A Day Without Technology.

The day I was supposed to go a day without technology never happened. I had to use my phone to call my mom because she was worried about me. And I listened to my iPod. Oops.

Thoreau's View of Technology

Thoreau's view of technology is that he believes that the wonderful, amazing enviormenet that we were are on, has been ruined. It's turned from beautiful to hidious.

I don't agree with that because there are some places in this world that are still left, untouched with technology.

I use technology every day. My types of technology that I use are phones, computers, lights, and stoves. I don't think I could go a day without technology.

Podcase about Thoreau

1) Consistently challenges his readers what it means to be an American. To see if it's America lives up to its promise. Also, to be an individualism, not to follow others.

2) Left a strong influence on society but doesn't really like Thoreau. Thinks he is blind as an American. Thinks he cares nothing about community, that it's not possible. We will never be able to understand each other. He's very provocative.

3) To follow your heart.

4) not having anyone to help you at times, since not everybody is going to be as radical as you. People like Thoreau aren't scared to get in trouble.

Banned books

What are the general reasons books are banned?

The issue of race, sexual explicitness, and language.

What does this say about our culture and our country?

That we are cencoring the people from great literature.

Have you read any of the books on the list?

Yes, I have read Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Catcher in the Rye.

How would your education be affected if you didn't read that book?
I would think that all books are happy and jolly, and I would be turned off by books. Not all books should have a happy ending. They should allow you see an author's point of view about issues that effect us today.

english binder check

English Binder Check

1.How have you organized your assignments?
Yes I have.

2.Look through your assignments, what kinds of assignments have we done this year?
Poetry, writing styles, vocabulary, analyzing literature like Farehnheit451 and The Crucible.

How is English class different from other classes? How is it the same?
In all my classes, we read literature. But in this class, we analyze the writing style, the symbolism, what the author's intent is.

3.What are some things you have learned so far this year?
Different writing styles and lots of new vocabulary words.

4.Look at your American Literary Periods Timeline, what periods in American Literature
have we covered so far?
5. How can you be a more successful student in this class?
I could be a more successful student if my notebook was better organized.

Science Fiction

Science fiction is a fantasy version of fiction.
Some famous science fiction authors are Edgar Allen Poe and Mary Shelley.
The settings are sometimes in space or in the future.

Activity 9

Words

- "queen of a silent film", the connection is made because she is treated like a movie star by her owners, and the words "silent film" are used because she is old just like silent movies.

- "bewildered, freckled, ruddy" , the author is showing how Shawn is in a world that he isn't used to.

- "renal failure, dialysis, catheter, biopsy", these words are used to put the reader in the situation with every aspect of realism.

- I don't really know what the characters represents, but this is going to explore the issue of how some owners spend thousands of dollars on their pets.

Sentences

-It was almost irrelevant information.

-the information in the parentheses isn't important, but the author thought it was interesting.

-To show the reader how popular this animal center was.

Paragraphs

-They are more like stories rather than informative newspaper articles.

Essays

-It's divided because its such a long article

-A some what melancholy tone

-I think it wouldn't be changed very much in either of them..