Computer Daze: Portfolio Edits

P2
Monday, April 4, 2011
Visiting from 8:54-9:35 only

P8
Tuesday, April 5
Visiting from 1:30-2:17


P3
Thurs. April 7
Visiting from 8:54-9:35 only

Please come prepared with Flashes, old work or other items.
ASSUME Internet will NOT be working, so you can still utilize 42-minute sessions without delay
= 40 points


“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” ~ Lloyd Alexander

FINAL TWAIN ESSAY FRIDAY 4-1-11

Please have answers to all six questions, including T Charts, from the below Coulombe Essay and any pertinent quotes and titles from the 60 Minutes "N-word" articles and blog responses for mini-essay on Friday. This paper, which can include additional cited quotes or ideas, will be the only piece of information scholars will be allowed to use for essays on the ending of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.




Essay will take entire period.





 “We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” ~ Lloyd Alexander

VOCABULARY FROM COULOMBE ESSAY ON TWAIN’S DISDAIN FOR NATIVE AMERICANS

VOCABULARY FROM COULOMBE ESSAY ON TWAIN’S DISDAIN FOR NATIVE AMERICANS

1. ineluctability-n-the quality of being impossible to avoid or evade
    —Synonyms
    inevitable, unavoidable.


2. Epitomize—v—serve as a typical example of; typify: EX: This meadow epitomizes the beauty of the whole area.

3. ambivalence-n- mixed feelings or emotions, such as love and hate, toward a person, object, or idea.
EX: Jefferson's ambivalence about African American's equality cost Phillis Wheatley recognition for her talents.
        
        During the Nature vs Nurture Debates, many were ambivalent since this argument has so many gray areas.

4. prejudice—n—
                      a. an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.

                      b. any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.

              

5. vitriol—n—speech, writing, etc, displaying rancor, vituperation, or bitterness
    EX: Unfortunately, when our political parties refer to their opponents it's with such vitriol no one can ever reach a compromise. They should be more magnanimous.


6. ubi sunt —"Where are those who were before us?" - also synonym for nostalgia

pg. 265
7. magnanimous—adj—generous in forgiving an insult or injury
#3= proceeding from or revealing generosity or nobility of mind, character, etc.
Ex: She sent the murderer some flowers when his mother passed away as a magnanimous gesture of forgiveness.

pg. 266
8. epithet-n— a word, phrase, or expression used invectively as a term of abuse or contempt, to express hostility, etc


pg 268
9. sagasity—n—foresight, discernment, or keen perception; ability to make good judgments

pg 269
10. indolent
–adjective a. having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful
                                      b. causing little or no pain (Pathology)

11. condemnation
—n—disapprobation: an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable; 
EX: "When he sign the Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln showed his uncompromising condemnation of racism."

12. aborigines
–noun 
                        a.  one of the original or earliest known inhabitants of a country or region.

13. dissolute–adjective

               indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.

14. insidious–adjective
                      a. intended to entrap or beguile: EX: The police's insidious plan led to 13 drug arrests.
                      b. stealthily treacherous or deceitful: EX: The al-Qaeda is on of our insidious enemies.


Side notes of other mentioned:
James Fenimore Cooper [pseudonym Jane Morgan] (1789-1851), American author and critic wrote The Last of the Mohicans (1826);

"Where are the blossoms of those summers!--fallen, one by one; so all of my family departed, each in his turn, to the land of spirits. I am on the hilltop and must go down into the valley; and when Uncas follows in my footsteps there will no longer be any of the blood of the Sagamores, for my boy is the last of the Mohicans." Chingachgook to Hawkeye, Ch. 3

Cooper's depiction of American Indians was sometimes criticised as unrealistic and implausible. Over fifty years after The Deerslayer (1841) was published Mark Twain served up a heaping plate of sardonic but scathing criticism of it and Cooper in his essay "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences" (1895). But as Cooper writes in his Introduction to The Last of the Mohicans; The Mohicans were the possessors of the country first occupied by the Europeans in this portion of the continent. They were, consequently, the first dispossessed; and the seemingly inevitable fate of all these people, who disappear before the advances, or it might be termed the inroads, of civilization, as the verdure of their native forests falls before the nipping frosts, is represented as having already befallen them. There is sufficient historical truth in the picture to justify the use that has been made of it.

Written during the 18th century days of the American Frontier, Cooper popularised the plight of Native peoples in his writings with a sympathetic although romanticised vision.
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Letters From An American Farmer
by J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur

What then is the American, this new man?...He is an American, who, leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds. He has become an American by being received in the broad lap of our great Alma Mater. Here individuals of all races are melted into a new race of man, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world. Americans are the western pilgrims. (from "Letter III," 1782)



“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” ~ Lloyd Alexander

Controversial Ending - Paradigms for Racism - Art Mirroring Life

A. As you read the first eight pages of, 

Mark Twain's Native Americans and the Repeated Racial Pattern in "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", by 

Joseph L. Coulombe,make a T chart, chronicling those who SUPPORTED Native Americans and those who didn't.

 

Twain will often appear on BOTH sides of this debate, so make specific cited note each time evidence is given of his fickleness. 

B. What are the four stages of the Race Paradigm in which Twain copied from his personal Native American worlds to that of the African Americans' in the novel Huck Finn? 

C. Why does the author, Joseph L. Coulombe, say, "What we admire about Huck, we admire about Twain's early Western persona; and what makes us uncomfortable about one, makes us uncomfortable with the other."

D. How do these ideas relate to the "60 Minutes" articles?

E. How does this essay - Coulombe-correlate to your class response to "brilliant satire vs. reinforcing stereotypes?

F. Do you still feel the same as you expressed in your presentation? Why or Why not?

“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” ~ Lloyd Alexander

P2, P3 P6, P7 and P8 - Computer Time Cancelled

Due to presentations running much longer than expected, it will no longer be possible to get any of our classes to the Computer Lab. Therefore, it is each scholar's responsibility to get three poems (five if a couple are wimpy-wimpy Haikus) up on the Transcending the Gilded Age 2011 Groups on Goodreads.

I'd like to congratulate most of the scholars for OUTSTANDING work on their presentations! Be aware of a longer culminating quiz on the last 70 pages of the novel focusing on the most controversial aspects of

1. Why Twain re-introduces Tom Sawyer?
2. Overall views of "Huck Finn" as a satire AGAINST racism or
3. perpetuating racist stereotypes
4. Agreeing or disagreeing with the "Disney" ending
5. Othering (not just against African Americans)
6. Analyzing the ramifications of CENSORING "nigger" within the novel in today's classrooms (60 Minutes articles/essays and other articles

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7360250n&tag=related;photovideo


www.goodreads.com

A minimum of three poems from last 45 days of Transcendental and Gilded Units

1. Self Poem ("Dead Poets Society" HW)
2. Poems about Gilded Age (HW from 5 Laws, 5 inventions etc.)
3. in-class Found Poem
4. PowerPoint Found Poem
5. Vocabulary #2 poem (optional)
6. extra verses done from these other assignments (some scholar had produced multiple poems)

Be sure to follow criteria - Ms. Walrond or I must read everything before submitted on MHSHS Groups on Goodreads.




“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” ~ Lloyd Alexander

HAPPY PHAGWAH - HOLI CELEBRATIONS - QUEENS 3-20-11

Here are some great sites with awesome photos of previous years' Holi Festivals!


http://gothamist.com/2009/03/16/another_colorful_phagwah_celebratio.php#photo-1



http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/95610/annual-parade-brings-colorful-display-to-queens/


Heading out to this, the 21st Anniversary of Phagwah in Queens!

“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” ~ Lloyd Alexander

Thematic Studies - The Adventures PowerPoints

For those doing Superstitions, claiming they cannot locate any after the first half of the book, you're NOT CLOSE READING.

Between 240-307 there are perhaps 14 different inferences and SPECIFIC details concerning the Metaphysical and Superstitious aspects similar to those analyzed briefly in class discussions from Feb. 28 - March 15.

Please, look at your Windows, re-read chapters, particularly where Jim is mentioned, talking or otherwise, as he is not the only character speaking of or "a-sk'yered" of the supernatural. In fact, there are approximately five other characters who mention or infer such beliefs and fears.

Good luck, rapscallions!


“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” ~ Lloyd Alexander

Flash - PowerPoints

Any scholar who was unable to send Ms. Walrond or I their individual PPs from Weds/Thurs visits to the Computer Lab and saved them on my FLASHES, please e-me if you're truly AWESOME beginnings of a "Frienship/Relationships" show - yet you failed to put your NAME-P____- on the saved document, nor anywhere on your cover/introductory slide - so I can send them to you for weekend updates.


Those I have and will send, as long as I have your current e-dress - are
Krystal P.  - Parental Figures

Franklyn - unknown theme

Yan- unknown theme

Rokeya

Reminders:

1. Be sure your THEME is clearly illustrated (Cover Slide).

2. Do not forget to answer Over Arching Question: 

Is Huck Finn a brilliant satire against racism, or does it reinforce stereotypes?

3. Also, do NOT forget bibliography, including novel and all photos borrowed from Google Images or other sites.

Enjoy these beautiful SUNNY DAYS!!!



The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

Aristole

Goodreads! 3 more ORIGINAL POEMS due March 25, 2011 - Transcending the Gilded Age and FOUND POEMS

To upload three poems on Goodreads Groups:

1. click "Groups" 

2. Click MHSHS logo "MHSHS Reading Group"

3. scroll down to Transcending the Gilded Age

4. Click Transcending the Gilded Age

5. Follow instructions

6. Copy and paste poems into COMMENT box AFTER reading instructions

7. be sure to make sure layout [spacing] is fixed BEFORE... 

8. Unclicking "Add to my Update Feed" & "Email me when..."

9. click post 

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Assignment as seen on MHSHS Reading Group's Transcending the Gilded Age

During the Winter Break and in conjunction with our Transcendentalist and Gilded Age Units, scholars must produce at least three original poems of SELF, the effects of a transforming America and at least two FOUND POEMS (Thematic Huck Finn). This is your space to publish your edited, ORIGINAL (borrowed) Poetry. Due-March 25, 2011 --100 points

1. All submissions must first be peer edited by at least two other people. 

2. Final edits must come through Mr. Carson or Ms. Walrond before publishing on this site.

3. Hard Copies with your name and P2, P3, P6, P7 or P8 must be put in your Writing Folders.

4. Deadlines: March 25, 2011

5. No profanity or extremely graphic or gory materials.

6. VOCABULARY from last three weeks, LOCAL COLOR, DIALOGUE, SENSORY IMAGERY--a must.

7. NOTHING published without prior teacher approval.

8. All submissions will have a presentation element-perform your poems.

9. Don't forget to UNCLICK "Add to my Update Feed" and "Email me when people reply" fields to avoid extra e-letters with your submissions.

10. Feel free to leave constructive criticisms for any and all peer submissions.

Have fun!!! 






I don't want to say I hear voices; well, actually I do hear voices, but I don't think it's supernatural. I think it's just that when characters are given enough texture and backbone, then lo and behold, they stand on their own.
Anne Tyler

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Upcoming Mini-Unit: American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang

For those of you ready for a break from all this heavier reading, we'll have the opportunity to continue some lighter reading re-visiting the Chinese Perspectives, begun three weeks ago.

Localizing themes: Othering, Identity, Racism, Euphemisms, Myths and Legends vs. Reality, Artistic  Expression, Idioms and Stereotypes, we will all read two Gene Luen Yang Graphic Novels: American Born Chinese and The Eternal Smile, (also by Derek Kirk Kim).


Of course, these will be available in limited quantities in our downstairs library and a few copies of ABC for in-class reading only.

So, if any of you have copies in your local libraries, feel free to begin reading as soon as possible (asap). Keep in mind, we still have about a week of Huck Finn and the Gilded Age, [How is Twain's returning Tom Sawyer another BREAK FROM REALITY? as well as the highly controversial ending and some final thoughts concerning The Hypocrisies of Morality/Courage and "sivilised" peoples],  however most of you have finished this novel and these Graphic Novels are extremely quick easy reads.

Remember to get all reviews of recently read books on GOODREADS
http://www.goodreads.com

Enjoy!

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"As a musician I tell you that if you were to suppress adultery, fanaticism, crime, evil, the supernatural, there would no longer be the means for writing one note."

Georges Bizet

Voluteering Opportunities - Queens April -May

Just some of the gigs in QUEENS, Carson and Shaw are planning: 

I'll set up this first event for anyone interested, looks like a great time volunteering.

****April 9 Tree Planting – NY Restoration Project

Forest Hills

www.jetblue.com/trees/

Open Registration McDonald Park

Restoration from 80% trees loss (tornado damage).

Radio Stations, Fun

9-2:30 

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NY Cares: Sat. April 16 - To Be Announced (TBA)

Mr. Shaw has the application for this event, though we WILL NOT know where we're assigned until the WEEK of the event.

Last time he'd requested anywhere BUT Staten Island, though that's exactly where we where sent?

Fun time, but long haul.....

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Sat April 30 MillionTrees Planning Event

Kissena Corridor Park

milliontrees.nyc.org

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Million-tree planting

It’s-Our-Park-Day May 21, 2011

Queensbridge (F Train)

Painting, clean-up

10-2

Rain or Shine

Looking for dates and schedules for similar outdoor events on MANHATTAN

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"As a musician I tell you that if you were to suppress adultery, fanaticism, crime, evil, the supernatural, there would no longer be the means for writing one note."
Georges Bizet

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Definition: Found Poem

A "Found Poem" is taking text from the novel on your theme and creating a poem from a dozen or so selected phrases or groups of words.


For instance, if you theme was Othering/Possession in "The Crucible", you'd chose several lines or phrases that described Possession by the Devil. Then placing these 12 or so lines in particular order to create a "Found" or borrowed poem.


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“The devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone, and I must tell you that I shall not proceed unless you are prepared to believe me if I should find no bruise of hell upon her."

"How can it be the devil? Why would he choose my house to strike? We have all manner of licentious people in the village.

What victory would the devil have to win a soul already bad? It is the best the devil wants, and who is better than the minister?"

"I don't want kill that man.' but he say, 'you work for me, Tituba, and I make you free! I give you pretty dress to wear, and put you way up in the air, and you gone fly back to Barbados!' and I say, 'You lie devil, you lie!' And then he come one stormy night to me, and he say, 'Look! I have white people belong to me.' and I look- and there was Goody Goode.”

“There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!"

“I want to open myself! . . . I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him, I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Goode with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!”

“I’ll plead no more! I see now your spirit twists around the single error of my life, and I will never tear it free!”

“The Devil is alive in Salem.”

“A man may think God sleeps, but God sees everything, I know it now.”

“A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and yours, Danforth!”

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From all these, one might create:
                                    The Boot of Lucifer


A man may think God sleeps,
I want to open myself,
but, it is the best the devil 
Wants.


I want to open myself,
I danced for the Devil,
The marks of his presence are precise,
as definite as 
Stone.


I want to open myself,
"You work for me,
and I make you free!
I give you pretty dress to wear,
and put you up in the air!"

I want to open myself,

I wrote in his book

A fire is burning,

he choose my house to 

Strike.

"I shall not proceed 

unless

you are prepared to plead!"

I want to open myself,
I kiss his hand
I twist around the single error of
my life 
There are wheels within wheels 
and fires within fires!




                                        Lanier Carson
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And, viola, a found poem




Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
Confucius

Revisions for VOCABULARY SKITS

Amazing skits and poems in all classes these last two weeks!

To expedite things, all scholars doing group/team poetry or skits:


Before printing up enough copies for all actors and my copy, please be sure to underline and bold all vocabulary words to make it easier. Also, on the top, list all the words with their PoS, so all will readily be aware of words. Practice pronunciation (go to www.dictionary.com), click on speaker icon to hear words. Ask before practicing skits or poems, look up in a dictionary or thesaurus.

Have all names of writers on paper and these copies, once edited, can go directly into your Writing Folders with graded rubrics.

Scholars should come prepared to present without further delays running to the office/computer to make copies, and mini-rehearsals should have already taken place prior to class period, as these were assigned five-seven days in advance.

Thank you!


"The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit."

Aristole

Revised PowerPoint Criteria - Read Below

Please refer to older PP Presentation upload, which has been updated: 3-12-11


"All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will."
Alexander Herzen

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Vocabulary #2 Huck Finn - Skits, Poems OR Flashcards and Pictures Due 3-14(P2) and 3-15(P3 & P8)

P2 and P3 will have quiz on Friday, March 18th

P8's will be on Thursday, March 17 due to PTA meetings 1/2 day Friday. 

All words must be used in skits, poetry and TYPED up for easier reading. Copies will be put in Writer's Folder AFTER graded with Skit Rubrics.


e-mail copies of skits to team members and Mr. Carson before end of day Monday, 3-14-11, to be presented Wednesday, 3-16-11.

All those doing skits have the ability of earning MORE points as these are more intensive and there is clear, immediate proof of correct word usage. Likewise, those drawing illustrations can also earn more points as time-intensive compared to Flashcards with Internet-produced photos of words.

P3

Melodeum (194) chapt – 27—(n) hand-cranked music box

Galluses (n) (chapt 19) = suspenders - elastic shoulder straps that hold up pants 

Astraddle – (v)161 cp 22 –to sit astride (horse riding)

Skaddle (v) – skidaddle – to run away 157 (chpt 22)

Rapscallions (n) – rascals,

Ambuscade (v)—surprise attack (ambush)

Scow-(n) a large flat-bottomed boat with square ends

Ornery  (adj)—cranky, grumpy, irritable 

Reckon (v)- think, believe

Skiff—(n)—small raft

Wigwam—(n)—small house-like structure

Betwixt—(preposition) (adv)– between

Crockery—pottery used for cooking—

The crockery broke after Andrew took it off the stove and put in the freezer...D'oh!

jabbering—(v)—excessive, incoherent, unintelligent “talk” chpt 12 (74)

P2

Palavering (v) (7) pg 40

Ambuscade (v)

Ornery  (adj)

Kin (10) (n)

Dismal (adj)

Victuals (n)

Doxolojer (chpt 25)

Brash (adj)

Gingham (adj)

Ghastly (adv)

skiff (n)

P8 vocab for Thursday, March 17’s quiz

temperance—(n)—moderation, self-control (chapt 31)

meedyevil = Medieval—(adj) –related to the Middle Ages 141 (chpt 20)

hogshead –(n)—a cask of 63 gallon of wine Chapt 9 – beginning

wigwam—(n)—hut  (chapter 12) ( page 75)

leastways—leastwise (adj)—at least 107 (chpt. 27)

tow-heads—(adj)—sandbar, mass of land jutting out from rest of island or mainland (cpt 15) pg 95

aloft—(adj)—hi up in de air—(lofty, out of reach)(chpt. 17 – poem)

harrow—(n) –tool for cultivation

(v) to pulverize and smooth the soil (cpt 28)

*Erysipelas—(n) disease—acute bacterial disease fever + skin inflammation (cpt 28) (205)

jabbering—(v)—excessive, incoherent, unintelligent “talk” chpt 12 (74)

water-fowl—(n) 76—wild duck or goose “

soliloquy—(n) chpt 21 – dramatic monologue where actor speak to herself or himself

drear(y)—(adv) doleful, sad, bloody chpt 17

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
Confucius

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Huck Finn Thematic PowerPoint Presentations March 23 and 24

PowerPoint Presentations Wed. March 23 for (P2, P6 and P7) 


- Thurs., March 24 for (P3 and P8)

At least three slides of six quotes or instances of your theme

a.   Each slide should cover 100 pages of novel.

b.  explications of specific illustrations can be abbreviated though presenter must explain thoroughly.


c. Slide #4 
    create a FOUND POEM concerning your theme on one of these slide.


d. Recite poem completely


e. Slide #5 
    explain "Is Huck Finn a brilliant satire against racism or, does it reinforce stereotypes?"


f. Slides #6-8
      Complete proper Bibliography
                  www.easybib.com (MLA) 


g. be sure to test presentation on laptops in Room 500 to be absolutely sure all work will open and run accordingly. Stop by at least 2 days prior to day of presentation to save on Laptop so you are ready.


h. all material must be original. NOTHING previously presented in class or by Mr. Carson or Ms. Walrond can be in your individual presentation.

Avoid plagiarism 

Don’t forget to include full Bibliography, INCLUDING all photos used, other outside sources AND the novel. 




AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION = constructive criticism 


       1. responding accordingly to/asking questions


       2. checking grammar, spelling of PP Shows, quality of         slides; are the easy to read? 


                 Are they cluttered with too much text? 


               Are the READABLE [ do color combinations work,              do background photos or graphic distract audience or enhance overall presentation]?  


       3. written comments on creativity, accuracy of information, or other GFEs [Gross Factual Errors] and interpretations.


       4. eye contact, body language, voice projection, 

Presentations should NOT be longer than four minutes each.

All presenters are responsible for their OWN work, and presenting individually. This includes punctuation, creativity, and expected vocabulary from these last three weeks. 


There will be NO points for overlapping quotes, duplicate sections, or ideas previously expressed from fellow scholars.


It is each THEME'S members to co-ordinate and present different quotes, pages, sections from the novel. Check the listing below to or those on the Post-Its in Room 500 to learn others presenting on your topic.


Any presenter absent can make up presentation with a valid Doctor's note or other acceptable excuse.

There may be one period in the Computer Lab to begin working on these culminating projects. -100 points

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
Confucius

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The Mississippi as CHARACTER in Huck Finn

HW: P2 Monday, March 14

P3 and P8 Tuesday, March 15

1. Characterize the Mississippi River. As they travel these first few weeks down the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, they see many things. If we look at the river as an actual CHARACTER within the novel, how would you characterize them?

2. What does Huck mean when he said “…a dream does tire a body like everything sometimes,”?

3. In humbling himself to Jim, what does Huck learn?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 15, there’s a departure from “reality”, as stated in the Endnotes. Explain how Twain’s plot differs from what should’ve happened next.

“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” ~ Lloyd Alexander

Absent Tuesday, March 8 - Acuity Assessment + Reviewing Nature Debates

Please be aware, I will be out all day, Tuesday, March 8, 2011 for the second of six seminars. Ms. Walrond will administer the last Acuity Assessment. Bring a #2 pencil. Remember this is ONLY an assessment! It may be one you've already taken. They do this to gauge improvement from previous "testings" till now.

After these 45-minute assessments, you'll be able to judge your Nature/Nurture Debates for further scrutiny and assessments = YOU GRADE YOURSELVES AND ALL PARTICIPANTS. Be objective! Rate the arguments according to green hand-out given prior to February debates.

Are all your best arguments in your essay?

Are there more things in your essay that were NEVER expressed during the 50-minute debates?

“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” ~ Lloyd Alexander

Thematic Lens for Huck Finn - Projects, Essays and Daily Presentations

P2


 Language - Richen, Allison and Laura

Brotherly Love - Brenda, Harold, Jahziel and Kristine

Metaphysical - Sarah

Othering - Haewon

Joshep? Ashley?

Abs: Jadzia, Sarah, and Fernando



                                                P3

Brotherly Love -Arelis, Anisah, Iqra and Maya

Metaphysical -  Svitlana, Eliza, Mohamman Farhan, Franklyn

Friendship - Rokeya

Relationships - Mohammed H. and Sheniece

Censorship - Paola

Family - Aziza, Yan and Rob

Morality - Pretom, Emily and Rebekah

As you continue reading and reviewing this novel, be sure to specifically focus upon your chosen themes for future weekly presentations, long-term projects, and/or essays.


“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” ~ Lloyd Alexander