Project Info

So far the project is going well. All  the group needs to do is email the rest of the information to Sarah so that way all of the information is with her. We decided to change things up and make a timeline of are topics. We will explain the topic and then explain how they are similar and different to one another as we jump to a new topic.

Brag Sheet

5 Golden Warriors 
Play baseball
Play basketball
Saint Patrick Church walk for life.
Volunteer work for church.
Community service for special Olympics.
Coach 10U baseball team.

Best of American Lit

The best thing that I have learned this year is how to use technology for schoolwork. It made everything 10 times easier and it beets reading out of the text book. It gives us a new way to communicate with each other.

Derby Reportage

Story #1
Explains a race.
     It is very fast pace.
     Also intense.
Story#2
May 2nd, 1970 Diame Camp was the first women to race in the Kentucky Derby.
     She inspired women to go for sports.
     Her horse's name is Fathom.
Story#3
Uses himself in the article.
Faggot-A bungle of sticks to burn people who are homosexual. 
4,000 troops gathered at Vale because of the tennis protest.
HE couldn't rent a car because it was full but it got situated later.
the Steadman was waiting in the PressBox.
First time going to a Derby in 10 years.
Went off on a guy at the end of the story and said we don't need the Kentucky.

Johnny Cyberpunk

In the story it talks about a person named Johnny who is a data trafficker. HE even went to great lengths and put a chip in his head so that way he can have more memory and look back on things. He also has a shotgun. Jones is a cyborg and is used to crack the code and break into Johnny's bank. This is a postmodern and a cyberpunk story because it is a different type of story. having to do with hacking is also another way that makes it post modern and a cyberpunk story.

Future Me

My Slaughterhouse

My Slaughterhouse

      Postmodernism is a different and very confusing style of writing. It breaks the fourth wall, and is not told in any order. In Slaughterhouse-5 Kurt Vonnegut writes a story about a man named Billy Pilgrim and Vonnegut does everything that Post Modernism is in the story. 

      Breaking the fourth wall is only used once in Slaughterhouse-5 and this is different than any other story. It makes the story confusing because the person talking to us is giving away information that we may not need to no yet. This is why Slaughterhouse-5 is a Post Modernism story because it breaks the fourth wall. Breaking the fourth wall can cause a lot of confusion.

      Slaughterhouse-5 is not told in any order and this is different than most stories because it is not in chronological order. An example is when Billy is in the hospital and then he closes his eyes and is back in the war. Another example is when Billy is with the Tralfamadorians and then back on Earth the very next day. This is why Slaughterhouse-5 is a Post Modernism book because it is not in chronological order. 

      Slaughterhouse-5 is Post Modernism because it breaks the fourth wall and is not told in any order throughout the story. These are just two of many techniques that use Post Modernism and Vonnegut uses them very effectively.

Notes Chapters 8-10 Slaughter House 5

Howard Cambell Jr
     Was a American and became a Nazi.
     Recruits me for the Germans "The Free American Corps."
     Has his own style of uniform.
     Said that Red is for the American Patriots who lost their lives in the past.
Trout
     A writer.
     Billy met him in 1964.
     Doesn't care about other people.
     Is driven by Billy to deliver a paper route. 
     Puts everything about him in his books he writes.
February 13 1945 Dresdon is destroyed.


Valencia
     Billy's wife.
     She got in a car crash on her way to the hospital and died from Carbon Dioxide.
Starts to talk about the Atomic Bomb and how it was used in WWII.
Billy
     Woke up in the hospital and didn't know what was going on.
     Missed his wives funeral because he was still to sick.
Tralfamadorians.
     Told Billy to enjoy his happy experiences and to ignore the bad ones.
Billy.
     Cried about the trasportation.
     Had his daughter take him home.
    Snuck out and went to New York City.
Monatana.
     "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom always to tell the difference.


Aliens
    See Charles Darwin as the most important human being.
Corps Mines in Dresdon.
Billy.
     Discovered that the door was open and the war was over.
     The transporttion was the carrage and horses that he cried for.
     A bird was singing "Poo-tee-weet."
          This is what the narrator said his next book was going to end. 

Schlachtof Sieben

Stop being a machine and be a real person.
Plane Crash
     Billy and Pilot are the only survivors.
     Billy was operated from a surgeon for 3 hours.
Back at the slaughterhouse.
     Had spoons hidden with syrup on them.
     Billy gave a lollipop to Derby and he started to cry.


Page 156 "Billy, knowing that the plane was going to crash pretty soon, closed his eyes, traveled back in time to 1944."
     This quote is important because it shows that Billy knows how to control his time travel a little but because he closed his eyes right before something bad was going to happen to avoid it.

Schlachtof

Wakes up in prison.
     Going to Dresden.
     Falls asleep and when he wakes up he is building a latrine. 
1976
     China drop a hydrogen bomb in Chicago.
     U.S. divided into 20 nations.
     Billy was killed but then sent back to 1945.

Schlachtof Funf

Billy couldn't sleep on his daughter's wedding night.
      He new that the aliens were coming for him.
WWII bomber story was told backwards and stopped with Adam and Eve.
Saucer
     100 ft diameter.
     Opened up and took Billy inside of it.
There is no "why" as to why Billy was chosen to go with the aliens.
Everyone told Billy to leave them alone while trying to sleep.
Camp
     Edgar Derby is 40 years old.
     Paul Lazarro is in the worst shape of the men.
Billy wakes up and is wondering how he got were he is.
Aliens eyes are yellow.


"Valley of the Dolls" by Jacqueline Susann
     Only book that Aliens had for billy.
Went threw a time warp and Billy is 12 years old again.
Back in the war and men singing "Hail,Hail, the Gang's All Here" from The Pirates of Penzance.
A Jerry is a German Soldier
1948
     Billy is back in New York
Rosemater 
     Said people needed to come up with new lies or people won't no how to live anymore.
Back in the war and had to surrender in order to live.
Valencia Merble 
     Billy's Fiance
Aliens 
     Made a new Gospel for the humans.
     Observed Billy's body.
     were 446,120,000,000,000,000 miles from earth.
     Put Billy into a zoo for all to see him on their planet
     They are the ones that destroy the universe in the future and do not want to change that.
Billy
     Back at his wedding night
          Honeymoon is in Indian Summer in New England
1944-Father's Funeral
Said America is wealthy but people are poor.
Everything was beautiful and nothings hurt.
Please leave this Latrine as trily as you found it.

Schlachtof Drei & Schlachtof Vier

Coital
     Sex
War/Sex don't go together
Chaplain
     Religious officer in the military who can be any religion for the cause at hand.
'Where have all the years gone?'
     Our perception on time.
Being a prisoner of poverty is the same as being a prisoner of war.
Billy
     Life is boring and he is lonely.
Saint Elmo's Fire??
Billy's train did not move for 2 days in the Germay.
At the end of the chapter it is 1967 and a saucer from Tralfamader comes back again.

This is Absurd

Absurd means unreasonable.

Something that I find absurd is a talking dog if there ever was one.

Schlachtof Zwei

Reverses the wedding and widow sentence.
Billy
     Has stage fright.
     Doesn't get angry.
     Went back to 1965 to see his mother in the old people home.
     Catholic.
"So it goes"
     Is used after something bad is said.
Flibbertigibbet
     Excessivley talkative person.
Begins to talk about the war alot.
     Weary.
          would hang out with people dumber than him and then beat them up.
          Served with Billy.
          Asked Billy about getting stabbed with a triangle blade.
The rest of the chapter is about the war and the narrator continues to go back and forth to events that happened in his life.

Schlachthof Eins

Author is the narrator and a character in the book.
"So it goes"
Mustard gas and roses
      It is horrible but good at the same time.
Stays up after his wife is asleep to call ex girlfriends.
The book about war was a fail
The new book will be fun
Puts things together to describe his experiences he has had.
O'Hore wife doesnt like the war because she doesn't want her children to join and die.
 SCHLACHTHOF EINS-Means ones slaughterhouse.

The Great Gatsby Essay

The Great Gatsby

           The Great Gatsby is a story about a rich man named Jay Gatsby and is told by Nick Carraway. Nick Carraway is just like a normal guy and he becomes friends with Gatsby. Nick Carraway functions The Great Gatsby because he tells the story from his point of view on things. Nick also functions the story because he shows us Gatsby's life and if we didn't no his name then the story would be totally different. 

          Nick is telling the story from how he see's it and this is important because it shapes the story. For example Nick explains everything on how it is from his eyes and it would change the story completely if it was told by another character. For example, if Gatsby was telling the story we would see everything from his perspective and the story would change because it would contain different information on other characters and events that happened. 

           Nick also functions the story because he goes into Gatsby's life for us. An example of this is when Nick is invited to Gatsby's party and Nick does not see him. This shows us that Gatsby does not care for his guests and has other important things to do besides mingling with his guest. Another example is when Nick gets Gatsby to explain how he has feelings for Daisy. This allows us to see that Gatsby cares about some one other than himself and that he will do anything for her.

          None of this would make any sense if we new nothing about Nick. This is because we learn about Nick's life as much as Gatsby's life. If we did not no Nick then there would just be a random character in the story. We would also be left out throughout the story because we would get no information on him at all.

          Nick Carraway is a great narrator for this book because he explains the story really well from his point of view. He also shows us how Gatsby lives and how it would be different if we did now know his name.

Short Story The Great Gatsby

Andrew is a boy in high school and he throws the sickest party's. Now he throws party's every week so that way he can impress Andrea. Andrea is very pretty and she used to date Andrew but is now dating Angel. Angel just does his own thing and starts to hang out with Andrew more and more. Andrew invited Angel to his Homecoming after party and it was poppin. Everyone was having a good time but Angel didn't see Andrew the entire night. A week went by and Andrew and Angel became friends and started to hang out everyday. Angel invited Andrea over so that way he could try and hook her up with Andrew and when they met is was really awkward.  A day passed and Andrew had everyone over his house just to chill. Angel then told everyone to go to the beach because it was a nice day. Everyone just went with the flow and went to Avila Beach. Angel and Andrew had some trouble in decided which car to take so they just ended up taking each others. When they got to the beach they is a big party and everyone is having a good time. All of a sudden everyone was screaming because someone got hit by a car. Angel went to go check it out and he discovered that it was his and everybody elses friend, Alex. Some guy told Angel that the truck that hit her was a yellow Chevy. Andrew told Angel that he better get out of town because of what happened and Andrew said that Andrea was the one driving and he would take the blame for her. A couple pf days later Andrew stopped throwing a party and Angel went to go check on Andrew. When he arrived he found Andrew dead in his pool.

The End of Gatsby

Gatsby's funeral.
      Only a handful of people showed up out of everyone he new.
Tom and Daisy moved away and know one knows where they are.
Gatsby wrote a book about self improvements.
Nick runs into Tom in New York.
Tom told Nick that Gatsby deserved to die.

Chapter 7 and 8 The Great Gatsby

Gatsby did not throw a party for the first time in a long time.
Gatsby fired and replaced all of his servants so that way their would be no gossip.
Daisy comes to his house a lot now.
Tom wants to go to town.
Tom thinks that Nick and Jordan think he is dumb.
Wilson wants a car so he can move to the west with his wife.
Tom gave his car to Wilson for free.
      He did this because he knows what it is like to loose some one.
      Diasy.
The heat symbolizes the rising tension that is happening between all of the characters.
Trimalchio threw big parties.
It is Tom's birthday.
Myrtle was hit by a car and was killed.
A Negro citizen said that he saw a yellow car hit her.
Daisy was driving the car.
Gatsby said that he will take the blame for it if he has to.
Nick told Gatsby to leave town.
Gatsby felt married to Gatsby.
Wilson's body was found in the grass.
      The holocaust was complete.
             This may have been a plan by Gatsby to get Daisy somehow. 

Chapter 6 Notes The Great Gatsby

A reporter came to talk to Gatsby out of no where.
James Gatz is Gatsby's real name.
      He changed it when he was 17.
Self' made man.
      Gatsby is becoming anything he wants to be.
Gatsby is said to have lived in a bout and fished.
Ella Kaye came and Cody was inhospitably died a week later.
      Ella Kaye got millions of his money.
      Gatsby got $25,000.
Gatsby wanted to learn more about Tom.
Daisy and Gatsby talk.
      Gatsby is not having a good time because Tom is their.
The Shadows symbolize not knowing.
Tom said that Gatsby is a "Big Bootlegger."
Gatsby is going to make it like the past with Daisy.

Chapter 5 Notes The Great Gatsby

Gatsby was rejected from going out.
Daisy asks Nick if he loves her.
Gatsby is not comfortable in small groups.
      Can't hide and be alone.
Gatsby and Nick talk and leave Daisy alone.
       Nick says that Gatsby is being rude.
       Gatsby is nervous.
Nick entered and Daisy was crying.
Gatsby offered them to come to his house and they came.
Mr. Klipspringer plays the Piano.
Daisy is crying from the beautiful clothes that Gatsby receives for free.
Nick left Gatsby and Daisy alone.

Chapter 4 notes The Great Gatsby

Lists so many names because people want t be individual.
Gatsby car is a rich green color.
Nick thinks that Gatsby is lying because of the way he answered his question.
Gatsby was in the army and received a high ranking award.
      He carries the one from Montenegro and it say "For Valour Extraordinary." on it.
Nick and Gatsby have lunch together.
Dentists fixed the World Series in 1919.
Gatsby bought his house so that way Daisy was across the way.

The Great Gatsby Notes Chapter 3

Nick was invited to the party.
Meets a man who was in the military with him. 
Nick finds out that it is Gatsby.
Gatsby called Mrs. Baker to see him privately.
As they leave someone ran into a ditch.

Essay Brave New Wolrd Reflection

On this essay I feel like I did well because I finished it with time to spare. Another reason is because I feel like I used good examples to support my topic. Something that I could have done better would be to have used one more example in my third or fourth body paragraph. Other than that I believe that I did well on the essay.

Spring Literature Analysis #3

Here is the link to my Prezi.

Spring Literature Analysis #3

Summary Brave New World Chapters 7-10

Bernard and Lenina see an Indian at the reservation and Lenina is in shock at how they live. She wants to take Soma to calm her down but she left it at the house. They also meet an Indian boy named John. The Director stops everyone and announces that Bernard is a betrayer. After Bernard calls Linda in and has her tell everyone that he made her have a baby. The Director left in emberassment.

Maplan

My plan for this project is to do a Prezi. I will make sure that it does not get boring and put a lot of pictures and links so that way when its over there are still things to search.

Vocab Review Mix

In 2056 the national phenomenon Bob Carles died from chronic chest pain says his doctor Big B. Investigators were looking up another alternative as to why he died. They also tried to salvage the scene as much as possible but it was messed up from the paramedics. There was an implication though because the parents had no sentimental feeling when they heard what happened. They were defecting there love for there son. Investigaters later discovered that the killer had an aquaintnence because there were multiple fingers prints and were not the same. But the morality of this is that it was not true and Bob Carles just wanted to see what would happen if he pretended to die.

Josie College

4 year college degree to apply to academy.
Coin3.com
Center box
School password
Ca14510
Search colleges
Big future.org
Find colleges /College search
I'm not sure of what colleges that I want to go to but I want to do something that involves fixings cars or welding. Some challenges that I see going into college is the cost of college. It is not going down and won't. I will do my best to get as many scholarships as possible so I do not have to pay that much.

I am George Bernard Shaw

I am a winner of a Nobel Prize for literature.
I am a respectful man.
I am not in it for the money.
I am intelligent.
I am a free thinker.

Vocab

Chronic-On going.
The old lady had chronic pain.
Sentiment-Feeling
He has no sentiments.

Map 1 Introducing George Bernard Shaw

1. In 1925 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
2.  In 1895 Shaw became a drama critic for the Saturday Review.
3. Wrote over 50 plays. 
4. His play Pygmalion was later made into the film My Fair Lady.
5.  With Sidney and Beatrice Webb, and Graham Wallas, George Bernard Shaw was a co-founder of the London School of Economics.

Spring Literature Analysis # 2

The Chronicles of Narnia the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

General

1. In the beginning the children are forced to go to a professors house because of the war and while their they discover a wardrobe and it has magical powers. When they arrive in the new world they discover that it is Narnia and that they are all kings and queens of Narnia. They also learn that they must help destroy the White Witch with the help of Aslan who is a king of Narnia as well. As the story comes to a close there is an epic battle between the two sides and the Narnian's win the battle. Many years have passed and the kings and queens come to a lap post that looks familiar to them. When they go to get a closer look they discover that it puts them back through the wardrobe and they are little kids once again.

Applied Modernism

Modernism

Modernism is the breaking away from classical tradition of literary forms to something different than anyone has read before in the 1900's. In Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury is a modernism novel because of the vision of the future and the inner self conflict that Montag faces in the story. 

Modernist

My writing in this modern moment would be different from 5 years ago because of the way we use words. Now we have new slave words and back in the day the words we use now are different than what they were 5 years ago.

My Modernist

George Bernard Shaw is the poet that I choose because he cared for woman's rights which shows that he respects women. I would also choose him because when he won the Nobel Prize for literature he did not take the money which shows that he just likes to write.

The First 7 Years

In the beginning of the story I did not think that it was going to be about love. I thought it was going to be about shoes. As the story continued I thought it was interesting because the shoemaker constantly wanted Max to marry his daughter and did not change his mind throughout it. When he has the heart attack I thought that he would keep his word and not go back I work. When he returned and saw the assistant working he had no choice but to accept what was going to happen.

Bob I

 I am going to rank these out of 10. 10 being the best and 0 being unexceptbale.

Spring Vocab # 5

brouhaha-A noisy response. 
The instructor said that his last class was an example of a brouhaha.
cloy-To sicken.

In Mildrid's Parlor

The stage of this is inside Montag and Mildrid's house. Mildrid is with her two friends Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles. Montag just got back from Faber's house and is very antious because he has the poetry book with him. Motag can't help listen to them anymore and opens the book and reads this poem.

The Man

It's hard to describe how I feel right now
I want to explain it but I don't know how
I can't believe its come to this
it's our world, not just his
no matter how hard we try
the man can never hear us cry
we could scream and yell
but he is in his heaven while we're in our hell

The little boy wants his acceptance
but the man keeps his distance
the little boy has so many "whys?"
but the man won't open his eyes

The little girl just wants her dad
but the man doesn't understand
the little girl just wants to be kissed and hugged
but all the man does is shrug

The woman just wants him
But the light is getting dim
She loves him with all her heart
But the man keeps tearing it apart

no matter how hard we try
he can never hear us cry
we could scream and yell
but he is in his heaven while we're in our hell

I want to know one more thing
with my last bit of strength
is this it? Is this the end?

 

I would choose this poem to read because it shows how trapped they are and can;t be heard by anyone. IT also relates to Montag because he can't tell anyone what is going on.

I Am Here

So far for this grading period I have done well. I have been doing well in all of my classes and currently have a 4.0. For my smart goal I said I wanted to get into something involving Engineering but I want to go more into the automotive industry instead. I have been doing that by going to my dad's shop more and learning some new things.

I Can Read

Dr. Seuss Hw Assignment

Essay Postgame Analysis

On this essay I believe that I did very well because I read all of the book and finished with time to spare and I don't usually finish with a lot of time to spare. I believe that I will get an A on this essay because I feel that I dd very well on the essay.

Parlor Poetry

Brandbury used the poem Dover Beach because the poem is sad and talks about how the world is calm and sad.

The Man

It's hard to describe how I feel right now
I want to explain it but I don't know how
I can't believe its come to this
it's our world, not just his

My F451

In the beginning of the story Montag thinks that he is all that and has no problems in his life. This all changes when he meets a girl named Clareese. She starts to make him think about what is really going on and this is what causes Montag to start questioning his way of life. As the story goes on he takes a book from a house and finds out that he has the Bible. He goes to a man called Faber to talk about it and his boss Beatty knows he has the book and gives him 24 hours to burn it. When he doesn't they burn down his house and Montag kills Beatty to escape. As he runs away he looses them and when he does his town is destroyed by a bomb and everyone died but him.

Spring Vocab #2 Vocab (More Words)

Praetorian-Having higher rank.

The Romans are examples of praetorians.

To Modern or Postmodern

If bad writing is boring then it is a description of today's world. If people think the world is stupid then Ellis can write this no problem. Today's times are hard. 
Many authors dont want to fix what is wrong when they write. There is irony in a story of a man in prison. 
As we get older we are scared to be alone. We will do anything just to fit in with everyone else. 
We try to figure out things that can't or shoudn't be figured out.

Spring Vocab #2

Patronage-The power to control appointments.
A Patronage usually is higher in office.

The Time of My Life

Today in class I believe that I used my time very well. I first wrote my journal then studied for my vocab test which I think I did well on. After that I started reading the pages for homework so that way I could get a head start on my homework. As I was reading I was taking active reading notes to help me.

Spring Literature Analysis #1

Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen

General

1.In the beginning Brian is still in the woods and winter is coming fast. He has to learn how to adapt and when winter comes he has his hut made already. He discovers that the rats have a under ground city and he uses that to find his food. Towards the middle he finds moose tracks and kills it and that is his main supply of food for the Winter. He then hears something strange for a couple of days and when he goes to investigate he discovers that it is a family and they had been living there all along without him knowing it.

The Peeved Pedestrian

Ray Brandbury wrote the novel that I am reading to show how we are being controlled by other people and taught to do things in different ways. One literary element is allusion. Allusion is used a lot in this book and an example is when he looks at the grille. This is why we are being taught to do certain things because anything can be in there and we are told that nothing is in vents.

Spring Vocab #1

1.Probaskis-Nose
His probaskis was huge.

2.Pantomime-Using gestures, not speech.
He pantomimed his poem in from of the class.

I'm a Poet and I Know It

This version of the poem is going to be buy Guy Montag. So far he thinks that he is all that because he is a fireman and he is not sure of himself now.

When my day begins I put a smile on my face 
and I want it to be midday.
So I can do what I do best and play baseball
and let everything go away.

I have been playing baseball for ten years
If I can remember 
baseball is apart of me 
and I will keep it forever.

While I am doing work
I am with my friends 
we all do the same thing to 
make sure we win again.

When my practice is over 
it does not stop their on the diamond 
I work day and night 
to do my job like a lion.

When I go to sleep
I want it to be midday
so I can go back to what I do best
which is become better everyday.

Vocabulary Fahrenheit 451

1. Minstrel
2. Waft
3. Faintest
4. Irritable

I'm a poet and I know it.

I can't remember my poem word for word because we turned it in in class so I will try my best to get it as close as I can.

When I wake up I go to school
and can't wait for it to be mid day.
So that way I can play baseball
I would play it everyday.

Fahrenheit 451

1.That books are not allowed.
2. The books found are burned on the spot along with the house that has them.
3. That television destroys reading literature.
4. Some of the characters have books and hide it from others.
5. Montag has a book and must get rid of it in 24 hours or his house will be burned.

Theme For English B 3

Yes,  I do think that I am the person my teacher expects me to be unlike the person in the story because I do my work and will do it to the best that I can. 
Yes, I can be myself when I pursue knowledge in the world.
Some elements that I have to check when I get to school is that I need to focus and not mes around.
I feel to keep family business and personal things private.

SPRING SEMESTER PLAN 1

My plan is to go to a nice college and to just do well in life and be successful. The goal that I am choosing is to become a mechanic.

Spring Post1 Music as Literature

1. Yes, we can consider music to be literature because music is telling a story and has a message in every song. 
2. The internet define literature as written work. In class we said that it was having people coming together to share things.
3. The difference between a novel, song, poem, and rap is not that different from one another. A novel is a long book and a song is another way of telling a story. A poem also tells a story and so does rap. They all share the same thing.