sem reflections fal 2012

1. yes i do read them, when ever i dnt get an assignment. they are great and detailed. to better understand.
2.it always had resoucses and ideas. kept us informed. it would proball fail.
3.just the idea of my work being public makes me want to make my work so much better. cuz someone can come a long and crtizize it.
4. my learning happens everywhere cuz i can pull up the blog anytime :)
5.most definately a pioneer in my family, cuz they dnt relly use technology, but when this class started i found other websites to use, like mind maps, googledocs, and pintrest. also cuz of Matts presenation, twitter to :)
6. interested
7.that i can teach them something more.

Final Fall Project

• Our idea is to do remakes of the poetry into videos. :)

LAQ&A#2(BreakingDawn)

1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read, and explain how the narrative fulfills the author's purpose (based on your well-informed interpretation of same).

• Breaking Dawn is the fourth and final book in the Twilight saga by Stephanie Meyer. In the beginning Bella Swan and Edward Cullen get Married and go on a honeymoon. Bella gets pregnant and the baby is killing her. The whole book goes through both Bella and Jacobs perspectives. A baby vampire is illegal in the vampire world and the volturi comes to kill the Cullen's. In the end Bella becomes a vampire and the volturi decides not to kill Renesme (their daughter).

2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Avoid cliches.

• Many characters in Breaking Dawn believe that it's worth sacrificing their lives for what they believe. Jacob is prepared to fight against his own werewolf brothers because he believes that the Cullens are not his enemies. Many of Cullen friends are ready to die for their belief that the Cullens are innocent of breaking any of the Volturi laws. The werewolves are willing to sacrifice their lives to fight the Volturi, because they believe that it's their mission to protect their land and their loved ones from vampires. All of these characters' willingness to sacrifice themselves make them noble as compared to the Volturi, who are mostly concerned with power.

3. Describe the author's tone. Include a minimum of three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).

• Throughout Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse, we've come to know Bella Swan as our narrator. We see the world through her eyes and experience her emotions. In Breaking Dawn, Meyer chose to let Bella narrate the first part of the book, and then switched to the narrative voice of Jacob, only to return to Bella as the narrator in the last part of the book. Why?
  
  Here's how Meyer explains her choice:
  
  In the first rough draft, it was Bella throughout the entire story. There's this section of the story where Bella's pretty much stuck on a couch and is not part of anything that's going on, and she's just hearing about it from the outside, and it's boring! [...] So when I went back to do this, I realized that where the action was, was something we can only get through the first-person perspective of Jacob. And once I made that decision, I was really glad I had, because that was the most fun section to write out of the whole story. (source)
  
  So the main reason for the point of view shift was not to bore us. Very considerate. Did it work? Does Jacob's perspective add to the story? Or does it take away from us being inside Bella's skin, feeling her pain and her fear for her baby and for her own life? At any rate, Jacob's narration makes us insiders when Jacob imprints on Renesmee, even before Bella learns the news in the last section of the book, which arguably builds suspense about how she'll react.
  
  Also, Jacob's change of heart from wanting to kill Renesmee to devoting his life to her would probably never have been as powerful if narrated by Bella.
  
  Other reasons to consider are that not knowing Bella's perspective could makes us feel more helpless to watch her because we care about her. Or did Meyer think it was too painful for us to experience it with Bella? Or did we need to feel, like Jacob, hostile toward that "monster" that was going to kill "our" Bella, only to fall in love with her, like Jacob?
  
  Meyer's other reason to switch to Jacob is, as she says, the simple fact that she loved writing Jacob. But does she, as an adult woman, do a good job of portraying a teenage werewolf boy? How successful was she at taking on this new personality? Did she make Jacob more real for you?
• Source:http://www.shmoop.com/breaking-dawn/narrator-point-of-view.html
 

 

CHARACTERIZATION

• Bella-protaginst
• Edwardprotaginst
• Jacobprotaginst
• Dr.Cullenprotaginst
• Renesmee-flat
• Rose-protaginst
• vultri- antgainist

Big Question

*I think everybody thinks about why certain objects are named the way they are. Why couldn't called something. EX: The sky, why sky. the sky could  be chair. and chair could be sky.
Honestly this bugs me so much. Sometimes if  I just sit and think about it, it would tear my  brain apart.

The medium is the message

Well the movie was more exciting and a lot better to understand. Plus Jonny Depp made a little bit more interesting. Considering he is to cute.  They sometimes didn't stick to the actual plot. Which is why Dr.Preston said to read the document. I did realize reading "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" seemed more shorter than the movie. So the movie add a couple more details.

vocab

vocab 9 remix

Vocab #9 Remix

Bosom: Intimate, close to the heart


Prudently: Wise or judicial in practical affairs


Inveterate: Habit that won't likely change



Propensity: natural tendency


Repose: state of rest


Stripling: Youth


Sequester: isolated


Purport: intend

Imbibed: taking in an idea


Apparition: supernatural


Incessant: ongoing


Cognomen: name


Reverie: Trance


Gambol: Frolic


Spectre: ghost


tarry: linger

Hessian: german soldiers

To all the novlists

i found this site trying to figure out on how to do a chapter outline. It also has: character outline, scene outline.
http://www.creative-writing-now.com/novel-outline.html

novel synposis

*bare with me, i really don't understand how to do this. Everybody says it is meant to be boring.

- During surgery, Matthew has a dream while he is in surgery for cancer. About being adopted. He just thinks it is a dream
-Matthew has surgery since he was born, and was put up for adoption cuz is parents couldn't afford the surgies.
about his mid twenties, he meets this nurse, that always takes care of him.
- He falls in love with her.
-After one of his surgeries he ask the nurse to be his house nurse, to help him recover.
-She says yes.
- She moves in for only 6 months.
-He trys to dazzle her with gifts and candies.
-she keeps rejecting him.
- Half way through the six moths, he goes crazy.
-She takes him to the silem.
-He gets out after a few weeks and become normal.
- He is still in love with her, but his crazy side takes over and one night he kills the nurse in her sleep.
-still in love with her he cry
-freaks out, trys to make it look like it is a sucide.
-finds her diary, and finds out this is his older sister
-his dream is true
-goes out to find his parents, to let them know his sister killed her stuff.
-they want to become part of his life and help him
-they move in
-police go on for months and are pretty sure it is sucide for the nurse.
- the police go to the dr. and ask him some questions
-they find out that he was in love with the nurse and was put in for being crazy for a couple of weeks
-parents find out and leave quickly as they could
-Before the police get there Matthew kills himself, the same way he killed his sister.

* Please if you have any ideas, don't be afraid to comment. i will take any of them into consideration.

Vocab 8

flout: to openly disregard
caveat: a notice or warning
blazon: to proclaim widely
filch: to steal casually
fractious: bad tempered; easily irritated
equitable: fair or impartial
autonomy: self governing
addendum: in addition
amnesty: forgiveness for a pass offense
axiomatic: self-evident; unquestionable
extricate: free from constraint or difficulty
soporific: medicine inducing sleep
scathing: critical or scornful.
unwieldy: diffucult to carry or move because of size.
vapid: boring; not stimulating or challenging
prognosticate: foretell a future event
sepulchral: gloomy or dismal
salutary: positive effect; beneficial
straitlaced: exaggeratedly proper
scourge: a whipped used as punishment

precept: A rule used to regulate.
transient: impermanent

Remix of Emerson

http://prezi.com/6szs-wklbkor/self-reliance/

who's winning

1. What does it take to win an argument? Is this/should this be the same criteria we use to select a president?
- to know the correct information. to be convincing

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1. Prepare. Prepare until we have become the argument. Prepare until you know every scale on the hide of the fish. Having prepared, next understand that good preparation is like writing a script for a screenplay. Proper preparation requires one to tell the story and to assign roles to the parties. Cast your side as the good guys, as the side chat is unjustly accused, wrongly despised, gravely misunderstood. Cast your side as the underdog. And, when those for whom we argue cannot wear the white hat, argue their case from inside their hides.
2. Open the Other to receive your argument. You have already learned how: empower the other to receive or reject your argument.
3. Give the argument in the form of story. As we have seen, we are genetic storytellers and listeners to stories. Remember, fables, allegories, and parables are the traditional tools of successful argument. Every movie, every soap, every sitcom, most lyrics in popular songs, all operas and plays, most successful television commercials are in story form. So do not forget what you have learned already: jurors, the boss, the family, the Other are conditioned to listen to stories.
4. Tell the truth. With ordinary words you have learned the incredible power of credibility. Being who you are is powerful. Saying how you feel is powerful. To be open and real and afraid, if you are afraid, is powerful. The power argument begins and ends by telling the truth. Truth is power.
5. Tell the Other what you want. If you are arguing before a jury for money, ask for money. If you leave the Other to guess what you want, their guessing may be wrong, and guessing spoils your credibility. Remember the power of justice. Jurors will circumvent the law to mete out justice. People will break the law to obtain justice. People will die in wars to win it. People can live without food or shelter or love. This is a species that can bear every kind and character of pain except one pain--the pain of injustice. Discover the natural justice of your argument and ask for it--demand it.
6. Avoid sarcasm, scorn, and ridicule. Use humor cautiously. Hold back insult. No one admires the cynic, the scoffer, the mocker, the small, and the petty. Giving respect to one’s opponent elevates us. Those who insult and slight do so from low places. Remember: Respect is reciprocal. The employment of humor can be the most devastating of all weapons in an argument. Humor is omnipotent when it reveals the truth. But beware: attempting to be funny and failing is one of the most dangerous of all strategies.
7. Logic is power. If logic is on your side, ride it--ride it all the way. If logic is not on your side, if logic leads to an unjust result, it will have no power. As Samuel Butler said, "Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it." Logic does not always lead to truth or justice. Logic defeats spontaneity. Logic is often dull and is more comfortable with the dead, for it is often without spirit. Do not give up creativity for logic. However, the creative mind will soon see that creativity is often served by logic.
8. Action and winning are brothers. The worst of head-on attacks is often better than the most sophisticated defense. Never permit your opponent to take control. Do not defend when you can attack. Counterpunching is for boxers, and counterpunchers most often lose. The great champions of the world take control. The great generals attack first, and attack again. Take the initiative. Do something. But with those we love, the best attack is often to attack with love, and, as we shall see, winning is often accomplished by the art of losing.
9. Admit at the outset the weak points in your argument. You can expose your weaknesses in a better light than your opponent, who will expose them in the darkest possible way. An honest admission, having come from you, not only endows you with credibility, it also leaves your opponent with nothing to say except what you have already admitted.
10. Understand your power. Give yourself permission--only to win. But remember, arrogance, insolence, and stupidity are close relatives.

source: http://attitudeadjustment.tripod.com/Books/Argue.htm
-most definatley, sometimes they just ramble on and not answer straight forward. and worry about saying the other candinate is wrong, but not why.

2. Who do you think won tonight's debate? Describe in detail three reasons for your answer.
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Obama won Tuesday night’s debate. His performance was far stronger second time around, more aggressive, more personal, and he commanded the floor. By contrast, some of the bad old Mitt from the primaries was back. The Republican shuffled around the stage and seem to tire halfway through. As he often does under pressure, Romney talked in innuendoes. Asked a question about achieving gender balance in the workplace, he replied, “Thankyou, that's an important topic” – which longtime Mitt followers know is code for “I never thought about that before.” He then told the audience that, as Governor of Massachusetts, in his search for potential female appointees he had been shown “binders full of women.” Ahem. What he learned from this experience was that “If you’re gonna have women in the workforce, they need to be more flexible.” O my. I know what he meant: you know what he meant. But the slutty minded on Twitter were in stiches.
Obama exploited Romney’s flaws. He reminded the audience that the Republican pays just over 14 per cent in federal taxes (although he tops that up with generous charitable donations) and that he u-turned on assault weapons. And at the end of the night, Romney set himself up for a painful reminder of his remarks about the 47 per cent by pledging to represent “the 100 per cent of Americans.” Predictably, Obama replied by trotting out Romney’s infamous closed-door statement about welfare recipients. In this manner, almost every Romney attack was blunted. And, as the evening wore on, the President's smile grew and he interjected more often. In fact it started to feel like he was getting more time and more generous questions. But that might have been a testament to his performance rather than a conspiracy by the organisers.
However, there are two factors that might even out Obama’s win. First, Romney was on form when talking about the economic issues – where the numbers speak for themselves. Mitt consistently won points when he was able to cite high unemployment, high debt or spiralling prices. When Obama told the audience that the rising price of gas was a sign of economic improvement, a few folks at home had to choke on their root beers. Romney synchronised those themes nicely in his closing message, when he was personal, idealistic and dignified. Recall that what won Romney the first debate wasn’t just his combativeness but also his centrism – the projection of a statesmanlike image that goes down well with swing voters desperately looking for an alternative to Obama. It’s noteworthy that undecideds in Frank Luntz’s televised focus group seemed to think that Romney won. His brand as a competent moderate isn’t diminished.
Second, Obama’s numbers might flag after a bit of fact checking is done. There were all sorts of examples of the President winging it on facts (oil drilling, gas prices etc), but the biggest snafu was on Libya. The most tense moment of the debate came when Romney accused Obama of bungling his response to the assault on the US embassy in Benghazi and falsely reporting it as a popular demonstration rather than a terrorist attack. The President asserted that he called it a terror attack all along and – remarkably – the moderator interrupted to support Obama’s claim, citing the text of a speech he gave shortly after the events unfolded. In fact, in that speech Obama did not call Benghazi a terrorist attack but instead referred vaguely and in general terms to the US being susceptible to “acts of terror.” In a follow up statement, he did not mention terror attacks at all. That’s probably because his administration continued to deny that it was a terrorist attack for many days after – whether for reasons of incompetence or political expediency.
On live TV, it appeared that Romney lost the exchange by being corrected by the President, then the moderator and then by the audience who applauded Obama’s staunch self-defence. It was great TV. But not only was it misleading, but Romney’s central point was actually rather more pertinent. In the immediate aftermath of a terrorist attack on a US embassy, the President of the United States flew to Las Vegas for a campaign fundraiser. It begs the question, what would it take to get Obama to cancel a fundraiser? World War III?
Be in no doubt, this was a much needed shot in the arm for Obama’s campaign. But how it will play out is less obvious. It’s hard to imagine that independents worried about college tuition, gas prices, jobs or debt will change their vote based on one debate. That said, Obama has run and won on rheotric before.

by:Tim Stanely.

self Reliance

1. We all have our own ideas. We should always speak our mnds even though we are afraid. Not to be strongly influence by others
2.The need for the individual to avoid conformity false consity and follow his/her enstics and ideas.
3.Envy is ignorance
4.What you are going to focus on in the picture and what not to focus on
5.Each one of us are divine like.
6.Iron is ore strong. If you know who you are than you won't break.
7.go up and beyond. rebellion in education.
8.Man doesn't trust people around him.
9.Strong feelings and opinions in what you believe in.
10Taken advantage. use is it against you. stubbourn.
11.critizism is hard.
12.Emerson begins his major work on individualism by asserting the importance of thinking for oneself rather than meekly accepting other people's ideas. As in almost all of his work, he promotes individual experience over the knowledge gained from books: "To believe that what is true in your private heart is true for all men — that is genius." The person who scorns personal intuition and, instead, chooses to rely on others' opinions lacks the creative power necessary for robust, bold individualism. This absence of conviction results not in different ideas, as this person expects, but in the acceptance of the same ideas — now secondhand thoughts — that this person initially intuited.

vocaulary fall #7

ad infinitum- With out end.
sentence-John spoke about his interest in collecting beermats and went on ad infinitum." 
 apportion- a part of something.
sentence-bona fide-real.
sentence-a bona fide agreement 
 buoyant-cheerful; kept afloat.
sentence- She seemed buoyant when she pass the oral poem.
 clique- mutiple groups seperate.
Sentence- In high school there is lots of cliques
 concede- to achknowldge.
I was trying to concede the shy girl in the group.
 congenial-Suitable.
Sentence- The hotel was congenial.
 lofty-exaulted rank; dignity
Sentence- the general was being lofty when his men were dieing quickly.
 migration- to move to a new place.
Sentence-The mormons had a migrations to Salt Lake City.
 perceive-To become aware
Sentence- I was perceive when the told me about my sister was getting married
 perverse- determined.
Sentence- That girl was perverse on coming home even though she was out my a mile.
 prelude- primarly to the action
Sentence-Work as a kitchen maid came as a prelude to marriage and motherhood
 rancid-unpleasent smell.
The football team was rancid when they came off the field into the stands.
 rustic- pertaining to.
I was trying to rustic towards the theme of the book.
 sever- taken to extereme.
She was severly hurt
 sordid-selfish
That girl was sordid when it came to her food
 untenable-un capable of defending
The little boy was untenable to the bullys
 versatile-changeable
the grade is versatile if you actually try
 vindicate- justify by arguement
i was vindicate on my side when the principal asked me what happen
 wane- decrease power
The military wane in the civil war

Midterm

A) I thought the first section I did very. I was pretty cofident after I finished.
B) Than the second section was really ify, and I knew that I had some different deffintions for a few of the words. And they were not up there. So I tried to look at some what of the rootwords.
C) The first section most definately. But I liked how I study for it, and will use that for other subjects.
D)Um to totally check my definitions to make sure that i got the right one.

Ideas for midterm

• flash cards
• Set Daily Study Times. Set periods of time that you will spend studying each day. Once you spend a month reinforcing these learning periods, it will become automatic. Regular studying times prevent the need for cramming and can give you consistency in your schedule.
• Read Papers Upside Down. A good editing habit when checking over your essays and assignments is to read them upside down. This prevents you from speed reading the page and missing grammatical or sentence structure errors. This also gives you a better feeling of how an essay might be read through fresh eyes, letting you improve your style.
• Take short breaks frequently. Your memory retains the information that you study at the beginning and the end better than what you study in the middle
•  Keep a "log book" or record of needs to be accomplished in each study section. Your child can look over it later and be impressed with themselves!
• Say the word aloud to activate your auditory memory. Relate the word to words you already know. For example, the word GARGANTUAN (very large) has a similar meaning to the words gigantic, huge, large, etc. You could make a sequence: small, medium, large, very large, GARGANTUAN. List as many things as you can that could be considered GARGANTUAN: Godzilla, the circus fat lady, the zit on your nose, etc. Create pictures of the word's meaning that involve strong emotions. Think "the GARGANTUAN creature was going to rip me apart and then eat me!"
• Play Scrabble, Boggle, and do crossword puzzles. These and other word games are available for the computer, so you are not dependent on a partner to play. Also, try out the Franklin Electronic Dictionary that features built-in word games.
• Playing games, such as the ones on this site, that test your knowledge will help you learn new words and also let you know how much progress you're making. Offline
• sources for vocabulary tests include SAT prep books (we recommend "10 Real SATs" by ETS), and the Reader's Digest Wordpower section. For more, check out Amazon.com or your local bookseller.
• http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
• review your notes that you take everyday.

Hunger games- suzanne collins.

1.-Set in a future North America known as "Panem", the Capitol selects a boy and a girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each of the twelve outlying districts to compete in the annual "Hunger Games", a televised fight-to-the-death. The film is centered around Katniss Everdeen - a 16-year-old girl from District 12, who volunteers for her 12-year-old sister, Prim, when Prim's name is chosen - and Katniss's fellow District 12 tribute, Peeta Mellark, whom she has some rather dramatic history with. Katniss is then rushed to the Capitol, where she undergoes intense training, before being thrust into the arena to fight to become the victor of the seventy-fourth annual Hunger Games.- show a future of north america.
2. The Hunger Games are just full of sacrifices. Katniss makes a huge personal sacrifice when she takes her sister's place in the Hunger Games. She and Peeta sacrifice themselves for each other at the end of the Games when they pop the berries in their mouth. Katniss and Peeta are willing to die together. Or they would have, if the announcer hadn't stopped them. Sacrifices make a big impact because they remind us that human life means something. In a world of reality entertainment like the Hunger Games, that can be a very powerful thing.
3.the moment when Katniss volunteered as tribute for her sister, and to find medicine for Peeta.
4.The districts all have distinct personalities (District 12, for example, is a coal-mining community; District 11 is primarily agricultural), ;
The mockingjay pin is the circular gold token Katniss wears during the Games to represent District 12. Each tribute is allowed one item to remind them of their friends and family in their home district; the small pin bearing the image of a bird in flight is Katniss's. The mockingjay pin was originally given to KatnissKatniss's departure to the Capitol to participate in the Hunger Games (. Though Katniss forgets about the pin during her training sessions, Cinna, her stylist, is sure to place the mockingjay prominently on Katniss's outfit for the arena. He tells her that the little pin "barely cleared the review board" since the authorities thought Katniss might be able to use the pin as a weapon . While the thought of a tiny little pin being used as a weapon might seem silly to us, the image of the mockingjay, as we will find out, is indeed an incredibly powerful and important weapon.
Characterazition:
1. indirect-The dizziness has subsided and while my left ear is deafened, I can hear a ringing in my right, which seems a good sign.
The first thing i do is dig out my own glasses and put them on, which relaxes me a little, to have at least one of my hunter's senses working.
direct-Cato has finished the first phase of his tantrum and takes out his anger the smoking remains by kicking open various cantainers.
the boy from District 3 throws stones into the ruins and must have declared all the mins activated because the careers are approaching the wrrekage.
2. Syntax-
Let the odds ever be in your favor- means that you might have a chance in not going to the hunger games. just like the saying count your blessings.
3. very flat, suzanne is very forward with her literature. doesn't really go into detial on the picture. protagnist- Katniss Dynamic- Katniss and peeta because they fallen in love. Supposable.
4. Usually i put my self into the characters footsteps. and visualize that i am in the story. but it was really hard because the author was really straight forward so i couldnt imagine.

Conclusion

1. That it was a real change for  people to write this way, because it was all about people digging their ditches and keeping their heads down. To show that you were good and all about God.
2. A few words that makes you notice that is Romanticism: We, I.
3. A lot of poets used the words thou, thy. Like an old language. I only hear these words at church in prayers, which kind makes you think that these people still used church language. Even though it was kinda wrong to write about your views. Which made me confused on what they were talkking aobut.

Romanticism Research

• http://www.uh.edu/engines/romanticism/introduction.html

1. I like this website the most because it explained it more.
2. Gave examples of actual american poets that uses romanticism.
3. How poets before america started to get to the point of romacticism.

• http://www.distancelearningassociates.com/eng2327/bc-romanticism.html

1. Nature of Nature
2. Change of philospher's ideas. human culture was focused on themselves

• http://www.uh.edu/engines/romanticism/blakesongsinnocence.html#Lamb

1. William Blake
2. Definately talking about his view.

A walk with a million thoughts

So taking a walk after  a softball game is a good and bad thing. I thought of so many things that could of gone right. Things I could of done better. Ughhhhhh!!!!!!
Thoughts:

• Why aren't these girls putting everything they have into these games.
• Maybe i should quit fall ball and just keeping playing travel ball if they are just there to have fun.
• Being on two softball teams and conditioning is too much.
• Maybe tomorrow i can lock myself in the room and act llike i am sick.
• Another poem!
• CRAP, i have math homework.

*why is this dog chasing me!( on my way home, some dog jumped the fence and started chasing)

Note: After thinking about what i wrote, it definately sound like romanticism

vocab 6

adroit: clever
amicable: friendly
averse: strongly disliking something
belligerent: engaged in war/conflict
benevolent: kind
cursory: careless
duplicity: dishonest
extol: to praise
feasible: easy, convenient
grimace: expression of pain/disgust
holocaust: slaughter in mass numbers
impervious: not allowing fluid to pass through
impetus: energy in which a body moves
jeopardy: danger of failure
meticulous: very careful, neat
nostalgia: fond memories
quintessence: perfect example
retrogress: to go back, worse state
scrutinize: examine closely
tepid: lukewarm

-that adroit fox got away from the hunter
-i like to consider myself very amicable
-i m averse towards drama between girls
-iraq and the us have been belligerent for years
-the benevolent waitress gave us free drinks
-some kids are very cursory when it comes to school
-the duplicity of that woman irks me
-back in the day most people extol the church on a daily basis
-living next to my best friend is very feasible because we hang out everyday
-after eating that raw union my face looked grimace
-the holocaust devastated many people
-cups are impervious thats why we can take them everywhere
-impetus
-i don't want to jeopardize this game by fouling out
-my aunt is the most meticulous person ive ever met
-the nostalgia of my childhood make me want to go back in time
-i retrogress on when my parents split up
-my family always scrutinize me its annoying
-the tepid water was perfect for the babys bath

dream in a dream

i like it when he says he loses all the grain from his hand and can't hold it tighter. I think that resembles all the people in his life have just left him alone and he doesn't know how to keep them here with him. just weeps and weeps

Revisons to YGM essay

• To not quickly towards the end of the essay.
• to put more thought  in the end.
• i got A so that was it lol.

Novels of american authors

1.

In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote

-very mysteries how nothing is connected to the crime. no movatvations.

 

 

2.

The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)

by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Thomas E. Connolly (Annotations), Nina Baym

- because we have read some of nawthorne's work i thought this would be a good book

 

3.

Beloved

by Toni Morrison

-like this one a lot becuase of Ghost and slavery. i really want to read it

vocab #5

1)Allude- to mention, suggest
2) Clairvoyant- seer/reading minds
3)Conclusive - convincing
4) Disreputable- not respectable
5) Endemic- regularly fond
6) Exemplary- desirable
7) Fathom- understand
8) Guile- sly intelligence
9) Integrity- strong moral principles
10) Itinerary- planned route
11) Misconstrue- explain wrong
12) Obnoxious- unpleasant
13) Placate- make less angry
14) Placid- not easily upset or excited
15) Plagiarism- raking someone's ideas and using them as your own
16) Potent- having great affect
17) Pretext- something put forward to conceal truth
18) Protrude- extend beyond
19)Stark- completely naked
20) Superficial- appearing to be true until examined closer


1)you tried to be allude during the conversation, but yet still seemed quite.
2)The dude at the fair was clairvoyant at guessing my wait.
3)The politicains are very conclusive to their voters, that they promise things that will not happen.
4)The people that come late are disreputable towards their students in the class, the course, the teachers, and themselves.
5)My granpa becomes very endemic of his garden.
6)The male models seem more exemplary on tv rather than in reality.
7) Fathom started to show on her face when she got more into the notes.
8)When it came to basketball my mom is very guile.
9)Integrity seems to show up in every church standards.
10) Counclers at the school seem to be Itinerary with their students 6 year plans.
11)Dr. preston wanted to Misconstrue with the vocabulary words today.
12)My little brother is very Obnoxious, and should learn to be more mature.
13) The vice principal try to help students in being Placate.
14) People, when high, tend to be very Placid, and calm.
15) I think people use Plagiarism because they are lazy, and don't want to do their own work.
16) The resources you surround your self  become very Potent on how you succeed.
17)There is Pretext in the bible explain what is going to happen in the chapter.
18) Sometimes Guys thought are Protrude, and instead of having clean ones.
19) Please do not go stark to school.
20) Dummies in the mall are Superficial.

Laughing Heart questions

1. The poem is called "The Laughing Heart" by Charles Bukowski
2. This poem is ironic because the poem is about living life to the fullest but its a commercial about the clothing brand levis
3. The poem doesn't really reflect the authors reputation but maybe his life as an adult. "There is light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness", reading this line was kind of like him stating "My past wasn't an easy one but i chose to go forth with my life". His reputation became a good one because he decided to go forth in life so in a way it does reflect his reputation in a deeper way.

4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski

Charles Bukowski- go forth

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your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.

@Charles Bukowski

Revisions to ygb essay (outline)

Elements:  should of put more examples. I felt rushed and I was more sett on just getting the essay finished rather than format.
Um my mechanics proobally were little off. I have the tendency to not write the correct form of sentences.
More intelled details

Vocab fall list #4

vocab
 1.melancholy- deppresses; affected by a cause.
 2.Exemplary- serving as model or warning.
3.Peculiar- uncommon/strange.
 4.dread- to fear greatly.
 5.bough- a branch of a tree.
6.pious- having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for god or an earnest wish to fulfill religous obligations.
7.comunion- sharing thoughts or emotions.
8.auditor- someone who checks stuff.
9.multitude- a great number.
 10. eloquence- to practice or use art with fluency and aptriess.
11.despair- loss of hope.
12.hoary- gray or white in age.
 Sentences
1.He had no sucssful military experience, no formal education, and suffered for depression and melancholy all his life.
 2.Use his irrepressible spirit, his impressive character, his exemplary treatment of his fellow beings.
 3. Astronomers had our sun as picuilar for its dearth of lithium.
4.The bank says it keeps plenty of liquid reservess against the dread day.
5.The humming bird feeder hanging from its lowest bough.
 6.The telling, though, is never merely slemn or pious.
7.I communioned with god today.
 8. the auditor checked my fiances today.
9.A multitude of people showed up to the party.
10. we were struck by eloquence of you words in describing your situation.
11.There was also the doom and gloom of despair, the despondency the prevailed in the place.
12. Hoary marmots are large rodents that live mainly in alpine areas.

2.o tools

Honestly, I think more than half our class is not ready to take this type of course yet. Evven though we only have two years left, and should be getting ready for this kind of teaching, we are not mature enoguh. I decided on this choice becuase I want to get ready for college, but not everybody is ready for this kind of jump.

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Symbols and signs have lead us into fear. I went on my own research and found Dr.Falconer had given a pretty good reason. - Everyone knows sex sells. Greed sells too, and again, this is something we all know. But little did we know that the really big, best seller of all is FEAR and it’s companion, dread. Here are some current ‘epidemic’, ‘impending’ ‘catastrophe-in-the-making’, brilliantly-marketed FEARS: Fear of recession, depression, terrorists, war, disease, food, air, climate change, computer crashes, natural disasters, breast size, impotency, break-ins, drug czars and addicts, immigrants and aging. Here I focus on an area closest to my own experience as a physician-psychiatrist: the fear of illness and dying. As you read about overcoming and transcending this fear, think of it as an effective metaphor for the other fears listed above. When you come to the end reread the piece substituting each fear. Start with this fact: To fear our body is a powerful way to create disease. Why is this? Because fear is about being attacked and when you think you are going to be attacked you are both hard-wired and soft-wired for flight or fight. This, in simple terms, is bad for your physical health when carried on continuously or repetitively on an intermittent basis. Your body is not set up to be constantly on the alert for danger or shocked repeatedly by the unexpected. It is not necessary to go into the physiology of why this might lead to high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke and even cancer. Here is the rub: If fear can be created it leads to disease thereby proving that the fear was warranted. This is every politician, salesman and businessman’s dream: to create a need for snake oil. In the external world we no longer buy a car or a house just for comfort and to raise a family, former symbols of success and stability that they were. We now buy an alarm system surrounding a car or house to protect us from an attack that is inevitably coming. s similarly in our internal world, in the case of fear of illness, we are taught to wait to be attacked from within by scary pathogens of all types, prions, viruses, bacteria, fungi, worms or ravaging cancerous cells. We are then inundated with words and images encouraging us to attack back with drugs and vaccines. Television sets, both advertisement and news, are now literally more like warning systems for an impending attack, even if it is a sneak attack like impotence. Get them, (it), before they, (it), get us. This simply doesn’t work to ease fear; it creates fear. In the process a lot of drugs are sold in pharmacies and in the streets, for when you are talked into fear and then become an attacker you solidify the idea that attack must be coming and complete a circle of dread. If I need one drug, then I must need another. If I attack anything I inevitably will be more afraid as I wait for retaliation. The facts are that, as I point out in the book, your body is a perfect part of the perfect whole always healing itself. It is an error to think your body is defective or that you have a basic fault, or that you are split and separate from a perfect whole. The words you use to overcome fears are central to your sense of peace of mind and joyful living. Focus the words you choose on wholeness and unity and thereby stop ‘buying into’ fears such as the fear of illness and the enticement to attack and demonize your body. As you see you are part of larger wholeness your immune system is strengthened so your body can naturally do what it does best, serve as an amazing communication device. Put your attention on remembering yourself. Make it your intention to do the following simple exercise daily. With your eyes closed take a deep breath in and repeat these three phrases ten times, morning and night as you breath out: 1) I Won’t indulge in fear and I Won’t identify with my body 2) I Will love the world and I Will forgive myself and others, and 3) I Am whole and healed. I AM LOVE. As you work these Three Words, Won’t, Will and Am, you will begin to experience recovery from their healing power. Dr. Clark Falconer is a Guest Blogger for PickTheBrain. He is a practicing Psychiatrist from Vancouver, Canada and the author of the new, critically acclaimed book The Three Word Truth About Love And Being Well. To receive daily tips on the power of words follow Clark on Twitter Source:http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/words-that-overcome-fear-and-dread/ Me again: So we tend to fear because we are humans and we humans can mentaly paint a faint image in our own minds. By this image we create, it becomes into a fear and becomes reality. By symbols and signs that we have been surrounding us, scare ourselve, because mentality think we have to do it to prove things. This is how we are wired. If we honestly tried to be unique we become symbols, ourselves. Than, thos symbols become copied.

Fall vocabulary list 3

Encomium- A formal expression of high praise;eulogy. Coherent- Logically connected; consistent. Belabor- To explain,worry about, or work out repeatedly or more than necessary. Eschew- To abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid. Acquisitive- Tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily. Emulate- To try to equal or excel. Arrogate-To attribute or assign to another. Banal- Devoid of freshness or originality. Excoriation- To strip the skin of a human or an animal. Congeal- To curdle; coagulate, as a fluid. Carping- Characterized by fussy petulant faultfinding. Substantiate- To establish by proof or oe competent evidence. Temporize- To treat or parley so as to gain time. Largesse- Generous bestowal of gifts. Tenable- Capable of being held, maintained, or defended. insatiable-Incapable of being satisfied or pleased. Reconnaissance- The act of reconnoitering. Germane- Obsolete. Closely related. Ramify- To divide or spread out into branches.

symbolism of Young goodman brown

1. Goodman Brown’s name plays as a symbol in the story. His name Goodman means Gentleman during that time period, and he is symbolic to mankind. 2.The name Faith is symbolic of Brown’s lost hope 3.When the pink ribbon falls from the sky, he cries "My Faith is gone", Brown talks about how much faith he has. 4.The traveler is symbolic of the devil and Goodman Brown’s dark side. All of the branches the traveler touches wilt and die. 5.Taking the dark dreary road into the forest symbolizes his act of "plunging into the road leading to despair",The move into darkness gives the feeling of upcoming danger. This is what i can pick out of it

young man goodbrown questions

What do you think Hawthorne's purpose was for writing this story? -Have no idea, it was little creepy for me Hawthorne states that Brown's wife is "aptly named" Faith. After reading the story, do you agree? Does Faith's name fit her personality? Does Brown have true faith in her? -Brown had always had faith in his wife, because she wasn't the a witch. What do you think the pink ribbons signify? Was everything Brown witnessed real, a figment of his imagination, something conjured by evil, or a dream? Support your answer with passages from the text. -When Brown was going through the forest he could know were faith was, because of pink ribbons put on the branches, Who do you think the old man really is? What textual clues tell you this? - What does the staff represent? Do you think the staff leads Brown onward or is the primary motivator Brown's own conscience/mind? - evil If Brown had not ventured into the forest, how would his life be different? If he'd stayed home, would Brown still have Faith? Would he still trust his wife and his fellow townspeople - He went dellusional.

Earth on Turtle's Back

Tone- tragic but caring at the end of the story. Mood-grief. when the wife had the dream, but it was loving and caring in the end when the water animals risked their lives to bring up the earth for the wife.

Vocab Fall list #2

intercede-to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition Hackneyed-made commonplace or trite; stale; banal approbation-approval; commendation innuendo-an indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of a disparaging or a derogatory nature. coalition-a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons, factions, states, etc. 2. a union into one body or mass; fusion. elicit-to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke: hiatus-a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, assuage-to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: decadence-the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: expostulate-to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: simulate-to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): jaded-dulled or satiated by overindulgence: umbrage-offense; annoyance; displeasure: prerogative-an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: lurid-gruesome; horrible; revolting: transcend-to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: provincial-belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: petulant-moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance: unctuous-characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug. meritorious- deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy:

i wanna know who keeps seeing my blog. ughhhhh! anyone knows how to do that let me know plz

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT  Student-led Conference Script for 
Dr. Preston’s Classes
   1. What is the purpose of the class? 
-The purpose of this class is to learn and evaluate American Literature. Great authors and their ideas.
  2. Describe something interesting that you have learned, read and/or written in  class. 
- Well something that i learned is how to blog. Now I am kinda addicted to it. I think it is wise to show people around the world how smart the youth is, because we are the next generation leaders.
  3. What is the easiest/hardest/most interesting work you have done so far?
-Honestly i think the hardest think i had to do so far is memorizing the poem off the first day, beccause my brain was not working yet.
     4. What are your goals for the next grading period?  For the semester?  For the  school year?
Well my goal for all year is to to be atleast on the top five on project infinty.
    5. What is a Socratic Seminar?  What is a blog?  What is 2.0 and how are you using   it?
A scratice seminar is based of a document that we have read, and as a class we disscuss our thoughts, questions, and ideas about it. A blog is an online journal for use. 2.0 is technology that we use. Like computers and ipods, ect. And blog is a 2.0.

Reflection Questions

Notes on seminar

Well we did not very particapate in the seminar. But what i got out of it was that the reasoning for argueing is to seek the truth. To prove with evidence and not your own beilef. To come with an open mind and to see all views before changing your mind or making a descion. To respect what the others say and try to see what they are saying. Think before you say. Literature, our thought proces, rehodrict, technology.

Reflections on Week1

1.Are there any factors that you think are going to affect your participation or experience in this class? (Access to a computer, cell phone, transportation? Family that can help or hassle? Friends that can help or hassle? Scheduling factors that can help or hassle?) -I use my grandfather's laptop because I don't have my own. During softball season I might have some hard time with time management, but that is it. 2.Think of an awesome (or the best ever) learning experience (or an experience where you changed) What was it you learned? Where were you? What happened? Who else was there? Did it teach you anything about how you learn (or pay attention... or think?) How did you know what was happening? -When I was in the sixth grade, my social studies teacher made us take a test to see how we learn the best. Of course that everybody was different. I learned that I am a visual/handson learner. By this experience, I learned that if I use types of images or me experience on my own, that I will do so much better. 3.What are you most [excited/concerned] about in this class? What do you look forward to in learning? How do you think it can/will make a practical difference in your life? -Well, I am very excited on learning more about poetry, because I write poetry myself. I hope to be open minded about what other authors say in their poetry. So maybe I can improve my self, also.

60 minute

                          To be honest, I really thought 11th grade English was going to be easy. Just like the last two years of high school. I am excited about the challenges of this class will bring. This class will help me improve on responsiblity. Really, responsibility is a good skill that everyone when young needs to work on. This class will help because 11th grade teachers won't stand over your shoulder. To make sure that your work is getting done, or even if it is right. We have to learn to use resources that we surround our selves with. When you are absent or not paying attention, because your stupid, you have to learn that you need to find out what you missed and what you need to do.  I want to learn that I can do this by myself. Prove to the world that I am not some jock in the class, who only barely passes or kisses up to the teacher for a good grade. I just don't want to prove it to the world, but to myself. I need to learn to use this skill better, because in life you are not going to babied by parents, your boss, and your friends.

                                                                                     Forever&
                                                                                                Always <3

I like that Blogger has spell check!

The first week in Dr. Preston's Class

                                           To be honest, i was pretty over whelmed with the whole blog idea, but i also like try new things. :) So I am looking forward to it. I did not like the idea of memorizing Richard Cory only in two days. Plus, it's a very depressing poem. :( In all reality though, it challenged  me to get it done. Which no teacher, i believe, has done that on the first day of school. So thanks to Dr. Preston , I really got scared the first day. Yet, this is going to be fun and exciting this year. Oh, when he passed the paper around the class the first day, for attendance, I thought he didn't care and was unorganized. Sorry, now I see your not. I am going to be looking forward to more projects that will challenge me.


                                                                                                        Forever&
                                                                                                                   Always<3

Vocabulary paragraph (Finish)

                 I was beguiled on the computer. It was taking forever to figure out how to change the url. Ughhh! I became contumacious during the process memorize Richard Cory.