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by Mr. MacKnight, (9 posts) on July 8th, 2011

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Jun Ho Hwang: I think I've read this book before... maybe or not...
Tanmay: Wow I saw you reading this book in the bus it must've been gripping.
Tanmay: Seems like a nice book i recognise the author from looking fo Alaska i also like how you have clearly expresse your opinion about this book.
Tanmay: Nice post and great summary i was going to write a post about this book as well but i guess you just beat me to it :D
Tanmay: I saw this book in the library i feel like wanting to read it now because I have read other books by James Patterson before. If you really like the author i recommend you the maximum ride series its really cool.
Tanmay: I found this book very interesting things too i am glad you liked it.
Tanmay: Kim the book is more than 600 pages long dont you think you should write a bit more about this book plus you should proof read your posts too before publishing them.
Tanmay: Nice post and nice summary seems like a good book but where is the quotation??
Tanmay: Nice job Rebecca truly coming from the heart.
Eric: Nice post Rebecca, it seems like you really knew the story! :D
Janani: hahahaha yup! Hearing this from you, who writes A LOT is a really good thing for me!!! :D
Eric: A lot of information here, Janani. It seems like you took the most notes. :P
Mr. MacKnight: Denise, the opposite of Romanticism is Neo-Classicism. Realism is something a little different. Many 19th-century novels (those of Charles Dickens, for example) combine realistic settings and characters with Romantic ideas.
Aurora: Alissa, I really like this post! What you wrote about Jordan and Nick's personality was very interesting, it never occurred to me before!
Mr. MacKnight: Alissa (and others): "respond" is a verb. The noun is "response". So the title should be "Another Response to 'The Great Gatsby' ".
Hyeong Jin: Haha nice dear Jannani, It was very interesting because I never read a book about teenage girl, I will try next time.
Hyeong Jin: Haha nice dear Jannani, It was very interesting because I never read a book about teenage girl, I will try next time.
Mr. MacKnight: Hi David, You wrote: "For if Holden simply kept his head down and passed his subjects like everybody else, he would not have ever been in this situation in the first place, destroying the stories events altogether." I guess that depends on what you mean by his "situation". Do you mean his academic problems? In that case, yes, you are right. But no matter how much homework Holden does, Allie
Hyeong Jin: Very organised essay shawn. I agree with your idea which is that this "my greatest ambition" is made up of simple form
Shawn Hsu: Dang, now I have to change all my DEAR posts...
Shawn Hsu: So does the unicorn say that? (the quote)... If so... cool.
Eric: I like the title.
Mr. MacKnight: Marion, I like your comment, but I am not at all sure that I agree. Isn't it possible for an artist to create a work, and then for others to see things in it and understand things from it that the artist never anticipated, at least consciously? Aren't creation and analysis two separate activities? Arthur Miller's views of Willy Loman surely carry weight, but does it follow that h
Mr. MacKnight: David, First: this is not an essay. It is the transcript of a discussion. Second, I don't understand your point in the second paragraph. Can you clarify it?
Jesse: Well explained, clear reasoning and interesting interpretations. Great Job, Eric, very thorough, especially the footnote analysis
Hyeong Jin: Some amazing poitns shown in your post, goob job jesse!
Shawn Hsu: Hyeong Jin is too pedestrian for us.
Hyeong Jin: good job jun ho! I think you've felt same feelings as me while reading this essay. I totally agree with you!
Hyeong Jin: Good essay sunniva, I think you have understood the essay deeply, good work!
Denise: ;)
Janani: You letter is amazing!!! ;) <3
Janani: I really really like your letter :D and also the first quote ;)
Janani: Thankyou <3 :)
Sunniva: Good job! I agree, Cornelia Funke's writing style is amazing! I like how you summarised the happenings and it is clear and easy to follow.
Sunniva: good job! :)
Denise: good job Sunny ! this is really good :)
Denise: great job! <3
Eric: Great analysis, Jesse. You had some great points backed up with suitable quotations and I think I can say I agree on most of the points in your letter.
Janani: I really like your review! Is this book in the library? I might want to read it :D
Janani: hehehe thankyou <3 :D
Da Ye Lee: Yea, I agree with you.. :) It didn't sound much like a comedy.. :P
Denise: haha yay :D you should !
Hyeong Jin: Yeah, nice and clear points, I agree with you!! We shouldn't wear school uniforms!
Hyeong Jin: I have read Skellig by David Almond but not this one. After reading your post, I desperately want to read Clay by David Almond!
Denise: good job nana !
Denise: :D
Hyeong Jin: I agree with you. I can't really put this play in to "Comedy" because it is only funny for christians at that time. But I disagree with you about the fact that you didn't enjoyed this play!
Hyeong Jin: I agree with you. I can't really put this play in to "Comedy" because it is only funny for christians at that time.
Janani: Sorry it was short! I'll try making it longer soon ;) Thankyou Hyeong Jin and Mizuki :D
Mizuki: gread job! Interesting :D sounds a bit like romeo and juliet…?
Hyeong Jin: The title of the book is quite interesting, I want to read it! Your post is good but little short
Hyeong Jin: Thank You for the Information!
Hyeong Jin: Very sad story about love. I want to read it too! It was good but bit short
Hyeong Jin: very short but well organized post, I like it!
Da Ye Lee: ;) Good job. I like the last line of your letter; "I'll always support you!" Even though he is dead :D
Mizuki: Ohh I've read this book before! too much violent stuff though..
Mizuki: Nice DEAR post Sunniva! sounds very interesting
Jun Ho Hwang: Kind of short but... I agree too...
Eric: Yeah, I agree, this was quite an interesting novel. What's with the italics?
Eric: Wow that sounds like a deeep book, though it isn't a book I'd normally read.
Mizuki: This book seems really interesting! I don't really like history though..
Mizuki: “Down The Mine” has helped me, and every other reader realizes how much of a difference the miners have made to the world. The daily hardships the workers face in the mines are something everyone should know about." I really agree with this
Rebecca: I agree with you on the weirdness with the pumpkins. Maybe the author was really craving pumpkins...
Mizuki: Sounds like an interest book! I really like the quote ;)
Rebecca: This was really good! Good Job!
Rebecca: This book seems very interesting! I hope to check it out soon!
Rebecca: I read this book as well. I don't get why all these books are depressing.....
Rebecca: This was so interesting Da Ye! I read this book too! It was really sad..
marionb: The text you chose to respond to and your response are both very interesting.
Hyeong Jin: Very good and well structured essay Tanmay! I liked how you asked questions to Mr Orwell and clearly state your opinion
Aurora: Ooo, I like this letter! I especially like where you are talking about how Nick sees things through windows! Nice:)
(Jolly) Nga Wan: Not to mention that the MacBook Pro is mostly made of aluminium and to do that,yet maintain its lightweight body, requires a huge amount of effort put into the understanding of metals. :) Good job, Apple!
Jesse: Nice, clear reasoning, your essay makes sense. I like the way you put this in your own perspective using the miner's point of view.
Hyeong Jin: Very well structured letter, good job Mizuki! I like how you pointed out specific quotes and used it to give evidence to your opinion!
Mr. MacKnight: Jesse, who is this letter from? It isn't signed.
Mr. MacKnight: David, this is the best piece of writing I've seen from you. Well done!
Shawn Hsu: LOL = League of Legends
Mr. MacKnight: Rebecca, your response to the story seems to assume that these are real people and real events. What if you think of them as *characters* in a *short story*? Does your response change? (Hint: It should!)
Eric: Nice and short. I liked your summary and also how you included who should read this short story.
Tanmay: Kim I think next time you can try to be a bit more detailed in the QUALITY of your posts.
Eric: Great job Jun Ho, great quotation! I agree with your idea that Wodehouse wrote the story as a parody of the wealth English. Nice work!
Tanmay: Wow eric! I really felt the same and looking back in the english exam I also felt I could have changed it a lot.
Jun Ho Hwang: I like to do more exams!! << ?!?!?! Are you out of your mind!!!???
Jesse: Nice Shawn, sounds like you learned a lot from this exam. You really know your strengths and weaknesses, good job!
Jesse: Good reflection Kim
Jesse: Wow... good analysis of the book, haven't read it but it sounds plausible. The whole post is very well explained. Nice quote, really goes with your point!
Denise: I appreciate your love :)
Janani: <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <
Janani: this is great work!
Janani: amazing <3
Jun Ho Hwang: VERY Interesting... Jesse :)
Jun Ho Hwang: Yeah, Mizuki you should plan before writing an essay, and should read the writing carefully before writing!!! :)
Jun Ho Hwang: It was a good experience for me too Shawn!
Jun Ho Hwang: I felt the same eric!
Mr. MacKnight: Dawn, you begin by writing, "When I finished reading ‘The Great Gatsby’ I feel . . . ": a past-tense verb in the first clause, and then a present-tense verb in the second clause. Please edit this post for any and all such basic errors in grammar and usage.
Mr. MacKnight: Jolly: 1) Are all these words yours? If not, you need to cite your sources. 2) "Loose" ≠ "lose". 3) Very interesting. Now, could you please write a personal response to The Great Gatsby? 谢谢啊!
Mr. MacKnight: Gerald, you wrote: "It is hard to understand the message Fitzgerald is trying to tell us . . . ". But novelists, poets, and playwrights don't send messages: they raise questions.
(Jolly) Nga Wan: OKAY. I'M INTERESTED.
(Jolly) Nga Wan: I TOTALLY AGREE. "Sons of Destiny" - book 12, still one of my favourite books of all time. I love how he ties the book to reality. :DD
Eric: WHAT A STUPENDOUS POST, TANMAY! I WILL DEFINITELY READ THIS BOOK SO I WON'T BOTHER READING YOUR 2K WORD SUMMARY ON IT! Great ending paragraph though, truly coming from the heart. :P
Eric: HAHA!!! Fascinating point-of-view Guillaume. The father being "crazy or even mental", hadn't thought of that.
Eric: Muy bien! I've got to read this.
Jun Ho Hwang: Thx DaYe kk I liked it too
Jun Ho Hwang: You did?! Nice book isn't it!? Faries with out magic
Jun Ho Hwang: Thx Janani I hope you do!
Jun Ho Hwang: Tinker Bell... It's been a while I've heard that name kk
Jun Ho Hwang: Next time I'll remind that
Jun Ho Hwang: Try Eric!
Janani: I didn't go on the night walk but this sounds really cool - except if there was actually some cow dung, im happy i didn't go then :P But I really like your decriptions !!! :D
Janani: Haha Yea!! Im going to try and finish it as soon as im done with my current book :D
Shawn Hsu: Didnt think there was any on the mud road actually ;)
Eric: Nice! You made that walk seem so much more comfortable than it actually was. One piece of advice: the hike seems way too intimate... maybe add something about the cow dung?
Eric: Read it. Loved it. Yeah, you should definitely read the entire series. Complete mindblower.
Jun Ho Hwang: UNFINISHED!
Da Ye Lee: I like the quote ;) My name is...
Tanmay: I am so happy that you have liked the series in fact i have read the entire series and read the prequel they are all awesome books and trust me it gets really cool later on :D
Janani: oh yea haha i forgot to say why :P its because I didn't find anything interesting in the poem and nothing stood out to me.
Mizuki: Good job Janani! ..But why did you not like this poem?
Mizuki: :D Good job da ye!!
Mizuki: This post really made me want to read this book. Good job Jun Ho!
Eric: I called dibs on this book first! Don't tell him about the more interesting parts; I need to read it first. ;)
Eric: Great reflection. You might wanna change the category from As a Reader to Poetry though. :P
Da Ye Lee: I like the quote you chose from the book, I really want to read the book now!
Rebecca: You pressed enter to my comment Da Ye!!!!! :o :D
Da Ye Lee: Thank You ;)
Da Ye Lee: Ahh Such a long post!! I felt a bit tired after reading this but good job! I really see how much you liked the book, but the book doesn't sound like the type of book I would like to read.
Rebecca: This is so amazing Da Ye, It nearly made me cry.
Jesse: Nice description! U really made our world and what we know, sound so icy and cold... You described the dogs feelings well. I like the fast-pacedness of the last paragraph too.
Rebecca: Oh Oh, I read this book too! It was really interesting! :D
Janani: Your summary makes the poem easier to understand but it would be nice if you told us what you thought about it too :)
Janani: I really want to read this book now :D
Shawn Hsu: really? homie? really?
Jesse: Sounds cool Shawn. The weekday warriors? I think I'll read it sometime...
Shawn Hsu: Really? dude really?
Shawn Hsu: Style?? Really?
Jesse: a good summary of the story kim, you displayed some interesting opinions... you most definitely have a very interesting point of view :)
Kim: Nay i am good
Mr. MacKnight: To Denise, Sunniva, Janani, Kim, and everyone else: Let's avoid joking that might be misinterpreted, and instead stick to business. 谢谢啊!
Jun Ho Hwang: Nice Da Ye, I had the same thoughts with you. I liked your opinion.
Kim: Not possible, just not my style
Kim: Thx Sick=cool
Kim: so normal bullying is cool but not the cyber kind?
Eric: YOU'RE SICK.
Shawn Hsu: kind*
Shawn Hsu: what the heck? yoyo we do not tolerate that kin of dissing in our cyber-bully free community!
Tanmay: Perhaps Kim instead of saying the test is normal and un-interesting why don't you actually try and put more effort into Your POSTS Kim!
Denise: Good job Da ye :)
Kim: Yo homie this book is sick, bro, sick
Denise: haha i like how you put a P.S at the bottom :P
Kim: lol so basically Jeff
Kim: Who's cool?
Denise: I cant wait for christmas now!!:)
Denise: OMGOD THIS MAKES ME MISS GERMANY!!!
Denise: I agree that this poem talks about a persons ordinary life.
Tanmay: An awesome post Eric I love how you have described the story gave us your thoughts and shared your feelings in such a fluid way. Thank you for recommending this book to me I enjoyed it as well :D
Denise: Good job :D
Denise: THE AWESOME KIND DUH
Denise: lollipop
Kim: What do yo think Rebecca, what do you think?
Tanmay: Good Job on telling us how you feel Da Ye but it might have been better if you five us more detail about the story and not just an outline
Da Ye Lee: Good Job, I like the last paragraph! :)
Rebecca: Fat People are pretty sick? Like Awesome sick? Or like ew, that is so gross and i wanna puke sick? :O
Tanmay: I like how you have interpreted the emotions from Leila at this short story. You did a good job telling us about it :)
Denise: hm. Well, these people are just so cool.
sunnivah: I wonder where this help came from
Tanmay: Nice Job Jun Ho I like how you have interpreted the Story and gave us your opinion
Janani: oh really??? Well.... i think two people I know really did HELP me posting it
Denise: Janani, this was a VERY rude thing to say. i did not expect this from you , you are usually so innocent! :O and now you are saying " fat guys are pretty sick" you must have had some help to come up with that line!
Shawn Hsu: This is a really good piece of descriptive writing! I thought it was excellent at the start, making the reader wonder who the narrator is. Difficult vocabularies, have to check the dictionary when I'm reading it! :p
Tanmay: Jun Ho I am really happy you share the passion for this book. I totally agree with Eric the books after this especially the next book is Truly Awesome and probably the best in the series there are 5 books in the series and the sixth one is coming out soon. DO continure reading the series :D
Eric: Ah Jun Ho, I'm glad you enjoy this book. You probably won't believe this but it gets even better. :P
Kim: it's not so much as old, that includes you Mr. Macknight. JK
Aurora: You really should!:)
sunnivah: Sounds like an interesting book!!
Janani: I really wanted to read this book and also watch the movie :) Now im sure I will soon :D
sunnivah: Nice post! I agree with Tanmay about the bit more description of the fairies :D thinking of Tinker Bell haha
Janani: Hahaha <333
Denise: Did the poem taste good ? I mean you said, "However after eating the poem i feel mortal. "
Hyeong Jin: great piece of writing. I like the way you strongly said your opinions about the novel. It was good to learn some new things I haven't learn when I read the book. Thanks
Janani: Good Job !!! :)
Janani: T-T I didn't type it !!!
Da Ye Lee: Oh! I have read this book :) I really loved reading this book
Denise: YOLO
sunnivah: she did -.-
Da Ye Lee: That is quite mean to say "fat guys are pretty sick" :) And good job understanding how girls feel in their first balls. Good job, Jun Ho
sunnivah: Nice post! I agree, the first book is the best of the triology :D
Janani: im sorry... I didn't type that -_-
Janani: Good job!! i understand how you feel about girls and their first ball. I agree, Fat guys are pretty sick! ^^"
Shawn Hsu: Nice job Jesse! It was really descriptive, almost like I was there myself!
Janani: You used really good vocabulary ! :)
Janani: Yea! Its easy to understand so I really liked your summary :D
sunnivah: Good job <33 I love this book *.*
Mizuki: Great post DaYe!!! I like your summary :)
Jun Ho Hwang: Wow, Hj it's simple and easy to understand for me. I like the way to describe your feelings
Jun Ho Hwang: Nice Da Ye. It was simple but detailed enough to understand.
Eric =d: Holy cow Jesse! You made the oil sound alive! A great description of the oily beach, and I really enjoyed it.
Janani: Its really short and easy to understand :D Good job ! <3
Denise: good Job
Janani: I felt the same way ^^
Denise: good Job Da ye ! :D You summarised it well and it was simple to understand :)

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