ex-fourth blockers

I miss our class so much. I feel like I whine and lament so much for last semester, but geez I cant help it. Maybe I should just tough it up and get over it.
Completely off topic. Im re-reading Romeo and Juliet, yes I know, a sappy love tale, I cant help but love the story, anyone else fans?
P.S. I just love the elegance of Shakespearian writing

hey MS.J

I WAS WONDERING HOW U WANTED TO PRESENTTHE HOMEWORK MEANING THE PASSAGE WITH FREDRICK DOUGLOUS. AND WAT OTHER "SPECIFIC lANGUAGE" ARE THEY DOING CAN U PLEASE TELL ME IF IT IS IN LSU OF IF YOU HAVE A LINK FOR IT.
THANKS.

homework

what all are we supposed to do for the Style Analysis thing? Also, the "links" page won't work on my computer so I can't get the vocab list.. so would someone like to send me either the link to the vocab or the words?

homework

Hey, Ms. Jones or classmates on that worksheet that you gave us for homework. I dont really understand what you are asking us to do . can you please explain it in a different way?

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

OK, so I like never post but I just had to let everyone know....THE FISH ARE SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
k'thanks bye

Hey Ms. Jones. My doctor called and said I have sludge in my gallbladder. My follow up appointment is Friday. I should be in school tomorrow. I'm really sorry about today in class. What was our homework?

Hey Shannon....yes Ms. Jones...don't forget to bring that Beatles CD with "Lucy" on it....Oh, I definitely won't Ms. Jones (aka my favorite person in the universe)...I'm counting on you...I won't let you down Ms. Jones...I know you won't dear...

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

This is hilarious (in my opinion at least)

Do we have vocab due Monday?

I'm in love with Honors English III

This is in tribute to the end of the semester. We hope you all catch the allusions to the pieces of literature that we have read throughout the semester in Ms. Jones' class.

:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIxv-I0YSss

So..I know we just got a class plant (Audrey) but I have had the opportunity to get a small fish tank. I have cleaned it out and it's ready to go (I think) if the class would like to purchase a fish. I will buy food, etc., but I need help with the fish itself and remembering to feed it. The only fish I am opposed to is a betta. I don't want one of those. It could hold about 2-3 small fish. Or one larger fish (larger like a silver dollar). Whaddayathink?

IT'S GATSBY. =D

Vocab in the Oddest Places

"Yes! Ah, yes is a word with a glorious ring! A true universal utopious thing! Engenders embracing and chasing of blues, the very best word for the whole world to use!"
~ Jeremy Hilary Boob, Ph.D.
From the Yellow Submarine.

Even a boob can use AP vocabulary. =)

Vocab

Hey, Classmates or Ms. Jones is there not a week 5 for vocab because i was pulling out all my vocab list and thats the only one i dont know and when i went to go print out a new one there was not one for week 5. It skippped it

Literary Characteristics

Realism-

Realism was a literary movement in the last half of the 19th century in which writers opposed much of what the Romantics had stood for. Most critics give the dates 1850's to 1880's as the dates for the strongest examples of Realism in Western literature. (You'll notice that there is some overlap between the dates for Romanticism and Realism.)


Its Characteristics-
The age of Realism is characterized by some recognizable ideas held by most of the thinkers and writers of the day. These ideas listed below are generalizations, and--as with most generalizations--need to be seen the the light of a particular piece of literature in order to present any verifiable detail.

1. Whereas the age of the Romantics valued the exceptional, the genius, and the uncommon individual, the age of Realism values members of the middle class.

2. Whereas the age of the Romantics valued the contribution of the genius and imagination of the writer/poet, the Realists wanted to de-emphasize the contribution of the writer and thought writers should "objectively" see contemporary life as the material for their writing. They attempted to keep themselves as writers from coming between the reader and the life they presented in their art.

3. Whereas the age of the Romantics valued the details of the present moment as a way to transcend the moment and the present world, the age of Realism values the surface details, the everyday life, and the common conduct of middle class individuals. They do this with the purpose of creating the illusion of reality. Herik Ibsen said that the effect he was seeking in his Realistic plays was to make "the spectator feel as if he were actually sitting, listening, and looking on events happening in real life" (Wilkie & Hurt 971).

4. While the Romantics valued the emotional, the intuitive, and the feelings and insight of the innocent child and the genius, the Realists explore the ethical choices made by common middle class individuals and the effects and consequences these ethical choices have on the lives of their middle class heroes.

5. While the Romantics value nature as a way of seeing God and man, the Realists question the existence, or at least the importance of, God and discount the beliefs of organized Christian religions. Instead of seeking transcendence as the Romantics did, the Realists focused on ethical choices and morality in the life of middle class individuals, often without supporting Christian beliefs.


Naturalism-
was a literary movement taking place from 1865 to 1900 that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character. It was depicted as a literary movement that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as Romanticism or Surrealism, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic, idealistic, or even supernatural treatment. Naturalism is the outgrowth of Realism, a prominent literary movement in mid-19th-century France and elsewhere. Naturalistic writers were influenced by the evolution theory of Charles Darwin.[1] They believed that one's heredity and social environment determine one's character. Whereas realism seeks only to describe subjects as they really are, naturalism also attempts to determine "scientifically" the underlying forces (e.g. the environment or heredity) influencing the actions of its subjects. Naturalistic works often include uncouth or sordid subject matter; for example, Émile Zola's works had a frankness about sexuality along with a pervasive pessimism. Naturalistic works exposed the dark harshness of life, including poverty, racism, sex, prejudice, disease, prostitution, and filth. As a result, naturalistic writers were frequently criticized for being too blunt.

Its Characteristics-
1. Whereas the Realists portrayed middle class characters in their work, the Naturalists portrayed the lives of working class individuals and believed that members of the working class were controlled, oppressed, and brutalized by the societies in which they lived.

2. Whereas the Realists explored the ethical choices of middle class characters, the Naturalists believed that their working class characters struggled just to remain alive in a way similar to the way Darwin saw animals struggling for survival in the physical world.

3. Whereas the Realists focused on ethical choices and morality in the contemporary life of middle class individuals, often without supporting Christian beliefs, the Naturalist often portrayed working class individuals as animals struggling against an inhuman and unsympathetic universe where they competed for scarce resources in the same way as animals did in the physical world around them.

Part of the review packet for final some one could help and chip in with the rest

Week 11:

corrugated-verb
- to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges

Defunct-adj
- no longer in existence; dead; extinct

Dilatory-adj
- tending to delay or procrastinate

Disheveled-adj
- hanging loosely or in disorder; unkempt

Distraught-adj
- distracted; deeply agitated.

Laudable-adj
- deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable

Lethargic-adj
- of, pertaining to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish

Menagerie-noun
- a collection of wild or unusual animals, esp. for exhibition

Meretricious-adj
- based on pretense, deception, or insincerity

Notoriety-noun
- the state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known

Vocabulary List 12

1. Diatribe-noun
-a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism

2. Esthetics-adj
-having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty

3. Fortify-verb
- to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.

4. Interminable-adj
- incapable of being terminated; unending

5. Inured-verb
- to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate

6. Mordant-adj
- sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting.

7. Pragmatic-adj
- of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations.

8. Specious-adj
- pleasing to the eye but deceptive

9. Surreptitiously-adj
- obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine

10. Vernacular-adj
- expressed or written in the native language of a place, as literary works






Vocabulary List 13

1. Ascertain-verb
- to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine

2. Cogent-adj
- convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.

3. Dissuade-verb
- to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something

4. Exorbitant-adj
- exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, esp. in amount or extent; highly excessive

5. Furtive-adj
- taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance

6. Impervious-adj
- not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable

7. Impute-verb
- to attribute or ascribe

8. Nebulous-adj
- hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused

9. Obstreperous-adj
- resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly

10. Sinuous-adj
- having many curves, bends, or turns; winding

cant find 10 and 14-15 so sum1 else can put that up there.

www.aaue.dk/~av/articles/c-cards.pdf this site reviews both source and notecards thoroughly.

I don't know why I am so future oriented today, but I was thinking about what the class will be like once AP starts, which is only like two weeks away!! I am a little apprehensive but mostly excited. How do you guys feel about it? Got questions?

Class Plant!

Well, Mrs. Jones and Classes. I have finally settled on a plant, spliced it, grew out the roots, and rooted it and it can come sucessfully growing to school on monday:)
So Mrs. Jones my question is are you in class in the mornings? If not, I'll just bring it at lunch.
Oh and the plant type is ALOE. So when we get pesky burns at school. If that in fact will ever happen..........

Ms. Jones

So, on top of having a broken ankle I am getting sick. I don't think I will be able to go to school tomorrow and I don't know what to do about it. I still have a test I need to make up...

Elephants

Ms. Jones I can't stop thinking about what we were talking about in class the other day; about the elephant killers! I'm so upset. I wish we could skip it.

Tonights homework

Hey, I was staying at my dads this past week and left my english book at my house and I have no way of getting it by tonight. What should I do?

Okay, just made this connection. In looney toons (in many cartoon's actually). Whenever someone got hit really hard, or was just really stupid, they would pose questions to George. Ex. "which way did he go George?" I don't know maybe I'm doing a bad job explaining this. But I think it may have some correlation with Of Mice and Men and Lenn. I don't know, probaly explain it better tomorow.

hiiiii everybody, today was my first day of school SO much different..each student is given a macbook :D and my english class is really serious, too serious..we're reading The Things They Carried and i basically have to finish it in one day, ever read it?

miss you guys!

oh yeah, PS the inventor of sparknotes went to this school, he's my hero

These are the questions I would like to address tomorrow. (if we haven't already touched on them). Just a heads up so you can mull them over tonight/tomorrow and hopefully we can have a wonderful discussion.

Discussion Questions for OMAM

Was it moral for George to kill Lennie? How do you feel about euthanasia in general?

How did the time period influence the plot and characters?

This novel employs foreshadowing; where, why, and how effectively was this technique used?

Discuss Steinbeck’s use of symbolism.

If Stienbeck is providing commentary on friendship, what is he saying?

How many types of “outcasts” are found in this novel? Why does Steinbeck use all of these instead of concentrating on one or two?

What is the importance of the title?

Ms. Jones

I was wondering, if when school started again, if you would mind if i started eating lunch in your room. I was just wondering if i could so i could have a calm and quiet place to read and write for 30 minutes. But if not, i understand.