APEnglish–Los Al

Period 5

At the beginning of the period, Eldridge congradulated us on surviving the first few weeks of school.  He stated that we must be getting better at balancing our homework, but most of us just grunted in disagreement.

After that, we had some group competitions. (AKA “games” involving letters and thinking) We started off with a game where you are given clues to try to figure out a two-letter phrase with one word beginning with “L” and the other beginning with “G”.  We went on to play another one where he gave us hints about 2-syllable words ending with “y”.

The class was soon experiencing a much higher energy than normally witnessed (considering Torrey and Chris were forced to leave class earlier during the week because they were nearly falling asleep), so we began to share our Process Analysis essays.  They were all humorous, and I found it extremely funny that Andy wrote an essay about how to procrastinate writing an essay.

After the energy became low yet again, we went back to playing another game.  This time Eldridge gave us two words, and the point of the game was to insert a word in between those words to make two two-word phrases.  For example, he gave us the words “top” and “metal”.  The answer was “heavy” because you could make two phrases- “top heavy” and “heavy metal”.

Overall, Friday’s class was laid back.  Maybe it was a gift for surviving the first grading period.  At the end of the period, we turned in our Process Analysis essays.  For homework, remember to read The Scarlet Letter, chapters 7-9 and complete the Analysis Study Guide from the Bedford Reader (now that we know that he actually DOES check to see if we’ve been reading).

Not looking forward to a full week of school coming up-
Monica Sett.

Period 6

On Friday we started off with a discussion on The Scarlet Letter.  The main discussion topic was the constant war between nature and civilization.  Some examples of this ongoing battle are that Hester lives on the outskirts of town, and the fact that Chillingsworth has a combination of “savage” and civilized clothing as if he cannot decide where he belongs.  Additionally, we discussed how the prison is the heart of society, as if the Puritans anticipated that people were going to break the law.

After a quickly noticing how Mr. Eldridge heeds to casual-Friday dress, we moved on to reading the many hilarious essays that we typed up for Friday.  Each essay discussed a “how to” topic, which are to top selling genre of books in book stores.  Many people used irony and satire to put humor into their essay.  Branching off for a short time, Mr. Eldridge discussed how we cannot procrastinate in this modern capitalist society where hard work can make you move up in social class.

In the last part of class we played three different group games.  The first was a game in which Mr. Eldridge would give a six-letter word, and we would have to shift the interior letters to create a new word.  The second game was a game in which two words were given and a two-syllable word ending in -y had to connect with each word, making a saying.  The last discussion topic of the day is the unnerving police chases down Mr. Eldridge’s new street in Long Beach.  Make sure to read chapter 7-9 in TSL for Monday.
-Ryan Bender

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