Novel Proposal:
1. Comprehension
ELABLRL1- I can show my cpmprehension by being able to identify the point of view, symbolism, main ideas, and genres by using evidence taken directly from the literary work.
2.Theme
ELABLRL2- I understand what the theme of the novel is by being able to construct a literary work in the same theme.
3. Connections
ELABLRL3- I can relate what the author is trying to tell me or persuading me to believe to certain events or other novels from modern times.
I can use standards 1,2, and 3 in my responses. I can give evidence for the comprehension, make connections, and tell what the theme is in my three reponses.
4. Composition
ELABLRL4- Writing a poem, or Drawing a picture of the views or opinions I recieve from this book will display my knowledge of the composition.
5. Vocabulary
ELABLRL5- I will keep a list of words I don't know and will define them.
RESPONSE 1:
As I have stumbled upon the point for my first response, I know that Huxley has created a world where poeple don't have histories and everyone was made from test tubes. There are social classes, just like there are in today's world; but they're social classes are programmed to do certain jobs and wear certain colors and uniforms. I know what's going on in the book, but I really don't understand; I havn't connected enough to really enjoy the book.
There are some connections so far that were fairly easy to identify. One is that Ford, like the maker of the cars, is their "God". When they speak they might say "Oh Ford", or "Ford knows. . . " I think that Huxeley made Ford the one they all look towards because his world is displaying the future and at the time he was writing the novel, the Ford models were in style and industry and cities were taking over.
RESPONSE 2:
I'm really enjoying the novel now. In the novel the children are speacialluy conditioned and they are taught certain sayings to help maintain order in the society. Women and men are extremely permiscuous, and in their world, it's ok. They have a 1,2,3 step for contraceptives and protection from pregnancy that they learn early on. In our world permiscuity is common and accepted to a point, yet in Huxley's time, it was frowned upon.
The "New" world has no real mothers or families or sadness. They take soma, which iv'e come to view as a type of ecstasy; yet when they take too much, it's like a sedative and they go on a holiday or sleep for days. Lenina takes it to escape the native world; which I think has a relationship with the way some people do heavy drugs in our world to escape life for as long as they can.
The world also has a world different from theirs. It's called the native reserve and there are mothers there, religion, history, and real work such as hunting and providing and making things to wear and eat from. There is disease and famine is this native land and if you are born there, you will age and die there. The native land in the story is pretty much how we are living in today's world.
Bernard and Lenina bring back a savage from the reservation who happens to be white and the Director's son. As the savage enters the new world, he talks about a Miranda and how she had said or written something about a "Brave New World." I don't know who Miranda is yet, or why the savage is unhappy in the new world, but I think it's because he has found love with Lenina and has to share it with other men. I also think Miranda is some kind of character from the Shakespear book he's reading that he got from the reserve.
Vocabulary:
analogous- being related to
bequeathed- to give or leave by will
flivver- a small cheap or old automobile
atonement- reconciliation of God and humankind through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ
pneumatic- having a well proportioned feminie figure
indecorous- conflicting with accepted standards of good conduct
precipitous- very steep
ochre- an earthy red or yellow iron ore
vivaparous- producing living young instead of eggs within the body
sepulchral-a place of burial
Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Persuasive Writing Final Draft
Hillary Gaddy
11/30/2009
You should enjoy taking your poops. Pooping is a natural cycle of the body; it is used as a method of flushing out excess and harmful wastes. Defecation is also a good way to relieve pressure and make you feel happier and healthier. There are so many ways to enjoy your pooping experience that I’m sure you can find one way that will lighten your heart, and have you on the edge of your seat waiting for that poop signal.
Your colon acts as a storage facility. The walls can expand as more waste enters. When full, the anal sphincter relaxes and causes a message to be sent to your brain, telling you it’s time to grab your gaming device and have a nice time in the restroom. If people don’t poop when their brains tell them to, the waste returns to their colons and waits for your rectum to become full again. If you keep holding it, the waste in one’s colon will harden and you will become constipated. When humans become constipated, they experience a lot of pain and if they don’t defecate eventually, they will have to go to the hospital.
The natural defecation position is squatting. Squat, or natural position, toilets are commonly used today among humans. According to Bockus Gastroenterology, “The ideal posture for defecation is the squatting position, with the thighs flexed upon the abdomen. In this way, the capacity of the abdominal cavity is greatly diminished and intra-abdominal pressure increased, thus encouraging expulsion. . .”Do you use the natural defecation position? Of course you do, we all do. Try to visualize yourself pooping; you’re on your toilet, squatting and holding your breath. As waste is released, the body starts to feel lighter and healthier. Thanks to the natural defecation process everyone can experience the joy of feeling fresh and ready for a new cycle to begin.
Now we must discuss wiping; though it may not be the most fun thing about pooping, there are definitely many ways to wipe that can turn that frown upside down. Most European and Asian countries consider wiping oneself dirty and very unsanitary. So they use bidets, or special toilets that have a stream of water that cleanses people after defecation or urination. Sounds scary but really fun, right? Even if some don’t want to use a bidet, or just can’t afford one, they should at least be thankful that we have access to toilet paper. In the older times people would use uncomforting things such as wool, hemp, wood shavings, stones, sand, or even moss to wipe themselves with.
Having fun on the toilet while taking your first, second or third poop of the day is easier than one might think. I, myself like to play video games on my handheld gaming device, but others might enjoy doing different activities. Making toilet paper origami sounds really fun, then there’s always the standard texting or talking on the phone. For those with fancy iPhones and Blackberries, you can surf the web, even play some Farmville on Facebook.
Pooping is in everyone’s near future. One really shouldn’t try to escape from it, as it will have consequences, such as constipation, like I explained earlier. Why not have some fun while having to be seated in the squatting position? Pooping is fun, natural, and super healthy. Humans everywhere need to embrace the swelling anal sphincter and messages sent to your brain and defecation will be the highlight of your day.
Hillary Gaddy
11/30/2009
You should enjoy taking your poops. Pooping is a natural cycle of the body; it is used as a method of flushing out excess and harmful wastes. Defecation is also a good way to relieve pressure and make you feel happier and healthier. There are so many ways to enjoy your pooping experience that I’m sure you can find one way that will lighten your heart, and have you on the edge of your seat waiting for that poop signal.
Your colon acts as a storage facility. The walls can expand as more waste enters. When full, the anal sphincter relaxes and causes a message to be sent to your brain, telling you it’s time to grab your gaming device and have a nice time in the restroom. If people don’t poop when their brains tell them to, the waste returns to their colons and waits for your rectum to become full again. If you keep holding it, the waste in one’s colon will harden and you will become constipated. When humans become constipated, they experience a lot of pain and if they don’t defecate eventually, they will have to go to the hospital.
The natural defecation position is squatting. Squat, or natural position, toilets are commonly used today among humans. According to Bockus Gastroenterology, “The ideal posture for defecation is the squatting position, with the thighs flexed upon the abdomen. In this way, the capacity of the abdominal cavity is greatly diminished and intra-abdominal pressure increased, thus encouraging expulsion. . .”Do you use the natural defecation position? Of course you do, we all do. Try to visualize yourself pooping; you’re on your toilet, squatting and holding your breath. As waste is released, the body starts to feel lighter and healthier. Thanks to the natural defecation process everyone can experience the joy of feeling fresh and ready for a new cycle to begin.
Now we must discuss wiping; though it may not be the most fun thing about pooping, there are definitely many ways to wipe that can turn that frown upside down. Most European and Asian countries consider wiping oneself dirty and very unsanitary. So they use bidets, or special toilets that have a stream of water that cleanses people after defecation or urination. Sounds scary but really fun, right? Even if some don’t want to use a bidet, or just can’t afford one, they should at least be thankful that we have access to toilet paper. In the older times people would use uncomforting things such as wool, hemp, wood shavings, stones, sand, or even moss to wipe themselves with.
Having fun on the toilet while taking your first, second or third poop of the day is easier than one might think. I, myself like to play video games on my handheld gaming device, but others might enjoy doing different activities. Making toilet paper origami sounds really fun, then there’s always the standard texting or talking on the phone. For those with fancy iPhones and Blackberries, you can surf the web, even play some Farmville on Facebook.
Pooping is in everyone’s near future. One really shouldn’t try to escape from it, as it will have consequences, such as constipation, like I explained earlier. Why not have some fun while having to be seated in the squatting position? Pooping is fun, natural, and super healthy. Humans everywhere need to embrace the swelling anal sphincter and messages sent to your brain and defecation will be the highlight of your day.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Unit 4- Modernism
ELAALRL2 is most difficult because you have to provide literal evidence from a passage to support your analysis and you have to know how to use it in American Literature rather than any certain kind of Language Arts.
1. Choose one of the Modernism themes named above that you are most interested in studying. Write a paragraph that describes why you made this choice and how you expect to see the topic you chose represented in the literature you are about to read. I chose Disillusionment because I liked the way it's opening everyone's eyes to the real America. Disillusionment is the process of realizing what your reality is instead of believing a dream or usuing your imagination. Modernism uses Disillusionment to tell people about how the American Dream isn't real. The American Dream was the illusion that America was "the land of oppourtunity and all its people were virtuous." Yet, that wasn't true at all. In America there was poverty and crime just like in any other country or city during WWI. I do know that I am going to read about Disillusionment in stories by authors such as Ernest Hemingway. I can understand his stories because I know that he was in WWI and he was placed in a hospital in France, I think, and he didn't want to leave. Towards the end he was even a very unhappy man.2. Read the story that corresponds to the theme you chose. The disillusionment story wouldn't work on my computer so i read the psychoanalysis one instead.Type a two-paragraph response to the story you read, and then provide another two paragraphs in which you analyze the theme you chose and how it is represented in the story. Take time to explain how the author features the theme you chose, and go deeper and explain what you believe he or she is saying about America. This will require you to provide examples straight from the texts as well as some synthesis on your part.
I liked the story I read about Mr. Mitty. Walter Mitty is a man who lives in London I think; he has a wife to which he must obey her every say-so. Walter drops his wife off at the hairdressers and throughout the time it takes him to wait for her he goes on more than one fruitful adventure.
His first adventure begins after his stop at a red light. He goes to see the doctor because his wife told him to, but all the while there he pretends that he is a famous doctor and saves the day when a machine breaks down in the operation room. His second adeventure takes place in a courtroom to which he is on trial for murdering someone. Finally, his third trip is into battle during WWI I guess; he's interuppted when his wife comes back from her hair appointment.
This author does a good job capturing the theme of psychoanalysis. I believe this because throughout the whole story, Mr. Mitty is trying to escape the reality of his nagging wife. I don't know why he goes to war, or becomes adoctor, or even imagines that he kills somebody; but I think thats the point of psychoanalysis.
To me, the author is trying to say that America is full of straight- laced, rule- following people. The story says that to live in America you need to have an imagination to get away from the everyday stresses; even if it's just dealing with an unfriendly wife.
3. Read the following poems and write a paragraph response to each in which you explain your opinions about what is being written as well as identifying one of the elements of modernism in each.
- Richard Corey by Edwin Arlington Robinson- I think this poems represents the Modernism theme of Disillusionment because the author explains to you how he was a gentleman, he was rich, and everyone envied him. Then, in the end Richard Corey kills himself. You don't figure out why, but I think disillusionment because everyone onthe streets was so wrapped up in his appearances and his wealth that they never realized his pain, and that kind of sums up how America isn't as great as it should be.
- Mending Wall by Robert Frost- To me, all this poem is describing in a wall. It has told me how many different ways the wall was knocked down, and how it was yet put up again. I think that Robert Frost was using the psychoanalysis theme because twoward the middle and end of the poem, the character was wondering why good fences make such good neighbors. The poem never tells you why they have to put back up their wall and why it makes them good neighbors; so I think that Frost wants you to look for some deeper meaning and to analyze what the wall could mean to them and their orchards.
- A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes- I think maybe Langston Hughes was talking about disillusionment. His poem is called a dream deferred, so why couldn't he be talking about the American dream? Or is he talking about the African American Dream and using the theme of the Harlem Renaissance? Either way he is talking about what happens to a dream once someone finds out it's not going to come true or sets it aside.
- The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes- The Harlem Renaissance was used in this poem I believe. This poems speaks of how one person, or race maybe, has been by rivers in many different situations. The poems explains how there was a hut built near a river, someone heard Abe Lincoln in New Orleans, and another person decided to pull up a pyramid near a river; in all that time they had all grown respect for the rivers and their souls and minds ran as deep as the river.
- Incident by countee Cullen- This story most definetly has the influenceof the Harlem Renaissance. This little boy was discriminated against because the color of his skin; he was eight and he probably didn't understand why either. The harlem renaissance told about some of the strifes of African Americans, and so does this poem.
4. How have you improved on understanding the Georgia Performance Standard you said was most difficult for you? I've practiced and had to provide direct evidence to support my opinions, and now that I did that and I understood that themes of whatever Literary element I'm studying, it's gotten easier.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Unit 3- Dark Romanticism and Realism
DARK ROMANTICISM
ELAALRL4: The student employs a variety of writing genres to demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of significant ideas in selected literary works. The student composes essays, narratives, poems, or technical documents.
The student understands different literary works through the knowledge of other genres of writing. when the students write, they use the different styles and techniques theyv'e learned.
Transcendentalist Philosophy:
What would your argument to this philosophy be? Are all people good? Is the voice inside people's heads the pure voice of God? Not all people are good. We can see this in our society today with examples such as crime, murder, and hate. I'm sure that some people may still believe that God speaks to them, but God is completely holy; I don't think that everyone purely hears him in their heads.
Which side of the divide do you fall? Are you closer to being a Transcendentalist or a Dark Romantic? I believe that I'm closer to being a Dark Romantic than a Transcendentalist. dark Romantics have a better view of the world, their philosophies are much more realistic than those of the Transcendentalists. Transcendentalists believed that everyone was pure and they heard to holy voice of God in each of their heads. Yet Dark Romantics had seen crime and hate; and they knew that not everyone was pure.
"The Black Cat" by Edgar Allen Poe was a story about a man who wanted to renounce his wrong-doings in life before he died. The man had commited two most awful crimes to which in the end he pays for. He has a cat named Pluto which he abuses after he becomes an alcoholic. Eventually he hangs Pluto and later that night his house burns down. When he goes back to visit his house, there's a haunting picture of Pluto with a rope around his neck on the only wall left standing.
Eventually, he gets another cat as a pet; it looks just like Pluto, except with a white mark on his chest shaped like the gallows. At first the man loves the cat, then he grows to detest it becuase it loved him so and haunted him for the crimes he had previously committed. As time passes, the man gets fed up with the new cat and his torments. When he tries to kill it one day, his wife stops him; so he turns and kills his wife.
The man walls his wife's body up in the cellar; he doesn't see the cat for a while, and he sleeps peacefully for three or four days. Then one day the police search for his wife's body. While in the cellar, they hear a screaming form inside the walls. As they bust down the walls, they see the woman's corpse and the cat atop of her head.
I did not like this story at all. To begin with, I'm not a fan of Poe. His stories are always so dark and depressing. When I read a story, I don't want to read about death and hurting animals. I'm glad that at the end of the story the man's crimes caught up to him. Nevertheless, I understand how this story is a good example of Dark Romanticism. This story turns around the idea that not all people are born good and there is crime and hate in the world.
"The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe
I think that in "The Raven", the grieving man is not actually talking to a raven, but using it as a form of God or a demon. the man had just recently lost his love, Lenore. I think the raven is some kind of sould or burden that is weighing down the poor man because of the questions this man is asking and the things he has said to it.
All the bird says is nevermore and the man is going crazy with grief and despair. Then towards the end, he yells at the bird and tells him to go away and "take thy beak from out my heart." It's as if the bird is taunting his, but it's really just the sadness of his wife's death that "shall be lifted, nevermore!"
The story represents anti- transcendentalism because the man is talking to a bird who is tauntingly saying nevermore over and over again. Yet, if the transcendentalists had it their way, the man would be hearing the voice of God telling him how his Lenore is safe and he should not fret. Another example of anti-transcendentalism would be when he yells at the bird and finally goes crazy, that shows that not everyone is good and holy. He's being rabid and f=grieving, so he's going to be mean and hateful.
Can you identify symbolism in the raven and then support what you say with direct evidence and some analysis? The raven is a symbol for his wife's death and the dark, sad time he's going through.
"And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadows on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted--nevermore! "
I think this last stanza of "The Raven" shows how the bird will never leave, will loom all around and haunt him. As he says his sould shall be lifted nevermore, he is saying his wife died and her death will never unburden him.
REALISM
"A Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
This story is a good example of realism because it's not hiding the facts of a situation behind a fictional character and its actually saying how someone's feeling and acting. In "The Black cat" and "The Raven" Poe used his imagination to cover up how he felt about real issues such as the death of his wife. In both those passages, the main character's wife died, but the blame was played of onto a wicked animal. Yet in Kate Chopin's story, the woman's husband died and she was sad, naturally, but when she really thought about it, she realized the she didn't love her husband all of the time and now she was free. The woman was swimming and back stroking in her new freedom when she walked downstairs and her husband and come back.
"The Battle with Mr. Covey" by Frederick Douglass
"The Battle of Mr. Covey" does a good job illustrating a setting for the reader. With the details about working with wheat, hiding in a corn field, and running into the woods, the reader can picture a plantation of medium sized farm of some sort. Frederick Douglas also did a good job of supporting the idea of realism. Even though we had to use our imagination to see the farm, it was still a very real thing, along with slavery, in those times.
"Graffitti the World" by Rehab is a good example of realism. They don't cover the truth with fictional characters and tricky lyrics. The song says how we are graffittying our own world with skyscrapers, graffitti the sky with airplanes and satellites, graffittying the minds of children with all this violence and man-made wants.
A. What do you like best? Dark Romanticism, Realism, or Romanticism?
I think I like Realism best.
B. create a short piece of whichever you choose
I guess this is a good example becuase cancer is a very real thing, and no one usually lives a normal life after they find out they're diagnosed. There's a lot of praying and sympathy outside of the home; no more normalcy. It's telling how a girl died and how she lived with her disease.
ELAALRL4: The student employs a variety of writing genres to demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of significant ideas in selected literary works. The student composes essays, narratives, poems, or technical documents.
The student understands different literary works through the knowledge of other genres of writing. when the students write, they use the different styles and techniques theyv'e learned.
Transcendentalist Philosophy:
What would your argument to this philosophy be? Are all people good? Is the voice inside people's heads the pure voice of God? Not all people are good. We can see this in our society today with examples such as crime, murder, and hate. I'm sure that some people may still believe that God speaks to them, but God is completely holy; I don't think that everyone purely hears him in their heads.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne- He probably agreed somewhat with the beliefs of the Transcendentalists. Due to the way he criticized the Puritans in his novels, he obviously did not believe that there was only one holy person and everyone else will go to hell and is subject to suffer god's wrath. Yet, there's no way to say for sure if he was a Transcendentalist.
- Herman Melville- I don't think Melville would have completely agreed with the Transcendentalists. How could a canibal be pure? Isn't it a sin to murder?
Which side of the divide do you fall? Are you closer to being a Transcendentalist or a Dark Romantic? I believe that I'm closer to being a Dark Romantic than a Transcendentalist. dark Romantics have a better view of the world, their philosophies are much more realistic than those of the Transcendentalists. Transcendentalists believed that everyone was pure and they heard to holy voice of God in each of their heads. Yet Dark Romantics had seen crime and hate; and they knew that not everyone was pure.
"The Black Cat" by Edgar Allen Poe
"The Black Cat" by Edgar Allen Poe was a story about a man who wanted to renounce his wrong-doings in life before he died. The man had commited two most awful crimes to which in the end he pays for. He has a cat named Pluto which he abuses after he becomes an alcoholic. Eventually he hangs Pluto and later that night his house burns down. When he goes back to visit his house, there's a haunting picture of Pluto with a rope around his neck on the only wall left standing.
Eventually, he gets another cat as a pet; it looks just like Pluto, except with a white mark on his chest shaped like the gallows. At first the man loves the cat, then he grows to detest it becuase it loved him so and haunted him for the crimes he had previously committed. As time passes, the man gets fed up with the new cat and his torments. When he tries to kill it one day, his wife stops him; so he turns and kills his wife.
The man walls his wife's body up in the cellar; he doesn't see the cat for a while, and he sleeps peacefully for three or four days. Then one day the police search for his wife's body. While in the cellar, they hear a screaming form inside the walls. As they bust down the walls, they see the woman's corpse and the cat atop of her head.
I did not like this story at all. To begin with, I'm not a fan of Poe. His stories are always so dark and depressing. When I read a story, I don't want to read about death and hurting animals. I'm glad that at the end of the story the man's crimes caught up to him. Nevertheless, I understand how this story is a good example of Dark Romanticism. This story turns around the idea that not all people are born good and there is crime and hate in the world.
"The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe
I think that in "The Raven", the grieving man is not actually talking to a raven, but using it as a form of God or a demon. the man had just recently lost his love, Lenore. I think the raven is some kind of sould or burden that is weighing down the poor man because of the questions this man is asking and the things he has said to it.
All the bird says is nevermore and the man is going crazy with grief and despair. Then towards the end, he yells at the bird and tells him to go away and "take thy beak from out my heart." It's as if the bird is taunting his, but it's really just the sadness of his wife's death that "shall be lifted, nevermore!"
The story represents anti- transcendentalism because the man is talking to a bird who is tauntingly saying nevermore over and over again. Yet, if the transcendentalists had it their way, the man would be hearing the voice of God telling him how his Lenore is safe and he should not fret. Another example of anti-transcendentalism would be when he yells at the bird and finally goes crazy, that shows that not everyone is good and holy. He's being rabid and f=grieving, so he's going to be mean and hateful.
Can you identify symbolism in the raven and then support what you say with direct evidence and some analysis? The raven is a symbol for his wife's death and the dark, sad time he's going through.
"And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadows on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted--nevermore! "
I think this last stanza of "The Raven" shows how the bird will never leave, will loom all around and haunt him. As he says his sould shall be lifted nevermore, he is saying his wife died and her death will never unburden him.
REALISM
"A Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
This story is a good example of realism because it's not hiding the facts of a situation behind a fictional character and its actually saying how someone's feeling and acting. In "The Black cat" and "The Raven" Poe used his imagination to cover up how he felt about real issues such as the death of his wife. In both those passages, the main character's wife died, but the blame was played of onto a wicked animal. Yet in Kate Chopin's story, the woman's husband died and she was sad, naturally, but when she really thought about it, she realized the she didn't love her husband all of the time and now she was free. The woman was swimming and back stroking in her new freedom when she walked downstairs and her husband and come back.
"The Battle with Mr. Covey" by Frederick Douglass
"The Battle of Mr. Covey" does a good job illustrating a setting for the reader. With the details about working with wheat, hiding in a corn field, and running into the woods, the reader can picture a plantation of medium sized farm of some sort. Frederick Douglas also did a good job of supporting the idea of realism. Even though we had to use our imagination to see the farm, it was still a very real thing, along with slavery, in those times.
"Graffitti the World" by Rehab is a good example of realism. They don't cover the truth with fictional characters and tricky lyrics. The song says how we are graffittying our own world with skyscrapers, graffitti the sky with airplanes and satellites, graffittying the minds of children with all this violence and man-made wants.
A. What do you like best? Dark Romanticism, Realism, or Romanticism?
I think I like Realism best.
B. create a short piece of whichever you choose
Yesterday there was a funeral held for Amelia Scott. She was a 17 year old highschool senior. Amelia had died of lukemia, which is a type of cancer. No one knew she had been sick, not even her own boyfriend. She had been diagnosed a little over two years ago, and she had decided form that point not to act like every day was her last. Sure she went through the necesary operations and chemo, but she just told the kids at school she had the flu or something. When she died she knew that she hadn't just lived selfishly and scared, but she lived for everyone else. She made them happy and didn't bogg their minds with sadness.
I guess this is a good example becuase cancer is a very real thing, and no one usually lives a normal life after they find out they're diagnosed. There's a lot of praying and sympathy outside of the home; no more normalcy. It's telling how a girl died and how she lived with her disease.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Unit 2- Romanticism and Transcendentalism
Rip Van Winkle
What about the story did you find particularly Romantic? When Rip decided to escape his nagging wife and then just one day woke up 20 years later is a fine example of romanticism in this story. i like the way he can just skip through the hard parts in life and just appear back where he used to live.
1. The villagers used their imagination to believe in the nine-pinners. That way they can explain what happened to Rip Van Winkle.
2. Rip fell asleep and woke up in the future. He didn't have to go to war or provide for his kids, he just skipped out and when he came back, he was a grandfather and he was kind of famous.
Thanatopsis
by: William Cullen Bryant
How does this poem illustrate all three of the main themes of Romanticism?
IMAGINATION- thinking about all the people whoo are burried in the earth you walk on as opposed to all of those still alive today
PROMOTION OF COMMON PEOPLE- when you die, you will be equal with kings and slaves
CELEBRATON OF NATURE- when you die, you will become one with nature
Georgia Performance Standards
Take a moment to review the Georgia Performance Standards we have studied so far:
ELAALRL1 The student demonstrates comprehension by identifying evidence (i.e., examples of diction, imagery, point of view, figurative language, symbolism, plot events and main ideas) in a variety of texts representative of different genres (i.e., poetry, prose [short story, novel, essay, editorial, biography], and drama) and using this evidence as the basis for interpretation. You will read a passage or listen to a work of literature and be capable of understanding by identifying the parts that are helping to explain what the passage is about.
ELAALRL2 The student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of theme in a work of American literature and provides evidence from the work to support understanding. When you learn a new term, such as Romanticism, you can take evidence from the story or poem you are reading to prove that it is an example of whatever theme you are studying.
ELAALRL3 The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to their contemporary context or historical background, as well as to works from other time periods. You can take your own experiences or beliefs and apply them to halp you understand the deeper meaning of a poem or work of literature.
ex. Thanatopsis was trying to help you accept death, that's my biggest fear. I took my fear and tried to understand what William Cullen Bryant was trying to get me to realize and it helped me.
a. What is original sin? Original sin comes from the Fall of Man. Some believe that when God created Adam and Eve he put them in the Garden of Eden and told them not to eat the forbidden fruit. They couldn't resist temptation, and so when they defied God, sin was born.
b. How did the Puritans feel about original sin? The puritans believed that everyone was born a sinner except for those priests or heads of the church who could directly interpret the Word of God. They also believed that you could not earn God's grace, but it was given to certain people as a birth right.
c. How did the Rationalists differ from the Puritans? Rationalists did not believe that everyone was going to hell and that there was no way to earn God's forgivness and grace such as the Puritans did. Rationalists also believed that they didn't have to live stricly by the Word of God, that they could take what God gave themm and expand and learn on it.
d. What are the main themes of Romanticism? The main themes are using your imagination, believing in the celebration of nature and the promotion of common people.
"Nature" and "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
NATURE:
The way you see nature can define who you are. The lumberjack may see a tree as something to harvest and sell, yet a poet may see a tree as a towering grandmother to all the plants covering the forest floor. You can rely and have spiritual fatith in nature as you know it will change for you every year. The seasons have turned for centuries and will continue to turn. Emerson had a moment where he believed that he was one with the wooded field around him and then God spoke to him, he was enlightened and somehow felt he was connected with everything God has created and put on earth for him.
SELF RELIANCE:
This passage is telling me that you need to rely on yourself to achieve spiritual and tangible wealth in life. No one is going to give you money to feed your children, you have to work for your harvest and everyone has to learn their own trade. We need to make good of ourselves in our lifetime and not be so selfish with what we know and have, that way when we die, we will have peace that God will accept us into His Kingdom. Having peace with yourself may meean that you do not follow the crowd and become a selfish, money- hungry society. Maybe when you do not confrom, you will become an outcast; your lifestyle is no longer accepted and your thoughts are different from those around you. Lots of great people such as Jesus were outcasts and misunderstood, so Emerson says, and that's not a bad thing because you kept your faith in whatever you might believe in and god will reward you for that.
The passages Nature and Self- Reliance are good examples of Transcendentalism because they are describing to you what you will get from everyday strifes and beauties and how God comes through them to speak to you. In Nature, Emerson describes how God speaks to him in the middle of the forest on a day when the seasons are changing.
That's an example because he is not a natural sinner and God is speaking directly to him. Self- Reliance, on the other hand, is speaking of how God has provided you with the tools to learn and work to support your family. You will praise him and he will speak to you, but with others in the world becoming sinners and corrupting the neighborhood around you, if you stay pure, he will reward you.
Wilderness
How can you apply Transcendental philosophy to the man in this video?
He showed some examples of Transcendentalism by being one with nature and having a loving vision about the wildlife and the forests in which he would be inhabiting for the next 35 years. This kind of transcendentalism was also showed in Nature by Ralph Emerson.
The man also related to another one of Emerson's works: Self- Reliance. He built himself a house out of what God supplied him within mother nature and caught his own fish for nourishment. This man was alone for 35 years and had to rely on himself for everything he needed and wanted. He couldn't be corrupt or selfish by the ways of the new societies that were forming without him.
What about the story did you find particularly Romantic? When Rip decided to escape his nagging wife and then just one day woke up 20 years later is a fine example of romanticism in this story. i like the way he can just skip through the hard parts in life and just appear back where he used to live.
1. The villagers used their imagination to believe in the nine-pinners. That way they can explain what happened to Rip Van Winkle.
2. Rip fell asleep and woke up in the future. He didn't have to go to war or provide for his kids, he just skipped out and when he came back, he was a grandfather and he was kind of famous.
Thanatopsis
by: William Cullen Bryant
How does this poem illustrate all three of the main themes of Romanticism?
IMAGINATION- thinking about all the people whoo are burried in the earth you walk on as opposed to all of those still alive today
PROMOTION OF COMMON PEOPLE- when you die, you will be equal with kings and slaves
CELEBRATON OF NATURE- when you die, you will become one with nature
Georgia Performance Standards
Take a moment to review the Georgia Performance Standards we have studied so far:
ELAALRL1 The student demonstrates comprehension by identifying evidence (i.e., examples of diction, imagery, point of view, figurative language, symbolism, plot events and main ideas) in a variety of texts representative of different genres (i.e., poetry, prose [short story, novel, essay, editorial, biography], and drama) and using this evidence as the basis for interpretation. You will read a passage or listen to a work of literature and be capable of understanding by identifying the parts that are helping to explain what the passage is about.
ELAALRL2 The student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of theme in a work of American literature and provides evidence from the work to support understanding. When you learn a new term, such as Romanticism, you can take evidence from the story or poem you are reading to prove that it is an example of whatever theme you are studying.
ELAALRL3 The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to their contemporary context or historical background, as well as to works from other time periods. You can take your own experiences or beliefs and apply them to halp you understand the deeper meaning of a poem or work of literature.
ex. Thanatopsis was trying to help you accept death, that's my biggest fear. I took my fear and tried to understand what William Cullen Bryant was trying to get me to realize and it helped me.
Transcendentalism
a. What is original sin? Original sin comes from the Fall of Man. Some believe that when God created Adam and Eve he put them in the Garden of Eden and told them not to eat the forbidden fruit. They couldn't resist temptation, and so when they defied God, sin was born.
b. How did the Puritans feel about original sin? The puritans believed that everyone was born a sinner except for those priests or heads of the church who could directly interpret the Word of God. They also believed that you could not earn God's grace, but it was given to certain people as a birth right.
c. How did the Rationalists differ from the Puritans? Rationalists did not believe that everyone was going to hell and that there was no way to earn God's forgivness and grace such as the Puritans did. Rationalists also believed that they didn't have to live stricly by the Word of God, that they could take what God gave themm and expand and learn on it.
d. What are the main themes of Romanticism? The main themes are using your imagination, believing in the celebration of nature and the promotion of common people.
"Nature" and "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
NATURE:
The way you see nature can define who you are. The lumberjack may see a tree as something to harvest and sell, yet a poet may see a tree as a towering grandmother to all the plants covering the forest floor. You can rely and have spiritual fatith in nature as you know it will change for you every year. The seasons have turned for centuries and will continue to turn. Emerson had a moment where he believed that he was one with the wooded field around him and then God spoke to him, he was enlightened and somehow felt he was connected with everything God has created and put on earth for him.
SELF RELIANCE:
This passage is telling me that you need to rely on yourself to achieve spiritual and tangible wealth in life. No one is going to give you money to feed your children, you have to work for your harvest and everyone has to learn their own trade. We need to make good of ourselves in our lifetime and not be so selfish with what we know and have, that way when we die, we will have peace that God will accept us into His Kingdom. Having peace with yourself may meean that you do not follow the crowd and become a selfish, money- hungry society. Maybe when you do not confrom, you will become an outcast; your lifestyle is no longer accepted and your thoughts are different from those around you. Lots of great people such as Jesus were outcasts and misunderstood, so Emerson says, and that's not a bad thing because you kept your faith in whatever you might believe in and god will reward you for that.
The passages Nature and Self- Reliance are good examples of Transcendentalism because they are describing to you what you will get from everyday strifes and beauties and how God comes through them to speak to you. In Nature, Emerson describes how God speaks to him in the middle of the forest on a day when the seasons are changing.
That's an example because he is not a natural sinner and God is speaking directly to him. Self- Reliance, on the other hand, is speaking of how God has provided you with the tools to learn and work to support your family. You will praise him and he will speak to you, but with others in the world becoming sinners and corrupting the neighborhood around you, if you stay pure, he will reward you.
Wilderness
How can you apply Transcendental philosophy to the man in this video?
He showed some examples of Transcendentalism by being one with nature and having a loving vision about the wildlife and the forests in which he would be inhabiting for the next 35 years. This kind of transcendentalism was also showed in Nature by Ralph Emerson.
The man also related to another one of Emerson's works: Self- Reliance. He built himself a house out of what God supplied him within mother nature and caught his own fish for nourishment. This man was alone for 35 years and had to rely on himself for everything he needed and wanted. He couldn't be corrupt or selfish by the ways of the new societies that were forming without him.
Monday, November 16, 2009
ELAALRL 3
ELAALRL3 the student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to their contemporary context or historical background, as well as to works from other time periods.
Students can take information theyv'e learned about people inthe past, such as the Puritans or Rationalists and see how theyr'e lives are affected by past beliefs.
Students can take information theyv'e learned about people inthe past, such as the Puritans or Rationalists and see how theyr'e lives are affected by past beliefs.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Unit 1- Native American and Colonial Periods
Translated by Chief Yellow Lark- 1887
Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds
Whose breath gives life to the world, hear me
I come to you as one of your many children
I am small and weak
I need your strength and wisdom
May I walk in beauty
Make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have made
And my ears sharp to your voice.
Make me wise so that I may know the things you have taught your children.
The lessons you have written in every leaf and rock
Make me strong-- -- -- --!
Not to be superior to my brothers, but to fight my greatest enemy…myself
Make me ever ready to come to you with straight eyes,
So that when life fades as the fading sunset,
May my spirit come to you without shame.
I really enjoyed reading this prayer, it's being recited by a person talking to their Holy Spirit or some sort of God. The person is asking their creator to give them the gifts of the earth and teach them the right path to follow, so that one day when they are leaving the earth, they will be able to join their creator with no faults or impurities.
Puritans vs. Rationalists
Puritans and Rationalists had two different beliefs. The puritans believed in a vengeful God who could drop you into the fiery pits of hell whenever he so chooses. They said that everyone was born a sinner Jesus didn't die for everyone, and God only saved a certain few. Puritans had ministers who would interpret the word of God how they wanted to, they often reminded sinners how they thought there was no way to earn God's grace. Jonathan Edwards was a famous Puritan minister who told the people of the church that their wickedness would make them heavy and they are lucky that they have awakened this morning to find they are still on earth and God hadn't sent his unbearable wrath on them in the night. Rationalists believed that God created the earth and all its wonders, but left many things unexplained. They said that everyone was given a natural law, and it was up to them how to use it. They also wanted explanations for things that happened and believed God would want them to create more with what he had already given them, much like the Native Americans, they believed there were not scorned all the time, but given gifts to which they could make good of.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
The way Benjamin Franklin tried to reach moral perfection is a good example of how he’s a rationalist. Puritans would never try to reach a moral perfection, because they thought there was no way to earn god’s grace or improve your self. They said everyone was a sinner and god only picked a few to come to heaven. Benjamin Franklin and the rationalists, on the other hand, toyed with the idea of perfecting your self and climbing up the karma ladder to be closer to God and his good graces.
1. SINCERITY- to think of other people’s feelings before I tell them how I feel
2. PROMPT- try to be on time to every appointment or activity
3. TIDY- clean my room and be more organized
4. FAMILY- try to spend more time with my family when I can
5. HEALTH- work out more and not eat so much junk food
6. EMPLOYMENT- find a job
7. MONEY WISE- save more money, spend only on necessities
8. INDEPENDENT- think about college and saving money to move out
9. BE THANKFUL- for what I’ve been fortunate to have
10. OPEN- not so conservative, have fun
11. FRIENDLY- be more friendly and nice to people
12. GO GREEN- carpool more, don’t litter or let others throw trash out the window
13. DEPENDABLE- if I say I’m going to do something, I need to do it
Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds
Whose breath gives life to the world, hear me
I come to you as one of your many children
I am small and weak
I need your strength and wisdom
May I walk in beauty
Make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have made
And my ears sharp to your voice.
Make me wise so that I may know the things you have taught your children.
The lessons you have written in every leaf and rock
Make me strong-- -- -- --!
Not to be superior to my brothers, but to fight my greatest enemy…myself
Make me ever ready to come to you with straight eyes,
So that when life fades as the fading sunset,
May my spirit come to you without shame.
I really enjoyed reading this prayer, it's being recited by a person talking to their Holy Spirit or some sort of God. The person is asking their creator to give them the gifts of the earth and teach them the right path to follow, so that one day when they are leaving the earth, they will be able to join their creator with no faults or impurities.
Native Americans vs. Puritans
Puritans vs. Rationalists
Puritans and Rationalists had two different beliefs. The puritans believed in a vengeful God who could drop you into the fiery pits of hell whenever he so chooses. They said that everyone was born a sinner Jesus didn't die for everyone, and God only saved a certain few. Puritans had ministers who would interpret the word of God how they wanted to, they often reminded sinners how they thought there was no way to earn God's grace. Jonathan Edwards was a famous Puritan minister who told the people of the church that their wickedness would make them heavy and they are lucky that they have awakened this morning to find they are still on earth and God hadn't sent his unbearable wrath on them in the night. Rationalists believed that God created the earth and all its wonders, but left many things unexplained. They said that everyone was given a natural law, and it was up to them how to use it. They also wanted explanations for things that happened and believed God would want them to create more with what he had already given them, much like the Native Americans, they believed there were not scorned all the time, but given gifts to which they could make good of.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
The way Benjamin Franklin tried to reach moral perfection is a good example of how he’s a rationalist. Puritans would never try to reach a moral perfection, because they thought there was no way to earn god’s grace or improve your self. They said everyone was a sinner and god only picked a few to come to heaven. Benjamin Franklin and the rationalists, on the other hand, toyed with the idea of perfecting your self and climbing up the karma ladder to be closer to God and his good graces.
1. SINCERITY- to think of other people’s feelings before I tell them how I feel
2. PROMPT- try to be on time to every appointment or activity
3. TIDY- clean my room and be more organized
4. FAMILY- try to spend more time with my family when I can
5. HEALTH- work out more and not eat so much junk food
6. EMPLOYMENT- find a job
7. MONEY WISE- save more money, spend only on necessities
8. INDEPENDENT- think about college and saving money to move out
9. BE THANKFUL- for what I’ve been fortunate to have
10. OPEN- not so conservative, have fun
11. FRIENDLY- be more friendly and nice to people
12. GO GREEN- carpool more, don’t litter or let others throw trash out the window
13. DEPENDABLE- if I say I’m going to do something, I need to do it
I think if I completed these tasks daily, that I would feel better about myself and have a happier day, but I don’t think I need a list of nice things to reach moral perfection. I believe that to achieve that complete perfection, all you have to do is give yourself over to God, and ask him to help and forgive you for your wrong doings. You don't have to have a schedule of "good deeds" just so you can feel good about yourself.
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