It would be really nice if some different members of the class would answer when I ask a question in class, as well as on the blog. I very much appreciate those who do; but it would be good to have any idea what's going through the heads of those who don't. Are you riveted by what's going on? Are you in a complete daze? Are you thinking about the one you love? It's hard to tell from your faces.Anyway, above we have the river Seine, and in the Close Reading we began this week, the writer says that Parisians see the Seine ...
... and Venetians use the Grand Canal - as a focus for their city, whereas for Londoners, the Thames ...
is a "twisty ruler", defining what is North London and what is South London, and measuring the distance between East and West London also. He uses various other words to reinforce this idea.
He mentions too that the Thames has featured in literature (he cites Dickens) as a spooky place where dark deeds happen.
Vauxhall Gardens, on the south bank, used to be a place for bad behaviour. This picture is a bit small, but it shows dancing, flirting and other such wicked practices. What, by the way, does implacable mean?
What is the difference between practice and practise?
Please look at this website - there will be a test on this language feature on Wednesday! http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/
In "A Patchwork Planet", Barnaby tells us more about his meeting with Natalie, who offered him a glass of lemonade using "quaint" language - what does she say, what does "quaint" mean and why does this appeal to him at that stage of his life?
Their relationship has progressed and Barnaby has now spent time in Sophia's rather pretty spool bed (with curly, turned bars at the head and foot).
She goes to dinner with his family and makes a good impression. He thinks again about the time he met her, with her feathered coat. 
Why have I ended this with a picture of a hand?Please comment, answering at least one question. I've put these in bold, to make them easier to spot.
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I dont understand why people dont do the homework it takes a few minits to post. i have hurt my back and i cant move its not fun.
Natalie asks him if he would like some lemonaide. The way she sez it is described as quaint meaning old fashioned and maybe a little strange.
She was avery thing he was not, he was looking for a nice girl, to prove he was not bad.
The rased hand is to remind those who dont partisapate to do so.
Implaccable comes from the verb "placate", which means to please. Implaccable means unpleasable.
Practice is a noun (eg a practice session) while practise is a verb (to practise).
Natalie asks Barnaby if she could interest him in some lemonade, rather than simply offering him some. Quaint has connotations of being old fashioned and respectable, which to Barnaby, having just gotten out of reform school, made Natalie - a "nice girl" - seem his ticket to respectability.
The hand, in my opinion, is also a reference to the novel. Barnaby waves his hand at his family when Sophia talks about what a wonderful person he's become, as if he was waving his past goodbye.
-Chris
Implacable - Impossible to stop or please
Practice is a noun, practise is a verb
She says ‘would you like some lemonade’
He’s looking for someone who can bring structure to his daily routine
Barnaby feels like everyone is looking at him and feels like he should wave as a sign of him acknowledging that what has been said about him is true?
I have read this, but unfortunately not much of it has made sense to me, as I have not had time to complete the close reading! I have read it though!
Oh, and implacable means unable to be pleased!
i'll email you the homework. im really sorry but i might not make it in today :(
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