Project Progress

My group involves Sarah, Eli and Connor. We are creating a time line prezi of Modernism to now. We have done quite a bit of research and it should be finished by the end of the week.

Project In Progress

Today in class I worked on improving my resume and making it achieve its full potential. I also worked with my group on what we will work on for our final project. Though my to do list was short, I worked on it thoroughly and finished what needed to be done.

Brag Sheet

Academics

• Honor roll every time in Jr. High.
• Renaissance every semester in high school.
• 8th grade student of the month for December.

Sports

• Scholar Athlete six times for a GPA of 3.5 or higher during season.
• MVP for Freshmen volleyball and basketball.

Volunteer

• Babysitting at my church every Saturday for 2 years.
• Served at the homeless shelter.
• Community service in Mexico for a church.

Best Of American Lit.

Thinking back on the year, I have learned and understood quite a bit. I was best at writing the journals and putting my own thoughts into words. I learned all about postmodernism and I understand all the elements it is composed of. I learned how to present my thoughts and projects in different medias. Lastly, I was able to broaden the way I think about things, by reading other people's blogs and collaborating with the other students in my class.

Derby Reportage

One article talks about how Diane Crump became the first woman jockey. The tone is uplifting and encourages people to fight for what they want in life. Diane race against men and came in 15th out of 17 spots. Even when Diane finished racing, she bred horses to keep up with her passion.The second article's focus is less on the actual race itself, since Thompson and Steadman could not actually see the race from their standpoint, and more on the celebration that surrounds the event. Thompson provides up-close views of life in the Derby infield as well as the grandstand, and a running commentary on the drunkenness of the crowd, which he states in narration as the only thing he was focusing on with the work. The narrative ends in a bittersweet way, for after several days of immersing themselves in partying and drunkeness to get a sense of the event, the guys realize they're exactly the type of people they originally planned to imitate.

Johnny Cyberpunk

You are able to tell this story by William Gibsons is cyberpunk or gonzo journalism because of the sci fi exaggerations and so on. Johnny Mnemonic is a data trafficker who has undergone cybernetic surgery to have a data storage system implanted in his head. Johnny is rescued by Molly, a "Razorgirl" who has undergone extensive body modifications, most notably fingernail blades. When Lewis tries to attack her, she cuts his wrist tendons and takes the incapacitating device control from him. cuts Ralfi to pieces with a razor-sharp monomolecular wire hidden in a prosthetic thumb. Johnny fires his shotgun at the assassin but misses due to the man's enhanced reflexes cybernetically enhanced dolphin retired from navy service. The story’s central theme is that superior technology does not defeat one’s enemy; what is needed is the best use of the technology one chooses.

Future Me!

I can't get a snapshot of my future email confirmation, so this is the best I could do.


Your letter, ' A letter from May 10th, 2013,' is on its way to May 10th, 2014

My Slaughterhouse

          Breaking the fourth wall, having no chronological order, using irony, playfulness, and black humor are all elements of postmodernism. These elements all come together in the novel "Slaughterhouse Five," by Kurt Vonegut. Including many examples, the novel exemplifies postmodernism with the help of temporal distortion, metafiction and several other characteristics.

Postmodernist Project

This is our picture for the postmodernist project. We are dead bodies spelling "So it goes". Those words are used in the book, Slaughterhouse Five by, Kurt Vonegut. The people involved in this project are, Whitney Houg, Sarah Stevens, Eli Esparza, Connor Albright, Syerra Fox and Miyah Velasquez.

 

 

Schlachtof Sieben Ch 7

Billy board a plane that he knows is going to crash. A barbershop quartet of optometrists called the Four-eyed Bastards serenade the passengers. Billy remember a public hanging he witnessed in Dresden in which a Polish man died for having sexual realtions with a German woman.
Billy dozes off and goes back to war and tells the Three Musketeers to go on without him.
The plane crashes into Sugarbush Mountain in Vermont, and Billy survives with a fractured skull. Billy whispers “Schlachthof-fünf” (“Slaughterhouse-Five”in German), a phrase he learned in Dresden in order to communicate the address of his prison if he got lost. The ski instructors transport

Schlachtof Ch 6

Billy takes drugs to fall asleep and wakes up in his prison bed next to Edgar Derby and Paul Lazzaro. Billy remembers how he dies because he has seen it before. Englishman who beat up Lazzaro stops by, and Lazzaro tells him that he is going to have the officer killed after the war. The sweetest thing in life, he claims, is revenge. Billy says he has all the ways he is going to die recorded on a cassette that he has left in a safe-deposit box in a bank.Billy is amazed by Dresden’s architecture. The city is relatively untouched by war, with industries and recreational facilities still operating

Schlachtof Funf Ch 4&5

The night before his daughter’s wedding day, Billy has trouble falling asleep. He has already traveled in time and knows he will be kidnapped by the Tralfamadorians’ flying saucer soon. The phone rings, and Billy hears the voice of a drunk who has dialed the wrong number. Downstairs, Billy watches a late-night documentary on American bombers and their gallant pilots in World War II. Slightly unstuck in time, Billy watches the movie forward and backward. Billy heads out to the backyard to meet the saucer that will arrive soon. Once on board, Billy is asked if he has any questions. He asks,“Why me?” They tell him that there is no why, since the moment simply is and since all of them are trapped in the moment, like bugs in amber. Billy is then anesthetized. The crush of the

Schlachtof Drei & Schlachtof Veir

Weary and Billy’s captors, a small group of German irregulars, take their valuables and discover an obscene photograph in Weary’s pocket. As Billy lies in the snow, he sees an image of Adam and Eve in the polished boots of the commander. Weary must surrender his boots to a young German soldier, whose wooden clogs he receives in exchange. The two Americans are brought to a house full of other captives. Billy falls asleep and wakes up in 1967, in the middle of administering an eye examination. We learn that he has been falling asleep at work lately. Billy closes his eyes and is once more a

Schlachtof Zwei

In chapter 2 of slaughterhouse five, the author talks about Billy Pilgrim who can go back in time and do everything he once did. Billy was in a plane crash and he was the only surviver. A few days later his wife died of carbon-monoxide moisoning. The phrase "So it goes" always is said after something bad happens. Billy started talking about how aliens abducted him and took him to the planet Tralfamadore. Everyone thought he was going crazy, so they wanted to take care of him. Billy describes his entry into the army, and his dazed trek behind enemy lines after the disastrous Battle of the Bulge in World War II.

This Is Absurd

The word absurd means wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate. Something in my life that is absurd, is trying to do homework past 9 at night. My brain gets really tired and all I want to do is go to bed. My homework usually turns out really bad and nothing seems to make sense.

Schlachthof Eins

In the first chapter of Slaughterhouse Five the author talks about the craft of writing while he was actually writing. He went to get information for his book from his friend, Bernard V. O' Hare, from the war. Bernard's wife Mary was rude to him the whole time he was talking to Bernard, by making noises in the kitchen. It turns out that Mary hates war and says that all of the men fighting in wars are

Gatsby Essay Answers

Nick Carraway is a huge character in "The Great Gatsby" and functions in various ways. Nick is always there as a person to vent to and talk things through to. He helps give us a tour through Gatsby's world by being involved with all of the characters around him. As Nick goes through the days, he becomes closer with Daisy and Gatsby and is able to explain how they are acting and he gives us a sense of things to come. His presence helps the plot to thicken when he adds his opinion or

Short Story: The Great Gatsby Modern Style

From his room the green porch light looked so far away, and the girl he wanted so badly was out of reach. Jay Gatsby was a boy in high school longing for the popular girl named Daisy. They met before and dated briefly, but then Jay switched schools and Tom, the jock, took over and is currently dating Daisy. It was the day of prom, so Jay wasn't having one of his weekly parties in hope Daisy

The End Of Gatsby Chapter 9 Reading Notes

Two years after Gatsby’s death, Nick describes the events that surrounded the funeral. Reporter are everywhere trying to get the whole story. More exaggerated stories than the rumors about Gatsby when he was throwing his parties, circulate about Gatsby’s relationship to Myrtle and Wilson. Nick tries to hold a large funeral for him, but all of Gatsby’s former friends have either disappeared or

The Great Gatsby Chapter 8 Reading Notes

Nick told Gatsby he needs to leave before they find out it was his car that killed Myrtle. Gatsby ends up telling Nick more of his story with Daisy pre-Tom. George Wilson is continuing to find out who hit Myrtle with a yellow car. He remembers her coming home with a broken nose before and he thinks it is her mistress. Nick went to check on Gatsby and found him lying in a pool of blood in the swimming pool and off in the grass he found George Wilson.

The Great Gatsby Chapter 7 Reading Notes

One night Gatsby wasn't having a party so Nick went over to see if he wasn't feeling well. In turn Gatsby hired all new servents and wanted everything low key, so that Dasiy could come over in the afternoons without the help gossiping. Gatsby, Nick, Tom, Jordan and Dasiy all go to a hotel into town because the weather was far to hot to stay at home. Taking separate cars, Tom stopped at Myrtle's husband's gas station where Myrtle took Jordan to be Tom's wife. Myrtle was insanely jealous. Gatsby told Tom that Daisy and him love each other and she never loved Tom. Tom argued that Gatsby and Daisy will never have what they have. Gatsby and Daisy left for home while Daisy was driving. There was a car accident and Nick found out that Daisy accidentely hit Myrtle on the way home but didn't stop.

The Great Gatsby Chapter 6 Reading Notes

Mr. Gatsby's real name is JamesGatz. He is a self-made man meaning he wasn't tied to his parents. Many people said he pretty much live on his boat and pouched and fished. Dan Cody was a friend of his who always liked to drink. Gatsby locked him up one day so he wouldn't be able to drink. When Cody died, Gatsby didn't inherit 25,000 dollars from him, instead a girl did. Gatsby threw a party and Tom and Daisy came. Daisy danced with Gatsby but was not having fun the whole night because Tom was there. Gatsby at the end of the story told Nick about the night when he kissed Daisy and fell in love.

The Great Gatsby Chapter 5 Reading Notes

Nick invites Gatsby and Daisy over for tea and Gatsby is embarrassed of Nicks grass. They both come over and later on in the night, Gatsby brings them over to his house. Gatsby has a man play a song on the piano for them and Nick feels the elephant in the room and leaves them both alone.

The Great Gatsby Chapter 4 Reading Notes

Nick names all the people who attend Mr. Gatsby's parties regularly in a long list that you quickly forget. Miss. Baker tells Nick a story of one Jay Gatsby who took Daisy out for a date and was in love with her. She explains how Mr. Gatsby is being Nick's friend in order to get close to Daisy again. Gatsby wants to have Daisy see his house and fall in love with him. So Nick is deciding to invite both Daisy and Gatsby over for tea. At the end of the night, Nick kisses Miss. Baker.

The Great Gatsby Chapter 3 Analysis

In chapter three, Nick is invited to Mr. Gatsby's house for a party. Nick decides to show up and runs into Ms. Baker who accompanies him throughout the party. Everyone is gossiping about how Gatsby killed a man once and he graduated from Oxford. Most of the people at the party have never met him personally and half of them don't know what he looks like. Ms. Baker and Nick make friends at a table who tell lavish stories about their expeiriences with Gatsby. Later on Mr. Gatsby calls to meet privately with Ms. Baker. At the end of the night Mr. Gatsby ask Nick to go on an outing with him and be more aquainted. As Ms. Baker and Nick are heading home, they find people who crashed into a ditch.

Essay For BNW Reflection

On the essay in class today, I felt that I did very well. I decided to shorten from 5 to 4 paragraphs, but it isn't about the quantity but the quality. If I didn't read the book, I would have not known who or what to write about. Overall, I was happy with what I wrote and I completely improved from the first time I wrote it.

March Literature Analysis

Twilight: Eclipse (The Third Book)
General:
1) As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob- knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?

Brave New World Ch. 7-10 Summary

Lenina and Bernard go to the reservation and are exposed to foreign things. They forget to bring Soma and are trying to cope with the reality without it. They meet a boy named John who speaks perfect English after they watch a man be whipped in the middle of snakes. John talks about his mother and father, which Bernard realizes is the director but doesn't point it out. John explained to them how he grew up hearing stories about the other world, but was never even excepted in his own home. His mother's lover brought the complete set of Shakespeare which he read and memorized. Bernard asks John to go to London with him and he accepted on the condition he could bring his mother. Lenina is grossed out from the reservation so she over doses on soma. John finds her after rummaging through her stuff and is enticed by her appearance. Just as the director is about to summon Bernard to Iceland he presents Linda and John. The director is blamed for getting Linda pregnant and leaves the room dumbfounded and embarrassed.

George Bernard Shaw Prezi MAP

http://prezi.com/ikqqwm23hsut/untitled-prezi/?kw=view-ikqqwm23hsut&rc=ref-1243198

Maplan

My plan for the Modernist Author Project is quite simple. I will make a prezi that is very pleasing to the eye. It will include pictures and interesting texts. I will work on it little by little and make final touches by the weekend.

Josie College

The campuses I am interested in either Cal Poly or Hancock to start out. I want a field in management. I love being my own boss and telling other people what to do. I see a lot of different challenges in my future with classes, homework, and mainly SAT scores and scholarships. It will be so much work, but in the end it will all be worth it.

I Am George Bernard Shaw

I Am a free thinker

I Am versatile and complex

I Am witty

I Am intelligent

I Am influential

I Am George Bernard Shaw

MAP 1): Introducing George Bernard Shaw

Five Interesting Facts About George Bernard Shaw

1. His screenplay won an oscar. Then a year later he won the Nobel Prize.

2. Shaw actually hated the George in his name, and used just Bernard Shaw.

3. A committed vegetarian.

4. He married but it was never consummated and he had no children

5. Despite nearly dieing from smallpox, Shaw joined a public campaign in opposition to vaccination against smallpox.

Spring Vocabulary #6

1. Chronic: On going
My best friend has chronic hiccups.

Applied Modernism

           Modernism is a style or movement in the arts that aims to break with classical and traditional forms. The book Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a modernist novel because of the conflict with inner-self, the bleak vision of the future and the stream of consciousness.

My Modern Moment

My writing in this modern moment is different then it would have been five years ago, because times have changed over the years. People have become more self-reliant and the way we express ourselves change how people in general write. I write things based off of what I have learned throughout the world in this generation. The way people talk, the different expressions people use and what they mean may be different now then what it was five years ago.

My Modernist

The author I would choose to study would be George Bernard Shaw. Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland and I have always wanted to go to Ireland. He had a troubled childhood which usually brings out the best writing from people. Lastly, he was a freethinker and a supporter of women rights and as a girl myself, I appreciate his support. This decision was easy and I am confident I made the right choice.

Literature Analysis #2

New Moon: The second book of the Twilight saga.
GENERAL:
1) For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning.

The First Seven Years

The end of this story completely shocked me. The whole reason the worker stayed in his house for weeks, was because he loved his boss's daughter. Although the shoemaker was trying to get his daughter involved with the school boy, a different man had his eyes on her. I wonder what his daughter thinks about all of this.

BOB I

1. Eli Esparza: http://eesparzarhsengcomp.blogspot.com/
2. Sarah Stevens: http://sstevensrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/
3. Mia Hernandez: http://mhernandezrhsamlit.blogspot.com/
4. Whitney Houg: http://whougrhsamlitcom.blogspot.com/
5. Ethan Clardy: http://eclardysrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/

Vocabulary Spring List #5

1. Brouhaha: An uproar.
There was a brouhaha happening in the town square.

2. Cloy: To weary by an excess of food, sweatness, pleasure, etc...
Eating to much food can cause a cloy.

3. Demeanor: A person's mannors towards others.
Her demeanor was so harsh and cold to even watch.

I Am Here

So far my progress in this class has been good. I am getting all of my assignments done and I have been listening in class and I know what I am talking about. My smart goal was to make a goal and I am somewhat getting closer to achieving it. I know I want to go to college, so my goal is to get scholarships and good grades. I will keep up the good work and never give up on this class. I am here!

In Mildred's Parlor

The stage is set in Montag's house with Mildred, Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles. The room was blazing hot, he was all coldness, they sat in the middle of an empty desert with three chairs and him standing, swaying, and him waiting for Mrs. Phelps to stop straightening her dress hem and Mrs. Bowles to take her fingers away from her hair. Then he began to read in a low, stumbling voice that grew firmer as he progressed from line to line, and his voice went out across the desert, into the whiteness, and around the three sitting women there in the great hot emptiness.

"The tree that gauges everything.

A tree stands, lone and tall,
Only frequently accompanied by the wind,
The leaves are no good for eating,
And the branches much too weak for nesting.

Each gust of unwelcome wind,
Strips branches,
Tears leaves,
They fall to the ground only to die,
Only to be left alone.

And although new leaves,
New branches are grown,
Those that were lost,
Can never be replaced."

 

 

I Can Read!

Check out this video on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/gOOsZ2ZybsY

Essay Postgame Analysis

The essay I wrote in class was rushed on my part. I got it done with some nice points and I am proud of it. Next time I hope to organize my thoughts better and stay more on topic. I know the next essay I write will be better. For this essay I would give myself a B.

PARLOR POETRY

Montag picked "Dover Beach," because it represents human misery verses the sea. If I had to pick a peom to use insted of this one, I would pick.... This poem by Jordan Whitt

The Tree of Hopes and Dreams

MY F451

         Guy Montag is a fireman who is always burning books. In Montag’s world, firemen start fires rather than putting them out. The people in this society watch excessive amounts of television on wall-size sets, and listen to the radio on “Seashell Radio” sets attached to their ears. Montag meets a  seventeen year old girl named Clarisse McClellan, who opens his eyes to a new was of looking at life with her unusual love of

To Modern or Post Modern

         This quote is saying that fiction does not help in depressing times. When David Foster Wallace says, "You burn with hunger for food that does not exist", he is explaining that fiction give people a false idea of hope or happiness. Fiction may act as an escape to somewhere better, but it isn't always.

Spring Vocabulary #2

1. Patronage: The power to control appointments.
The artist was grateful for the patronage.

2. Cadence: A rythmic flow of a sequence of sound or words.
After the audience heard the pleasing cadence, they all got up and had a standing ovation.

Spring Vocabulary

1) Probaskis-Nose

2) Pantomime-Using gestures, not speech.

3) Proclivities-Tendency to choose or do something regularly.

4) Centrofuge-Compartment around an axis to separate contained materials of different density.

5) Odious-Extremely unpleasant.

6) Jargon-Nonsensical or incoherent talk.

7) Ravanous-Extremely hungry.

8) Parlor-A room set apart for the entertainment of visitors.

9) Stagnant-Showing no activity/Not moving.

10) Cacophony-A harsh sound.

11) Tampt-Top pack down tightly.

12) Flourish-Grow or thrive.

13) Plateau-An area of elevated flat ground.

14) Rollick-To romp/Frolic

15) Asylum-Shelter to protect from danger.

The Peeved Pedestrian

         I think that  Ray Bradbury wrote the novel I am reading to inform society, how sometimes we can get so sucked up in our own world that we forget how to live and open up our eyes. Bradbury uses a lot of indirect characterization, for example when he talks about Beatty entering a room and taking complete control of everyone. By this alone, you can tell that Beatty is well respected and somewhat feared to other people.

January Literature Analysis

Twilight: The first book
GENERAL
1. Isabella Swan moved to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious Edward Cullen. There is something unique about this Edward Cullen and Bella is determined to uncover his dark secret. What Bella doesn't realize is that the closer she gets to him, the more she is putting herself at risk. It might be too late to turn back.

Vocab Words

1. Minstrel
2. Burnt-corked
3. Waft
4. Strode
5. Lubricated flue
6. Compresses
7. Conscience
8. Fervor
9. Hearth
10. Salamander

I'm a Poet and I know It

 

When I write a peom

 

My mind goes blank

 

I hear the people around me

 

Making noise like a tank

 

 

Fahrenheit 451

The five things I found on the Wikipedia page that are important include:
1) Guy Montag is the protagonist of the story

2) Firefighters burn down houses who have books in them.

3) Clarisse makes more observations than other people.

4) The story is about how T.V. effects people and reading.

5) Guy Montag hides books so he doesn't get caught.

Theme For English 3

 I am usually always the person my teachers think I am. I am very easily able to find my real self as I pursue knowledge and find my place in the world. I just have to make sure I am who I want to be and then I take it from there. I like to make my talents known to my family and keep school separate. If school was supposed to be a place where everyone would have their own private talents known to everyone, I think we would all be home-schooled. Anyone is able to take ownership of their learnig process and demonstrate what they know.

Spring Semester Plan

My plan for the future is to go to college and be succesful. Dr. Preston says that we should make a goal to achieve and follow our plan, but there are so many things to choose from. Therefore, my goal is to make a goal and make it happen. I also want to like the goal I make and not want to change it after I make it.

Spring Post: Music As Literature

In my opinion, we can absolutely consider music to be literature. We define literature by books and written peices of work that have a story line and plot, but there is much more to it. Literature is a form of art and can be expressed in many different ways than we give it credit for. Is there a difference between a novel, a poem, a rap, a song, and opera, and a symphony? When you look at the overall idea of these things, you will see that they all have passion and a reason. Everything seems to have a connection to something else, so in a sense it is a small world after all.