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Painting Depiction (Thesis)

Posted in Uncategorized on December 3, 2009 by tellison

In the painting Cronus Devouring His Children by Goya , The disturbing and sick chewing of his children instead of swallowing them whole, the painter wanted to let us know that any mortal man can come back from any failer or obstacle.

                                                     Cronus Divouring His Children

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Twitter Persona Assignment

Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2009 by tellison

Hercules

This twitter persona assignment is for my mythology grade. My teacher gave me a mythology character for English and I was supposed to act as the character and let my class mates figure out who I was, also I had to figure out who they were. Here are my tweets that I gave to my class mates for them to figure out who I was.

1. I am compassionate as i am brave!
2. Greece honored and admired my qualities
3. I did not like music
4. Hey Theseus, you knw im a better hero then you!
5. I still have nightmares about snakes!!!!!
6. I killed the Lion of Nemea by choking the life out of him and no weapon could wound the creature I cared the carcass on my back to mycenae
7. Im a beast i killed a creature that had nine heads in Lerna
8.Im the strongest of the strongest !
9. Man i can take anybody and out do their strength
10. My father is Zeus.

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Mythology Presentation

Posted in Uncategorized on November 13, 2009 by tellison

Glogster Assignment

Posted in Uncategorized on October 19, 2009 by tellison

This is the link to my Glogster

Best Sentences

Posted in Uncategorized on September 28, 2009 by tellison

I tasted my drink. pg.68  Simple Sentence

I was in a warehouse, and I was alone. pg.76  Compound Sentence

 Reluctantly the guard removed his hand from my neck and let me rise. pg 138   Complex Sentence

She  gave me an abrupt glare, as if I had slapped her, but like all of her expressions, it quickly changed. pg 70   Compound- Complex Sentence

  I found the four best sentences in the book Full Tilt.

Best sentences- October Sky

Simple Sentence- Wooden splinters whistled past my ears. (pg. 45)

Compound Sentence- I was irritated enough to tell him, but then the black phone rang. (pg. 122)

Compound-Complex Sentence- We live, he said to the hushed congregation, in a day and age when fathers often do not receive the respect they should from their sons. (pg. 123)

 Complexe Sentence- I didnt realy want to discuss it with him, because I was sure he’d criticize me for wasting my time. (pg. 265)

Full Tilt Book Review

Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2009 by tellison
    I recently read Full Tilt.  I think other teens would like to read this book because it’s interesting, and it’s a great selection for people that like to read thrillers. It’s about two brothers that go to a bizarre phantom carnival, and their names are Blake and Quinn. Blake is the older brother and Quinn is the youngest, Quinn is thrill seeking and fearless, but Blake is responsible and constantly has to keep an eye on Quinn. They are trapped in the carnival and are customers forever. The only way they can escape is by Blake surviving seven of the most deadliest rides in the carnival. Blake has no choice but to face up to a terrifying secret from his past to save them before the carnival steals their souls.

Quotation Assignment

Posted in Assignment, Uncategorized with tags , on September 14, 2009 by tellison

“A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.”

 

 Pat Riley

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    A great coach from the NBA established his quote and his name is Pat Riley. He is a strong basketball coach and he is famous for coaching Los Angeles, New York, and Miami. Riley was head coach for Los Angeles for nine years and guided the team to four NBA titles, also Riley spent four successful seasons as the head coach of the New York Knicks. He carried the Knicks to four straight winning seasons, four consecutive playoff berths and complied a 223-105 record. His quote makes me visualize me playing as a champion and exemplifies how champions are.