LAQ #3

The Hunger Games Mocking Jay by Suzanne Collins

General

1. In the beginning Katniss is back at her home because she could not believe that District 12 is destroyed. After that she returns to District 13 to discuss what is to be done to take down the Capiol. While in the meeting they see a speech from Peeta from the Capitol and he says that they can't win and shouldn't even fight. Outraged District 13 decides to kill him but Katniss manages to change there minds. She then decides to be the Mocking Jay for District 13 and Coin lets her go to District 8 to go and give the people hope. When she is leaving a bomber from the Capitol comes and almost kills her. She was then put on watch and she found out that a search team was going to get Peeta. When they came back Peeta began to choke Katniss and Beeta nocked him out. They couldn't figure out what was wrong with Peeta and they discovered that the Capitol brainwashed him to hurt Katniss. Katniss and Gale along with the team went to go to attack the Capitol and lost one of there soldiers. Coin sent Peeta who was better but they removed his weapon and had him under watch. After there was another attack and president Snow thought that he had killed them but he didn't. The rest of them waited and then began to run when they saw mysterious creatures killing everyone looking fro them. Gale, Katniss, Peeta, and two others managed to get out and they were able to stay with one of the other victors. The next day they were looking fro snow and paratuetes fell from the sky killing everyone especially Prim, who is Katniss's Sister. After that, the Capitol was defeated and Katniss killed Snow in front of everybody to end the war. After that she had to choose between having Gale or Peeta in her life and she chose Peeta.

Fall Final Project

I think that we should get into groups of four and make a slide show presentation of what we have learned.

Vocabulary BIG test!!!

1.Encomium-A formal Expression of high praise.
You could hear the encomium sound in his voice when he talked of his son. 

2.Coherent-Logically connected; Consistent.
When Brad got hit in the head with a soccor ball, he was no longer coherent.

3.Belabor-To explain, worry about or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary.
Why do you always belabor that point over and over?

4.Eschew-To abstain or stay away from; shun; avoid.
We all agreed to eschew from bad words and eating chocolate.

5.Acquisitive-Tending or seeking to acquire and own; often greedily.
She was acquisitive in her endevorus of finding a house.

BQ: First Steps

Do video games help us?
Many people say that video games are bad for us and we shouldn't play video games because it is a waist of time. I would have to say that it helps us.
I am going to get the information to find out if playing video games helps us by Google searching it. I am also going to go to technology web sights and see what they think about it. I will also ask people if they think video games helps us and compare how many yes's and no's I got.

Big Question

I am going to post two questions because I don't know which ones to use.

1. Does Big Foot exist? Many people claim to have seen one but it has never been proven.

2. Do video games help us?

The medium is the message

After watching the movie I discovered that the movie is not that different from the story. In the story the Schoolmaster Crane does not beet the kids in class. He actually just hits the desk very hard with something and it gets there attention. Also in the end the Headless Horseman just scares him a lot and leaves him to run alone in the forest.

Fall Vocab #10

1.Pedagogue-A teacher
The Pedagogue is one of the best I have ever had.

LAQ #2

The Hunger Games Book 2 Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

GENERAL

1.Plot Summary. In the beginning of the story Katniss and Peeta have been living back in District 12 for almost a year and must pretend to love each other when the news or capitol people are around throughout the story. One day President Snow comes to visit Katniss and he tells her that what Peeta and her have done have brought the idea of rebellion into the minds of each district. He then tells her that she must convince him that they are actually in love or he will kill one of her family member and friends starting with Gale. Because it is the 75th Hunger Games he announces that winners from the past Hunger Games will be chosen to battle ounce again. Katniss and Peeta are both shocked that they are being forced to fight again. After receiving the news Katniss leaves the safety of District 12 and goes for a walk. On the walk she encounters two people who have left District 8 to go to District 13 which is said to be destroyed. They told her that they are going there to join them in the upcoming rebellion and she was shocked in the thought. When Katniss and Peeta enter the arena they quickly made allies and managed to come down to the final 8. In an attack to end it all they construct and explosion that destroys the force field and that's all Katniss remembers. Once she comes to she finds out this this was all apart of the rebellion and that they had to free them in order to continue with the plan. Unfortunately Peeta was captured by the Capitol. Gale managed to escape and told Katniss that they were headed to District 13.

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Plot Summary

Plot-The plot in the Legend of Sleepy Hollow takes place in Tarry Town. In the town there is a school teacher named Ichabod Crane who is known by everyone in the town. He is very strict in school with his students but is a gentlemen with the ladies and like to spend time with them after school. Ichabod Crane has only one competitor in the town and his name is Brom Bones. While at a party crane had some drinks and danced and then went for a ride on his horse Gun Powder. On there ride they heard a noise near the river and it was just a boy. After that they saw a figure in the trees and went to go see what it was. Ounce Crane realized it was the Headless Horseman he started to go in the other direction and was being chased by him. The next day Crane did not show up to teach and everyone was surprised. They searched for his body and only found the horses saddle.

Questions-1.Who is Brom Bones?
                 2. What is his affect on Crane?
                 3. What did the students think when the schoolmaster missed class?
                 4. What is the theme of the story?

Vocab #9 Remix

Bosom-The middle of the chest
 
Prudently-Conservative

Inveterate-Probitualy
 

"Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

One story telling technique that I found was diction. Just in the first couple of paragraphs the diction shows the tone of the story really well. The diction is used to show that the author is going for a scary theme because he describes the headless horseman and it is creepy to picture that in my head.

"Legand of Sleepy Hollow" Vocab/First Impression

So far I think that "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is interesting because this isn't something that I normally read. I think that it is going to be creepy because of the first couple of pages. It introduces the character on the horse with no head and that it just weird to think about and picture.

The Legen of Sleep Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the Blair Witch Project seem like they are real and like its actually happening. Both of these seem like they would be scary just from the word choice.

Vocab Remix #8

1.Flout-Openly disregard

Presidential Debate Logical Fallicies

First of all I think that Obama won this debate because he answered all of his questions and Romney just talked around some of his questions.

Throughout the debate argument ad numeron was being used constantly because both the President and Romney kept going to numbers to help support there statements.
Verecundiam is also used and the example used is when President Obama told Romney that he does not have power to make war decisions.
Circulus in Demonstrando was also used and an example was during the beginning of the debate and both President Obama and Romney kept going back and forth about Iraq and they were getting nowhere with that topic.



I am in a group with Whitney Houg Sarah Stevens, Ethan Clardy, and Connor Albright.

Vocab #8

1.Flout-Openly disregard
These same companies still flout basic ethical practices.

2.Caveat-A warning
People get one caveat and then get kicked out for doing it again.

3.Blazon-Display vividly
The decorations were blazon.

Remix Emerson's Self Reliance

Emerson's Self Reliance essay is basically pointing out that we need to be our own person and not let people control us and make us into something that we are not. We are born as an individual but are raised and taught to do things in certain ways. As you get older we begin to let society control us because we start to do things that are cool and popular and it may not be what you want to do but you do it anyways to be cool. We are also becoming more dependent on things as we grow up because we can't do things for ourselves  and the things become apart of our daily lives. Computers, phones, and t.v.'s are just a few examples of things that we depend on because we have to use them everyday.  We don't need people to control us and tell us what to do. We can live by ourselves but we can go to people for help to get advise, but in the end you have to make your own decision that is best for you. In all just make sure that you are not being controlled and be your own person and make sure that you are happy.

David Guetta Movie

Uriel and Ricky basically explained how are class is related to the movie. In the movie David Guetta did something that no artist had ever done before and it turned out to be a big thing that changed his life. This is related to our class because we are doing things differently and I think that it will benefit most of us in the long run.

Ad-Hominem

Ad-Hominem=Argue directed at a person
An example of an ad hominem in the show Full House. Joey and Uncle Jessy re arguing and Joey yells that Uncle Jessie's hair is stupid. This is an example of an ad hominum because what joey said is going directly towards Uncle Jessy.

Vocab "Self-Reliance"

manifest-Capable of being preserved by the senses.
The manifest destiny is something that is interesting to learn.

contemporary (noun)-Modern of our own time.
Cell phones are contemporary.

predominate-Dominate, Powerful.
The predominate person is in charge of the kingdom.

Self-Reliance

1.)Discuss the meaning of the verse perceiving the essay?
The meaning is to not seek outside yourself.
We are individuals.
As and individual we are good.

Vocab #7

1.Ad Infinitum-Repitition
We should always do important processes ad infinitum. 

2.Apportion-To assign
They did not apportion blame to anyone.

3.Bona Fide-Sincerely
The court will assume that they acted bona fide.

Vocabulary Midterm Reflection

A. What went well for me on this test was that I felt like I did good and I think I earned a good grade.
B. The thing that did not go well was that the ones I did not know very well were the ones on the test for part 2.
C. About half of the context will stick with me because we are constantly getting new words.
D. The thing that I learned from this experience to help me improve for the next one is to just study the words every week so that way I do not have to study a lot of words before the midterm.

LAQ #1

 General

1.)The plot of The Hunger Games is that Katniss Everdeen has volunteered to be a contestant for the hunger games because her younger sister Prim was chosen. Throughout the Games she is doing all that she can to survive with the help of Peeta who is the boy from her district. When all seems lost she pulls herself together and becomes the winner of the Hunger Games with Peeta. Katniss also does not know what she will do ounce she gets back and she is concerned that she has fallen in love with Peeta when she only pretended to in order to make people like her. The narrator fulfills the author's purpose of the story because she explains everything well and makes sure that the ideas of the main characters are heard from there thoughts and their actions.

from thoreau's walden

Resignation-An act of retiring a position.
Sublime-Excellence
Clout-Heavy blow
Superflous-Unnecessary
Frittered-Waist of time
Swath-Cut a path

Vocab Midterm Review

My midterm review and strategy for my vocab should help me do well on the test. I am first going to go over all of the vocab and figure out which ones I know and need to work on. After that I am going to begin by breaking the ones I need help on and dividing them equally so that way I go over all of them before Friday.

Dream Within a Dream

2. While I was on my walk I was thinking of a few different things. The first thing that came into my head was baseball. I was thinking how I could better myself so that way I become a better better. The next thing to come into my head was how quiet everything was when I was walking by myself. It was very peaceful. I was also thinking of my Cousin Serinna who is in Palm Springs. Her husband is in the Marines there and  I was just thinking and hoping that they both stay safe. The last thing to come to my head was the camping trip we always take and  I was just thinking of how fun it was.

Dream Within A Dream

From the poem I got that the author puts himself in the poem. The author also puts his own feelings and talks about them in the poem. The poem is also about nature and it makes us feel like everything is calm. It is also about love because he is willing to put his personal feelings inside the poem.

Vocab #6

Adroit-Clever or skillful
The student is very adroit in his thinking.

Amicable-Having a spirit of friendliness

Vocab #5

Colloquial-Casual
Everyone at the party was colloquial.

Allude-Form of allusion/A hint
The author used his favorite allude for the story.

Clairvoyant-Able to perceive thing beyond senses.
The man was clairvoyant in his writing.

This Life Is Your Life

1. From what poem/author does this commercial borrow (without credit)?
2. Why might the use of this poem by a corporation be considered ironic?
3. Does the poem reflect the reputation of the author? Why/why not?
4. How did you find the answers to #1 & #3? Describe your research process and your sources in detail.
5. MEMORIZE the poem and be prepared to recite it on demand.

You can find the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT16DcHcjRA&feature=player_embedded

Revision/Strategy

My plan to do better for the next essay is to go over everything more so that way it is fresh in my head. Another thing that I am going to do is look at what types of examples I can use so that way I can use better ones to make my essay flow more. I will also have to work more on my intro and make it better so that way my essay's make more sense. My last thing that I will have to do is to work on time management because I was running short on time during this essay.

Fictional Book

The fictional book that I chose to read was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The reason I chose The Hunger Games is because I want to compare it to the movie and see what is different and similar. Every time I read a book and watch the movie they are totally different and the movies don't reveal as much as the books do.

Vocabulary #4

Melancholy-Sadness 
The children are very melancholy from there parents death.

Exemplary-Desirable model
Exemplary people deserve praise.

"AHA!"

While reading meaning, signs, and symbols I, II, and III I was a bit confused on what it was really trying to show me. After the lesson today I understood more about them. From the lesson I got that a symbol is a special kind of sign and they are usually intentional. A sign is is just something that makes us think of something else.

Young Goodman Brown Symbolism Question

I do not think that the symbolism in Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" is the most important thing that I have learned. I do not think that this is the most important thing that I have learned because I think that there is a lot more important things in the world than a story that basically retails the story of Adam and Eve. It is also not that good of a story and I do not think that it is that interesting and this is another reason why it is not that important.

Vocabulary #3

1.Encomium-Writing that praises someone or something highly
The essay was vary encomium on the young man.

2.Coherent- Logical and consistent
They failed to develop a coherent economic strategy.

3.Belabor-Argue in detail
Critics thought that they belabored the obvious.

Young Godman Brown/Meaning Signs and Symbols

1. One symbol that I found was the pink ribbon. The pink ribbon symbolizes love and happiness in the story. The referent of this is that pink ribbon is something you put on close. This interpretation will help me understand the story because the pink ribbon is the only thing that gives Goodman Brown hope because it is the only thing good that stands out in a bright color.

2.Another symbol that I got was the staff that the old man had with him. The staff symbolizes the devil because the staff has carved snake figures around it and the snakes are the devil. The referent of this is a stick that helps people walk. This interpretation helps me understand the story more because the old man with the staff is really the devil and he is trying to bring Faith towards him and away from good.

Online Security

The things that I learned from the online security presentation is that pop ups are bad and the best way to avoid them is to be smart. Don't click any of the adds that pop up because those are the easiest ways to get the pop ups. If you need to close anything just click the red X in the corner to close them and it always works. Another thing that I learned is don't put anything personal online and make sure that your passwords don't have anything close to your personal life. This will help me guide me in a safer way of using electronics because it will help prevent me from doing something that will give any personal information to the open.

Meaning, Signs, and Symbols Part 1 Notes

Biologists state that humans are very similar to animals.
      Animal Behavior-Reaction to the natural conditions in the environment.
      Humans survive not just from physical stregnth, but also how we think.
Meaning-The experience of mentally connecting one thing with another thing.
      Baby born-When the baby recieves milk it feals pleasure.
      Sight of the mother's breasts means food.

Vocabulary #2 Definitions/Sentences

Definition
1. Intercede-To plead on anothers behalf
2. Hackneyed-Lacking significance
3. Approbation-Approval/Praise
4. Coalition-Combination
5.Elicit-To bring out

Young Goodman Brown Answers

1. I think that Hawthorne's purpose for writing this story is to show us that are dreams affect are lives in big ways. I am saying this because Goodman Brown took his dream seriously and had nothing written on his tombstone.
2. After reading the story I do agree that Brown's wife was aptly named Faith. No, Faith's name does not fit her peronality because she was unsure in which side to follow. No, brown does not have true faith in her because Faith was not sure if she should follow God or the devil.
3. I think that the pink ribbons signify peace or happiness because those are the only things in the story that represent goodness.

Young Goodman Brown

Im going to start of by saying that this was one of the most confusing stories that I have ever read. One observation that I got was that none of it was real, it was just a dream that Goodman had. Another observation is that Goodman took his dream so serious that he had nothing put on his tombstone. My last observation that I got is that Goodman goes towards Faith when everyone has been corrupted because he wants nothing bad to happen to her. He wants her to stay Godly.

Tone and Mood Earth on Turtle's Back

The tone which is the author's attitude toward the characters or audience in Earth On Turtle's back is encouraging because all of the animals are hoping that one of them will reach the bottom and find earth. The mood which is the emotional state of the reader is happy because we are happy once we find out that the muskrat reaches the surface with earth in her hands. Another mood can be melancholy because all of the strongest animals fail and the smallest animal says he will go or die trying.

Socratic Seminar Notes

Thred 1-Agree or disagree your right to your own opinion.
Thred 2- Earth on Turtle's back.
Thred 3- Haetiorc
Thred 4- Technology

Are you entitled to your own opinion?
      Yes, because it is our opinion and we should get to say what we want.
      But we have to here the other person's opinion as well.
      Are born with our own rights and should get to keep them.
      Certain times when your opinion is not even heard of by an older person with more authority.
      Have to make sure that you say something that is not going to hurt the other person.
      It's your opinion so its what you think.
      Depends on the situation and how you use and say your opinion.
Earth on Turtle's back
      How the world came to be.
      You don't have to be the biggest or strongest to do something that others can't.
Technology
      Makes us more protective when talking.
      Example-You are on the computer and messaging someone, you can say anything you want because you are not directly in front of them.
      It makes us less talkative in class because we are used to txting and calling everyone for everything.

Reflections On Week 1

1. No, there are not any factors that are going to affect my participation in this class. I have access to a computer and internet at all times.
2. The best learning experience that I have had was in the 8th grade. I had joined the AVID program and it was the best experience of my life. AVID tought me how to become a better leader and how to think and do things in different ways than I have ever done before. The people that were with me were and still are some of my closest friends that I have today.
3. I am most excited to learn how to improve my writing skills and I am concerned about the public speaking because I do not like to speak in front of the class. The thing that I look forward to in learning is improving my knowledge on what I already know. This will make a difference in my life because it will better myself from other people in the world.

Assignment #1

  The reason I am taking this course is because I was in honors english last year and did not want to take Ap english this year. I still wanted a challenge though and my guidance tech. recommended that I have you as a teacher so I did. To be honest I am not that excited about taking this english class, english has never been my strongest subject and that is another reason why I decided to take regular english instead of Ap. The things that are going to make me nervous this course is when we have to present in front of the class because I do not like to speak in front of large groups.
  My goals for this course are to become a better speaker and to become better at memorizing things like the "Richard Cory" speech. Another goal that I would like to master is my writing skills because they are not that good.
  The impovements that I want to make in this course are my speaking and writing skills.

Extra Credit

One thing that I want to improve on this year is my writing skills. They have never been that good and I am hoping that this class will help me develop stronger writing skills. This course will also help me because I have a different teacher and his style of teaching may be the way that helps me understand writing the most. In this course I believe that we will do a lot of writing and that will be another way I can improve because I will always be working on my writing skills. I hope that this course improves my writing so that way I can do well when I have future writing assignements.

Vocabulary Quiz # 1 Redux

This week of school was good and I hope that I burgeon in english as the year goes on. I hope that in the future my teachers do not become curmudgeon because then school wont be as fun. The Apotheosis of my week was on Friday because my classmates and I in welding already starting going into the shop. I also learned that my teacher's do not accept contumacious students. I also had to take another class so I decided to take a T.A class and it complemented my schedule. In the future I hope that we have some bauble assignments so that way we can focus on other classes and have a little break in the class. I hope that the way my teacher's didactic are good because I want teacher's that explain things well. The right to your own opinion article gave me an adumbrate on my rights because you have to basically watch what you do because you may not know if what you are doing is ok to do. I hope that I Ascent by the year ends so that way I don't stay at the level that I am at now. So far this week has been good and I have been a  beguile to some people.