocent need the protection of the ... http://dwalker.edublogs.org/2007/01/30/hello-antigone-129-22/ Usually when I begin "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" I am struck, sometimes literally I think, by the first three lines. "The evening is spread out against the sky" is beautiful, lyrical. In the next breath I am thunderstruck by the comparison to an etherized patient. Despite the rhythm ... http://dwalker.edublogs.org/2007/01/25/muttering-restless-and-insidious/ It is English 122. You are officially second semester freshmen. It's a big deal to make it through the first semester of high school. Congratulations!! So here is the plan. We will finish The Catcher in the Rye this week and begin writing your first personal narrative about a crucial ... http://dwalker.edublogs.org/2007/01/22/welcome-to-english-122-122-126/ BLOCK 7 EXAM IS ON THURSDAY 1/18 AT 9:45 IN RM. 117 BLOCK  8 EXAM IS ON FRIDAY 1/19 AT 9:45 IN RM. 117  It's hard to believe that we are at the end of the first semeseter. I must tell you that I am excited by your focus and attention in ... http://dwalker.edublogs.org/2007/01/08/holy-mackeral-its-the-last-week-of-the-semester-18-112/ During this week we will see Holden lose it with Stradlater and decide to leave Pency early. We will also see him lie extravagently and begin to feel quite sad and alone. Here is what the week's reading looks like. Monday 12/18: read ch. 6 & 7 Tuesday 12/19: We drop Wednesday 12/20: read ch. 8 ... http://dwalker.edublogs.org/2006/12/18/its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas-1218-1222/ We are nearing the end of our work with Of Mice and Men. We are going to use our discussion of character to retell part of the story from a particular character's point of view. We will also finish up our work with vocabulary. Here is what the week looks ... http://dwalker.edublogs.org/2006/12/04/the-week-of-124-128/ When Marlow eases that rattrap of a steamboat out onto the river away from the central station, he has already ready begun to give the legend of Kurtz credence. Marlow wants answers to questions he can barely articulate, and he believes Kurtz will answer them. In short Marlow has expectations, ... http://dwalker.edublogs.org/2006/11/19/marlow-discovers/