My Glogster

My Glogster, it's late, I know.

http://kringaz.glogster.com/violence/

The Slayer background was there because the band's lyrics often deal with themes of violence and death.
"And so it goes" -- Kurt Vonnegut is there because in the novel where that phrase is said, Slaughterhouse-Five, the phrase is mentioned only at instances of death. The "cute" character that surrounds the words is there because of the irony and sarcasm of it.
The decoration with the words "Violence by Brendan Murray" is flowery is because of the irony and sarcasm of it.
The quote by Ernest Hemingway is there because my feelings about violence and war are the same. I hate it, and I feel like it's a waste of life and time, among other things.
The final quote by Kurt Vonnegut is there because of the sarcasm. Vonnegut was saying (sarcastically) that soldiers wouldn't have done anything with their lives anyways, so why not fight?
The song in the centre of the glog is "The Trooper" by Iron Maiden. The song is about the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. A soldier rides into battle, only to be shot and then die.

Indep novel update

You should be reading your novels(You should almost be finished your novel by now) and you should have developed your thesis for class on Tues.

my glogster

http://eng11mike.glogster.com/eng11-4276/

I gave my glog a red background to represent blood, this is because when you see blood it usually reminds people of pain and I really wanted to get the feeling across when you first look at my glog. I then made the main word look unpleasant because no one really likes pain that much. I did that by putting it on a brick wall because usually when you see a brick wall now days it is run down and falling apart, so when you see a sight like that it does not make things very pleasant. Also I put the word in a dingy orange color, which gives the impression that it is old and faded.

            Next for the denotation of the word I decided to put t in a speech bubble coming out from the word because it is the literal meaning so its like that it is being said.  The speech bubble also represents pain being there because it is actually physically there.  I also gave it a not so nice color because no one really likes the feel of pain so I decided that the color should match as well. I then put a picture of someone feeling physical pain. For the connotation I put some examples in a thought bubble because it’s more in your head then actually there. That is also why I kept the bubble white because it’s all in your head.  I then also put a picture of someone who is suffering from emotional pain.

I then added the video in the top right, which gives you a strong representation of what it was probably like for the shoulder in the trenches.  You can see both the mental and physical pain of what they had to go through every single day just to stay alive themselves.

Finally I added “Mad World” by Gary Jules because if you listen to the lyrics you can imagine just what kind of conditions they had to deal with. Also on lines 1-4 you can imagine that like every morning you wake up with the same people, in the same destructed environment, and you can never tell if you will be going to sleep with the same people at night.I gave my glog a red background to represent blood, this is because when you see blood it usually reminds people of pain and I really wanted to get the feeling across when you first look at my glog. I then made the main word look unpleasant because no one really likes pain that much. I did that by putting it on a brick wall because usually when you see a brick wall now days it is run down and falling apart, so when you see a sight like that it does not make things very pleasant. Also I put the word in a dingy orange color, which gives the impression that it is old and faded.

            Next for the denotation of the word I decided to put in a speech bubble coming out from the word because it is the literal meaning so its like that it is being said.  The speech bubble also represents pain being there because it is actually physically there.  I also gave it a not so nice color because no one really likes the feel of pain so I decided that the color should match as well. I then put a picture of someone feeling physical pain. For the connotation I put some examples in a thought bubble because it’s more in your head then actually there. That is also why I kept the bubble white because it’s all in your head.  I then also put a picture of someone who is suffering from emotional pain.

I then added the video in the top right, which gives you a strong representation of what it was probably like for the shoulder in the trenches.  You can see both the mental and physical pain of what they had to go through every single day just to stay alive themselves.

Finally I added “Mad World” by Gary Jules because if you listen to the lyrics you can imagine just what kind of conditions they had to deal with. Also on lines 1-4 you can imagine that like every morning you wake up with the same people, in the same destructed environment, and you can never tell if you will be going to sleep with the same people at night.

summative journal Lord of the Flies

During this lit circles, we had some discussions that went well, and some that weren't as good. Most of the time we were able to make good connections and find good quotes to represent darkness, illusion, etc. Our connections were probably the strongest part for our group, all of us were able to make precise and insightful connections. A couple days we went off task and didn't get a whole lot done, however most of the time we were focused. In the book we found that the darkness of the imaginary beast tore them apart, and led them to complete destruction. "Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along. Ralph saw it first, and watched until the intentness of his gaze drew all eyes that way. Then the creature stepped from mirage onto clear sand, and they saw that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing. The creature was a party of boys". They turned into the thing they feared most and went from a civilized bunch of boys to savages. I connect this beast idea to the terrorists hiding, we don't have a clue where they are and they make us scared and make us fuss about it. The only difference between the two is that the terrorists are real and have attacked, no one on the island had ever experience the beast first hand(T-W). All in all I think our group was able to get through this lit. circles assignment and get something out of it.

New Essential Questions Decisions

Essential Questions

How do we analyze poems to understand the author's purpose?

How do one’s decisions affect them and those around them?

What is a decision?

Are all decisions the same?

How does the environment affect one’s decision?

How do one’s decisions impact others?

What factors determine one’s choices and decisions?

How does our context impact the choices we have or the choices we make?

Are decisions part of human nature?

How are decisions represented?

What are the consequences of decisions?

How does the context impact the choices we have on the choices we make?

2-2 what makes a good poem

Has a message
Has a structure
Open to interpretation
Has emotion
Has a focus
View of world
Layers
Theme
Connections
Rhymes sometimes
Flows together
Use of symbols
Imagery
It has a voice
It has a moral
It has a relatable message
Rhythm
Evokes an emotion in you
Use of poetic devices
Can have a conflict
Has a tone
Sets a mood

poetry terms

Glossary of Poetry Terms
This is a list of common poetry terms—from alliteration to verse—will take the mystery out of the art form. There are many more terms that you can look up on the internet.
alliteration
The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words: “What would the world be, once bereft/Of wet and wildness?” (Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Inversnaid”)

allusion
a reference made to another literary work, historical event, work of art, or a famous person's quote that adds more depth to the poet's/author's meaning. In fact, all poems retelling old stories are allusive.***See allusion handout

apostrophe
Words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea. The poem God's World by Edna St. Vincent Millay begins with an apostrophe: “O World, I cannot hold thee close enough!/Thy winds, thy wide grey skies!/Thy mists that roll and rise!”
assonance
The repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds: “Thou still unravished bride of quietness,/Thou foster child of silence and slow time” (“Ode to a Grecian Urn,” John Keats).
carpe diem
A Latin expression that means “seize the day.” Carpe diem poems urge the reader (or the person to whom they are addressed) to live for today and enjoy the pleasures of the moment. A famous carpe diem poem by Robert Herrick begins “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may…”
consonance
The repetition of similar consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words, as in lost and past or confess and dismiss.
enjambment
The continuation of a complete idea (a sentence or clause) from one line or couplet of a poem to the next line or couplet without a pause. An example of enjambment can be found in the first line of Joyce Kilmer's poem Trees: “I think that I shall never see/A poem as lovely as a tree.” Enjambment comes from the French word for “to straddle.”
hyperbole
A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis. Many everyday expressions are examples of hyperbole: tons of money, waiting for ages, a flood of tears, etc. Hyperbole is the opposite of litotes.
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litotes
A figure of speech in which a positive is stated by negating its opposite. Some examples of litotes: no small victory, not a bad idea, not unhappy. Litotes is the opposite of hyperbole.
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metaphor
A figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another, or by substituting a more descriptive word for the more common or usual word that would be expected. Some examples of metaphors: the world's a stage, he was a lion in battle, drowning in debt, and a sea of troubles.
metonymy
A figure of speech in which one word is substituted for another with which it is closely associated. For example, in the expression The pen is mightier than the sword, the word pen is used for “the written word,” and sword is used for “military power.”
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onomatopoeia
A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds. Examples of onomatopoeic words are buzz, hiss, zing, clippety-clop, and tick-tock. Keats's “Ode to a Nightingale” not only uses onomatopoeia, but calls our attention to it: “Forlorn! The very word is like a bell/To toll me back from thee to my sole self!” Another example of onomatopoeia is found in this line from Tennyson's Come Down, O Maid: “The moan of doves in immemorial elms,/And murmuring of innumerable bees.” The repeated “m/n” sounds reinforce the idea of “murmuring” by imitating the hum of insects on a warm summer day.

paradox
a statement that appears to be absurd, untrue, or contradictory, but may actually be true.

personification
A figure of speech in which things or abstract ideas are given human attributes: dead leaves dance in the wind, blind justice.
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quatrain
A stanza or poem of four lines.
refrain
A line or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza.
rhyme
The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words. When the rhyme occurs in a final stressed syllable, it is said to be masculine: cat/hat, desire/fire, observe/deserve. When the rhyme occurs in a final unstressed syllable, it is said to be feminine: longing/yearning. The pattern of rhyme in a stanza or poem is shown usually by using a different letter for each final sound. In a poem with an aabba rhyme scheme, the first, second, and fifth lines end in one sound, and the third and fourth lines end in another.
scansion
The analysis of a poem's meter. This is usually done by marking the stressed and unstressed syllables in each line and then, based on the pattern of the stresses, dividing the line into feet.
simile
A figure of speech in which two things are compared using the word “like” or “as.” An example of a simile using like occurs in Langston Hughes's poem “Harlem”: “What happens to a dream deferred?/ Does it dry up/ like a raisin in the sun?”
sonnet
A lyric poem that is 14 lines long. Italian (or Petrarchan) sonnets are divided into two quatrains and a six-line “sestet,” with the rhyme scheme abba abba cdecde (or cdcdcd). English (or Shakespearean) sonnets are composed of three quatrains and a final couplet, with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg. English sonnets are written generally in iambic pentameter.
stanza
Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem. The stanzas of a poem are usually of the same length and follow the same pattern of meter and rhyme.
synecdoche
A figure of speech in which a part is used to designate the whole or the whole is used to designate a part. For example, the phrase “all hands on deck” means “all men on deck,” not just their hands. The reverse situation, in which the whole is used for a part, occurs in the sentence “The U.S. beat Russia in the final game,” where the U.S. and Russia stand for “the U.S. team” and “the Russian team,” respectively.
verse
A single metrical line of poetry, or poetry in general (as opposed to prose).
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