Remember that time you ate that spicy [pepper] just before you went to bed on the night before the big [party]? Oh, that weird dream you had about the 2016 presidential election. When you woke up you couldn't quite remember the [bad] details, but after reading "On Self-Reliance" and "A Sound of Thunder" it's all coming back to you now.
The dream started badly. You were in line with your family at a [restaurant] waiting to be sent to [universal studios]. Everywhere you looked there were posters of president-elect [goofy], looking like a crazy [monkey] who could eat a whole [banana].
Suddenly, there was Ralph Waldo Emerson telling you, "[Society is a wave]." You realized that you have something to contribute to the world so you decided to [laugh]. But it wasn't easy. First you had to put on a fancy [shirt] and [pants] and then you had make a [house] to go back in time to the [park] so you could convince people to learn about the candidates and the [problems].
But right there in the [park] there was a giant [elephant] and it started [jumping] at everyone. People started to [scream]. You grabbed a [towel] from a nearby [store] and yelled [stop]. Everyone stopped and listened, so you kept going.
Both of the essay "On Self-Reliance" and "The Sound of Thunder" are both very interesting. Both of them have something in common and I think that it is to always trust yourself and do not care what other people say or think about you. I strongly agree with Emerson on trusting yourself and how "Society is a Wave." The story of "The Sound of Thunder" was very interesting and so interesting how a little mistake can change the whole world and the whole future.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Thursday, November 17, 2016
STUDY GUIDE
Study Guide for Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder”
I. VOCABULARY: Be able to define the following words and understand them when they appear in the story or class discussion.
annihilate- to destroy something or someone
expendable- someone or something that is not necessary or important
infinitesimally- someone mean
primeval- someone or something from the earlier times
resilient- someone or something that recovers fast from something
revoke- To take away something
sheathed- a case for a knife or a blade
subliminal- something that can't be perceived, but remembered because the constant repetition
taint- somethings that corrupt
undulate- to move in a gentle motion, like a wave like motion
II. LITERARY TERMS: Be able to define each term and apply each term to the story. foreshadowing:a warning or indication in the future
Describe what is foreshadowed in this story:
simile:a figure of speech that uses like and as
example:
metaphor:a figure of speech that is applied on someone
example:
protagonist:the main character
Who is the protagonist of this story? The main character was Ekels.
III. QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions.
1. What company does Eckels visit? Eckels visits the company of the "TIME SAFARI INC."
2. What are the penalties for disobeying instructions? If you do not follow the instruction there is a fine of ten thousand dollars.
3. About what is Eckels thankful? that he is able to get the gun and go back in the past.
4. What did some people want to do if Deutscher had won the election and why? People wanted to go to the past to change the future.
5. What does the man behind the desk tell Eckels happened last year that makes Eckels think about going on the safari? There was six safari leaders killed and twelve hunters killed.
6. Who is the Safari Leader? The safari leader is a man who is in charge.
7. How many people besides Eckels are on the trip? Name them. There were four men the safari leader, Travis, the safari assistant, Lesperance and two other hunters, Biling and Kramer.
8. What does Travis tell Eckels is the best way to kill a dinosaur? He told him to shoot him in the mouth.
9. When the hunters arrive at their destination, what does Travis tell them hasn’t happened yet in history? That if he killed a little mouse the future would change a lot.
10. How many years did the men travel? Thee traveled 10 million years in the past.
11. What is the anti gravity metal path and why must the men stay on it? The have to stay on the path because they can not kill a little animal.
12. What happened to the machine and the men’s clothes before they made their journey? They were sanitized and cleaned.
13. Why do the men wear oxygen helmets? They can contaminate the air.
14.What is unique about the dinosaurs that the men can shoot? It has little hand and big teeth.
15. What is a paradox?
16. What does Eckels jokingly pretend to do? He was trying to smile and say that he never got scared of anything.
17. How does the reader know Eckels is afraid? He kept of shaking and he wanted to go back tot he time machine.
18. What does Eckels say when he sees the size of the dinosaur? The dinosaur was bigger than he imagined it.
19. How do the men know which dinosaurs they can shoot? It had a red stripe somewhere on the body.
20. Where was Eckels on his way to when he stepped off the path? He was going back to the time machine.
21. What do Billings and Kramer do after the dinosaur is dead? They stood in front of the dinosaur.
22. What does Lesperance offer Billings and Kramer that they turn down? He offered him to take out the bullets.
23. What does Travis tell Eckels they are going to do to him? They would kill him.
24. What does Travis make Eckels do in order to go back with them? He had to take out the bullets from the dinosaur.
25. What does Eckels notice about the sign on their return? The would were spelled a different way.
26. What does Eckels find on the bottom of his boots? He found a dead butterfly.
27. What does Eckels learn about the election? That the other man won for president.
28. What is the reader to infer that Travis does to Eckels? He killed Eckels.
I. VOCABULARY: Be able to define the following words and understand them when they appear in the story or class discussion.
annihilate- to destroy something or someone
expendable- someone or something that is not necessary or important
infinitesimally- someone mean
primeval- someone or something from the earlier times
resilient- someone or something that recovers fast from something
revoke- To take away something
sheathed- a case for a knife or a blade
subliminal- something that can't be perceived, but remembered because the constant repetition
taint- somethings that corrupt
undulate- to move in a gentle motion, like a wave like motion
II. LITERARY TERMS: Be able to define each term and apply each term to the story. foreshadowing:a warning or indication in the future
Describe what is foreshadowed in this story:
simile:a figure of speech that uses like and as
example:
metaphor:a figure of speech that is applied on someone
example:
protagonist:the main character
Who is the protagonist of this story? The main character was Ekels.
III. QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions.
1. What company does Eckels visit? Eckels visits the company of the "TIME SAFARI INC."
2. What are the penalties for disobeying instructions? If you do not follow the instruction there is a fine of ten thousand dollars.
3. About what is Eckels thankful? that he is able to get the gun and go back in the past.
4. What did some people want to do if Deutscher had won the election and why? People wanted to go to the past to change the future.
5. What does the man behind the desk tell Eckels happened last year that makes Eckels think about going on the safari? There was six safari leaders killed and twelve hunters killed.
6. Who is the Safari Leader? The safari leader is a man who is in charge.
7. How many people besides Eckels are on the trip? Name them. There were four men the safari leader, Travis, the safari assistant, Lesperance and two other hunters, Biling and Kramer.
8. What does Travis tell Eckels is the best way to kill a dinosaur? He told him to shoot him in the mouth.
9. When the hunters arrive at their destination, what does Travis tell them hasn’t happened yet in history? That if he killed a little mouse the future would change a lot.
10. How many years did the men travel? Thee traveled 10 million years in the past.
11. What is the anti gravity metal path and why must the men stay on it? The have to stay on the path because they can not kill a little animal.
12. What happened to the machine and the men’s clothes before they made their journey? They were sanitized and cleaned.
13. Why do the men wear oxygen helmets? They can contaminate the air.
14.What is unique about the dinosaurs that the men can shoot? It has little hand and big teeth.
15. What is a paradox?
16. What does Eckels jokingly pretend to do? He was trying to smile and say that he never got scared of anything.
17. How does the reader know Eckels is afraid? He kept of shaking and he wanted to go back tot he time machine.
18. What does Eckels say when he sees the size of the dinosaur? The dinosaur was bigger than he imagined it.
19. How do the men know which dinosaurs they can shoot? It had a red stripe somewhere on the body.
20. Where was Eckels on his way to when he stepped off the path? He was going back to the time machine.
21. What do Billings and Kramer do after the dinosaur is dead? They stood in front of the dinosaur.
22. What does Lesperance offer Billings and Kramer that they turn down? He offered him to take out the bullets.
23. What does Travis tell Eckels they are going to do to him? They would kill him.
24. What does Travis make Eckels do in order to go back with them? He had to take out the bullets from the dinosaur.
25. What does Eckels notice about the sign on their return? The would were spelled a different way.
26. What does Eckels find on the bottom of his boots? He found a dead butterfly.
27. What does Eckels learn about the election? That the other man won for president.
28. What is the reader to infer that Travis does to Eckels? He killed Eckels.
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
MY SHORT VIGNETTE
I would like to go back in my childhood when I was a little girl that didn't do anything and someone who didn't have any problems with anything or with anyone. I wish that I could go to the past so I could have more fun with my grandma. I wish that my childhood when slow and that it would be for a long time so I wouldn't have to grow up. If I was in the past I wish that I could see the future so I could make the make decisions in my life and not make any mistakes that I later want to take back but I am not able to anymore.
VOCABULARY "A Sound of Thunder"
1) phlegm- a yellowish liquid that comes out from the nose when someone is sick
sentence: For me phlegm is nasty because it is something yellowish that comes out of your nose.
2) anti-intellectual- a person opposed to or hostile towards intellectuals and the modern academic, artistic, social, religious, and other theories associated with them
sentence: There are so many people that are anti-intellectual people that don't agree with anything.
3) intercoms- an intercommunication system
sentence: I think walky takies can be used as intercoms communication things.
4) tar- any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as a coal or wood
sentence: Sometimes tar is used to fix wood or other things.
5) annihilate-to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly
sentence: I don't want to annihilate anything.
6) infinitesimally- indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute
sentence: Infinitesimally is when you indefinitely.
7) bisect- to cut or divide into two equal parts
sentence: I am going to bisect my group into two parts.
8) daggers- a small sword like weapon with a pointy edge and tip
sentence: There are so many daggers in dangerous stores.
9) undulate- to move in a walkway motion
sentence: I undulate straight when I am walking to my house.
10) glistening-to reflect or sparkle light in a faint glow
sentence: The moon is always glistering in the sky.
sentence: For me phlegm is nasty because it is something yellowish that comes out of your nose.
2) anti-intellectual- a person opposed to or hostile towards intellectuals and the modern academic, artistic, social, religious, and other theories associated with them
sentence: There are so many people that are anti-intellectual people that don't agree with anything.
3) intercoms- an intercommunication system
sentence: I think walky takies can be used as intercoms communication things.
4) tar- any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as a coal or wood
sentence: Sometimes tar is used to fix wood or other things.
5) annihilate-to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly
sentence: I don't want to annihilate anything.
6) infinitesimally- indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute
sentence: Infinitesimally is when you indefinitely.
7) bisect- to cut or divide into two equal parts
sentence: I am going to bisect my group into two parts.
8) daggers- a small sword like weapon with a pointy edge and tip
sentence: There are so many daggers in dangerous stores.
9) undulate- to move in a walkway motion
sentence: I undulate straight when I am walking to my house.
10) glistening-to reflect or sparkle light in a faint glow
sentence: The moon is always glistering in the sky.
Monday, November 14, 2016
AN EARTH SHATTERING FART
The story was so interesting when I started reading it I couldn't stop. It was so cool how they went to the past and just because Eckels stepped on dirt the world changed just because of a little thing. It was so interesting how the dinosaur was explained and how the story had so much detail to it that I imagined myself there.
Sunday, November 13, 2016
EMERSON'S CHILD
Emerson's Self-Reliance essay is so good because it has great ideas and how we should trust ourselves to matter what we are dong. At first it was pretty confusing but the I understood it and I took some quotes from the story to find out the meaning of the quotes. His ideas are very good because they show how someone doesn't have to depend on someone else and they don't depend on another person. I think that everyone should be individual and I think that Emerson would agree with me because that is the whole purpose of this writing.
Emerson had quotes on his writing like "Be Yourself" and "Trust Yourself." I think that this part is really important. I think that this means to always trust yourself and don't care what other people think of you. "Yourself" means only you and not another person. When I do something and I tried my best, I need to trust myself that I did a good job and not have doubts of what I did because I know that I tried my best. For me Self-Reliance in other words means "Trust yourself." This quote is the main idea of the whole writing.
When I am all by myself I always do the right thing. I am not one of those people that do something bad when nobody is looking. I always try to do the right think because if I don't do the right thing I would feel guilty for what I did when I was alone. Most of the time I am happy and I am always respectful to the people that surround me. For me true nature means the negative feeling that a person has I don't know if it is right but I think that is what true nature means. Sometimes I get mad or have other feelings when someone doesn't do the right thing that they are suppose to.
Everything that Emerson said on Self-Reliance was true all about trusting your self to Society being a wave. Everything that Emerson said mostly everyone does it everyday just that we don't even know it and he uses most language than we are uses to talking or hearing.
In conclusion, I think that the Emerson writing was really good in the way it was organized and how it had how people can trust themselves. I think that trusting yourself is very important because without trusting yourself you can not do anything.
Emerson had quotes on his writing like "Be Yourself" and "Trust Yourself." I think that this part is really important. I think that this means to always trust yourself and don't care what other people think of you. "Yourself" means only you and not another person. When I do something and I tried my best, I need to trust myself that I did a good job and not have doubts of what I did because I know that I tried my best. For me Self-Reliance in other words means "Trust yourself." This quote is the main idea of the whole writing.
When I am all by myself I always do the right thing. I am not one of those people that do something bad when nobody is looking. I always try to do the right think because if I don't do the right thing I would feel guilty for what I did when I was alone. Most of the time I am happy and I am always respectful to the people that surround me. For me true nature means the negative feeling that a person has I don't know if it is right but I think that is what true nature means. Sometimes I get mad or have other feelings when someone doesn't do the right thing that they are suppose to.
Everything that Emerson said on Self-Reliance was true all about trusting your self to Society being a wave. Everything that Emerson said mostly everyone does it everyday just that we don't even know it and he uses most language than we are uses to talking or hearing.
In conclusion, I think that the Emerson writing was really good in the way it was organized and how it had how people can trust themselves. I think that trusting yourself is very important because without trusting yourself you can not do anything.
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
EMERSON PRESENTATIONS DAY 1,2,3,4
- "Ne Te Quaesiveris Extra"
- agree, entire meaning of self-reliance
- "Do not look outside yourself"
- I was feeling confident about the Kahoot but I didn't understand a couple of questions and the answers that were given
- Why are we not allowed to vote at this age? It is because we are not yet adults
- Emerson says that we are all the same but we don't have the same thoughts.
- "What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think", To care about you not others. To be you and don't care what other people say.
- Sometimes school it isn't helping it is just giving me more work, sometimes we don't even lean something new or good enough
- Don't give up just keep on going on
- "Trust other people to come to the right conclusion"
- "The Soul is no traveler the soul is always at home"
- "These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world."
Friday, November 4, 2016
My Emerson
I am going to make a quote collage and explain the quotes that are going to be on the college. I am going to have symbols or pictures that go with the quotes on the collage. I think that it is going to be interesting because it is going to help me out in the understanding of Self Reliance.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
EMERSON SAID IT
1. "Trust thyself", "Be Yourself" Agree because you have to trust yourself in everything you do.
2. "The world has instructed by its kings who had so magnetized the eye of nations." Nature is important, but it is hard because no one supports it. All of the attention are on the king.
3. "The soul is no traveler..." The soul is always at home. To find where you belong.
4. "Society is a wave."Society has trends and energy. Society has a wave, but we make the society.
5. " What I do is all that concerns me, not what thee people think." At some point we make a choice.
2. "The world has instructed by its kings who had so magnetized the eye of nations." Nature is important, but it is hard because no one supports it. All of the attention are on the king.
3. "The soul is no traveler..." The soul is always at home. To find where you belong.
4. "Society is a wave."Society has trends and energy. Society has a wave, but we make the society.
5. " What I do is all that concerns me, not what thee people think." At some point we make a choice.
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