January 27th

Double block:

First thing, we did our Root Quiz 4!

Take out "David" 

Discussion:
Part VII: Climb the finger, David falls.
Part VIII: Bob's guilt and impossible decision for David.  (Dilemma.) Did he, or no?
Part IX: Bob descends horrified.

Body= "It"  (156,159).

Course question this poem. #3, 4, 2.

Provide line #'s for all:
1) Find an example of assonance in part IX
2) 3 words (each from a different part) forming a motif.
3) Find a metaphor in part IX.
4) Find alliteration in part IX.
5) Explain 1 moment of foreshadowing.
Make sure to state what you are answering, (which number.) 

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Book: "The Musicians"

The boys play in the dead towns of the martian cities, the "white xylophones" are the bodies of the martians, playing and kicking in their remains. Parents scold for playing there. (Chicken pox).

Motif: Death, Music.

Course question: #1, 3.

Skipping "Way in the Middle of The Air".

"Green morning"= Birth, "Night meeting"=Life/time passing, "The Musicians"= Death.


Parts of speech 

1) With these, I am supposed to drink plenty of water.
Prep.    
Dem.
Pro/Sub.
Verb phrase,
Noun/OD
Prep,
Noun/OP

Do #2

January 25th

MARKS CUT OFF FOR TERM TWO: FEBRUARY 9th!!!

Root Quiz 4 next class!

If you want to know the mark you have gotten on an essay, or paragraph, you can fill out the handout from Hanlon.

We looked at a rubric of how they mark a paragraph. Ask from handout from Hanlon.

Look at Parts of Speech handout.

#1: With these, I am supposed to drink plenty of water.
These: Dem.
With: Prep.
I: Subject/Pronoun.
Am: Supposed: To: Drink: Verb phrase.
Plenty: Adverb.
Of: Prep.
Water: Noun/ OP

Literary term: Assonance- The repetition of a particular vowel sound in close proximity.
                                   EG: This kid with his stick was running while I slipped. (eh sound).
                                   EG: Don't sew. though.

Poem: David- Birney,Earle (1904-1995)

Narrative poem. (poem that tells a story).

Look for: Motifs, Metaphor, Alliteration, Assonance, whilst reading.

No rhyme but assonance.

Part I: Going camping.
Part II: Climbing Mount Gleam.
Part III: Caught on a cliff.
Part IV: Evidence of plant/animal life.
Part V: Deathly climb.
Part VI: Life in nature.
Part VII: David falls.
Part VIII:
Part IX:

January 22nd

2 class heads up for ROOT QUIZ 4! Wednesday 27th.

Martian Chronicles:
"Night Meeting"
pg. 105-106 (bottom/top paragraph) talking about Time- Senses, metaphor, 2nd person P.O.V.
What happened in this story?
They were in different times, the Martian would be in the past, most likely.
Course question this chapter. #3- of reality and existence.
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"The Shore"
What was it about?
They are now referring humans to a "shore" as if it is a never ending thing, always moving, pushing forward.
Americans go to Mars, only. "Earthify" "Americanising" Mars.
Further reference to war.
"Everyone knew who the first women would be." Prostitutes?
______________
"Interim" (between)
Alludes "Wizards of OZ".
What they do on Mars.
Taking Iowa to Mars- replica.

Parts of Speech handout!
#11 you write a sentence with those parts of speech, in that order.
Do #1.

January 20th

Course question the book:

"The Settlers": #3

"The Green Morning": #2,

"The Locusts":  #1, 3

Lo-Cust
(noun)
1. A large grasshopper with strong powers of flight. It is usually solitary, but from time to time there is a population explosion, and it migrates in vast swarms that cause extensive damage to crops.


Literary term: Indirect presentation: When the author presents information
                                                          (about a character,   usually) without directly                                                                  stating that information. EG: Cindy's lunch grew cold as                                                              she rolled the squeeze-toy octopus absent-mindedly in                                                               her hands. 

Notes on creative writing: CREATIVE WRITING TIPS!

1. Indirect presentation.
2. Provide detail.
3. Avoid cliché. (Love=flowers, chocolate....)
4. Show, don't tell.
5. Setting description.

Try on your own: -Choose romantic partner (couple, family, to pet...)
                             -Who's showing it?
                             -What is the situation? (Death? Gross?) How will you show it?
                             - Detail- Choice to show it, in this situation.
                             -Ignore passionate words- just action.

Now Write:

                             Love- "He held her hair back while she puked".
                           
Hand it in! Please, but add:
Take sentence and turn into haiku- Three line poem: 5 syllables, 7, 5.
Title- One word. Cannot be love.

EG:

"Octopus"
Cindy's lunch grew cold,
As she rolled the dog's squeeze-toy
In her heavy hands.


"Adoration"
As she vomited
And heaved into the toilet,
He held her hair back.


Make another haiku: Valentines day haiku: Indirect presentation (like one just did).. New: Do what you want, just no where can you say "love" or "heart", but about love. Circle on paper, you are submitting for the contest.

Please submit Friday!

January 15th

Noun worksheet #9,10

Book:

"The Settlers"

Parallelism-First page.
Men came to Mars to work. Disease=the loneliness. Escape bad lives.

"The Green morning"

Part one: 96-100: Benjamin Driscoll plants seeds to improve oxygen.
Alludes to Legend of Johnny Appleseed, and Jack and the beanstalk.

100-101: It rained.

101-102: "green morning"; Trees magically grow.

"The Locusts"

Grow life on Mars - Spendors worst nightmare. Women now. Humans go/come to Mars like Locus.

Notes and course question...

January 13

Sorry I was away today, there was a double block:

I was informed we worked on:

Reading "The Settlers" from the book,
finished labeling the parts of speech on the grammar sheet,
and wrote an in-class paragraph.- Ask Hanlon on what about!


See you Friday.

January 11th

ACES paragraph (Topic sentence, comment, 2 PEEs, Summary).

In the comment part, add a note:
Make real world/personal connections to topic (can say 'I' and 'Me'), DO NOT DISCUSS TEXT HERE. Around 3-4 sentences. Make this beyond the realm of philiology.

On back of sheet number the bullets on the back (Transitions) 1-7.

No transitions needed A to C.
C to E, use transition 2.
Between the two PEEs use transition 1 or 3.
Between E and S, use transition 4

                                     HANLONS SUPER AWESOME PARAGRAPH!!

                                                   "Crystal Pillars and Empty Seas":

                                                     Symbolism in Ray Bradbury's

                                                                      "Ylla"

(A)The symbols in Ray Bradbury's "Ylla" emphasizes the life of the protagonist wishes she had. (C) It is not uncommon for people to adorn themselves in images that represent their aspirations, and I am no different. I have covered one of my jackets with a number of pins - mostly relating to Batman and rock music- that reflect my fantasies of rock-stardom and heroism. In fact, certain rooms in my house are likewise decorated- as is my classroom. (E) (P1) In the same way, the symbolic setting in Bradbury's story, which includes a crystal, flower-like house in a desert of empty bodies of water, emphasizes Ylla's unhappy life and- by contrast- the life she wishes she had, for the Ks live by "an empty sea", a "dead sea"(2), surrounded by "old canals filled with emptiness and dreams" (7) in " a house of crystal pillars" (1), filled with "amber glass" (12) and "caged flowers" (11), that is "like a giant flower" (5). (E2) Like the flowers, Mrs. K is caged- imprisoned- in a marriage that has no joy or love. She and her husband are "not happy now" (2). He tells her when to go to town(6) and when to stay home (11). The empty seas and canals- the very desert- reflect the isolation she feels in her life, as her husband spends most of his time on mysterious trips to the city (6) or isolated in his room with his book of songs (3). Ylla herself is represented as glass, as she often is standing "between pillars" (2) or picking "up the pieces...of shattered glass" "with no success" (13) to represent her life and dreams, which are forever incorrigible. (P2) Furthermore, some symbols represent Ylla's hope for love - a love she expects to come from the sky. (E1) At the beginning of the story, Mrs.K "watched the blue sky..as if it might...expel a shining miracle"(2), and, later, with her husband, "She watched only the sky"(7). She also finds herself humming and singing a love song "over and over again" (5) but later finds that she has "forgotten it" (13). (E2) She first begins humming the song after a dream of Nathaniel York arriving in his rocket, and she then becomes very focused on the heavens, which reflects the hope she has some "miracle" (2) to free her from her frustrating marital imprisonment. The song, Ben Jonson's "Song to Celia", shows her subconscious longing for love in a loveless life. After her husband kills Nathaniel York and Bert, his mate, she cries over the loss of the song from her mind, as she now has lost what seemed to be her last hope from romance. (S) As a result of his skilful use of symbolism, Bradbury thus emphasizes Ylla's dreams of a better life.

January 6th

Take out Noun worksheet, the front should be finished!
Finally back of the sheet! Label EVERYTHING at once!!
Suggested process:

1. Determine/fine the main action/verb.
2. Locate the subject.
3. Determine if the subject is a noun or a pronoun.
4. Locate all other nouns and pronouns, label them accordingly, and label them as **D.O's, I.O's, or O.Ps. ----- Locate all preposition.
5. Label all verb modifiers as Adverbs.
6. Label all noun modifiers as adjectives.
7. Label everything else (articles, demonstratives....ect.)

** 4. A) Object of preposition, B)Direct Object, C)Indirect Object.

1. Jason ran quickly down the lane.

Jason= Subject/Noun.

Ran= Verb.

Lane= Noun/ O.P.

Down= Preposition.
The= Article.
Quickly= Adjective.

2.The green jacket hung from the brass hook on the wall.
Hung= Verb.
Jacket= Subject/Noun.
Hook= Noun/ O.P.
Wall= Noun/ O.P.
On= Prep.
From= Prep.
Brass= Adj.
Green=Adj.
The=Article.

3. Sheila suddenly threw her felt hat in the air.
Threw= Verb.
Sheila= Noun/Subject.
Hat= Noun/D.O.
Air=Noun/O.P.
Her=Pronoun.
In= Prep.
Felt=Adj.
Suddenly=Adj.
The=Article.

4.The professional boxer hit his fist into the punching bag.

5.The experienced mountain climbers grew cold as the temperature dropped.
AS= Conjunction.

January 4th 2016

Happy new year! Welcome back.

Please submit/correct:
"Go No More A Roving" worksheet.

"Desensitization of the 20th century man" response questions.

"The Moon Still Be as Bright" PEE.

"Third expedition" PEE/ Worksheet.

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"Desensitization of the 20th century man"

Think about literary concept. (Rhetorical question, metaphor, imagery) Think how it makes that line good? If  a metaphor, how does this make this good writing?

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"Humans have the need to read" essay. (Editorial)
General responses?
Find examples of : Rhetorical question (Hint: ?). : First line.
                               Expert testimony. : Second paragraph.
                               Historical reference.: Mid first paragraph.
                               Subjective tone.: First sent. third paragraph.
                              Objective tone.: First sent. of fourth paragraph.

Opinion- Bias?.... Towards reading, because she is a writer. More likely to have Subjective tone.

 Johannes Gutenberg was maker of the printing press.