Month: December 2012

  • My Choices for Christmas Assessment

    English will be on my mind all holiday as I have a jam-packed assessment planned. Instead of doing the suggested 3 choices, I will be doing 4 choices as I like to work hard. The four options are going to be the analytic essay, the lecture to class, dramatic monologue and language analysis! I will…

  • Metaphor Analysis

    The metaphor that I will be explaining is when Romeo said this speech: “From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death! Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide! Thou desperate pilot, now…

  • Metaphor Analysis

    Your task is to identify the metaphor present in the following excerpt and then write a paragraph that explains the metaphor and its effect on the meaning of the passage it is embedded in.   ROMEO: From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you The doors…

  • EBA Awards: December 2012: Results

    To follow are the official results of the EBA Awards for December 2012. Invented by Gabriel, these awards are designed to celebrate excellence, creativity and innovation in Year 8 Blogging. Voted for by the students themselves, everyone gets one watchmark for every vote they receive, and the winners of each category get 5 watchmarks. The…