Comments for Matt's Class http://mattthomas.podbean.com From the streets of Salt Lake City: Matt Thomas' high school English class Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:58:43 +0000 http://podbean.com/?v=3.2 Comment on ketchup (catsup) by Matt "Strictly Poor" Thomas http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/11/16/ketchup-catsup/#comment-338828 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:21:35 +0000 http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/11/16/ketchup-catsup/#comment-338828 Yes, Gregory Despain, you are right. I never should have allowed "such things" to have happened in my Language Arts classroom. Wait. What things exactly weren't right? What was I not supposed to do? I hope to never be called "strictly poor" again. Help me! Yes, Gregory Despain, you are right. I never should have allowed “such things” to have happened in my Language Arts classroom.

Wait. What things exactly weren’t right? What was I not supposed to do? I hope to never be called “strictly poor” again. Help me!

]]> Comment on ketchup (catsup) by Gregory Despain http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/11/16/ketchup-catsup/#comment-338610 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:30:07 +0000 http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/11/16/ketchup-catsup/#comment-338610 Please, don't ever allow people to do such things! This is strictly poor. Please, don’t ever allow people to do such things! This is strictly poor.

]]> Comment on Podcast Returning Soon! Until then… by gabrielle gioffre http://www.mattsclass.com/2010/02/10/podcast-returning-soon-until-then/#comment-329641 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:42:14 +0000 http://www.mattsclass.com/2010/02/10/podcast-returning-soon-until-then/#comment-329641 my personal favorite archetype is an f dude, matt thomas. what's yours? my personal favorite archetype is an f dude, matt thomas. what’s yours?

]]> Comment on Dec. 8-10 by Mikaela Carroll http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/12/11/dec-8-10/#comment-304050 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:01:18 +0000 http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/12/11/dec-8-10/#comment-304050 I have a question about where is the reading list for this term? Is it the same as last or have you not finished it? I have a question about where is the reading list for this term? Is it the same as last or have you not finished it?

]]> Comment on Wednesday, Nov. 18 by Andrew Manning, Former student http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/11/19/wednesday-nov-18/#comment-294217 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:09:10 +0000 http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/11/19/wednesday-nov-18/#comment-294217 Hi, former student here! Matt, the English language cannot express the amount of excitement I am feeling from these AWESOME pod casts. It's like I'm back in the class room, but not just any class room, your English class room. Hi, former student here! Matt, the English language cannot express the amount of excitement I am feeling from these AWESOME pod casts. It’s like I’m back in the class room, but not just any class room, your English class room.

]]> Comment on Wednesday, Nov. 18 by Big D http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/11/19/wednesday-nov-18/#comment-293199 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:15:16 +0000 http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/11/19/wednesday-nov-18/#comment-293199 RANT The book I just finished reading is the National Bestselling, Rant, written by Chuck Palahniuk. To start out I must say that this is one of the most entertaining books I’ve read, ever. One of the most funnier ones too. It’s definitely Palahniuks best in my eyes. This book is all about Rant, a nickname given to a small town kid named Buster Casey. A nasty kid who is a junkie for venom from things like rattlesnakes wild dogs raccoons anything that will bite him. He gets a high from the rabies that he eventually gets running through his blood. ******************************************************** Meanwhile in the city the population has grown so big that the people have to live on night and day shifts. Day shifts are the upper class. Night shifts are the lower class. There is a group of people called the Party Crashers, made up of a bunch of the night people, who dress up their cars and run them into each other on high speeds around the city. When Rant moves to the city later on in his life, he joins the urban demolition derby, which he actually started. Ending with a major rabies epidemic from the night people of the cause of Rant, The ending goes on a whole bigger scale than that with Rant. Chuck Palahniuk has written many books, one of the most well known is Fight Club. Also Choke, Snuff, Invisible Monsters, and Lullaby. This book is especially my favorite of Chucks because it was written in the style of an oral history, where its like he interviewed a wide variety of witnesses and putting there testimony together. Making it so that one person says one thing and someone else says something different. I liked that the book was written in that style, every paragraph was just some ones opinions and what they remember happening with Rant, making it not narrated by just one voice but by a different persons. Also what I liked about this book was the humor, and the crazy people who would just hit into each other and total their cars just for the fun of it. Plus the ending is crazy it opens up something totally not expected. I think everyone would enjoy reading this book for many reasons its en extremely entertaining book, with a lot in it that will stick with you. And it has one of the best endings any book will give you. It also is very interesting reading in the style he wrote it in the oral history, it’s written like Capote by George Plimpton, or Lexicon Devil by Brendan Mullen. It’s probably my favorite book and you should read it too. By: Devin Ridd RANT The book I just finished reading is the National Bestselling, Rant, written by Chuck Palahniuk. To start out I must say that this is one of the most entertaining books I’ve read, ever. One of the most funnier ones too. It’s definitely Palahniuks best in my eyes. This book is all about Rant, a nickname given to a small town kid named Buster Casey. A nasty kid who is a junkie for venom from things like rattlesnakes wild dogs raccoons anything that will bite him. He gets a high from the rabies that he eventually gets running through his blood. ******************************************************** Meanwhile in the city the population has grown so big that the people have to live on night and day shifts. Day shifts are the upper class. Night shifts are the lower class. There is a group of people called the Party Crashers, made up of a bunch of the night people, who dress up their cars and run them into each other on high speeds around the city. When Rant moves to the city later on in his life, he joins the urban demolition derby, which he actually started. Ending with a major rabies epidemic from the night people of the cause of Rant, The ending goes on a whole bigger scale than that with Rant. Chuck Palahniuk has written many books, one of the most well known is Fight Club. Also Choke, Snuff, Invisible Monsters, and Lullaby. This book is especially my favorite of Chucks because it was written in the style of an oral history, where its like he interviewed a wide variety of witnesses and putting there testimony together. Making it so that one person says one thing and someone else says something different. I liked that the book was written in that style, every paragraph was just some ones opinions and what they remember happening with Rant, making it not narrated by just one voice but by a different persons. Also what I liked about this book was the humor, and the crazy people who would just hit into each other and total their cars just for the fun of it. Plus the ending is crazy it opens up something totally not expected. I think everyone would enjoy reading this book for many reasons its en extremely entertaining book, with a lot in it that will stick with you. And it has one of the best endings any book will give you. It also is very interesting reading in the style he wrote it in the oral history, it’s written like Capote by George Plimpton, or Lexicon Devil by Brendan Mullen. It’s probably my favorite book and you should read it too. By: Devin Ridd

]]> Comment on Tuesday, October 20 by Jorena Johnson http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/10/20/tuesday-october-20/#comment-281632 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:14:16 +0000 http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/10/20/tuesday-october-20/#comment-281632 why did you stop heckyeah on october 21? don't be lazy. why did you stop heckyeah on october 21? don’t be lazy.

]]> Comment on Tuesday, October 20 by Hall & Oates http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/10/20/tuesday-october-20/#comment-279069 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:29:13 +0000 http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/10/20/tuesday-october-20/#comment-279069 http://heckyeahmattthomas.tumblr.com/ Everyone always preferred Oates. What did Hall ever do to you?! http://heckyeahmattthomas.tumblr.com/

Everyone always preferred Oates. What did Hall ever do to you?!

]]> Comment on Monday, October 19 by Jamielee Eldridge http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/10/19/monday-october-19/#comment-278616 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:12:39 +0000 http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/10/19/monday-october-19/#comment-278616 hahah see? lots of energy from fourth period! mostly! hahah see? lots of energy from fourth period! mostly!

]]> Comment on Thursday, Oct. 15 by Matt Thomas http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/10/15/thursday-oct-15/#comment-278135 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:42:40 +0000 http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/10/15/thursday-oct-15/#comment-278135 Sorry--the podcast hosting site was down all day on Friday and I couldn't upload the audio. I'll have it up first thing Monday. MT Sorry–the podcast hosting site was down all day on Friday and I couldn’t upload the audio. I’ll have it up first thing Monday.

MT

]]> Comment on Thursday, Oct. 15 by Gabby Killpack http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/10/15/thursday-oct-15/#comment-277878 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:41:15 +0000 http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/10/15/thursday-oct-15/#comment-277878 I don't see Friday. What pages did we read in 4th period? I don’t see Friday. What pages did we read in 4th period?

]]> Comment on Wednesday, Sep. 30 by Matt Thomas http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/09/30/wednesday-sep-30/#comment-272710 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:13:33 +0000 http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/09/30/wednesday-sep-30/#comment-272710 Yeah, that's sort of the point of the mic set-up I'm using right now, but it still needs some tweaks. I like the whole "conversation collage" aspect, but since I'm the awesome authority figure I feel the need to dominate the recording, perhaps via lavalier mic. We'll see about that. I feel sort of encouraged that both Hall AND Oates are regular listeners. (FTR, I always preferred Oates.) MT Yeah, that’s sort of the point of the mic set-up I’m using right now, but it still needs some tweaks. I like the whole “conversation collage” aspect, but since I’m the awesome authority figure I feel the need to dominate the recording, perhaps via lavalier mic. We’ll see about that.

I feel sort of encouraged that both Hall AND Oates are regular listeners. (FTR, I always preferred Oates.)

MT

]]> Comment on Wednesday, Sep. 30 by Hall & Oates http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/09/30/wednesday-sep-30/#comment-272629 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:40:38 +0000 http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/09/30/wednesday-sep-30/#comment-272629 I love how you can hear some of the students comments and they don't realize you can hear their every word. it's priceless. I love how you can hear some of the students comments and they don’t realize you can hear their every word. it’s priceless.

]]> Comment on the classroom cometh by Jamielee Eldridge http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/07/30/the-classroom-cometh/#comment-269686 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:48:46 +0000 http://www.mattsclass.com/2009/07/30/the-classroom-cometh/#comment-269686 I would like you to consider adding these books to the list of books we can read: Dream Keeper- Morrie Ravinski Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini Tales from the Arabian Nights- Readers Digest (you already approved this book in class) I would like you to consider adding these books to the list of books we can read:

Dream Keeper- Morrie Ravinski Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini Tales from the Arabian Nights- Readers Digest (you already approved this book in class)

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