The First Day
What is this, you ask? Good question. This site will serve as a homebase for us. It will allow us to work together and link to the work we all do. We use it to keep track of daily work, assignments, web sites, group projects and whatever else I can dream up.
I won't use it for everything. Somedays I'll want to give you the agenda and will simply send an email to you all--which leads me to the first thing I need you to do:
Send me and email atandrew.pfouts@bvsd.org
All you need to write is "this is (your name)"
After that, I want you to check out the following writings--read these first three:
After you've checked out my suggestions, post a comment on below by clicking "Comments" or the pencil icon below. Comment on your inital impressions of Twain. Explain what you thought of any of the pieces.
I won't use it for everything. Somedays I'll want to give you the agenda and will simply send an email to you all--which leads me to the first thing I need you to do:
Send me and email at
All you need to write is "this is (your name)"
After that, I want you to check out the following writings--read these first three:
- The first 30 seconds of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (audio)
- Chapter one of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- "What is Man?"
- "Extracts from Adam's Diary"
After you've checked out my suggestions, post a comment on below by clicking "Comments" or the pencil icon below. Comment on your inital impressions of Twain. Explain what you thought of any of the pieces.
posted by pfouts at 6:46 PM
11 Comments:
I am ashamed to say i too had never read Twain's work... From what i have read though he sounds like a very interesting man with a fun writing style, should be a good time making videos of his work...
Julian
I am pretty sure i read huckleberry fin when i was younger but have no recolection of it. i am excited to read Twain's work.
turner
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this line stood out wile i was reading.
"presently discovered that my feet were keeping time to that relentless jingle. When I could stand it no longer I altered my step. But it did no good; those rhymes accommodated themselves to the new step and went on harassing me just as before."
Twain seems like a very odd writer...he switches from serious to quirky in his different stories, should be interesting since I haven't read any of him before.
Like many of the other students i have not read anywork from Twain before yesterday. I enjoyed reading the three stories given, but the one that captivated me was "Aurelias`s Unfortunate Young Man." This story held unbearable misfortune with somewhat of a comedic twist. Twain had an impecable choice of vocab and kept people entertained. I am very excited for this class!
I got a small taste of Twain's writing last quarter in the american short stories class, but I'm interested in exploring more of his works and the many styles that they are writen in. I like how this class is set up from what i can tell so far, and I think that this will be a good class.
From these few stories I have read of Twain I get the sense that I'm going to enjoy reading more. I especially liked his mix of humor, good topics, and writing style.
Can't wait to read more.
i remember we read the last story in 19th cent. american lit. , and i think it portrays him best. all of his (well...these three at least) stories are very thinly veiled lessons. things i think he thought were important to convey.
or maybe they're just s
that 'S' stood for stories btw...
punch! punch!
have you ever had a song stuck in your head as bad as the charicters in punch! punch!
posted by blackey mcblack at 7:11 AM 1 comments
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