Herr Stuck

We’re Done

Radiant — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:22:48 +0000

WoW! Surprisingly enough we all made it! What a year it has been? All the fun memories. Even if we wanted to I don’t think we’ll be able to forget this class. I for one will miss all of my 6th hour buddies. You guys made it so much more fun! You Rock! tehehe Well, have a great summer everyone and have fun in Hall’s class next year!

~ Your Favorite Radiant Redhead~

Final Exam Review

The Artist That Formerly Was Known as (and Still is) Chillaxed — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:50:22 +0000

Courtesy of Spectacular, we have a 16 page review file for your final. No time to change it to a PDF, so if you do not have Microsoft Word, too bad — go download OpenOffice for free.

Oh, and don’t forget about the name & vocabulary quizzes tomorrow!

English 10 Final Exam Review [.doc]

Poetry Test

The Artist That Formerly Was Known as (and Still is) Chillaxed — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:21:36 +0000

The poetry test is tomorrow, 6 June 2007. Classes went over material they are to be tested on today in class.

The first page consists of matching. Know the definitions of the following poetry terms:

Allegory
Blank Verse
Alliteration
Allusion
Paraphrase
Denotation
Assonance
Paradox
Metaphor
Meter
Connotation
Irony
Form
Sarcasm
Caesura
Free Verse
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Personification
Consonance

The second page has the poem “The Art of Drowning.” There is a word bank on the bottom of the page, which tells which poetic elements must be identified in the poem. These elements consist of the following:

Run-on line
Personification
Paradox
Metaphor
Denotation
Irony
Symbol
Stress
Stanza
Caesura
Sarcasm
Imagery
Free Verse
End-stopped line
Blank Verse

The third page contains the Emily Dickinson poem that begins with the line “Because I could not stop for Death.” Students must analyze the poem, showing the form, meaning, musicality, and figurative language. While there are a wide variety of plausible responses, students must be able to support what they right with evidence from the poem.

The fourth page is a mystery and was not disclosed by the real Herr Stuck.

Vocabulary for the Week of 5.29.07

The Artist That Formerly Was Known as (and Still is) Chillaxed — Wed, 30 May 2007 22:29:10 +0000

Her/hes — “to stick” or “to get stuck”

adherent
cohesion
incoherent
inherent

fug — to flee or escape

centrifugal
fugitive
fugue
subterfuge

cosm — ornament & order

cosmetic
cosmology
cosmopolitan
cosmos

sci — to know or understand

conscientious
omniscience
prescient
unconscionable

Click Here for All Definitions

MGRP

The Artist That Formerly Was Known as (and Still is) Chillaxed — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:22:57 +0000

Just a friendly reminder that this Memorial Day weekend is your last weekend to finish your MGRP’s, which are due next Friday, 1 June 2007. For those using Google Homepage you can email me and I’ll invite you to use the MGRP Due Date Countdown Widget. After today, only eight more days… Herr Stuck can’t bail you out on this one either, so if you have yet to start, face the fact that you are probably screwed anyway.

Vocabulary for the Week of 5.21.07

The Artist That Formerly Was Known as (and Still is) Chillaxed — Tue, 22 May 2007 01:47:00 +0000

Mor/mort — “To die” or “death”

Immortality
Moribund
Mortician
Mortify

Nec/nic/nox — having to do with death and dying. Also from nekros “corpse.”

Internecine
Necrosis
Noxious
Pernicious

Mythology – The study of myths

Aeolian harp
Cynosure
Laconic
Mnemonic
Platonic
Sapphic
Socratic
Solecism

~~It’s somewhat late, so I’ll post the links, definitions and such later. If you want to speed up the process, leave comments to harass my Gmail inbox.~~

Click for All Definitions

Vocabulary for the Week of 5.14.07

The Artist That Formerly Was Known as (and Still is) Chillaxed — Wed, 16 May 2007 01:38:49 +0000

Extra — places words outside or beyond their usual or routine territory.

Extramundane
Extrapolate
Extrovert
Extraneous

Phos/Phot — comes from Greek “light”

Phosphorescent
Photogenic
Photon
Photosynthesis

Luc — light & to shine or glitter

Elucidate
Lucent
Lucubration
Translucent

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Vocabulary for the Week of 4.30.07

The Artist That Formerly Was Known as (and Still is) Chillaxed — Thu, 03 May 2007 02:24:15 +0000

Sorry it took so long to get this up — lots of shenanigans this week. Be prepared for a quiz containing “Julius Caesar” in addition to vocab from this week and last week. Possibly some grammar on there as well, so anything is possible.

Click for All Definitions | Roots via Stuck’s Site

Vocabulary for the Week of 4.23.07

The Artist That Formerly Was Known as (and Still is) Chillaxed — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:13:12 +0000

Words from mythology this week, so there are no roots to learn. While I haven’t asked, I am quite certain that Cassandra is not a synonym for Creative, so don’t be fooled by [begin obscure Terry Tate reference] mythology’s crazy mind games, because sometimes, it’s about intimidation you know [/Office Linebacker].

Click for all definitions.

Vocabulary for the Week of 4-16-07

Radiant — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:18:50 +0000

theosophy