Hello students and friends! I've decided to move my online headquarters to this blog to make it easier for my students to find me and to provide an online forum that my students will be able to use on a regular basis.
The title of this blog is "Green Eggs and Ham with Pull I Am" for several reasons. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss has always been one of my favorite books. In it, the main character does not want to try those green eggs and ham, no matter how many different ways Sam I Am tries to dish them up. He will not eat them with a fox, he will not eat them in a box... You know how it goes. And what happens at the end of the book? The main character finally takes a risk and tries the meal before him, and what happens? He likes it! This book teaches us such a great life lesson. I think we're all resistant to change. The unfamiliar is scary and sometimes even intimidating, but if we are willing to take a risk and try new things we are often surprised to find out that new things can be wonderful!
I've been teaching English for while now, and I love literature and writing with a passion! However, often the students who enter my classroom aren't always the world's biggest fans of my subject. Never fear: I'm persistent (some call it stubborn), and like Sam I Am, I'm willing to try almost anything to get my students to try challenging reading and writing. I call this "Creative Persistence." I think it's a great way to live life! Don't ever let the unknown discourage you. You never know how much you might love that novel, poem, play, or composition... that is, you won't know until you try it!
Of course, it's just a fun coincidence that my new last name is Pulliam = Pull I Am. In my classroom, we'll try green eggs and ham all year. =)
Believe it or not, seniors, you have just a few more months before you graduate from high school and begin the new chapter of your lives! Check back frequently to keep up with me!
I thought it was really interesting how involved in politics Lewis Carroll was and how he incorporated it into his works. He seemed to have a lot of understanding on how the British government worked and had his own ideas on how to better improve it. The article was really supposed to be about religion, but I got more politics out of it. I liked the article.
ReplyDelete-Hallie B.
“If a gentleman, without proper introduction, should ask a lady with whom he is not acquainted to dance or promenade, the lady should positively refuse.” Though Alice had no problem with refusing what the Mad Hatter offered her everything else seemed to be a little on the wrong side. No one in the tea party scene in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland had any respect for Victorian era party rules. They showed little respect for each other without even having a true introduction.
ReplyDelete-Rebecca Raine
"You look alittle shy: let me introduce you to that leg of mutton,said the red queen" This mean manners the queen was trying to teach Alice The Proper way to meet ans greet someone like a queen or a king and she beliveves alice should know the right way when it comes to meeting someone in the upper class.
ReplyDelete-Gabrielle Brown 3/14/11