Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Lord of the Flies, William Golding. Cycle 24 Reading Response, 31-45.
Summary:
In pages 31-45 the search party returns and Ralph blows the conch and holds another meeting and tells the other boys of the news that there on in fact on and island with no other humans because they have not seen any houses or smoke from fires. They talk about things they need to do on the island then some boys interrupt and a young boy has something to say. The young boy is very hesitant and is scared but he gets the conch shell so he can talk and he speaks of a beastie snake he saw in the forest at night. When all the boys hear of this they get scared and ask Ralph if there could really be a beastie snake on the island. Ralph tells them that on an island of this size a beastie snake couldn’t survive and no one saw any kind of snake except for the little kids at night. Ralph says that the kid could’ve been dreaming or they didn’t see right but everyone is still cautious. Jack tells everyone that when they go hunting they will look for the beastie snake and if they find it they shall kill it so there should be no worries. After the talk of the snake dies they start talking about how will they get saved and someone says something about how if someone passes in a boat or ship they wouldn’t even be able to tell that people lived her so they would have to make a fire at the top of the mountain to be seen. Everyone gets really into the idea of this and heads of to the mountaintop to make a pile of wood and start a fire. Everyone goes up except Ralph and Piggy but Ralph finally goes up and Piggy follows. They get to the top of the mountain and they find a huge pile of wood but no one has any matches so Jack yanks Piggy’s glasses off his face and uses them to magnify the light of the sun. They get some smoke and finally a flame. Piggy gets continuously harassed and isn’t treated fair throughout the whole story. He has way better ideas then Jack but Ralph is a sucker for Jack and Ralph is now being a dick to Piggy how Jack was. After the make the huge unnecessary fire they come back down and Piggy tells Ralph they should’ve made shelters before the fire because they have never seen a ship pass yet and they probably couldn’t have seen it at this time of the day. Ralph feels embarrassed now and Piggy asks Ralph where are the young children and Ralph has no idea and Piggy asks him where is the young child that told everyone of the snakes because he hasn’t seen him. He says they could be messing around in the fire or hurt and he they fight back and forth about how he should’ve got the names of everyone but Piggy says he couldn’t have done it by himself then the chapter ends.
Vocabulary:
1. Martyred- a person who I skilled because of their religious or other beliefs
2. Ebullience- cheerful and full of energy
3. Officious- assertive of authority in an annoying domineering way esp. with regard to pretty or trivial matters
4. Contemptuously- showing contempt; scornful
5. Taut- stretched or pulled tight; not slack
In pages 31-45 the search party returns and Ralph blows the conch and holds another meeting and tells the other boys of the news that there on in fact on and island with no other humans because they have not seen any houses or smoke from fires. They talk about things they need to do on the island then some boys interrupt and a young boy has something to say. The young boy is very hesitant and is scared but he gets the conch shell so he can talk and he speaks of a beastie snake he saw in the forest at night. When all the boys hear of this they get scared and ask Ralph if there could really be a beastie snake on the island. Ralph tells them that on an island of this size a beastie snake couldn’t survive and no one saw any kind of snake except for the little kids at night. Ralph says that the kid could’ve been dreaming or they didn’t see right but everyone is still cautious. Jack tells everyone that when they go hunting they will look for the beastie snake and if they find it they shall kill it so there should be no worries. After the talk of the snake dies they start talking about how will they get saved and someone says something about how if someone passes in a boat or ship they wouldn’t even be able to tell that people lived her so they would have to make a fire at the top of the mountain to be seen. Everyone gets really into the idea of this and heads of to the mountaintop to make a pile of wood and start a fire. Everyone goes up except Ralph and Piggy but Ralph finally goes up and Piggy follows. They get to the top of the mountain and they find a huge pile of wood but no one has any matches so Jack yanks Piggy’s glasses off his face and uses them to magnify the light of the sun. They get some smoke and finally a flame. Piggy gets continuously harassed and isn’t treated fair throughout the whole story. He has way better ideas then Jack but Ralph is a sucker for Jack and Ralph is now being a dick to Piggy how Jack was. After the make the huge unnecessary fire they come back down and Piggy tells Ralph they should’ve made shelters before the fire because they have never seen a ship pass yet and they probably couldn’t have seen it at this time of the day. Ralph feels embarrassed now and Piggy asks Ralph where are the young children and Ralph has no idea and Piggy asks him where is the young child that told everyone of the snakes because he hasn’t seen him. He says they could be messing around in the fire or hurt and he they fight back and forth about how he should’ve got the names of everyone but Piggy says he couldn’t have done it by himself then the chapter ends.
Vocabulary:
1. Martyred- a person who I skilled because of their religious or other beliefs
2. Ebullience- cheerful and full of energy
3. Officious- assertive of authority in an annoying domineering way esp. with regard to pretty or trivial matters
4. Contemptuously- showing contempt; scornful
5. Taut- stretched or pulled tight; not slack
Lord of the Flies, William Golding. Cycle 23 Reading Response, 16-30
Summary:
In these pages Ralph blows the conch shell they found but can’t get it to work but Piggy remembers that his friend used to blow and tells Ralph a few ways his friend blew to get it to work. He tells um that his friend used to spit when he blew it and that didn’t work so he told him that his friend used to blow from his diaphragm to make the sound. Before he did this no sound would come from the shell but once he did this he made a remarkable sound that shook the forest and made birds fly and animals squeal like in the movies. He blew repeadielty on the ledge that he and Piggy stood on till they could see people and didn’t stop till they thought everyone came. Everyone who showed were children with children, no adults what so ever. Even teenagers weren’t here. All the children gathered and Ralph and Piggy called a meeting. They needed to know what they had to do to survive and they needed to put someone in order. This one cocky guy from this group of choirboys who bossed them around said that he should be the leader but no one liked him and the only votes he got were because of dirty looks he gave to people. The majority of the kids voted for Ralph so he was leader. He first act of people leader was to find out if this was really and island because if it was just the beach of somewhere they could get saved and go home. Ralph made a search party of three people to climb up the mountain and see. He made it him, the cocky choir leader named Jack and this little boy Simon who was the first to show after blowing the conch. They went up the beach and found a point where they thought it would be easy to climb the mountain and did so. They climbed and ran into some difficulties but got around them. When they were at the top they looked about and they found out indeed this was an island. They saw another little island in the distance almost attached to this island. They didn’t see any houses or smoke so they assumed this was an inhabited island so they went back down to tell the group of the news. On their way down they heard hooves and squealing in the forest so they went to check it out. They found that it was a pig and Jack was going to kill it but he couldn’t because that was mean. They returned to the other boys and told them the news and that there was food here and all the boys had to have different duty’s to better everyone.
Vocabulary:
1. Indignation- anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment
2. Sniggers- a smothered or half-suppressed laugh
3. Embossed- carve or mold design on (a surface) so it stands out in relief
4. Interposed- place or insert between one thing and another
5. Contemptuously- showing contempt; scornful
In these pages Ralph blows the conch shell they found but can’t get it to work but Piggy remembers that his friend used to blow and tells Ralph a few ways his friend blew to get it to work. He tells um that his friend used to spit when he blew it and that didn’t work so he told him that his friend used to blow from his diaphragm to make the sound. Before he did this no sound would come from the shell but once he did this he made a remarkable sound that shook the forest and made birds fly and animals squeal like in the movies. He blew repeadielty on the ledge that he and Piggy stood on till they could see people and didn’t stop till they thought everyone came. Everyone who showed were children with children, no adults what so ever. Even teenagers weren’t here. All the children gathered and Ralph and Piggy called a meeting. They needed to know what they had to do to survive and they needed to put someone in order. This one cocky guy from this group of choirboys who bossed them around said that he should be the leader but no one liked him and the only votes he got were because of dirty looks he gave to people. The majority of the kids voted for Ralph so he was leader. He first act of people leader was to find out if this was really and island because if it was just the beach of somewhere they could get saved and go home. Ralph made a search party of three people to climb up the mountain and see. He made it him, the cocky choir leader named Jack and this little boy Simon who was the first to show after blowing the conch. They went up the beach and found a point where they thought it would be easy to climb the mountain and did so. They climbed and ran into some difficulties but got around them. When they were at the top they looked about and they found out indeed this was an island. They saw another little island in the distance almost attached to this island. They didn’t see any houses or smoke so they assumed this was an inhabited island so they went back down to tell the group of the news. On their way down they heard hooves and squealing in the forest so they went to check it out. They found that it was a pig and Jack was going to kill it but he couldn’t because that was mean. They returned to the other boys and told them the news and that there was food here and all the boys had to have different duty’s to better everyone.
Vocabulary:
1. Indignation- anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment
2. Sniggers- a smothered or half-suppressed laugh
3. Embossed- carve or mold design on (a surface) so it stands out in relief
4. Interposed- place or insert between one thing and another
5. Contemptuously- showing contempt; scornful
Lord of the Flies, William Golding. Cycle 22 Reading Response, 1-15.
Summary:
The beginning of this story starts with two characters stuck on a they believe to be an island. The two characters are Ralph and a boy nicknamed Piggy because he is a little bigger. Ralph is one of the typical kids who don’t want to be with Piggy because he is not the coolest kid but Piggy is really nice and just wanted to be liked. Piggy has an asthma problem as well as being bigger. The two find each other on the island first and need to find a way off or to see if there are others on the island. They walk around a little on the ocean shore and decide to take a bath in this pool of hot water and when they are done they go to this ledge and see what they think is a stone but is actually a conch shell. When they get closer they realize what it really and decide it is so cool they must have and once they get it they get the idea of using it as a horn to maybe gather the other people on the island by blowing it.
Vocabulary:
1. Hither- to or toward this place
2. Specious- superficially plausible, but actually wrong
3. Proffer- hold out (something) to someone for acceptance
The beginning of this story starts with two characters stuck on a they believe to be an island. The two characters are Ralph and a boy nicknamed Piggy because he is a little bigger. Ralph is one of the typical kids who don’t want to be with Piggy because he is not the coolest kid but Piggy is really nice and just wanted to be liked. Piggy has an asthma problem as well as being bigger. The two find each other on the island first and need to find a way off or to see if there are others on the island. They walk around a little on the ocean shore and decide to take a bath in this pool of hot water and when they are done they go to this ledge and see what they think is a stone but is actually a conch shell. When they get closer they realize what it really and decide it is so cool they must have and once they get it they get the idea of using it as a horn to maybe gather the other people on the island by blowing it.
Vocabulary:
1. Hither- to or toward this place
2. Specious- superficially plausible, but actually wrong
3. Proffer- hold out (something) to someone for acceptance
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Cycle 21 DROP
Friday Night Lights is a good book but I am not finding me or connecting myself to the book. The only connection I have to the book is football and football is not a huge part of my life. I hope I can find a better book to help find myself better.
Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger, Cycle 20, 46-60
Summary
This section I read was all about Boobie Miles. This part talks about how all the college’s want Boobie to come play for them so they send him letters saying their school is the best, how nice their facility’s are, and how good their coaching staff is. They say all these things but they don’t mention how hard of a time Boobie will have in the classrooms at the college. Boobie wasn’t always the smartest kid in class. He takes classes that kids a couple of years younger are taking. In this part it talks about how Boobie plays hardcore, ass kicking football, and which football teams he wants to play for. It also talks about his relationship with his father. He didn’t live with his father all his life. He lived with his uncle on the Southside of Odessa where the blacks and Mexicans lived. It talks about when Boobie’s career gets questioned at a pre-season scrimmage. He runs the ball then gets hit funny and his knee gets messed up and he can’t put pressure on it so he see’s doctors and they tell him he has to get surgery and will be out for most the season.
Vocabulary
Adulation- obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise
Requite- make appropriate return for (a favor or service); reward
Incessant- (of something regarded as unpleasant) continuing without pause or interruption
1. What frustrates you most about this book, and why?
I am getting frustrated with this book for the second time. It is interesting enough for it to hold my attention but I am not finding myself within it. I choose this book because I thought I might find similar problems that I having that the football players are having but I am not doing that. They are high school students and are athletes like me but I don’t have problems with oil and living in the middle of nowhere. The other problem in this book is it deal’s with horrible racism that is not in Hawaii because everyone is so many different races and people use race as humor to make friendly jokes at each other. The living in Odessa is split white and black and Mexican when Hawaii is white, Asian, Hawaiian, Samoan, black, Filipino, and pretty much every race. The only connection between me and the book is the football factor but nothing else so I am debating on dropping the book and finding another that deals with me more.
This section I read was all about Boobie Miles. This part talks about how all the college’s want Boobie to come play for them so they send him letters saying their school is the best, how nice their facility’s are, and how good their coaching staff is. They say all these things but they don’t mention how hard of a time Boobie will have in the classrooms at the college. Boobie wasn’t always the smartest kid in class. He takes classes that kids a couple of years younger are taking. In this part it talks about how Boobie plays hardcore, ass kicking football, and which football teams he wants to play for. It also talks about his relationship with his father. He didn’t live with his father all his life. He lived with his uncle on the Southside of Odessa where the blacks and Mexicans lived. It talks about when Boobie’s career gets questioned at a pre-season scrimmage. He runs the ball then gets hit funny and his knee gets messed up and he can’t put pressure on it so he see’s doctors and they tell him he has to get surgery and will be out for most the season.
Vocabulary
Adulation- obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise
Requite- make appropriate return for (a favor or service); reward
Incessant- (of something regarded as unpleasant) continuing without pause or interruption
1. What frustrates you most about this book, and why?
I am getting frustrated with this book for the second time. It is interesting enough for it to hold my attention but I am not finding myself within it. I choose this book because I thought I might find similar problems that I having that the football players are having but I am not doing that. They are high school students and are athletes like me but I don’t have problems with oil and living in the middle of nowhere. The other problem in this book is it deal’s with horrible racism that is not in Hawaii because everyone is so many different races and people use race as humor to make friendly jokes at each other. The living in Odessa is split white and black and Mexican when Hawaii is white, Asian, Hawaiian, Samoan, black, Filipino, and pretty much every race. The only connection between me and the book is the football factor but nothing else so I am debating on dropping the book and finding another that deals with me more.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger, Cycle 19, 31-45
Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger, Cycle 19, 31-45
Summary
Pages 31-37 were the last pages of the Chapter Odessa and told us more about the town. It told us that the town had the most murders per capita in the U.S. This was because when there was oil booms people would kill each other for money and then when there wasn’t any oiled to be pumped and found the town people would get frustrated at each other and shoot them up. The next chapter after that is The Watermelon feed. The Watermelon Feed was a big event held in Odessa that the whole town went to. The Watermelon Feed is an event when all the members of the Permian football team would get introduced to the town and the team and staff would talk about football. When the town would go to the Watermelon Feed they would wear all the Permian clothes they had and would wear only black and white, the Permian’s colors.
Vocabulary
Visceral- of or relating to the viscera
Unpretentious- no attempting to impress others with an appearance of greater importance, talent, or culture that is actually possessed.
Paradoxical- seemingly absurd or self-contradictory
1. List 2-5 high qualities, open-ended questions regarding the reading, and answer your questions.
1. Why are Permian people so into Mojo Football and not something else?
I think that the Permian people are so into Mojo Football and not something else because it is something all family’s is Odessa can be a part of. Also the Permian people can be proud of Mojo football. It’s something that they can be proud of because they are good at it and they know it. The Permian Football team is one of the best football teams in Texas and they always have a chance at having a winning season. The only other thing that is good in Odessa is the oil mining but the oil mining goes up and down and is always changing but the football team always does good.
2. How would the Odessa people be like with Mojo Football to obsess about?
I think that the Odessa people would go crazy and just commit crimes and do bad things. Mojo Football gives them something to train for and to live for. The Odessa boys dreams are to play for Mojo Football and do well for them so they start playing football at a young age. The parents of the football players and family’s and friends get into Mojo Football because they know someone who is in it or was a pepete when they went to Permian or played football themselves. Everyone in the town of Odessa has some connection to Permian football to entertain them and keep them occupied. If they didn’t have football they would probably have nothing to keep stable for and commit crimes or fight or just have sex to fill up their time.
Summary
Pages 31-37 were the last pages of the Chapter Odessa and told us more about the town. It told us that the town had the most murders per capita in the U.S. This was because when there was oil booms people would kill each other for money and then when there wasn’t any oiled to be pumped and found the town people would get frustrated at each other and shoot them up. The next chapter after that is The Watermelon feed. The Watermelon Feed was a big event held in Odessa that the whole town went to. The Watermelon Feed is an event when all the members of the Permian football team would get introduced to the town and the team and staff would talk about football. When the town would go to the Watermelon Feed they would wear all the Permian clothes they had and would wear only black and white, the Permian’s colors.
Vocabulary
Visceral- of or relating to the viscera
Unpretentious- no attempting to impress others with an appearance of greater importance, talent, or culture that is actually possessed.
Paradoxical- seemingly absurd or self-contradictory
1. List 2-5 high qualities, open-ended questions regarding the reading, and answer your questions.
1. Why are Permian people so into Mojo Football and not something else?
I think that the Permian people are so into Mojo Football and not something else because it is something all family’s is Odessa can be a part of. Also the Permian people can be proud of Mojo football. It’s something that they can be proud of because they are good at it and they know it. The Permian Football team is one of the best football teams in Texas and they always have a chance at having a winning season. The only other thing that is good in Odessa is the oil mining but the oil mining goes up and down and is always changing but the football team always does good.
2. How would the Odessa people be like with Mojo Football to obsess about?
I think that the Odessa people would go crazy and just commit crimes and do bad things. Mojo Football gives them something to train for and to live for. The Odessa boys dreams are to play for Mojo Football and do well for them so they start playing football at a young age. The parents of the football players and family’s and friends get into Mojo Football because they know someone who is in it or was a pepete when they went to Permian or played football themselves. Everyone in the town of Odessa has some connection to Permian football to entertain them and keep them occupied. If they didn’t have football they would probably have nothing to keep stable for and commit crimes or fight or just have sex to fill up their time.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Friday Night Lights, H. G. Bissinger, Cycle 18 Reading Response, 16-30
Summary
In the beginning of the reading from 15-30 it still talks about boobies jealousy of not being able to play and his frustration because his teams the Permian’s are playing their rivals from Midland Lee. Then it gets to a chapter all about Odessa. Odessa is the city where the class takes place in. Odessa is where Permian football is and where Boobie Miles lives. It talk’s about how Odessa become an Oil hit and boom town and how everything went from the best to worst in the town.
Vocabulary
Emblazoned- conspicuously inscribed or display (a design) on something
Fanciful- (of a person on their thoughts and ideas) over imagination and unrealistic
Transient- lasting for only a short time; impermanent
1. Creative option #1: Rewrite the section you just read, or an excerpt of that section, from the perspective of another character or an object.
I am rewriting the part when Boobie is all mad that younger running back that replaces him.
Chris Comer:
This part I am rewriting is from pages 16-20
“I’m so glad the coaches decided play me over Boobie in such a important game against our rivals Midland Lee. I’m sort of scared that Midland Lee wills injury because I know they are not a play clean team. I am also scared that I will not be as good as Boobie and everyone will talk bad about me but hopefully after I run this first play I will feel better. I have to prove myself because this might be my only chance. I have to. After that first play I busted through the line and ran for a 1st down. I feel good and now with some confidence I feel 10 times better. Throughout the whole came that I played I ran for best game and had a couple TD’s now. But at halftime in the locker room I saw Boobie was really upset and he took his pads off and threw them against the wall with anger and frustration. And then after the game I saw him crying with another player and I think it wasn’t because we lost, I think it was because he didn’t play. I feel bad. I got to play but now Boobie is mad and doesn’t get to play.”
In the beginning of the reading from 15-30 it still talks about boobies jealousy of not being able to play and his frustration because his teams the Permian’s are playing their rivals from Midland Lee. Then it gets to a chapter all about Odessa. Odessa is the city where the class takes place in. Odessa is where Permian football is and where Boobie Miles lives. It talk’s about how Odessa become an Oil hit and boom town and how everything went from the best to worst in the town.
Vocabulary
Emblazoned- conspicuously inscribed or display (a design) on something
Fanciful- (of a person on their thoughts and ideas) over imagination and unrealistic
Transient- lasting for only a short time; impermanent
1. Creative option #1: Rewrite the section you just read, or an excerpt of that section, from the perspective of another character or an object.
I am rewriting the part when Boobie is all mad that younger running back that replaces him.
Chris Comer:
This part I am rewriting is from pages 16-20
“I’m so glad the coaches decided play me over Boobie in such a important game against our rivals Midland Lee. I’m sort of scared that Midland Lee wills injury because I know they are not a play clean team. I am also scared that I will not be as good as Boobie and everyone will talk bad about me but hopefully after I run this first play I will feel better. I have to prove myself because this might be my only chance. I have to. After that first play I busted through the line and ran for a 1st down. I feel good and now with some confidence I feel 10 times better. Throughout the whole came that I played I ran for best game and had a couple TD’s now. But at halftime in the locker room I saw Boobie was really upset and he took his pads off and threw them against the wall with anger and frustration. And then after the game I saw him crying with another player and I think it wasn’t because we lost, I think it was because he didn’t play. I feel bad. I got to play but now Boobie is mad and doesn’t get to play.”
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Friday Night Lights, H. G. Bissinger, Cycle 17 Reading Response, 1-15
Summary:
The section I read was part of the prologue so there wasn’t much happening. The 15 pages just went over who the characters were and gave a little background. These 15 pages went through characters who were big and mall in the story. It gave a basic setting on what was going on in the story and what was happening in the main character Boobie Miles life. In the end of 15 pages it got into some drama about how Boobie got a knee injury and now there is a younger newer black running back who plays over him and does a good job and he feels like everyone forgot about him. He is so upset with this he throws his equipment off when he gets to the locker rooms and threatens the coaches he’s going the quit.
Vocabulary:
Preening- (of a bird) straiten and clean its feathers with its beak.
Catharsis- the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
This book frustrates me right from the get go. There are so many characters that you have to learn who have different personalities, backgrounds, and habits. The book put so much information to absorb at once that your overwhelmed and don’t know what’s going on. It also frustrates me because I am not interested in the book at this point so far. The book is just there to me right now and reading it is not fun. If the book doesn’t get more interesting after the prologue I am going to drop it and start a new book. This book is also frustrating to me because I read it to read about football barely any football has been mentioned yet.
The section I read was part of the prologue so there wasn’t much happening. The 15 pages just went over who the characters were and gave a little background. These 15 pages went through characters who were big and mall in the story. It gave a basic setting on what was going on in the story and what was happening in the main character Boobie Miles life. In the end of 15 pages it got into some drama about how Boobie got a knee injury and now there is a younger newer black running back who plays over him and does a good job and he feels like everyone forgot about him. He is so upset with this he throws his equipment off when he gets to the locker rooms and threatens the coaches he’s going the quit.
Vocabulary:
Preening- (of a bird) straiten and clean its feathers with its beak.
Catharsis- the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
This book frustrates me right from the get go. There are so many characters that you have to learn who have different personalities, backgrounds, and habits. The book put so much information to absorb at once that your overwhelmed and don’t know what’s going on. It also frustrates me because I am not interested in the book at this point so far. The book is just there to me right now and reading it is not fun. If the book doesn’t get more interesting after the prologue I am going to drop it and start a new book. This book is also frustrating to me because I read it to read about football barely any football has been mentioned yet.
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