Brianna L- 1/6/17
In class this week each podcast group had a choice of what order to do a number of assignments. These included submitting a revised version of our Feast Review, pre-production time, and our final podcast. Now that our class Feast review is all assembled everyone is responsible for going back and editing it to make it the best it could be. This includes adding a title, changing the sequence, deleting, and tweaking. Like before every podcast groups must complete the pre-production page and plan out what they are planning to do. This helps the podcast go more smoothly. Finally groups must record there final podcast which talks about the fourth movie and ending of the chosen book. No matter what days groups chose to do each of the assignments they are all expected to be done on time. The pre-production and podcast are due today, Friday and the Feast review is due Monday. The Feast review should be edited to flow better and make sense as well as add additional info. The pre-production page should have objective and questions. The final podcast should be the best yet with good discussion questions, quotes, and evidence.
Friday, January 6, 2017
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Samantha Russo 1/5/17
Today in class we continued talking about tragedy and how it tied in with chapter seven of Great Gatsby. We also looked at where each character's status was, in terms of good fortune and bad fortune, in the beginning of the chapter and how by the end of the chapter some character's status satayed the same and some changed dractically according towhat the class thought/agreed on. At the end of class we took a survey asking us to pick one of the three parts that we focused on revealing the most tension. Depening on what classmates pick/foccused on, will dtermine the group they will go into, and dicuss the evetns tomorrow.
Robbie Gennat 1/5
Today in class we began continuing the talk about tragedy. We discussed how tragic downfalls are rapid and caused by character’s flaws. We made the distinction between romantic and modern tragic events. Romantic tragic downfalls were caused by a character's flaw. The modern downfall is also caused by a character’s flaws however the flaws are caused by systems. The discussion progressed into Chapter 7 talks. Mr. Rivers put a classic good fortune/bad fortune graph on the board and asked us to rank every character at the beginning of the chapter. We talked within our groups and then all contributed to the class board. Gatsby had the highest status, followed by Tom, then Daisy. The only characters with bad fortune are George and Myrtle. After graphing their locations, we repeated for the same characters but this time at the end of the chapter. Nick and Jordan were unaffected throughout the chapter. The biggest falls of fortune were on George, who went insane, Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom. Once complete, the class separated into 3 groups. Each group was focused on a different setting of Chapter 7 and talked about the events that happened there. We will start class tomorrow in those groups to continue talking.
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Elias Frieling 1/4/17
In class today we started off discussing which is the most tragic out of 4 events, an nfl player being paid $13 million dollars this year down from $15 million, a surgeon who was texting and driving crashing her car, breaking all the bones in her hands, and never being able to walk again, a 17 year old dog getting eaten by a bear, or a failing high school student failing even harder. We thought the high school student was the most tragic since it is obvious the teaching was not trying to help the student.
We then discussed romantic endings in texts such as Rip Van Winkle and the Tell Tale Heart which have absolute good endings and and absolute bad endings.In Rip Van Winkle his wife is gone and he just gets to chill out for the rest of his days in the brand new United States. In Tell Tale Heart, the narrator goes absolutely insane and admits to killing a man because he can hear his heartbeat in the floorboards. We then discussed possible romantic endings for The Great Gatsby, such as everything being happy ever after with everyone loving and being with who they want to be with, Wilson being happy, and everyone making even more money. Then we discussed the modernist side of things where everything is not absolute and there are different perspectives. What is good to one character may be bad for another such as if Gatsby and Daisy get married, that is not so good for Tom. We also talked about our homework that is due tomorrow, read Chapter 7 and analyze how Fitzgerald creates or gets rid of tension during 3 different parts of the chapter, the two ends, on the way to NYC and back home from NYC, and the middle.
We then discussed romantic endings in texts such as Rip Van Winkle and the Tell Tale Heart which have absolute good endings and and absolute bad endings.In Rip Van Winkle his wife is gone and he just gets to chill out for the rest of his days in the brand new United States. In Tell Tale Heart, the narrator goes absolutely insane and admits to killing a man because he can hear his heartbeat in the floorboards. We then discussed possible romantic endings for The Great Gatsby, such as everything being happy ever after with everyone loving and being with who they want to be with, Wilson being happy, and everyone making even more money. Then we discussed the modernist side of things where everything is not absolute and there are different perspectives. What is good to one character may be bad for another such as if Gatsby and Daisy get married, that is not so good for Tom. We also talked about our homework that is due tomorrow, read Chapter 7 and analyze how Fitzgerald creates or gets rid of tension during 3 different parts of the chapter, the two ends, on the way to NYC and back home from NYC, and the middle.
Nick Elnasser 1/4/17
Hello Class,
Today we started off by reading 4 examples of tragic scenarios and discussing which was the most tragic. My group had agreed that a 30 year old doctor getting into a car crash and losing control of his extremities was the most tragic. The class then had a discussion about the scenarios and we discussed how if you add context to each example one can become more tragic than you had originally thought. Next we went over how looking through a romantic and modernist lens can change the way you view a story. We displayed this by going over the end of Rip Van Winkle and the Tell Tale Heart. A romantic lens will always have absolutes at the end of each story whereas a modernist story will have a confusing or a complicated ending. After we took notes on that we discussed possible perfect endings for Gatsby. There was a big list of things we came up with but that was through a romantic lens. When we went through the list with a modernist lens we had to eliminate most of the things we wrote down because there would be outcomes that are not positive. Due tomorrow is Chapter 7 and to analyze where Fitzgerald releases tension in the chapter.
Today we started off by reading 4 examples of tragic scenarios and discussing which was the most tragic. My group had agreed that a 30 year old doctor getting into a car crash and losing control of his extremities was the most tragic. The class then had a discussion about the scenarios and we discussed how if you add context to each example one can become more tragic than you had originally thought. Next we went over how looking through a romantic and modernist lens can change the way you view a story. We displayed this by going over the end of Rip Van Winkle and the Tell Tale Heart. A romantic lens will always have absolutes at the end of each story whereas a modernist story will have a confusing or a complicated ending. After we took notes on that we discussed possible perfect endings for Gatsby. There was a big list of things we came up with but that was through a romantic lens. When we went through the list with a modernist lens we had to eliminate most of the things we wrote down because there would be outcomes that are not positive. Due tomorrow is Chapter 7 and to analyze where Fitzgerald releases tension in the chapter.
Chloe Rippey 1/4/17
Hello all,
Today in class we began by discussing 4 different examples and we were meant to determine which example was the most "tragic." My group had agreed upon the example of a Dr in her thirties who had been in a severe car accident and could never have full function of her hands again was the most tragic, however with adding contextualization and background to the other examples there were arguments as to how they could be just as tragic. Throughout the rest of class we continued to go over the endings of stories and went through an overview of a romantic and modernist point of view for them. Romantics will always have an absolute to the story whether it be happily ever after or a tragic ending depends on the story. A modern view on stories would have a more complicated explanation as to why it would be ending like that, with no clear distinction if it was a happy or tragic ending. We briefly went through this until we ended upon going over some possible happy endings for Gatsby. The romantic and absolute endings consisted of: everyone finding a matched love, everyone being given more wealth, and The Valley of Ashes rising up out of poverty. However the modern side to these endings would be that their would be sadness, divorce, and complications with everyone finding love. The wealth does not buy the happiness, more money does not mean more happy. Tonight for homework we have to read chapter 7 of Gatsby and to analyze where the Fitzgerald mostly builds the tension through the chapter whether that be at Tom and Daisy's house, in the car to the city, or at the NYC hotel.
Here is an example of an old tragic play that was very popular... Romeo and Juliet
Today in class we began by discussing 4 different examples and we were meant to determine which example was the most "tragic." My group had agreed upon the example of a Dr in her thirties who had been in a severe car accident and could never have full function of her hands again was the most tragic, however with adding contextualization and background to the other examples there were arguments as to how they could be just as tragic. Throughout the rest of class we continued to go over the endings of stories and went through an overview of a romantic and modernist point of view for them. Romantics will always have an absolute to the story whether it be happily ever after or a tragic ending depends on the story. A modern view on stories would have a more complicated explanation as to why it would be ending like that, with no clear distinction if it was a happy or tragic ending. We briefly went through this until we ended upon going over some possible happy endings for Gatsby. The romantic and absolute endings consisted of: everyone finding a matched love, everyone being given more wealth, and The Valley of Ashes rising up out of poverty. However the modern side to these endings would be that their would be sadness, divorce, and complications with everyone finding love. The wealth does not buy the happiness, more money does not mean more happy. Tonight for homework we have to read chapter 7 of Gatsby and to analyze where the Fitzgerald mostly builds the tension through the chapter whether that be at Tom and Daisy's house, in the car to the city, or at the NYC hotel.
Here is an example of an old tragic play that was very popular... Romeo and Juliet
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
1/3 Blog - Justin Rhodes
Hello class, today at the beginning of class, Mr. Rivers had assigned us new seats for the new year. As people sat down, Mrs. Kopp came in to inform us about a new class that is to be offered next year, which will teach education, its purpose, as well as how to teach a classroom itself. Then after this, we took a practice test online for grammar known as NoRedInk. The website allowed you to sign up, and asked you questions about some of your favorite things such as celebrities, tv shows, movies, and more. The purpose of this pretest was to show you where you stand with your understanding of grammar, and if you need help with grammar you could use this website, or could potentially know to go in for extra help. The pretest was based on punctuation, capitalization, and sentence structure. After the pretest was finished, you could then read your copy of Gatsby for the last couple minutes of class when done. Chapter 7 of the Great Gatsby will be due on Thursday.
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