Happy Halloween!

Tell the story of Halloween from the perspective of a piece of candy.

A Tale of Two Cities

http://www.chicagonow.com/being-catholic-really/2010/12/a-tale-of-two-cities/

Read this article and respond to how you might apply the lessons from A Tale of Two Cities to your world. 

Ha! Ha! Ha!

We had the luxury of hearing a professional comedian in school on Friday.  Give examples of how "Bubba Bradley" used some or all of the four elements of satire in his routine.  Some were more obvious than others.  Do your best to analyze his routine using those elements.  He also talked about using humor to advance your ideas and opportunities.  I might argue that writing satire is one of the most difficult genres and requires a lot of discipline as well as creativity.  End your post with a joke.  It can be original or borrowed, but it must be clean. 


Q: What do you say when you are comforting an English teacher?
A: There, Their, They're

Paradox, Overstatment, Understatment and Irony

 Read "The Last Leaf" and tell us how it fits into the chapter dealing with figurative language in terms of paradox, overstatement, understatement and/or irony.