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It's interesting how you stuck to your area of content.
May 21
As I told you during our group reading, I really enjoyed hearing your story! The fact that you could take something such as recycling and turn it into the bottle thinking about reincarnation was ingenious!
May 21
Such beautiful writing, Faith. I love your clear and lovely description of the birds, their colors and sounds. You use some powerful verbs and adjectives--"pensive," "ornate," "whistled," "surge" (whoops, my bad, I think that "surge" is a noun--bu...
May 21
I love it! It does my heart good to think that a Pepsi bottle might be worried about its environmental impact. =) And I like the idea of recycling as reincarnation! It takes the imagination of a "science person" to think of it that way. Cool...
May 21
FAITH MOXEY added 2 blog posts
May 21
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I agree with you Hernando. Not only is our future as a society dim but our present is full of problems which are a direct result of the decline in literacy among the adolesctents.The students entering college are unprepared and unfortunately they ...
April 30
I agree with the idea that books that are simpler and explicit are more helpful in teaching math and science as well.As a student i would actually seek out any books that would simplyfy a concept. Today not many students will do this but as teache...
April 23

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The Adventures of a Plastic Pepsi Bottle

I lay empty on my side bereft of my contents-sweet syrupy Pepsi! I am happy to be rid of my contents. I prefer to lay here in the warm summer sun instead of standing at attention with my contents inside me in a cold freezer. I also hated being constantly tilted as my contents were being poured out by the thirsty humans. My greatest fear was to fall and get cracked like Humpty Dumpty.
Now, I can leisurely observe what is happening around me and look back at my past and wonder what my future will… Continue

Posted on May 21, 2009 at 2:18am — 3 Comments

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THE PHEASANTS ON THE JOHN BOWNE LAND LAB

They stood on the upper bars of the aviary, decked out in splendor with their brightly-colored feathers. These were the males. On the floor below were the inconspicuous females, with their newly-hatched chicks. These were the pheasants of the John Bowne High School Land Lab.
As I entered the gates of the farm, I was attracted to the bright flecks of color from the aviary to my right. I moved closer to get a first-hand view of these beautiful birds. The highly ornate males perched together on top… Continue

Posted on May 21, 2009 at 2:17am — 1 Comment

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Response to Hernando's blog on the Shananahan Article

I agree with you Hernando. Not only is our future as a society dim but our present is full of problems which are a direct result of the decline in literacy among the adolesctents.The students entering college are unprepared and unfortunately they leave college with poor grammar skills which are being passed to the next generation.The suggestions provided by the Shannanan article are very helpful,we must address all subject areas.Inaddition,we have to provide as many incentives for these students… Continue

Posted on April 30, 2009 at 2:25pm —

 
 

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