All sections:
Freewrite!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Journal for the Day
All sections:
Think about the rain. Write a short story, poem, narrative, anything! about how the rain makes you feel.
Think about the rain. Write a short story, poem, narrative, anything! about how the rain makes you feel.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Journal for the Day
All sections:
How do the events in your life shape who you are? Do they play an important role? How or how not? Use examples! :)
How do the events in your life shape who you are? Do they play an important role? How or how not? Use examples! :)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Seven Questions
This article is absolutely fascinating. It addresses the main question of this course, "What is reality, really?" And six other doozies.
What is reality really?
The material world may, at some level, lie beyond comprehension, but Anton Zeilinger, professor of physics at the University of Vienna, is profoundly hopeful that physicists have merely scratched the surface of something much bigger. Zeilinger specialises in quantum experiments that demonstrate the apparent influence of observers in the shaping of reality. "Maybe the real breakthrough will come when we start to realise the connections between reality, knowledge and our actions," he says. The concept is mind-bending, but it is well established in practice. Zeilinger and others have shown that particles that are widely separated can somehow have quantum states that are linked, so that observing one affects the outcome of the other. No one has yet fathomed how the universe seems to know when it is being watched.
Notes for Alice in Wonderland (Theme: Identity)
- Alice can't answer the Caterpillar's question "Who are you"
- The reason Alice gives is that she's been "changed several times"
- grew smaller then larger in the hall of doors
- grew smaller and fell in a pool of her own tears
- grows large3r, then smaller in the Rabbit's house
- Her constant change in size leads her to question her identity
- When she grows large in the hall of doors:
- she wonders if she has been turned into Mabel
- checks herself by reciting her Math and Geography lessons
- tries to recite the busy bee poem but fails, saying the crocodile poem instead
- When she is small, talking to the Caterpillar:
- recites "You are Old, Father William" completely incorrectly
- (a poem about how to live a good life)
- "It's wrong from beginning to end"
- Alice changes in size again
- takes from both sides of the mushroom (one to make her larger, one to make her small)
- she shrinks then grows enormous
- Alice is mistakes for a serpent by a pigeon
- the pigeon doubts she 's a little girl
- Alice replies that her identity as a little girls "matters a great deal to me"
- Alice goes back to her normal size at the end of chapter 5
- half a paragraph later, she's shrinking down to 9 in. high
Write a TEAC paragraph in response to the questions:
1. What is the main reason why Alice questions her identity?
2. How does Alice check to see if she is still herself? Why do you think she has chosen this method?
- The reason Alice gives is that she's been "changed several times"
- grew smaller then larger in the hall of doors
- grew smaller and fell in a pool of her own tears
- grows large3r, then smaller in the Rabbit's house
- Her constant change in size leads her to question her identity
- When she grows large in the hall of doors:
- she wonders if she has been turned into Mabel
- checks herself by reciting her Math and Geography lessons
- tries to recite the busy bee poem but fails, saying the crocodile poem instead
- When she is small, talking to the Caterpillar:
- recites "You are Old, Father William" completely incorrectly
- (a poem about how to live a good life)
- "It's wrong from beginning to end"
- Alice changes in size again
- takes from both sides of the mushroom (one to make her larger, one to make her small)
- she shrinks then grows enormous
- Alice is mistakes for a serpent by a pigeon
- the pigeon doubts she 's a little girl
- Alice replies that her identity as a little girls "matters a great deal to me"
- Alice goes back to her normal size at the end of chapter 5
- half a paragraph later, she's shrinking down to 9 in. high
Write a TEAC paragraph in response to the questions:
1. What is the main reason why Alice questions her identity?
2. How does Alice check to see if she is still herself? Why do you think she has chosen this method?
Journal for the Day
All sections:
Who were you five years ago? How does that compare to who you are now? (Think about your experiences, friends, priorities, etc.)
Who were you five years ago? How does that compare to who you are now? (Think about your experiences, friends, priorities, etc.)
Monday, October 26, 2009
Writing Body Paragraphs
Directions: Use the TEAC model to rewrite each body paragraph so it supports the thesis statement and uses all the elements necessary in a strong paragraph. Use a loose-leaf sheet of paper.
Thesis: Throughout the novel, the White Rabbit demonstrates that he is anxious, sophisticated, but also rude and inconsiderate in different situations.
1.Underline the topic sentence of each body paragraph.
2.Put a box around sentences that are |examples| in each body paragraph.
3.Double underline sentences that show analysis in each body paragraph.
4.Use a highlighter to highlight the conclusion of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1
When Alice first sees the Rabbit, the first words out of his mouth are “Oh dear, oh dear! I shall be late!” (p. 10). He constantly says he's late, and mentions that the Duchess will be savage, or have him executed for losing the fan and gloves, letting the reader know that the Rabbit is facing a lot of anxiety. He refers to the Duchess, and how she'll be savage if he keeps her waiting (p. 17). This shows that the Rabbit is always anxious and in a hurry. The Rabbit is constantly saying how he's going to be late for something, demonstrating how anxious he is. In chapter two, the Rabbit scurries away when Alice tries to talk to him, dropping the fan and gloves he is so furiously searching for at the beginning of chapter four.
Paragraph 2
When Alice first sees the Rabbit, he's wearing a waistcoat and has a pocket watch. When Alice sees him in the hall of doors, he is “splendidly dressed” as for a special occasion. This shows that the Rabbit is concerned about how he looks, and is ready to socialize with the Duchess, who is part of a royal court. He also carries white kid gloves and a fan and repeatedly mentions that he is meeting with the Duchess. The rabbit is also a sophisticated gentleman, and this is demonstrated by the way the rabbit dresses and how he is described.
Paragraph 3
When Alice grows huge and is stuck inside his house, he also shows how rash and unreasonable he can be by saying that they should burn the house down to get rid of her, when all it took in the end was a shrinking cake to make her grow smaller. Therefore, the rabbit demonstrated through his actions that he is not the most reasonable person to work for. Although the rabbit is a sophisticated gentleman, that doesn't mean that he is particularly nice. When Alice meets him after leaving the animals from the Caucus race, he's quite mean to her, mistaking her for his housemaid, Mary Anne (p. 31). He's also mean to his servants, at one point saying to one, “Do as I tell you, you coward” (p. 34).
Journal for the day
All sections:
Think about a book, magazine, or website that you enjoyed reading. Why did you enjoy it? (style, pictures, topic, etc.)
Think about a book, magazine, or website that you enjoyed reading. Why did you enjoy it? (style, pictures, topic, etc.)
Friday, October 23, 2009
Rough Draft of Chracterization essay due Monday (10/26)
Make sure you have completed the two characterization graphic organizers (list and cluster). Use the cluster chart to organize each of your 3 body paragraphs around a character trait. Check your Engrade account for PDF's of the worksheets.
Weekend Journals
All sections:
Saturday: How would you respond to the Caterpillar's question "Who are you?"
Sunday: Choose a Critical Thinking question from your Reading Notes sheet to respond to any part of Alice in Wonderland.
Saturday: How would you respond to the Caterpillar's question "Who are you?"
Sunday: Choose a Critical Thinking question from your Reading Notes sheet to respond to any part of Alice in Wonderland.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Characterization Essay Pre-Writing (Due 10/21)
Characterization
What a character says, thinks, and does
Characterization is what a character says, thinks, and does.
Directions: Re-read chapters 1-4 of Alice in Wonderland for examples of characterization. Focus on Alice and what she says, thinks and does. Fill in as many as you can find.
What a character says, thinks, and does
Characterization is what a character says, thinks, and does.
Directions: Re-read chapters 1-4 of Alice in Wonderland for examples of characterization. Focus on Alice and what she says, thinks and does. Fill in as many as you can find.
This will be the basis for an essay assignment. The more work you do now, the easier it will be to write your essay.
| What Alice says, thinks or does | What this says about her | One or two words that sum it up |
New Seating Chart
With a new marking period comes a new seating chart. New seats will be assigned on Monday. Be ready! (No whining.)
Essay Writing Process
Keeping it all together
You will be working on various materials while writing your first literary essay. Make sure you have all these components when you turn in your final draft.
- Characterization (list of examples about Alice's character) – 5 points
- Characterization (example clusters) – 5 points
- Rough draft and revision questionnaire – 10 points
- 2nd draft and revision questionnaire – 10 points
- Final draft – 40 points
The final project grade for this assignment is 70 points. Keep track of all your papers, and make sure you turn in all materials with your final draft.
You will be working on various materials while writing your first literary essay. Make sure you have all these components when you turn in your final draft.
- Characterization (list of examples about Alice's character) – 5 points
- Characterization (example clusters) – 5 points
- Rough draft and revision questionnaire – 10 points
- 2nd draft and revision questionnaire – 10 points
- Final draft – 40 points
The final project grade for this assignment is 70 points. Keep track of all your papers, and make sure you turn in all materials with your final draft.
Journal for the day
All sections:
What is the purpose of punishment? Do you think punishment is a necessary part of justice?
What is the purpose of punishment? Do you think punishment is a necessary part of justice?
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
There, Their and They're
There, their and they're sound alike, but they mean different things. We're going to discuss some tricks to use when you're trying to figure out which one you need in your sentence.
They're is telling you that they are somewhere. You can look at it like this:
Whenever you use they're, you should be able to substitute for they are.
There
There is about place. You can remember that by looking at the word like this:
T(here)
“There” is like “here” because both show a location. For example:
The park is over there.
They went with him there.
We went there with our friends.
There is also used before the verb “to be.”
There are fourteen of us going.
There is something I have to tell you.
I don't want whatever there is left.
I remember when there were four buildings on this block.
Their
Their is about possession (something that belongs to them). You can remember that by looking at the word like this:
The(i)r
“Their” is like “I” because I is mine and their belongs to them.
Their car was parked by the corner.
I was waiting for their phone call.
How can I get their autographs?
What were their names again?
In each case, notice that their is showing possession.
They're
They're is telling you that they are somewhere. You can look at it like this:
They're = they + are
Whenever you use they're, you should be able to substitute for they are.
They're not going to be late this time.
I don't know when they're coming back.
Did they say when they're planning to eat dinner?
How come they're getting more more than I am?
Directions: Fill in the blanks with there, their and they're as appropriate.
1. ________________________________ never going to come home, are they?
2. When will we go back ________________________________?
3. How's the weather down ________________________________?
4. ________________________________ phone was disconnected yesterday.
5. When will we get ________________________________?
6. ________________________________ are two avocados left.
7. How come ________________________________ are only four of us here?
8. When will ________________________________ phone get fixed?
9. How come ________________________________ not at the party yet?
10. Well, I guess we'll see you ________________________________.
11. When will ________________________________ be ice cream again?
12. They still haven't done ________________________________ homework.
13. Where are ________________________________ exams?
14. ________________________________ not going to stop.
15. What's ________________________________ number again?
16. ________________________________ is too much wrong with the world.
17. ________________________________ too fast for you to catch!
18. ________________________________ is nothing you can do to stop us!
19. We did not steal ________________________________ delicious snacks!
20. What's ________________________________ deal, anyway?
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Journal for the day
All sections:
What 4 words describe you best? Use examples from your life to explain why you chose each of these 4 words.
What 4 words describe you best? Use examples from your life to explain why you chose each of these 4 words.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Characterization - Homework due 10/20
Characterization
What a character says, thinks, and does
Characterization is what a character says, thinks, and does.
Directions: Watch a TV show of your choice. Choose one character from the show on whom to focus your attention. On a loose-leaf sheet of paper, write a summary of all the things the character says, thinks and does. Then, fill out the graphic organizer below:
What a character says, thinks, and does
Characterization is what a character says, thinks, and does.
Directions: Watch a TV show of your choice. Choose one character from the show on whom to focus your attention. On a loose-leaf sheet of paper, write a summary of all the things the character says, thinks and does. Then, fill out the graphic organizer below:
| What the character says, thinks or does | What this says about the character | One or two words that sum it up |
Characterization
Characterization
What a character says, thinks, and does
What a character says, thinks, and does
Characterization is what a character says, thinks, and does.
Authors write all kinds of different characters, but you can always figure out what kind of character you're looking at by analyzing what he or she says, does, and thinks.
Directions: Read the short character descriptions below. Then, use the graphic organizers to analyze each character.
Maynard was ready to go at the beginning of class. He had already written down the journal prompt before the second bell had rung. When Cassandra tried to ask him if he was going to Joey's party next weekend, he only shushed her, meaning he knew that there would be time to talk about it during lunch or after school.
“I'm looking forward to it,” he thought, “especially because Daria will be there.” A small, shy smile crept onto his face as he began to respond to the journal prompt: “write an imaginary conversation you would like to have with someone you're afraid to talk to.” He thought this might help him prepare for his encounter with Daria at Joey's party.
| What the character says, thinks or does | What this says about the character | One or two words that sum it up |
| He's ready for class before the bell rings | He cares about his education, and shows it by being prepared | - prepared - cares about the future |
Osa was late to class, as usual. He barged in, talking loudly and high-fiving his friends when he should have taken a seat quietly.
“Osa, sit down and take out your journal. Stop talking; you're already late,” scolded the teacher.
“Oh, my fault,” said Osa, as he dragged his chair across the floor and slammed his backpack loudly on his desk.
“Yo, I need a pencil,” he announced to the class. The teacher shook her head in dismay, as Osa was once again unprepared to learn. Just as Osa took out his journal, and finally wrote down the prompt, the lesson was about to begin.
| What the character says, thinks or does | What this says about the character | One or two words that sum it up |
Journal for the Day
All sections:
Describe a person you know very well. What kinds of things does he or she say or do that demonstrate who he or she is?
Describe a person you know very well. What kinds of things does he or she say or do that demonstrate who he or she is?
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Reading Review
Reading Review
Alice in Wonderland Chapters 1 & 2
Directions: Answer questions one and two in the spaces provided. Answer questions 3-5 and the extra credit on a loose-leaf paper. You may use your book. Make sure you capitalize correctly (minus half-point per question). Each question is worth two points.
- What are the four stages of Alice's fall down the rabbit hole? What does she see, think, and say at each stage of the journey? (p. 7-9) Fill out the graphic organizer below:
| | What Alice saw there | What Alice said there | What Alice thought there |
| Reality | | - that the book her sister was reading had no pictures or conversations | |
| Elements of Reality | | | - wished the fall would end |
| Daydream | - dreaming, Alice is with her cat | | |
| Wonderland | | | |
- The environment changes as Alice interacts with it. List the actions Alice takes as well as the effect on the setting:
| Page | Alice's Action | Effect on the setting |
| p. 10 | Alice tried to open every door in the long hallway, but all of them were locked. | |
| p. 10 | | Alice noticed a low curtain, behind which was a very small door. |
| p. 11-12 | | |
| p. 14-15 | | She finds that a small box with a cake in it has appeared, and it has the words “Eat Me” written on it. |
| p. 17, 22 | | |
Directions: Remember to take out that loose-leaf paper now!
- How does Alice intend to solve the puzzle of “Who in the world am I?” (p. 19)
- How does Alice test her theory that she has turned into Mabel? (p. 20)
- What is the contradiction inherent in the Victorian idea of childhood? (Look back to assignment on Victorian Childhood)
“On the one hand the child was the source of hope, of virtue, or emotion: along with the angelic wife, he was the repository of family values which seemed otherwise to be disappearing from an increasingly secular world.... But at the same time, and of course much less obviously, the child was a hardship, an obstacle to adult pleasure, and a reminder of one's baser self. He might be innocent, untainted by sexual knowledge, uncorrupted by the world of business, free from the agony of religious doubt; yet he was also potentially wicked and needed constant guidance and discipline.”
LuAnn Walthe ("The Victorian Invention of Childhood")
Extra Credit: How does Alice embody the Victorian notion of childhood? Use examples from the text to support your point. (2 points)
Friday, October 16, 2009
Weekend Journals
All sections:
Saturday: Who do you respect? What are your reasons for respecting this person? What does it mean to treat someone with respect?
Sunday: Write a poem or short story about autumn.
Saturday: Who do you respect? What are your reasons for respecting this person? What does it mean to treat someone with respect?
Sunday: Write a poem or short story about autumn.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Journal for the day
Sections 101 and 104:
How do you interact with your setting? What causes your setting to change? What causes it to stay the same?
Sections 102 and 103:
What does the phrase "your can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink" mean?
How do you interact with your setting? What causes your setting to change? What causes it to stay the same?
Sections 102 and 103:
What does the phrase "your can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink" mean?
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Journal for the Day
Section 104:
What does the phrase "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink" mean?
What does the phrase "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink" mean?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Journal for the day
All sections:
What is your favorite word or words? (No profanities, please.) What is the definition of the word? How do you use it (in a sentence)? What makes it your favorite word?
What is your favorite word or words? (No profanities, please.) What is the definition of the word? How do you use it (in a sentence)? What makes it your favorite word?
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Imagining Setting - Down the Rabbit Hole
The setting in Alice in Wonderland is important to the development of the story. During the fall down the rabbit hole (p. 7-9), the setting told us a lot about Alice and the things that are part of her day-to-day. In addition to that, the trip down the rabbit hole is a transition from “reality” to Wonderland.
Imagine that you, like Alice, have fallen down the rabbit hole. Use the questions below to brainstorm the different stages of your trip.
When you are finished answering the questions, use the diagram on the back to illustrate what your trip would look like. (So draw a picture and use your imagination!)
1.What does reality look like at the top?
2.What elements of reality (things from your daily life) would you see on your way down?
3.What might you daydream about as you fall asleep at the end?
4.What might Wonderland look like to you?
Imagine that you, like Alice, have fallen down the rabbit hole. Use the questions below to brainstorm the different stages of your trip.
When you are finished answering the questions, use the diagram on the back to illustrate what your trip would look like. (So draw a picture and use your imagination!)
1.What does reality look like at the top?
2.What elements of reality (things from your daily life) would you see on your way down?
3.What might you daydream about as you fall asleep at the end?
4.What might Wonderland look like to you?
Imagining Setting - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Directions: Follow along to the Beatles' song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Imagine that you are in the world the song is describing. Look at the image in your mind. On the other side of this sheet, draw (to the best of your ability) what that picture looks like.
Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.
{CHORUS}
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Ah... Ah...
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain,
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies.
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,
Waiting to take you away.
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,
And you're gone.
{CHORUS}
Picture yourself on a train in a station,
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties.
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.
{CHORUS}
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
Ah... Ah...
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain,
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies.
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,
Waiting to take you away.
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,
And you're gone.
{CHORUS}
Picture yourself on a train in a station,
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties.
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Weekend Journals
All sections:
Saturday: Go back to and read an old journal entry of your choosing. Expand on it, rewrite it, or use it to inspire a new journal topic.
Sunday: Using the responses you gave on the "Dow the Rabbit Hole" assignment, write your own version of a trip down the rabbit hole (look at pages 7-9 in the book for Alice's trip).
Monday: Freewrite!
Saturday: Go back to and read an old journal entry of your choosing. Expand on it, rewrite it, or use it to inspire a new journal topic.
Sunday: Using the responses you gave on the "Dow the Rabbit Hole" assignment, write your own version of a trip down the rabbit hole (look at pages 7-9 in the book for Alice's trip).
Monday: Freewrite!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Reading Notes Guiding Questions
Reading Notes
Guiding Questions
Guiding Questions
What are Reading Notes?
Reading notes are marginal notes you will make in your texts as you read. This is a simple way to interact directly with a text. As you become a more sophisticated reader, you will find it easier to make notes, but for now, use these guiding questions as you think about Alice in Wonderland and respond to the text.
Think about the guiding questions as you read, and try to answer them as you go along. Write responses in your book, or on a post-it (if the book is borrowed).
Guiding Questions
Plot
Can I describe the story in my own words?
What is the central conflict of this story?
What are the different kinds of conflicts in this story?
What is the climactic event of the story?
What are some key events in the rising action?
Setting
What is the setting?
Can I imagine what the setting looks like?
Does the setting remind me of somewhere I know, real or imagined?
How does the setting influence the events of the story?
How do the characters interact with the setting?
Character
Who are the characters?
What are the characters like?
What can I learn about the characters from this?
Do I know what the character looks or sounds like?
How do characters talk to each other?
Themes
What do I notice?
Does this connect with any themes (big ideas) that I'm familiar with?
If I take a step back from the events of the story, what do they have in common?
Critical Thinking
Do I agree with what the author is saying?
What is written in between the lines?
What is the importance of this event in the story?
What motivates this character?
Why did the author choose these words for this passage?
What is the purpose of (this scene, this conversation, this description)?
Connections
Can I make a personal connection to the events of the story? The themes?
What other stories have I read that are similar? How do they relate?
Have I read other texts with similar themes?
Can I connect the text to current or historical events?
Journal for the day
Sections 102, 103 & 104:
What leads Alice to question her identity? What are the results of her inquiry?
Section 101:
How does the setting change as Alice interacts with it? Why do you think this is?
What leads Alice to question her identity? What are the results of her inquiry?
Section 101:
How does the setting change as Alice interacts with it? Why do you think this is?
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Journal for the day
Sections 102, 103 and 104:
How does the setting change as Alice interacts with it? Why do you think this is?
Section 101:
What are some good questions to ask yourself while you're reading? (Anything! Magazines, books, websites...)
How do you know you are understanding a text?
How does the setting change as Alice interacts with it? Why do you think this is?
Section 101:
What are some good questions to ask yourself while you're reading? (Anything! Magazines, books, websites...)
How do you know you are understanding a text?
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Journal for the day
Sections 102, 103 & 104:
What are some good questions to ask yourself while you're reading? (Anything! Magazines, books, websites...)
How do you know you are understanding a text?
Section 101:
No journal today.
What are some good questions to ask yourself while you're reading? (Anything! Magazines, books, websites...)
How do you know you are understanding a text?
Section 101:
No journal today.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Vocabulary Classwork and Homework (due 10/6)
Use context clues to define the words in bold.
1. A person of great virtue not only knows what is right, but also does what is right.
2. His bride in her white gown was an angelic vision.
3. The library is a repository of books.
4. While church hymns are considered religious music because of their use in ritual, hip hop and rap are considered secular because they are not about religious ideas.
5. We are all going through a great hardship because of the recession.
6. There are still many isolated Amazonian tribes untainted by modern technology.
7. It's agony when you're late for school and you just miss the bus.
8. It sounds like nonsense that you could use toothpaste to power your radio.
9. There is a lot of potential business in new communications technology.
10. Our parents labor for our well-being by supporting us financially and emotionally.
11. I knew my little brother was up to some mischief when I saw mustard on the dog's nose.
12. My hands were idle as I waited for an idea to inspire my journal for the day.
13. Children need to learn to account for their actions by being responsible for what they do.
14. There is a contradiction when we say we believe something and then do the opposite.
15. The people who lived under Queen Victoria in England during most of the 19th century are known as Victorians.
16. Some people feel ambivalent towards religion; they may not be sure if they believe in God, or perhaps they don't agree with everything their church tells them.
Homework: use each of the words above in your own sentence.
1. A person of great virtue not only knows what is right, but also does what is right.
2. His bride in her white gown was an angelic vision.
3. The library is a repository of books.
4. While church hymns are considered religious music because of their use in ritual, hip hop and rap are considered secular because they are not about religious ideas.
5. We are all going through a great hardship because of the recession.
6. There are still many isolated Amazonian tribes untainted by modern technology.
7. It's agony when you're late for school and you just miss the bus.
8. It sounds like nonsense that you could use toothpaste to power your radio.
9. There is a lot of potential business in new communications technology.
10. Our parents labor for our well-being by supporting us financially and emotionally.
11. I knew my little brother was up to some mischief when I saw mustard on the dog's nose.
12. My hands were idle as I waited for an idea to inspire my journal for the day.
13. Children need to learn to account for their actions by being responsible for what they do.
14. There is a contradiction when we say we believe something and then do the opposite.
15. The people who lived under Queen Victoria in England during most of the 19th century are known as Victorians.
16. Some people feel ambivalent towards religion; they may not be sure if they believe in God, or perhaps they don't agree with everything their church tells them.
Homework: use each of the words above in your own sentence.
Bring Alice in Wonderland Tomorrow
Please bring a copy of Alice in Wonderland tomorrow.
If you gave me $4.00 and still do not have a book, I hope to have the late shipments for those who paid me after 9/21 tomorrow.
If you did not pay me $4.00, you are responsible for purchasing or borrowing your own book. Coming to class without the book is considered being unprepared. Make sure you have a copy!
If you gave me $4.00 and still do not have a book, I hope to have the late shipments for those who paid me after 9/21 tomorrow.
If you did not pay me $4.00, you are responsible for purchasing or borrowing your own book. Coming to class without the book is considered being unprepared. Make sure you have a copy!
Journal for the day
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Write a "How-to" for an activity you like to do. Include detailed directions and questions a person should ask themselves while doing your activity.
Write a "How-to" for an activity you like to do. Include detailed directions and questions a person should ask themselves while doing your activity.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Lewis Carroll and Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll and Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll was born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson at Daresbury in Chesire. His father, the Reverend Charles Dodgson, was at that time Curate of the parish. During one picnic – on July 4, 1862, on a blazing summer afternoon – Charles Lutwidge Dodgson began to tell a long story to Alice Liddell (died in 1934), who was the daughter of Henry George Liddell, the head of his Oxford college, where Dodgson was a professor of mathematics. The Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was born from these tales.
Originally the book appeared under the title Alice's Adventures Under Ground. The story centers on the seven-year-old Alice, who falls asleep in a meadow, and dreams that she plunges down a rabbit hole, where finds herself first too large and then too small. She meets such strange characters as Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, and the King and Queen of Hearts, and experiences wondrous, often bizarre adventures, trying to reason in numerous discussions that do not follow the usual paths of logic. Finally she totally rejects the dream world and wakes up.
- What is Lewis Carroll's real name?
- What was his profession?
- What was the original title for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? Which title do you prefer? Why?
- What is the basic plot of Alice in Wonderland?
The author's life and work has become a constant area for speculation and his exploring of the boundaries of sense and nonsense has inspired a number of psychological studies and novels – and perhaps also the famous English philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. The humor of Joseph Heller's famous war novel Catch-22 (1961) is much in debt to Dodgson. In Catch-22 the story centers on the USAF regulation, which suggests that willingness to fly dangerous combat missions must be considered insane, but if the airmen seek to be relieved on grounds of mental reasons, the request proves their sanity. The same laws dominate the Wonderland: "'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' 'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice. 'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'"
- Re-read the paragraph above. In your own words, explain the impossible logic of Wonderland using the conversation Alice has with the Cheshire Cat.
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes - and ships - and sealing wax -
Of cabbages - and kings -
And why the sea is boiling hot -
And whether pigs have wings."
(from 'The Walrus and the Carpenter')
- What does Jung say about Alice in Wonderland?
- What is the Alice connection to modern physics? Do you think those ideas are “against common sense?
At the time of their publication, Alice's adventures were considered children's literature, but now Dodgson's stories are generally viewed in a different light. His work has fascinated such critics as Edmund Wilson and W.H. Auden, and logicians and scientist such as Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell. Virginia Woolf remarked, "the two Alices are not books for children; they are the only books in which we become children". In the 1960s rock musicians and hippies were attracted to the surrealistic world of Wonderland, which inspired such songs as Jefferson Airplane's 'White Rabbit' and The Beatles's 'I am the Walrus'.
Dodgson also wrote mathematical works, of which Condensation of Determinants (1866) and An Elementary Treatise On Determinants (1867) established his fame as a significant mathematical theorist. Moreover, Dodgson was a rather exceptional student of Aristotelian logic, and he delighted his friends with games, puzzles and riddles. Dodgson's mock-heroic poem, The Hunting of the Snark (1876), ending with the line "For the Snark was a Bojuum, you see", received mixed reviews when it appeared. The meaning of the poem, which tells of the journey to capture the mythical Snark, has puzzled generations of readers. "I'm very much afraid I didn't mean anything but nonsense!" Dodgson later said.
8. What are some examples of the influence of the Alice books in popular culture?
9. What do you think Virginia Woolf meant by "the two Alices are not books for children; they are the only books in which we become children." What's the difference between a book for children, and a book where we become children?
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Themes!
Themes Classwork /8
Mrs. Koza
10th Grade English
Name:__________________________________________ Section:__________________________
Themes!
An idea you can talk about in lots of different ways
Each set of lines below has a theme. What is it? (3 points)
So, yesterday it was my friend Stacey.
Two days ago I had to get something in my locker.
Three days ago Mr. Rich kept me too long!
But today... I'm late because I didn't hear the bell!
What's the theme?
__________________________________
In Chemistry, Mr. Ap helps us after school.
In English, I get too much of it.
For Geometry, my older brother helps me.
By the time I start on Global, my favorite TV show is on.
What's the theme?
___________________________________
Becky told me it was Marie.
Marie told me it was really Teresa.
Then, of course, Teresa blabbed on Becky.
And in the locker room, I heard it was me!
What's the theme?
____________________________________
Now, make your own!
(5 points)
In this activity, you will work in a group to brainstorm different ideas that fall under the same theme. Be prepared to write your own riddle (like the ones on the other side of this sheet) and share it with the class! (We'll be trying to guess the theme!)
Theme (I will provide this to your group): _______________________
With your small group, brainstorm some different ways you can talk about your theme. Come up with a few examples or situations in which your theme comes up (these will be your clues). What does this idea make you think of?
Now, choose an example and turn them into clues for your riddle:
Line 1:
Line 2:
Line 3:
Line 4:
Journal for the day
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What is your favorite book / fairy tale / story? What do you like about it? Why?
What is your favorite book / fairy tale / story? What do you like about it? Why?
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