Monday, February 24, 2014
Reading Log
Saturday 2/22/14 - 40 min study for poetry test
Sunday 2/23/14 - 40 minutes study for poetry test and Work on paper 30 min
Total- 150 minutes
Monday, February 17, 2014
Sheet Metal
The luxurious petals
of the velvety rose
are soft as
the dewey mountain air
in the high Himalayan Mountains.
All mountains snow and sleet smothered
small sections
of the spectacular snowy
scene surrounding spring sunlight.
Through the tumbled mountains
hard rusted hulks of sheet
metal enclosed in the automobile graveyard
by a harsh raucous fence.
Euphony
Sibilance
Cacophony
Reading Log
Monday 2/10/14- 20 min. song lyric prep 10 min Vampire Academy
Tuesday 2/11/14- 10 min Vampire Academy
Wednesday 2/12/14- 10 min Vampire Academy
Thursday 2/13/14- 10 min Vampire Academy
Friday 2/14/14- 10 min Vampire Academy
Saturday 2/15/14- 10 min Vampire Academy
Sunday 2/16/14- 10 min Vampire Academy
Total- 1 hour and 30 min.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
"We Didn't Start the Fire"
In 1989, singer/songwriter Billy Joel created a very interesting song, whose meaning still resonates today: We Didn't Start the Fire.
The basic message of the song this that there has always been controversy in the world, ever since you were little, ever since I was little, it never seems to end. The "we" in the song seems to refer to the singer's generation, although can able to all generations.
Billy Joel really drives home the idea that "we didn't start the fire" by using internal rhyme, cacophony, and assonance, to persuade the listener that world events, both good and bad, continue throughout history.
For an example of assonance, Billy Joel says "Princess Grace, Peyton Place." Here the "ace" at the end of both words, makes the phrase rhyme and continues the song's theme. Princess Grace refers the the ascent of Grace Kelly, and American actress to the throne of Monaco. Peyton Place refers to a controversial 1956 novel of the same name and a later TV series.
Billy Joel uses the technique of internal rhyme when he sings "Moonshot, Woodstock" referring to the ubiquitous landing on the moon in 1969 of John Glenn of the United States. Woodstock of course refers to the music festival of the same era that defined a generation. The way that these events are temporally placed and in various rhyming fashion draws the listener to the message.
One of the most used sound patterns in "We Didn't start the Fire" is cacophony. As Billy Joel says "We didn't start the fire, it was always burring since the worlds been turning" he exhibits cacophony though "burning," "turning," and "fire." At the same time, Joel drives the point home that the problems of the world are truly not the fault of any generation, but are problems of humankind.
Billy Joel
"We Didn't Start the Fire"
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/billyjoel/wedidntstartthefire.html
The basic message of the song this that there has always been controversy in the world, ever since you were little, ever since I was little, it never seems to end. The "we" in the song seems to refer to the singer's generation, although can able to all generations.
Billy Joel really drives home the idea that "we didn't start the fire" by using internal rhyme, cacophony, and assonance, to persuade the listener that world events, both good and bad, continue throughout history.
For an example of assonance, Billy Joel says "Princess Grace, Peyton Place." Here the "ace" at the end of both words, makes the phrase rhyme and continues the song's theme. Princess Grace refers the the ascent of Grace Kelly, and American actress to the throne of Monaco. Peyton Place refers to a controversial 1956 novel of the same name and a later TV series.
Billy Joel uses the technique of internal rhyme when he sings "Moonshot, Woodstock" referring to the ubiquitous landing on the moon in 1969 of John Glenn of the United States. Woodstock of course refers to the music festival of the same era that defined a generation. The way that these events are temporally placed and in various rhyming fashion draws the listener to the message.
One of the most used sound patterns in "We Didn't start the Fire" is cacophony. As Billy Joel says "We didn't start the fire, it was always burring since the worlds been turning" he exhibits cacophony though "burning," "turning," and "fire." At the same time, Joel drives the point home that the problems of the world are truly not the fault of any generation, but are problems of humankind.
Billy Joel
"We Didn't Start the Fire"
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/billyjoel/wedidntstartthefire.html
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Reading
Monday 2/3 - 10 min ATD in class and 30 min Finalizing Draft
Tuesday 2/4 - 20 min ATD (class and at home)
Wednesday 2/5 - 10 min ATD in class and 40 min all ATD posts and comments
Thursday 2/6 - 10 min ATD in class
Friday 2/6 - 10 min ATD in class
2 Hours and 10 Minutes
Tuesday 2/4 - 20 min ATD (class and at home)
Wednesday 2/5 - 10 min ATD in class and 40 min all ATD posts and comments
Thursday 2/6 - 10 min ATD in class
Friday 2/6 - 10 min ATD in class
2 Hours and 10 Minutes
Monday, February 3, 2014
Success
One of the most wanted things in the world is success. Many people may want success however many people don't get success, although there are those few lucky people who do run across success. Success comes in many forms depending on what a person considers successful. For example some people think being rich is successful while others think just having love is true success. I am not sure where I fall on what I consider to be success however I know it falls in between love and material things. This might be selfish to think that material things is success, although many people do anyways. Success only comes across a few people, those people are success flu because of two reasons that make up sucess.
There are two things that I think make up success. These two "ingredients" that make up success determine people's life. The first "ingredient" is preparation. The great thing about one of the "ingredients" that makes up success is preparation, is that you can control fifty percent of your chances in being successful. Now some people take this serious and prepare themselves for whatever there goal or success is. While others just do not care. The last "ingredient" that makes up success is luck. Now this where is gets tricky. You can prepare yourself all you want but success does not just come off properness but luck. Luck you can not do anything about. For example people prepare all there life for something, may not be successful because of their luck. However some people do not prepare at all may be extremely lucky and the result is much success. Life comes with it's ups and downs, there things you can control and things can't so if something goes wrong and your tried know you tried your best.
There are two things that I think make up success. These two "ingredients" that make up success determine people's life. The first "ingredient" is preparation. The great thing about one of the "ingredients" that makes up success is preparation, is that you can control fifty percent of your chances in being successful. Now some people take this serious and prepare themselves for whatever there goal or success is. While others just do not care. The last "ingredient" that makes up success is luck. Now this where is gets tricky. You can prepare yourself all you want but success does not just come off properness but luck. Luck you can not do anything about. For example people prepare all there life for something, may not be successful because of their luck. However some people do not prepare at all may be extremely lucky and the result is much success. Life comes with it's ups and downs, there things you can control and things can't so if something goes wrong and your tried know you tried your best.
Homeschool
1/28-
130 Minutes Rough Draft
1/29-
110 Minutes Rough Draft
1/30-
120 Minutes Blog/ Rough Draft
Through out week-
1 Hour The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
Rough Draft
This rough draft we are working in has it's pros and cons. It defiantly shows me where I am as a writer example my strengths and weaknesses. Another "pro" would be that I improve as a writer, which is really good. However like everything there are some cons, it is time consuming. But isn't all papers? That's about it on the cons of this research paper rough draft. One thing in my rough draft that I am sure of is the structure/organization.
I am very confident in this part of the research paper, because it has always been a good aspect in most of my papers. I am defiantly unsure of how i use my quotations, yeah I know we went over this like a billion times in class. The thing that I am really unsure of is when I use my quotations with quotation marks, like just showing where you got you "advanced" knowledge from. The easiest part was putting the body paragraphs together. What made this easy? Well I had a good outline that helped me a lot in writing the rough draft. I would like help changing me transitions and making sure my quotations are right. You should defiantly focus on my quotations, transitions, and structure. Have fun reading!
-Annie
I am very confident in this part of the research paper, because it has always been a good aspect in most of my papers. I am defiantly unsure of how i use my quotations, yeah I know we went over this like a billion times in class. The thing that I am really unsure of is when I use my quotations with quotation marks, like just showing where you got you "advanced" knowledge from. The easiest part was putting the body paragraphs together. What made this easy? Well I had a good outline that helped me a lot in writing the rough draft. I would like help changing me transitions and making sure my quotations are right. You should defiantly focus on my quotations, transitions, and structure. Have fun reading!
-Annie
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