Women writers

We have only read two women writers so far: Barbara Kingsolver for The Bean Trees and now Edith Wharton with Ethan Frome. Are women writers any different from men? Do they choose different topics? Do they have different writing styles? Do you prefer to read stories by men or women? Does it matter if a book is by a man or a woman?

Edith Wharton

Skim the information about Edith Wharton. Write down five interesting facts about her life.

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Seattle 1999

What is the WTO? In the movie This is What Democracy Looks Like, what are they protesting about the WTO?

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Listen to part of the show Entitled Opinion about Thoreau. Answer these questions:

1. What is the host's view of Thoreau?

2. What is Kathryn Todd's view of Thoreau?

3. What are the advantages of living your life like Thoreau?

You can say what you feel, and express yourself, instead of holding back.

4. What are the disadvantages?

You can get in serious trouble with the law, for expressing yourself.

Civil Disobidence

What actions by the government are you against? What is the best way to change these actions? Can you use any of the ideas of Martin Luther King Jr. or Henry David Thoreau?


There are a few things that I'm against that the government does, that is the whole same sex marriage. I think that if you love somebody it shouldn't matter, they should all have the same rights for marriage. The best way to change this action is to just let it allowed in some states.

Binder check

Name________________

English Binder Check

1.How have you organized your assignments?

2.Look through your assignments, what kinds of assignments have we done this year?

How is English class different from other classes? How is it the same?

3.What are some things you have learned so far this year?

4.Look at your American Literary Periods Timeline, what periods in American Literature

have we covered so far?

5. How can you be a more successful student in this class?

Writing Styles Passage

"Ah love, let us be true

To one another! for the world, which seems

To lie before us like a land of dreams,

So various, so beautiful, so new,

Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,

Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;

And we are here as on a darkling plain

Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,

Where ignorant armies clash by night."

page 100

Activity 6

1. The patient, ________ravaged___________ (ravage) by the effects of diabe-

tes, was a candidate for a kidney transplant.

2. The disease was _________ravaging____________ (ravage) the kidneys of

the cat.

3. The ________drooping____________ (droop) cat was held in the arms of her

owner.

4. The cat _______drooped_____________ (droop) as the owner handed her

to the veterinarian.

Activity 6

(Continued)

4. The cat ________drooped____________ (droop) as the owner handed her

to the veterinarian.

5. ________Bewildered___________, (bewilder) Shawn Levering looked around

the veterinary hospital.

6. He was given a _______bewildered ____________ (bewilder) number of

choices.

7. The veterinarian made a ______compeling___________ (compel) argument

for saving Lady’s life.

8. He was _______compeled_____________ (compel) to choose between his

hot rods and his cat.

9. The ________transplanted____________ (transplant) kidney was working fi ne.

10. The surgeon had _________transplanted_____________ (transplant) the kidney

the night before.

Activity 9

Reread the fi rst paragraph of Part 1.

What words does Bilger use to compare Lady to a movie star? Why does he make this comparison?

Bilger uses the words "queen of silent film with one last swoon left in her".

• Now read the second paragraph.

What words does Bilger use to describe Shawn Levering? What point is Bilger making about Shawn?

Bilger uses "scuffed blue jeans, freckled and ruddy his forearms thickly cabled", as some words to describe Shawn. He is making a point that Shawn is a well put together man, and knows what he is doing.

• Now read the third paragraph.

Identify the medical terminology in this paragraph. Why does Bilger use it?

He uses words like toxin, dialysis, blood pressure and clotting and uses these words to show the real world aspects of life.

• What do Lady, Shawn Levering, and Cathy Langston represent?

What problem or issue do the fi rst three paragraphs suggest that

“The Last Meow” is going to explore?

The first three paragraphs issues are how much a family will spend for the lives of their pets.

Look at the fi rst paragraph of Part 2.

Each sentence is quite long except the last. What is the effect of ending the paragraph with,

“The ferrets are called Larry, Mo, and Curly”?

The effect was that the info wasn't very important.

• What is the purpose of the parentheses in the third sentence?

It's purpose of the parentheses are for extra information

• Why does Bilger give us a long list of examples of animals treated

in the exotics unit?

To show that the treatment has been experienced with different animals.

How are the paragraphs in this article different from paragraphs

in a newspaper article?

They are longer and have more of a personal expreience rather than a business experience.

Why has Bilger divided the article into sections?

The article was too long, so it needed to be divided.

• What is the tone of “The Last Meow”?

The tone of "The Last Meow" is normal, with no up or downs.

• How would the article be different if it were a newspaper article?

What if it were in a textbook for students of veterinary medicine?

I don't believe the article would change either way.

Embedded quotes

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is about people being accused of witchcraft and being hanged) as punishment. This book has many themes throughout the story, but one theme that is repeated is reputation. Salem community reputation is very important to them because they felt that they needed to be accepted by society in order to have a successful life. But, many do everything to uphold their name. Some of the characters in the book take

it to extremes, like Reverend Parris, John Proctor and Abigail Williams. Be a little more

specific; what do you mean by extremes?

Reverend Parris is one of the great examples exhibiting the theme. "Let him look to

medicine and put out all of thought of unnatural cause here. There be none.", page 38 this is an

example on his opinion about "normal". Why is he so afraid of unnatural causes? He

wants to protect his reputation. He is so fixed on having the perfect life and to live up to

that he is willing to sacrifice the love from his family. Parris doesn't want to let anyone

see him weak, and vote him out of Minister of Salem, he already has the respect and

dignity of the townspeople slipping, and to let them learn of his mistakes and secrets

would taint his good name. Reverend will try anything to become "normal" in the eyes of

Salem. Good analysis.

The second character John Proctor shows the biggest sacrifice for his "good name".

"God in Heaven, what is John Proctor, what is John Proctor? ... I think it is honest, I think so;

I am no saint. ... let Rebecca go like a saint; for me it is a fraud!" (138)., this is the part in the book where John sacrifices his

life to let his name be cleared and be kept good from his past mistakes. Proctor was a

gentle and good man, but he committed adultery, and his mistress is running around Salem telling their tale. Instead of living and have his name tainted, he decides to be

hung hanged to clear his name, and his children, and be known as a good man, rather

than an adulterer.

The final character Abigail Williams has a love affair with a married man, John

Proctor, but that isn't the only thing that is known about her; she is a liar and

manipulates people throughout the town. She finally hears rumors about herself from

Proctor's wife, " My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is

soiled". pg 75. From this she starts manipulates her situation and tries to clear her name,

blaming it on witchcraft. Clearly Abigail is trying to keep her name out of all the rumors

and get the respect from her fellow peers again.

In conclusion, reputation was a big part of the Salem society. Many people risk and

sacrifices greatly to keep there good name. Even now in the 21st century there are

many out there willing to do anything for the acceptation of peers and to have the best,

or "coolest" reputation.

Roots

Many come and many go

Sometimes on pedals or portable go go’s

They always leave something signiture

Maybe a diction, action, something audio or even spectacal

Either way leaving the poplar crowd motivated

Revolved around different locations

Love<3

I was once in once in love. The problem is I hurt her to much. I always fought with her constantly breaking up with her, and yes it is a girl. She was my first for everything, my first love. I regret treating her that way. I never truely regained her affection. She is currently with another girl, and happily in love. I tried so much is get her back, but now I just

9.30.09

A. Your teacher has read Part 1 aloud. Now you will discuss the ques-

tions below about Part 1. Form groups and choose a recorder. Be

prepared to share your answers with the class.

• What is wrong with Lady? What is the treatment? How much will

it cost to treat her?

Lady's kidneys are failing and her treatment is dialysis but it won't make her kidneys any better but it will save her time to see if she is okayed for a transplant. This total cost would be over $15,000 dollars.

• What kind of person is Shawn Levering, her owner? How can you

tell?

He is a caring person who just wants the best for his cat, and to give her the best life, out of love. He was willing to pay some big bucks to keep her healthy.

• What kind of person is the veterinarian, Cathy Langston? How

can you tell?

Cathy Langston is a wonderful person and a caring women, trying to help

• Why do you think Shawn is willing to pay for Lady’s treatment? Is

he the kind of person you would expect to pay for high-cost treat-

ment for a pet?

Section 3:

People showing their loves for animals.

9.28.09

How important are pets in your life and in the lives of people in you know?

The pets in my life are basically treated as humans. I even call my dogs my sisters. I know it's kind of crazy, but they mean a lot to me. We took them in when no one else would. They showed us love in a weird pet to human relationship. My pets' brother lives with my grandma. It is the same way as it is like my house. They are treated as humans but they still respect us.

Thesis Statements 9.24.09

1) Arthur Miller portrays multiple characters outliving and getting past

the strict moral values in an attempt to keep up with a good reputation through John

Proctor, Reverend Paris, and Abigail Williams.

- This thesis statement is unique because it talks about how the author describes the

character and how it is significant to the prompt. I also like this prompt because it has p-

art of the prompt inside of the thesis.

2) 

vocab pre test

The first day of school led to the last day of three kids lives. Yaquiline, the lothario, Yessica, the maverick, and Yanessa, the nemesis of Yaquiline. On that day, they expirienced a philippic between each other in english class. It started fine, they all sat down in class while Mr. Schreiber introduced himself and the class. They figured out he was a jingoist, because he was wearing a red, white, and blue tuxedo. But after seeing that, they realized who was amongst them. . . the infamous “Y Ladies.”
Yaqualine, and Yanessa, hated each other because Yaqualine took a bite of Yanessa’s Spicy Chicken Sandwhich, which led to Yanessa calling Yaqualin tawdry. Yaqualine, or “Yaquie”, stated that as a philanderer, she slept with Yanessa’s boyfriend. Yanessa’s previous view of as a quixotic young girl, immedietly went away.
One day Yessica came to school and yelled at Yanessa and Yaqualine using solecism, Yessica couldn’t say anything because she felt saturnine beacause of all those spicy chicken burgers that she ate. Yaqualine didnt really care because she was a procrustean, she was tired of arguing. So the rivalry between Yanessa and Yaqualine came to an end. Many people say it was a Pyrrhic victory, because even after the arguement, they still were not friends.
But the wierd part of the story is, why didn’t Yessica get involved? She has the spoonerism of words that confuses the Y Ladies to death. But recently she found the Y Ladies protean and unbearable. She could have won this arguement and be the number one Y lady and live in sybarite for the rest of her life!!

9.17.09

1. Where does the heading go? What goes in the heading?

2. Give an example of a comma splice?

3. What is the difference between a comma splice and a fused sentence?

4. What are two uses of the comma?

5. How is a semicolon used?

6. What numbers should be spelled out?

7. Are plays underlined?

8. What is the difference between "affect" and "effect?"

9. Explain the difference among "there," "their," and "they're."

10. What is parallel structure?

1) The heading goes in the upper left hand corner with your name, teacher's name, subject, period and the date.

is an idea worth a life?

Can you think of any situation or idea that is important enough to you would die for it?

I don't think there is an idea that is important enough for me that I would die for it. The only situation that I would die for is if one of my loved ones were about to be shot I'd through myself in front of it, because they mean the world to me. Other than that I highly doubt that I would die for an idea, or any other type of situation.

Project

I think my group did good. We could have put more feeling into what we were saying, but we worked well and got everything done in time. I only had one line for my part, so I don't have much to evaluate. But, I was gone for a majority of the time, because I was sick. They worked well and we accomplished everything.

Rumor Response

The most recent rumor I have heard is when I heard that my friend was quitting basketball for good. I was very saddened, and I didn't want her too quit. But, I confronted her about it and asked her why she was going to quit. her response was that she was thinking about quitting because of money issues, but she talked to our coach and he agreed to help her raise the money. I was very happy and excited, now I can't wait to play with her.