Introduction to Macbeth, Blogger 7-16, 10/29/18

Monday, October 29, 2018.

Vocab Quiz - Unit 2: Quiz on Unit 2 Vocabulary Words.

Introduction To Macbeth

Aim: How can we familiarize ourselves with Macbeth?

Supposedly saying the word “Macbeth” in a theater will bring bad luck to the play. To Reverse the bad luck if the word is said, the person who must exit the theater, spin around three times saying profanity, then ask for permission to return inside the theater.
Many weird things happen when the play Macbeth is acted out.

The Characters Of Macbeth:
- Macbeth. A Scottish General and the thane of Glamis. He is not comfortable with the role of the villan.
- Lady Macbeth. Deeply ambitious. Lusts for power and position.
- The Three Witches.
- Banquo. A noble general. He represents the path that Macbeth did not take.
- Macduff. A Scottish nobleman.
- King Duncan. Good king of Scotland. Virtuous and benevolent.
- Malcom. Returns order following Macbeth’s reign of terror.

Many plays, movies, and TV series has referenced Macbeth:
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Starfox
- Greys Anatomy
- Simpsons
and many more...

Group Work: The use of supernatural is used throughout Macbeth. Explain the purpose that Shakespeare might have had to use the supernatural. Consider the time period of the play (1605) the audience and King James.
- Many of Shakespeare’s plays have supernatural.
- Right after middle ages, which had a lot of death.
- People were very intrigued by these topics.

We then pick our new teams for our group numbers.

Lord Of The Flies Project Presentations day 3

The first island that was presented today was "HAVSPS Island" from group 2: The Fake Family. On the Island there is:
- A downtown area with malls and other shopping buildings, large towering apartments, and skyscrapers.
- A village that focuses on art and relaxing, with a bakery, mulitple buildings dedicated to the many forms of art.
- A residential area what consists of many houses and stores where the common people on the island lives.
- A city that has towering buildings, luxurious houses, and prestigious schools where the wealthy people live.
- An outdoors area with no buildings, a forest, a beach, a bonfire, and has constantly changing weather for camping and adventure. The island is also surrounded by uncharted territory.
- A river that splits the island into two sections with bridges connecting the two halves.
- A train on each side of the island allows for easy travel within the island.

Although the island was based off of the modern day east coast of America, the whole Island seemed more European to me. With the urban areas where art is very prevalent and is small enough where cars aren't needed and people mostly used the train, that is also surrounded by nature and small villages. Overall the island seemed like a very picturesque vacation spot grounded in reality that sounds like a place that I would personally like to go to once in a while.


The second island that was presented was "Banana Island" from group 5: Kelvin 506 an Island in the shape of an island that is inhabited by minions. On the island there is:
- A mountain of naturally formed ice cream surrounded by a chocolate moat.
- A forest of Banana trees that cover most of the Island.
- "Kevin Lake," a lake named after "Kevin," a minion worshiped by the other minions as a god.
- "Candy Cane Docks," where people enter and exit the island."
- A village where people can rent huts to stay.
- An ancient chocolate meteorite that has a cave that formed over thousands of years.
- Only one form of currency, Bananas.

The Island in general came off as a light hearted joke concept of an island that only serves to get a good laugh out of someone. It wasn't made to work seriously, as it would be impossible for any stable economy to form as we discussed in class, but it served it's purpose as a quick little "what if..." joke that managed to get me to chuckle. Although it isn't a place that I wouldn't be seen at any time soon.

Blogger for 10/24/18 Sean Fisherman

ASSIGNMENT: Creating a Creative Island

As a team, you will construct your own imaginary island. For each team member you have, you will have one part of the island. You have freedom to be creative for the main theme of your island, just be sure to get approval for your idea.  The main objective is to use creative imagery, using setting and mood to convey atmosphere. (Golding’s use of description in Lord of the Flies is your model text.)

Group One: Phoenix From the Ashes

Phoenix From the Ashes’ project had 6 islands all based off of popular video and board games. Their presentation and project itself was a colorful, 3D one that was very pleasing to the eye. All 6 islands could be distinctly told apart, but looked like they went together in a way.

Jade’s Island: Angry Bird Island

• On the project paper itself, the Island was colorful and greatly designed
• As for the speaking part of the presentation, she nailed everything, and as someone who has played Angry Birds before, she accurately depicted what their “Island” would represent

Elizabeth’s Island: Candyland Island

• The Island on the paper was an eye catching design, popping out of the paper with its colorful wrappers, an homage to Candyland
• When speaking of her island, Liz went into great detail, and although I have never played this game before, I had a great deal of knowledge of the game after the presentation

Maya’s Island: Pokemon Island

• Pokemon Island on the project paper was a beautifully designed island, as were all the other islands. I’d like to note that  as a whole the project was designed with great detail and care
• My personal favorite, Pokemon Island sounded like a place I’d love to visit, a wonderful tourist destination and a true moneymaker financially

Sarah’s Island: Mario Kart Island

• Also one of my favorites, Mario Kart Island informed the listeners as to how they could spend their time on the island and how they could upgrade an already wonderful experience on their island
• Personally, I liked the mentioning of Bowser’s Haunted Castle and Coconut Mall, 2 of the best levels in Mario Kart by far

Teresa’s Island: Plants vs. Zombies Island

• Another island based off of a game I played extensively as a child, Plants vs. Zombies island gave me memories of the game I used to play manically as a child, it was one of the first games to go viral on the iPhone
• The island sounded like an exciting place to vacation, with many activities and battles taking place on it

Kailey’s Island : Monopoly Island

• I liked the design of this island because it stayed true to the fundamentals of one of the most famous board games of all time, even with a few pieces stuck onto the project paper
• Monopoly Island sounds like the perfect island for a competitive family who is looking for a great time, and sounded like a whole lot of fun

Group 2:The Hounds

Different from the other project that had been presented today, The Hounds project was a story of a lost kids on an island. What I enjoyed about the project was the fact that it was presented on Minecraft, a very interesting and unique technique to tell a story. The story itself was also a joy to listen to.

I like how the group split up each members readings into portions by the development of the story. For example, George read the introduction on the beach, letting us meet the characters. Celina read as the characters find the forest. Then, Alan reads as the characters become accustomed to the forest and settle down. Nick reads as they discover a lake, and their biggest challenge yet, how to get across. Trent reads as they find a mountain, and attempt to climb the mountain, and finally, Jacob reads as the characters try to get rescued, and they do. Finally, I liked how they noted the writing techniques they used as they read the story, like Deus ex Machina.

Task: Present our creative Islands that we made in our class groups. These Creative Islands are to be based off of the Island the boys crash land on from Lord of flies. We were to use the examples of creative imagery and mood/setting we learned in Lord of the flies to thoroughly develop our islands; Ms. Fusaro gave our class a lot of diversity with these assignments so you will see a large amount of variation between the different groups presentations which in my opinion is way more exciting.

First up is burning books with: The Flying Islands

           Burning books is a little bit different from the competition opting in to more of an archipelago than a single Island. This Archipelago is broken up into five unique Islands: Peasant/Agriculture Island, Military Island, Fire Island, Coal mining/Industrial Island and Rich/City Island.



Military Island:

• If on military island you must server in the military between the age of 18-65. 
• Order is based on rank.
•  Protects the rest of the Islands
• Surrounded by sharks (spooky)

Agriculture Island:

• People on the Island are dirt poor
• Provides food for other Islands
• Its cramped and discomforting to live on the Island

Coal Mining Island:

• Live expectancy is low because most work all day in the Coal mines
• Inhabitants are essentially slaves working unfair hours for no wage

City Island:

• Everyone on the island is either extremely rich or poor
• Very vain society all anyone cares about is wealth
• The poor make these material things for the rich

Fire Island: 

• It is supposed to represent the never ending connection between the Islands

Close Behind is Celsius 232 presenting: Oreo Island

       So as this is my own group I will try to not be too biased but hey Oreo Island actually looks pretty cool. Celsius 232 made their model in Minecraft adding many details from their story into the actual presentation. Speaking of my group decided to actually write a story along with our island which revolves around Commander crunch who lands on an mysterious Island made of cookies and Oreo's. His Island eventually results into a war breaking out in between the two inhabitant clans on the Island the chocolate oreo's and the golden vanilla oreo's. They fight to the end until the island (cookie) finally crumbles and all of the conflict leads to the Island spliting apart. As I reflect back on my Island I feel that maybe we may have included some culturally themes and language in our writing (which I will not get into detail about), we were quick to fix after we noted the issue but these type of thing are inexcusable even if unintended. This just goes to show the importance of proof reading especially reading as if you are an outsider to catch things that my slip by. 

Peace out ;3

-Thami H. pd7

 

Lord of the Flies project

THE ASSIGNMENT:

Creating a Creative Island
As a team, you will construct your own imaginary island. For each team member you have, you will have one part of the island. You have freedom to be creative for the main theme of your island, just be sure to get approval for your idea.  The main objective is to use creative imagery, using setting and mood to convey atmosphere. (Golding’s use of description in Lord of the Flies is your model text.)




Burning Books

*Leo:

-Primitive compared to the rest of the island 

-Each person has a patch of grass that is used to grow crops

-Houses are dirty and cramped because a lot of families live in each house

*Richard:

-Middle has a fire because it represents the hope and connections between the islands 

-There is a yellow road that represent the great amount of people and the technology that they are creating

-The meadow represents the lives of the different people. 

*Sean:

-Sharks circling military island and road is made of metal to prevent people from coming

-There’s cops and a shed with snipers to enforce the laws and to prevent unwanted intruders. 

-Everyone has to serve from ages no quitting but not everyone18-65 not much fun everything is run as a dictatorship. 

*Eddie:

-People on coal island have to work for nothing in return they work all day

-They are not payed anything and their lives are pretty dreary. 

*Elias

-City island people are really rich or really poor

-Rich focus on gold and silver and other materialistic things

-The poor make all these things, they are payed nothing and they are chained down to their desks

-People who have a higher number of gold are considered to be more popular or affluent. 

Celcuis 232

*Intro (Thami)-Man named Duncan and Captain Crunch.  Land of cookies a snacks chocolate oreas are dominant but golden are on the bottom. They fight over everything outsider changes all of that. 

*Brandon- tarts out with someone coming amazed by the fort.  Cannons shoooting milk and cookie towers are really tall. Golden Oreo sands. Fruit loop trees. Black figure with oreo on chest tackles him dragged through a jungle (Duncan is the black figure)

*Ronald- Bring him to city think he is a “golden”.Say to stop resisting say bring to council who will punish him. Crunch says will douse in milk will make disovle (carries for emergencies). Don’t say anything feel threatened by milk. Lamppost made of candy canes and a gingerbread house. Life depends on decision of oresas

*Kelly- Grand candy house double stuffed Oreos are the elders. Doesn’t want to have another war. So they devise different strategies such as sneak attack. Bring the captive into town square and cut up and give piece to everyone for them to eat. People watch as they bring him to center and he is covered in candy. Ask what’s happening but no one tells crunch too consumed by thought of eating

*Unsa-Make swallow milk but doesn’t distingrate. People want to drown him but donut says they must think about what to do next. Say have to teach lesson leads to war. Looks like Black Sea as their all going out to fight the war. Slashed windows of housed they terrygiying the Golden’s. The donut confronts the golden leader.  Says didn’t think of sending spies and says they are all Oreos after all. Stomping makes the island crack so all stand in middle. Island breakers into 2 and all the oreas fall the crack. Captain crunch chips ahoy island stands and watches with content. 

TO BE COUNTINUED

Jacob Gurevich Blog #12 10/16/18

Do now: Now that you have read the story, do you believe the only theme of Lord of the Flies is that man is inherently evil and needs civilization, laws, and structure to control?

Lord of the flies is an analogy of war where well meaning people put in situations of survival can do unspeakable things.

Some themes from the whole book are :

Man vs Nature

Reason triumphs instinct

duality of good and evil,

Man vs man(inner self)

However, some disagree with the fact that reason triumphs instinct because the boys use no logic or reason when killing Simon and try to act civilized but couldn’t.

The major theme is that power leads to corruption.

A theme is a broad idea, message or lesson that is conveyed by a work.

The message could be about anything and often explore universal ideas.

Motif is any recurring element that has a symbolic significance in a story.

Through motif, an author could develop a theme or mood.

Dues ex machina- plot device where an unsolvable problem is suddenly resolved by an unexpected event. It is intended to move the story and progress through the plot and lead to a happy ending.

Lord of the flies ended on a dues ex machina, we discussed weather it was a good way to end the book or not. Some felt that it was a cheap or easy way to end the book, however some thought that it felt right and necessary that the book ended this way.

We talked about how it was ironic that the boys started a war after escaping a war.

We watched a video in class:  https://youtu.be/TQCgzi4j3eM

This video shows how the boys lost all of their innocence and how the island changes these boys for the worst.

For the rest of the class we looked for quotes from the book which we felt were the most important in preparation for tomorrow’s review.

Blog #12, Leonardo Gonzalez, Blogger 7-11

Aim: How can we analyze the structure of irony in Lord of the Flies and it’s significance to the work as a whole

Do Now: Pop quiz on chapters 9 - 10

After the quiz we reviewed the definition of irony and the types of irony that can be found in literature.

Irony is the general term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intention

Verbal Irony is when the writer says one thing and means another. “The best substitute for expenence is being sixteen

Dramatic Irony is when The reader or the audience sees a character’s mistakes or misunderstandings, but the character himself/herself does not

Irony of Situation is when an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the readers or the audience

Cosmic Irony is when fate is in complete control of the situation when a character tries to improve his/her life, fate twists it

Then we listened to a song called ironic

After hearing the song we talked with our groups and picked out different pieces of irony that was shown in the song. We also found coincidenceses that were also in the song

An example of irony in the song is:

“ Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly

He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye

He waited his whole damn life to take that flight

And as the plane crashed down he thought

"Well isn't this nice..." ”

An example of a coincidence in the song is

“ An old man turned ninety-eight

He won the lottery and died the next day ”

Blog #11, Alan George, Blogger 7-10

Aim: How does the symbolism depicted in the Lord of the Flies contribute to Golding's comment on the human condition?

Do Now: For this week, I am asking each teammate to make a statement about last night's reading (Chapter 9 from Lord of the Flies) to to your group mates. Each of you will get to speak for at least one minute while others diligently listen to your contribution. You may respond, ass new information, add insight, clarify, or question. 

Make one member the "timing-leader", to ensure each person gets to speak uninterrupted for one minute. Assign 1-2 members from your team that will share the whole team's thoughts with the class. 

Points made from the discussion of the Do Now:
 - Summary of what happened in Chapter 9:

•  Simon found the body of the dead parachutist during the daylight, once he woke up from his conversation with the "beast" (Deluded by his own thought, Simon had a conversation with a pig's head on a stick; symbolizing the "beast" in this case.)
• The rest of the boys with Jack planned to ambush the "beast". 
• Simon went out to tell the others he found the dead parachutist, but the rest of the boys mistook him for the "beast". (Simon went to see the other boys during nighttime, confusing the boys of Simon for being the "beast".)
• The rest of the boys chanted with no thought or reason, and attacked Simon with their bare hands in the "heat of the moment". (Simon's corpse was left at the beach he was attacked in and swept away by the sea.)
• A storm erupted onto the island, making the rest of the boys unaware of who they killed and looked for shelter. (The dead parachutist was also swept away by the storm.) (Now, no physical evidence of the beast is left there on the island.)

- Analysis of Chapter 9 from the Do Now:

• A storm is usually a sign of destruction and foreshadows how the worst in a situation has yet to come. 
• Jack can still use the conception of the Beast if he wants too, since there is no more physical evidence on the island for the "beast". (The "beast" shifts from a fear of a physical creature or thing, into a fear for survival in a mental level.)
• WWII similarities are seen in this chapter: Jack's followers mindlessly follow Jack's orders; just as Hitler's followers mindlessly followed Hitler. The mob mentality of savagery over reason grows on the island; just as right after the war, people in Europe and Japan now lived in a "no man's land", and political instability became common.
• Jack and the rest acted upon instinct than reason. (Shift from reason into savagery.)

Do Later: Identify each object, and what it means to the general, American public. 

American Flag: Symbol of great pride, patriotism, and nationality to an American. The flag is also a symbol of freedom, prosperity, liberty, and the foundations of our county.

Ying-Yang: Symbol of balance of good and evil in the world. Shows duality and coexistence of good and evil together, just as seen from the image of the angel and demon found in Blog #9.)

"Swastika": Initially, a symbol of fear and horror. A recollection of fear and grueling memories from WWII. However, the symbol above is a reverse of the actual swastika symbol, and is seen in many Indian and East Asian cultures as being a symbol of peace and prosperity

   - Symbols can shift, change, and evolve in meaning across time. (Greatest example: Swastika from being a symbol of peace and propserity, into a symbol of terror and dread from the events of Nazi Germany and WWII.)

Symbolism: The conscious and artful use of symbols, objects, actions, or characters meant to be taken both literally and as a representative of some higher, more complex and abstract significance that lies beyond ordinary meaning. 

FOIL Note-taking: 

    F - Focused 

    O - On-point

    I - Important information

    L - List Examples

Blog #10, Unsa Imran, Blogger 7-17

October 4, 2018

Aim: How does William Golding draw on human nature and the Bible to create complex themes as depicted in Chapter 8 of Lord of the Flies.

Do Now: Cluster Work

"There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the beast… Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill… You knew… didn’t you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go?  Why things are the way they are?"     (Chapter 8)

1. With your groups, do a close reading of this quote from chapter 8.
2. Annotate important/distinct DICTION. How does the author manipulate the language?
3. What is the tone? The mood?
4. Your group finds this passage absolutely                          because it illuminates                             about the boys on the island, thus demonstrating that the human condition                           .

- The repitition of the word 'close' three times shows parallelism; it emphasizes that the voice is inside Simon's head.

- The author thought the whole paragraph out punctuation wise, for example, the ellipsis(...) and the periods express the emotions of doubt and tension going on inside Simon's head.

- A really creepy tone is being used in this paragraph and readers may think that Simon is going crazy, losing his mind, because he starts doubting, contradicting, and talking to himself. He is losing all senses of reality.

- Although it may seem as if Simon has gone insane, it cannot be proven because people who are going crazy don't know that they are going crazy.

Other important terms: Rhetorical question, syntax.

*In order to learn about a culture, you should look at their language. Some cultures have a lot of ways to descibe one single word and this may show what the culture values. 

  ----> For example, Eskimos have 11 words for snow; it describes their home and the country they populate. 

 -----> There are 15 words for the devil in English, one of them is the lord of the flies, hence the name of the book since Golding's purpose of writing the book was to show the evil that exists within everyone.

***Golding uses kids in his story to show that wickedness is among everyone, even in 9 to 12-year-old kids. The evil is always there because there is no good without bad, but evil is also a choice.

Blog #9, Alina Geng, Blogger 7-9

October 3, 2018

Aim: How does William Golding draw on human nature and the Bible to create complex themes as depicted in chapter 8 of Lord of the Flies?

Do Now: (Pair-Share) Compare and contrast the two images. In your comparison, be sure to identify the general theme of the paintings. Justify your assertion.

Picture on the left depicts a wolf woman talking with a spiritual man (he has a ring around his head). The wolf woman represents evil and the spiritual man represents good.
Although the two are opposites, they are talking and having  a good time.
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Picture on the right shows the shadow of 10 kids varying in age against a white background. They are all tattered with blood markings and holding a long stick, presumably used to kill the dead pig in front of them. Although children are often portrayed as innocent, this picture highlights the evil in them.

Independent Response- Then Share
What is the literal Beast?
The literal beast is the dead parachuter. The real beast is the savagery slowly coming out of the children.


"There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the beast… Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill… You knew… didn’t you? I'm part of you? Close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go?  Why things are the way they are?"     (From Chapter 8)

- The quote was from Simon "talking" to the beast.
- Narrator is speaking a controlling tone, giving off a mysterious mood
- The beast is raising questions about Simon's self-doubt, questioning whether the beast is a    physical being or sorting mental. The beast says Simon can't get rid of him.
- The boys are scared and doing things they normally wouldn't do
- Your group finds this passage absolutely insightful  because it  illuminates the worst qualities about the boys on the island, thus demonstrating that the human condition is declining and turning barbaric as each day goes by.

Blog #7, Teresa Crisantos, Blogger 7-7

Aim: How does William Golding formulate the island into a microcosm of World War II through allegory?

Do now: Think about the structure of school. You have a principal, assistant principals, teachers, paras, school aides, students, and other stuff. Within each group, there are other organizations, such as the student council. If you were to compare school structure to the structure of government, how does it equate?

    The principal would be the president, the assistant principlas would be the cabinet, the teachers would be the sentate, the security would be the military, and the students would be the citizens. In a government the people with less power usually compose the group with most people. 

Vocabulary of the day-

Microcosm- a representation of something on a much smaller scale. Microcosm means “small world”

Allegory- a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Whole class discussion-

Consider context- What do you know about World War II?

Germany had to pay back war damages of World War One. Hitler became dictator in order to restore Germany’s wealth and put the blame of the debt on the Jews In addition Hitler wanted to get the perfect race. The people that did not fill these requirements were thought as less. Hitler set up camps to separate them and kill them. Countries like America joined the war in order to free the people that were being kept in these camps. America wasn’t very involved until Pearl Harbor. After this event America joined into the war and was on the allies side.

Facts about World War Two
-September 1, 1939- September 2, 1945
-Axis powers versus allies
-Holocaust in Germany as a result of World War One
-Germany had Adolf Hitler, Italy had Benito Mussolini, The United States of America had Franklin Roosevelt, and Britain had Winston Churchill
-Raised the discussion on human rights
-Death toll- 60,000,000- 85,000,000 more than the world has ever known. More than the mongol conquests, more than the three kingdoms war
-At the start America did not want to join the war
-America joined the war after Pearl Harbor.

Group work
1-The boys were on a plane flying out of Britain to escape the war, what is so tragically ironic about the situation they’re creating for themselves?
They are escaping one thing but are faced with another hardship on the island. On the island it is just a smaller version of the war they are escaping.
2. What does Ralph’s dream from chapter 6 foreshadow?
       It is foreshadowing that everything is becoming more real and that Ralph still longs for his home after he realizes that the hardships are also faced here on this new island
3. Address the aim.
Makes smaller  of World War Two on the island they tried to escape the reality of the war and the conflict associated with it but they ended up in the same situation on the island

In this lesson we also learned that the three main characters are symbolic of people that are associated with World War Two. Ralph is symbolic of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jake of Adolf Hitler, and Piggy of Winston Churchill.