Homework: Sept. 28: Romanticism

2) My walk:
    I took a walk around my neighborhood and one of the first things I noticed were how the leaves were beginning to change.  We don't see much of the deep oranges, reds, or yellows here on our trees because of the evergreens and that's something I would definitely want to see more around the fall.  Being outside and paying attention to all the small things I normally wouldn't interest me. Seeing the little kids play in their front yard laughing and running around made me feel blessed at how nice of a place we live in.  Not to crazy and not to quite.  After researching Romanticism it makes sense looking around at everything now and how new authors wanted to bring more life into their literature.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism

-Artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and in most areas was at its peak in the period from 1800 to 1840.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080417110906AA6fv9E 

-Romanticism concentrated on emotion, nature, and the expression of "nothing"  The Romantic area focused on the commonality of humankind. 

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/romanticism-in-literature.html

-Romanticism contradicted beliefs that formed the very foundation of these periods.  Romantic movement focused on human life, relationships, and emotions. 

Conclusion:

Romanticism is from the 18th century and is mainly about emotions, nature, and most of all about life.

Dream Within A Dream

Poe put all his emotions into this poem and it is very heartfelt. I don't really understand fully what he's talking about but I could tell by just reading it that he's putting all of his emotions into it and expressing his feelings through his literature.

Vocabulary Fall List #6

adroit: clever
amicable: friendly
averse: strongly disliking something
belligerent: engaged in war/conflict
benevolent: kind
cursory: careless
duplicity: dishonest
extol: to praise
feasible: easy, convenient
grimace: expression of pain/disgust
holocaust: slaughter in mass numbers
impervious: not allowing fluid to pass through
impetus: energy in which a body moves
jeopardy: danger of failure
meticulous: very careful, neat
nostalgia: fond memories
quintessence: perfect example
retrogress: to go back, worse state
scrutinize: examine closely
tepid: lukewarm

-that adroit fox got away from the hunter
-i like to consider myself very amicable
-i m averse towards drama between girls
-iraq and the us have been belligerent for years
-the benevolent waitress gave us free drinks
-some kids are very cursory when it comes to school
-the duplicity of that woman irks me
-back in the day most people extol the church on a daily basis
-living next to my best friend is very feasible because we hang out everyday
-after eating that raw union my face looked grimace
-the holocaust devastated many people
-cups are impervious thats why we can take them everywhere
-impetus
-i don't want to jeopardize this game by fouling out
-my aunt is the most meticulous person ive ever met
-the nostalgia of my childhood make me want to go back in time
-i retrogress on when my parents split up
-my family always scrutinize me its annoying
-the tepid water was perfect for the babys bath

Notes: Mocking Jay by-Suzanne Collins

In chapter one Katniss everdeen, one of the main characters of the hunger games go back to her home town district 12 after being rescued from one of the head game makers. She looks around trying to remember what's left of the town after the Capitol sent it into flames after bombing it. She then finds a white rose from president snow on her dresser as a message saying "I will find you"

Vocabulary: Fall List #5

1- Allude- to mention, suggest
2- Clairvoyant- seer
3- Conclusive - convincing
4- Disreputable- not respectable
5- Endemic- regularly fond
6- Exemplary- desirable
7- Fathom- understand
8- Guile- sly intelligence
9- Integrity- strong moral principles
10- Itinerary- planned route
11- Misconstrue- explain wrong
12- Obnoxious- unpleasant
13- Placate- make less angry
14- Placid- not easily upset or excited
15- Plagiarism- raking someone's ideas and using them as your own
16- Potent- having great affect
17- Pretext- something put forward to conceal truth
18- Protrude- extend beyond
19-Stark- completely naked
20- Superficial- appearing to be true until examined closer

1- I allude to the teacher a new way of teaching today
2- My friend knew i was at the door, as if it were like he was clairvoyant
3- My mother says i am very conclusive when it comes to getting what i want
4- There's a girl in my class who is disreputable and extremely annoying
5- Strawberries are considered to be an endemic where we live
6- My homework was used as a exemplary to the rest of the class
7- I cant even begin to fathom the amount of math homework i just received
8- Most little kids are very guile.
9- Unlike some people i know, i have integrity
10- Our itinerary for the trip to africa was detailed
11- My opinions were misconstrued
12- My family can be very obnoxious at times
13- When i get in trouble i need to placate my parents
14- My cat is so lazy and placid
15- All teachers forbid plagiarism
16- The smell of that fish is very potent
17- Pretext for an invasion
18- When he fell out of the tree his bone protruded through his leg
19- Toddlers run around stark naked
20- Superficial in the extreme

Laughing Heart: Charles Bukowski

>Its funny because earlier in the year i accidently went onto the AP blog and did this hw already so i didn't even have to look up the poem for the author.  I ended up liking the poem so much i put it on my wall.

1- Poem called "laughing heart" by : Charles Bukowski
2- Ironic because levis is telling you to live your life, but you can only do so in their jeans
3- Reflects greatly on this author because he has had such a rough life and now expresses it in his writing.
4-Googled "levi go forth commercial poem" and then found the poem "laughing heart":charles bukowski.

Post your plan for revision/strategy to your blog:

My plan to revise my essay would be to make it flow better and have a better structurally formed essay.  After seeing the better essays today in class, i have a better idea of what i should be doing.

American Novel

author: Suzanne Collins
book: Mocking Jay

Why i chose this book:

I chose this book because out of all the years i have been reading, Suzanne was the only author to capture my full attention and get my imagination to run wild.  Her books are amazing and full of all sorts of interesting things.

Vocabulary Fall List #4

1)Melancholy: long lasting sadness
2)Exemplary:  model
3)Peculiar:  strange
4)Dread:  fear
5)Bough:  branch
6)Pious:  religious
7)Communion: community
8)Auditor: inspector
9)Multitude:  large number
10)Eloquence:  persuasive speaking, writing
11)Despair:  hopelessness
12)Hoary: grey

1) After the funeral, there was an abundance of melancholy.
2) My science fair project was used as an exemplary for all the classes.
3) There is a very peculiar man that sits across the street from my house.
4) I dread taking teachers tests.
5) A bough is taking up the whole sidewalk due to a storm last night.
6) A pious woman gives advice in church every Sunday.
7) The whole communion got together to search for the missing girl.
8) My mother made an appointment to see her auditor this week.
9) A multitude of bees swarmed the school playground.
10) Many kids use eloquence when trying to get out of trouble.
11) There's deep despair trying to find all the survivors from the crash.
12) My mothers hair is getting hoary due to all the trouble I've gotten into the past month.

Notes: Sept. 6

The Blue Notebook:  When the lights were turned off in the room, the color of this blue notebook definitely changed from a lighter color, to a darker color.  But did it change shades for everyone? Weather or not the color actually changed, its all up to how we each perceive it and how we chose to view it.


The Paper:  The feeling of the paper is soft to me because it's the my body decides to feel it.


Displacement: When you take a character out its natural element, and place them somewhere they don't belong.

My "AHA!" Moment

One of my "AHA!" moments was when dr. Preston described to us how the old man in the forest was presumably "the devil"

Vocabulary Fall list #3

1-Encomium: A speech
2-Coherent: Theory, policy
3-Belabor: Argue, elaborate detail
4-Eschew: Avoid using
5-Acquisitive: Wanting money, material things
6-Emulate: Match
7-Arrogant: Take or claim
8-Banal: Boring
9-Excoriate: Criticize
10-Congeal: Solidify
11-Carping: Critical
12-Substantiate: Provide evidence to prove the truth
13-Temporize: Avoid making decision
14-Largess: Giving money or gifts, generous
15-Tenable: Maintained or defended
16-Insatiable: Impossible to satisfy
17-Reconnaissance: Observation, research
18-Germane: Not relevant
19-Ramify: Spread, branch out
20-Intransigent: Stubborn
21-Taciturn: Uncommunicative
22-Invidious: To get others mad

1- An encomium was given today at the school gymnasium.
2- We still listen to Einsteins coherent till this day.
3- Never belabor with your parents.
4- I eschew my phone in class.
5- There will always be acquisitive people.
6- The students try to emulate their previous lab.
7- Some sports players are arrogant in what they to.
8- Most of my classes are very banal.
9- People excoriate my artwork.
10- The ice will congeal in the freezer.
11- The man was in carping condition.
12- The police had to come up with substantiate evidence to prove him guilty.
13- Some students temporize on doing their homework.
14- Santa Claus is very largess.
15- The wild fire was tenable.
16- My mother is insatiable.
17- Our lab group does some serious reconnaissance.
18- That statement was germane to our conversation.
19- My parents are starting to feel like I'm really ramifying.
20- My grandpa is very intransigent.
21- My parents say me and my brother are very taciturn.
22- I'm very invidious to my siblings.

Symbolism in Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"

1) Faith's pink ribbons: a symbol of her innocence.
2) The staff: was a symbol of how the old man in the woods tempted Goodman Brown
3) The forest: in a way was a symbol of hell.  A place where no one wanted to go and explore.
4) The old man: He symbolized the devil and evil temptation when luring Goodman Brown into the forest
5) The voices in the forest: Made him think his wife, Faith, was going to the dark side.