Basically posts about this random kid in this random farming town in the middle of coastal California telling the whole world what's going on in his Third Period Class.
Monday, December 5, 2016
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Today's Assignment
*I'm writing based off of this post*
-The comparison between Jessica's Blog and the poem is that she interprets it as an actual story of Immigrants, but I interpret it as a Metaphor for new inmates in Jimmy Santiago Baca's prison.
-Nobody at my table has really read it, two were absent, one's lazy(Evelyn).
-The comparison between Jessica's Blog and the poem is that she interprets it as an actual story of Immigrants, but I interpret it as a Metaphor for new inmates in Jimmy Santiago Baca's prison.
-Nobody at my table has really read it, two were absent, one's lazy(Evelyn).
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Jimmy Santiago Baca
Theme: Courage, it gives us hope that the Prison System isn't ruining anyone that enters it's foreboding arms
Tone: Mellow, it's not Violent, it's relaxed compared to other prison stories.
Mood: Non-cholent, he seems to be taking Prison well. I love the use of Metaphorical Immigrants an new Inmates.
Devices: Metaphor and sensory imagery.
Tone: Mellow, it's not Violent, it's relaxed compared to other prison stories.
Mood: Non-cholent, he seems to be taking Prison well. I love the use of Metaphorical Immigrants an new Inmates.
Devices: Metaphor and sensory imagery.
Monday, November 28, 2016
My Mad dream of an Essay
Remember that time you ate that meal just before you went to bed on the night before the big Pre-Lim Swim-meet ? Oh, that weird dream you had about the 2016 presidential election. When you woke up you couldn't quite remember the shaky details, but after reading "On Self-Reliance" and "A Sound of Thunder" it's all coming back to you now.
The dream started badly. You were in line with your family at a Polling Station waiting to be sent to America's Funeral. Everywhere you looked there were posters of president-elect Tilda-Hair, looking like a crazy Cannibal who could eat a whole Nation in one single bite.
Suddenly, there was Ralph Waldo Emerson telling you, "Ne Te Quaseveris Extra." You realized that you have something to contribute to the world so you decided to fight back. But it wasn't easy. First you had to put on a fancy shirt and tie and then you had make a trip to go back in time to the polling station so you could convince people to learn about the candidates and the "wall."
But right there in the Polling Station there was a giant Poster and it started yelling at everyone. People started to gaze in wonder. You grabbed a Hose from a nearby Fire Prevention location and yelled that we should make our own decisions in life. Everyone stopped and listened, so you kept going.
Ralph Waldo-Emerson warned taught us not to look outside ourselves to solve life's problems. In A sound of Thunder, Ray Bradbury foreshadowed the outcome of our decisions through using a Butterfly as a Metaphor for the chaos theory, a chain reaction of events that would forever alter our future. If we take both warnings from those two extraordinary men, we won't let these events come true. If we think for ourselves and not others-become self-reliant-we can truly follow 'Ne te Quaseveris Extra.' If we follow the warning in 'A sound of thunder(the Butterfly Metaphor),' we won't have to have petty arguments about how you hate your nation becuase you disagree with another individual's decision.
The dream started badly. You were in line with your family at a Polling Station waiting to be sent to America's Funeral. Everywhere you looked there were posters of president-elect Tilda-Hair, looking like a crazy Cannibal who could eat a whole Nation in one single bite.
Suddenly, there was Ralph Waldo Emerson telling you, "Ne Te Quaseveris Extra." You realized that you have something to contribute to the world so you decided to fight back. But it wasn't easy. First you had to put on a fancy shirt and tie and then you had make a trip to go back in time to the polling station so you could convince people to learn about the candidates and the "wall."
But right there in the Polling Station there was a giant Poster and it started yelling at everyone. People started to gaze in wonder. You grabbed a Hose from a nearby Fire Prevention location and yelled that we should make our own decisions in life. Everyone stopped and listened, so you kept going.
Ralph Waldo-Emerson warned taught us not to look outside ourselves to solve life's problems. In A sound of Thunder, Ray Bradbury foreshadowed the outcome of our decisions through using a Butterfly as a Metaphor for the chaos theory, a chain reaction of events that would forever alter our future. If we take both warnings from those two extraordinary men, we won't let these events come true. If we think for ourselves and not others-become self-reliant-we can truly follow 'Ne te Quaseveris Extra.' If we follow the warning in 'A sound of thunder(the Butterfly Metaphor),' we won't have to have petty arguments about how you hate your nation becuase you disagree with another individual's decision.
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Vocabulary infinitesimally to undulate were googled
Name_Satchel Hogan______________________
Period____3___________
Study Guide for Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder”
I. VOCABULARY: Be able to define the following words and understand them when they
appear in the story or class discussion.
annihilate: To Destroy
expendable: Not significant/can be easily gotten rid of
infinitesimally: Exceedingly Small
primeval: Resembling early stages of the world
resilient: Resisting/Determined
revoke: To be removed
sheathed: Cut
subliminal: Secret hidden in plain sight
taint: Add a Toxin to a liquid
undulate: Move with a smooth Wave-like motion
II. LITERARY TERMS: Be able to define each term and apply each term to the story.
foreshadowing: The use of Referencing future events earlier in a story
Describe what is foreshadowed in this story: The Phrase "Don't touch anything, not even a butterfly" is referencing the Butterfly effect, and the Title 'Sound of Thunder' is referencing the Gunshot at the end of the story
simile: Comparing something to another with like or as
example: There was a sound like a Bonfire burning all of time
metaphor: Comparing something to another item that it is not
example: Time was a film run Backwards
protagonist: The 'Good Guy' in a story
Who is the protagonist of this story?
Travis, he tied to warn Eckels that Killing one butterfly would re-write all of history
III. QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions.
1. What company does Eckels visit?
Time Safari, Inc.
2. What are the penalties for disobeying instructions?
A large fine, and/or Government prosecution.
3. About what is Eckels thankful?
That Deutscher didn't win the Presidential election, as there would've been a dictatorship.
4. What did some people want to do if Deutscher had won the election and why?
Escape to 1492, as he'd be a dictator
5. What does the man behind the desk tell Eckels happened last year that makes Eckels think about going on the safari?
Six Safari Leaders had died, and that the Dinosaurs were hungry
6. Who is the Safari Leader?
Travis
7. How many people besides Eckels are on the trip? Name them.
Four. Travis, Lesperance, Billings, and Kramer.
8. What does Travis tell Eckels is the best way to kill a dinosaur?
Aim for the Brain on the Head, not the spine.
9. When the hunters arrive at their destination, what does Travis tell them hasn’t happened yet in history? Moses, Hitler and The Pyramids had not yet existed.
10. How many years did the men travel?
Sixty Million Years
11. What is the antigravity metal path and why must the men stay on it?
A Path that keeps from Changing the Future, if any little thing is changed, it could greatly effect the future
12. What happened to the machine and the men’s clothes before they made their journey?
They were sterilized.
13. Why do the men wear oxygen helmets?
14. What is unique about the dinosaurs that the men can shoot?
15. What is a paradox?
16. What does Eckels jokingly pretend to do?
Shoot a T-Rex
17. How does the reader know Eckels is afraid?
The Sensory Imagery used
18. What does Eckels say when he sees the size of the dinosaur?
"It could Grab the Moon"
19. How do the men know which dinosaurs they can shoot?
If Travis says it's okay
20. Where was Eckels on his way to when he stepped off the path?
Away from the T-Rex
21. What do Billings and Kramer do after the dinosaur is dead?
Dig out the bullets
22. What does Lesperance offer Billings and Kramer that they turn down?
A trophy photo
23. What does Travis tell Eckels they are going to do to him?
Leave him in the past
24. What does Travis make Eckels do in order to go back with them?
Dig out the bullets
25. What does Eckels notice about the sign on their return?
It changed
26. What does Eckels find on the bottom of his boots?
Mud
27. What does Eckels learn about the election?
Deutscher won
28. What is the reader to infer that Travis does to Eckels?
Kill Him
Period____3___________
Study Guide for Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder”
I. VOCABULARY: Be able to define the following words and understand them when they
appear in the story or class discussion.
annihilate: To Destroy
infinitesimally: Exceedingly Small
primeval: Resembling early stages of the world
resilient: Resisting/Determined
revoke: To be removed
sheathed: Cut
subliminal: Secret hidden in plain sight
taint: Add a Toxin to a liquid
undulate: Move with a smooth Wave-like motion
II. LITERARY TERMS: Be able to define each term and apply each term to the story.
foreshadowing: The use of Referencing future events earlier in a story
Describe what is foreshadowed in this story: The Phrase "Don't touch anything, not even a butterfly" is referencing the Butterfly effect, and the Title 'Sound of Thunder' is referencing the Gunshot at the end of the story
simile: Comparing something to another with like or as
example: There was a sound like a Bonfire burning all of time
metaphor: Comparing something to another item that it is not
example: Time was a film run Backwards
protagonist: The 'Good Guy' in a story
Who is the protagonist of this story?
Travis, he tied to warn Eckels that Killing one butterfly would re-write all of history
III. QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions.
1. What company does Eckels visit?
Time Safari, Inc.
2. What are the penalties for disobeying instructions?
A large fine, and/or Government prosecution.
3. About what is Eckels thankful?
That Deutscher didn't win the Presidential election, as there would've been a dictatorship.
4. What did some people want to do if Deutscher had won the election and why?
Escape to 1492, as he'd be a dictator
5. What does the man behind the desk tell Eckels happened last year that makes Eckels think about going on the safari?
Six Safari Leaders had died, and that the Dinosaurs were hungry
6. Who is the Safari Leader?
Travis
7. How many people besides Eckels are on the trip? Name them.
Four. Travis, Lesperance, Billings, and Kramer.
8. What does Travis tell Eckels is the best way to kill a dinosaur?
Aim for the Brain on the Head, not the spine.
9. When the hunters arrive at their destination, what does Travis tell them hasn’t happened yet in history? Moses, Hitler and The Pyramids had not yet existed.
10. How many years did the men travel?
Sixty Million Years
11. What is the antigravity metal path and why must the men stay on it?
A Path that keeps from Changing the Future, if any little thing is changed, it could greatly effect the future
12. What happened to the machine and the men’s clothes before they made their journey?
They were sterilized.
13. Why do the men wear oxygen helmets?
14. What is unique about the dinosaurs that the men can shoot?
15. What is a paradox?
16. What does Eckels jokingly pretend to do?
Shoot a T-Rex
17. How does the reader know Eckels is afraid?
The Sensory Imagery used
18. What does Eckels say when he sees the size of the dinosaur?
"It could Grab the Moon"
19. How do the men know which dinosaurs they can shoot?
If Travis says it's okay
20. Where was Eckels on his way to when he stepped off the path?
Away from the T-Rex
21. What do Billings and Kramer do after the dinosaur is dead?
Dig out the bullets
22. What does Lesperance offer Billings and Kramer that they turn down?
A trophy photo
23. What does Travis tell Eckels they are going to do to him?
Leave him in the past
24. What does Travis make Eckels do in order to go back with them?
Dig out the bullets
25. What does Eckels notice about the sign on their return?
It changed
26. What does Eckels find on the bottom of his boots?
Mud
27. What does Eckels learn about the election?
Deutscher won
28. What is the reader to infer that Travis does to Eckels?
Kill Him
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Time-Related Vignette
Alternate Shortline Railway, South-East of Santa Maria
June 16, 1910:
It's the Opening Ceremony of the Figueroa Mountain Railway Company (FMRy Co.), Six New Geared Shay steam Locomotives, all Three-Foot Gauge, had just been delivered from Lima Locomotive Works in Illinois. The line had been constructed to serve the Surrounding Townships and a Logging Mill and a Mine at the Top of the Mountain, all Irish and Chinese Labor. Freight Cars, Passenger coaches, some purchased new, others purchased from the Pacific Coast Railway.
4:30 PST, Maiden Trip:
Engine Number 3 roars to life, followed by the sound of at least 300 cheers. As she groans up the incline with the first load, the Crowd watches in awe. Number 3 takes her time to climb slowly, if she goes too fast, the Gears would grind and She'd eventually slide back down the hill.
4:45 PST, The Poppy Mine is reached:
The Poppy mine had been constructed to extract Quartz for new Buildings being Erected in the surrounding Towns, and Number 3 was there to pick of the first load of Quartz. Equipped with a hopper car in her load, the Rocks would be transported down to base camp and loaded onto a Southern Pacific flatcar to be transported from there.
5:00 PST, Roaring Oak Logging Camp is Reached:
The Final stop on the Trip was the Logging camp atop the Mountain, used to gather Live Coastal oak wood for building around the country. A battered steam crane heaves the logs onto a flatcar, and Number 3 screeched her whistle, and Huffed back down the Mountain. Once Base camp is reached, the trip would be a success.
June 16, 1910:
It's the Opening Ceremony of the Figueroa Mountain Railway Company (FMRy Co.), Six New Geared Shay steam Locomotives, all Three-Foot Gauge, had just been delivered from Lima Locomotive Works in Illinois. The line had been constructed to serve the Surrounding Townships and a Logging Mill and a Mine at the Top of the Mountain, all Irish and Chinese Labor. Freight Cars, Passenger coaches, some purchased new, others purchased from the Pacific Coast Railway.
4:30 PST, Maiden Trip:
Engine Number 3 roars to life, followed by the sound of at least 300 cheers. As she groans up the incline with the first load, the Crowd watches in awe. Number 3 takes her time to climb slowly, if she goes too fast, the Gears would grind and She'd eventually slide back down the hill.
4:45 PST, The Poppy Mine is reached:
The Poppy mine had been constructed to extract Quartz for new Buildings being Erected in the surrounding Towns, and Number 3 was there to pick of the first load of Quartz. Equipped with a hopper car in her load, the Rocks would be transported down to base camp and loaded onto a Southern Pacific flatcar to be transported from there.
5:00 PST, Roaring Oak Logging Camp is Reached:
The Final stop on the Trip was the Logging camp atop the Mountain, used to gather Live Coastal oak wood for building around the country. A battered steam crane heaves the logs onto a flatcar, and Number 3 screeched her whistle, and Huffed back down the Mountain. Once Base camp is reached, the trip would be a success.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
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