Friday, March 30, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Literature Analysis Notes
I decided to re-read the novel Anna Karenina only because I don't feel like I got the complete experience of reading it the first time . I feel like there were many points that I missed and unanswered questions that I had.
1. initial perceptions of Leo Tolstoy as a writer and his sweeping novel Anna Karenina. What frightens or excites you about reading it?
2. first sentence of the novel: "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Do you agree with its assertion?
3. Early in Part One, we meet the Oblonsky family in the middle of a very tumultuous situation: Stiva has admitted to his wife Dolly that he has had an affair after she found a letter revealing his secret. What are your first impressions of Stiva, Dolly and their household?
4. In Chapter V, we are given background into Stiva's character—he is described as "liked by all who knew him." Does he seem likable to you? Why or why not?
5. first impressions of Levin and your thoughts on his friendship with Stiva.
6. When we meet Kitty, she is tangled in an interesting web of courtship with two men. Do you get the sense that Kitty will make a good decision for herself? Do you feel she acts "rightly" towards Levin? What does the author say that's interesting about each of the men and Kitty's feelings about them?
7. family traditions discussed in the first part of Anna Karenina.
8. Do you feel Anna's relationship with her brother and his wife Dolly is a good relationship? how you think it may play out as the book progresses.
9. The ball and the way Tolstoy writes about the interactions between Kitty and Vronsky, and Anna and Vronsky.
10. What do you learn about Anna's family life at the end of Part One that seems significant? How is that reinforced by the details the author chooses to show you about her marriage and home?
1. initial perceptions of Leo Tolstoy as a writer and his sweeping novel Anna Karenina. What frightens or excites you about reading it?
2. first sentence of the novel: "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Do you agree with its assertion?
3. Early in Part One, we meet the Oblonsky family in the middle of a very tumultuous situation: Stiva has admitted to his wife Dolly that he has had an affair after she found a letter revealing his secret. What are your first impressions of Stiva, Dolly and their household?
4. In Chapter V, we are given background into Stiva's character—he is described as "liked by all who knew him." Does he seem likable to you? Why or why not?
5. first impressions of Levin and your thoughts on his friendship with Stiva.
6. When we meet Kitty, she is tangled in an interesting web of courtship with two men. Do you get the sense that Kitty will make a good decision for herself? Do you feel she acts "rightly" towards Levin? What does the author say that's interesting about each of the men and Kitty's feelings about them?
7. family traditions discussed in the first part of Anna Karenina.
8. Do you feel Anna's relationship with her brother and his wife Dolly is a good relationship? how you think it may play out as the book progresses.
9. The ball and the way Tolstoy writes about the interactions between Kitty and Vronsky, and Anna and Vronsky.
10. What do you learn about Anna's family life at the end of Part One that seems significant? How is that reinforced by the details the author chooses to show you about her marriage and home?
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Socratic Seminar Discussion Notes
• Trial and error and its significance in a child’s life when growing up.
• Testing is the reason we are in school. We are here to basically compete with other countries based off of our testing scores.
• We must learn from our mistakes on our own. A parents job is to support and love their children, not to live their lives for them and force them to live in fear of the world itself because of all of the guidelines and restrictions given.
• Having internet helps people around the world ask questions that anyone can answer. People are able to answer questions and learn in another way.
• Learning opportunities don't stop in the classroom, because you have people out there who are able to help you out and teach you something you want to learn.
• In the cyber world we are able to do something great and are able to change the world.
• "First step to bettering the world starts with question" and we can solve our issues through this way without leading to violence.
• The more rules you have, the harder it is to break those habits. They have helped you survive and stay out of trouble.
• Do what you love, but it’s also as important to love what you do
• Everything you do requires trade-offs and even if you love it, then it will eventually turn into work.
• School is so directed and has so many restrictions. This has taken away from people self-learning and has take away people's ability to go out and learn on their own.
These concepts can enhance my learning because it gives me a reason to go and learn something on my own. Like we said in class, school has taught us to go things a certain way and that has take away from our self-learning that we do when we are younger. It is taking away from the creative aspect of our thinking which really effects our actions and views on the world. Also something like video makes me want to make some questions of my own and figure out the answers to those. If I were to do that then I would be learning in the process and without realizing it.
They can help me for the Ap test because they give me the idea to ask questions about what I don't know and try to figure them out by collaborating with students whom may have the same questions as I. I can find ways to learn how to write a better essay or to do better on the multiple choice section. Also if we were to learn in a different way like we were talking about in class, I think I will have more enthusiasm for the class. Then I will eventually be more successful on the Ap test.
We will be able to collaborate with other people by putting reaching out to people. Whether that being asking a question or finding a common interest with that person. It will also improve the information exchange and overall value of your learning network. There will be an exchange because the people we are reaching out to will be able to answer questions we have and they will be able to use our blogs in whatever way they want too.
• Testing is the reason we are in school. We are here to basically compete with other countries based off of our testing scores.
• We must learn from our mistakes on our own. A parents job is to support and love their children, not to live their lives for them and force them to live in fear of the world itself because of all of the guidelines and restrictions given.
• Having internet helps people around the world ask questions that anyone can answer. People are able to answer questions and learn in another way.
• Learning opportunities don't stop in the classroom, because you have people out there who are able to help you out and teach you something you want to learn.
• In the cyber world we are able to do something great and are able to change the world.
• "First step to bettering the world starts with question" and we can solve our issues through this way without leading to violence.
• The more rules you have, the harder it is to break those habits. They have helped you survive and stay out of trouble.
• Do what you love, but it’s also as important to love what you do
• Everything you do requires trade-offs and even if you love it, then it will eventually turn into work.
• School is so directed and has so many restrictions. This has taken away from people self-learning and has take away people's ability to go out and learn on their own.
These concepts can enhance my learning because it gives me a reason to go and learn something on my own. Like we said in class, school has taught us to go things a certain way and that has take away from our self-learning that we do when we are younger. It is taking away from the creative aspect of our thinking which really effects our actions and views on the world. Also something like video makes me want to make some questions of my own and figure out the answers to those. If I were to do that then I would be learning in the process and without realizing it.
They can help me for the Ap test because they give me the idea to ask questions about what I don't know and try to figure them out by collaborating with students whom may have the same questions as I. I can find ways to learn how to write a better essay or to do better on the multiple choice section. Also if we were to learn in a different way like we were talking about in class, I think I will have more enthusiasm for the class. Then I will eventually be more successful on the Ap test.
We will be able to collaborate with other people by putting reaching out to people. Whether that being asking a question or finding a common interest with that person. It will also improve the information exchange and overall value of your learning network. There will be an exchange because the people we are reaching out to will be able to answer questions we have and they will be able to use our blogs in whatever way they want too.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Notes 3/20/12
The internet allows-Globalization, localization and delocalization
Gives us a chance to listen, talk, and understand each others’ religion, concepts, and views of world.
How do you perceive the world around you?
-strange/unfamiliar or close relationship?
What form of resistance is effective?
Every effort to change world starts with people asking questions.
How can we all sit together and discuss? There needs to be a big meeting to discuss these issues .
With a large debate, together we can find solutions.
This “100 Questions” Event is a time coming for multiple viewpoints and ways to express your opinions. This is a modern form of communication.
Even though we are different, we all have the same problems
Together as one we are here to celebrate diversity and multiple viewpoints
Intentions: present voices that aren’t usually magnified in the media.
Questions:
1. Are Brands more powerful than government? – “some brands are more powerful and some brands are the govt.”
2. If darwins theory is right about life bginning in African then why are western states more developed than African states? –“it’s not about Darwin’s theory, it’s about power relations and how they are structured, we need to deconstruct and separate power.”
3. If these questions are answered then how will we get the world to listen? -Answers are available on the internet; every answer given today will be protected by Copyleft license, therefore every answer belongs to society and everyone will be able to work with these answers.
WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION….
Gives us a chance to listen, talk, and understand each others’ religion, concepts, and views of world.
How do you perceive the world around you?
-strange/unfamiliar or close relationship?
What form of resistance is effective?
Every effort to change world starts with people asking questions.
How can we all sit together and discuss? There needs to be a big meeting to discuss these issues .
With a large debate, together we can find solutions.
This “100 Questions” Event is a time coming for multiple viewpoints and ways to express your opinions. This is a modern form of communication.
Even though we are different, we all have the same problems
Together as one we are here to celebrate diversity and multiple viewpoints
Intentions: present voices that aren’t usually magnified in the media.
Questions:
1. Are Brands more powerful than government? – “some brands are more powerful and some brands are the govt.”
2. If darwins theory is right about life bginning in African then why are western states more developed than African states? –“it’s not about Darwin’s theory, it’s about power relations and how they are structured, we need to deconstruct and separate power.”
3. If these questions are answered then how will we get the world to listen? -Answers are available on the internet; every answer given today will be protected by Copyleft license, therefore every answer belongs to society and everyone will be able to work with these answers.
WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION….
Friday, March 9, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
3 Poem 9-point analysis
#1: Pg. 839- Life In a Love
1. Dramatic Situation- Falling in and out of love; Talking about a male and female
2. Structure- Sonnet
3. Theme- Love
4. Grammar/Meaning- Easy to read; Given a vivid picture of what falling in love really is.
5. Figure of Speech- Metaphors- "No sooner the old none god to ground"; Imagery- "My life is a fault at last, I fear."
6. Important Words- Beloved, escape me, ever.
7. Tone- Loving; dramatic
8. Literary Devices- Rhyming Scheme
9. Prosidy- Flows throughout; Rhyming scheme allows poem to flow smoothly.
#2- The Lamb -William Blake
1. The lamb not knowing who made it
2. Every two lines rhyme.
3. Knowing ones origins.
4. Old English; Simple
5. The lamb is an image; describes scenery
6. Simple
7. Curious
8. Personification (to lamb) ; Repetition
9. Nice/ Steady flow
#3- Infant Sorrow
1. Birth of a young boy
2. Couplets
3. Joy of life (birth)
4. Simple, clear, meaningful.
5. Vivid/clear imagery
6. Helplessness, naked, piping loud
7. Serious/ sense of struggle
8. Imagery
9. Clear meaningful flow/ understandable.
1. Dramatic Situation- Falling in and out of love; Talking about a male and female
2. Structure- Sonnet
3. Theme- Love
4. Grammar/Meaning- Easy to read; Given a vivid picture of what falling in love really is.
5. Figure of Speech- Metaphors- "No sooner the old none god to ground"; Imagery- "My life is a fault at last, I fear."
6. Important Words- Beloved, escape me, ever.
7. Tone- Loving; dramatic
8. Literary Devices- Rhyming Scheme
9. Prosidy- Flows throughout; Rhyming scheme allows poem to flow smoothly.
#2- The Lamb -William Blake
1. The lamb not knowing who made it
2. Every two lines rhyme.
3. Knowing ones origins.
4. Old English; Simple
5. The lamb is an image; describes scenery
6. Simple
7. Curious
8. Personification (to lamb) ; Repetition
9. Nice/ Steady flow
#3- Infant Sorrow
1. Birth of a young boy
2. Couplets
3. Joy of life (birth)
4. Simple, clear, meaningful.
5. Vivid/clear imagery
6. Helplessness, naked, piping loud
7. Serious/ sense of struggle
8. Imagery
9. Clear meaningful flow/ understandable.
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