Hope you’re all enjoying your break.  I came across this book in B&N yesterday.  Thought you might want to check it out.

Lynda Barry’s What It Is

What happens after the test? from Examiner.com.

with some other good words thrown in.  We will work on this list over the weekend.  More info tomorrow.

Metonymy

Allegory

Inveterate

Euphemism

Conflagration

Denotation

Synecdoche

Malapropism

Bombast

Paradox

Homily

Syntax

Syllogism

Circumlocution

Obdurate

Archetype

Pernicious

Antithesis

Epithet

Allusion

Apostrophe

Litote

Epideictic

Chiasmus

Assonance

Lexicon

Epistrophe

Juxtaposition

Induction

Deduction

a post chock full of links, video, books, and discussion topics.

I shared some cool contemporary artists with you on Thursday, promising links for browsing.  Here you go:

• Greg Simkins’s website, I’m Scared
• Works by Naoto Hattori
• Brian Dettmer’s Book Autopsies via Centripetal Notion

Colin Meloy interlude…

This is one of those careers you never think about.  The Believer interviews Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, set decorator for Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, and… Just check it out.  Another testament to the underlying thought that goes into any good piece of art in order to communicate an idea.

I especially love the statement about Owen Wilson’s character’s rocket sheets:

They sort of made sense in that room somehow, in a way that was authentic and quirky and fundamentally human.

I wrote about "quirkiness" in film yesterday.  If you haven’t read that post, check it out here at The Winsome Scholar.

More to come later.  If you haven’t purchased Pearson’s The Princeton Review, please do so.

I’m told that the 3rd graders are planning a "secret" pizza party for their high school friends. Wouldn’t it be nice if we returned the favor?  I’m reaching out to you all for ideas.  Something knitted for our friends might be cool; I’ll talk to Ms. C about that.  Please remember that there will be no reading this coming week, so we should have plenty of time to plan and create.  If inspiration hits, post it below.

I’ve been very impressed with all of you who have stuck with it this semester.  It may seem like a simple activity, but it makes an immeasurable difference in the kids’ lives.  For them to have interaction with someone, if only for an hour each week, someone who is interested in their lives and their development, is a very big deal.  You each have made a difference in the life of another.  For that, much respect.  The world needs more people like you.