Macbeth

In the begining of Macbeth we talked about Lady Macbeth and Macbeth's relationship, the characters in Macbeth, the witches, how we were going to figure out what they were saying because of the Shakspear language, and of course that there is a lot of blood in this play. I know that blood is gory but it makes several appearances in Macbeth. We see this throughout the play because Macbeth kills a lot of people and there are several times when they talk about blood. It all starts when he kills Duncan because after he killed him he had to keep killing people, including his best friend, to get what he wanted, which was to be king.Throughout this book, there is several murders and a battle at the end against Macbeth. Also towards the end Lady Macbeth starts sleep walking to try to get rid of the blood so the blood also comes back to haunt them.

Reading Log:
5/6/14- The Fault in our Stars: 60mins
5/8/14- The fault in our Stars:60 mins

Quotes from Macbeth

A quote that I found important in the three Acts we have read so far is "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: if the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success;" This is a quote from Act 1 and it is Macbeth's sililoque about whether or not he should kill Duncan. He is saying to himself that if he were to kill Duncan it would have to be quick because if he gets caught doing it, it would be okay for the next to be king to kill him. It matters to this play because in this play he ends up killing Duncan that leads to many other deaths.

When he kills Duncan it leads to more deaths like the death of his best friend, Banquo. A quote I found important in the killing of Banquo is " O treachery! Fly, good Florence. fly, fly, fly! Thou mayst revenge- O slave!" This was what Banquo said before he died to his son Florence. This shows that Florence is still alive and the profecy that the witches gave him about his son being kings still can come true.

Spring Break

This Spring Break was by far the best break I have had this year. For the first part of it I went with my family to our lake house in Mississippi and celebrated Easter there. While we were there we had a fishing tournament between my family. The teams were Clark and I against my sister Rachel and my dad. Rachel and my dad ended up winning but it was still fun. We also went tubing even though the water was way to cold. While we were there we got to hang out with our friends, the Smiths, and our family. We had a lot of fun!

For the other part of my spring break I went with Estelle to Seaside. The water was so pretty and the weather was perfect! One night we biked to the red bar in Grayton Beach and biked all around water color the next day. We hung out a lot at the beach and we saw lots of people we knew. It was so much fun!

Reading log:

4/21/14- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: 1 hour 

4/25/14- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: 1 hour 

4/26/14- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: 30 mins

Statements

3) Everyone is capable of lying, betrayal, and violence, which are basic parts of human nature.
I agree with this statement because I believe that everyone is capable of lying and betraying someone. I also believe that people have a mean side to them it just depends on who they show it to.

4) Who we are-- our essential character and temperament-- is fixed and unchangeable. I strongly disagree with this because I believe that a person could change if they wanted to and tried hard enough.


Reading Log:
4/7/14: The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas:  45 mins
4/9/14: the Boy in the Stripped pajamas: 45 mins
4/10/14: The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas: 30 mins

Reading Log

2/17/14- That Fault in our Stars- 30mins
2/18/14-The Fault in our stars-40mins
2/19/14-The Fault in our Stars-20mins
2/20/14-The fault in our stars- 30mins

Analyzing a Song

For this post I decided to analyze the song Smile by Uncle Kracker. Uncle Kracker uses several great techniques in his song. His song is a very happy, light song because he uses sibilance. You can tell he uses sibiliance because he says " You make me smile like the sun." He also has the happy and light effect because he uses euphony. He uses this when he says "I'm lucky just to linger in your light." He also uses onomatopoeia when he says words like "buzz". His purpose in this song was to be a happy song and tell us about how his loved one makes him feel.

Link to lyrics:

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/unclekracker/smile.html

Reading times:
1/10/14- 10 mins- "Split"
1/11/14-10 mins- "Perks of being a wildflower"
1/12/14- 10 mins- "The fault in our stars"
11/12/14- 50 mins- "the fault in our stars"
11/13/14- 30 mins - "the fault in our stars"
11/14/14- 40 mins- "the fault in our stars

Winter Wonderland Poem

As I wanderously walked outside

I could feel the crisp cold wind

touch my chilled cheeks.

Crushing the icy snow with my feet,

I watching my frozen but joyful puppies

dash in the crunchy white ice.

As i looked up at the brilliant sky,

delivering this chilling day,

I saw small snowflakes falling,

sending excitement through my body

that there would be no school tomorrow.

In the back of my mind I wanted to go inside

and drink my warm hot chocolate 

with mini marshmallows,

but I didn't want to leave this winter wonderland.

techniques:

I used consonance

I used cacophony

I used enjambment

Reading Log

Monday, 2/3- ATDOAPTI- 40 mins at home (did not go to class) + 20 mins on draft

tuesday, 2/4- ATDOAPTI-20 mins at home (did not go to class)

Thurday, 2/6- ATDOAPTI- 10 mins in class+ 30 mins at home

Friday,2/47- ATDOAPTI- 10 mins in class (finished)

Research Paper Draft

           This week I have been working very hard on my draft for my research paper.  I am pretty confident in my topic which is "Child labor in the british industrial revolution". I am confident in this topic because I am actually interested in it! Finding information on this topic was kind of hard because I was it is hard to know which websites were reliable. What was easy though was putting all my thoughts together.
           Since I was interested in my topic it was easy for me to remember what I had read and where I wanted to put the information. When you read my draft I would like you to correct any grammatical errors I have and any information that you think could be wrong. I feel that my information is correct but someone told me they weren't sure if it was correct.

Snow Day and Reading Log

On my snow day I hung out with my cousin Amanda. On the first two days we went to her house. We played in the snow, drank hot chocolate, played just dance, and watched movies. On the last day we went to my house. We played in the snow, jumped on my icy trampoline with Clark, played some weird mini golf game that ended up being really fun, and watched Awkward. My snow day was very nice and relaxing. I got to catch up on my sleep and hang out with my family.

reading log:
1/28/14- 1 hour of working on draft
1/28/14- 20 min video
1/29/14-1 hour of working on draft
1/30/14-1 hour of working on draft
1/30/14- 15 mins of norton
1/30/14- 25 mins student samples
1/31/14-45 mins of the absolutly true diary of a part time indian.

Research Topic

My topic for my research project is the Child Labor during the British Industrial Revolution. I have wroked on the treatment, the accidents, and the two types of child labor. The children were treated harshly while working. Many were injured and some were killed because the work was very hard. The children worked hard for 12-14 hours a week and got payed no money or maybe a penny a day. The children were sometimes beaten by the the over lookers or the owners. The two types of child labors were the "free labor children" and the "parish apprentice children". The parish apprentice children were orphans that were taken in by the owners and were forced to work while the free labor children were not forced and were payed.

My topic for my research project is Child Labor during the British Industrial Revolution. In my research I have found that their were two types of children who worked. There were the "parish apprentice children" and the "free labor children". "Parish apprentice children" were orphans that were bought by the rich factory owners and used for work but payed no money because they were taken in. The "free labor children" worked for low wages which could be a penny a day. They worked long and hard but they were not forced to go. I also have found out about the treatment and accidents that happened while working in the mills and factories. The children would get injured or sometimes die because the work was to dangerous or they got beaten up by the workers or over lookers. They had strict decipline and poor working conditions.


Reading log-
77 pages in 2hrs.

reading log

the absolutely true diary of a part time indian:

monday-10mins

tuesday-10mins

wednsday-10mins

thursday-30mins

friday-20mins

Madison's Prompt

           My favorite book that I have read was "The Lightning Thief". In this book Percy Jackson finds out that his dad is Poseidon and his mom was normal which makes him a demigod. His mom forces him to go to a camp for demigods for his safety. If I was Percy Jackson I would go to the camp without force because I would be safer and be with people who are like me. Also I would go because if people/things were trying to kill me I would want to know how to fight back and I would want to protect my family from the things that were trying to kill me.
          Later on in the book Percy leaves the camp with his friends to go find Zeus's lightning bolt. I would do this exactly like Percy had in the book. Percy is a boy around our age and did everything a kid our age would do. He makes several sacrifices that I would have made as well such as stoping to eat,hanging out in Vegas, and choosing if his mom could go back with them. I would have gone on the mission because it sounds fun and would help save my mom




Reading log:

The fault in our Stars-30 mins- 1/8/14
The Lightning Thief- 40mins- 1/9/14
The Absolutly True Diary of a Part Time Indian-10mins-1/10/14
The Absolutly True Diary of a Part Time Indian- 20mins-1/12/14
The Fault in our Stars-20mins-1/12/14

my research project

My topic for this research project is the rights and responsibilities of children in the British Industrial Revolution. Children in the British Industrial revolution had to work in factories, on a farm, etc and it was very hard labor. Several died or got hurt while doing the intense job. Several went in before the age of 6 and were working for early in the mourning to late at night, with barley any breaks.  I chose this topic because I feel like I can connect in a way to this. I feel this way because I was a young child at one point and it would be an awful way to spend my childhood having to work for little money and getting seriously injured and having no fun. On my research to do list is to fix anything that is wrong or need fixing on my annotated bibliography. I also plan on doing more research on my topic so I can get better information.

Student-generated prompts

What would happen in a world where it was the child's choice to go to school? Would you go to school?

If I lived in a world where it was the child's choice to go to school, I probably would not go. School is not all that bad but I would like to sleep in more and not have to do homework. I think that our world would be very divided if we had a choice to go to school because their would be the smart ones and the dumb ones. The smart ones would be rich and smart with a good job, while the dumb ones are poor and dumb because they couldn't get a decent job. Their would probably be more dumb ones than smart ones and the schools probably wouldn't get enough students because I am sure that most people do not want to go to school which would lead our world to problems. We wouldn't have any new inventions and have pretty much what we have now.

Writing Center

My first trip to the writing center was not at all what I was expecting. I was expecting to be told I was an awful writer and that I couldn't fix it. I was nervous and scared to walk in and have my literary analysis rough drat worked on, but I was still scared out of my mind. I knew it needed work and I had a mental block on my last couple of paragraphs. When I walked in the nice lady at the desk went and got a writing center helper. I went at my English block because that was the only time they had open before the rough draft was due. While I waited for my writing center helper I chatted with my friends who were in their for study hall and that helped clear my mind and not be as scared. By the time the writing center helper came, I was nervous but not as nervous. He made me read my thesis statement and said it was good. After that he helped me with my mental blocks and helped give me suggestions on what I needed to work on and what ideas I could put in my paper. When my session was over I felt better about my paper and feel that he really helped me. It was a great experience and i will not be nervous next time I go because they were nice and helpful!

reading log

11/21/13-Looking for Alaska-45 mins
11/22/13-Looking for Alaska- 15 mins
11/25/13- LOTF-20 mins

Self Prompt

Who do you think you relate to in LOTF?

I believe I relate to Simon in Lord of the Flies. I think this because for one I have always been a little short and go in the middle when people walk. Also I like to stand up for my friends instead of bring them down and be rude to them. I don't really stand out to most people but when I am needed I can be a great help just like Simon. I am glad I got Simon to annotate because I can relate to him.

Free Post

This weekend is going to be another busy weekend. On Saturday I'm going to my cousin, Scott's wedding and on Sunday I will be performing my cheer routine for "Show Day". I am very excited to witness Scott getting married to his girlfriend Chelsea. They have been dating since highschool and they are both so sweet! I am so happy for them! I can't wait for Sunday though. "Show Day" is like a cheer competition except were not competing against anyone and the only judges our our LA coaches. I am super excited to see everyones routine because I know they will be awesome! I also can't wait for them to see my routine! Me and the 18 other girls who are like my sisters plus our fabulous coach, Justin have put so much work into our routine  and I believe that it will be great! This cheer season started off really tough but I'm glad that we finally came together as a team and are able to show everybody our routine that we have worked so hard on.

reading log:
11/30/13- LOTF-1hr
11/29/13-LOTF-1hr
11/31/13- Looking fir Alaska-30 mins

reading log

11/5/13- Looking for Alaska- 40 mins
11/7/13- Looking for Alaska-30 mins
11/9/13-Looking for Alaska and Lord of the Flies-1hr30mins