Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Monday, June 4, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
May 22
1. I chose to do the Scrapbook 2.0. So far I have created about 3minutes of a movie. However, looking at the age I was where I last left off, I can see that I still have work to do.
2. I still need to add more music and more pictures. I also think that I need to go back and move some pictures around.
3. My work will benefit me by having a scrapbook to look back on my life. It will benefit others by allowing them to see my life starting back from when I was younger.
2. I still need to add more music and more pictures. I also think that I need to go back and move some pictures around.
3. My work will benefit me by having a scrapbook to look back on my life. It will benefit others by allowing them to see my life starting back from when I was younger.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
My Scrapbook 2.0 Plan
Resources: Help from my family with figuring out what pictures to use.
Vision: To make an online scrapbook so people can see important things and events in my life as well as see me grow up.
Mission: To have a good slideshow with music to show people my life.
Goals: First I need to find all the pictures of me throughout my life. Then I will need to organize them and finally add music to the slideshow.
Key Responsibility Areas: I have to decide what pictures to use, what events to include, and what music to use.
Presentation: I will make my slideshow accessible to my classmates through my blog.
Vision: To make an online scrapbook so people can see important things and events in my life as well as see me grow up.
Mission: To have a good slideshow with music to show people my life.
Goals: First I need to find all the pictures of me throughout my life. Then I will need to organize them and finally add music to the slideshow.
Key Responsibility Areas: I have to decide what pictures to use, what events to include, and what music to use.
Presentation: I will make my slideshow accessible to my classmates through my blog.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Three Essay Questions
1. 1977 A character's attempt to recapture or to reject the past is important in
many plays, novels, and poems. Choose a literary work in which a
character views the past with such feelings as reverence, bitterness, or
longing. Show with clear evidence from the work how the character's view
of the past is used to develop a theme in the work.
2. 1973 An effective literary work does not merely stop or cease; it concludes.
In the view of some critics, a work that does not provide the pleasure of
significant closure has terminated with an artistic fault. A
satisfactory ending is not, however, always conclusive in every sense;
significant closure may require to the reader to abide with or adjust to
ambiguity and uncertainty. In an essay discuss the end of a novel or play
of acknowledged literary merit. Explain precisely how and why the ending
appropriately or inappropriately concludes the work. Do not merely
summarize the plot.
3. 1982 In great literature, no scene of violence exists for its own sake. Choose a
work of literary merit that confronts the reader or audience with a scene or
scenes of violence. In a well-organized essay, explain how the scene or scenes
contribute to the meaning of the complete work. Avoid plot summary.
many plays, novels, and poems. Choose a literary work in which a
character views the past with such feelings as reverence, bitterness, or
longing. Show with clear evidence from the work how the character's view
of the past is used to develop a theme in the work.
2. 1973 An effective literary work does not merely stop or cease; it concludes.
In the view of some critics, a work that does not provide the pleasure of
significant closure has terminated with an artistic fault. A
satisfactory ending is not, however, always conclusive in every sense;
significant closure may require to the reader to abide with or adjust to
ambiguity and uncertainty. In an essay discuss the end of a novel or play
of acknowledged literary merit. Explain precisely how and why the ending
appropriately or inappropriately concludes the work. Do not merely
summarize the plot.
3. 1982 In great literature, no scene of violence exists for its own sake. Choose a
work of literary merit that confronts the reader or audience with a scene or
scenes of violence. In a well-organized essay, explain how the scene or scenes
contribute to the meaning of the complete work. Avoid plot summary.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Plan for AP Test/In-class Equivalant
-Studying the exam practices and references on the blog
-Studying all the lit terms
-Writing some of the open essay prompts
-Studying with my partner
-Devote a few hours a week to studying
-Studying all the lit terms
-Writing some of the open essay prompts
-Studying with my partner
-Devote a few hours a week to studying
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Macbeth Lecture Notes
Plot
-rise and fall of a man
-at the start Macbeth is well liked
-he starts doing things he wouldn't normally do
-ends up hallucinating in front of people, this makes him seem crazy
-hated in the end, his wife dies and he is left to fight alone
Macbeth
-has a good life, but isn't enough for him
-looks at both the good and bad in his life
-he always seems to want more
Lady Macbeth
-evil
-the dominant one in her and Macbeth's relationship
convinces Macbeth to do things he normally wouldn't
-ex. kill Duncan
-tells Macbeth to be more "manly"
-ends up committing suicide
-when in Duncan's room Macbeth hesitates
-Duncan wakes up to find Macbeth standing over him forcing Macbeth to kill him
-when Macbeth becomes king he becomes corrupt
-he kills whoever he has to in order to gain power
-his conscience makes him paranoid
-rise and fall of a man
-at the start Macbeth is well liked
-he starts doing things he wouldn't normally do
-ends up hallucinating in front of people, this makes him seem crazy
-hated in the end, his wife dies and he is left to fight alone
Macbeth
-has a good life, but isn't enough for him
-looks at both the good and bad in his life
-he always seems to want more
Lady Macbeth
-evil
-the dominant one in her and Macbeth's relationship
convinces Macbeth to do things he normally wouldn't
-ex. kill Duncan
-tells Macbeth to be more "manly"
-ends up committing suicide
-when in Duncan's room Macbeth hesitates
-Duncan wakes up to find Macbeth standing over him forcing Macbeth to kill him
-when Macbeth becomes king he becomes corrupt
-he kills whoever he has to in order to gain power
-his conscience makes him paranoid
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Top 3 Remixes
1. Jessica Parra: jpdrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com
2. Tatiana Alvarez: tarhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com
3. Mari Kagawa: mjkrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com
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2. Tatiana Alvarez: tarhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com
3. Mari Kagawa: mjkrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
A Tale of Two Cities Notes
- Dicken's first conceived the main idea while acting with his children and friends in the drama Of the Frozen Deep
- 1857 Dicken's assisted his friend in writing Of the Frozen Deep
- Fell in love with a minor actor in Of the Frozen Deep and left his wife for her
- 1858 Dicken's began series of public readings for profit, he continued to do some charity public readings
- In 1859 the first three chapters of A Tale of Two Cities were published
- Dicken's visited Paris at least forty times
- Dicken's was drawn to a morgue in Paris, it was a major tourist attraction
- Work for A Tale of Two Cities was viewed as below his standards
- Pleased with the way the novel turned out
- Calls it the best story he had written
- Manages to build suspense and tension in a marvelous way
- 1857 Dicken's assisted his friend in writing Of the Frozen Deep
- Fell in love with a minor actor in Of the Frozen Deep and left his wife for her
- 1858 Dicken's began series of public readings for profit, he continued to do some charity public readings
- In 1859 the first three chapters of A Tale of Two Cities were published
- Dicken's visited Paris at least forty times
- Dicken's was drawn to a morgue in Paris, it was a major tourist attraction
- Work for A Tale of Two Cities was viewed as below his standards
- Pleased with the way the novel turned out
- Calls it the best story he had written
- Manages to build suspense and tension in a marvelous way
Thursday, February 2, 2012
*Great Expectations Group Notes*
-Miss Havisham wears a wedding dress because her fiance left her at the alter
-She makes Estella get close to people and then push them away
-Some literary techniques used were irony, symbolism, foreshadowing, metaphor, theme, and satire
-Pip thinks hes better than everyone when he becomes rich
-He completely ignores Joe when he goes to visit
-Miss Havisham tells Pip to stop going over and that she will pay for him to become a blacksmith
-Joe sends Pip to Miss Havisham to get an education
-Pip was forced to drink tar water as punishment for various things
-She makes Estella get close to people and then push them away
-Some literary techniques used were irony, symbolism, foreshadowing, metaphor, theme, and satire
-Pip thinks hes better than everyone when he becomes rich
-He completely ignores Joe when he goes to visit
-Miss Havisham tells Pip to stop going over and that she will pay for him to become a blacksmith
-Joe sends Pip to Miss Havisham to get an education
-Pip was forced to drink tar water as punishment for various things
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Practice Questions on Great Expectations
1. How did Pip receive his nickname?
- His first name is Phillip and last nameis Pirrip so he started calling himself Pip and the name stuck.
2. What happens when Pip is sitting in the churchyard?
- A man in chains jumps out and commands Pip to bring him food and to find something to help him break out of the chains.
3. What happens when Pip tells the convict about another convict he discovered?
- The convict grows angry and seems to be frustrated by the news.
4. What are Pip's thoughts when he returns home?
- Pip grows paranoid that the police will be waiting for him. When police go to the house when they are eating dinner he thinks that it is to arrest him for helping the convict.
5. What happened when the police found the convicts?
- The two convicts were fighting. Pip is worried about "his" convict, but the convict actually protects Pip by claiming to have stolen the food.
6. Who is Miss Havisham?
- Miss Havisham is a rich lady who Pip's guardians believe will help him make money.
7. Describe Estella.
- Estella is cold and rude. When Pip goes to Miss Havisham's home she rudely dismisses Pumblechook and when Miss Havisham orders her to play with Pip she speaks to him with a degrading tone, loking down on him because of his social class.
8. What did Pip tell Joe and Pumblechook happened at Miss Havisham's home?
- He tells them that Estella fed him cake and that dogs were fighting for a piece of food. He later tells Joe what really happened.
9. Who did Pip see at the pub?
- Pip saw a strange man who was stirring his drink with the same file Pip gave to the convict so long ago, this man gave Pip money which he later gives to Joe.
10. What happens at Miss Havisham's?
- Pip meets her relatives and is asked to fight by a man. He knocks the man down and Estella then permits him to give her a kiss on the cheek.
- His first name is Phillip and last nameis Pirrip so he started calling himself Pip and the name stuck.
2. What happens when Pip is sitting in the churchyard?
- A man in chains jumps out and commands Pip to bring him food and to find something to help him break out of the chains.
3. What happens when Pip tells the convict about another convict he discovered?
- The convict grows angry and seems to be frustrated by the news.
4. What are Pip's thoughts when he returns home?
- Pip grows paranoid that the police will be waiting for him. When police go to the house when they are eating dinner he thinks that it is to arrest him for helping the convict.
5. What happened when the police found the convicts?
- The two convicts were fighting. Pip is worried about "his" convict, but the convict actually protects Pip by claiming to have stolen the food.
6. Who is Miss Havisham?
- Miss Havisham is a rich lady who Pip's guardians believe will help him make money.
7. Describe Estella.
- Estella is cold and rude. When Pip goes to Miss Havisham's home she rudely dismisses Pumblechook and when Miss Havisham orders her to play with Pip she speaks to him with a degrading tone, loking down on him because of his social class.
8. What did Pip tell Joe and Pumblechook happened at Miss Havisham's home?
- He tells them that Estella fed him cake and that dogs were fighting for a piece of food. He later tells Joe what really happened.
9. Who did Pip see at the pub?
- Pip saw a strange man who was stirring his drink with the same file Pip gave to the convict so long ago, this man gave Pip money which he later gives to Joe.
10. What happens at Miss Havisham's?
- Pip meets her relatives and is asked to fight by a man. He knocks the man down and Estella then permits him to give her a kiss on the cheek.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Big Question Abstract
The human mind is a curious thing and there are many things that can influence it, one of these things is music. It is commonly used in hospitals in order to relax patients. It has also been discovered that students who listen to genres such as hip hop and rap score lower on tests than those who listen to more classical music. Aristotle claimed that music had the power to calm those who were becoming emotional, and Plato would prescribe music to people who were anxious to calm them. Music can affect pulse and respiration rates, external blood pressures, and it can inhibit the occurence of fatigue. Music is more than a form of entertainment, it is one of the many things that can affect humans.
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