Comments:
1. He tries to make her as another person but she really is not.
2. She really loved him it was him who married her for her money.
3. Her life is wrecked all she does is drink rum because of him.
4. He used to love things in the world but now he says its because of her she is going her moms way of acting.
5. He realizes that she loves him truly and that's his wife so he begins a good life with her.
Questions:
1. Are they going to get a divorce?
2. Does he really love her?
3. What has happened with her money?
4. Are they going to end up in England?
Vocabulary:
1. Menaced: something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury pg. 149
2. Abominable: repugnant hateful; detestable; loathsome pg. 161
3. Lunatic: an insane person pg. 166
Literary Terms:
1. "By this time the man crying like a baby." Simile pg. 151
2. "Pity like a naked new - born babe striding the blast." Simile pg. 164
Overview Sentence:
1. He feels that they can make their relationship a more better love and that's what they are trying to do.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Wide Sargasso Sea
Comments:
1. The husband calls her Bertha because he found out Antoinette is her mothers name.
2. They are getting to have a good relationship with each other so far.
3. He is falling in love with someone else that's darker.
4. She has a sister in Demerara which she wants to go and live there.
5. He let her go to be free but knowing she will come back.
Questions:
1. Why can't she ever leave him?
2. Why can't they be happy?
3. Are they gay?
4. Why does he think she is only after rich men if she is rich?
Vocabulary:
1. Retched: to make efforts to vomit pg. 137
2. Petticoat: any skirt like part or covering pg. 140
3. Decanter: a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like pg. 144
Literary Terms:
1. "...money pretty like pretty self..." Simile pg. 114
2. "He ran out almost as fast as the little girl had done." Simile pg. 145
Overview Sentence:
1. Antoinette is arguing with her husband about what justice really is
1. The husband calls her Bertha because he found out Antoinette is her mothers name.
2. They are getting to have a good relationship with each other so far.
3. He is falling in love with someone else that's darker.
4. She has a sister in Demerara which she wants to go and live there.
5. He let her go to be free but knowing she will come back.
Questions:
1. Why can't she ever leave him?
2. Why can't they be happy?
3. Are they gay?
4. Why does he think she is only after rich men if she is rich?
Vocabulary:
1. Retched: to make efforts to vomit pg. 137
2. Petticoat: any skirt like part or covering pg. 140
3. Decanter: a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like pg. 144
Literary Terms:
1. "...money pretty like pretty self..." Simile pg. 114
2. "He ran out almost as fast as the little girl had done." Simile pg. 145
Overview Sentence:
1. Antoinette is arguing with her husband about what justice really is
Wide Sargasso Sea
Comments:
1. There is a lot of feeling that these characters give away.
2. He marries Antoinette without knowing nothing about her only that she has money.
3. He was at the place in which the house burned down.
4. The trees and natural living things are signs that there living a bad life.
5. Antoinette doesn't care about money all she wants is to be loved and happy.
Questions:
1. Where is his dad and brother?
2. Who is that little girl?
3. What road was there before?
4. Why does she say he hates her?
Vocabulary:
1. Sparse: not thick or dense; thin pg. 103
2. Hibiscus: any of numerous other plants, shrubs, or trees of the genus pg. 109
3. Chandeliers: a decorative, sometimes ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling, usually having branched supports for a number of lights pg. 111
Literary Terms:
1. "...my fathers face and his thin lips, my brothers round conceited eyes." Direct Characterization pg. 103
2. "...clever like the devil." Simile pg. 112
Overview Sentence:
1. Antoinette feels her husband hates her and thinks about leaving far away since her life is a living nightmare.
1. There is a lot of feeling that these characters give away.
2. He marries Antoinette without knowing nothing about her only that she has money.
3. He was at the place in which the house burned down.
4. The trees and natural living things are signs that there living a bad life.
5. Antoinette doesn't care about money all she wants is to be loved and happy.
Questions:
1. Where is his dad and brother?
2. Who is that little girl?
3. What road was there before?
4. Why does she say he hates her?
Vocabulary:
1. Sparse: not thick or dense; thin pg. 103
2. Hibiscus: any of numerous other plants, shrubs, or trees of the genus pg. 109
3. Chandeliers: a decorative, sometimes ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling, usually having branched supports for a number of lights pg. 111
Literary Terms:
1. "...my fathers face and his thin lips, my brothers round conceited eyes." Direct Characterization pg. 103
2. "...clever like the devil." Simile pg. 112
Overview Sentence:
1. Antoinette feels her husband hates her and thinks about leaving far away since her life is a living nightmare.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Comments:
1. Her mind about England would would never change, all she wants is to go over there.
2. The letter sent to him was about how his wife n her family owned slaves.
3. The girl does not have fault in her family owning slaves and they lived pretty bad too.
4. Amelie disrespected her by saying that her husband is tired of the honeymoon and they started fighting.
5. Christophine is leaving Antoinette because she feels that house if filled with evil and she wants her rest.
Questions:
1. What does the envelope contain?
2. Is he really her brother?
3. What is Daniels purpose in wanting him to go over there?
4. What will she do with out Christophine?
Vocabulary:
1. Obstinate: firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty pg. 94
2. Cypher: a person of no influence; nonentity pg. 98
3. Patois: a rural or provincial form of speech pg. 102
Literary Terms:
1. "She have no money and she have friends, for French and English like cat and dog in these islands since long time." Simile pg. 96
2. "I sit at my window and the words fly past like birds- with Gods help I catch some." Personification pg. 98
Overview Sentence:
1. Antoinette is living a bad life little by little and now she is going to be all alone.
1. Her mind about England would would never change, all she wants is to go over there.
2. The letter sent to him was about how his wife n her family owned slaves.
3. The girl does not have fault in her family owning slaves and they lived pretty bad too.
4. Amelie disrespected her by saying that her husband is tired of the honeymoon and they started fighting.
5. Christophine is leaving Antoinette because she feels that house if filled with evil and she wants her rest.
Questions:
1. What does the envelope contain?
2. Is he really her brother?
3. What is Daniels purpose in wanting him to go over there?
4. What will she do with out Christophine?
Vocabulary:
1. Obstinate: firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty pg. 94
2. Cypher: a person of no influence; nonentity pg. 98
3. Patois: a rural or provincial form of speech pg. 102
Literary Terms:
1. "She have no money and she have friends, for French and English like cat and dog in these islands since long time." Simile pg. 96
2. "I sit at my window and the words fly past like birds- with Gods help I catch some." Personification pg. 98
Overview Sentence:
1. Antoinette is living a bad life little by little and now she is going to be all alone.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Comments:
1. They act like they are very important but have stolen furniture in their house.
2. I don't think all beauty has a sad ending to their life.
3. The river is her place of being calm and free.
4. The music that the rain made was something wonderful to him.
5. She was forced to marry that boy by Richard.
Questions:
1. Is bull blood good to drink ?
2. Why did he accept to marry her?
3. Where did does kids come from?
4. How did she get sold to the boy ?
Vocabulary:
1. Dilapidated: reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect pg. 89
2. Blandishments: something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice pg. 01
3. Savage: fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed pg. 93
Literary Terms:
1. "They fell in a day, and looked like snow on the rough grass..." Simile pg. 87
2. "It was at night that I felt danger and would try to forget it and push it away." Personification pg. 93
Overview Sentence:
1. Even though she was sold to marriage they young boy doesn't love her but he wishes for her to be happy.
1. They act like they are very important but have stolen furniture in their house.
2. I don't think all beauty has a sad ending to their life.
3. The river is her place of being calm and free.
4. The music that the rain made was something wonderful to him.
5. She was forced to marry that boy by Richard.
Questions:
1. Is bull blood good to drink ?
2. Why did he accept to marry her?
3. Where did does kids come from?
4. How did she get sold to the boy ?
Vocabulary:
1. Dilapidated: reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect pg. 89
2. Blandishments: something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice pg. 01
3. Savage: fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed pg. 93
Literary Terms:
1. "They fell in a day, and looked like snow on the rough grass..." Simile pg. 87
2. "It was at night that I felt danger and would try to forget it and push it away." Personification pg. 93
Overview Sentence:
1. Even though she was sold to marriage they young boy doesn't love her but he wishes for her to be happy.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Comments:
1. The white girl has married a black boy which treats her very nice.
2. I thought she was a servant to those people but she is not.
3. They both feel that Jamaica and England is like a dream they which to wake up from.
4. Antoinette is the girl that went through that tragic with the fire burning her house down.
5. They don't mind getting their dress dirty since they are rich.
Questions:
1. Is there any other white person in the house?
2. What is Antoinette afraid of?
3. Where did they get the other girl from?
4. What did the rats represent?
Vocabulary:
1. Commemorating: to serve as a memorial or reminder of pg. 77
2. Chemise: a woman's loose-fitting, shirt like undergarment pg. 82
3. Plaits: to make, as a mat, by braiding pg. 84
Literary Terms:
1. "It was cold as ice in the hot sun." Simile pg. 77
2. "...and the noise, subdued in the inner room, was deafening Crack - Cracks..." Onomatopoeia pg. 81
Overview Sentence:
1. The black man treats her nice but she does not want to be there with him.
1. The white girl has married a black boy which treats her very nice.
2. I thought she was a servant to those people but she is not.
3. They both feel that Jamaica and England is like a dream they which to wake up from.
4. Antoinette is the girl that went through that tragic with the fire burning her house down.
5. They don't mind getting their dress dirty since they are rich.
Questions:
1. Is there any other white person in the house?
2. What is Antoinette afraid of?
3. Where did they get the other girl from?
4. What did the rats represent?
Vocabulary:
1. Commemorating: to serve as a memorial or reminder of pg. 77
2. Chemise: a woman's loose-fitting, shirt like undergarment pg. 82
3. Plaits: to make, as a mat, by braiding pg. 84
Literary Terms:
1. "It was cold as ice in the hot sun." Simile pg. 77
2. "...and the noise, subdued in the inner room, was deafening Crack - Cracks..." Onomatopoeia pg. 81
Overview Sentence:
1. The black man treats her nice but she does not want to be there with him.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Comments:
1. She got married to some man and is now in Massacre coming from Jamaica.
2. This is almost like Dominican Republic carrying baskets on top of their heads.
3. She has been sold to some stranger she doesn't even love.
4. She is not happy where she is and is very lonely.
5. She is getting married in a place called Granbab.
Questions:
1. Who is Antoinette?
2. What is the young bull ?
3. How are they happy in a house full of strangers?
4. What is she afraid of?
Vocabulary:
1. Melancholy: a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression pg. 67
2. Menacing: something that threatens to cause evil, harm pg. 69
3. Veranda: a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery pg. 74
Literary Terms:
1. "Long, sad, dark alien eyes." Metaphor pg. 67
2. "... a little sad as if it knew it could not last." Simile pg. 72
Overview Sentence:
1. A girl and women arrived to a house that belongs to the Mason.
1. She got married to some man and is now in Massacre coming from Jamaica.
2. This is almost like Dominican Republic carrying baskets on top of their heads.
3. She has been sold to some stranger she doesn't even love.
4. She is not happy where she is and is very lonely.
5. She is getting married in a place called Granbab.
Questions:
1. Who is Antoinette?
2. What is the young bull ?
3. How are they happy in a house full of strangers?
4. What is she afraid of?
Vocabulary:
1. Melancholy: a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression pg. 67
2. Menacing: something that threatens to cause evil, harm pg. 69
3. Veranda: a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery pg. 74
Literary Terms:
1. "Long, sad, dark alien eyes." Metaphor pg. 67
2. "... a little sad as if it knew it could not last." Simile pg. 72
Overview Sentence:
1. A girl and women arrived to a house that belongs to the Mason.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Spook
5-Comment
1. They are trying to reach out to the dead in a University of Arizona lab.
2. Gary Schwartz is a psychology professor at the University of Arizona.
3. Schwartz have a data to show people can communicate with the dead.
4. John Edwards (of Crossing Water) was tested in the Afterlife Experiment.
5. Allison DuBois is also part of the their research called Asking Question Study.
4-Questions
1. Are there angels?
2. Do afterlives eat?
3. Does it mean in the afterlife, people still behave like normal humans?
4. He keeps switching universities, does that mean all universities in America study the afterlife?3-Vocab
1. Robust - strong and healthy
2. Dateline - a line giving the place or origin and usually the date of a news dispatch
3. Discarnate - without a physical body
2-Literary Term
1. "...showing up in a double-breasted suit, with a white Jaguar parked in the lot..." [imagery]
2. "...a stout woman with gray hair..." [imagery]
1-Overview:Finding out more about the afterlife at the University of Arizona by asking questions.
1. They are trying to reach out to the dead in a University of Arizona lab.
2. Gary Schwartz is a psychology professor at the University of Arizona.
3. Schwartz have a data to show people can communicate with the dead.
4. John Edwards (of Crossing Water) was tested in the Afterlife Experiment.
5. Allison DuBois is also part of the their research called Asking Question Study.
4-Questions
1. Are there angels?
2. Do afterlives eat?
3. Does it mean in the afterlife, people still behave like normal humans?
4. He keeps switching universities, does that mean all universities in America study the afterlife?3-Vocab
1. Robust - strong and healthy
2. Dateline - a line giving the place or origin and usually the date of a news dispatch
3. Discarnate - without a physical body
2-Literary Term
1. "...showing up in a double-breasted suit, with a white Jaguar parked in the lot..." [imagery]
2. "...a stout woman with gray hair..." [imagery]
1-Overview:Finding out more about the afterlife at the University of Arizona by asking questions.
Spook
5-Comments
1. Winter is the most quiet season, and summer is most when everybodu goes out to have fun, its very civalized.
2. Woodhull moved to Amos Underhill's house to do most of the spying.
3. Intellegence of privateer-building activity was going to be in some anxiety.
4. Americans bought 3,100 vessals from merchants to fight against the British.
5.Woodhull wrote to Washington a full 7 pages report about what was happening and will be returning.
4-Questions
1. Is 3,100 vessals really enough agaisnt the British?
2. How come so far in the book, there isn't any names of women mentioned?
3. Were all spies men back then?
4. Was there even any women living in the American colonies?
3-Vocab
1. Regiments - military ground troops
2. Reluctance - unwillingness
3. Countenance - calm facial expression
2-Literary Terms-
1."....bought in 3,100 merchant vessals..." - Foreshadow
2. They ready to go agains the British.- "...Roe bought it from Woodhull..." - Irony - He should be spying and not selling things.
1-OverviewThe Americans were getting all the supplies they need to get ready.
1. Winter is the most quiet season, and summer is most when everybodu goes out to have fun, its very civalized.
2. Woodhull moved to Amos Underhill's house to do most of the spying.
3. Intellegence of privateer-building activity was going to be in some anxiety.
4. Americans bought 3,100 vessals from merchants to fight against the British.
5.Woodhull wrote to Washington a full 7 pages report about what was happening and will be returning.
4-Questions
1. Is 3,100 vessals really enough agaisnt the British?
2. How come so far in the book, there isn't any names of women mentioned?
3. Were all spies men back then?
4. Was there even any women living in the American colonies?
3-Vocab
1. Regiments - military ground troops
2. Reluctance - unwillingness
3. Countenance - calm facial expression
2-Literary Terms-
1."....bought in 3,100 merchant vessals..." - Foreshadow
2. They ready to go agains the British.- "...Roe bought it from Woodhull..." - Irony - He should be spying and not selling things.
1-OverviewThe Americans were getting all the supplies they need to get ready.
Spook
5-comments
1. They started hunting the souls with microscopes and scalpels.
2. Took man 6,000 years to figure out how life started.
3. They didn't know about life because they couldn't see specifics.
4. In 1675, Leeuwenhock discovered the life of bacteria and protozoa.
5. Harvey was atonished to find out how life of a dear began.
4-questions
1. What is Chamberlain of the Council-Chamber of Worship Sherifts of Delt?
2. Did he find animacules?
3. What is the material of human soul?
4. If the souls would arrive in conceptiors, what would happen then?
3-vocab
1. Globules - a small spherical mass
2. Minted - to produce (money) by stamping metal; coins
3. Rennet - a lining membrane on the fourth stomach2
2 Literary Term
1. "...some with tails straight look like hat pins..." [simile]
2. "the luz is shaped like a chickpea" [simile]
1-Overview:This chapter is about discovering how life began.
1. They started hunting the souls with microscopes and scalpels.
2. Took man 6,000 years to figure out how life started.
3. They didn't know about life because they couldn't see specifics.
4. In 1675, Leeuwenhock discovered the life of bacteria and protozoa.
5. Harvey was atonished to find out how life of a dear began.
4-questions
1. What is Chamberlain of the Council-Chamber of Worship Sherifts of Delt?
2. Did he find animacules?
3. What is the material of human soul?
4. If the souls would arrive in conceptiors, what would happen then?
3-vocab
1. Globules - a small spherical mass
2. Minted - to produce (money) by stamping metal; coins
3. Rennet - a lining membrane on the fourth stomach2
2 Literary Term
1. "...some with tails straight look like hat pins..." [simile]
2. "the luz is shaped like a chickpea" [simile]
1-Overview:This chapter is about discovering how life began.
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