Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The Lighter Side of the News

Every once in a while I enjoy reading a news piece that is just plain silly. Here is a funny one about a real news paper running a fake news story. Lets this also serve as a warning to you that everything that glitters is not gold on the internet!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8237558.stm

Also check out the "fake" news site the story was pulled from, The Onion. There are always some funny headlines on there to brighten your day.

www.theonion.com

bbb

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Girl With a Pearl Earring


Hello everyone!

I hope you are doing well and settling in nicely into the school year. As we are well underway into our first novel, Girl With a Pearl Earring, I feel it is time to talk about our upcoming trip to Delft. We will be planning to take a day trip to the city and have a lot of activities planned that have to do with Vermeer, the novel and the sights and sounds of the city that we can now experience in person. This upcoming week we will be planning and getting ready to announce the day we will leave, but I want to remind everyone to keep up with their reading ( to page 92) and their assignments as well. Speaking of assignments, in addition to our group presentation work, there will be a written assignment which will be done in class after our short quiz over the first 92 pages of the novel. I hope everyone is keeping up with the reading, and is working hard on our presentations in class. Email me if you have any questions!

b.brown@atscholen.nl