The block of marble is not the sculptor, and doesn’t see that he’s about to become a masterpiece…We’re the block of marble and God is the sculptor, and the chisel is…. everything. – Peter Kreeft
What I should do….
Bucky says, “Determining the factors that will be most powerful is on of the greatest pressures.”
Megan says, “Reread to find mistakes like writing you, it, and thing.”
Shustyn says,” Stop generalizing everything at the beginning of the post.”
Chetter says, “Make more debatable topic sentences.”
Sarah says, “ Quit writing (x=x) statement!”
Amie says, ” Write [...]
Today I was asked: “How do I write a book review?”
Here’s a quick trip about what I found:
My first stop was at Amazon. With each book is a snippet of a responses from readers/buyers/sellers. The purpose of the reviews are simple – take a few seconds to write a sharply worded sentence or two and recommend [...]
I found a scribbled, hastily assembled, crumpled piece of paper simply titled “Tips” in my desk today.
As far as I recall, it was the product of grading a set of essays a couple years ago on the novel Wild Geese by Martha Ostenso.
A common practice of mine after reading/marking a set of essays is to [...]
Welcome to new STJ bloggers. No doubt you are learning new skills very quickly, but take your time to figure it all out, depend on each other, and ask questions of your teacher.
Grade 9 bloggers overcame a snag in the STJ email server(again!). The server simply stopped sending email until our division techies fixed the [...]
Choose a focus for your final response to Hamlet.
Synthesize alternative points of view, (include links to sources: your posts, STJ blogs, etc.).
Review your responses throughout our study:
Thaw, resolve, adieu…
Hamlet Getting Started 2
Is Polonius a Good Father?
Hamlet: Before Act 1 and 2
Why read literature?
Writing tips:
Outcome-Illustrating Verbs
Voice and Structure(Student blog will win $10,000 Scholarship)
Did I mention keep [...]
Congratulations Kimberley! The two runners up, Jess Kim and Shelley Batts, will each be awarded $1,000.
The remaining 7 finalists in the top 10 will be sent a $100 award for their participation. This includes:
Thomas Peters
Matthew Burden
Grant Brisbee
Paul Stamatiou
Shane Lavalette
Stephanie Collins
Karin Dalziel
Any surprises?
Kimberly Klein was a clear first place choice by many STJ bloggers.
One blogger chosen by “the internet” will win $10,000 US scholarship … for keeping a blog.
As the ratio of high school student blogs I read to the number of college student blogs I read approaches infinity, I think it a good time we troll a few of the best college bloggers in the US.
All STJ [...]
Consequences
How do we live with the consequences of our decision making?
Related Questions:
What are the consequences of an important decision that you have made recently?
What are informed decisions? What are uninformed decisions?
What role does foresight play in our decision making? What are the advantages and disadvantages of hindsight?
What is the effect of making a decision when [...]
AKA Strong Verbs
Knowledge of terminology; specific facts; ways and means of dealing with specifics (conventions, trends and sequences, classifications and categories, criteria, methodology); universals and abstractions in a field (principles and generalizations, theories and structures): Knowledge is (here) defined as the remembering (recalling) of appropriate, previously learned information: Arrange; defines; describes; duplicate; enumerates; identifies; labels; [...]
