Thursday, May 6, 2010
UNIT 4 #5
In this unit I used the standard in order to compare stories to the words I learned. Learning the vocabulary makes it a whole lot easiar to know what you are reading.
UNIT 4 #4
RICHARD COREY
The poem to me is very messed up. It shows that only because someone has it all doesn't mean they are as happy as they should be.
This poem is Disillusionment because it imagined someone was perfect even though on the inside they were worse then others. Its like you think something that may not at the end be true.
"In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place."
This quote shows how they thought the man was everything they ever wanted to be. He ends up shooting himself which shows that they didn't realize what he was really going through.
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MENDING WALL
I thought this poem was very confusing. You basically have to say what you think it might be saying.
To me it is Disillusionment because the author is being tricked. The neighbor tells him he likes the wall even though he really doesn't, because he breaks it every winter.
"And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, “Good fences make good neighbours.”
This quote shows how the neighbor is lying to him.
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A DREAM DEFERRED
This poem is a little on the sad side. It gives examples like how bad it is to want something, but not being able to have it
The poem relates to The Harlem Renaissance because its saying that a slave had a dream that may never happen. They didn't want to be slaves they had a dream to not be slaves but that dream may never happen.
"Does it stink like rotten meat?"
This quote shows how the dream being deferred may feel. Such as it sucks and is not a good thing. Its not good to have a dream that you know may never become real.
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THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS
The poem made me want to appreciate people who do different things for us.
This poem also relates to The Harlem Renaissance because it showed complimants of the black culture. THR had to do with aspects of culture and that is exactly what this poem does.
"I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it."
This quote showed how the boys ancestors were the one who built these pyramids. So it makes it part of his culture.
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INCIDENT
The poem was really racist to me. I dont think that people should discriminate on people just because they are a different color.
This poem relates to The Harlem Renaissance due to it talks about slavery. The Harlem Renaissance was a point where black people were treated un equal and this shows that by calling the black boy a nigger he was shown to be not equal.
And so I smiled, but he poked out
His tongue, and called me, "Nigger."
This quote shows how the baltimore boy was being racist.
The poem to me is very messed up. It shows that only because someone has it all doesn't mean they are as happy as they should be.
This poem is Disillusionment because it imagined someone was perfect even though on the inside they were worse then others. Its like you think something that may not at the end be true.
"In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place."
This quote shows how they thought the man was everything they ever wanted to be. He ends up shooting himself which shows that they didn't realize what he was really going through.
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MENDING WALL
I thought this poem was very confusing. You basically have to say what you think it might be saying.
To me it is Disillusionment because the author is being tricked. The neighbor tells him he likes the wall even though he really doesn't, because he breaks it every winter.
"And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, “Good fences make good neighbours.”
This quote shows how the neighbor is lying to him.
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A DREAM DEFERRED
This poem is a little on the sad side. It gives examples like how bad it is to want something, but not being able to have it
The poem relates to The Harlem Renaissance because its saying that a slave had a dream that may never happen. They didn't want to be slaves they had a dream to not be slaves but that dream may never happen.
"Does it stink like rotten meat?"
This quote shows how the dream being deferred may feel. Such as it sucks and is not a good thing. Its not good to have a dream that you know may never become real.
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THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS
The poem made me want to appreciate people who do different things for us.
This poem also relates to The Harlem Renaissance because it showed complimants of the black culture. THR had to do with aspects of culture and that is exactly what this poem does.
"I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it."
This quote showed how the boys ancestors were the one who built these pyramids. So it makes it part of his culture.
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INCIDENT
The poem was really racist to me. I dont think that people should discriminate on people just because they are a different color.
This poem relates to The Harlem Renaissance due to it talks about slavery. The Harlem Renaissance was a point where black people were treated un equal and this shows that by calling the black boy a nigger he was shown to be not equal.
And so I smiled, but he poked out
His tongue, and called me, "Nigger."
This quote shows how the baltimore boy was being racist.
UNIT 4 #3
Something I really liked about this story is its a party I would want to go to. Its like a club now, but its free to go to that party. I didn't like how they used Mr. Gatsby for their entertainment. These days you will never find someone like Gatsby to let you just come in their home and do as you please. It showed that people back then did not have anything good to do in their life, but party. They had no feelings for noone and just wasn't worried about anything. You can also say they had no manners and was very un appreciative.
The theme of the jazz age is represented in the story by showing how people took advantage of money. Also how they partied, drinked and was careless like in the Jazz age. In the Jazz Age people never worried about problems in life just like in this story..
"As soon as I arrived I made an attempt to find my host, but the two or three people of whom I asked his whereabouts stared at me in such an amazed way, and denied so vehemently and knowledge of his movements,"
This quote in the story tells us how noone at the party knew who Mr. Gatsby was. They would just shop up to the party and expected to be entertained. The Jazz Age campares to this by showing how people just didn't care. They show no appriciation to Gatsby at all through out the story, and this is things people would do back in the Jazz Age.
The author tried to get a point across in this story by saying people in america were worthless, and all they did in life was try to have a good time.
The theme of the jazz age is represented in the story by showing how people took advantage of money. Also how they partied, drinked and was careless like in the Jazz age. In the Jazz Age people never worried about problems in life just like in this story..
"As soon as I arrived I made an attempt to find my host, but the two or three people of whom I asked his whereabouts stared at me in such an amazed way, and denied so vehemently and knowledge of his movements,"
This quote in the story tells us how noone at the party knew who Mr. Gatsby was. They would just shop up to the party and expected to be entertained. The Jazz Age campares to this by showing how people just didn't care. They show no appriciation to Gatsby at all through out the story, and this is things people would do back in the Jazz Age.
The author tried to get a point across in this story by saying people in america were worthless, and all they did in life was try to have a good time.
UNIT 4 #2
The Jazz Age
I chose this one over the rest bacause it stood out to me more then the others. It has to do with partying and drinking and those kinds of things are interesting. Also that alcohol was illegal at that time so I may be able to learn the differences between when it was illegal and now that its legal. I will be using the standard Connection to compare these two time periods having to do with alcohol. I expect to see changes in music and popular fashion, and how woman acted at this time. I also ecpect to see how this period affected woman. It should tell me that people back in the day could not always just have fun and not worry about life. That you have to take responsibility in life.
I chose this one over the rest bacause it stood out to me more then the others. It has to do with partying and drinking and those kinds of things are interesting. Also that alcohol was illegal at that time so I may be able to learn the differences between when it was illegal and now that its legal. I will be using the standard Connection to compare these two time periods having to do with alcohol. I expect to see changes in music and popular fashion, and how woman acted at this time. I also ecpect to see how this period affected woman. It should tell me that people back in the day could not always just have fun and not worry about life. That you have to take responsibility in life.
UNIT 4 #1
ELAALRL5 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing.
I have the most difficult with this standard because I have alot of trouble memorizing different vocabulary words. If the words do not interest me I dont really pay them no attention.
I have the most difficult with this standard because I have alot of trouble memorizing different vocabulary words. If the words do not interest me I dont really pay them no attention.
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