Please Note: This assignment is for Period 1 only - each class will have a different topic to research. So if your in my Period 3 or 4 English class - you can hit "back" on your computer and find the proper class. Seriously...I'm waiting. No, the "back" button to get back to the blog. Try it again...lol.
I did an assignment similar to this with the 8th graders, so if you're confused you can look at the 8th Grade Assignment and view how this should look - of course, you'll have to wait until at least 2 students complete their post (you'll see what I mean). Basically, I want you to brush up on your researching skills and work together as a class to create a fact based document about someone. I want each student to "piggy-back" the student who posted before you and "add" to the list of details/facts. We have 21 kids in the class, by the end of this we'll have hopefully have 63 "notes" on our subject. It's important to read what has previously been posted as to not have any repetition.
Assignment: Please research Billie Holiday (singer) and post three interesting facts/details about her. You must use at least two different sources (doesn't have to be online - feel free to use a book, encyclopedia, magazine, etc.) and include your source in parenthesis. You are not permitted to use "Wikipedia" or any on it's off-shoots. Remember to read your classmates comments before posting, we do not want any repeats! Good luck and look for a new assignment on Wednesday!!
For example: Topic: W. Axl Rose (Singer - Guns N Roses)
Lets say Olivia posts the following three facts:
1. Axl sang in his church choir as a boy. (Watch You Bleed by Stephen Davis)
2. He wrote the lyrics to "Sweet Child O' Mine" about his girlfriend, Erin Everly. (Rolling Stone.com)
3. Axl and guitarist Izzy Stradlin performed "Salt of the Earth" with the Rolling Stones in Atlantic City December 19, 1989. (Watch You Bleed by Stephen Davis)
The next person to post might be Hector. His post would look like this:
4. Axl walked off-stage in St. Louis in 1990 instigating a riot that injured hundreds of people (VH1.com).
5. He and guitaritst Traci Guns formed the band LA Guns in 1984 (The Most Dangerous Band in the World by Mick Wall
6. Axl challenged Motley Crue singer, Vince Neil to a fight during an interview with MTV's Kurt Loder in 1989 (Vh1.com)
....and the next student would start with # 7. Got it? Good.....enjoy!!
1. Billie Holiday was born on April 7, 1915 in Pennsylvania and was known as "Lady Day".(http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/917.html)
ReplyDelete2. At the age 18, Holiday was discovered by producer John Hammond while performing in a Harlem Jazz club.(http://www.biography.com/articles/Billie-Holiday-9341902)
3. Billie's mother(Sadie Fagan) had Billie when she was only 13 years old and the father was Clarence Holiday (later to become a jazz guitarist) and named their new born Eleanora Fagan soon to become Billie Holiday.(http://www.notablebiographies.com/He-Ho/Holiday-Billie.html)
~ Vani Nair
* Period 1
P.S.Hows every ones break? Hope you enjoy it, have fun.
Wait Mr.Vergara for our class do we need to finish the giver by the end of the week?
ReplyDelete~ Vani Nair
~ Period 1
1.Holiday’s father abandoned the family when she was young, so at the outset of her career she altered the spelling of her surname to Halliday to distance herself from her negligent father.
ReplyDelete2.She later switched the spelling of her name back to Holiday and was given her famous nickname “Lady Day” by tenor sax virtuoso Lester Young. She picked up the nickname “Billie” as a child due to her admiration for her favorite movie star, Billie Dove, and the name stayed with her until her death.
3.Holiday grew up in Baltimore—causing some to believe that she was born there—and endured a difficult childhood. She was sent to a reformatory at the age of 10 for horrible behavior and never received much education.
*All information found at (http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Holiday__Billie.html)*
-Maria Camila Puerta-
-Period 1-
Vani....yes. Maria...your information should be 4,5,6...next person should be 7,8,9
ReplyDelete7. Holiday served the beginning part of her "apprenticeship" by singing along with records by Bessie Smith or Louis Armstrong in after-hours jazz clubs.
ReplyDelete8. By the late 1940s, after the death of her mother, Holiday’s heroin addiction became so bad she was repeatedly arrested eventually checking herself into an institution in the hopes of breaking her habit.
9. Even though se had really never learned how to read, Holiday's unique diction, uncopiable phrasing and dramatic intensity made her one of the most
outstanding jazz singers.
1 and 3 facts from source: http://www.billieholiday.com/
2 fact from: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/billie-holiday/about-the-singer/68/
Sebastian Bedoya period 1(obviousely because this is the per 1 blog)
10.Billie got a record deal with Vocalion Records in 1935and began making a series of recordings with Teddy Wilson a pianist.
ReplyDelete11.When Holiday began working with record label Verve during 1952 to 1959 her voice became more rugged and vulnerable.
12.Billie tried to be a dancer in a Harlem nightclub but was turned down by the owner. After the audition, she started to sing a blues tune while she was getting ready to leave, then the owner heard her and hired her to sing at the Harlem nightclub.
10 and 12 are from http://pbskids.org/jazz/nowthen/billie.html
11 is from www.billieholiday.com/
-Hector Cardenas
Period 1
13. Birth Name: Eleanora Fagan Gough
ReplyDeletehttp://www.numberonestars.com/musiclegends/billieholiday.htm
14. Lady Day was with Count Basie's Orchestra during much of 1937
http://www.numberonestars.com/musiclegends/billieholiday.htm
15. Death date: July 17, 1959
Death place: New York City, New York
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090210143603AAmTw3p
Chelsea Garvey :.:.:.:.::.:)
(I finally realize SHE is a girl)O-o
16.Billie's mother Sadie married Philip Gough in 1920 and for a few years Billie had a stable home life.
ReplyDelete17.Holiday began to skip school,and she and her mother had to go to court over Holiday's truancy.
(www.boigraphy.com/articles/Billie-Holiday)
18.She spent most of her childhood in Baltimore.
( http://www.biography.com/articles/Billie-Holiday-9341902
~Laura G.~
Period 1
19)Billie Holiday had a nickname which was "lady Day" and was an american Jazz singer and Jazz writer.
ReplyDelete20)Billie Holiday's real name was Elenora Fagan and was born on April 7 1915 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
21)Billie Holiday's mother was nicknames "The Duchess" Billie also had a Dog named Mistress
-Adam Vatai Period 1
22. Billie Holiday lived in Baltimore, Maryland as a child and early teenager. Divorces with Billie's husband force Billie and her mother to be on their own. (Courtesy of http://www.biography.com/articles/Billie-Holiday-9341902?part=0)
ReplyDelete23. At the age of 18, Billie was discovered by producer John Hammond while preforming in a Harlem jazz club. (Courtesy of http://www.biography.com/articles/Billie-Holiday-9341902?part=0)
24. Addictions with drugs and alcohol and problems the law declined her success and gradually lead to her death by heart and liver failure at the age of 44. (Courtesy of http://www.billieholiday.com/about/biography2.htm)
"If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling. No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." - Billie Holiday (Courtesy of http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/billie_holiday.html)
- James Michael Agpalo
- Period 1
25. Two of her biggest hits included "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" and "Miss Brown to You." which landed her a recording contract of her own.
ReplyDelete26. She eventually moved to New York with her mother, who was in search of a better job.
27. When Holiday joined Count Basie, a jazz orchestra leader in 1937 and then Artie Shaw, an American clarinetist in 1938, she became one of the very first black women to work with a white orchestra.
Kristine Rupnarain
Period 1
28) Billie Holiday was one of the first and greatest of American jazz singers. (Answers.com)
ReplyDelete29) Billie Holiday was known for her unique and laconic timing, her wistful and brassy vocals, and her troubled personal life. (Answers.com)
30) Billie Holiday was given the nickname "Lady Day" from Lester Young a saxophonist, who she would later become friends with and musical cohorts for many years. (Biography.com)