12 January 2010

Express Yourself.

As you listen to Madonna's "command", respond to the following items in your journal:

1. What is your personal interpretation of the Danish saying "frihed under ansvar"?

2. Brainstorm all the possible ways that people express themselves using words.

3. WHY do people use the items you listed in #2?

07 January 2010

The other side of us....

We watched the "counter personalities" of Matt and Ursula develop throughout the novel to the point that sometimes we saw "Big Mouth" and "Ugly Girl" more than Matt and Ursula. However at the end of the story, we see them leaving these "other sides" of themselves behind.... or do we?
Can you really ever escape from your other self? Or is it always there, just under the surface, waiting to reappear? Your other self may not be as defined or developed as Matt & Ursula's, but does it exist? When do you see it emerge???? Can you keep it hidden....or should you??

05 January 2010

Big Mouth & Ugly Girl is a book filled with situations where someone/something is saved.
Read these lyrics as you listen to "Wonderwall" by Oasis. If you had to connect the song to one particular situation in the novel, which would it be?

Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you

By now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now
Backbeat the word was on the street
That the fire in your heart is out
I'm sure you've heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt
I don't believe that anybody feels
The way I do about you now
And all the roads we have to walk along are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you I don't know how because maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me ?
And after all.....You're my wonderwall
Today was gonna be the day?
But they'll never throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you're not to do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now
And all the roads that lead to you were winding
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
I don't know how
I said maybe You're gonna be the one who saves me ?
And after all You're my wonderwall