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Last day for seniors - 2006-2007

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2007-06-09T12:44:00-05:00

Then end of days - 2007

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2007-06-09T11:55:00-05:00

It's almost time for me to wave goodbye to my seniors... graduation is only a few days away. What an incredible journey it has been! I thank all of my kids for an amazing year and I will always hold a special place in my heart for all of you - you're my first graduating class!! ok, enough of the emotional stuff. I'm happy to see you go off into the world!! All I ask is that you occasionally drop me a line and let me know how you're doing. mskrenzel@jkrenzel.com or mskrenzel on AIM.

xo,

Ms. K

all about shakespeare...

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2007-01-04T21:36:00-05:00

Shakespeare's Influence

The English language owes a great debt to Shakespeare. He invented over 1700 of our common words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising words wholly original. Below is a list of a few of the words Shakespeare coined, hyperlinked to the play and scene from which it comes. When the word appears in multiple plays, the link will take you to the play in which it first appears.

academe	accused	addiction	advertising	amazement
arouse	assassination	backing	bandit	bedroom
beached	besmirch	birthplace	blanket	bloodstained
barefaced	blushing	bet	bump	buzzer
caked	cater	champion	circumstantial	cold-blooded
compromise	courtship	countless	critic	dauntless
dawn	deafening	discontent	dishearten	drugged
dwindle	epileptic	equivocal	elbow	excitement
exposure	eyeball	fashionable	fixture	flawed
frugal	generous	gloomy	gossip	green-eyed
gust	hint	hobnob	hurried	impede
impartial	invulnerable	jaded	label	lackluster
laughable	lonely	lower	luggage	lustrous
madcap	majestic	marketable	metamorphize	mimic
monumental	moonbeam	mountaineer	negotiate	noiseless
obscene	obsequiously	ode	olympian	outbreak
panders	pedant	premeditated	puking	radiance
rant	remorseless	savagery	scuffle	secure
skim milk	submerge	summit	swagger	torture
tranquil	undress	unreal	varied	vaulting
worthless	zany

If you are looking for more words invented by Shakespeare be sure to read the wonderful book Coined By Shakespeare by Jeffrey McQuain and Stanley Mallessone. Each entry in the book comes with a history of the word.

Shakespeare also invented many of the most-used expressions in our language. Bernard Levin skillfully summarizes Shakespeare's impact in the following passage from The Story of English:

If you cannot understand my argument, and declare "It's Greek to me", you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you recall your salad days, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you act more in sorrow than in anger, if your wish is father to the thought, if your lost property has vanished into thin air, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you have ever refused to budge an inch or suffered from green-eyed jealousy, if you have played fast and loose, if you have been tongue-tied, a tower of strength, hoodwinked or in a pickle, if you have knitted your brows, made a virtue of necessity, insisted on fair play, slept not one wink, stood on ceremony, danced attendance (on your lord and master), laughed yourself into stitches, had short shrift, cold comfort or too much of a good thing, if you have seen better days or lived in a fool's paradise - why, be that as it may, the more fool you, for it is a foregone conclusion that you are (as good luck would have it) quoting Shakespeare; if you think it is early days and clear out bag and baggage, if you think it is high time and that that is the long and short of it, if you believe that the game is up and that truth will out even if it involves your own flesh and blood, if you lie low till the crack of doom because you suspect foul play, if you have your teeth set on edge (at one fell swoop) without rhyme or reason, then - to give the devil his due - if the truth were known (for surely you have a tongue in your head) you are quoting Shakespeare; even if you bid me good riddance and send me packing, if you wish I were dead as a door-nail, if you think I am an eyesore, a laughing stock, the devil incarnate, a stony-hearted villain, bloody-minded or a blinking idiot, then - by Jove! O Lord! Tut, tut! for goodness' sake! what the dickens! but me no buts - it is all one to me, for you are quoting Shakespeare. (Bernard Levin. From The Story of English. Robert McCrum, William Cran and Robert MacNeil. Viking: 1986).

http://shakespeare.about.com/library/weekly/aa042400a.htm

word of the day

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-12-15T05:55:00-05:00

neologism \nee-OLL-uh-jiz-um\, noun:

1. A new word or expression.
2. A new use of a word or expression.
3. The use or creation of new words or expressions.
4. (Psychiatry) An invented, meaningless word used by a person with a psychiatric disorder.
5. (Theology) A new view or interpretation of a scripture.

how to find me

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-12-13T14:05:00-05:00

1. jkrenzel@neshaminy.k12.pa.us

2. mskrenzel@jkrenzel.com

3. mskrenzel on AIM

some of the vocab for quiz - 12/13/06

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-12-12T10:01:00-05:00

Abominably –
unpleasantly; terribly
Accrue –
to come as gain; accumulate
Adversary –
an enemy; opponent
Agility –
an ability to move quickly and easily, nimbleness
Avarice –
an excessive desire for wealth; greed (similar to covetousness)
Bequeath –
to leave in a will; give as an inheritance
Castigate –
to criticize harshly
Concede –
to grant or acknowledge, often unwillingly
Contemptuous –
scornful; openly disrespectful
Cosset –
to treat like a pet; to pamper
Courtliness –
refined behavior, elegance
Covetousness –
an excessive desire for wealth or possessions (similar to avarice)
Crone –
an ugly old woman; hag
Defer –
to postpone
Dejected –
sad; depressed
Diligent –
painstaking; hard-working
Disdain –
a show of contempt; scorn
Dispatch –
promptness; efficiency
Ecstasy –
intense joy or delight; bliss
Eminent –
standing out above others, high-ranking; prominent
Frugal –
careful with money; thrifty
Implore –
to plead; beg
Maim –
to disable or permanently wound
Malady –
a disease or disorder; ailment
Mode –
a current fashion or style
Pallor –
lack of color; extreme paleness
Parley –
a discussion or conference
Personable –
pleasing in behavior, appearance
Prowess –
superior skill; great ability
Rebuke –
to criticize
Repine –
to complain; fret
Saunter –
to walk in a slow and leisurely manner; stroll
Sedately –
in a composed, dignified manner; calmly
Statute –
a law
Temporal –
of the material world; not eternal
Transcend –
to go beyond; surpass
Tribulation –
suffering; great distress
Vermin –
small animals that are destructive or carriers of disease
Wary –
cautious; on one’s guard
Wield –
to handle skillfully

Movies You Should See Before Graduation (in alphabetical order)

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-11-14T20:12:00-05:00

1. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

2. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

3. American Beauty (1999)

4. American History X (1998)

5. Blazing Saddles (1974)

6. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

7. Casablanca (1942)

8. Cool Hand Luke (1967)

9. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

10. Forrest Gump (1994)

11. Full Metal Jacket (1987)

12. Gone with the Wind (1939)

13. Grease (1978) (and Grease 2 (1982))

14. Jaws (1975)

15. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

16. North by Northwest (1959)

17. Pretty in Pink (1986)

18. Schindler's List (1993)

19. Stand by Me (1986)

20. Star Wars (1977)

21. The Breakfast Club (1985)

22. The Exorcist (1973)

23. The Godfather (1972)

24. The Matrix (1999)

25. The Princess Bride (1987)

26. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

27. The Usual Suspects (1995)

28. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

29. Young Frankenstein (1974)

Beowulf Presentations - Day 2

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-09-30T01:19:00-05:00

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Library

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-09-30T01:19:00-05:00

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Random Photos from NHS

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-09-28T19:53:00-05:00

From the hallway outside of G-2

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Beowulf Presentations

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-09-28T19:52:00-05:00

NHS Beowulf Presentations

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Welcome Back!

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-09-07T22:35:00-05:00

Today was the first day of school - great job!!! With all of the construction, congestion and confusion (alliteration for those paying attention) things went really well today. A note to students from last year: it was wonderful to see you! Please stop by anytime to chat, I'd love to hear what's new in your lives. For my new students - I hope you had an enjoyable first day and I'm really looking forward to starting up with Anglo-Saxon History on Monday! I know - something wonderful to look forward to :)

Ms. K

news!

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-07-14T12:06:00-05:00

Update - as of this moment, I will be teaching 12th grade at Neshaminy High School during the 2006-2007 school year.

hope you are having a wonderful (and safe) summer!

quotes about education

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-06-13T23:16:00-05:00

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Robert Frost

Common sense is not so common.
Voltaire

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Aristotle

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Sigmund Freud

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Pizza Party MPM etc. 6/13/06

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-06-13T21:14:00-05:00

My last day at NMS <sob> and the pizza party at MPMS. Check out Ali and Phil break dancing! If only I had video of that....

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Photographs

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-06-13T09:23:00-05:00

All pictures taken during the 2005-2006 school year will be posted on this blog by the weekend. Enjoy (and I reserve the right to delete any comments on the photos)

The end is near....

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-06-13T09:19:00-05:00

To my students at Poquessing, Neshaminy Middle, and Maple Point:

Well, the end is actually here. How sad!! Ok, summer off isn't really sad - but I'll miss all of you

I'll let you know where I'll be next year so be sure to stop by, send an email or something. (mskrenzel@jkrenzel.com)

Be safe, have fun and good luck next year!!

Krenzel

June 12, 2006

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-06-12T21:13:00-05:00

NMS Move Up Day

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Move Up Day

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-06-09T21:00:00-05:00

MPMS Move Up Day - sorry, no carnival pictures. Feel free to email some to me and I'll upload them

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Knoebels (NMS)

jessica@jkrenzel.com (Jessica Krenzel) — 2006-06-02T21:13:00-05:00

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