The pics are here!!!

Sorry for the delay, but I only finished the slide show a couple of hours ago.

It does look good, and although there are few photos I think it gives the idea of how we were really into it.

Hope you enjoy.

Cartoons - powerpoint

Well, as I promised, my ppt.I tried to post it on Mynoteit, but for some reason it isn't working properly with me. So, I tried via myyearbook, but if it doesn't work for you just tell me and I'll post it through sendscape :)

http://www.myyearbook.com/backpack/download.php?file=2007/11/05/18/document472fa1dfac85d.ppt&perform=view

We've got to do this mega group powerpoint on cartoons!! So, the first person to download my little version should put here a comment saying they're going to be next, so that the next person waits for theirs powerpoint instead of downloading mine, if you know what I mean... *I know it sounds confusing* And don't forget editting the last page, to put your names and numbers as well. It will look messy, but as a presentation it's looking good :)

A whole batch of more cartoons

Here are a couple of cartoons that I've been saving, or that I've used in other blogs making a small contribution to our "stash" of cartoons.

A topic that I am quite fond of is 'education' or 'non-sense' but the themes presented here are also very interesting, so without further a due, here they are:

Even More Cartoons!

http://www.seashell.com.au/CartoonGallery.asp
http://www.borg.com/~rjgtoons/toon.html
Those two websites have some interesting cartoons on some different themes from the usual ones, but not less important.

eg:
Education and Technology

Vanity and Health:

More Cartoons...

Check these websites for more cartoons:


http://editorialcartoonists.com/index.cfm

http://www.halltoons.com/

Assignments and updates – bitter sweet!

1. Wednesday 7th – class assignment 1 – with dictionary.
The work and preparation you did for the class debates will help you in writing either an opinion or argumentation article. Question suggestions on pages 18 and 19 of the coursebook Reason to Write will be worth thinking about in advance. Also read the article in the book on pages 2, 3, 4.
2. Feedback from debates coming on Monday. Congratulations to you all for last week.
3. Creative writing – Either continue on from the debate topics or escape!!! ….. To post in your group blogs (not assessed, but corrected). How about for Monday 12th.

Some ideas:
i.) Play around with a sentence taken from a screen play in your short stories: “With each step farther from the Donor Processing Center, Derek feels his movements ease, his pace quicken, his stiffness loosen. A concentrated and increasing happiness sweeps across his face.”
ii.) Finish the sentence… “……and I really thought he would do it.”
iii.) Start with " I always thought we were the same ......."
iv.) Ideas from Bruce Holland Roger’s Creative Writing workshop will also be valuable. Read the specific stories he has suggetsed in his replies to the workshop notice.
4. Cartoons. If anyone has the time to create a PowerPoint with a few well-selected cartoons for use on Monday 5th (short notice –sorry), but will also be of use for the following Monday.

Cartoons

Msnbc has an excellent website with new and old cartoons. Go to http://cagle.com/ and you'll be surprised at the variety of cartoons.



Here are some of the most interesting cartoons about global warming:

Rhys Hughes and his "mermaid from Curitiba" at FCSH

Surreal. That is the first word I want to use to describe the whole experience.
Amazing, overwhelming and fantastic are all the other words that spring to mind when I think of the chance and the privilege we had on this last Wednesday.
Rhys Hughes graced us with his charm his storytelling and his witty tricks with words. Pirates were the main theme, but we gained much more than simple "crimson sails and hidden islands", we got, alien horizons, water deities and their worshippers , treasures, psychotic 'cavaquinho' players and so much much more!

The room was full. Full of people and full of curiosity. And even though the question and answer part started with baby steps it gradually became a rapid movement with questions lashing from every side of the room, we were unstoppable and Rhys was quick to gives us answers.
A delightful afternoon, one to remember for a long time.