Sample Poetry Project

This poetry project is an excellent example for you all. Please check it out!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByORQRNqGS0sbzhxZ21QOXhGd28/edit?usp=sharing

YOUR POETRY PROJECT NEEDS TO BE PRINTED OUT AND BROUGHT TO CLASS ON FRIDAY OR ELSE IT IS LATE!!!!

Final Exam

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByORQRNqGS0scnRsY2NPdXFmNWs/edit?usp=sharing

Narrative poem due Wednesday

We read: The Bridegroom by Pushkin.

Write a narrative poem of 10 lines (min.) for Wednesday.

A narrative poem:
1. Tells a story (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion)
2. Includes dialogue

Beneath the narrative write three responses: three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least 3 in your poem; one hyperbole and one oxymoron), and three sentences about narrative form (or the form you chose to use/adapt if you did not follow the conventional structure).  Make sure to include three vocabulary words from Unit 14 either in your poem and/or in your responses.

SSR Summary

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByORQRNqGS0sR2NKVlpsR0FYa28/edit?usp=sharing

Write a couplet for Friday.

A couplet is a pair of lines of meter in poetry. It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter.  The poem should be at least 10 lines long and establish a clear end rhyme scheme.

Beneath the poem write three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least three poetic devices in your poem: ONE MUST BE CONSONANCE AND THE OTHER MUST BE ALLUSION!), and three sentences about the specific form you chose and how the form does or does not follow all of the "rules" of the form.  Incorporate at least three vocabulary words from Unit 14.

Example Couplet:

Choosing The Road of Life

As we travel over different roads 9

Each deciphering our own code 8

I believe we will reach an end 8

Each of us with our secret blend 8

Every piece of our life has meaning 9

Some of us have done more leaning 8

Others become one to lean on 8

Every one of us would be strong 8

Else the world will fall like dominoes 9

like feet that tip without their toes 8

Reach the road that’s right for you 7

Not what others say to do 7

Become the sun with light and power 9

still dependent like the flower 8

We travel over different roads 8

each deciphering our own code 8 

Write an Ode for Wednesday.

Ode  - a celebratory poem pays homage, respect, or praise to what the poet holds dear, another person, place, abstract idea etc.

Write a 10 line (minimum) ode. Beneath the ode write three responses: three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least 3 in your poem), and three sentences about ode form (or the form you chose to use/adapt if you did not follow the conventional structure).  Make sure to include three vocabulary words from Unit 14 either in your poem and/or in your responses.

Use one example of assonance and one example of alliteration.

Write a concrete poem for Friday.

Concrete poetry or shape poetry is poetry where the physical shape of the poem represents the subject of the poem.

Compose 1 (minimum 10 lines) concrete poem for Friday.  Beneath the concrete poem write three responses: three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices BE SPECIFIC (include at least 3 in your poem on poetic device MUST BE ONOMATOPOEIA), and three sentences about concrete form (or the form you chose to use/adapt if you did not follow the conventional structure).  Make sure to include and underline three vocabulary words from Unit 14 either in your poem and/or in your responses.

Independent Reading Blog. Remember SSR is due Tuesday, June 10.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jhdh6_9pq2pNRwGZSxMQSHE0kuMubn74CR6bhAHkgxg/edit?usp=sharing

Write a free verse poem on a separate sheet of paper for Wednesday. READ ALL OF THE DIRECTIONS!

Harlem
BY LANGSTON HUGHES
What happens to a dream deferred?

      Does it dry up
      like a raisin in the sun?
      Or fester like a sore—
      And then run?
      Does it stink like rotten meat?
      Or crust and sugar over—
      like a syrupy sweet?

      Maybe it just sags
      like a heavy load.

      Or does it explode?


Langston Hughes, “Harlem” from Collected Poems. Copyright © 1994 by The Estate of Langston Hughes. Reprinted with the permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated.

Free verse is an open form (see Poetry analysis) of poetry that does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech. Although free verse requires no meter, rhyme, or other traditional poetic techniques, a poet can still use them to create some sense of structure. Much pattern and discipline is to be found in free verse: the internal pattern of sounds, the choice of exact words, and the effect of associations give free verse its beauty.

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

Write a free verse poem of at least 10 lines on the theme of dreams.  Beneath the poem write three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least 3 poetic devices in your poem: ONE MUST BE IMAGERY AND THE OTHER MUST BE ONOMATOPOEIA! You may not use simile, metaphor, personification, symbolism, end rhyme, masculine rhyme, or feminine rhyme as well), and three sentences about the specific form you chose and how the form does or does not follow all of the "rules" of the form.  Incorporate at least three vocabulary words from Unit 13/14.

Do not forget to turn in your blog tomorrow!!!

Unit 14 Vocabulary: #1-10 due Tuesday, May 27; #11-20 due Thursday, May 29. Vocabulary Quiz Tuesday, June 3.

#1-10
annex, cleave, cordial, cornerstone, debacle, devitalize, embroil, exonerate, glib, haphazard.

#11-20
improvise, incite, influx, pallor, pedigree, precipitous, profuse, reconcile, shackle, threadbare.

Limerick: Poem #3. Due Friday, May 23.

Limerick-a short, humorous, five-line poem which follows a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA) and has 8-12 syllables in lines 1, 2 and 5 and 4-8 syllables in lines 3 and 4.

Limericks are meant to be funny. USE END RHYME AND FEMININE RHYME! The last line of a good limerick contains the PUNCH LINE or "heart of the joke."


A flea and a fly in a flue

Were caught, so what could they do?

Said the fly, "Let us flee."

"Let us fly," said the flea.

So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

-Anonymous

You will soon hear the distinctive beat pattern of all limericks. The rhythm is just as important in a limerick as the rhyme. Try completing this limerick.

There once was a pauper named Meg

Who accidentally broke her _______. (leg)

She slipped on the ______. (ice)

Not once, but thrice

Take no pity on her, I __________. (beg)

Compose a limerick for FRIDAY.  Beneath the limerick write three responses: three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices BE SPECIFIC (include at least 2 in your poem, one end rhyme and one feminine rhyme), and three sentences about limerick form (or the form you chose to use/adapt if you did not follow the conventional structure).

Ballad Due Monday, May 19.

Your ballad should have a minimum of 14 lines and it should include the following three forms/rules:

1. Refrain/chorus (a part that repeats at least 2 times)      
2. song-like

Ballad- A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain
REMEMBER IF YOU SING YOUR BALLAD (and set it to music) YOU GET A FREE JOURNAL!

Yeah, well, well, well
Yeah, yeah, hey, hey

Driftin' on a memory
Ain't no place I'd rather be
Then with you, yeah
Lovin' you, well, well, well

Day will make a way for night
All we'll need is candle lights
And a song, yeah
Soft and long, well

Glad to be here alone
With a lover unlike no other
Sad to see a new horizon
Slowly comin' into view, yeah

I wanna be living for the love of you
Ah, yes I am
All that I'm giving is for the love of you
Alright now

Lovely as a ray of sun
That touches me when the mornin' comes
Feels good to me, yeah
My love and me, well

Smoother than a gentle breeze
Flowin' through my mind with ease
Soft as can be, well
When you're lovin' me
When you're lovin' me

Love to be right in the waves
Of your love enchanted with a touch
And it seems to me
We could sail together
In and out of mystery

Well, I wanna be living, for the love of you
Alright now
All that I'm giving, is for the love of you
You got me, girl

I wanna be living, for the love of you
Alright now
All that I'm giving, givin' is for the love of you
Oh, yes I am

Paradise I have within
Can't feel insecure again
You're the key
Well, and this I see
Oh, I see

Now and then I lose my way
Using words that try to say
What I feel, yeah, love is real
Oh, love is real

I might as well sign my name
On a card which could say it better
Time will tell 'cause it seems
That I done just about all that I can do

I know that I'm livin', for the love of you
Oh, yes I am
I know that I'm livin', for the love, love of you
Every, everyday I, livin', for the love of you

I'm living, for the love
Each and every day, oh yes I do
I'm gonna say it one more time

Said, "I'm living, for the love
Each and every day, oh"
Lord, Lord knows I am right, right now
Said that, "I'm livin' for the love"

The Isley Brothers. "Living for the Love of You."  12/5/2014. <http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics
        /isleybrothers/fortheloveofyou.html>.

Haiku due Monday, May 12.

In your journal create a haiku poem. A haiku is a three line poem. Line one has 5 syllables.  Line two has 7 syllables. Line three has 5 syllables.

Lines one and three should contain an exact rhyme...

Perfect rhyme — also called full rhyme, exact rhyme,^[1] or true rhyme — is a form of rhyme between two words or phrases, satisfying the following conditions:^[2][3]

• The stressed vowel sound in both words must be identical, as well as any subsequent sounds. For example "sky" and "high"; "skylight" and "highlight".
• The articulation that precedes the vowel sound must differ. For example, "green" and "spleen" is a perfect rhyme, while "leave" and "believe" is not.

"Perfect rhyme." Wikipedia.org 09/05/2014.  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_rhyme>.

Lines 1 and 3 should have a slant rhyme with line 2...

Half rhyme or slant rhyme, sometimes called near-rhyme or lazy rhyme, is a type of rhyme formed by words with similar but not identical sounds. In most instances, either the vowel segments are different while the consonants are identical, or vice versa.

"Half rhyme." Wikipedia.org. 09/05/2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_rhyme>.

Sample:

Dark tower, my mind
I climb to peaks of ivory
In you, peace I find. 

Here mind and find have the same stresses and sounds (perfect rhyme) and they share the "I" sound in "ivory" with the "I" sound in "mind" and "find" (slant rhyme). 

Journal #3 Understanding of LOTF

Write a personal quote that represents a general truth that you've gleaned from The Lord of The Flies.  Write a 3/4 page journal that explains your quote and include 3 vocabulary words from Unit 13.


My example:
"A man who speaks for the people will be hated by the people."

This represents how both Ralph and Piggy wanted what was best for the boys, they wanted them to be rescued, but the boys chose rebelling, hunting, and fighting, rather than working together in unity. Ultimately, both of these leaders were hated by the group and the group sought to kill them because they were envious of Ralph and Piggy's authority. ..... (3/4 page).

Finish reading LOTF. I will collect your questions and vocabulary on Monday.

Chapter 12 is long. Read pages 263-291.  Answer questions #10-18.

Below is the link to the vocabulary (if you can't find it)

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByORQRNqGS0sbzU1UEpLMnRBdXc/edit

Johnny, sorry it took so long to post.

Read Lord of the Flies chapter 11 and answer questions #1-9 from the Socratic Seminar page in your packet. Make sure to follow directions and use TEXTUAL EVIDENCE (page numbers and quotes)

Unit 13 Vocabulary #1-10 due Tuesday, May 6, #11-20 Thursday, May 8. Vocabulary Quiz Tuesday, May 13.

#1-10

ad infinitum, apportion, bona fide, buoyant, clique, concede, congenial, lofty, migration, perceive

#11-20

perverse, prelude, rancid, rustic, sever, sordid, untenable, versatile, vindicate, wane

HOMEWORK DUE: TUESDAY, APRIL 22

Create a 2 minute video of your Easter break.  Be as creative as possible.

Read Lord of the Flies, Chapter 10, pages 222-242. Then answer the specific assignments related to your literature circle task (summarizer, illustrator, director, connector)

Literary Analysis (aka book report) due Friday, May 30.

                                           

Literary Analysis

YOU MAY NOT MERELY SUMMARIZE THE BOOK. YOU WILL RECEIVE A “0” if you write a summary.  This is the last part of your SSR grade. You must choose one of the following topics and defend/support your thesis by providing thorough analysis of TEXT FROM THE BOOK!

The topics you can choose from are the following (circle ONE):

TOPIC 1:  Often characters show love and compassion towards others.  Analyze the compassionate actions of one or two characters.  What is the author suggesting we do differently in our own lives by following these examples?

TOPIC 2: Motifs play a significant role in books.  Choose one motif, discuss how it’s used to create meaning, and analyze the author’s purpose for using it.

TOPIC 3: Trace the change and transformation one of the main characters.  What are we supposed to learn about life from this character?

TOPIC 4: There are moments of sacrifice in most novels. Analyze moments of sacrifice and discuss what we are supposed to learn about life from these examples?

REQUIREMENTS:

-          your typed literary analysis should be between  2.5-4 pages; you can’t do this well in less than that

-          Manuscript Rules – look at the rubric to format your document using Word. I will review formatting in class.

-          this will be written in 3rd person so using personal pronouns (he, she) to refer to characters is acceptable

-          FOR THIS PAPER DO NOT use “I” and DO NOT use “YOU/YOUR”

-          Since this is a formal essay, DO NOT use contractions – they are informal

-          write in the present tense and be consistent about it; characters in novels are considered living, breathing human beings

-          5 quotations (w/citations) from the novel (for maximum points).  Quotations should support your thesis.

SCORING: (100 pts. for the Final Draft)

DUE DATE: No later than: Friday, May 30 at the beginning of the period. 

NOTES ABOUT THESIS STATEMENTS

Keep these things in mind when writing a thesis statement:

1.                 A thesis is NOT the whole essay; a thesis is the main idea, often expressed in a single sentence. 

2.                 A thesis can also be thought of as the main argument of your paper

3.                 A thesis should NOT be a laundry list of your main points

4.                 It should merely set up the topic and give any general information the listener needs to know. 

5.                 Every topic paragraph should clearly support your thesis – create strong links that return to what you are explaining throughout your paper.

There are three kinds of thesis statements:

           

1. SIMPLE: Usually more descriptive and generic in nature

SPECIFIC SUBJECT + SPECIFIC FEELING[S]/FEATURES[s] = THESIS

EXAMPLES:

·           The history of the United States is dominated by lust for money, possessions, and power.

·       Unexpecting, average people like Mrs. Dubose, Atticus Finch, and Link Deas all show the real meaning of courage without the supernatural powers or fancy costumes throughout the novel.

2. INTERMEDIATE: Usually more complex; addresses the larger message/call to action

AUTHOR + VERB + CHARACTER/SYMBOL/THEME/DEVICE/ETC. + PICK FROM BELOW + POINT

to discuss, in order to, to examine, to relate, concentrates on, to trace,

to see if, to show [shows,] to prove [proves,] to determine, to explain,

to argue [argues,] to persuade [persuades]

EXAMPLES:

·         Harper Lee uses references to flowers as a symbol to prove that in times of despair one can always find beauty.

·         Harper Lee illustrates the theme of childhood innocence through her young characters to represent the fact that things are not always as clear as they may seem to be.

       3. ADVANCED: This developed thesis includes contrast and may use words like therefore or although. With this type of thesis sentence, you will want to include the part and whole.

EXAMPLES:

• Though many people wait for an extraordinary person to stop injustice, Lee passionately argues it is the courageous acts of average people that change society for the better.
• Ralph’s inability to lead exposes man’s inherent evil nature in the face of adversity.

Literary Analysis   RUBRIC

Formatting: Presentation

Manuscript Rules:

name, course & class period, date, the first line, upper left corner (double spaced)

all margins set at 1 inch

there is a creative title, centered, w/blank line above and below

capitalize 1^st, last, and all important words in title

title is not larger or in bold, underlined, no quotes, all caps., etc.

essay is double-spaced; no extra space between paragraphs

Times New Roman 12 pt. font for all text including title and heading

paragraphs are indented; 1 tab

page numbering

name (header) at the top of each page

5              all manuscript rules were followed (10)

4              one or two errors with manuscript rules (8-9)

3              a few errors with manuscript rules (7)

2              several errors with manuscript rules (6)

1              many errors with manuscript rules

 

Formatting: Research Skills

Proper Citation: (Hugo 38). – unless name is mentioned in intro. then use (38).

Passages that appear in Literary Analysis text as less than 4 complete lines:

Introduced with a comma

enclosed in quotation marks

followed by proper citation (as above)

Passages that appear in Literary Analysis text as 4 complete lines are more:

                Introduced with a colon

                NO quotation marks (unless you’re quoting dialogue then use single quotation marks)      

Double indented & single-spaced

                Followed by proper citation (as above)

5              ALL evidence is properly documented, spaced, punctuated, etc.

4              MOST of the evidence is properly documented, spaced, punctuated, etc.

3              SOME of the evidence is properly documented, spaced, punctuated, etc.

2              FEW pieces of the evidence are properly documented, spaced, punctuated, etc.

1              LESS THAN 3 pieces of evidence are properly documented, spaced, punctuated, etc.

Conventions

10            spelling, capitalization, punctuation are correct

                grammar and usage are correct

8              spelling, capitalization, punctuation are mostly correct

                minor errors with grammar and usage

6              several errors with spelling, capitalization, punctuation

                some grammar and usage errors are repeated in a few places

3              spelling, capitalization, punctuation errors occur often but the message remains clear

                many grammar and usage errors but the message remains clear

                some fragments & run-ons present

1              spelling, capitalization, punctuation errors occur often and interfere with the writer’s message

                grammar and usage errors occur often and distract from meaning

                many fragments & run-ons present

Content: Ideas/Support

20            5 effective/purposeful quotations are included

All integrated well and thoroughly analyzed and linked to the topic/thesis

16            4 effective/purposeful quotations are included – 1 may be ineffective

Most integrated well and thoroughly analyzed and linked to the topic/thesis

12            3 effective/purposeful quotations are included – 2 may be ineffective

Some integrated well and thoroughly analyzed and linked to the topic/thesis

8              3 effective/purposeful quotations are included –

Few integrated well and thoroughly analyzed and linked to the topic/thesis

4              2 or less effective/purposeful quotes are included –

2 or less integrated well and thoroughly analyzed and/or linked to the topic/thesis

Content: Organization

10            well-written introduction, including an opener and thesis statement adequately introduces the essay

                ALL topic sentences help to introduce/transition each body paragraph and refer back to the thesis

All  body paragraphs end with some type of clincher that analyzes the support & links back to thesis

well-written conclusion that leaves the reader with something to think about

                evidence of smooth, effective transitions between sentences, paragraphs, and ideas

8              introduction, including an opener and thesis statement clearly introduces the essay; may be awkward

                ALL topic sentences help to introduce/transition each body paragraph and refer back to the thesis - one may be awkward

All 3 body paragraphs end with some type of clincher that analyzes the support & links back to thesis; one may be awkward

conclusion attempts to leave the reader with something to think about

                a variety of transitions exist in and between paragraphs; pacing is developing

6              introduction introduces the essay; may be missing a component or unclear, or thesis may be more than one sentence

                MOST topic sentences help to introduce/transition each body paragraph and refer back to the thesis - one missing or

may not link back to the thesis

MOST body paragraphs end with some type of clincher that analyzes the support & links back to thesis; one missing

or may not link back to thesis

conclusion concludes the essay; may be missing a component, unclear/awkwardly written, or may not indicate a deeper meaning

                the transitions sometimes work

3              introduction is attempted but may need a lot of work

                A topic sentence helps to introduce/transition one body paragraph and refers back to the thesis; two may be missing or may

not link back to the thesis

A body paragraph ends with some type of clincher that analyzes the support & links back to thesis; two may be missing or

may not link back to thesis

conclusion is present but needs a lot of work

                missing or unclear transitions force the reader to make giant leaps

1              no introduction or no thesis statement

                no topic sentences are present to introduce body paragraphs or no topic sentences refer back to the thesis

no body paragraphs end with a clincher  or none of the clinchers link back to thesis

no conclusion

no transitions

Total ______/ 50 x 2=

                                                     

 Sample Book Report

 (does not include a header with page #'s, your report needs a header with page #'s)

Ms. Student

Mr. Scandrett

English 12^th

May 13, 2012

Fatalism in Slaughterhouse-Five

            The events that happen in our life are all the effects of the choices that we make. One can choose to do something and this choice will affect the course of their life. Everything in life has been established and people simply choose a path that they wish to follow. There are many outcomes from a choice that one makes, but only one course will occur. Despite all these choices that we make there is one inevitable thing that we can never change and its death. The novel “Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut, tells the reader that in order to face death one must embrace fatalism.       

            “Slaughterhouse-Five” relates the entire life of Billy Pilgrim. He is a normal man that amazingly has the ability to time travel. He jumps to different moments in his life and has no control over this extraordinary ability. The wonders of his life are not limited to time traveling. He is abducted by aliens and taken to their planet, Trafalmadore, where he learns a whole new philosophy on time and death. This philosophy eventually helps Billy cope with life after the devastating fire-bombing of Dresden, where tens of thousands of people died. In this novel, Billy learns how to embrace fatalism and accept his death without remorse. His acceptance of this new philosophy is seen through the following quote “I Billy Pilgrim, the tape begins, will die, have died and always will die on February 13, 1976” (70). He then proceeds to describe other details of his death.  Even though he knows how and when his death takes place he makes no attempt to prevent it. Billy Pilgrim learns through his experience that fatalism is inevitable. 

            A major plot of this novel is the firebombing of Dresden. The reader would expect to have some sort of hero in the story. On the contrary the reader is presented with Billy Pilgrim. He is weak, fearful, incompetent and shy. He is a weak character in mind and in body. In attempt to teach him how to swim his father throws him into a pool but Billy prefers to sink rather than swim, revealing his weak character and mind; he makes no attempt to even try to swim (43). He is weak in body that he is described as a filthy flamingo (33). “Saved your life again...Weary said to Billy […] It was absolutely necessary that cruelty be used because Billy would not do anything to save himself. Billy wanted to quit” (34).  Through this quote one can see how weak in mind and body Billy is. Billy did not have enough will power to continue on with the hardships presented to him. He needed a constant force to push him to try and work harder. The novel presents the reader with a weak character with a purpose. This reveals how even the weakest person can eventually face death. 

            The novel is written in a very unique manner. It has no regard for chronological order; there is no linear progression. Everything is presented as a whole. Regardless of the fragmented format Billy Pilgrim's life the book still ends the same way and fulfills its purpose. This reveals that everything is already planned and chronological order has no effect on how things result. In the beginning of the novel the ending is revealed to the reader. “It ends like this: Poo-tee-weet” (22)?  This shows that regardless of the events that take place, the end of the novel will end the same way. The ending of the novel has been set and nothing can change it. The following quote, “He came slightly unstuck  in time, saw the late movies backwards, then forwards again. It was a movie about American bombers in Second World War and the gallant man who flew it”  (74). proves that the order in which events happen have no influence on the bigger occurrences. No matter how Billy Pilgrim views the movie, the purpose of the movie was to show the war to its viewers.

            The war in the novel symbolizes death and the inevitability of change. Billy Pilgrim had no choice but to go to war. “The bombing of Dresden was a great tragedy none can deny […] ponder on the fate of Dresden, where 135,000 people died as the result of an attack with conventional weapons” (93). This quote shows us a part of the war and the number of casualties from the bombing. This event is something that nobody had the power to change. As much as people disagree with it, it still happened. The war represents the events in life that are inevitable. Despite the efforts that people make, the war was still bound to happen. At first Billy Pilgrim tried to avoid and even escape, but as he time traveled and spent time with the Trafalmadorians he learned that change was inevitable. Billy does not know why there must be such atrocious disaster, but he still makes no objections to it, revealing his acceptance of the things that happen.

            Another symbol in the novel are the horses. “[…] that the horses' mouths were bleeding, gashed by bits, that the horses' hooves were broken, so that every step meant agony, that the horses were insane with thirst. The Americans treated their form of transportation as though it were no more sensitive than a six-cylinder Chevrolet” (96). The horses represent how people embrace fatalism. The horses were in terrible pain from the way they were treated yet they simply fulfilled their purpose as means of transportation. They accepted the pain and the suffering that they were going through. Billy Pilgrim had no idea why the war had to take place; he simply obeyed the commands that he was told just like the horses did what they were ordered to do. Billy learned to accept the war as it was without complaining or questioning it. The same way, the horses simply accepted the pain that they were going through. People must simply accept the circumstances because anything that they do to try to change the events will be useless. 

            The prayer on Montana Widhack's, a mistress of Billy on the Trafalmadorian planet, locket is another example of symbolism. It said the following “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” (102). This reveals that people want to have the chance to choose their fate and take control over their lives. Although people want to be able to take control they cannot. Every choice that they make has already been decided for them, it is not a choice, and the choice that people make is just an illusion.

            The phrase “Poo-tee-weet” (105)?  is the last phrase in the book. It symbolizes the end of life, a fate that everyone has. It represents the speechlessness of the people. There is nothing interesting or good to say about war and all negative talk about war is also useless. It will not change anything, because the war has already been destined to happen. “We know how the Universe ends  […] A Trafalmadorian test pilot presses a starter button, and the whole Universe disappears.  […] He has always pressed it, and he always will. We always let him and we always will let him. The moment is structured that way” (57).  The Trafalmadorians know that it is not possible to prevent the destruction of the Universe so they simply allow this course of action to happen. The death of everything is certain so there is no point stopping it from happening. No one can completely understand death. Despite the many encounters with death, Billy still cannot fully understand why it happens. Billy only faces death after he's been in Trafalmadore and learned their philosophy on time and death.

            The death of many characters in the book is ironic. “He […] drafted for military service in the Second World War. His father died in a hunting accident”  (24). This passage shows death of Billy Pilgrim's father is ironic, because he is shot during a hunting trip.  His father is the predator during this hunting trip but he ends up dying.  Billy is overcoming the death of a loved one while at war. He has to kill in order to survive but is also hurt by the death of his father. This irony shows that nobody has control of what happens to them. Billy did not have any control over what happened to him and fate took him to war right after his father dies. Another ironic thing that occurs is that Billy Pilgrim survives the war, despite his weakness. Billy survives the war by taking refuge in a meat house. The location in which he takes refuge is a place where killing and death also take place and this is the place where he finds safety. His survival reveals that fate had other things planned for him. He survived the war to tell other people about his adventure in Trafalmadore. Through the ironies in the death of the characters, it is revealed that no one has the ability to change anything. 

            The acceptance of death throughout the book is shown through the phrase “so it goes” This phrase is mentioned after every death in the story. “There used to be a dog Spot, but he died. So it goes” (32).  “There were hundreds of corpse mines operating by and by.  […] But then the bodies rotted and liquefied, and the stink was like roses and mustard gas. So it goes” (105). These two passages show the all the deaths in the novel were considered equal, whether it was a natural death, an accidental or an intentional death. This phrase allows the reader to accept the death as something unavoidable and as something normal. At the same time though the repetition of the phrase allows the reader to see all the death that occurs and the inevitability of death. 

            Through Billy Pilgrim and his experience in the war and in Trafalmadore the reader can see that everything in life has been predestined and one must accept the fact that nothing can be changed. Since everything has been predestined, then death is simply another part of life. Billy Pilgrim comes to realize this which is why he is at peace. He faces death and makes no attempt to change it. Once a person realizes that they can do nothing to change the events that are to happen, they will also be able to accept death much more easily.

Homework due Monday, March 31. Read the rest of Chapter 8 (pages 184-207) and finish comprehension questions for Chapter 8.

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Read pages 172-183 of Lord of the Flies (finish Chapter 7 and starting Chapter 8)

Answer comprehension questions 15 and 16 in chapter 7 and comprehension questions 1-4 in chapter 8. DUE FRIDAY!!!

 DON'T FORGET tomorrow (Thursday)
1. Summary Blog
2. QIR Blog #3
3. Vocabulary Unit 12 #11-20

Read pages 156-171 and answer comprehension questions #1-14

Unit 12 Vocabulary: #1-10 due Tuesday, March 18; #11-20 due Thursday, March 20; Quiz on Tuesday March 25.

# 1-10 appreciable, autocratic, blanch, blasphemy, brawny, concerted, contend, humane, illustrious, intolerable.

# 11-20 irreverent, laborious, lithe, maltreat, ponder, subversive, synthetic, temperate, venomous, wily. 

Read Chapter 6 pages 135-155. Answer comprehension classes #1-14 for chapter 6.

Faith Experience PPT

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Homework for the weekend: None.

Read your SSR book and don't forget to study for your Unit 11 vocabulary quiz on Tuesday.

QIR Blog

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Unit 11 Vocabulary: #1-10 due Tuesday, March 4; #11-20 due Thursday, March 6; Quiz on Tuesday March 11.

#1-10
brevity, comport, concise, demure, depreciation, deteriorate, divulge, enlightened, forestall, garble.

#11-20
proponent, quaver, recoil, recoup, reek, relentless, rivulet, squander, staccato, statute.

Homework due Monday

Read pages 126-134

Answer comprehension questions #14-20

I will collect ALL OF YOUR WORK on Monday.

Homework due Friday

Read pages 107-125 for Friday.  Answer Comprehension Questions #1-13.

I will collect your quote analysis on Friday and all of the rest of your work will be collected on Monday.

Homework due Monday

Read pages 94-106

1. Journal: What changed between Jack and Ralph? Describe the group dynamic.  Describe Piggy's breaking of the glasses? What does this symbolize?

2. Complete Comprehension Questions for Chapter 4 #13-24.

3. Finish vocabulary for Chapter 4.

Requirements: 1/2 page journal, 3 underlined vocabulary words, 3 quotes from Chapter 4 (with page number included).

Homework due Wednesday

"They became accustomed to these mysteries and ignored them, just as they ignored the miraculous, throbbing stars."

Read pages 80-93

1. Journal
Describe the setting at the beach. How do the boys interact?  What do their interactions imply about their unity or companionship?

Requirements: 1/2 page journal, 3 underlined vocabulary words, 3 quotes from Chapter 4 (with page number included).

2. Comprehension Questions #1-13
Answer in complete sentences

Homework due Friday!

Complete following in the character pages for Ralph, Jack, Piggy, and Simon.

Age, Appearance, Title (i.e. leader of the hunters), Basic Beliefs, and 1 important quotation to show his CHARACTERISTICS.

Read pages 71-80 and be prepared for a short quiz on Friday!  If you complete your Comprehension questions for chapter 2 (optional) this will GREATLY assist you on your quiz.

Unit 10 Vocabulary: #1-10 due Tuesday, February 18, #11-20 due Thursday, February 20, and Vocabulary Quiz is Tuesday February 25.

#1-10

Adept, aspire, bleak, chide, despicable, diminutive, emancipate, erroneous, exploit, extemporaneous.

#11-20

impair, invincible, languid, mire, obtrusive, preamble, render, rugged, skeptical, slipshod.

Journal 2: On an Island Alone

There aren‘t any grownups; we‘ll have to look after ourselves.– Ralph

Read pages 65-70.  Write a 3/4 page journal analyzes the difficulties the boys face in order to survive.  Use three quotes from the text to support your answer (with page numbers).  Also, use three vocabulary words from Unit 9 (underlined).

Lord of the Flies: Read pages 42-65 (Chapter 2) and answer all of the comprehension questions on a separate piece of paper! Complete the vocabulary for Chapter 2!

Journal 1: Leadership

Read pages 19-42 for Friday.  Then, respond to this journal:

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don‘t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.  --Rosalynn Carter

Is Ralph a great leader?  What characteristics show that Ralph is a great leader? What characteristics would make Ralph a poor leader?  Use at least 3 vocabulary words from Unit 9 AND use two quotes from the Lord of the Flies (include page #) to defend your answer.

Answer questions 8-24 in reading comprehension and complete vocabulary.

Vocabulary Format

Aberration (N):  synonym: deviation
                          antonym: conformity
                          definition: (1) a defect of focus such as a blurred image
                                          (2) a deviation from what is normal
sentence: The scientist looked at the aberration in the laboratory's test results after conducting the experiment.




List the word.  (Part of Speech):  Synonym:
                                                   Antonym:
                                                   Definition: (1) (2)
Sentence:

Lord of the Flies: LOTF Homework

Read pages 6-18 of LOTF.  Using complete sentences, answer Comprehension Questions #1-7 in your journal.  Also, fill out any vocabulary words that you encounter in the section.

LOTF: Book on PDF

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Vocabulary Unit 9: #1-10 due Tuesday, February 4; #11-20 due Thursday February 6; Vocabulary Quiz Tuesday February 11

#1-10
Auxiliary, candid, cubicle, drudgery, envoy, escalate, expedient, feign, flair, grievous.

#11-20
heterogeneous, horde, impel, incredulous, inscribe, monologue, prognosis, rasping, repugnant, scuttle.