Critical Questions for "The Veldt" DUE TODAY! make sure to hand in work and book (if you took it home.)
ROOT QUIZ 3 NEXT CLASS
Talk about "The Veldt"
Originally appearing as "The World the Children Made".
Meaning, anagram, and previous use (other literature, biblical).
Grammar notes:
Adjectives: Words that "modify" (tell more info about) nouns. (EG: Beautiful, mean, fast)
Adverbs: Words that modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. (EG: New York, Mr Hanlon, horse)
Mr. Hanlon (Noun/Subject) is (verb) often (Adverb) really (adverb) quite (Adverb) mean (Adj).
Take out concrete/abstract noun sheet..Look for Adjectives and adverbs! (Adj, Adv). What is it modifying?
Monday 30 November 2015
Friday 27 November 2015
November 27
TWO CLASS HEADS UP ROOT QUIZ 3 WEDNESDAY DEC 2nd!!!
Don't forget about the 8 Critical questions for "The Veldt" due monday!
"The Veldt" Ray Bradbury notes:
Page 118- paragraph- first full one. Think about two things that are happening which are both things Bradbury has done in previous stories. What is is? 5 senses, metaphor, change POV.
Bradbury's style
Don't forget about the 8 Critical questions for "The Veldt" due monday!
"The Veldt" Ray Bradbury notes:
- Deadmau5's song "The Veldt" illustrates A
- The children's names Peter and Wendy, alludes to story of Peter Pan , emphasizing their (unhealthy) imaginary obsessions, similarly allusions are made to OZ and Wonderland (120)
- The story is also an allegory for the concerns of TV's effects on youth.
Page 118- paragraph- first full one. Think about two things that are happening which are both things Bradbury has done in previous stories. What is is? 5 senses, metaphor, change POV.
Bradbury's style
- Favors 3rd person POV (limited omniscient, and objective)
- Shifs POV temporarily ( EG: into 2nd person) and perspective (at end).
- Metaphors and similes
- Foreshadowing
- A dramatic shift in tone at ending. (Irony)
- Motifs used a lot
- He often references the 5 senses.
- Names usually caries significance (EG: Peter and Wendy).
- Alludes often, to poetry (EG: "Song to Celia")
- Ends with ambiguity (unclear).
Course question: "The Veldt" #2,3
The reciprocal relationship between----Culture----Language/Literature.
Lang. and culture A
Lit. and culture B
Wednesday 25 November 2015
November 25th
Double block today!
Get out your PEE for "The Third Expedition".
Should have first pee done, and starting your second.
Explain your second point today.
Awesome title!!: 3 layers... Top: Segment of a quotation you used. EG: "now it was playing softly":
Middle: the use of motifs in
Last: Ray Bradbury's "The Third Expedition".
DUE :D
Ray Bradbury "The Veldt"
Noun: Veldt
SECOND!~
General responses?
Criteria of making a good reader.
8 Critical questions on Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt" worksheet.
YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THEM IN ORDER, JUST # THEM!!
You can bring book home BUT it is DUE MONDAY November 30th.
EG: 7. Is the nursery alive? Does it have AI?
No, the nursery is not alive. (Point)"Screams sounded familiar"(130) (Quote WITH page number). Parents realizing screams seem familiar is because the room made screams seem familiar to them. (Explain) (PEE)
Get out your PEE for "The Third Expedition".
Should have first pee done, and starting your second.
Explain your second point today.
Awesome title!!: 3 layers... Top: Segment of a quotation you used. EG: "now it was playing softly":
Middle: the use of motifs in
Last: Ray Bradbury's "The Third Expedition".
DUE :D
Noun: Veldt
- Open, uncultivated country or grassland in Southern Africa. It is conventionally classified by altitude into highveld, middleveld, and lowveld.
Rima- Rima the Jungle Girl, fictional heroine of a novel Green Mansions: A romance of the tropical forest by W.H. Hudson (1904)
General responses?
Criteria of making a good reader.
8 Critical questions on Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt" worksheet.
YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THEM IN ORDER, JUST # THEM!!
You can bring book home BUT it is DUE MONDAY November 30th.
EG: 7. Is the nursery alive? Does it have AI?
No, the nursery is not alive. (Point)"Screams sounded familiar"(130) (Quote WITH page number). Parents realizing screams seem familiar is because the room made screams seem familiar to them. (Explain) (PEE)
Wednesday 18 November 2015
November 18
Course question: "The Third Expedition". #4,3.
Take out Concrete and abstract noun worksheet:
On side we have been doing, find the VERB and DEMONSTRATIVES.
Grammar notes: Verbs: Actions and states of being. ( all "to be" forms: am, are, is, were, will, was....)
Demonstratives: This, That, These, Those..
PEE: The back of it! How to make a paragraph outline. Follow the format.
Make a topic sentence: Include title and author, then an arguable statement. (The symbols in "The Third Expedition" by Ray Bradbury are.....)
Two PEEs: Prove your topic sentence. Point, quotation, and explain.
Awesome three layered title!
PEE in class: Discuss the motif's of "The Third Expedition" by Ray Bradbury.
Focus on 1 motif. (Religion, or/and Music).
TS: Ray Bradbury's "The Third Expedition" uses the motif(s) of ____ to .....".
P1: Bradbury frequently references ____ through out the story.
E1: Quotations- 3= a motif. PAGE # FOR EACH QUOTATION.
E2: Explain!
P2: Bradbury uses _____ to.....
E1: 1 quote from story, best shows, can be from P1
E2: EXPLAIN.
Take out Concrete and abstract noun worksheet:
On side we have been doing, find the VERB and DEMONSTRATIVES.
Grammar notes: Verbs: Actions and states of being. ( all "to be" forms: am, are, is, were, will, was....)
Demonstratives: This, That, These, Those..
PEE: The back of it! How to make a paragraph outline. Follow the format.
Make a topic sentence: Include title and author, then an arguable statement. (The symbols in "The Third Expedition" by Ray Bradbury are.....)
Two PEEs: Prove your topic sentence. Point, quotation, and explain.
Awesome three layered title!
PEE in class: Discuss the motif's of "The Third Expedition" by Ray Bradbury.
Focus on 1 motif. (Religion, or/and Music).
TS: Ray Bradbury's "The Third Expedition" uses the motif(s) of ____ to .....".
P1: Bradbury frequently references ____ through out the story.
E1: Quotations- 3= a motif. PAGE # FOR EACH QUOTATION.
E2: Explain!
P2: Bradbury uses _____ to.....
E1: 1 quote from story, best shows, can be from P1
E2: EXPLAIN.
Monday 16 November 2015
November 16
Take out Worksheet for "The Third Expedition".-- Names?
Green Bluff- Earth?; "Little green men"=Martians; Bluff= Try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions.
Lustig- Anagram for "guilt". Guilty of the first to buy into lie.
Hinkston-Anagram for "Thinks on". Purposes the most theories.
Literary terms: Epiphany: third to last sentence - "An understanding" to "experiences it".
Juxtaposition: First sentence.
Example: "Don't question God's good to us"(58) Bradbury juxtaposes the absence of thought with God/religion to reveal the Martian plan.
3C-PIST for "THE THIRD EXPEDITION" Ray Bradbury
P- Capt. Black is the character the reader follows most.
C- Black struggles to understand what is going on. Person VS. Self.
II- "The rocket landed on the lawn of green grass." (42).
C/C- "Capt. John Black broke and ran across the room." (62).
S- Green Bluff: Martian Lie.
Religion: Illogic
Music: False sense of security.
Rocket: Safety. Danger.
C- "Grandma Lustig": Convinces them that they are family.
"Edward Black": Antagonist.
"Ma Black": Emphasizes illogic.
David Lustig: First to fall for trap.
Samuel Hinkston: Emphasizes illogic.
Martian Lady: Convinces that this is "Earth".
T- The absence of logic can create a false sense of security,
Green Bluff- Earth?; "Little green men"=Martians; Bluff= Try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions.
Lustig- Anagram for "guilt". Guilty of the first to buy into lie.
Hinkston-Anagram for "Thinks on". Purposes the most theories.
Literary terms: Epiphany: third to last sentence - "An understanding" to "experiences it".
Juxtaposition: First sentence.
Example: "Don't question God's good to us"(58) Bradbury juxtaposes the absence of thought with God/religion to reveal the Martian plan.
3C-PIST for "THE THIRD EXPEDITION" Ray Bradbury
P- Capt. Black is the character the reader follows most.
C- Black struggles to understand what is going on. Person VS. Self.
II- "The rocket landed on the lawn of green grass." (42).
C/C- "Capt. John Black broke and ran across the room." (62).
S- Green Bluff: Martian Lie.
Religion: Illogic
Music: False sense of security.
Rocket: Safety. Danger.
C- "Grandma Lustig": Convinces them that they are family.
"Edward Black": Antagonist.
"Ma Black": Emphasizes illogic.
David Lustig: First to fall for trap.
Samuel Hinkston: Emphasizes illogic.
Martian Lady: Convinces that this is "Earth".
T- The absence of logic can create a false sense of security,
Friday 13 November 2015
November 13
Today was a late start:
See better
Think better
Literary term: Perspective: The direction (aka character(s)) a story comes from.
Epilogue: A chapter, section, or scene included after the story is really over.
ONE WEEK TODAY, TERM ONE CUT OFF!!! NOVEMBER 20TH.
"Third Expedition" worksheet:
Black: Being in the dark about things; foreshadow dark ending; death.
David: Religious/Biblical; Be loved- first meet loved--grandparents.
Lustig: Carefree;optimistic.
Ston---British "town"(??) Hink--- "Hank"(??)
Get HINKSTON, LUSTIG, and GREEN BLUFF for next class.
Define vocab-- LOOK BACK TO STORY. Use an actual dictionary; or Oxford online. Use full definition.
Notes on "The Third Expedition":
POV: Third person- Objective, all but the penultimate section which is limited omniscient. A shift in POV- like in "Ylla".
Perspective: Start with crew- mostly John's- then ultimate section is from Martians perspective.
Motif: Religion and Music.
Allusion: Religion: mostly Christian/biblical.
Ultimate section = Kind of Epilogue.
See better
Think better
Literary term: Perspective: The direction (aka character(s)) a story comes from.
Epilogue: A chapter, section, or scene included after the story is really over.
ONE WEEK TODAY, TERM ONE CUT OFF!!! NOVEMBER 20TH.
"Third Expedition" worksheet:
Black: Being in the dark about things; foreshadow dark ending; death.
David: Religious/Biblical; Be loved- first meet loved--grandparents.
Lustig: Carefree;optimistic.
Ston---British "town"(??) Hink--- "Hank"(??)
Get HINKSTON, LUSTIG, and GREEN BLUFF for next class.
Define vocab-- LOOK BACK TO STORY. Use an actual dictionary; or Oxford online. Use full definition.
Notes on "The Third Expedition":
POV: Third person- Objective, all but the penultimate section which is limited omniscient. A shift in POV- like in "Ylla".
Perspective: Start with crew- mostly John's- then ultimate section is from Martians perspective.
Motif: Religion and Music.
Allusion: Religion: mostly Christian/biblical.
Ultimate section = Kind of Epilogue.
Monday 9 November 2015
November 9th
Got root quiz 3 words today!
Worksheet for "The Third Expedition".
Possible origins of name - meanings:
Worksheet for "The Third Expedition".
Possible origins of name - meanings:
- Meaning of the name.
- Could relate to historical figure.
- Could be an anagram (Ylla=Ally....Neo=One).
John- "God is gracious"- God mentioned a lot, biblical in nature.
Finish the whole worksheet for Friday!
(http://www.behindthename.com/)
(http://surnames.behindthename.com/)
Friday 6 November 2015
November 6
Root quiz 2 handed back today, REDO IF NEEDED BEFORE NOVEMBER 20th. Ask Hanlon after school or at lunch hour.
Take out Literary terms, and the article of "Bliss not found in stores next to iPhones"-
What is the epigraph?
What is the allusion?
Where can you find rhetorical question?
Consider how it is an informal essay.
What persuasive technique does he use- to convince the reader of?
Allusion: To "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".
Epigraph: Quote at beginning of article.
Informal Essay: -Everyday problem (Phone dependence).
-Intimate tone.
- His perspective (personal).
Persuasive technique: -Alludes poem
-Contrast (Poem-today)
-Intimate tone
- Rhetorical question
Rhetorical question: "How's your inward eye these days?"
Course question article: "Bliss not found in stores next to iPhone".
Read: "The Taxpayer" March 2000 today! Why do you think this is called "The Taxpayer"?
______
Double block!
"April 2000: The Third Expedition" by Ray Bradbury worksheet and read.
Religion and Music list.
Chapter breakdown:
Take out Literary terms, and the article of "Bliss not found in stores next to iPhones"-
What is the epigraph?
What is the allusion?
Where can you find rhetorical question?
Consider how it is an informal essay.
What persuasive technique does he use- to convince the reader of?
Allusion: To "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".
Epigraph: Quote at beginning of article.
Informal Essay: -Everyday problem (Phone dependence).
-Intimate tone.
- His perspective (personal).
Persuasive technique: -Alludes poem
-Contrast (Poem-today)
-Intimate tone
- Rhetorical question
Rhetorical question: "How's your inward eye these days?"
Course question article: "Bliss not found in stores next to iPhone".
Read: "The Taxpayer" March 2000 today! Why do you think this is called "The Taxpayer"?
______
Double block!
"April 2000: The Third Expedition" by Ray Bradbury worksheet and read.
Religion and Music list.
Chapter breakdown:
- Rocket voyage.
- Approaching Mars.
- Responses to Mars.
- The Earth-like house.
- The town.
- Part one: 41-46: Land on Mars, cautious about exiting rocket.
- Part 2: 47-48: Debating theories to explain this town.
- Part 3: 48-50: they think they landed on Earth in the past.
- Part 4: Settling on a theory; meeting Lustig's grandparents.
- Part 5: 53-57: All crew leaves with family.
- pg 57- 62: Capt. Black with family; in bed, he figures it out!!!
- pg.62-63: Funeral for the crew.
Wednesday 4 November 2015
November 4th
Today was grade 9 "Take your kid to work day", so a work block ^-^
(If you did not go, make sure to get that package done!)
Remember that marks cut off is November 20th, nothing will be accepted after this date, so ask if you are missing anything and get work and tests in and finished!
(If you did not go, make sure to get that package done!)
Remember that marks cut off is November 20th, nothing will be accepted after this date, so ask if you are missing anything and get work and tests in and finished!
Monday 2 November 2015
Nov 2
ROOT QUIZ 2 TODAY!!!!
Course question "The October Game" by Ray Bradbury: #4, #1, #3.
MARKS CUT OFF NOVEMBER 20th!!
Literary terms: Informal essay (write down first clause "," --second sentence to end.), Epigraph (first sentence.), Allusion (first 2 sentences.), Rhetorical question (first sentence.), Persuasive technique (ALL). (Examples are good !)
- If you missed this test, see Hanlon and schedule a time at lunch or after school.
- Remember! You can still retake the test if you got under 80%, he is available at lunch or after school, just BEFORE marks cut off.
Course question "The October Game" by Ray Bradbury: #4, #1, #3.
MARKS CUT OFF NOVEMBER 20th!!
Literary terms: Informal essay (write down first clause "," --second sentence to end.), Epigraph (first sentence.), Allusion (first 2 sentences.), Rhetorical question (first sentence.), Persuasive technique (ALL). (Examples are good !)
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