Spring Break Blogs

#1:

My two favorite blogs from the list were Ruby's and Gaby G's. They are my favorites for a very similar reason. I find Ruby's reading response on It's Kind Of A Funny Story very relatable to me right about now. Gaby G's reading response on Glass is pretty informative and I can relate to it.

Two elements I found in both blogs were good structures and facts. Lots of facts. In Gaby's case, it was textual facts and "common sense" facts. I put quotation marks because that's stuff you kinda know. In Ruby's case, it was real life facts. We're in the last marking period. We only have two bittersweet months left at MS 51. Stress is envitable.

I want my blogs to have a relatable feel to them. They're obviously going to have my voice. I want people to look at them and say I feel that. And I think I can achieve it this time, with the help of the Blogger app :)

#2:

1. The main thing he (let's pretend) did wrong was that he made it pretty obvious that wasn't his voice. He just could've incorporated the source.

2. Original: There is the night sky filled with swirling clouds, stars ablaze with their own luminescence, and a bright crescent moon.
Paraphrase: There's a nighttime sky that has twirling clouds, beautiful, radiant stars and a big, shimmering crescent moon.

3. One way is to incorporate your sources. Another way is to PARAPHRASE. A third way is to make a bibliography.

#3:

Story read: "Guns N' Roses, Chili Peppers Bring Magic to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction" by Andy Greene

  I've been following this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction in my spare time and I'm very happy to find out everything turned out awesome. Even though Axl Rose couldn't make it, I heard everyone else rocked. I think the purpose of this article was to let people know that an American tradition had a tremendous turn out despite a few hiccups.

One example of this is despite it being the 100 year anniversary of Titanic, everyone was in high spirits: "The evening kicked off with a surprise performance by Green Day, who did a bombastic rendition of the American Idiot deep cut "Letterbomb."" This shows that Green Day delivered a solid performance that set the bar pretty high for the rest of the night. It also set the perfect "We're rocking out tonight baby!" tone. This is the first example.

Another example of this is that the years inductees were very well deserving. The list includes Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns N Roses, Beastie Boys and the list goes on: "The Faces also soldiered on without their lead singer, recruiting Simply Red's Mick Hucknall to fill his slot. ... Ian McLagan demonstrated that he's still one of the greatest keyboardists in rock and roll..." This shows that '70s band The Faces, another inductee, still has it. That's a factor in getting into the coveted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is another example.

As a teen in this generation who has a high appreciation for our rock legends, I was glad to know that the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction went great. The author even stated: "In fact, it was one of the best Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in recent memory." I wish I could've been there. Even though Axl Rose, Rod Stewart, John Frusciante and Adam Yauch couldn't make it, this tradition went on with few complaints.

Well. Here's to a fresh start! :)