http://enchantedwalkabouts.com/what-kind-of-tree-are-you/
https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/what-tree-are-you
Each week, you are required create an original post and respond to two posts. These posts may be poems, song lyrics, short stories, Ted Talks, aphorisms, pictures, news stories, etc. Each Monday, a new posting will go up, and I will check to make sure that each student has responded to the previous week's post. What do you need to include in your response? That is up to you--what stood out to you? What moved you? What was your initial reaction? Do you agree? Do you disagree? Is there something you want to analyze? These are free responses, so the content is up to you. I am not going to set a limit on the length of the response--just something longer than a tweet and shorter than an essay. In addition to your own response, you must comment on two other students' response (you know, like dialogue or something).
I am currently reading The Overstory, the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction winner. The whole book is a collection of vignettes centered around trees, and I have found it fascinating. So, for your entry this week, tell us what tree best represents you and why. I have a few links you can use to get ideas-. The first website says that I am an Apple Tree. I buy into some of the description about liking children, but some of the other description is a little fluffy. I have always like beech trees for the smooth bark, but I don't like the description. The rowan tree (sensitivity) sounds like me--both independent and dependent. I am very independent when it comes to being able to complete chores and tasks, and I occasionally enjoy some solitude, but I would not be able to live on my own for long. I would have dependence on relationships. The WWF quiz says that I am a stone pine--reliable and loyal friend. Okay, that sort of works. It is also a really cool looking tree.
http://enchantedwalkabouts.com/what-kind-of-tree-are-you/ https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/what-tree-are-you
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In honor of the Oscars, I want to talk about movies. Instead of discussing the best movie of the year, I want to talk about guilty pleasure movies. What movie or movies do you like to watch that definitely DID NOT win an Oscar? I have an incredibly long list, but I will share a few. First, the original Top Gun is one of my favorite movies of all time. It is probably the first real "adult" movie that I remember watching as a kid. I remember swinging on the swing set with my cousin pretending to be Maverick or Ice Man. I even went as Maverick one year for Halloween (with bomber jacket and sunglasses). I think I have mentioned Top Gun before so I will add another movie (possibly more embarrassing for a person who actually cares about gender norms): Dirty Dancing...I love this movie. I have seen it at least 20 times. I don't actually own the movie, but when I see it on the guide, I have to watch. The final scene gets me every time. I love the music, but it is also the setting--as many of you know or remember, I go to a family camp every summer that sort of resembles the family camp in the movie, so I have a sort of nostalgic feeling for the place. There you go--two of my guilty pleasure movies are Top Gun and Dirty Dancing.
Give us your craziest, weirdest, most off-the-wall take on Macbeth. In class, we tried to dig deeper into the play and generate some interesting topics of discussion...for this post, I want you to go even further. You are welcome to use the internet to find some items, but what crazy theory or crazy topic can you put out there about the Scottish Play? What super random item is symbolic? What super random minor character has meaning we have not discussed? What line has merit? Gooooo Weird, Gooooo Deep
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