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Strengths and Weaknesses Blog 8 March 27, 2012: In my research project my over all grade was a B. It seems that the only ones i did excellent on was the headings, titles and the work cited page. My weakest points were my organization of my paper and the the expression of content. I thought i had done well with both of those areas, but when i got my paper back and noticed those things were my worse areas i was not happy. I guess what i'm saying is that i'm happy with the over all B, i really am. I'm just surprised with the grading of the stuff on the inside. I'm happy that have something to reference in the futrue and the next paper i hope to do i whole lot better. I would also like to say i done now understand some of the grading after i've calmed down and cooled down. I would also like to say sorry to anyone who's reading this and saw me 8th hour. I did not mean to be mad or yell at you. I had a really bad headache, i was really hot to the point where i thought i was going to pass out and i was really stressed about what to write for my blog and other important things i have had to deal with in the last few weeks. My Next Paper Will Rock!!

Research Project I'm doing my project on Washington Irving. One neat thing I learned was that he wrote for six decades and had made so much literature during that time. When i was researching him I learned by Mr. Kisel that .com stands for commercial. I never knew that before and your not allowed to use .com for school research stuff. That was all new to me, I had always used .com websites for everything. The hardest thing for me I would say is trying to get the information on paper using my words. I'm getting it though and the easiest part would have to be taking notes. It was easy, because I had read the articles and highlighted the things i wanted to use. The most helpful thing would have to be these two articles I found. They had so much on his life and his career. It was so full of things it took me awhile to read them.
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**The Final Chapter** __** Ichabod **__ is the main character in the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. He's the protagonist and he loves women and food. He loves to read about witch craft and scary stories. He also teaches school and sing lessons. __ **Headless Horsemen** __ is also the antagonist in the story. He's part of a ghost story told by the town. He scares Ichabod and was said to have carried him off somewhere. The story also makes some people think the Horsemen isn't real and it's Brom trying to get rid of Ichabod to get Katrina. **Summary** In the story Ichabod tries to get the fair Katrina Van Tassel. He has compitition though and his name is Brom, Brom Bones. Then to top it all off Ichabod gets chased by the Headless Horsemen. **Rating** I give the book a rating of two. I gave it this rating, because I thought it was a little boring. To me there wasn't enough blood and gore. Plus to me it went a little slow and a lot of the story didn't seem that important. **Wiki Reflections** I think it's a good idea, because it gets us ready for doing more online things in college. Plus we don't have to worry about using the old way which took a lot of paper. This way we use less paper and are getting ready for college.
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 * Characters **
 * __ Katrina __** is the women Ichabod falls for. She sings in his music classes and she's the daughter of the richest man in the town. Men fight over her and they all won't to marry her. She turns down Ichabod and marries Brom Bones.
 * __Brom Bones__ ** is the antagonist and does not like Ichabod at all. He wants Katrina for himself and won't let anyone have her. He's the bully of the county and he's very rude to people who cross his path.


 * A Story to Remember **

Post #4: Feb. 2, 2012 I started and finished the story [|Rip Van Winkle] and it was 62 paragraphs long. It's about a man who dosen't do much and goes off one day and find some people that give him a drink. He goes to sleep and wakes up the next morning and goes to the village to find out that he had been asleep for 20 years. I would say this books greatest strength would be switching years. What I mean is that the book goes from one time perod to the next with great ease. It really makes you believe Rip fell asleep and tthen the next morning it's 20 years later. To me you can really picture the transition.


 * One Orignal Story **

Post #3: Jan. 26, 2012 I started and finished the orignal story of Sleepy Hollow that I found. The [|website] has the story going by paragraphs instead of pages. There is 73 paragraphs in the story. It's really the same one as the other one I read. The plot, characters, and just about everything else. The only differences I found was that the orignal uses bigger more complicated words, written in first person, and had more detail, like when talking about a feast. I thought the other version was better, because it got to the point. It also didn't add a lot of detail I believed wasn't important to the story. It also doesn't use words that are not english. Like in the one i just read they have this word [|tête-à-tête]. The [|qoute] above is the last sentance in the story i just read. I like this qoute, because I thought this was a good way to end the story. Plus I think it's cool of the posablity that Crane is hunting the school. The next book I'm going to read is Rip Van Winkle.
 * "The school-house being deserted, soon fell to decay, and was reported to be haunted by the ghost of the unfortunate pedagogue; and the ploughboy, loitering homeward of a still summer evening, has often fancied his voice at a distance, chanting a melancholy psalm tune among the tranquil solitudes of Sleepy Hollow." ||

Life Shattered

Post # 2: Jan. 20, 2012
== I started and finished the Legend of Sleepy Hollow pages 1- 97. It's about a school teacher Ichabod Crane and how he tries to win the heart of a rich family's daughter Katrina Van Tassel. Then he never seen again when the Headless Horseman. == == [|Ichabod Crane] I believe is a strange man. All he thinks about is eating and about girls, so he's like a normal man. Thinking women are only there to clean and cook. That's what I think when I imagine Ichabod Crane. == == I thought the story was okay, but there could have been more gore. Though I am reading a shortened version, anyways I liked how the story was put together. It ran smoothly and I liked how the horseman was discribed when Ichabod looked behind him. Next week I plan to compare the story to the movie with Johnny Depp and Possiably right about the next story Rip Van Winkle.==

= Blood and SpiritsMix =


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 * I choose [|Washington Irving] and plan on reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. I may also read Rip Van Winkle and Golden Dreams because I have all three of those stories in the same book. I believe that some creepy things will happen in Sleepy Hollow and I can't wait to get started!!!!!!! **
 * I hope there is blood and gore for I am of big fan of those things. I hope these stories turn out well for if so I plan to read more of his works.**