In 502 for October 26th – October 30th:
1st Period: In the first paragraph, write that
the parental concern that their children are wasting too much time on digital
media prompted researchers to see if that was really true.
In the first paragraph, include the name of the article,
“Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth
Project”. Include the name of the author, Mizuki Ito. By the way, Mizuki Ito is
a woman.
Include the information that the researchers were from the
University of California in Irvine, and the University of California in
Berkeley, and this was the most extensive research ever done on the topic of
youth and their use of digital and online media.
The researchers interviewed over 800 teens and young
students, and observe the
students’ use of digital and online media for over 5,000 hours.
The researchers’ conclusion was that the time spent by
students on line was not wasted but was important to the students’ development
in communication, socializing, education, self-learning, and self-expression.
In the body paragraph, keep the topic narrow and specific to
that paragraph. If the paragraph is about the students’ development of
technical skills, which will be needed for employment in the future, then don’t
include information about maintaining contact with distant friends or families.
Keep the paragraph narrowed to the specific topic.
The main things that must be in the introductory paragraph:
·
Parent concern over teens’ wasting time on the
internet was reason for the study
·
The title of the article – “Living and Learning
with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project”
·
The name of the writer – Mizuki Ito, who is a
woman.
·
Who the researchers are and which universities
they are from
·
The number of students observed and the number
of hours observed
·
The researcher’s conclusions in the following
areas:
·
Social Contact
·
Educational access and extra help
·
Self-learning – development of technical skills
·
Self-expression and creativity
·
Did the researchers’ conclusion support the
parents’ concern?
Period
3:
Went over how to redo the essay for the 9th grade interim assessment.
The introductory paragraph must have the following items:
n the first paragraph, write that the parental concern that their children are wasting too much time on digital media prompted researchers to see if that was really true.
In the first paragraph, include the name of the article, “Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project”. Include the name of the author, Mizuki Ito. By the way, Mizuki Ito is a woman.
Include the information that the researchers were from the University of California in Irvine, and the University of California in Berkeley, and this was the most extensive research ever done on the topic of youth and their use of digital and online media.
The researchers interviewed over 800 teens and young students, and observe the students’ use of digital and online media for over 5,000 hours.
The researchers’ conclusion was that the time spent by students on line was not wasted but was important to the students’ development in communication, socializing, education, self-learning, and self-expression.
In the body paragraph, keep the topic narrow and specific to that paragraph. If the paragraph is about the students’ development of technical skills, which will be needed for employment in the future, then don’t include information about maintaining contact with distant friends or families. Keep the paragraph narrowed to the specific topic.
The main things that must be in the introductory paragraph:
· Parent concern over teens’ wasting time on the internet was reason for the study
· The title of the article – “Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project”
· The name of the writer – Mizuki Ito, who is a woman.
· Who the researchers are and which universities they are from
· The number of students observed and the number of hours observed
· The researcher’s conclusions in the following areas:
· Social Contact
· Educational access and extra help
· Self-learning – development of technical skills
· Self-expression and creativity
· Did the researchers’ conclusion support the parents’ concern?
"The Cask of Amontillado"
Divide into groups of three:
·
Each student takes turn reading
·
The reader stops after two paragraphs to discuss
·
Another student finds definitions for the
vocabulary words the group does not understand, and writes the definitions down
and explains the meanings to the rest of the group.
·
Another student, after discussing the paragraph
with the rest of the group, writes a brief summary of what the paragraph is
about.
Winners in the first
ten words contest:
Tuesday, October 27th:
BIC: Silent Sustained Reading
8:20 - 9:11
Work on the "The Cask of Amontillado" packet
Vocabulary
Irony: Verbal and Dramatic
Ironic Improvs!
3rd Period:
Go through the text of “The Cask of Amontillado” and write
down a minimum of ten words from the story you don’t know.
Amontillado Word Contests:
First person to get a minimum of ten words they don’t know
First person to get fifteen words they don’t know
First person to get the definitions of the ten words they don’t
know
First person to get the definitions of the fifteen words
they don’t know
Nicole – 1st Place
Kimberly – 1st Place
Mutasim 2nd Place
Winners in the first
fifteen words:
Arisbeth
Winner in the first fifteen
words with their definitions!!!!
Sharon – 1st Place
Winner of Twenty-One
Words:
Ashley
Nineteen Words:
Josselyn
Ten Words with
definitions:
Reyna
By the end of the period, each group of three must turn in
the summary of the last two pages of “The Cask of Amontillado”.
Worked with Sharon and Paola on their summary.
Friday, October 30th:
1st and 3rd Periods:
I will not be here today or on Monday, November 2nd.
Wednesday, October 28th:
Periods 1 and 3:
BIC:
Silent Sustained Reading
Or
Work on the packet for “The Cask of Amontillado”
Or
Work on your essay which is due tomorrow!
Looking Ahead:
Tomorrow, Thursday, October 29th your essay and
your packet will be due!
8:20 – 9:11
NOTES on "The Cask of Amontillado"
CASK is a barrel.
AMONTILLADO is a very fine Spanish wine.
Catacomb: is an underground place where wine and
bodies are buried.
Carnival: Mardi Gras. We celebrate Mardi Gras in
February or March. It is usually the five days leading up to the
beginning of Lent. Lent begins forty days before Easter. During Lent the
devoted give up something they love in order to experience the suffering Christ
endured during the crucifixion.
During Mardi Gras – WE PARTAY!!!!!!!!!!!
During Mardi Gras we wear masks and we
SINNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We drink and we dance and we smoke and we eat
too much, and we kiss random people.
Fortunato is a man at whom the narrator is mad.
Injuries: bruises, pain, suffering
Borne: to endure, to suffer, to put up with
Ventured upon insult: Fortunato began to insult the
narrator.
Utter: to say a word
Utterance: the things you say.
The narrator never uttered a word of a threat to
Fortunato.
Definitiveness: definitely
Avenge: payback
Precluded: action taken before hand to prevent
something from occurring.
Redress: to right a wrong
Unredressed: to not be avenged.
Redresser: someone who rights a wrong.
Impunity: without punishment; to get away with
something and not get punished for it.
Retribution: punishment; the act that avenges the
wrong committed against another.
Fortunato: he prides himself on his
connoisseurship in wine.
The narrator didn’t care how long it took to take
revenge on Fortunato
As long as he did not get punished.
If the redresser gets punished then the wrong still
remains unpunished.
It remains unpunished if the punisher (the avenger)
does not make the wrongdoer feels (realize) the same amount of pain as he did
when he was hurt.
Quack: a rip-off artist; a fraud
Luchesi: a rival with Fortunato in his knowledge of
fine wines.
The name of the narrator and his family is the
Montresors. Montresor is very similar to the word monster.
Orbs: round spheres or globes. It refers to
Fortunato’s eyes.
Rheumy: watery discharge
Intoxication: a state of drunkenness.
“My poor friend” Montresor calling him “my
poor friend” would suggest sympathy or friendliness. Do you think
Montresor, the narrator, likes him? What kind of irony might this be –
saying something that might not reflect how you’re really feeling?
Puns and Irony: A bricklayer is not always a
Mason.
Mason: a secret organization open only to Christian
men. It is very exclusive and not open to everyone who applies for
admission. Women are are not allowed in the Masons.
Mason: also a brick layer.
A trowel: a tiny hand shovel used by masons to lay
brick and mortar.
The Unreliable Narrator:
The narrator is unreliable. This technique is used
a lot by Poe.
Can we trust the narrator, Montresor, in “The Cask
of Amontillado”?
Going beyond the story:
There are a few clues that hint at the reasons
Montresor hates Fortunato. They are:
Montresor: “You are rich, respected, admired,
beloved; you are happy, as I once was. You are a man to be missed.”
What is implied when he says he was once
admired and respected?
“You will become sick and I cannot be held
responsible.”
Why is it important that he not be held responsible
for Fortunato’s ill health?
“The Montresors were a great and numerous family.”
What do you think happened to his family?
"You? A mason? Impossible!"
Why would Fortunato expressed incredulity at
Montresor being a member of the exclusive and secretive Masons?
Showed pictures of Venice and revelers in Venice
during Carnival.
Thursday, October 29th:
1st
Period:
BIC: Silent Sustained
Reading
8:15 – 9:11
Work on “The Cask of Amontillado” packet
It is due at the end of the period.
Your rewritten essay is due at the end of the period today!
Looking Forward:
Tomorrow you will have
a test over “The Cask of the Amontillado”
On Tuesday, November
3rd, you AR reading log and test result are due.
3rd
Period:
Work on “The Cask of Amontillado” packet
It is due at the end of the period
Looking Forward:
Tomorrow you will
have a test over “The Cask of the Amontillado”
After the test you
will be given a grammar packet to work on.
This will be due on Wednesday, November 4th.
This will be due on Wednesday, November 4th.
On Tuesday, November
3rd, you AR reading log and test result are due.
1st and 3rd Periods:
I will not be here today or on Monday, November 2nd.
Test over "The Cask of Amontillado"
Work on the grammar packet - due on Wednesday, November 4th.
You must be finished reading the AR book, finished with the reading log for the
AR book, and have taken the test in the library for the AR book by
Tuesday, November 3rd.
You must be finished reading the AR book, finished with the reading log for the
AR book, and have taken the test in the library for the AR book by
Tuesday, November 3rd.
