Notes to success

tone-the tone of this story is that he had a sign of hope Even when he was In prison. He taught himself how to read and also how to write which is showing his will to change into a better person. Mood- the mood of this story is depressing because it shows us that most people in prison have dreams when they first get in but after a while they just die now they're just a person with no soul or emotion Theme- I believe the theme of the story is that everyone deserves a second chance. If it wasn't for prison changing baca's life he would of never taught himself how to read or about poetry. I think this shows that no matter your past there's always room for change. Devices- some devices used in this story were similes and metaphors. One example is they used common sense like scholars. After reading Jessica's interpretation of the poem it kind of opened my eyes how it really depends on eye of the beholder. I thought it was about learning to never give up and having an...

Remember that time you ate that spicy  [ paleta  ] just before you went to bed on the night before the big  [ family reunion  ] ? Oh, that weird dream you had about the 2016 presidential election.  When you woke up you couldn't quite remember the  [ precise ]  details, but after reading " On Self-Reliance " and " A Sound of Thunder " it's all coming back to you now. The dream started badly.  You were in line with your family at a [best buy ] waiting to be sent [to church].  Everywhere you looked there were posters of president-elect [ignacio], looking like a crazy [kangaroos] who could eat a whole [pancake].    Suddenly, there was Ralph Waldo Emerson telling you, " [ Society is like a wave  ] ."  You realized that you have something to contribute to the world so you decided to [help].  But it wasn't easy.  First you had to put on a fancy [jorts] and [fubu shirt ] and then you had make a [plan] to go ba...

Study Guide for Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder” I. VOCABULARY: Be able to define the following words and understand them when they  appear in the story or class discussion. annihilate- to destroy expendable- to do only once infinitesimally-extremely small  primeval-earliest age in history  resilient-to recover quickly from condition  revoke-to put an end to the validility  sheathed-put a weapon into  subliminal-the threshold of sensation or consciousness  taint-contaminating  undulate-move with wavelike features II. LITERARY TERMS: Be able to define each term and apply each term to the story.  foreshadowing  Describe what is foreshadowed: The slightest change in the past changes the future and how even a butterfly can change the presence. simile: Example:Suddenly it all ceased, as if someone had shut a door.  metaphor  example:  protagonist:eckel  Who is the protagonist of this story? Eckels QU...

If I were able to go back in time I'd want to see historic moments. I'd want to see the first skyscraper built. I'd want to see how ww1 and ww2 started. I'd also wanted to go back and see how much we've progressed forward. I'd want to see famous events like the landing on the moon. Stuff like that interests me. I'd probably be chilling and asking questions to hitler on why he did all those evil things. American history is lit.

My initial reaction to this was damn that story was ahead of its time. It's crazy how one little thing can change history like that. I hope we read more stories like that.

       Emerson's opinion on the presidential election would be interesting. He'd probably be shocked out of 318 million people these 2 were selected.Emerson would like us together to move forward as a country but to be unique and individuals. He would want us to unite for the presidential election then probably make us go back to being individuals.       Emerson believes superior people is the key to having success in society. So if the only options is Donald trump or Hilary Clinton, he'd probably whisper under his breath how America's screwed. Trump is considered a brute because of all the things he says to the media without caring, which Emerson thinks is genius. On the other hand we have Hilary who is just known for her deleted emails and wanting to start war with Russia. Emerson would probably support trump due to him being confident in himself and not lying.       Emerson would want this country to move forward not backwards by ...

We talked about how come we aren't allowed to vote at this age which brings up a good point. I honestly believe we should be allowed to vote because the youth or at least teenager should be allowed to say something and it mattering. This one presentation caught my attention when they brought up how school makes us miserable and you don't even learn anything. All you get is a bunch of assignments but the whole purpose of school is to learn which doesn't happen. Emerson helps us relate by giving us confidence in ourselves after reading self reliance. In the final presentation someone mentioned how we shouldn't think ourselves as good people but we should just be a good person. Like the saying goes actions speak louder than words. I truly believe that you shouldn't worry about others opinion on you just be true to yourself

That a group chose quotes that each of them like or related to. They chose nothing can bring you peace but yourself because they want you to treat others how you want to be treated. We also learned that the tone of self reliance was inspirational. "If you're noble he'll love you and if you're not..." because he talks about respect and others opinions.

So far today I've heard about how someone  related to self reliance with a personal experience and he learned to forgive the other person and not get mad. I also presentated I showed off my kahoot game I made, it was pretty cool. Then a group showed their quote "The world has been instructed by its kings" which they chose for was cause it meant we've been ruled over by kings and presidents or something like that.

https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/c106f33e-5683-4bad-a98e-8852e531b0fc

Basically I'm doing a kahoot game with Emerson questions. It'll be fun and competitive. I'm trying to make the learning fun for other people.

basically if I was to summerize Emerson's self reliance he's trying to say just to be yourself. He wants you to be different and not be scared  of being yourself. He says you're a genuis and to always follow your life goals. Emerson wants the kids to know that they're the future and people care what you say. He wants you to be different and chase your dreams. He says the younger kids are better than old people.

1) be yourself It's basically just saying stay true to yourself and don't change. They came up in the seminar because it was a pretty relatable quote by Emerson. 2)"the world has been instructed by its kings who have so magnetized the eyes of nations" This basically is talking about how all the leaders or kings,presidents etc get all the attention when they shouldn't. 3) "the soul is no traveler" What Emerson is basically trying to say is you act like yourself no matter where you travel 4) "what I must do is all that concerns me not what people think" It's saying I do what I want and I don't care what people think of me. It came up because we do what we want and we don't care what people think.