ashley lesser

@kruegerfjillian and I are thrilled to be starting our journey in our AP Lang class! #fhslanglife

@ap_abbyfhs I agree!! I see a TON of similes, also. One of my favorites was on page 26: “Glass’s shaming was following him around wherever he went, like Pigpen’s cloud of dirt”. #fhslanglife

So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed has had so much figurative language in just the couple of chapters I’ve read today. It provides a picture of just how crazy these kind of situations are. It seems like there’s a simile on almost every page. #Fhslanglife

While reading my book, I made the connection that “confirmation bias” was a vocabulary word from last year in AP psych! I remember it being on the final exam that I didn’t do too hot on...😮🤯 #fhslanglife

By this, I think that the author was trying to say that this man knew his career and life were over, just as the food solidifying on an abandoned ship would signal that there is no hope for the ship to be recovered. #fhslanglife

I wasn’t sure what this simile was trying to say, so I looked up a few words and discovered that the author was comparing the final tweet of someone who was publicly shamed to food solidifying on an abandoned ship. #fhslanglife

A message I’m seeing in “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed” is that when people are publicly shamed, not only is that person affected, but the guilt of ruining someone’s life also eats away at the exposer. An example of this is w/ Michael exposing Jonah for plagiarism. #fhslanglife

@LDennibaum @bizlabiszakfhs I have not read any books in verse, but I remember hearing about Sold in a book talk last year! I’ll have to find a copy, thanks! #fhslanglife

While reading this book, I decided that reading on the kindle app is easier and more enjoyable than reading a paper copy. I like how you can highlight and bookmark the pages with a touch of the screen. Also, who doesn’t have their phone on them at all times?!🙃#fhslanglife

@ThiemDaniel Awesome! “How We Got To Now” by @stevenbjohnson was my second choice for the required read, but I decided on “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed” by @jonronson instead. How are you liking your book so far? #fhslanglife

@LesserAshley Wow. Unbelievable because my book “How we got to now” by Steven Johnson uses a lot of pictures so the reader can easily understand what is being said. These tools that authors use give hints or confirm the messages that can be inferred by the reader. #fhslanglife

@bizlabiszakfhs I think I prefer poetic form rather than narrative because it makes reading the book as a whole much easier. I like to read in small chunks at a time, so the short chapters and small amount of words on the pages helped me to cruise through this book! 😜 #fhslanglife

@LesserAshley I’ve heard great things about this book! What are your thoughts on reading a poetic book rather than a more common narrative book structure?

@kruegerfjillian How easy is it for you to understand what is being taught in this book? I see a lot of examples for each element that could be very helpful, but I haven’t started it yet and was just wondering. :) #fhslanglife

ending my Tuesday afternoon with starting the Elements of style!! When I write one of my biggest struggles is conventions, thanks to this book I learned how to use a dash in different ways! Very excited that I can add this technique into my writing!! #fhslanglife

Thanks to @membean , I learned the meaning of the word “satire” for my AP Lang class! #fhslanglife #membean