Journals 39-60 Due December 10th

Journals 39 through 60 are due on Friday December 10th. You must have a composition book each day in English class starting November 9, 2010. We will use any free time for journal writing. Journals will be turned in only on the due date and in lieu of my absence will be turned in to Mr. Calloway who will get them to me.

39. Write about a time as a child when you played in one of the following: a treehouse, a cornfield, a construction site, a junkyard, an abandoned house or barn, a stream, a cemetery, a pasture, railroad tracks.
40. What did you do to amuse yourself as a child when you had to wait for a long time? (for instance, at the doctor's or dentist's office)
41. Did your mom or dad ever make you wear something you hated?
42. What was the earliest you ever got up in the morning? The latest you ever stayed up?
43. Write about a time you were talked into something and regretted it.
44. Were you ever in a helicopter, limousine, race car, hot-air balloon, submarine, or horse-drawn carriage?
45. Did you ever forget something extremely important?
46. Write about an experience in a hospital.
47. Were you ever accused of something you didn't do?
48. Write about a disastrous trip or vacation.
49. Were you ever give a responsibility you couldn't handle?
50. Were you ever in a fire, flood, tornado, or hurricane?
51. Did you ever have a secret language?
52. Write about becoming disillusioned with someone you admired or respected.
53. Describe the best concert you ever attended.
54. What was the best nickname you ever made up for a friend?
55. Did you ever become friends with someone much younger or much older than you?
56. Did you ever make friends with a wild animal?
57. Write about a window you broke or something valuable you lost.
58. Did you ever climb onto the roof when your parents weren't home?
59. Did you ever save someone from getting hurt?
60. Did anyone ever save you from getting hurt?

Midterm Review Guide

Senior English Midterm Review


“Beowulf”
“Sir Gawain”
“The Canterbury Tales”
“The Nun’s Priest Tale”
“Macbeth”
Heart of Darkness
Frankenstein
Senior Exit basics (works cited and other items)
Short Stories

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Voc. Quiz for November 5

November 5

endemic
impetuosity
gravity
course
wizen
vacate
perspicacious
obstetrician
wampum
composure

Reflective Essay

Final Corrected copy of the Senior Exit paper is due Monday, November 15. There will be no extra credit for turning in what is expected of you to do to graduate. You must turn in the rough draft and the rough draft rubric with the final copy.

Reflective Essay is due Wednesday, November 17. It must be typed in Times New Roman 12 inch font. There are to be no fancy cover sheets. If you will need for me to print it I will need it by 11-15-10.
Title page
Five full paragraphs in the following format

Paragraph one – general introduction
Paragraph two – Personal level what the senior exit paper meant to you
Paragraph three Professional/Educational reasons. Tell what this paper meant to you on educational towards graduation and plans after graduation. Professionally mention meeting deadlines, being serious, etc. Also include in this paragraph if the goals you had before the paper were met. Did you find out what you sought to find out?

Paragraph four – lasting lessons
What will you take away with you from the overall Senior Exit Project Experience?

Paragraph five - final wrap up and review of any main points that you would like to drive home.

The Lagoon Notes from 10-25-10

Type of Work

• ."The Lagoon" is a short story
• Has elements of realism, adventure, and romanticism.
• Joseph Conrad completed the story in 1896 and published it in Cornhill Magazine

Setting
• .The story is set in Southeast Asia (on the Malay Peninsula or in the Malay Archipelago)
• on a river flowing eastward to the ocean, on a creek flowing inland through dense forest
• and at a small house on a lagoon
• The action takes place in the last half of the nineteenth century after Europeans colonized southern Asia and after the Malay kingdoms of Wajo, Soping

Vocabulary

•nibong, nipa: Palm trees of Asia with leaves that can be used to make a roof.
•prau: Malayan boat with a triangular sail and an outrigger.
•rajah: an Indian, Malay, or Javanese ruler.
•sampan: small boat with a stern-mounted oar used for steering.
•sarong: Malay garment of men and women. It consists of a single length of cloth that is wrapped at the waist and may extend to the knees or ankles.
•tuan: Malay term for sir or mister.

Characters

• The White Man: Traveler who captains a sampan propelled by Malay oarsmen. He is unidentified by a given name or surname. A Malay friend, Arsat, addresses him as Tuan, a title of respect meaning sir or mister.
• Arsat: The protagonist, a Malay who has been living in a small house on a lagoon with his beloved, a woman named Diamelen, who was once the servant of a rajah's wife. After Arsat fell in love with Diamelen, he and she eloped and were chased by the rajah's men.
• Diamelen: Arsat's mate, who is dying.
• Arsat's Brother: Young man who appears in a flashback story told by Arsat. Arsat says he died while helping Arsat and Diamelen escape from the rajah's men.
• The Juragan: Steersman of the white man's boat.
• Oarsmen of the White Man's Boat
Rajah: A ruler in the land of the Malays. He is mentioned in the flashback story.
• Inchi Midah: Rajah's wife. Diamelen was her servant until the latter eloped with Arsat. She is mentioned in the flashback story.
• Rajah Warriors: They are mentioned in the flashback story. They chased Arsat, his brother, and Diamelen
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Themes

Remorse

.......Remorse and regret for abandoning his brother to the rajah's men haunt Arsat like the ghosts that the Malay boatmen imagine inhabit the lagoon and the forests around it. He believes his failure to save his brother caused Diamelen's illness and death.

Stagnation

In describing the lagoon as stagnant (motionless, dead, inert; or putrid, foul, rotting), the narrator is also describing the life of Arsat and Diamelen since their arrival at their isolated forest dwelling. Their life together has been lonely, uneventful, and motionless; the fester of Arsat's guilt has poisoned their opportunity for a contented life just as the mosquitoes from the lagoon have poisoned Diamelin's veins with deadly disease.

Selfishness

.......Arsat claims Diamelen. With the help of his devoted brother, he selfishly runs off with her without stopping even to come to the aid of his brother.
The Ever-Present Past
.......Arsat has been unable to erase the memory of the day when he left his brother behind. So painful is the memory of that day and so keen is his desire to redeem himself that he deliberately offered up his own life when fighting with the white man.

Alter Ego Project

Due 10-25-10

The alter ego project is due today and has to be on paper that is larger than a standard sheet of notebook paper. Remember the project has to include two pictures. One side will have the real you and the other side will have your alter ego (who you are deep inside or when no one is looking). For each side you are to have 12-15 descriptive words of who that person is. Please use creative adjectives. If you do not have your project today, you may turn it in tomorrow, but because it is a project I will not take it after the third day. See me if you have any questions on how to set the project up, or if you are in need of paper larger than a sheet of notebook paper.

Journals 33-35

Journals 33, 34, 35 are due today 10-25-10 if they are not turned in today I will still accept them late tomorrow and I will follow the late schedule that is in posted in the classroom. See the schedule if you are unsure of the points deducted.