As promised – here are the links to the final film projects that were posted on youtube. Sorry I don’t have links to all the films made. This was a great project. Well done, Class of 2011!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVIJC_B0gHA
Group: Anne Elise, Anne, Heidi, Avery, Adrian, Allie, Maddie S., Savannah, Jessica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAEFeE0Ywqg
Group: Blake, Saul, Kathryn, Ryan, Pascalle, Ashton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvnq244DOO8
Group: Adele, Maddie D.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1h-AzLjADo
Group: Celise, Samantha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtjaP_q-xKA
Group: Steffan, Douglas, Trevor, Travis, Ian, Alden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4_lnmzrzPY
Group: Carson, David, Jon, Jon, Marc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pS1-QgQwsQ
Group: Elizabeth, Tori, Taylor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUw99nBZhL8
Group: Bill, Cameron, Matt, Frank, Edmund
Monday, May 30, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Study Guide for the English Final Exam
1) Major Essay - compare the war in Afghanistan to the war in Vietnam, using the topics we discuss in class on Tuesday: terrain, religion, history, natives, US involvement. You may use examples from your notes, the books you read, or the films we watched.
2) Literary terms and their definitions (see blogspot list)- matching
3) Facts about Afghanistan (see blogspot timeline and your class notes) - multiple choice and fill in the blank
4) Current event - answer an opinion question on a current event, using the news article I provide. You must also quote the article using IQCE.
2) Literary terms and their definitions (see blogspot list)- matching
3) Facts about Afghanistan (see blogspot timeline and your class notes) - multiple choice and fill in the blank
4) Current event - answer an opinion question on a current event, using the news article I provide. You must also quote the article using IQCE.
Literary Terms for Exam
Alliteration: repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to one another: Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck
Allusion: a reference to a well-known person, place, or thing from literature, history, etc. Example: Eden
Anaphora: Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer’s point more coherent. (Example:“There was the delight I caught in seeing long straight rows. There was the faint, cool kiss of
sensuality. There was the vague sense of the infinite….”)
Anecdote: a short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point.
Apostrophe: usually in poetry but sometimes in prose; the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction
Diction: word choice, an element of style; Diction creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning. Different types and arrangements of words have significant effects on meaning. An essay written in academic diction would be much less colorful, but perhaps more precise than street slang.
Epigraph: the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme. Hemingway begins The Sun Also Rises with two epigraphs. One of them is “You are all a lost generation” by Gertrude Stein.
Hyperbole: deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis (Example: He was so hungry he could have eaten a horse.)
Invective: a verbally abusive attack
Irony: a situation or statement in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite to what was expected.
Metaphor: a figure of speech in which one thing is referred to as another; for example, “my love is a fragile flower”
Metonymy: a figure of speech that uses the name of an object, person, or idea to represent something with which it is associated, such as using “the crown” to refer to a monarch ; Also, “The pen is mightier than the sword.”
Onomatopoeia: the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as “hiss,” “buzz,” “slam,” and “boom”
Oxymoron: a figure of speech composed of contradictory words or phrases, such as “wise fool,” bitter-sweet,” “pretty ugly,” “jumbo shrimp,” “cold fire”
Parable: a short tale that teaches a moral; similar to but shorter than an allegory
Paradox: a statement that seems to contradict itself but that turns out to have a rational meaning, as in this quotation from Henry David Thoreau; “I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
Pathos: the aspects of a literary work that elicit sorrow or pity from the audience. An appeal to emotion that can be used as a means to persuade. Over-emotionalism can be the result of an excess of pathos.
Personification: the attribution of human qualities to a nonhuman or an inanimate object
Polysyndeton: Sentence which uses and or another conjunction (with no commas) to separate the items in a series. Polysyndeton appear in the form of X and Y and Z, stressing equally each member of a series. It makes the sentence slower and the items more emphatic than in the asyndeton.
Simile: a figure of speech that uses like, as, or as if to make a direct comparison between two essentially different objects, actions, or qualities; for example, “The sky looked like an artist’s canvas.”
Synecdoche: a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent a whole, such as using “boards” to mean a stage or “wheels” to mean a car – or “All hands on deck.”
Syntax: the grammatical structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence. Syntax includes length of sentence, kinds of sentences (questions, exclamations, declarative sentences, rhetorical
questions, simple, complex, or compound).
Understatement: the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended.
Allusion: a reference to a well-known person, place, or thing from literature, history, etc. Example: Eden
Anaphora: Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer’s point more coherent. (Example:“There was the delight I caught in seeing long straight rows. There was the faint, cool kiss of
sensuality. There was the vague sense of the infinite….”)
Anecdote: a short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a point.
Apostrophe: usually in poetry but sometimes in prose; the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction
Diction: word choice, an element of style; Diction creates tone, attitude, and style, as well as meaning. Different types and arrangements of words have significant effects on meaning. An essay written in academic diction would be much less colorful, but perhaps more precise than street slang.
Epigraph: the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme. Hemingway begins The Sun Also Rises with two epigraphs. One of them is “You are all a lost generation” by Gertrude Stein.
Hyperbole: deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis (Example: He was so hungry he could have eaten a horse.)
Invective: a verbally abusive attack
Irony: a situation or statement in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite to what was expected.
Metaphor: a figure of speech in which one thing is referred to as another; for example, “my love is a fragile flower”
Metonymy: a figure of speech that uses the name of an object, person, or idea to represent something with which it is associated, such as using “the crown” to refer to a monarch ; Also, “The pen is mightier than the sword.”
Onomatopoeia: the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as “hiss,” “buzz,” “slam,” and “boom”
Oxymoron: a figure of speech composed of contradictory words or phrases, such as “wise fool,” bitter-sweet,” “pretty ugly,” “jumbo shrimp,” “cold fire”
Parable: a short tale that teaches a moral; similar to but shorter than an allegory
Paradox: a statement that seems to contradict itself but that turns out to have a rational meaning, as in this quotation from Henry David Thoreau; “I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
Pathos: the aspects of a literary work that elicit sorrow or pity from the audience. An appeal to emotion that can be used as a means to persuade. Over-emotionalism can be the result of an excess of pathos.
Personification: the attribution of human qualities to a nonhuman or an inanimate object
Polysyndeton: Sentence which uses and or another conjunction (with no commas) to separate the items in a series. Polysyndeton appear in the form of X and Y and Z, stressing equally each member of a series. It makes the sentence slower and the items more emphatic than in the asyndeton.
Simile: a figure of speech that uses like, as, or as if to make a direct comparison between two essentially different objects, actions, or qualities; for example, “The sky looked like an artist’s canvas.”
Synecdoche: a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent a whole, such as using “boards” to mean a stage or “wheels” to mean a car – or “All hands on deck.”
Syntax: the grammatical structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence. Syntax includes length of sentence, kinds of sentences (questions, exclamations, declarative sentences, rhetorical
questions, simple, complex, or compound).
Understatement: the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Weekly Assignments - 4/11-4/15
Monday – Create your own bucket list. Homework for Tuesday by 3:30 – email me or submit to my box your thesis statement for your paper. If you are in honors, give me a proposal for your paper instead.
Tuesday – Poetry competition (individual and group). It is National Poetry Month!
http://transform.to/~starling/cgi-bin/banananose.html.pl
Wednesday – Class time to read, work on essays, and finish up trailers.
Thursday – Trailers and a one page description of your duties in this group project. Bring popcorn – I’ll supply the drinks. Good luck! Remember essays can be turned in today or submitted to me via email by 3:30 on Friday.
Friday – Have fun!
Tuesday – Poetry competition (individual and group). It is National Poetry Month!
http://transform.to/~starling/cgi-bin/banananose.html.pl
Wednesday – Class time to read, work on essays, and finish up trailers.
Thursday – Trailers and a one page description of your duties in this group project. Bring popcorn – I’ll supply the drinks. Good luck! Remember essays can be turned in today or submitted to me via email by 3:30 on Friday.
Friday – Have fun!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Afghanistan Timeline
In case you need historical information for your final essay, here is the Afghan timeline. If you are taking the final exam, you will also be responsible for these facts.
Afghanistan Chronology
327 BC: Arrival of Alexander the Great
870: Establishment of Islam in Afghanistan
1219: Mongol conquest under Ghengis Khan. Ghengis dies in 1227.
13th-18th Centuries: Afghanistan is battle ground for various Persian and Indian Empires.
1700s: Establishment of Afghan monarchy.
1839-1842, 1878-1880, 1919: Anglo-Afghan Wars.
1880s: Modern boundaries of Afghanistan are drawn by Tsarist Russia and the British Empire without input from Afghans.
1929: Nadir Khan takes control.
1933: Nadir Khan is assassinated. His son Zahir Shah inherits the throne, but his uncles serve as regents until 1953.
1947: Britain pulls out of India and carves Pakistan out of Indian and Afghan lands.
1953: Prime Mohammad Daoud becomes prime minister.
1960s: Communist party formed, Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA).
1973: Monarchy overthrown with assistance of Soviet clients PDPA. Afghan King Zahir sent into exile in Rome. Mohammad Daoud Khan establishes Republic of Afghanistan, declares himself president.
1978: Communist coup. Daoud killed. Afghan guerrilla resistance is formed, known by the term mujahideen.
24 December 1979: Soviets invade Afghanistan.
1979-1989: Mujahideen fight Soviets with financial and military support from U.S., Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and others. Al-Qaeda and Taliban emerge as important forces in the fight against the Soviets.
1989-2001: After Soviets pull out, Afghanistan is plagued by ethnic, tribal, and religious rivalries.
1992: Mujahideen take Kabul, liberate Afghanistan, and form an Islamic state.
1994: Taliban emerges amid breakdown of order in Afghanistan.
1996-2001: Afghanistan is under the Taliban’s strict Muslim code. Women must be fully veiled, are no longer allowed to work, go out alone, or even wear white socks. Men are forced to grow beards. Buzkashi, the Afghan national sport, is outlawed.
11 September 2001: “9/11” attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon.
October 2001: U.S begins airstrikes against Taliban. Interim government is formed.
2001-present: U.S. invades and continues war in Afghanistan.
2004: Afghanistan adopts a new constitution with a three-branch government. Hamid Karzai is elected president.
Afghanistan Chronology
327 BC: Arrival of Alexander the Great
870: Establishment of Islam in Afghanistan
1219: Mongol conquest under Ghengis Khan. Ghengis dies in 1227.
13th-18th Centuries: Afghanistan is battle ground for various Persian and Indian Empires.
1700s: Establishment of Afghan monarchy.
1839-1842, 1878-1880, 1919: Anglo-Afghan Wars.
1880s: Modern boundaries of Afghanistan are drawn by Tsarist Russia and the British Empire without input from Afghans.
1929: Nadir Khan takes control.
1933: Nadir Khan is assassinated. His son Zahir Shah inherits the throne, but his uncles serve as regents until 1953.
1947: Britain pulls out of India and carves Pakistan out of Indian and Afghan lands.
1953: Prime Mohammad Daoud becomes prime minister.
1960s: Communist party formed, Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA).
1973: Monarchy overthrown with assistance of Soviet clients PDPA. Afghan King Zahir sent into exile in Rome. Mohammad Daoud Khan establishes Republic of Afghanistan, declares himself president.
1978: Communist coup. Daoud killed. Afghan guerrilla resistance is formed, known by the term mujahideen.
24 December 1979: Soviets invade Afghanistan.
1979-1989: Mujahideen fight Soviets with financial and military support from U.S., Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and others. Al-Qaeda and Taliban emerge as important forces in the fight against the Soviets.
1989-2001: After Soviets pull out, Afghanistan is plagued by ethnic, tribal, and religious rivalries.
1992: Mujahideen take Kabul, liberate Afghanistan, and form an Islamic state.
1994: Taliban emerges amid breakdown of order in Afghanistan.
1996-2001: Afghanistan is under the Taliban’s strict Muslim code. Women must be fully veiled, are no longer allowed to work, go out alone, or even wear white socks. Men are forced to grow beards. Buzkashi, the Afghan national sport, is outlawed.
11 September 2001: “9/11” attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon.
October 2001: U.S begins airstrikes against Taliban. Interim government is formed.
2001-present: U.S. invades and continues war in Afghanistan.
2004: Afghanistan adopts a new constitution with a three-branch government. Hamid Karzai is elected president.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Assignments - Week of 4/4
Monday – New York Times article on Koran burning. Work in groups on trailers – what key scenes will you include?
Tuesday – Class time to read and work on upcoming essays. (Regular essays due 4/14 - Honors essays due 4/27 – penalties apply).
Wednesday – Class time to do any final planning of trailers. Trailers will be shown on April 13 and 14. Remember that you will have to submit a one page description of your responsibilities in this project (due the day your trailer is screened) for an individual grade. Group grade will be based on the qualities the class discussed as to what makes an outstanding trailer.
Thursday – Restrepo – final day of viewing.
Friday – Field Day – no class.
Tuesday – Class time to read and work on upcoming essays. (Regular essays due 4/14 - Honors essays due 4/27 – penalties apply).
Wednesday – Class time to do any final planning of trailers. Trailers will be shown on April 13 and 14. Remember that you will have to submit a one page description of your responsibilities in this project (due the day your trailer is screened) for an individual grade. Group grade will be based on the qualities the class discussed as to what makes an outstanding trailer.
Thursday – Restrepo – final day of viewing.
Friday – Field Day – no class.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Final Essay Topics
Honors students should know what their final essays will be about. If not, please see me immediately. Here are the specific topics for the non-honors students.
Bookseller of Kabul
After reading the book and the New York Times article, who do you think should have won the lawsuit? You may do more research on the topic if you’d like - Sultan has his own website! This is a 5 paragraph essay, so you’ll need three strong points for your argument that you support with specific facts and quotes from the book. Any summary of the facts should be in your introduction. This essay is meant to convince the reader of your opinion – argue passionately!
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/books/bookseller-kabul-v-journalist-oslo-host-surprised-his-guest-s-account-condition.html
Kabul Beauty School
After reading the book and the New York Times article, do you think that Debbie exaggerated her role in the Beauty School simply to write a great book? The heart of this question truly lies in whether or not Debbie is a trustworthy narrator. This is a five paragraph essay, so you will need three convincing arguments as to whether or not you believe Debbie’s side of the story. You may do other research, including information about the upcoming film version. Any summary of the facts should be in your introduction. This essay is meant to convince the reader of your opinion – argue passionately!
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/fashion/29kabul.html?_r=1&sq=kabul beauty school&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=3&adxnnlx=1301491471-EazfwzsnlsD7V9+U+rZzow
Kite Runner
In light of the controversy surrounding the filming of the rape scene, do you think it should have been included in the film version of the book? This article was written before the controversy was settled; you will need to do further research to discover how the matter was resolved. This is an argument essay – you need three strong reasons to include or not to include the rape scene. Any summary of facts should be included in the introduction. Argue passionately!
http://www.slate.com/id/2175373/
Three Cups of Tea
The first edition of the book was not very successful. Wikipedia explains:
The original hardback edition of the book was released in 2006 with the subtitle, One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism One School at a Time. Mortenson fought against the subtitle, and the edition sold only 20,000 copies. He continued to prevail upon the publishers to change the subtitle for the 2007 paperback edition to his first choice, "One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time." His publisher relented, and the re-titled book made the New York Times nonfiction paperback bestseller list. Mortenson explained his reasoning for the subtitle in a lecture given in Fairfield, Connecticut: "If you just fight terrorism, it's based in fear. If you promote peace, it's based in hope."
Explain the success of the second edition with the change in title. Do you think the title itself made all the differences? You need to think of three convincing arguments as to why you think the book was successful later. You will need to do further research to back up your opinions, but this is a 5 paragraph opinion essay. Use research and quotes from the book. Argue passionately!
Horse Soldiers
This book has received tremendous critical praise. There is no question that Stanton did his homework (see the Acknowledgments and Sources section). The question for this essay is based on the book’s subtitle. In your opinion, did the troops achieve “victory”? Was the title appropriate then and is it appropriate in hindsight (i.e. 10 years later)? Using additional research and quotes from the book, argue for or against the appropriateness of the book’s subtitle.
This is an opinion essay. You’ll need three strong arguments for or against this subtitle. You may do further research, but the opinions need to be your own. Argue passionately!
Bookseller of Kabul
After reading the book and the New York Times article, who do you think should have won the lawsuit? You may do more research on the topic if you’d like - Sultan has his own website! This is a 5 paragraph essay, so you’ll need three strong points for your argument that you support with specific facts and quotes from the book. Any summary of the facts should be in your introduction. This essay is meant to convince the reader of your opinion – argue passionately!
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/books/bookseller-kabul-v-journalist-oslo-host-surprised-his-guest-s-account-condition.html
Kabul Beauty School
After reading the book and the New York Times article, do you think that Debbie exaggerated her role in the Beauty School simply to write a great book? The heart of this question truly lies in whether or not Debbie is a trustworthy narrator. This is a five paragraph essay, so you will need three convincing arguments as to whether or not you believe Debbie’s side of the story. You may do other research, including information about the upcoming film version. Any summary of the facts should be in your introduction. This essay is meant to convince the reader of your opinion – argue passionately!
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/fashion/29kabul.html?_r=1&sq=kabul beauty school&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=3&adxnnlx=1301491471-EazfwzsnlsD7V9+U+rZzow
Kite Runner
In light of the controversy surrounding the filming of the rape scene, do you think it should have been included in the film version of the book? This article was written before the controversy was settled; you will need to do further research to discover how the matter was resolved. This is an argument essay – you need three strong reasons to include or not to include the rape scene. Any summary of facts should be included in the introduction. Argue passionately!
http://www.slate.com/id/2175373/
Three Cups of Tea
The first edition of the book was not very successful. Wikipedia explains:
The original hardback edition of the book was released in 2006 with the subtitle, One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism One School at a Time. Mortenson fought against the subtitle, and the edition sold only 20,000 copies. He continued to prevail upon the publishers to change the subtitle for the 2007 paperback edition to his first choice, "One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time." His publisher relented, and the re-titled book made the New York Times nonfiction paperback bestseller list. Mortenson explained his reasoning for the subtitle in a lecture given in Fairfield, Connecticut: "If you just fight terrorism, it's based in fear. If you promote peace, it's based in hope."
Explain the success of the second edition with the change in title. Do you think the title itself made all the differences? You need to think of three convincing arguments as to why you think the book was successful later. You will need to do further research to back up your opinions, but this is a 5 paragraph opinion essay. Use research and quotes from the book. Argue passionately!
Horse Soldiers
This book has received tremendous critical praise. There is no question that Stanton did his homework (see the Acknowledgments and Sources section). The question for this essay is based on the book’s subtitle. In your opinion, did the troops achieve “victory”? Was the title appropriate then and is it appropriate in hindsight (i.e. 10 years later)? Using additional research and quotes from the book, argue for or against the appropriateness of the book’s subtitle.
This is an opinion essay. You’ll need three strong arguments for or against this subtitle. You may do further research, but the opinions need to be your own. Argue passionately!
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