These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Tinuviel's Readings
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Nimrodel's Quizzes
Which Valar are you?
You are Yavanna, the Giver of Fruits. You are the lover of all things that grow in the earth, and all their countless forms you hold in your mind.
Kementari, Queen of the Earth, you are surnamed in the Sindarin tongue. Your spouse is AοΏ½le, Lord over all substances of which Arda is made.
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What kind of Elf are you?
Serene, wise and pride, High Elves are the cream of their kind, with answers to many questions and a will to do good. You are tolerant of all ~ just not of evil.
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Which Jane Austen Heroine are you?
You are Marianne Dashwood of Sense & Sensibility! You are impulsive, romantic, impatient, and perhaps a little to vocal in your honesty. You enjoy romantic poetry and novels, and play the pianoforte beautifully. To boot, your singing voice is captivating. You feel deeply, and love passionately. Take the quiz!
What Lord of the Rings character you?
You are Aragorn. You have strong convictions and you stick to them. Although you are more of a recluse, you are extremely loyal to the few friends that you have. You are very serious about things, but you like having fun. Fame and fortune mean little to you, and you aren't concerned with being popular. Good for you!
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What Redwall creature are you?
You're a Redwall Mouse. You are a peaceful creature who lives in harmony with the other animals at Redwall. As a rule, you do not fight nor do you harm another creature, until your home is threatened. Then you will stand up and fight to the death to protect your way of life. You have strong morals and you are looked up to by the rest of Mossflower, for no one save vermin would harm a Redwaller. Take this quiz!
Tinuviel's Quizzes
What kind of Elf are you?
You are a star-gazing Wood Elf; adventurous and fun-loving, yet with a serious side. You fight for what you believe is right and would never hurt anyone just for the fun of it. You are fond of nature and like to do things your own way.
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What kind of web designer are you?
You are a Trendy Homepage Designer. You inhabit a world of personal domains with New Age names, blogs, collectives and celebrity layouts.
You're one of the kindest and most generous people on the Net, always willing to help out your online friends, but it wouldn't kill you to pick up a HTML manual now and again and find out that some of your most cherished effects only work in MSIE.
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What kind of a writer should you be?
You should be a poet. You craft words well, in creative and unexpected ways, and you have a great talent for evoking beautiful imagery,
or describing the most intense heartbreak ever. You're already naturally a poet, even if you've never written a poem.
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Which type of blogger are you?
You scored as the Writer. You have linguistic intelligence, no doubt. Using flowery or
catchy language, you write about you experience almost as if it is a fictional story.
You also enjoy reading, and writing your own reviews on them. Some writers even create
their own stories for real in their blog. Someday you may become a great author, who
knows! But of course, you will practice with your blog first.
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12 December 2007
Reach for the stars writing class lesson #5
Here is lesson 5 in reach for the stars writing class:
Your assignment is to choose a character from the story you are writing (or make up a character), and choose a feeling (use the chart for ideas). Then, in COMPLETE sentences, write a little scene (like the one above for Sally) that SHOWS your character expressing this feeling. Post it on your blog and then sign Mr. Linky if you want feedback.
Character: Pansy
Emotion: Scared
"What was that," Pansy nearly screamed, her eyes were wide, and her heart was pounding, "Raindant," she asked shakily. BANG came a noice from upstairs " RAINDANT HELP!!" Pansy screamed at the top of her lungs.
Here is my fourth lesson in Reach for the stars writing class, by the way, I highly recommend this writing class for anyone who is interested in improving their writing.
Take all the notes from your character chart and write (in PARAGRAPH form--sentences that make sense) a character sketch for one of the characters from a story you want to write. Make it interesting! Make me want to read a story about the character you created.
Lydia is 16 years old, she is bold, and head strong, when some one says/does something wrong, she's not afraid to tell them so, but she's not bossy. She often times speaks/acts before she thinks, which can get her into trouble . She enjoys riding horse, especially Amarod, her jet black horse, with her friend Raindant. Her favorite place to ride is the forest by the old castle where and trees to climb and lots to explore. Lydia isn't haughty because she's a princess/queen, and she doesn't mind, in fact she enjoys being friends with peasants, and she can't stand it when people call peasants "paupers."
Here is my third lesson for Reach for the Stars Writing class:
--Blank Character Charts: use these charts to fill in your characters' names, physical traits, personality, and likes/dislikes. Print out as many as you like to have on hand for all your stories. It is a good tool to help you get to know your characters.
Character: Lydia (she doesn't have a last name, because her story takes place in medieval times)
Physical traits: Long medium, thick, brown, strait hair, with no bangs, hazel eyes, less full lips, red cheeks, and a beautiful singing voice
Personality Traits: bold, friendly, out going, confident, adventurous, determined, lively, loyal, dependable, creative, talkative, bubbly, quick-tempered, diligent, impulsive, impatient, a little revengeful, high-spirited, doesn't always think before she acts, but she learns to, a little
Likes/Dislikes:Likes: horses, horse back riding in the woods near the old castle, on her horse, Amarod, with her friend Raindant, climbing trees, exploring Dislikes: when people refer to peasants as "paupers," when people don't care how they treat they're horses
Here is my second lesson in Reaching for the stars writing class. (the link for it is now with our other links)
The worksheets for today's lesson give you a chance to do some "character exercises." You get to write about your favorite character and your least favorite character. There are examples to show you how to do it, also. Once you have finished the exercises on the worksheet, do it again on your own paper with new characters. Do it a lot! This exercise helps you "get inside" the characters and find out what makes them real. It is a great skill when it's time to get inside your character's head and make him or her real.
My favorite character: Kim Possible
I like Kim Possible because she's a normal girl who doesn't listen to what "everyone" is saying to an extent. She doesn't like guys just because they're "cute" and she also handles situations like a normal girl would.
My least favorite character is: Elizabeth Swann
I can't stand Elizabeth Swann because she has no morals, kisses Jack, and then stabs him in the back. And I think that that's enough said.
I just found a really cool blog. It's called Suzy's Writing Corner (there is now a link to it on the side bar), it has weekly lessons on writing. Well I've decided to try it, and I will post each of my lessons as I do them, here's the first one.
Lesson #1
Your first assignment:Older students (grades 4 and up): Read the handout about what every good story needs. Then think of a book you have read. See if you can figure out if the story you read included each of the 5 elements.
Example:Charlotte's Web Character:Charlotte the spider Setting:the barnyard Problem: keeping Wilbur alive Plot:Charlotte creates webs that "talk"; Wilbur becomes a star Solution: Wilbur lives
The book I'm thinking of is "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Character: Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Aragon, Legolas, Gandalf, Gimli, Eowyn, Eomer, Galadriel, ect, ect.
Setting: Middle Earth: The shire, Lothlorien, Moria, Rohan, Rivendel, Gondor, ect. ect.
Problem: Destroying the Ring of Power
Plot: They take the ring to Mordor, and there are a lot of battles, it's to complex of a plot to go into further detail.
Solution: They destroy the ring of power and save Middle Earth
We go by Nimrodel and Tinuviel, two bosom friends writing a blog together. As you may have already noticed, we both possess a deep love for all things
Elven, and are convinced that we're really elves in disguise. (Hey, girls can dream, can't they?) We're Christians, and do our best to honor God in all
things.
We go by Nimrodel and Tinuviel, two bosom friends writing a blog together. As you may have already noticed, we both possess a deep love for all things
Elven, and are convinced that we're really elves in disguise. (Hey, girls can dream, can't they?) We're Christians, and do our best to honor God in all
things. 
