Donnie+Wilson

My name is Donnie Wilson and I am currently a Senior at Clemson University to become a Secondary Education English Teacher. Ever since I can remember I have always wanted to be a teacher. I was born in Seneca, SC in January. I love to read and write, and I spend most of my time reading all sorts of novels and poetry. My hope is that when I get my own classroom my students will be able to appreciate me as their teacher. My parents have always asked me why I wanted to be a teacher, and I have always told them that it's not because of the money, but because I want to be able to help people. I was asked why not become a doctor. My response to that is: I do not want to have the responsibility of having someone's life or death in my hand, or I do not want to deal with sick people everyday. I want to deal with people that are coherent and ready to learn. This is just a little bit about me as a person. If anyone wants to know anything else, please feel free to ask!

=**The American Literature Archive**=



This site gives students a chance to see the authors that fall into this category of literature. If they was assigned an "Author Bio" in class, and had to research a specific author of this genre, then they would be able to find the author of their choice, along with types of works they have written.

=**The Literature Network **=



This site is like the above one listed, but it gives a wider expanse of different genres of literature. For example, students will be able to see literature movements in history, and they would also be able to see writers of that time period. Students would also be able to choose what time period they would like to study, or be able to find what time period this certain type of literature was prominent. For example, if they chose the British Literature (genre) and Renaissance (time period), the students would be able to find Shakespeare's plays, Marlowe's writings etc.

Glogster can is an interesting way of introduction, or an interesting way to present ideas in a new/interesting way. Glogster is a way to step away from a traditional PowerPoint presentation or having to do traditional poster-board presentations. This is a fun way for students to introduce themselves to their classmates and teachers. It is also a way to show the teacher how students deal with technology in the classroom.For example, students seem to react in a more positive way with technology than they do with traditional methods of classroom work. This is because it allows the students to use technology, and allows them to be able to be artistic even if they are not artistic by hand.

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 * A Comet Appears **
 * The Shins. ** W ritten by [|James Mercer]

One hand on this wily comet Take a drink just to give me some weight Some uber-man I'd make I'm barely a vapor

They shone a chlorine light on A host of individual sins Let's carve my aging face off Fetch us a knife Start with my eyes Down so the lines Form a grimacing smile

Close your eyes to corral a virtue Is this fooling anyone else? Never worked so long and hard To cement a failure

We can blow on our thumbs and posture But the lonely is such delicate things The wind from a wasp could blow them Into the sea, With stones on their feet Lost to the light and the loving we need

Still to come, The worst part and you know it There is a numbness In your heart and it's growing

With burnt sage and a forest of bygones I click my heels Get the devils in line A list of things I could lay the blame on Might give me a way out

But with each turn It's this front and center Like a dart stuck square in your eye Every post you can hitch your faith on Is a pie in the sky Chock full of lies A tool we devise To make sinking stones fly

And still to come, The worst part and you know it There is a numbness In your heart and it's growing.

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=**My Response**=

The song that is listed above makes me think about someone that has fallen on hard times. When the song first starts, it is like I can see a man sitting at a bar, taking a drink from a glass and thinking really hard about something that is going on in his life. As the song progresses, the lyrics strike me as this man puts on a fake-happy face in order to hide how he really feels. Then, once he gets behind closed doors his emotions get the best of him. The line "take a drink just to give me some weight" makes the illusion of someone using alcohol to try to solve emotional problems that they may be suffering.

The second part of the song makes me feel as though this person has gotten through the issues that they have, and this person is starting to work on becoming a better person. The first part of this song strikes me as the "Woe is me" section of the song, but the second part makes me feel as though this person/people has grown more mature, or something has happened to them in order to make a life-changing decision. The second part is stronger compared to the first part because it made me feel like I was gaining strength and hope near the end of the song, whereas at the beginning I felt the hope and strength being sucked from me.

The way in which the lyrics are written makes me feel as though I am being lifted. By this I mean that at the beginning I felt as if I was falling into a dark hole, but as the song continued, I felt as if there was a hand reaching down and pulling me back up into the light. This reminds me of an experience I had with one of my best friends in the whole world. There was a time where I felt as if I was falling, and I felt as though there was no way that I was ever going to get back up, but my best friend stuck with me through the entire time that I felt this way. She was there for me when nobody else was. Ironically, she got into a relationship, and I have not been able to talk much to her, but after listening to this song I have had the strong urge to call her to see how she has been and to see what she has been up to. Great song/poem!


 * Voice Thread on Examples of HATE!**

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 * Tool for Teaching Vocabulary**

http://www.lexipedia.com/english/

This link takes you to a site that will allow the student to type in any type of word that they need to know about. This also will allow the student to look up synonyms, antonyms, and other words for different parts of speech, allowing the student to expand his or her vocabulary more. It also creates a web for the students to allow them to see how the words associate with that certain word.

=**Motivational Poster for Literary Term**=



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 * IRONY VIDEO**