Blog 6: Catch her in the Oatmeal

Write a stream-of-consciousness piece similar to the "Catch Her in the Oatmeal" handout. Your writing can be about your day/ week, OR you can turn your favorite fairy tale/ myth/ short story into a stream-of consciousness piece. Stream-of-consciousness is a type of storytelling where the writer reveals inner thoughts, feelings, etc., without censoring his/her work; therefore, you shouldn't take your fingers off the keyboard! Don't worry about typos/ punctuation/ grammar until the end!

This blog posting should be at least three paragraphs in length, due by Friday, 10.29.09, TEN POINTS. [This is the last blog for "Blogging Collection #1."]

So on sunday, me and my friend, emily, went for a walk for our church. We had to choose between a few different activities that we have to do to be able to make out confirmation. We chose the crop walk because we thought it was be the easiest. We had to walk six miles around town. W realized that six miles is a lot more then we thought.

We both wore Ugg boots because we wanted out feet to be comfortable and we didn't think it was that long but it ended up that at the end our feet hurt a lot and we got a lot of blisters. We also wore sweatshirts because we thought it was going to be cold out. but after a while it got really hot. We thought that we were behind everyone in our walk, so we walked quickly, but when we got to the end we realized that we were the first ones finished. There were a lot of snacks for us to have at the end of the walk since we all have to bring in a snack that was for twenty people.

We are very big Christmas fans. During the walk, Emily brought her ipod and we listening to a lot of Christmas songs since it is our favorite time of the year. A few days ago our math teacher said that she saw us walking past Shoprite together. For a while during the walk there was a really cute white dog getting walked in front of us. We almost got lost a couple of times because we couldn't see the people in front of us and we didn't really understand the map that they gave us. We have to do a lot more church activities in our to get confirmed.

Blog 5: Caulfiend's Lasting Voice

After reading the article, "Holden Caulfield's lasting voice," react to the article. Are you looking forward to reading Catcher in the Rye? Why/ why not?

The final line of the newspaper clipping shares the impression of a sixteen-year-old girl. Do you agree/ disagree with her opinion on individuals and certain pieces of literature? Can you think of another book from last year's reading selection where students were as divided?

[Posted 10.27.09, minimum two paragraphs, 6 POINTS]

I am looking forward to reading Catcher in the Rye because i heard that it was a very good book. I agree with the girl. I don't know if that is how it is with all novels, but that is how it is with some. Maybe thats how it is with Catcher in the Rye too.

I feel that way about a book that I read last summer. I don't remember the name, but it was very good and I agree with what the girl is saying. She is correct with her statement.

Blog 4:National Day on Writing PVRHS Gallery

Read three selections of student work from the PVRHS Gallery: http://galleryofwriting.org/galleries/223497 . Choose your favorite written work by either a Pascack Hills or Pascack Valley student, and comment on your favorite part about the piece [include the title and author].

What are your thoughts about the writer's tone/ voice? Is he/ she aware of an intended audience? If you could conference with the writer, what advice would you give to improve the selection? [8 points, posted by 10.21.09]

The writers tone shows that they are excited for autumn. She is aware of her audience because she didn't use too big of words. I would tell them to rhyme so it sounds more put together.

Blog 3: Family vs. Law

David's father shares his insight on page 156: "...I believe that in this world people must pay for their crimes. It doesn't matter who you are or who your relations are; if you do wrong, you pay. I believe that. I have to."

What do you think about these convictions? What other story does Wes share with David about himself? How does this story complicate his belief system? [5-6 sentences minimum, posted by 10.16.09, 4 POINTS]

I agree with these convictions. If you brake the law, no matter who you are, you should be punished. If you aren't then you might do it again because you got away with it the first time and you didn't learn anything. Wes shares that when he was a kid him and his friends refused to give their golf balls to the bullies, and Frank helped Wes out by chasing the bullies away. This story complicates the system because in that moment Frank stood up for Wes, and now Wes is giving Frank in.

Blog 2: Character Analysis

Pick one character from your reading/ class activity, and describe what the character wants in Larry Watson's Montana 1948. What prevents that character from achieving what he/she wants? How does this compare to what you want? [Two paragraphs, 5 POINTS, due 10.08.09]

Wes Hayden, in Montana 1948 by Larry Watson, only want to live in peace. He recently just found out that his own brother, Frank Hayden, had been molesting Indian girls. Ever since he found out, his life has been very hectic. He confronts his brother about it, and Frank promises to but it out, and Wes actually believes it.

Instead of Frank cutting it out, he kills Marie Little Soldier for telling on him. This brings even more trouble into Wes's life. because now, as duty of his being a sheriff, has to arrest him. Frank is preventing him to live his life in peace. If I were Wes, i would arrest him, too. Even if he was my brother, I wouldn't want him out there causing anymore harm to anyone any longer.