Comments by Kate Southerland Most recent public comments by Kate Southerland https://nowcomment.com/users/33546 I agree. this piece is an excellent resource to use in a lesson on humor, as various forms (such as irony) are sprinkled throughout. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78250?scroll_to=980340 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78250?scroll_to=980340 S Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:15:00 -0400 I researched "chalupas" because I was unfamiliar with the term. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, a chalupa is "a fried corn tortilla sometimes shaped like a boat and usually filled with a savory mixture (as of meat, vegetables, or cheese)." https://nowcomment.com/documents/78250?scroll_to=980337 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78250?scroll_to=980337 L Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:12:33 -0400 I found it interesting that the author capitalized "Big": as well as "Joe" (the bully's name). Do you think that this was a good choice in the context of the story? https://nowcomment.com/documents/78250?scroll_to=980332 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78250?scroll_to=980332 A Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:09:28 -0400 This title is leading me to believe that this will be a humorous piece. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78250?scroll_to=980328 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78250?scroll_to=980328 P Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:07:22 -0400 Perhaps this selection is also about dodgeball, which connects it to the first selection. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78250?scroll_to=980326 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78250?scroll_to=980326 C Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:06:51 -0400 This is a warm and comforting story, as the outcast (the protagonist) defeats the popular kid (the antagonist) in a harmless game of dodgeball. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78248?scroll_to=973340 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78248?scroll_to=973340 S Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:18:11 -0500 I think that this story is going to say that dodgeball should be kept in schools. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78250?scroll_to=968571 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78250?scroll_to=968571 P Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:35:46 -0500 it is interesting that we are reading two stories about dodgeball in this lesson. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78250?scroll_to=968570 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78250?scroll_to=968570 C Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:35:09 -0500 I am assuming that this selection will be about a student who does well in a game of dodgeball. Also, I think that the student is small and timid. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78248?scroll_to=968560 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78248?scroll_to=968560 P Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:09:04 -0500 I did not realize that this was a rule in dodgeball. Reading this segment prompted me to look up dodgeball to find out if there were any other rules that I was unaware of. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78248?scroll_to=968558 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78248?scroll_to=968558 L Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:07:48 -0500 I remember enjoying dodgeball when I was in brick-and-mortar school. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78248?scroll_to=968557 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78248?scroll_to=968557 C Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:06:37 -0500 Is this true? I don't think so. Personally, I enjoy sports, but some of my friends who didn't disliked dodgeball along with the others. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78248?scroll_to=968555 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78248?scroll_to=968555 A Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:03:36 -0500 If the great wind fell upon the young men, were Job's daughters spared? https://nowcomment.com/documents/78247?scroll_to=953983 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78247?scroll_to=953983 A Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:57:46 -0500 The land of Uz. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78247?scroll_to=953980 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78247?scroll_to=953980 I looked up "the land of Uz" to find out if it has an actual location, and found out that this topic has been debated over the centuries. According to Bible Reading Archeology: "All the clues point to the land of Uz being to the south and east of the promised land of Israel. During the lifetime of Job, Uz seems to have initially occupied the north-western part of Arabia, probably near the shores of the Gulf of Aqaba. Over the years, the expression, “land of Uz” was applied to a broader area of land to the south and east of Israel including Edom, Moab, and Ammon." L Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:51:15 -0500 I am able to connect this section of the text to my History course, as the Chaldeans are covered in the first semester. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78247?scroll_to=953979 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78247?scroll_to=953979 C Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:44:35 -0500 This is a truly despicable way to treat anyone, let alone an angel. The characters in the story must have somehow "taught him a lesson" about patience (again, in an awful way) and that is how he is supposedly retiring to heaven/flying away. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78245?scroll_to=953951 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78245?scroll_to=953951 S Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:34:49 -0500 Why does this version of the text include these annotations/analyzations on the side? Is this an excerpt from a textbook? https://nowcomment.com/documents/78245?scroll_to=953945 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78245?scroll_to=953945 A Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:32:26 -0500 He is being treated inhumanely, and viewed by people as if he was part of a circus. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78245?scroll_to=953942 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78245?scroll_to=953942 C Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:30:42 -0500 I too had to find another version, as I was unable to read this one (too many annotations.) https://nowcomment.com/documents/78245?scroll_to=953938 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78245?scroll_to=953938 L Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:27:50 -0500 I am assuming that (in this case) the crabs are household pests, and that Pelayo and his wife are having to exterminate them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78245?scroll_to=953937 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78245?scroll_to=953937 P Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:26:10 -0500 I know that single malt is a type of whiskey, but I researched it to find out how strong it is. This helped me understand how Gary was feeling, and how he was trying to drown his sorrows. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78241?scroll_to=944627 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78241?scroll_to=944627 L Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:41:52 -0500 I would agree. The use of this technique frames the story in a different way, yet manages to engage the reader. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78241?scroll_to=944625 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78241?scroll_to=944625 S Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:38:42 -0500 This sentence connects to the title of the story because it leads the reader to believe that the riptide/current that took the boy is reason the story is titled "Currents". https://nowcomment.com/documents/78241?scroll_to=944623 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78241?scroll_to=944623 C Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:36:44 -0500 I think that this story is going to be about how the Filipino boy"s brother died. https://nowcomment.com/documents/78241?scroll_to=944622 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78241?scroll_to=944622 P Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:34:35 -0500 Could this be why Gary is drinking? https://nowcomment.com/documents/78241?scroll_to=944620 https://nowcomment.com/documents/78241?scroll_to=944620 A Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:33:48 -0500