April 22nd

2 CLASS HEADS UP FOR ROOT 6 QUIZ.


Mid-Summer Nights Dream notes:

We got a grammar package and did the exercises within it.
Thy(possessive)=Your.
Thine(Possessive)=Yours.
Thou (subject)
Thee (Object)


                      TO            FROM
Here            Hither        Hence
There          Thither       Thence
Where        Whither       Whence

Fair= Lovely.
Nuptial= Marriage/wedding.

Prithee= Pray thee= Beg of you= Please.

Whilst reading watch out for motifs:

• Dreams/similitude.
• Moon.
• Snake/serpent. 

 We looked at the Globe Theater and how it was set up....

NEXT FRIDAY IS MARKS CUT OFF!

April 18th

Today was a double block,

We got time to work on our essays for both blocks, and will have Wednesday to finish it.

If you do not finish and need more time, ask Hanlon about lunch or after school.

April 13th

ESSAY NEXT CLASS (MONDAY)!!

We talked about common romantic relationship problems and made a list:

• Stress (money, kids, work).
• Others family.
• Jelousy.
• Cheating.
• Depression.
• Sexual problems.
• Difference in core values (religion).
• Abuse.
• Trauma.
• Boredom.
• Difference in life stages.
• Addictions.
• Lack of responsibility/support/communication.

Theseus:

• Entered the labyrinth to kill the minotaur (anthropomorphic beast which is half man, half bull. )    
• Womanizer and rapist.
• Killed his son, Hippolytus ("death by horse"), that he has with Amazonian wife, whom he kidnapped, Hippolyta. 

A Mid-Summer Nights Dream notes:
                 

• By William Shakespeare (wrote in about 1590-1610) in Modern English.
• Play was written circa 1595, it is dramatized poetry ( sort of like a musical).
• Thou= You= Thee
• You- Formal- used with high status and polite conversations with strangers.
• Thou- Informal- used with lower status or close friends and relatives. 
• Using the wrong 'you' can be insulting. 

        SUB       /         OBJ              / IRREG VERB    
(1st)    I                 Me                 Am
(2nd)  You             You                Are
(2nd)  Thou           Thee               Art
(3rd)  He/she        Him/her            Is

April 11th

Got PARTS OF SPEECH test back, please get this done, or if you got less than 60%, you can retake.


We did a list for: "DREAM TROPES", and "ROMANTIC COMEDY TROPES".

A trope is a characteristic common to something--- horror and supernatural.

We did a 5 minute free write about a dream we have had. Don't stop writing, just write anything.

2 homework assignments:

1. Think of a romcom that meets as many things on the list.
2. Common relationship (romantic) problems?

Dream tropes:

• Fluidity of identity.
• Fluidity of environment.
• Exaggerated emotions.
• Non-sequential.
• Missing info.
• Movement altered.
• Speech is altered.
• Incomplete.
• Un-original.

Romantic comedy tropes:

• A reason the two leads are not together (hate, 3rd party interference.)
• Change of heart.
• Wedding ending.
• Secrets,
• Class/status is an issue.
• Love is exaggerated.
• Temporary separations (misunderstanding).
• Mistaken identity.
• Song.
• Funny best friend.
• Humorous,
• Grand gesture climax.
• Amorous canoodling. 

April 8th

Today I did my lesson!

We used "The Fire Balloons" to make a 3C-PIST together in class.

P: Peregrine- first and last mentioned, also most followed.

C: Peregrine struggles to persuade Father Stone.

II: "Should we go at all?"... (112).

C/C: "Come back, come back". (134).

S: Fire= Beauty, sin, truth.
    Music= Safety/comfort.

C: Stone: Solid; Refuses to change. Antagonist.
     Bishop: Sender of journey.
     Mayor: Greets, and encourages to remove sins.
     Martians: Reminder of childhood; Sinless, and pure souls of former Martians.
     Matthias: Creator of blue sphere Christ.

T: The obsession with sin may blind one of the truth.

April 6th

Today was PARTS OF SPEECH QUIZ! ask Hanlon to take if have not taken so already.

Hand in editorial with thesis.


We got the handout for an essay outline, and we got time in class to fill out for own essay you will be writing.

April 4th

We continued with the ESSAY STRUCTURE NOTES.

Got some literary terms:

Active Voice: "The boy threw the ball" uses the active voice, contrast with passive voice. (Direct).

Passive voice: "The ball was thrown by the boy" uses the passive voice. It should generally be avoided, it is often considered weak writing. Contrast with active voice. It puts the subject in the objects place, and vice versa. (Indirect.)

Climatic order: Write the whole thing.
                         3 major points, and how to order points. Start with weak to strongest. Contrast with chronological order, anti-climatic order, illogical order.

Read "Less is not more" article. Find:

• Statistical evidence. 
• Shift.
• The structure, 

TOMORROW IS PARTS OF SPEECH QUIZ!

Hanlon says that you are unable to use any tools during the test, but he will try and give you a hand.

Get an article from the local newspaper and find what it's thesis is. It is due next class.

April 1st

Went over the Root words 6. Test mid-April.

Went over essay:

TOPICS:

 Discuss:

1.  The use of irony.
2. The theme.
3. Bradbury's style.
4. The book as an allegory. 

Martian Chronicles and American colonization-

MC:

1. Earthmen travel to Mars.
2. Martians fight with and kill Earthmen. 
3. Martians most likely killed by chicken pox.
4. Earthmen colonize Mars, making like Earth in style, government, and ect....
5. Ben Driscoll on Mars plants trees. 
6. African-American leave Earth for Mars to avoid stigmatization. 
7. War breaks out on Earth, and many living on Mars return to fight/help.
8. Residents of Mars now more martian than Earth men. 

Am. colonization:

1. European travel to America.
2. Natives attack Europeans.
3. Many Natives killed by small pox.
4. European colonize America and make it like Europe.
5. Johnny Appleseed travels to America planting apple trees.
6. Puritans leave Europe for America to avoid stigmatization.
7. War breaks out in Europe, and many return to Europe to fight (WWI, and II).
8. Residents of America are ow more American than European.

Theme:  Humans may cause themselves more harm than good. 

Essay structure notes.