Project Plan

1. Goal: Present a scrapbook full of all my memories, accomplishments, and the people I love.
2. Materials/Resources/Information Required: I need scrapbook materials such as the cheesy quotes, the cute layouts, etc. Pictures of myself and others since I was younger, certificates, and anything else that represents me like songs or anything else like that.
3. Timeline/ Production Schedule: Little by little I´ll be doing a couple pages a day but so far I have gathered almost all the pictures needed.
4. How will you present your finished product to your colleagues: I will present my scrapbook through Prezi and it will contain maybe a couple videos that I have.

Plan for the AP Test

In order to do well on the AP test this semester, I plan on focusing fully on the AP lit terms until I fully know and understand them. I will focus on the definitions and also examples of each words. I also will begin working on the essays and start practicing on writing as well as analyzing any context that is asked to. I will practice each AP practice test at least every other day of the week.

MacBeth Lecture Notes

-MacBeth:

• highly accomplished at the beginning (Ex. Becoming king in Act III)
• loses accomplishment by the end (Ex. losing the throne)

*Indirect characterization: 

• battlefields
• actions

--------->Scene from the porter<---------

-Most compelling character (Macbeth). Tragic Play!

• Esteem of nobles, loving wife, roll of conquest among battle (beginning)
• Macbeth ends up alone, dead wife, no one likes him (end of play)

-The architect of his own destruction.

• He destroys himself while trying to cope with issues.

*Why kill Duncan?

--------> How do you know when you succeeded? MacBeth does not know. (ambitious character flaw)

*Important Lines: Lines 25-28, 48-49 Act I Scene 7

-He is evil! only thinks of the surface impression and not why.

-Witches at beginning of the play were probably clues of what they expected to happen.

-Not a hypocrite!

• But in these cases we still have judgement here.

-Lady MacBeth is evil the whole time!

• animus/anima (May be more masculine than feminine... way of thinking)

-Kills Duncan with his own desire.

• Sees the dagger because of horror----> pulling him towards the murder against his will.

-MacBeth determination: Knows consequences but still does it.

-Lady MacBeth cannot deal and that's what causes her to destroy herself.

• fainting spell
• fretting
• sleepwalking
• commits suicide

-At beginning MacBeth and Lady MacBeth plan together but later MacBeth is left on his own.

Top Three Remixes

Remixes... :)

*The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King 

(http://jpdrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/)

~Jessica Parra

*The Color Purple by Alice Walker

(http://bbrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/)

~Betzy Bras

*The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

(http://mprhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/)

~Miranda Perez

Lit Anal "The Tortilla Curtain" Remixed

Mind Map, Literature Analysis Book Notes

Literature Analysis Notes.

The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
• Delaney Mossbacher-lives in Attoyo Blanco Estates. Shows he’s wealthy (California)
-He hits a Mexican with his car
• Mexicans name-Candido Rincon
-Has a car with bottles and newspapers he was taking to the recycling center
• Use of imagery: “red-flecked eyes, the rictos of the mouth, rotten teeth ad incongruous shock of gray in the heavy black brush of the mustache.”
• Delaney’s thoughts when he hit the Mexican were of his car and insurance.
-Shows how careless he was of hitting a Mexican
• Told his wife no to worry because “it was just a Mexican.”
• Shows how less of feelings he has for Mexicans. Thought of him less of a person and frowns upon him.
• The Mexican did not want to be taken to the hospital-why?
• Candido explains how much pain he is in and explains the details and his point of view of the accident.
• The man just gave him $20
• His wife uses that money to buy supplies to help her husband.
• She tries to sneak away to the labor exchange, but Candido will not let her go.
• He explains his experience of working there: Imagery and time
• From this it shows how they are struggling with their living situations and with money
• Delaney goes to ta meeting to bring up the issue of the coyotes
• Shows how careless and selfish he is also
• Candido ends up working at the labor exchange
• Shows their struggle
• Candido describes his past
• He was successful
• Married “Resurrection” and 20 years old and was old sister to  of his wife now
• She cheats on him and he becomes a drunk: falling point in his life
• America is surprised to see an American woman trying to find work
• This shows much of what the society may be like
• The state of Candidos and America’s struggle was trying to go to the U.S.
• They paid a “coyote” to pass them and once they did a group of Mexicans attacked them and took everything and were sent back to Mexico
• Teenagers destroy the camp they live in
• Delaney and his wife view shows how they are very worried of the smallest things
• Candido and his wife move under an overpass where they are hidden
• He is not able to find a job and they cannot get food: shows how the society is in the struggle for a Mexican
• Candidos wife is pregnant and begins to work as a maid
• Candido also finds himself a job and they begin to do good: Can relate to someone who is struggling
• Delaney’s wife is concerned with how the neighborhood looks with the homeless living under the overpass: shows how looks are important to them
• They move again and live in a cardboard: imagery
• They are not able to find themselves a steady job: Their experience is like a rollercoaster
• There is a flood when Candido goes to look for a job and his wife dies in the flood
• Delaney saves his baby
Literary elements:
• Imagery
• Indirect and Direct characterization
• Hyperboles
• Similes
• Metaphors
 

Socratic Seminar Notes

• Adults can still learn from playing.
• Kids can use their imagination but as adults, your ego seems to grow larger.
• As children, we are fearless to do anything.

*Learning from a mistake may be a good way to learn something.

• Free play makes up your creativity.
• Free play would be just like free learning.
• Play is something you would do with a passion.

Habits:

• Nowadays, nobody really has the guts to ask why so thats why students don't really understand.
• Some students get fed up with school so later they don't want to learn.
• We don't learn what we want to learn

1. How can these concepts enhance your learning as you arrive at a moment when grades no longer matter?
-- In my opinion, these concepts enhance my learning as I arrive at a moment when grades no longer matter because it gives me motivation to learn about something I actually want to learn about. This gives me the opportunity to open up to creativity and do things that I have not experienced with before. This gives me the desire to actually want to learn since I'll be interested in whatever it is that I want to learn about.

2. How can these concepts enhance your ability to master content for the AP exam and other hurdles you have yet to leap?

--

3.How can you use these concepts to collaborate with and inspire others, to improve the information exchange and overall value of your learning network?

--

Remixing Literature Book

Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe

• Dramatic Situation- Narrated by a male and the poem seems to take place in a nature like place.
• Structure of the Poem- The author of the poem lists many reasons to why the girl should be with him. First he begins to try and tell her about how he is hoping she'll come to him so that they will be able to enjoy the beauty of nature together then he begins to try and convince her about his love for her and lastly he says how everyone will welcome her when she receives the love he offers her.
• Theme of the poem- The theme would be "convincing a loved one to love him back" for the reason that throughout the poem that is all he is doing.
• Grammar and Meaning-

A gown made of the finest wool

Which from our pretty lambs we pull;
Images and Figures of Speech- I can feel the love that the author has for her as well as hear everything he is describing to her that they can be doing if she becomes his.
Important Words- 
Then live with me and be my love.
Tone- The tone would be both sincere and passionate towards the woman.
Literary Techniques- 
Apostrophe: 
Come live with me and be my love,
Imagery:
And we will sit upon the rocks, 
Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, 
By shallow rivers to whose falls 
Melodious birds sing madrigals.
 
Sonnet 31 by Sir Philip Sidney
Dramatic Situation- The speaker is only one and he is a male trying to find out if women are the same in the moon.
Structure- The poem by Sidney is structured like a Sonnet and in each part of the poem he asks the moon different questions about women because of a rejection.
Theme of the poem-  The theme of the poem would be love because it is about how he still loves a woman even though she doesn't love him back.
Grammar and Meaning- 

Are beauties there as proud as here they be?
Do they above love to be loved, and yet
Those lovers scorn whom that love doth possess?
Do they call virtue there ungratefulness?
Images and Figures of Speech- The feeling of this poem becomes the depression of the character in it.
Important Words- 

Then, even of fellowship, O Moon, tell me
Is constant love deemed there but want of wit?
Are beauties there as proud as here they be?
Tone- The tone the author has in this poem would be a tone of depression, disappointment, and resentment.
Literary Techniques-
Apostrophe: 
Then, even of fellowship, O Moon, tell me Is constant love deemed there but want of wit? Are beauties there as proud as here they be?
Personification:
That busy archer his sharp arrow tries?




 

Literature Analysis #5

Literature Analysis #5

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

*Briefly summarize the novel you read.

The novel begins with Nick at West Egg in Long Island where all the wealthy people live. He lives next to the most known guy in New York, a guy named Jay Gatsby. Anyways, he goes to see his cousin Daisy, her husband Tom Buchanan, and Jordan. Nick finds Jay Gatsby very interesting when he first sees him, to the point that he really wants to talk to him. He also finds out that Tom has a lover named Myrtle who is married to Wilson. The day comes when he actually does talk to Gatsby and him, Daisy, Tom, and Jordan all begin to hang out more and go to all of Gatsby's parties. Little by little, Gatsby and Nick become really close, so close that he tells him about his love story with Daisy. Daisy and Gatsby have also become so close that it seems like the love they once had for each other is coming back. Tom soon becomes suspicious of their relationship and begins to accuse Gatsby of many things, they get in an argument. Daisy and Gatsby leave and while she's driving she accidentally runs over Myrtle. When Wilson finds out it was Gatsby, he decides to murder him and then kills himself. They make a funeral for Gatsby and then Nick decides to leave West Egg,

*Theme of the novel.

The theme of The Great Gatsby would be impossible love and the ranking of social classes. Impossible love is shown throughout this novel because Gatsby is deeply in love with Daisy but having Tom Buchanan in the way, their love cannot happen. On the other hand, the ranking of social classes is shown because Gatsby lied about his life so that Daisy will fall in love with him all over again and he will be able to meet her parents requirements since before he didn't and Tom did.

*Describe the author's tone.

The author's tone in The Great Gatsby would be a tone of confusion or better said, contradiction. At times Nick will admire Gatsby for all the luxuries he has and for the guy being but at the same time he really doesn't like the way he is a lot of the times and everything he has. Nick really does not know what he thinks of Gatsby.

*Describe five literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthened your understanding of the theme and/or your sense of the tone.
Flashback: The author of the novel tends to alternate the story from present to past and it is an element that strengthens the understanding of the theme because it shows why Gatsby is so in love with Daisy.
Antagonist: Tom Buchanan I would consider to be the antagonist. By him being the antagonist, the theme of the novel is better understood because he is one of the reasons why Gatsby and Daisy are not able to be together which is what Gatsby really wants.
Setting: F. Scott Fitzgerald made this novel take place in West Egg and East Egg so ti strengthen the readers better understanding of the them because each of those places represents two different social statuses in which the characters belong to.
Archetypes: In the novel, Fitzgerald describes Daisy like if she was a young girl while her being an actual mother and Myrtle is more described as an older woman, woman like figure, when she isn't a mother.
Symbolism: The novel has different types of symbolism. One example would be the weather, as the weather changes, the mood of each character seems to change which ends up giving understanding to the authors tone.

Nine Elements of Poetry

Daddy's Poem by Unknown What's the dramatic situation? The poem is told by both female and male by which they both tell a story about a young girl that does not have a father because he passed a way while at work as a fireman. This poem is written in today's world and the speaker seems to be in the classroom with the little girl in the poem. Structure of the Poem: The structure of this poem is written as a story, there are no stanzas, and it just flows. Theme of the poem: The theme of this poem would be 'love'. This poem includes love between a daughter and a father. This love is reflected in the poem because the little girl explains how much she loves her daddy even though he is not physically with her because he is in heaven. Images and Figures of Speech: I can see the mother of the little girl worried as she sees her daughter go up there. I can see all the people talking about her without knowing the truth behind why the little girl's dad could not be there. I can see the little girl up there as she speaks with confidence and all the other people in awes. I can feel the love that this girl has for her father. I can feel her happiness as she talks about how great of a father she has. I can feel my presence there as I am reading the poem. Important words: "Looks like another deadbeat dad, too busy to waste his day." "I love my daddy very much, he's my shining star. And if he could, he'd be here, but heaven's just too far..." Tone: The author of this poem seems to have a very serious poem in which he is trying to send out a message to all the audience. There is no type of humor in this poem whatsoever. He makes all the characters become amazed to what the little girl say as well as the audience too. Literary Techniques: *Apostrophe- '"I know you're with me Daddy,"  to the silence she called out.' *Imagery- 'A room full of daddies and children, all starting to close their eyes. Who knows what they saw before them, who knows what they felt inside. Perhaps for merely a second, they saw him at her side.' *Anaphora- 'Her hair was up in a pony tail, her favorite dress tied with a bow.' *Personification- 'by the love of her shining star' Prosody: This poem rhymes at every other verse and it flows with the uses of different punctuation like semicolons, commas, and even periods.

Paragraphs on AP Intro Essay Exam

1. Write 1-2 paragraphs about the test in which you answer the following questions (you may post to your blog or bring hard copy to class Friday 2.17):

• What was easy/expected?
• What was difficult/unexpected?
• What did you learn about the AP questions?
• What did you learn about your own performance under pressure?
• How will this experience influence your preparation for the actual exam?

The exam taken today I thought was pretty difficult to do. For example the first one with the quote, I did not understand what the quote meant which really made it impossible for me to get the introduction done right. The second question though is the only question that I would say that I'm actually certain about because I did understand the question but the last one was a little iffy. I learned that these AP questions may have really difficult words and that I need to learn how to analyze any quotes given to me until I know exactly what each of them mean so that I will address the prompt accurately. I learned that by being under pressure, I tend to just barely think about what I am going to write and just end up writing whatever comes to my head whether I know it's write or wrong. This experience will help me in the way that I will think more about what I'm going to write rather than just start writing because I noticed that when I just began to write, I had a lot of time left.

A Tale of Two Cities Video Notes

• There was a third city; it was in Manchester.
• Dicken´s in the preface says that he has suffered what he wrote about.
• He feel in love with Ellen, and divorced his wife the following year.
• Ellen was Lucie in A Tale of Two Cities.
• In May of 1858, seperated from his wife Catherine.
• In Nov. established his new journal and later in April established another one.
• In April 30th of 1859 he wrote chapters 1 thorugh 3 of his novel. 
• London became to be an inspiration to Dicken´s.
• In 1844 he visited Paris and made a great impression towards him.
• Paris was of some kind of 900 thousand people at the time.
• At the end of the novel, he reminds readers about the Puritan landscape.
• Dicken´s visited Paris about 15 times during 1844 to 1868.
• A Tale of Two Cities was one of to historical novels that Dickens wrote.
• The novel takes place during the French Revolution and flips back and fourth to England and France.
• Dicken´s was not a revolutionary.
• Doctor Manette is supposed to be recalled to life in the novel.

Literary Techniques in A Tale of Two Cities

*Antithesis: the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas.

Example- In the first sentence of the novel ¨It was the best of times...¨

*Apostrophe: apostrophe is the act of addressing some abstraction or personification that is not physically present.

Example- Mr. Jarvis talks to a ghost in his dream.

*Setting: the locale or period in which the action of a novel, play, film, etc., takes plac
Example- Novel takes place in both England and France. It helps the reader understand the theme. The author chooses to compare the two places.

*Theme: the central message of the writing.
Example- The theme is rebirth because a revolution is taking place and when they happen, the countries are reborn again. ¨Recalled to life¨

*Diction: style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words.
Example- Dicken´s uses words that fit in with the time period they were in.

*Syntax: the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. 

*Symbolism: is when writers use animals, elements, things, places, or colors to represent other things.
Example- Framer and Woodman represent death and fate in the novel.


*Anaphora: a rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses.
Example- At the beginning, Dicken´s repeats the words ¨it was.¨


*Tone: the writer's attitude toward the material and/or readers.
Example- The author´s tone in the novel is dark/gloomy because they are in a bad political/spiritual state.


*Genre: A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
Example- The genre of the novel is historical fiction.


*Dialect: A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
Example- Dicken´s uses words like ¨ain´t¨, ¨hallo¨, and ¨do ya?¨


*Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Example- The wine casket that breaks represents how a war is about to break out and the wine represents all the blood.

Study Questions: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Ch. 1-7

What is the setting at the beginning of this novel?

• The setting at the beginning of the novel would be in London and later in Dover in the year 1775. 

How does Dickens describe England? France?

• England is more of a dark setting with ghosts (the Cock-lane Ghosts) and has more religious people. France is more of a dangerous place where many deaths take place and the guillotine is really popular.

Who is Mr. Jarvis and why is Jerry Cruncher looking for him?

•  Mr. Jarvis is a man who works at Tellson´s Bank and they are looking for him to give him a message in which it tells him to go meet someone at Dover.

Who is Jerry Cruncher?

• Jerry Cruncher is a man who also works at Tellson´s Bank. He is the one who gives Mr. Jarvey the message and then is sent to deliver the reply to the message.

Who is Mr. Jarvis´ companion in Chapter 4?

• Mr. Jarvis´companion is a ghost. While they´re together he begins to tell him that he had been buried for 18 years now, then the Mr. Jarvis replies by saying that he has been ¨recalled to life¨. They begin to talk about a woman in which Mr. Jarvis asks if he wants to see and the ghosts begs to see her.

What did the ghost mean by saying Mr. Jarvis has been ¨buried for 18 years¨?   

• The ghost meant that Mr. Jarvis had been nowhere to find in the past years.

What does it mean to be ¨recalled to life¨?

• The character in the story when he was ¨recalled to life¨ it meant that he was given another chance to live again.

What happened to Lucie when she was a little girl? What happened to her father?

• When Lucie was a little girl, her father went to prison. With her not knowing, she was taken to England while she was living in France.  

How does Dr. Manette react when he is asked if he wants to be ¨recalled to life¨? 

• Dr. Manette reacts with confusion and is caught by surprise. He is unsure if he wants to or not. 

How do Dr. Manette and Lucie react when they see each other?

• At first Dr. Manette is confused and thinks that Lucie is his wife. Lucie tries reminding him that he had a daughter and they both end up getting emotional. 

Literature Analysis #4

Literature Analysis _4

Charles Dickens

The book I will be reading is A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. The meaning of the title of this book is pretty much reflecting what the book is going to be about. This book is about England and France during the French Revolution.

Big Question

introduction

Favorite Poem :)

Daddy's Poem by unknown Her hair was up in a pony tail, her favorite dress tied with a bow. Today was Daddy's Day at school, and she couldn't wait to go. But her mommy tried to tell her, that she probably should stay home. Why the kids might not understand, if she went to school alone. But she was not afraid; she knew just what to say. What to tell her classmates of why he wasn't there today. But still her mother worried, for her to face this day alone. And that was why once again, she tried to keep her daughter home. But the little girl went to school eager to tell them all. About a dad she never sees; a dad who never calls. There were daddies along the wall in back, for everyone to meet. Children squirming impatiently, anxious in their seats One by one the teacher called a student from the class. To introduce their daddy, as seconds slowly passed. At last the teacher called her name, every child turned to stare. Each of them was searching, for a man who wasn't there. "Where's her daddy at?" she heard a boy call out. "She probably doesn't have one," another student dared to shout. And from somewhere near the back, she heard a daddy say, "Looks like another deadbeat dad, too busy to waste his day." The words did not offend her, as she smiled up at her Mom. And looked back at her teacher, who told her to go on. And with hands behind her back, slowly she began to speak. And out from the mouth of a child, came words incredibly unique. "My Daddy couldn't be here, because he lives so far away. But I know he wishes he could be, since this is such a special day. And though you cannot meet him, I wanted you to know. All about my daddy, and how much he loves me so. He loved to tell me stories he taught me to ride my bike. He surprised me with pink roses, and taught me to fly a kite. We used to share fudge sundaes, and ice cream in a cone. And though you cannot see him. I'm not standing here alone. "Cause my daddy's always with me, even though we are apart I know because he told me, he'll forever be in my heart" With that, her little hand reached up, and lay across her chest. Feeling her own heartbeat, beneath her favorite dress. And from somewhere here in the crowd of dads, her mother stood in tears. Proudly watching her daughter, who was wise beyond her years. For she stood up for the love of a man not in her life. Doing what was best for her, doing what was right. And when she dropped her hand back down, staring straight into the crowd. She finished with a voice so soft, but its message clear and loud. "I love my daddy very much, he's my shining star. And if he could, he'd be here, but heaven's just too far You see he was a fireman and died just this past year When airplanes hit the towers and taught Americans to fear. But sometimes when I close my eyes, it's like he never went away." And then she closed her eyes, and she saw him there that day. And to her mothers amazement, she witnessed with surprise A room full of daddies and children, all starting to close their eyes. Who knows what they saw before them, who knows what they felt inside. Perhaps for merely a second, they saw him at her side. "I know you're with me Daddy," to the silence she called out. And what happened next made believers, of those once filled with doubt. Not one in that room could explain it, for each of their eyes had been closed. But there on the desk beside her, was a fragrant long-stemmed pink rose. And a child was blessed, if only for a moment, by the love of her shining star. And given the gift of believing, that heaven is never too far. They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.

Abstract: Big Question

Technology expanded greatly to the point that it has become an important component in everyone’s lives. Whether it is the television, computer, or anything else it is useful and needed in various ways. Technology started off as a danger to many people because  people began losing their jobs but at the same time it was and still remains helpful in society’s lives today. With technology, we are capable of communicating with each other much easier whether the people are close by or far away. Also, we are able to find different answers to any questions we have. It is one thing that allowed households to have electricity all over the world as well as water running. Many buildings or any other structures have been built thanks to technology. It has been something that has pretty much created what the world is like today. Technology is needed to be studied so that in the future, we will know what exactly to expect and so that we will be prepared for it when we get there. I will research this by going through different websites as well as become updated with any technical advances.