English+Honors+3

Class Notes 05 Jan 2012

A.Bellwork: 1. After Huck and Jim miss Caieo, how does Twain “start the story over”? What happens? 2. Who or what does Buck Grangerford symbolize? 3. What is the Royal Nonesuch? 4. At what point does the story climax? 5. What archetype(s) does Tom Sawyer fulfill? What happens to them at the end?

B. Huck Finn: 1. Huck a. Dynamic character b. Changes throughout story c. If not, he would share the same fate as Buck. 2. Tom Sawyer a. Static character; b. Romantic, imaginative c. Foil (characters showing contrast against one another) to Huck 3. Climax a. Showdown of civilization vs. freedom b. Huck starting to rationalize; realizes you can't pray a lie c. Huck decides to save Jim and, according to society, “going to Hell” rather than not saving Jim, in order to please the twisted “Christian” society. d. Twain uses “stupid kid” to point out how sad it is that society cannot grasp the concept that slavery is wrong, when an eleven year old child can 4. Look at wiki page for more information

C. “How the Leopard Got His Claws” 1. Archetypes a. Native American myths- always animals b. Better to gain power by being feared or being loved? c. Action- student overtakes teacher 2. Shelter a. Safety, civilization, friendship, unity 3. Conflict arises a. Dog begins to argue about creating shelter b. Duck agrees 4. Separation begins a. Dog vs. Leopard 5. Introduction to violence e. Dog's cave becomes flooded; Dog goes to shelter and violently drives out all of the animals 6. Pacifying the tyrant a. “Hail the dog!” b. They fear the dog, so they make him king. 7. Dog's commands a. Sends animals to find Leopard. b. Doesn't want two teams.

8. Leopard's new possessions a. Goes to blacksmith for teeth and claws out of iron b. Goes to thunder and asks for its loud booming voice c. Gets his “Rocky” on (ready to fight Dog) d. Changed from benevolent to furious 9. Myths explained in this story a. Why animals fight amongst each other b. Dog is man's best friend

D. “How the World Was Made” 1. Myths (answers for this culture) a. Says earth is attached to cords in the sky b. Hawk's wings made the valleys and mountains every time he flapped his wings c. How the sun got in the sky d. Another world, like how we have Hell e. How some animals can see in the dark f. How some plants are evergreen. g. People came from a man smacking a woman with a fish. 2. Archetypes a. “In the beginning...” 3. Order of creation a. Land b. Water c. Plants d. Animals e. Humans

__**06 Jan. 2012**__
Sky Tree Archetypes
 * Chief-Sage,
 * Wife-Hero,
 * World on Turtles back
 * Starts with “In the beginning...”
 * World completely water
 * Tree
 * Two humans originally

Summer of Black Widows
 * extended metaphor- comparison that runs through entire work.
 * extended metaphors- Spiders & stories/ webs& stories
 * stories- history, traditions, change
 * elders approve of stories

__**11 Jan. 2012**__
[|Middle Passage] Allusion- Reference to another work Tone (Voice)- speaker/author's attitude toward the subject matter (mood) Narrative Poem 1st person, Journal Fragmented Corposent- electrical storm Ivory, Gold and Seed- valuable $$ Albatross- good luck bird Davy Jones- Davy Jones' Locker=death Tutelage- guardian/mentor Anthracite- coal, paid in tin crowns and parasols Narrator- who is speaking? trader (business slave trade)

__**17 Jan. 2012**__
Lerning Targets
 * 1) Have Vocab 1.2 on desk
 * 2) Have Hayden's "Middle Passage" out
 * 3) on a new class record write the sentences and modifiers from the smart board.
 * Define ACT/SAT Vocab
 * Analyze Hayden for tone
 * Read choice Novels
 * Identify Dangling/Misplace Modifiers

Daily work "Middle Passage" Read from classic novels Fredrick Douglass
 * narrator
 * tone
 * title/author/genre
 * setting; archetypes
 * predictions
 * Main Idea
 * character development

Fredrick D. Poem starts...at end of section 2 and beginning of section 3

Ship overrunned by slaves during the middle of the night with only two white men surviving. Slaves force the captives to head east for Africa. But at night the captive sail back west hoping to reach the Caribbean. This continued till they reach the coast off of North America.

Word Choice
 * jungle hatred
 * leper's claw stalks
 * swift as a puma's leap
 * snarling cries
 * hacked
 * apes
 * (the timless will, the deep immortal human wish) freedom

Audience- U.S Tone- inhuman, judgemental throughout poem, condensending, disbelief, outraged, Paradox- seemingly true that thaws false (Vice-versa) contradiction

Narrator- igronant, racist Primaveral- basic,primal,instintive Primaveral- primition Virility- Life

History saids.... America took everybody on broad custoy, giving Africans three trails before Americans set the slaves free. Slaves return to Africa.

__**18 Jan. 2012**__
Learning Targets: 1. Define ACT/SAT vocabulary Daily Work:
 * 1) Review Vocab 1.2
 * 2) get “choice” novels out from the shelf
 * 1) Read choice novels
 * 2) Analyze Frederick Douglass for character development and write the main idea
 * 3) Reflect on personal views while listening to banned book
 * “Autobiography of Frederick Douglass”**


 * Covey**- leasing Douglass
 * Thomas Auld**- master

What shows that Douglass has a slavery mindset? --- lets himself get beaten... he can't take it anymore, he is submissive he doesn't stand up for himself, right away he says he is just going to go tattle on Covey to his master.


 * Superstition** (Sandy with the root) he had carried it on his right side for years and ever since he had been protected from his owners, not a single blow.
 * Covey doesn't beat him so Douglass assumes it was the “magic root.. really it was because it was a Sunday and he knew slavery was wrong. He knows slavery is evil. (hypocrisy)

“turning point in his career as a slave”
 * Climax**- when Douglass's “slavery mindset” is gone and he retaliates against Covey beating him and finally fights back.

"-It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom, and revived within me a sense of my own manhood. It recalled the departed self-confidence, and inspired me again with a determination to be free. The gratification afforded by the triumph was a full compensation for whatever else might follow, even earth itself. He only can understand the deep satisfaction which I experienced, who has himself repelled by force the bloody arm of slavery." (p. 4)

Douglass is no longer a "punching bag" expecting him to obey any form of authority

Read the banned book, “**and Tango Makes Three**” aloud
 * prompt: Write a 5-7 sentence paragraph (posted to Wikispaces) in response to these questions
 * If you find the book controversial: Why? What age/grade level is this appropriate for (if any)? At what point did it become controversial?
 * If you find the book acceptable: Why? What age/grade level is this appropriate for? What is the educational value of the book?
 * Due: 5 p.m Monday

Research Paper- thinking about what you want to write about How are these works significant in writing? (Include tone, symbolism, literary elements, etc.)
 * Upcoming:** something to be thinking about

Notes January 19, 2012 --Moriah Purlee In the autobio, Frederick Douglass: He learns that he doesn't have to have a slave mindset to be a slave Even without being free, you can overcome slavery Slavery is evil. Slavery changes the slave holder (ex. Mrs. Auld) You cannot 2 conflicting ideas or beliefs at the same time- one must be discarded She turns to the downward path (sounds like shes headed towards hell) Frederick couldn't be happy because he understood what he was missing, unlike the other slaves Ignorance is a tool of slavery Slave holders= decievers; robbers

The main idea of this passage: Frederick Douglass is struggling to keep his knowledge a secret and not read or write, but he knows the slave owner's tricks and doesn't want the other slaves to be so ignorant.

In F.D.s "My Bondage My Freedom" he presents that slaves are not the only victims of slavery, but that the slave owners fall victim too.

__**23 Jan. 2012**__ __verb__- TO + a verb __crucible__- heat/hell __connotation__- attitude/ implied meaning __Denotation__- true meaning __"breaking charity__"- distract, falling out of love, vengence

__**24 Jan. 2012**__ Gallery 3: __Witch Hunt-__ Searching politicians life for discretions Gallery 4: Satanism/Witchcraft Gallery 5: Religious Leaders- Televangelists, Cults, Healers

//The Crucible//; by Arthur Miller Act 1 Themes;
 * 1) Light= Goodness, Hope, Truth; Act opens- __not much__
 * 2) Reputation > Welfare of your Family
 * 3) Weight
 * 4) Colors;
 * White - Clean/pure
 * Red / Blush - guilt/evil
 * Black- Slavery/evil

Parodox- seemingly true; becomes false Theocracy- mix law and religion Witch Hunt __Dissembling-__ Skilled liar Rumors of Witchcraft- Abigail and Betty were dancing in the woods

//Unit One Review//
 * Native American Myths;
 * 1) How the Jaguar Got His Claws
 * 2) Summer of Black Widows
 * 3) How the World Was Made
 * Slave Narratives
 * 1) Equiano
 * 2) Fredrick Douglass exerpts
 * 3) "And Ain't I a Woman"
 * 4) Robert Hayden
 * Literary Elements

Class notes 30 Jan 2012

The Crucible Act 1: What shocking thing does Ruth do when she awakes? -She tries to fly out the window and accuses Abigail of drinking blood What did Abigain accuse Tituba of making her do? -Drink blood, nightmares, and laughing during prayer What was Puritan society like? -distrustful, simple, suspicious of others, overly strict with religion Why is Paris concerned with the girls' activities? -his own name/reputation could be harmed When Abigail meets John, what emotions does she go through? -anger, honesty, sadness, nervousness, and lust; it runs the __gamut__ Besides physical love, what has Proctor taught her? -how phony the society really is Conflict between characters? -Abigail and the girls, Abigail and Proctor, Putnam and Paris; everybody secretly hates everyone else What does the wight of the reverend's books mean? -literal weight and weight of authority What does Proctor represent? -lust, regret, secular views, reason What methods of coercion and persuasion do Parris, Hale, and the Putnams use to get confessions from Abigail and Tituba? -they threatened Tituba with being hanged and whipped, and she put the blame on others. Then Abigail saw how much power Tituba had by giving up names.
 * rumors/reputation
 * Paris- Beth
 * Putnam- Ruth


 * The Crucible, Act 2:**

-How does miller convey the conflict and tension between John and Elizabeth? The conversation is struggling -Infer what the rabbit symbolizes? Goodness is killed -How are the themes from act 1 continued? Give specific examples. weight (figurative or literal) and colors are continued by the weight on Proctors back and the discriptions using colors as dicriptions. -What new themes are introduced? Hot vs. cold, name/ reputation -What allusion does Elizabeth make about Abigail? Crowd parts like the sean of isreal, she calls he a saint - What is Elizabeth's responce to Johns judgemental accusations? That he wont allow himself to forgive himself -According to the girls, how do the salem witches accomplish their evil acts? the sign there name over to the devil -Besides Tituba's confessions, why are Sarah Good and Sarah Osburn named as witches? Good confessed to selling her soul to the devil and Mary Waren says she was bewitching her -Why does Elizabeth say that John must show contempt for Abigail? Because shes obssesive and telling her its over will NEVER -Summarize the evidence thst Reverned Hale finds against the Proctors during his visit?

-Why are Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey arrested for witchcraft?

-What does Proctor mean when he calls Hale "a broken minister"?

-When Proctor states that 'all our old pretense is ripped away...we are only what we always were, but naked now," infer what he means by this?

-Predict how you think this idea will threaten Salem and the court in Act 3?

__**01 Feb. 2012**__
===Hale - Reverend who visits the Proctor house to question the Proctors. Asks why they haven't attended church regularly (John says because he dislikes Parrish!) Also asks why only 2 of their 3 sons are baptized.===

Rebecca Nurse - sweet old lady

Giles Corey - comic relief (his archetype)

Martha - Giles' wife, arrested for killing man's pig with witchcraft (accused because she is known to read odd books in secret) (pig actually died because the man didn't feed it!)

Cheever - tailor turned deputy/lawman (comes to the Proctor house to arrest Elizabeth. Finds poppet with a pin in it, that was Mary Warren's. Poppet serves as "proof" that Elizabeth is involved in witchcraft.)


 * Theme of "flight" is introduced.

***QUESTIONS:**
10) Summarize the evidence that Reverend Hale finds against the Proctors during his visit. -Hale accuses the Proctors of not attending church regularly and also calls the Proctors out for only having 2 of their 3 sons baptized.

11) Why are Rebeca Nurse and Martha Corey arrested for witchcraft? -Nurse is arrested for killing Putnam's babies. Corey is arrested because she has been secretly reading unknown books and she has been accused of killing a man's pig.

12) What does Proctor mean when he calls Hale "a broken minister"? -Hale is unpure and doesn't act like a true man of God.

__**2 Feb. 2012**__
13) When Proctor states that "all our old pretense is ripped away...we are only what we always were, but naked now," Infer what he means by this. - They are going to tell the truth about everything and stop hiding; he wants to put everything on the table
 * God is the only judge
 * References Pontius Pilate: "God will not wash your hands of this!"
 * fall like an ocean-cleansing, power
 * lechery-adultery
 * pretense-pretend
 * naked-figurative
 * icy wind of God's judgment
 * they bring up things about Proctor that have nothing to do with why he is there to discredit him

14) Predict how you think this idea will threaten Salem and the court in Act III. - it won't be welcomed because the lies sounded better and it will make all of them look bad. Also the people who were put in jail and the people hanged will all seem pointless.

__**7 Feb. 2012**__
Vocab Check Announcements Crucible -Act 4 (121) -themes, archetypes -SG questions Media Center -AVL -RP topic sheets (due monday) Homework -Study vocab 1.0 -Blog: Thurs 8 am

Crucible Act 4 Notes: Rising sun- execution Andover= Salem Rev. Hale- dynamic character Lies- damnable Marvel- amazement; miracle Gibbet- gallows Christ figure- J Proctor public penance and ratting out others

__**8 Feb. 2012**__
Blog is due Feb 9th, 2012 by 8AM

Grammar: 1. **a) Who** **b) Whom** does the staff think will be made manager? 2. Duane is appreciative of **a) whomever b) whoever** takes the time to work with him on the project. 3. Many citizens believe that **a) its b) it's** their responsibility to vote. 4. How will the law affect **a) we b) us** citizens who are from another country? 5. Oscar thinks you are less qualified to write the story than **a) he b) him.** __Nominative__: Used as subject //I, we, you, it, he, she, they, who, whoever// Ex: //I// saw the car accident. __Objective:__ Used as the object of the sentence, receives the action of sentence //Me, you, him, her, it, us, them, whom, whomever// Ex. She gave the pencil to //him.// __Possessive:__ Shows possession //my (mine), your (yours), his, her (hers), it (its), our (ours), their (theirs), whose// Ex. The iPhone is //mine//.
 * Three types of Pronouns:**

//Who// is used in place of a __subject__ //Whom// is used in place of an __object__ Try inserting //he// in place of //who// and //him// in place of //whom//. Which choice sounds correct? - To **who/whom** are you referring to? - You are free to see **whoever/whomever** you want.
 * Who vs. Whom**
 * - Who/Whom** let the dogs out?
 * - Whoever/Whomever** left his car keys will come by to pick them up.

After a //be// verb, use the nominative case in a comparative context, especially if the pronoun comes at the end of the sentence. Be Verbs: is, are, was, were, am, be, being, been, had, doing, do Ex. The best player is //I//. This is //she//. He is taller than //I//.

It is I. (formal) It is me. To whom am I talking? (formal) Who am I talking to?
 * Formal vs. Informal**

its = possessive form of //it// it's = contraction of //it is// who's = contraction of //who is// whose = possessive form of //who//
 * Other examples:**

__**These words DO NOT exist**__: her's, their's, our's, mine's, your's, whose's

1. Martin and Thomas realized that Alabama's hurdlers were faster than **a) they b) them.** 2. The teacher will reward **a) whoever b) whomever** he thinks will do the best job. 3. Candace announced, "Things would go better if you would provide **a) we b) us** detectives with an alibi." 4. The choice to attend the wedding was **a) theirs b) their's** to make. 5. Scott decided that Michelle was more of responsible person than **a) him b) he**.

Act 4 (pg. 142) - Elizabeth Proctor pulled out of cell to convince Proctor to lie - Proctor can: //Lie and live// //Be hanged// - Proctor signed confession, but won't hand it over. He doesn't want to put the confession on the church door. He says God doesn't need his name on the door. - blacken your name, blacken his neighbors and their names - Puritan society = humiliation, earn back respect, public penance - How can he teach his kids to be proud when he's humiliated? "Beguile me not." - Puritans = follow your faith, you always have your name, your good reputation. Only you can throw away your reputation. - "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another!" - Proctor tears paper, weeps, now can accept being a martyr - Marvel = miracle, can sacrifice himself for others - Snare drum outside, announcing execution, sunrise - Climax = the ripping of the paper - Sun rises, truth rises, light = truth - "Abigail got in her TIE fighter and escaped before the Death Star exploded!" (Mr. Powell's translation) - 19 people were executed
 * More Crucible Notes:**

__**10 Feb. 2012**__
//Agenda// Bellwork Vocab Test Grammar- Verbals Announcements Vocab List 1.5 The Scarlet Letter Intro and Ch. 1&2 Read in novels HW: Define 1.5 RP Topic sheets complete and signed //Notes:// Verbals- verbs not used as main verb in sentence 1. __Talking__ to my sister gives me energy. 2. I think we need __to talk.__ 3. The woman __talking on the phone__ is my teacher. 4. Mr. Ramirez thanked us for __delivering__ his package. 5. The boy __kicking__ the ball needs __to pass__ it to his teammate.

Types of verbals: gerunds, infinitives, and participles
 * -Gerunds**
 * End in -ing and function as nouns only.
 * usually used as subjects and objects in the sentence

-**Infinitives**
 * Verbs introduced by the preposition //to//
 * Infinitives function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
 * To+verb


 * -Participles**
 * End in -ing or -ed
 * Function as adjectives only

6. Ulla is about __to kick__ (infinitive) a penalty shot that could win the game. 7. I have an essay __to finish__ (infinitive) tonight. 8. __Pushing__ (gerund) the car out of the mud was impossible. 9. The young campers, __exhausted__ (participle) and sweaty, jumped into the stream. 10. The pile of __washed__ (participle) clothes __needs__(participle__)__ __to be__ (infinitive) sorted. 11. Do I have __to fold__ (infinitive) all the laundry? 12. I plan on __washing__ (gerund) the car before __going__ (gerund) to the game.

-mysticism -God -Reason/Intelligence -Imagination/Emotion -Real life ~each contradicts the one before it, and there are trends~ Trends in: fashion, music, historic Hawthorne was Judge Hathorne's great grandson
 * THE SCARLET LETTER**

-Hints of hypocracy -1st things built in Boston were the prison and the cemetery Contrast of stern prison door and beautiful rose bush -Ann Hutchinson= heretic, idea that God speaks to anyone -Predestination- puritan belief that from moment you're born, it's decided if you go to heaven or hell -plant theme -colors: black, red, white, gold, gray -light vs. dark -secret sins -Hawthorne's idea that the heart is the place where we push sins & secrets to hide them The number 3 Scaffold-pinnacle of shame, important Hester Prynne is defiant, and Dimsdale is the father of her baby

**Thesis Statements and Introductions**
-Hook the reader; topic -Introduce the topic/Summarize without a lot of detail -Thesis(purpose)requirments? -Shows main purpose of paper -States writers position -3 main points Thesis: The Crucible contains many literary elements, symbolism, and themes.
 * -**Introduction(purpose)
 * ex.**

Scarlet Letter = Pearl(the baby), magical Monitar: -colors -civilization vs. wilderness -hot vs. cold -plants -secret sin Hester Pynn: dark black hair -ladylike -beauty shone -femanine quality Hester has to stand on Scaffold for 3 hours as part of her punishment Countenance,visage face,facial espression 3 her husband is MIA(missing in action) -You can make a modern day connection or personal connection. __//**The Scarlet Letter:**//__ pg. 17 - Who is the baby's Father? - law and reglion - They are talking down to Hester figureative and literally. - God knows how black your sins are. - Dimmesdale is the baby's father but no one else knows. (If he shows himself he will be hanged) - If Hester's husband shows up she will be hanged. - Theres a Dilmmea if they come out with the truth then one wil die while the other will suffer knowing the other one was killed. - When you cover up your heart it's like covering up your secrets because the heart is where all your secrets are. - Doctor: knows medicine and knows Native American herbs. - Doctor is refered to as a leech. - Sins of the parents are passed on to the child. -Hester is making a deal with the devil pg. 26 - The Doctor represents the devil. - The Doctor is her husband. (but no one know yet.) - He sold his soul for knowledege.
 * THE SCARLET LETTER**
 * starting on Pg. 7**
 * -**deep black eyes
 * __//2/15/12://__** Pull out 3 quoutes from your choice novel and put down what literay elemnts there are and write down the page number and author's name.

__**16 Feb. 2012**__
//Outlines// - 3 types of outlines - List subjects as Roman Numerals. - Each subject must have atleast 3 supports. - NEVER re-tell the story! AVOID plot summary! //The Scarlet Letter// - Mien means appearance. - Pearl is the offspring of Hester and Dimmsdale. They can only meet in the forest. - Dimmsdale will become dimmer and dimmer throughtout the novel, Chillingworth is "chill". - Chillingworth is Hester's husband. - Paramour means mistress or love; someone you have an affair with. - Chillingworth told Hester to keep the "marriage" a secret. He won't call her his wife, she won't call him her husband. - Fashion; Hester is scandolous.

__**21 Feb. 2012**__
//Scarlett Letter// //-//Hester paid for Pearl with her reputation/name. -Pearl is born cursed. -People thought Pearl could be Satan's daughter. -Pearl reminds Hester of her sin. -Pearl has deep black eyes and black hair like her mother. -Pearl is rathful, elfish, airy, lovely, and beutiful.

__**22 Feb. 2012**__
//The Scarlet Letter// - Gov. Bellingham, Reverend John Wilson, Reverend Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingsworth, - Hester comes to the governor to give him gloves, but it actually a custody hearing - Pearl: black hair and eyes, fire in heart, jet of flame, living emblem of sin, dressed as a living scarlet letter, three years old - Mirror image on the breastplate - Eldtritch: monstrous, terrible, eerie, wierd, spooky, foreign, strange, uncanny creature, otherworldly - Mistress Hibbons: Bellingham's sister (a real witch)

//The Scarlet Letter// Chapter 9 Questions: 1. What was the nature of Dimmesdale's snd Chillingworth's relationship? They are friends, and Chillingsworth is also Dimmesdale's doctor, because Dimmesdale is getting sicker by the minute. 2. Why was Dimmesdale wasting away? He is too saintly and becomes more heinous in th eyes of the crowd, though he finds himself contrite. He is not sleeping and he is fasting. He also feels guilt because of the secret truth of him being Hester Prynne's husband. 3. Describe Chillingworth's practice of medicine: He gathered herbs, plucked twigs off trees, and basically finds anything growing and turns it into a potion. 4. How does Chillingworth's physical appearance change? He becomes dimmer and starts to decay. Chillingsworth becomes emaciated as a result to not eating, and begins to appear more heinous, sinister, and unattractive all together. 5. What were some rumors about Chillingsworth? People think he is Satan or is Satan's emissary. He lived in London with an old conjurer, Dr. Forman, and when Dr. Forman died, people accused him of being repsonsible. Others believe he is now a part of a dark, satanic Native American tribe, the same tibe that kidnapped him soon after being released.
 * __23 Feb. 2012__ **

Chapter 10 Questions: 1. What metaphor is used to describe the leech investigating Chillingsworth? 2. Where does Chillingsworth find the "unslightly plants" and what is his explanation for them? 3. What is Chillingsworth's purpose in this chapter? His purpose is to figure out what is wrong with Dimmesdale, because he knows there is nothing physically wrong with him. 4. What does Pearl call Chillingsworth? 5. How does Chillingsworth find out Dimesdale's secret?


 * * **Be sure to check the Wiki. Notes and possible test questions can be drawn from here, so this is a good resource to use when studying.

__07 Mar. 2012__
 * owl.english.purdue.edu**
 * -MLA Formatting and Style Guide**
 * When using in-text citations:**
 * "Quote..."(Beale).**
 * "Quote..."(Beale 7).**
 * "Quote..."(Novel/Poem Title).**
 * __Works Cited__**
 * Beale, Jayde. "Summertime".28 (**end of line**)**
 * (**TAB**)Mar, 2012.68-69**
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 * -Don't mix your sources that have no author and your sources that have an author. For example, cite your sources with authors alphabetically and then your sources with no author. You don't actually have to cite them in this order, you could do no author then author if you wish.**
 * Example of a source retrieved from Literature book:**
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21 March 2012 Sydney Taylor Powell 3 21 March 2012 Eng. 10 honors

Colons Semicolons William de Kooning.
 * Use a colon to introduce material that illustrates explains or restates the preceding material.
 * Use a colon to introduce a long or formal quotation.
 * Use colons between time, chapter/verses and after salutations in letters.
 * Use a semicolon to separate main clauses that are not joined by a coordinating conjunction (//and//, //but,// //or//, nor. //Yet// or //for//)
 * Use a semicolon to separate main clauses joined by a con junctive adverb (however, therefore, nevertheless, moreover, furthermore, and consequently) or by an expression such as for example or that is
 * Use a semicolon to separate a series (or main clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction) when the sentence already contains commas.
 * 1) Jenny admires the work of the following modern artist: Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, and
 * 1) I love to play ice hockey; however, I do not own much hockey equipment.
 * 2) At 6:15 we will meet in front of the high school; we’ll leave for the field trip shortly afterward.
 * 3) Many species of worms are marine; that is, they live in the ocean.

Scarlet Letter Election day: 3rd scaffold scene.
 * 1) The best Beatles albums are //Revolver, The White Album// and //Rubber// //Soul//.

Transcendental Mind over matter Sublime: awesome

Shannon Walker Powell 3 English 10 Honors 22 Mar 2012

- Repetitive sentence structure (formulaic). -If read aloud, sounds formal. -Examples (parallel): To pass this class, you need __to study__, __to think__, and __to remember__. Neither __Jen__ nor __Karen__ could cure Brad’s mood. -Look for conjunctions (FANBOYS) or lists -Inconsistent or unparallel sentence structure occurs when the kinds of words, phrases, or clauses change in the middle of a sentence. -Example (unparallel): Last summer, Jennie went __biking__, __hiking__, and she swam in the lake. -“Nature” >Transcendentalism: mind over matter, being one with God. >To achieve ^, must have man and nature. >People who can bring this to us: poets and children. >Nature= truth, peace, part of God. >I’m an invisible eyeball, man. -“Self Reliance” >Rely on yourself, not just for material things but for your own thoughts and beliefs. >What’s true for you in your own heart should also be true for everyone else. >Lightbulb. >Have the upmost value for your own thoughts and ideas. >Envy=ignorance, imitation=suicide, no food can come to you unless you work for it. >”Trust thyself.” >You will always find officious people. >Society destroys its member’s manhood and individuality. >Society maps out an easy path that it wants you to take; it will make being and individual a hard thing to do.
 * Grammar: Parallel structure
 * Emerson

Trey Ward Powell 3 English 10 Honors 26 March 2012


 * ===Walden- Thoreau===
 * Where I Lived and What I Lived For
 * The simpler your life is, the easier and more fulfilling it will be.
 * He compares time to the stream he fishes in
 * People only care about things the first time they see them
 * live simply
 * Brute Neighbors
 * Like people all animals are entitled to their own opinion which can lead to conflicts resulting in the start of war.
 * People do not pay attention to watch and realize what is happening in nature
 * nature can teach
 * he compares ants to historical figures
 * Conclusion
 * The "ruts" of conformity are so deep they blind us, Thoreau believes we should live as many lives as we want and keep all of them simple.
 * When in solitude, you can establish yourself as master
 * The mind can be highly impressionable to paths that have been worn
 * You are more content when you are alone

Matthew L'Antigua Powell 3 English 10 Honors 28 March 2012

Kalisha Yankey Powell 3 English Honors 10 29 March 2012 >> April 2, 2012, > **Fall house of Usher** Dull, dark, dreary, insufferable. oppression, etc etc (Everything Poe describes is tone) House is run down, old, about the fall apart
 * **Walden - Thoreau**
 * **Where I Lived and What I Lived for**
 * Paradox
 * Life is filtered away by detail
 * Simplify your life
 * The more intelegence aquired, less of you remains
 * Go into nature because its worth it
 * **Brute Neighbors**
 * ants are ferocious
 * Are we destined the fight each other?
 * the "ruts of conformity"
 * Dream big, but make a plan to get there
 * **Civil Disobedience - Thoreau**
 * Definition of Civil Disobedience-peaceful protest and refusing laws,
 * "The Government that is the best is the one that least"
 * Authority can only intimidate you phisically
 * Even though he was in jail he was more free than the people in the town
 * The authority is not armed with superior intellegence or morals but with phisicall strength
 * Civil Disobedience by these leaders
 * MLK
 * Ending opression
 * nonvolient
 * Dignity in your beleifs
 * Gandi
 * patience, no anger
 * pesistence
 * self control
 * Malcolm X
 * Acheive the goals by any means neccessary
 * When striked upon strike back
 * Romanticism**
 * **transcendental ideas- Emerson and Thoreau**
 * **romanticism- Poe(most famous), Hawthorne, Melbeil**
 * **gothic novels: similar settings, themes//, SUPERNATURAL//**
 * Washington Irving- "The Devil and Tom Walker"
 * there's always strings attatched...
 * do you believe in Evil? if you believe in goodness you must believe in the other.
 * --->Rolling Stones - "Sympathy For The Devil"
 * what is the nature of evil's game?- evil is everywhere
 * shortcuts almost always end badly
 * __cloven__-split
 * everybody who has their name on a tree in the swamp has made a deal with the devil.
 * rednecks call the devil "Old Scratch"
 * vultures, crows or other ominous birds foreshadow death
 * __usurer__-loan shark
 * Washington Irving- "The Devil and Tom Walker" Continued
 * speculation- venture; risk
 * What happens when the economy goes down?
 * What buisness'profit?
 * economy is a bubble
 * Tom thinks going to church will save him from the Devil but he has no faith
 * Loans= Collatoral
 * After squeezing customers dry, Tom would also they get their farms/land
 * All the wealth burns/ becomes wood. No wealth leftover
 * Entire event is a cycle
 * Irving wrote this to
 * 1) Tell that slavery is wrong
 * 2) Derate loan-sharks
 * Moral: Greed leads to a soleless exsistence and then death.
 * Don't try to beat the Devil.
 * Short Stories
 * Any story that is condensed
 * can be any amount of page, but shorter than a novel
 * Edgar Allen Poe
 * set the ground work for many types of works
 * Detective/ Mystery/ Sequence
 * Brilliant/ eccentric detective
 * foil (Less-gifted partner)
 * inept police force
 * the impossible crime
 * I can define vocab
 * analyze for tone
 * Analyze for lit. elements
 * Impression
 * contrast b/t light and dark
 * **Tone words**
 * 1) Narrator had to go see addict usher despite creepy house and staff.
 * 2) As narrator goes through the house, the house begins to change.
 * 3) The doctor always foreshadows death. (Usher)
 * 4) Usher has a dead body with sullen looks, who was once handsome and came from a good family.
 * 5) Narrator sees that Usher has become a lost cause, mental and broken (Nutty)
 * 6) Many critics and people point the Usher's constitutional family evil of = INCEST.

2 April 2012


 * Usher is going to die by fear
 * There is Incest within the house of Usher
 * Madeline Characteristics – floating, white dress, brown hair
 * Madeline has a serious illness
 * Usher’s painting is a coffin which is the same of Usher’s study room
 * The castle in the poem represents the people as it is the same of the house of usher
 * The castle is also the brain
 * Usher wants to bury her sister under the house because they have a special bond together
 * The narrator is, possibly, slowly going into insanity
 * There is duality, whatever happens to the sister will happen to Usher
 * Madeline has been dead for 7 to 8 days
 * When the narrator reads a book to Usher, whatever happens to the book is also happening inside the house
 * Usher dies from the shock of seeing Madeline in front of him, and as both of them dies so does the house

Notes: **Dark Romanticism**
- being happy and smiling and hiding our feelings, acting like a good respectful student and then going out into the halls and acting crazy! - online masks with anonomous identities ( people are always more honest online because no one knows who they are and they can hide behind that.)
 * ===What are the masks that our society wears today?===
 * ===Why do we do this? What is the point?===
 * 1) comfort
 * 2) power/attention
 * 3) acceptance *** (big to our generation)**
 * confidence
 * safety



"The Minister's Black Veil" page 267 -his black veil gave a very eery, and creepy sense - its just weird "Black Veil of the Earth"- nighttime, darkenss hides sin and crime -people are too scared to look at him, to talk to him striaght up, and its easier to beleive a lie then to ask for the truth -its hard to talk about to him about it, its too creepy -hour to come... he is saying thats death, judgement time
 * The twons people don't like his mask, they start to imagine things and superstition kicks in
 * Reverend presides over Funerals and Weddings:
 * No one asks WHY the preacher has a mask on?
 * Page 272, " There is an hour to come when all of us shall cast aside our veils." he is saying i am a Christian and i committ sins and i can admit to that, i've done wrong and im showing that, why can't everyone else own up to their mistakes?
 * Elizabeth finally leaves Reverend Hooper and turns on him, just like the rest of the townspeople. She can not accept him the way he is, she wants him to remove the veil but he can not.

Started working on Chiaroscuro project: light vs. dark
 * two qoutes: one of light and one of dark
 * a fully colored and designed mask

05 April 2012

The Minister's Black Veil pp. 273-275 Black Veil- makes Rev. Hooper a more powerful/proficient clergyman. Own heart is the saddest of all prisons. Puritans were full of hipocracy and judgement

What should you learn from this story?
 * sin never leaves
 * everyone wears masks and sins, yet judgement should not be harsh
 * hiding your sins is easier than proclaiming them, but not as beneficial

11 April 2012

Moby Dick- Pop up book and Textbook pg. 282 Note: Whales hunted for blubber to make sperm whale oil. __Characters:__ Captain Ahab- lord; dictator Starbuk(voice of reason) - first mate Stubb - second mate Moby Dick - whale Quequeg(spelling?) Flask - third mate Tashtego Daggor //Textbook// __//Captain Ahab://__ -Captain rallies his men in order to get them cooroperate and do as he says. -Great speakers are great manipulators. -Money offered to the first to spot a whale. - The gold piece is hammered to a wooden post with a spike waiting to be claimed by the one spots a whale first. - Captain is looking for a white whale that has broken harpoons in his hide that has eaten his leg. - Crew begins to realize the whale that they are after is Moby Dick. -Starbuk the voice of reason begins to realize the reason Captain Ahab is hunting Moby Dick and believes that the Captain is in the wrong. Starbuk no longer wishes to be apart of this hunt. All visable things we see are masks. - Whale needs to die for it might be an omen.
 * crew sailed out Christmas morning for three years
 * crew mates are expierenced with weapons and therefor are the harpooners for the ship
 * Captain waits and hides out in cabin until a few days out so that when he tells the crew the truth behind the mission they can not turn around.
 * A "split tree"
 * Scar runs down his face down into his collar.
 * Ivory peg leg made from whale bone
 * "Dismasted"
 * Offers his men wine and gold in order to bribe them.
 * Only wishes to hunt whales for profit, not for vengence.

12 April 2012

Bellwork Questions 1. Why does Starbuck disagree with Ahab? 2. The scene on page 289 -- what does this scene resemble- what does it remind you of? 3.Why was Peyton Farquar being hanged? 4. What strident metallic noise does he hear while waiting to be hanged? Everyone has masks Ahab now has the crew To win over the public, you get them drunk. Imagery Themes Ahab is the center, his **State of Mind (AS 2012)** matters. Ultimate deception that seals their thoughts Upside down harpoon head filled with wine -List surreal elements -What profession is Farquar? 3rd person (limited) 3rd person (omniscient) Surreal Details-sensory details
 * //__Moby Dick__//**
 * Starbuck knows not to oppose him
 * When your judgement is impaired, you're very pliable
 * Swirling: Circles, spokes, wheels
 * Branding
 * Convince them that it's their own idea
 * Dark communion
 * Dark religious connections
 * //__Owl Creek Bridge__//**
 * Shots
 * Clock ticking loudly like a hammer
 * The soldiers talking/moving
 * Manipulation of time
 * Rejuvination: Narrowly missing death
 * Snare drums
 * Gates

Friday, 13th... April 2012

__**Vocab 2.4 list:**__
 * 1) Proselytize
 * 2) Stanch
 * 3) Melange
 * 4) Tremulous
 * 5) Effrontry
 * 6) Punctilious
 * 7) Fetid
 * 8) Succinct
 * 9) Quagmire
 * 10) Cabal
 * 11) Braggadocio
 * 12) Adversity
 * 13) Idyllic
 * 14) Bibulous
 * 15) Abeyance
 * 16) Hubris
 * 17) Serendipity
 * 18) Aesthetic
 * 19) Repine
 * 20) Malapropism

=Monday, April 16= Author: Walt Whitman Free Verse- Open-ended
 * __Owl Creak Bridge Notes:__**
 * 3rd person omnicent- all knowing narrator
 * Supernatural powers/ senes
 * time manipulation
 * South- Grey
 * North- Blue
 * Farquhar is a slave owner
 * he is hanged because he attempted to light the bridge on fire to delay the union's advancement further into Alabama
 * Style of rhyme
 * scheme- reflected
 * cadences (pauses) of everyday speech

Relates to all- Catalogue
 * roles in family
 * places - states
 * slant rhymes
 * Stress

"I Hear America Singing"

 * Catalogues
 * Carols
 * Conversations
 * Work
 * Professions- play to demographics
 * Engineers
 * Teachers
 * Fry Cooks
 * Firefighters
 * Police
 * Rx

17 Apr 2012

Commonly confused words:
 * Accept: to take in (v.)
 * except: means //other than// (prep.)
 * affect: to infulence (v.)
 * effect: a result (n.); to cause (v.)
 * aid: to give assistance (v.)
 * aide: a person who assists (n.)

When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
 * We can only experience the stars by viewing them
 * The study of something can exhaust the wonder of it

Beat! Beat! Drums!
 * onomatopeoia: words that sound like their meaning. (Ex. blow, beat, drum, buzz, pow, bang, etc.)
 * Whitman uses these words to make the statement that war is loud, explosive, and overwhelming.
 * Alliteration: repeated initial consonant sounds
 * __b__low __b__ugles __b__low
 * Whitman uses these to create a machine-like thing called war that affects everyone and everything.

=Tuesday, April 24, 2012= Bellwork Announcements Vocab Check Whitman: (407) Song of Myself Group present Romanticism Test Blog #4 Read from choice novels Homework: Study 2.5

Epic Poems from Song of Myself:
 * hero
 * journey
 * challenges
 * hero emerges as different (changes)
 * Passage 1-
 * no rules
 * Celebrate kinship with reader
 * Relaxation check / no rules
 * transcendental
 * Passage 6-
 * ponder/wonder
 * Circle of Life
 * Death isn't
 * hopeful
 * grass- catalogue
 * Enjoy life and welcome death
 * Passage 16-
 * Catalogues- states; nicknames; professions; roles
 * Paradox/ contrast
 * Diversity
 * Passage 17-
 * thoughtfully abstract
 * wonder
 * Passage 46-
 * inspiring
 * Mentor

=Wed 25 April.= __Whitman's Song of Myself__
 * passage 51 & 52
 * **Barbaric Yawp**- cry of whole soul
 * use best words; original th

=**Thursday April 26th**= Who knows success? Losers, War
 * Bellwork**
 * Vocab Check**
 * Announcements**
 * Read choice novels**
 * Emily Dickenson "success", "i heard a fly", "bustle", and "i could not stop"**
 * The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat
 * Simple plot line: Death!!
 * More specifically after death
 * Who do you see waiting to die in "i heard a fly buzz when i died"? an older lady
 * Who is the King? Death; **God**
 * Common themes of Dickenson's work: an easy death
 * Theres a lack of sounds in the house after death
 * when you are hurt you put a wall up
 * recovering from death is the bustle
 * Death: mundane; painful; civil; skeleton going to prom; reeper; joe black; potato handed boy; surfer dude.
 * Life in "Because i could not stop for death"
 * 1) school: youth
 * 2) grain: maturity
 * 3) setting sun: verge of death
 * 4) cornice: death

**"no one turned out the lights Grandma; you died" ~ Mr. Powell**
April 30 2012 //**Richard Cory:**// //**Miniver Cheevy:**// March 1 2012 Shakespears writing are the most wordly read, except for the bible.
 * He had a charmed life but he was going through problems
 * Though you may have a perfect life and perfect family you'll still have problems
 * One night he killed himself
 * everybody hurts evervybody has problems
 * He feels as though he should of been born in the medival times.
 * Nothing compares to your childhood years
 * People like the idea of a simplier life like their childhod.
 * What time would you like to go to?
 * You got to have money and got to have a job.
 * you have to have a balance within fantansy and real life.
 * If you do't move forward in life than you're stuck in a fantansy.
 * Drama:** play or story told through actions and charcters
 * Tragedy**: type of drama. main character suffers a down fall
 * Hero of tragedy**: tragic hero
 * Biggest tragic flaw**: pride, hubris
 * Tragic hero**: evokes pity and fear
 * Barb**:traveling musician, poet, or raconteur


 * Tragedy of Ceasar**
 * triumviarte: rule of three
 * 3 kings: Ceasar, Crassus, Pompeious
 * Crassus was killed invading Parhia
 * Pompey married Ceasars daughter
 * Pompey leasd a faction of Roman senate against Ceasar
 * Ceasar's army defeated Pompey
 * Pompey assacination leaves Ceasar ruler of Rome
 * He began making changes to the government, changing from voting Republic to an Empire
 * Small band of senators keeps Ceasar from being crowned

May 2nd 2012 __**Julius Caesar: Act 1**__ Brutus- tragic hero, nobility Lower class makes puns that upper class can't get- cobbler Upper class are morons TOGAS. Antonio- athlete Soothsayer- fortune teller, beware of Ides of March (the 15th) Cassius manipulates Brutus Masking-big theme Brutus loves Cassius like a brother, and he's worried about Caesar Every time you look at yourself in a mirror you're seeing only a transfigured image, you're the only one who can't see yourself truly Brutus' tragic flaw is nobility Reasons Caesar is weak (according to Cassius): 1)Cassius saves Caesar from drowning 2)Cowardly and weak, when they were in Spain Caesar got a fever and shook

May 3rd 2012 __**Julius Caesar: Act 1 Scene 2**__ Brutus and Cassius talking. Cassius is trying to get him to overthrow Caesar. Cassius is hungry for power. He manipulates Brutus to obtain more power. Cassius surrounds himself with "fat" people and not people who are hungry for power like he is. Casesar says that he is one of them so he cannot accept the crown. Caesar refuses the crown offered by Antony, It was planned but on the third time he offered it to him Caesar had a ssezuire. Cassius forges letters to Brutus saying that the people would be with him if he were to act against Caesar. __**Julius Caesar: Act 1 Scene 3**__ Cassius has bad dreams and talks to Casca about them. He is in an emotional Turmoil.

7 May 2012 __**Julius Caesar: Act 2, Scene 1**__ (The lovely patrons of our classroom suit up in Roman garb, ready to perform the next scene) Brutus and Lucius, center. Ides of March, 12 AM, Brutus is in his orchard, looking for Lucius. Brutus demands candle in study. Lucius (12-14 year old boy, servant) Adults worry, young people don't. Brutus and his speech, determines that Caesar must die. Must act before he is crowned. (The bright day brings forth the adder, i.e. when the sun rises, the poisonous snake emerges.) Caesar is the serpent in the egg, step on the egg before he is hatched (crowned) Lucius finds a letter (forged letter from Cassius, encouraging his attack on Caesar) "Rome, if you're asking me to do this, you will receive everything I can give you." - 'Brutus' (paraphrased) Door knocks. Cassius is at the door, along with others, in cloaks and hoods, like Jedi! (**MASKS**) Put on the mask, near Caesar, get close, don't let him suspect anything, //keep your friends close and your enemies closer//. Brutus and Cassius go off, whisper to each other. Casca points his sword at Brutus, says he is the sun that will rise. The group resolves to kill Caesar, men shake hands, say what they're going to do, and then DO IT (mature route) Cicero - noble senator, look good if he's in the posse, yet, they count him out. Brutus cut him out, thinking he would try to be the leader. Cassius says they should also kill Antony, Brutus's second mistake; he says not to kill Antony, too noble to kill an innocent person Brutus says they will sacrifice Caesar, called purgers, not murderers. Don't LOOK like a murderer, wear a **MASK**. Portia wants to know what Brutus is planning.
 * Contrast: sleeping/waking. Currently, Brutus is 'sleeping,' but he must awaken and rid them of Caesar.**

Calphurnia wakes up three times, yelling that someone is murdering Caesar Caesar has a staff of fortune tellers, sacrifice (rare) animal, stir guts in a bowl, predict the future Calphurnia had a nightmare, tells Caesar that he should stay home "Cowards die many times." The sacrifice = could not find animal's heart, omen Calphurnia finally wins, Caesar decides to stay home Statue in the center of the square, Romans are bathing in the statue's blood like a fountain "Rumor" says that Caesar will be crowned today, Decius jabs at Caesar's manliness Manipulate people: learn of their buttons (weaknesses) and push them Party, head to the capitol
 * __Act 2, Scene 2__**

__**Act 2, Scene 3**__ Some sort of hope for Caesar, bring tension, the cabal must succeed

Act 3, Scene 1 - Soothsayer informs Caesar of the Ides of March - Popilius and the Senate know what's about to happen; they need to pull the trigger, or they'll get arrested - Mark Antony is the only person who can physically protect Caesar - Caesar tells the Senate that he cannot be flattered or persuaded; he is Caesar - Casca stabs Casear from behind; everyone else starts to join - Caesar lies dead infront of Pompey's statue; Pompey still stands (figuratively).

Persuation Act 3, Scene 2 -The crowd is easily persuaded -Brutus' mistake was letting Antony speak last -Antony keeps repeating "honorable men" to be sarcatic
 * All writing is persuasive.
 * Three types of arguments
 * logic and reason
 * emotional appeal
 * Ethics and morality
 * Persuasive arguments should have...
 * rhetorical questions
 * figurative language
 * hyperbole
 * parrallelelism
 * connotative language

Act 3, Scene 2 - READ THE WILL! READ THE WILL!!! - Antony uses humility - Antony commands the mob to kill Cinna the Poet (not the conspirator Cinna) - In a mob, intelligence diminishes
 * 11 May 2012**

Define 2.7; these words will be featured on the final. 13370197591337019759user:barkersara07 Act 4, Scene 2 This is the second rule of three; Antony, Octavius, and Lepadus -you can't have three people ruling you, so two will have to fall. WHO will it be? They decide who needs to be executed by a hit list (they put a spot next to the person's name to be killed) they are chosen because they were loyal to the conspirators, and so they must die. Antony is treating Lepadus like a dog, making him "play fetch" even tho they are supposed to be equals. But Lepadus should not be taking it, yet he is. Antony and Octavius take two seperate armies, and they're trying to find Catius and Brutus, who also have seperate armies. We need to bring the fight at just the right time; attacking armies should attack, defending armies defend.
 * 14 May 2012**
 * What is your definition of a bad guy?
 * What are some statements about power? -Corrupting and tempting; it will change you. Your ego will inflate, and you'll become more defensive. "With great power comes great responsibility."
 * Do you overlook your friends faults or do flatters overlook faults?

= M R. P O W E L L :] = =**__May 15, 2012__**= I Can... ...Define Vocab ...Read and Discuss Irony and Tragedy ...Record Photostory = = Student Planners:
 * Read Twain 484
 * Study Vocab 2.0
 * Review for final: **//__Friday!!!__//**
 * Book Club Projects Due ** Thursday (Not Wednesday) **

Julius Caesar Act V p. D87
 * Parley- Speaking before the battle
 * Cassius calls Brutus out on his mistake on letting Antony live
 * Caesar was stabbed 33 times
 * Octavius doesn't realize that it is an honor to die by a seasoned veteran's sword (Brutus)
 * Cassius's soliloquy (omens of death)- It's his birthday (don't risk your life on your birthday/tempting death), eagles flew down and ate out of their hands in the mountains but in the field, omen birds came to greet them (crows, ravens, and kites)
 * No matter how bad your day is, it will end
 * 1) Titinius- Cassius Lieutenant Messala- Brutus's Lieutenant
 * 2) Cassius's army is fighting Antony's; Brutus's army is fighting Octavius's
 * 3) Brutus's army defeats Octavius's, but his troops begin looting the dead soldiers instead of helping Cassius

Every joke has a set up. Mr. Powell is a dork. He also does meth. A lot. He smells too. //**__17 May 2012__**// When Mrs. Ballard thought she was free, she sees her future bright. But then dissappointed to find out her husband is still alive and metaphorically sees that window of freedom and opportunity close.
 * __16 May 2012__**