Fall Semester Reflection

1. I don't usually view other people's work because I don't need help on my work. I would view other's work if I have to comment. I'm usually so busy with my other AP homework that I don't usually go on  other member's blogs. The good thing about the work being online is that multiple people can view a single work at any given time. If you had a piece of paper, that severely limits who can see the work and for how long one can view a work. 

LAQ: The Crucible

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

The only reason I picked this book is because I was watching a show and some of the character's referenced a crucible and how it was a severe test. I thought that was interesting and I remembered that The Crucible was a book on our list so I decided to check it out.

GENERAL 
1. Okay so this novel is about a few girls who were seen dancing in the forest by Mr. Parris. Mr. Parris was greatly upset because his daughter and niece were two of the girls leading the dance.

"Thinking Outside the Box"

"No Exit" by  Jean Paul Sartre questions to consider.

1. Think about the place you have chosen as your hell. Does it look ordinary and bourgeois, like Sartre's drawing room, or is it equipped with literal instruments of torture like Dante's Inferno? Can the mind be in hell in a beautiful place? Is there a way to find peace in a hellish physical environment?                       ---Hell would be a place where the people you love and adore aren't there. It doesn't have to look ordinary or extraordinary, its the people that make hell a living hell. The mind can be in hell in a beautiful place. But that people place might undoubtedly be surrounded by little images and trinkets that remind you of the people you love, and you will certainly cry because of the their symbolism. Pain is only for a little while. Once you have received a certain amount of pain, you get used to it and it  no longer seems like an unbearable feeling. You can find that peace by accepting certain things: 1) your loved ones aren't here enduring the same pain, 2) your dead, it doesn't matter how much they hurt you, and 3) pain can be painless if you accept it is all n your head. 
2. Could hell be described as too much of anything without a break? Are variety, moderation and balance instruments we use to keep us from boiling in any inferno of excess,' whether it be cheesecake or ravenous sex?                                                                                                                               ---Change is definitely something that keeps life interesting. A change in environment means a whole new discovery that peaks interest in the mind. A change in person means there is a whole new world of information to be learned from that person. Sleep is designed to work out our little aches and frustrations and without we get cranky. The fact that people in hell get no sleep means they don't get the satisfaction of resting = people are unhappy campers. I think variety would make hell bearable and that is why people in hell are in the same room with the same people, forever. Even if its cheesecake or ravenous sex, you will still get tired of it because  your taste-buds might at first love it but then grow to hate it. I don't know about ravenous sex but I'm sure the people involved would love it.
3.  How does Sartre create a sense of place through dialogue? Can you imagine what it feels like to stay awake all the time with the lights on with no hope of leaving a specific place? How does GARCIN react to this hell? How could you twist your daily activities around so that everyday habits become hell? Is there a pattern of circumstances that reinforces the experience of hell?                                     ---The characters talk a lot and actually express their emotions very vividly. Garcin asks where the paraphernalia is located and he is obviously surprised by the room, which we the audience assumes is actually quite lavished. I would want the lights to be off that way even if I can't sleep, it makes it easier for me to daydream and pretend to fall asleep. Again, if I do my daily activities without the person I love, hell would definitely be my reality.
4. Compare how Plato and Sartre describe the limitations of our thinking and imply solutions to the problem.                                                                                                                                  ---Learning new information is defined by the ability to learn new things. Plato implies that you have that ability to learn if you grasp it and leave "the cave". Sartre implies that in hell, you are unable to leave that cave therefore the cave is hell for all who have lived outside of it. Solutions to this problem are to live a life where you can say you actually learned from it. Also, live a life where you are happy and not make other people unhappy. 

LAQ: No Exit

No Exit by John Paul Sartre

GENERAL:

1. "No Exit" is a book where three people (two women and one male) are placed in a room in hell. They half expect it to be torture chambers and moats it it ends up being a well decorated room with sofas. There is even bright lights. Obviously this is something you don't expect so they relax and converse with each other. Inez, one of the woman, bluntly asks what did everyone do to die. Estelle acts the innocent one and so does Garcin as they deny ever doing anything wrong. They continue to converse and converse and finally they realize what hell really is. Hell is the people you are stuck with, not the place itself. Garcin tries to escape by opening the door but there is a physical

Allegory of the Cave Sonnet

Those who have chosen to reside in the cave

Have undoubtedly decided to be a knave,

A knave because they are mentally enslaved.

Now those who fight with all their might

Must first endure the pain of no sight.

Pain is but a miniscule feeling 

When compared to the triumph of gaining knowledge and being set free.

At first, you won't see clearly

Being blinded by light will hurt dearly,

Even breaking from the shackles will be a pain

But is it not better a little pain for a gain?

Now unshackle those chains,

Live a life of truth,

And question every bit of information introduced

And nothing but carefree happiness will reign.

Plato's Allegory of the Cave

Plato Study Questions:

1. According to Socrates, what does the Allegory of the Cave represent? The allegory of the cave represents the shackles that hold some people while others have chosen to be unbound by them. By shackles, I think Plato means a narrow view of life. 

New Music!

      I just uploaded some new music! I thought you viewers might have gotten tired of my other songs since it has been a few months. If you are new to my blog, you can add music to your blog by checking out this post. So the new songs are:

1) "Cherry's Dance of Death" by Chingon.

Mindmeister vs. Prezi

Prezi

vs.

Mindmeister

Messing with Mindmeister this morning and I cam to realize something.... I think this program might be better than Prezi. You can invite others just like prezi and its an online format where you can create presentations. The thing I do like the most of Mindmeister is the fact that adding lines and connecting topics is relatively easy.

Mindmaps

We, the students, should use mindmaps to link our Literature Analysis posts. Also links to various other websites that might prove useful. For example, we can have a section where we have links of online practice tests of the AP english literature exam. Mindmap seems like a great idea but I wonder how the log-in situation is going to work. I know for Prezi, it only allows a certain number of people to modify it at a time, so I worry about that.

Two mindmaps I found were: Lion Den and Mappio. They are both simple mind maps but personally I like the design of CMAP so I'd rather go with that mind map even though these look simple and easy to use.

LAQ: The House of Seven Gables

The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne 

     I read the eBook for this book so I will have quotes but I won't have accurate page numbers since the page size is different for an eBook than for a regular book. 

GENERAL:

Sonnet Recitation

       This was really fun with me because this was my first video to upload to youtube! Have fun watching! Video recording was done by Liz Estrada.

Sonnet Analysis Part I

Analysis of sonnet 116 by Shakespeare

"Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love" - Shakespeare doesn't want to be in the way of love because love is an unstoppable force that pushes aside anything in its way. 

"Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O no; it is an ever-fixed mark,

That looks on tempests, and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken." - Loving someone means you accept them for who they are because you love every bit of them. Love is fixed. Once its made it marks on you, you will never forget it. Love is unmeasurable because it can't be contained or felt. 

Big Question???

Why do we take the same courses in high school as we do for general education in college?

Vocab list 11 remix

Affinity

Bilious

Cognate

Vocab list 11

1. Affinity - (noun) A spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something
2. bilious - (adj) Affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting; sickly
3. cognate - (adj) Related to or descended from a common ancestor; (noun) a blood relative
4. corollary - (noun) A proposition that follows from one already proved
5. cul-de-sac – (noun) A street or passage closed at one end; A route or course leading nowhere
6. derring-do – (noun) Action displaying heroic courage
7. divination – (noun) The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means

Sonnets

        Honestly, I had trouble picking just one sonnet so I picked two :) These two sonnets are by William Shakespeare. 

Sonnet 116

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O no; it is an ever-fixed mark,

That looks on tempests, and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle's compass come;

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

If this be error, and upon me prov'd,

I never writ, nor no man ever lov'd.

Sonnet 145

Those lips that love's own hand did make

Breathed forth the sound that said "I hate,"

To me that languished for her sake.

But when she saw my woeful state,

Straight in her heart did mercy come,

Chiding that tongue that ever sweet

Was used in giving gentle doom,

And taught it thus anew to greet.

"I hate" she altered with an end

That followed it as gentle day

Doth follow night, who, like a fiend,

From heaven to hell is flown away.

"I hate" from hate away she threw.

And saved my life, saying "not you."

GROWING MY PLN

PLN - Personal Learning Network

      The process has been swell. I reviewed Dulce, Ubi, Lizbeth, Justin Thompson, and Michelle Crosby's blog. They had insteresting websites.

Michelle Crosby, Hayden Robel, and Ubi Kim already beat me to commenting to http://gallagherseniorhonors.blogspot.com/2008/02/hamlet-study-guide-for-act-11-31.html but this is where I asked my questions. I asked what they think Shakespeare's views on revenge are. Hopefully they respond.

AP Hamlet PLN

http://shslboyd.pbworks.com/w/page/8889829/AP%20English%20Literature%20and%20Composition

-This website has mannnnyyy links and worksheets that reinforces Hamlet. It also has cartoons.

http://vickivestenglishclass.weebly.com/ap-english.html

-In this website, there is the a worksheet with a lot of Hamlet info. Info ranges from a broad summary of the play to connections and relationships in the play. There are quotes that are explained. there are character's that are explained to some extent. Overall very helpful.

http://aplove.blogspot.com/2007/11/ap-lit-hamlet-actscene-notes.html

-I like this website because it has summaries for each scene from each act. The summaries are very concise and so very helpful for a quick glance to refresh the memory.

http://gallagherseniorhonors.blogspot.com/2008/02/hamlet-study-guide-for-act-11-31.html

-This ap english class is basically doing the same thing we are. They have various videos from each scene and they have a forum for questions.

Hamlet Discussion 11-01-12

Hamlet discussion-audio of discussion

Felicitas Ruiz, Mattew Patel, and Valerie Gonzalez

Questions:
1) Was telling the actors to act out the play, Murder of Gonzago, and Hamlet's entire plan the best way to carry out his revenge?
2) Did Rosencrantz and Guildenstern deserve to die?
3) How has Hamlet changed throughout the story?
4) What was Fortinbra's character's purpose?
5) Do you think it was smart for Claudius to want to kill Hamlet? 

Vocab list #10

Vocabulary defined by Bernardo Gonzalez.

1. aficionado- (noun) a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer
2. browbeat- (verb) to discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
3. commensurate- (adj) able to be measured by a common standard
4. diaphanous- (adj) Of such fine texture as to be transparent or translucent
5. emolument- (noun) Payment for an office or employment
6. foray- (noun) A sudden raid or military advance
7. genre- (noun) A realistic style of painting that depicts scenes from everyday life
8. homily- (noun) An inspirational saying or platitude
9. immure- (verb) To confine within or as if within walls; imprison
10. insouciant- (adj) carefree or unconcerned; light-hearted
11. matrix- (noun) a substance, situation, or environment in which something has its origin, takes form, or is enclosed
12. obsequies- (noun) A funeral rite or ceremony
13. panache- (noun) A bunch of feathers or a plume, especially on a helmet.
14. persona- (noun) The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self
15. philippic- (noun) a bitter or impassioned speech of denunciation; invective
16. prurient- (adj) unusually or morbidly interested in sexual thoughts or practices
17. sacrosanct- (adj) Regarded as sacred and inviolable
18. systemic- (adj) Of or relating to systems or a system
19. tendentious- (adj) Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan
20. vicissitude- (noun) A change or variation

LAQ 1984

Nineteen Eighty-Four

GENERAL:

1. Winston is the protagonist living in a dystopia. He is not happy with the fact that everyone is watched and monitored. He questions the credibility of the Ministry of Truth. He is a Party member so he works at the office and he corrects newspapers that appear faulty. This world does not allow freedom of thought or liberty or anything for that matter. If you want to have sexual intercourse with your husband, you must go through the paperwork and ask for permission. If you want to fix a leak in the pipes, you have to go through the paperwork and even then you might not get permission for up to

Tools That Change the Way We Think

How does extensive Internet/media/technology use change the way you think?
--I feel like I have become attached by the hip with technology. When I get an assignment and I don't remember the notes of that day, I just look up notes online because its fast and usually there are websites that describe something a different way in which I can understand. I think technology is great to have for a quick answer to info, also for reports and other data. 

Compare yourself with older people who did most of their formal learning before smart phones and 2.0 existed
--Well, I feel bad for those that didn't have the internet at their fingertips. They either had to go to a library and read mounds and mounds of library books and mostly likely only get a modicum of the information they were looking for.  I, on the other hand, can simply connect to the internet and find data in under a minute. If I do get frustrated, it might be because of slow internet or cheese-ball information that is obviously fake. Our ancestors searches may have been more reliable if they found the information they were looking for. 

Compare yourself with contemporaries who don't use those tools much today
--If I were to compare myself with contemporaries and see how much technology has affected me, I would be a kid on a crutch about to run a race and our contemporaries would be like runners that have been training for years. Definitely if our power ever magically went off completely, the world will definitely struggle to reboot. 

Notes on Hamlet

      I initially thought Hamlet was about a tragedy in which many people died. I wasn't too far off but the theme focuses on revenge not tragedy. Once we started the unit on Hamlet, I knew what the story was about. Preston had instructed the students to read a brief summary so I knew the jist of what was going to happen. I knew everyone basically dies so technically Hamlet is a tragedy. 

Who Was Shakespeare?

      Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Warwickshire, England. People don't know his birthday which is troubling considering people even doubt he ever existed. In 1582, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway and had a daughter with her a year later. He also had twins two years later. 

      1588 was the turning point in Shakespeare's career. In this year, he and his family migrated to London and his career expanded. He acted and was a poet and play-writer. He wrote and was involved in a total of 38 (!!) plays and works. That is what truly made his career. Not only that but he used a difficult form of presenting dialogue, iambic pentameter. Based on dictionary.com, iambic pentameter is "a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents."

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/merchant/shakespeare.html

      At the mere mention of Shakespeare's name, most students gasp! Students know that Shakespeare's works are known for their difficulty in comprehending what is being said. The texts and plays are almost five hundred years old so yeah they would be difficult to decipher at times. There are many words I do understand just from context clues or the fact that I know the definitions. There are words that are really old so I would still be confused.

To Facebook or Not to Facebook?

 
      I have been using Facebook since freshman year, I think. I don't post personal things, like "Oh my gosh that ho slept with that guy like ten times and her shirt is too low." Yeah I don't post things like that. I post when I hang out with friends, but even then I barely post anything.
      Even before reading the article, I knew that facebook had its defects. Ian May has been very pro-active in his discussions and they are quite informative. From him, I learned that facebook basically sells the users' contact info to companies. This is outrageous but its one of those things where you can't really stop it. You can stop using facebook but then you will be cut off from the biggest social media known to man. Being connected and able to stay ahead with the times is why I joined facebook. As long as you don't put any intense info, like your social security number, then you should be fine.

Vocab remix

Well I didn't know exactly how to remix vocabulary for list 9, just I conversed with Erika and she gave me the idea of a picture dictionary.

Abortive

Bruit

contumelious

Dictum

Ensconce 

Iconoclastic

In medias res

internecine

Maladroit

Maudlin

Modulate

Portentous

Prescience

Quid pro quo

Salubrious

Saturnalian

Touchstone

Traumatic

Vitiate

Waggish

Vocab List #9

1. Abortive-failing to succeed; unsuccessful; born prematurely imperfectly developed; rudimentary.
2. Bruit-to voice abroad; rumor (used chiefly in the passive and often fol. by about ); clamor.
3. Contumelious; scornful and insulting; insolent.
4. Dictum-an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion; a saying
5. Ensconce-to settle securely or snugly; to cover or shelter; hide securely
6. Iconoclastic-characterized by attacks on established beliefs.
7. In medias res-into the middle of affairs; into the midst of things.
8. internecine-destructive to both sides in a conflict; murderous; deadly
9. maladroit-ineffective or bungling; clumsy; awkward
10. maudlin-self pityingly or tearfully sentimental; sentimental; mawkish
11. Modulate-exert a modifying or controlling influence on; vary the strength, tone, or pitch of.
12. Portentous-done in a pompous or overly solemn manner.
13. Prescience-the power to foresee the future.
14. quid pro quo-a favor or advantage granted in return for something
15. salubrious-pleasant; healthy-giving
16. saturnalian-the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking 
17. touchstone-a standard by which something is judged or recognized.
18. traumatic-emotionally disturbing or distressing 
19. vitiate-spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of; destroy or impair the legal validity of; corrupt.
20. waggish-humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner; jocose; jocular

Ophelia Remix

       Okay so this is Ophelia, to be loved or not to be loved. The women is Ophelia and she is pondering, like any girl in her teens, whether the first guy that shows her affection truly loves her. She is ambivalent whether to return his forward remarks because her father says his feelings aren't legit. With the help of photoshop and other tools, I created this image because this is my interpretation of Ophelia's thoughts in Act 3 and virtually the entire play. Plz comment, and thanks!!

Midterm Autopsy

Yeah I did as well as I had expected. I got a hundred percent or so I'm quite happy with my performance. I contribute my performance to flash-cards. Flash-cards are my friends when it comes to studying for a quiz. I always rely on them and I always make some for an exam. Considering I did quite well on the exam, I can't really improve if my knowledge of the vocabulary is at its apogee.

Hamlet More websites

In case people are confused with Hamlet, there are ways around the confusion. First, if you need a word for word translation, just use Sparknotes translation. Translation will only get you so far, and you shouldn't always rely on pure translation from Sparknotes to understand the story. I found this really good scene by scene summary website. A very good breakdown of the intents of the characters or hidden meaning. Check it out!

Vocabulary Sentences List 8

1. My iPod is in a state of abeyance because I got an iPhone so an iPod isn’t quite as useful.
2. I am ambivalent whether I should go to the football game or not because I really want to see it but I also want to study.
3. The U.S. rushed to provide support and supplies to the beleaguered West Berlin after it had been cut off by Germany.
4. I did a favor for Sally in exchange for a carte Blanche, in the future, a favor of my choice. 
5. The discovery of Josh's embezzlement was the cataclysm that brought new rules and regulations.
6. Tyler was a debauch to Sally because he was a drug dealer who led her astray.
7. Actors try to get as much éclat as possible, and they don't care if its good or bad.
8. One must be fastidious when conducting heart surgery.
9. One day, I would love to gambol along the beach with my love.
10. Every time I see his face, he imbues a nauseating feeling.
11. University of California Riverside has an inchoate biochemistry program so I am hesitant to attend UCR for fear that it is too young and inexperienced.
12. David letterman has been known to lampoon artists that make outrageous public stupidities.
13. Henry is gullible and malleable sometimes. When Stacy says to wait patiently, he waits. If he is democrat, she will turn him republican.
14. My favorite character from The Resident Evil franchise is Nemesis.
15. When given the option to stay with the one I love or receive criticism, I will opt to stay with the one I love because this person gives me great happiness.
16. Sometimes I feel that critics are philistine towards art because of their extreme remarks of degradation.
17. Hancock is an example of a picaresque hero because he is dishonest and an irresponsible brute, yet he saves the day.
18. I love horror movies but some gory movies really do make me queasy, for example Saw.
19. My patents are an example of refractory parents because they make one decision and stick with it even if their argument is full of fallacies.
20. Politicians must be very good at Savoir-faire and smoothly incorporating fallacies into their arguments or else people wouldn't vote for them.

Vocabulary Definitions List #8

1. Abeyance: temporary disuse or inactivity
2. Ambivalent: simultaneous and contradictory feelings; having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
3. Beleaguer: trouble, harass; surround and harass with difficulties
4. Carte blanche: full discretionary power; Complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best; a blank check
5. Cataclysm: event that brings great changes; A large-scale and violent event in the natural world; A sudden violent upheaval, esp. in a political or social context
6. Debauch: to lead away from virtue or excellence; (noun) A bout of excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures, esp. eating and; (verb) Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt; deprave
7. Éclat: ostentatious (pretentious) display; publicity; Brilliant display or effect
8. Fastidious: having high and often capricious (fickle) standards; difficult to please; Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
9. Gambol: to skip about in play
10. Imbue: Inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality
11. Inchoate: Just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary
12. Lampoon: (verb) Publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule or sarcasm; (noun) A speech or text criticizing someone or something in this way
13. Malleable: Able to be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking; easily influenced
14. Nemesis: The inescapable or implacable agent of someone's or something's downfall.
15. Opt: Make a choice from a range of possibilities
16. Philistine: A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them
17. Picaresque: Of or relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero
18. Queasy: Nauseated; feeling sick
19. Refractory: (adj.) Stubborn or unmanageable;
20. Savoir-faire: The ability to act or speak appropriately in social situation

Midterm Reflection

This guy embodies my emotions during and after the exam.

A) The vocabulary midterm went really well. I studied twenty minutes each day rotating lists. I had the vocabulary down and memorized when I walked into room 608. I mean, multiple choice is a cake-walk. Multiple choice exams, especially for vocabulary, are always easy because you use process of elimination. 

B) I didn't find that anything went bad. I just didn't like the fact that you would give us 15 minutes for each section and I would finish each section in under five minutes. By the end of class, I had drawn doodles on my hand to entertain myself. 

C) I'm pretty sure the content will stay embedded into my mind. I studied pretty well and I was only uncertain on one or two words out of all the vocabulary. 

D)Honestly, I felt really comfortable with this exam. I was expecting a final section where we create a story with as many vocabulary as you can. Because I expected more and was prepared for more, I wasn't affected in a negative way when the exam ended up being easier. 

Advice Column Letter

Dear Ophelia,
Ophelia my dear you are not alone! Calm thy soul. I empathize that you have such feelings but don't rush to kill thy bigot parents. You cannot cull who you love that is very understandable. You do not choose love, love chooses you and some day your parents will understand that. You live in a dogmatic society where parents don't budge very easily. Who are we kidding?! In any society, parents don't budge very easily. They give you fustian speeches and command that you only look for a certain type of person. Your at the age where you burgeon into a woman and so does love. When parents command you to do something it is very understandable to be contumacious. To hell with them! They can advise you but they can't order you to live a certain way. Especially when you are courted by someone who is considered polemical, then they will really want to control who you mete your time with. It's your life not theirs, they have already lived their life. Bickering with them is pointless because they are essentially children with adult bodies. They won't try to reason because they think that they are right because they are so many years old. I agree with what you did Ophelia, just nod your head for now, but as soon as you are independent enough, leave them and live your life. If they truly gave a damn about you, they would try to understand your feelings for Hamlet and make the effort to accept you two as a couple. And if they truly loved you, they will suck up their hauteur and stop being a curmudgeon. If they care about your happiness someday they will coalesce well into your life. If they choose not to agree then obviously they don't deserve to be in your life. In this chaotic life, where balance is fleeting, you should always hang on to that beacon of hope and find the person that truly makes you happy. Hang in there!

AP Reading List Book #2

       For my second reading book for my literature analysis I chose George Orwell's 1984. Last time I had chosen a love story that was forbidden because of social class. This time, I am going to go with a more science fiction choice. From what I know, 1984 is a story about a civilization that is watched by "A Big Brother". There are certain things you can and can't do. I don't think you are allowed to feel emotion either, or at least show it. I get the feeling that this book is a mixture of Fahrenheit 451 and the movie Equilibrium. If when I'm done reading 1984 and you like my synopsis of it, I definitely recommend these titles, one is a book and the latter is a film.  

Midterm Review Strategy

       Well, I will use the same technique that i have always used: flash-cards. I find that repetition is the best way to embed information in one's head. I have been using flash-cards to study since list one so all I have to do is organize them and make sure none are missing. From there, I just study and study the flash-cards until I have them down.

Hamlet Learning Communities

http://mrduncanaplit.blogspot.com/2011/02/writing-essay-on-hamletmessages-from-ap.html

• So this is a website of an AP English Literature classes' blog. It contains the students interpretations of the play. 

http://gallagherseniorhonors.blogspot.com/search/label/Hamlet%20Videos

• This is another  AP English Literature classes' blog. I linked this particular http to various videos of Hamlet being brought to the big screen. 

http://apliteratureblog-jody.blogspot.com/2012/04/hamlet.html

• This is a link to a student's synopsis of Hamlet

http://quizlet.com/subject/ap-english-literature-and-composition-hamlet-act/

• Quizlet is a website that is used to make electronic flash-cards. This particular link contains vocabulary for every scene of Hamlet.

Pre - William Shakespeare Questions

a) What do you know about Hamlet, the "Melancholy Dane"?  b) What do you know about Shakespeare?  c) Why do so many students involuntarily frown when they hear the name "Shakespeare"?  and d) What can we do to make studying this play an amazing experience we'll never forget?

A-B) Well, I know that Shakespeare is a renowned poet for making stories in iambic pentameter. He is also know for his tragedies (Romeo & Juliet) and betrayals (Othello). I predict Hamlet will also be a tragedy filled with puns and old english. 
C)Shakespeare is known for old english style writing. His plays were written hundreds of years ago. He also includes puns that relate to events and peolpe of his time or from the past. Many of these puns are quite confusing unless you know some of the colloquial-wise words for that time. 
D) I think we should definitely read the play in class. I'm a fan of reading at home but this play will be memorable if read in class.

Vocabulary: list #7 Sentences

I guess I would be an aberration because I have chosen to be with someone that is usual for society.
The guinea pigs are ad hocs because they were bred to be used for scientific experimentation.
Tom’s mere existence was the bane of we existence because he betrayed her.
Prince Zukos bathos was very dramatic and violent because he went from being a respected prince to the bane of the dynasty.
Everyone in anger management has a tendency to be cantankerous when something goes awry in their lives.
Jacob utilized much casuistry in order to obtain followers, he even downsized other religions.
The prince is heir to the throne by de facto of lineage.
Vikings were known for depredation of small villages in order to obtain supplies, even of it meant robbing hundreds of families dry.
I empathize with my friend on our feelings toward our parents' bigotry.
Fish dying and crows flying are usually harbingers of doom.
I dislike that people assume nerds are lackluster and only have a nerdy side.
I choose hedonism over an aesthetic lifestyle because I rather live life to its fullest and than live a life of self denial.
I am malcontent with the regulations that restrict my movements out of the house.
Her voice is soothing and mellifluous that all my frustrations tend to melt away.
Many kingdoms fell because nepotism was the norm in which incompetent relative were placed in a position of power.
Chocolate cookies and my muse are the pander in which I indulge yet I'm not supposed to have.
White lies are usually peccadilloes because they are lies but they are not told for harmful intentions.
The piece de resistance of the YMCA is creating a commercial to advertise their business.
The business man remanded the shipment because he got a box of sandals instead of a box of candles.
When Lena arrived, many accidents occurred that pointed to her and she possibly commenced this syndrome with her arrival.