Scribe: Tue 11.18.2008
Period 4
Hello period four! Happy Tuesday! Here are my scribe notes for the day!
For the first few minutes of class I forgot I was the scribe, but the first thing I wrote down was Anthony getting told to sit down and do his work over and over again until Mr. E wished he could just say ad infinitum. And then Sean got sent outside (exiled) and he brought his desk with him to do his work. Then Nikki learned that if you are going to read sparknotes for The Scarlet Letter, you hafta read both The Scarlet Letter and sparknotes. Then we did Diction 10, a quote from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou that juxtaposed Jane Eyre and Maya Angelou. The mansion is cold in a temperature definition while the gentleman is cold in a temperament definition. The context changes so the definition changes. Colleen hit her elbow on the desk very loudly during the quiet section while we were all working. Cornbread passed out our papers (and brought Sean back from exile to help). We got our essays and some (unnamed) people who “didn’t understand the essay” got A’s. Hmm… Then Mr. E decided Sean Wang sounds like John Wayne. Elysha then did her trope of the day on Apposition which is a noun or pronoun-often with modifiers-set beside another noun or pronoun to explain or identify it. Commas are only necessary around the unessential parts of the sentence. Then Ethan Louis Kiyoshi Kealohakalana Singer did his trope of the day on Rhetorical question which is a question asked for a purpose other than to obtain the information the question asks. The answer is implied instead of question. A question that doesn’t expect a reply, but the answer must be obvious. It is a statement in the form of a question. Some examples of rhetorical questions: Why pay for the truth when lying is free. Why is Sean Wang a spazz? Why should I listen to you? Why are you so bossy? Then we all decided that because there is no clock in the room we should all live on island time. Then Ed tried to lift the 5 pound water bottle and cant. Andrew pulls tab here. And then it takes about 5 guys to put the water bottle on the dispenser. Mr. Eldridge wants to know if that makes them feel manlier. Olivia learned that the water bottle dispenser works because the water is at equilibrium. It is decided that only Sean gets to use hand motions. Eric Henson gets told to stop touching Sean and worship me” we then went over the essay. We then went over the essay. The most important thing is to ANSWER THE PROMPT!! Include the role of knowledge in the lives of women according to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Knowledge saves women from ruin by unscrupulous men, makes them able to tell genius from fools and moderate the passion to be contented with small amounts of the world because men are selfish and don’t share. Stylistic devices are all of the things on our daily worksheets. These and the anecdote are what we were supposed to write about. The tone is authoritative and didactic. The formal syntax illustrates the role of education. This essay was hard because it was overwhelming. To make it not overwhelming make a strategy. Just take a deep breath and think it through. We learned the history of the names in Romeo and Juliet. Then the bell rang and class ended.
There are my scribe notes for the day…sorry there pretty long!! See you all in class tomorrow!! And I’m sorry if I spelled anyone’s names wrong!!!
Sean in exile:
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- Sean’s way out there!
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- Sean feeling at home
Period 5
On this terrific Tuesday in Mr. Eldridge’s 5th period class we re-united with our latest essay. (congrats to those of you who received 50/50!!!). My fellow sacapunta Dylan was handing out the newest diction sheets and we came across a grammatical question. Please voice your opinion, is it…There “is” four people (or is it…) There are four people. We couldn’t decide which one is correct. Anywho, we reviewed the diction worksheet and discussed the poor/comfortable life of Maya Angelou vs. the wealthy/uncomfortable life of Jane Eyre. Next Jay introduced his trope: Antimetabole “A…B…C, C…B…A” and Keren introduced her trope: Chiasmus “A B B A”. Mr. Eldridge told us about Constantine and how he had a dream of “XP” and put “XP” on his army’s armor which helped them to conquer stuff. The XP came from the Greek word XPIΣT spelling christ. Next we looked over our essays for key points. (Role knowledge played in the lives of women). Mr. Eldridge mentioned how he loved that some of use put an exact date in our essays that would have made the Grandmother eleven when she had a granddaughter and someone said “you never know…” and Eldridge got a kick out of that one. Towards the end of class we agreed that tone and anecdote were two key analytical terms we should have included in our essays. The main point of the essay: (if you hadn’t figured it out in class was…) Know the meaning behind the words, don’t simplify them because she’s a girl.
Just think, this time next week we’ll all be on Thanksgiving Break! Yey!
Scribie-Scribe: Shelenie Beanie
Filed under: Daily Scribe and tagged Antimetabole, apposition, chiasmus, Constantine, Diction, equilibrium, Lady Montagu, rhetorical question, Sean acting crazy
Hahahaha
NIce touch with those pictures of Sean
I’d also like to point out that “Sean acting crazy” passed up “Zachglasser” in the tag thing
Better pick it up Zachglasser.
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Thanks for pointing that out Keith, I’ll be sure to step it up. How could Sean acting crazy be a more popular tag than me! Although apparently with his antics today, I’d have to say it’s well-deserved. Nice one Sean, looks even more impressive than when I got kicked out, haha. Plus the picture is amazing whoever took it (people have to sign their names when they do the scribe!). I’d like to hear the story behind that one. But don’t worry, Sean can’t beat me for too long
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Haha very true, Zachglasser.
After all you did score 2 touchdowns on him.
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That essay was evil. I am quite upset.
I might just Nrr out like Zach.
Anyhoo, I need to go work on my Bedford Reader…
I’m a little behind….
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No bedford today??
Or is the calendar just not updated?
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Sean, that whole desk thing was pretty amazing… I don’t think anyone can top that, even Tristan hitting himself in the head with his pencil. : )
Anywayz, we should live on island time. It’d be good for all of us stressed out AP kids.
10:00-wake up
10:30-eat breakfast
11:30-get ready for the day
12:00-take a midday break (eat some SPAM)
12:30-go pick some coffee
12:45-take another break (eat more SPAM)
1:00-eat lunch
2:00-rest after eating lunch
3:00-”talk story” with friends
6:00-eat dinner
7:00-do whatevahs
11:00-go to sleep
…and you wonder why Hawaiians are so fat.
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I now know how to approach an esay in which I have no idea what is going on. Like Mr. E said, you have to be strategic. First read the prompt and make sure you understand what it is asking. That step is the most important. Second, read the passage. As you are reading, underline key phrases and words and jot down any ideas you have. This will make it easier to make and outline which is always needed with these essays. Once again, make sure you UNDERSTAND what is going on. Lastly, make an outline. Without an outline, your essay will be a mess, thought scattered everywhere. The more unifom and coherence the better. Oh, and use educated vocabulary as much as possible and remember that the college board will usually give prompts that address antiracism and profeminism. They are politically correct 95% of the time. Well, those tips helped me a lot and I hope they help you
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Oh yeah, thanks Keith for reminding me about that one. Sean can have the tag competition for a little while, after all, I did kick some SeanWang-butt in football. And by the way, it was 3 touchdowns, not 2.
And I gotta say, island time is lookin really nice right now…(except for the SPAM part)
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ZacK (you’re still not spelling your name right), you cannot score a real touchdown if you were running down an empty field with the ball glued to your hands.
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ever since these tropes i’ve found myself to be using them more and more in common day situations!
It’s just so convincing when i speak like that…. AB BA ABBBBABABAABBABABA
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ummm…Sean…fyi, running down an empty field with the ball glued to your hands is definitely a real touchdown. Why wouldn’t it be? So you broke out into the open field still maintaining possesion of the football and you score; that’s not a touchdown…how?
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