Akemii wrote on 2011-12-18 20:06
Still need something to read :/
Chockeh wrote on 2011-12-18 20:09
Read anything in the thread.
If the teacher doesn't like anything, f*ck that sh*t.
Cucurbita wrote on 2011-12-18 20:10
Quote from Akemii;697057:
Still need something to read :/
I already suggested Maddox and I have no clue why you wouldn't do it.
BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2011-12-18 20:14
this speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibmcsEGLKo
or this
[video=youtube;chqi8m4CEEY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chqi8m4CEEY&feature=related[/video]
Episkey wrote on 2011-12-18 20:37
In all seriousness, the first thing that came to my mind was Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. (Chapter 3, verses 1-8)
I don't know if that's long enough, but you could keep on reading until you reach a verse you could stop at.
[SPOILER="Spoiler"]A Time for Everything
*This is the NIV (New International Version), I personally read from the KJV (King James Version) - but the language is a bit archaic for most.
1 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
[/SPOILER]
It may be from the Bible (Old Testament), but I was surprised to hear it at my public school's Christmas chorus concert. Someone apparently took that passage and made it into a song for the Holidays.
I think it has a profound meaning (sad, yet happy) without causing any "issues" with your teacher or fellow peers. The Bible is considered to be a great literary work anyway; we read and analyzed few passages in my English IV class.
Of course, that's if you don't have a problem with reading the passage yourself.
After all, it's your decision in the end.
My other suggestion would be to look through stories/poems/works you read in your English Class, and find another one based on the same author.
Good Luck!
Pierce wrote on 2011-12-18 21:05
Quote from CurlyBrace13;694774:
To be or Not To Be from Hamlet?
*written on spot
To be or Not to Be
That is the question
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind
To suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles by opposing end them
To sleep, to dream
To sleep end the heartache
'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished
But in this sleep of death, what dreams may come?
'Tis conscience makes cowards of us all.
This... was... beautiful. Thank you. ;_;
Edit:
On topic: Why don't you read 'Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death' by Patrick Henry?
It's badass:
It is in vain, sir, to extentuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Akemii wrote on 2011-12-19 15:46
I have it in a couple periods and I don't really wanna read any of the suggestions! (no offense)
plzgibmoar.