To download Mindmap onto my computer I have to log onto the administrator and we misplaced the password so here are my notes the old fashion way!!
The Great Gatsby:
Character List-
Daisy: she is married to a cheating husband, Tom. She used to be in love with a man named James Gatz. She is the key character in keeping Gatsby alive.
Gatsby: Intriguing man is called “new money” looking to make connections with “old money”. He throws lavished parties where a lot of important people hope to be invited to.
Nick: Daisy’s cousin and Gatsby’s neighbor. Sees a lot of peoples secrets.
Tom: Very aggressive and angry man. He is married to Daisy and cheats on her with Myrtle.
Myrtle: Always looking to get ahead. She is married to George and not satisfied with anything they have.
Literary Elements-
Irony: Gatsby uses a fake identity to keep hope alive with Daisy. This is ironic because it is his optimism that eventually leads to his death.
Symbolism: The green light at the end of the dock is a symbol of hope for Gatsby that his love is still very much alive and that one day him and Daisy will be together.
Repetition: Optimism and level of insanity when it comes to Daisy and their future together.
Plot Summary-
Nick mover to East Egg next to a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby who throws huge parties. He decides to visit Daisy and Tom to West Egg for dinner and meets the athlete Jordan Baker. He learns that Tom is cheating on Daisy with Myrtle.
The next day Nick goes with Tom to the Valley of the Ashes and meets Myrtle at George’s garage. They go to their apartment where they have a little party and Tom breaks her nose because she says Daisy’s name.
Jordan does to one of the Gatsby’s parties and sees Nick, they conspire to find Gatsby and they end up learning of his love for Daisy.
Nick sets up a tea at his house and reunites Daisy and Gatsby. Tom becomes suspicious and invites Gatsby to go to New York with them. Gatsby runs over Myrtle and George shoots Gatsby because he confuses him with Tom.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Socratic Seminar Notes:
o Learn from your OWN mistakes.
o Must be a happy medium between doing things on your own and having your parent’s guidance. This will teach you what works and what doesn’t work
o How can you take bits of wisdom and apply them to real life?
o What value does wisdom have if you’re not using it?
o Majority of classrooms have a ‘testing environment’. It is more helpful when teachers show other ways to connect the same material to our lives and how to use it later in life. (building blocks)
o Apply practical knowledge to your actions.
1. I think, especially in college when we are taking specific classes for our job, that applying what you know to real life will be necessary to prepare ourselves for our future career. Just like before you can become a surgeon you have to have an internship, and teachers must student teach. You’re not doing it for a grade, you’re doing it because your goal is to become the surgeon or teacher etc. and you must apply your knowledge or you’ll never reach your goal.
2. Relating the material you know to know to pass any class or test is one hundred times easier if you are truly engaged and interested in what your learning, and if your teacher cant get you excited about it then you must take in the knowledge in a way that works for you, like relating it to your own life, or remixing it so you have a better understanding for it.
3. I think confidence alone can inspire someone, so if you are confident in what you do and know others will aspire to be that comfortable with applying their knowledge to their actions as well. When a group collaborates in class it will improve the content of the material because you gain other views and ideas on the topic. Everybody has a different thought process and if you take the one, or few, strongest, best views of each person you will have an unbelievable network to work with.
o Must be a happy medium between doing things on your own and having your parent’s guidance. This will teach you what works and what doesn’t work
o How can you take bits of wisdom and apply them to real life?
o What value does wisdom have if you’re not using it?
o Majority of classrooms have a ‘testing environment’. It is more helpful when teachers show other ways to connect the same material to our lives and how to use it later in life. (building blocks)
o Apply practical knowledge to your actions.
1. I think, especially in college when we are taking specific classes for our job, that applying what you know to real life will be necessary to prepare ourselves for our future career. Just like before you can become a surgeon you have to have an internship, and teachers must student teach. You’re not doing it for a grade, you’re doing it because your goal is to become the surgeon or teacher etc. and you must apply your knowledge or you’ll never reach your goal.
2. Relating the material you know to know to pass any class or test is one hundred times easier if you are truly engaged and interested in what your learning, and if your teacher cant get you excited about it then you must take in the knowledge in a way that works for you, like relating it to your own life, or remixing it so you have a better understanding for it.
3. I think confidence alone can inspire someone, so if you are confident in what you do and know others will aspire to be that comfortable with applying their knowledge to their actions as well. When a group collaborates in class it will improve the content of the material because you gain other views and ideas on the topic. Everybody has a different thought process and if you take the one, or few, strongest, best views of each person you will have an unbelievable network to work with.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Active Notes: 3/20
Video Notes:
o Internet allows people to communicate with anyone around the world.
o People have come to rely on the internet for a main source of communication, and to learn worldly things.
o To change the world, you must first ask questions
Are brands more powerful than government?
Why some states are less developed than others?
And what do you want to see change in the future?
Article Notes:
o Play time is important for development.
o People with less fortunate childhoods are more likely to become unstable adults
o Free play helps people cope with stress and develop social skills but is seen less and less with kid’s busy schedules today.
o Playing should be relatively unstructured so that the child’s imagination is put to use.
o Helps immensely with social skills in young children.
o Children must have the opportunity to play to become fully functioning adults.
o Internet allows people to communicate with anyone around the world.
o People have come to rely on the internet for a main source of communication, and to learn worldly things.
o To change the world, you must first ask questions
Are brands more powerful than government?
Why some states are less developed than others?
And what do you want to see change in the future?
Article Notes:
o Play time is important for development.
o People with less fortunate childhoods are more likely to become unstable adults
o Free play helps people cope with stress and develop social skills but is seen less and less with kid’s busy schedules today.
o Playing should be relatively unstructured so that the child’s imagination is put to use.
o Helps immensely with social skills in young children.
o Children must have the opportunity to play to become fully functioning adults.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Animal Farm
1. Summary: Old Major tells everyone they should come together as one in an inspirational speech in the barn. He dies three days later. “Animalism” is formulated from Old Majors ideas by the remaining pigs. The animals run Mr. Jones, the farmer, off of the farm. Snowball steps up as a teacher while Napoleon takes the puppies to educate them in Animalism. Tension rises between Snowball and Napoleon and how things should be run. Napoleon arranges his puppies, which have turned into strong body guards by now, to chase Snowball from the meeting of the windmill votes off the farm. Napoleon now goes crazy with power and blames every mishap on Snowball saying he sabotaged everyone. In the end Napoleon is sleeping in a bed, wearing clothes, and trading with other farmers. All of these things go directly against the original rules of Animalism. By the end of the novel the only remaining rule is that, “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” The author gets his point across through the dramatic change in Napoleon from being a pig to the animals not being able to tell the difference between him and the humans.
2. Theme: The theme of the novel is how Napoleon becomes power hungry and goes against all of the things he promised the animals he would never do.
3. Tone: The tone is ironic. The way that in the end the animals look though the window of the house and cannot tell the difference between the humans and pigs when the entire point of the rebellion was to change the way things were. Also, the saying “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” because if all were really equal Napoleon wouldn’t be put above everyone else. Lastly, that Napoleon runs Snowball out during the windmill because his opposition to it, but then later builds it out of selfishness.
4. Literary Elements:
a. Paradox: Is a phrase or saying that contradicts itself. “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.”
b. Allusion: A reference an author makes and expects the reader to understand. George Orwell expects his readers to understand that the book is really about the Russian Revolution.
c. Allegory: a work in which the characters and events are to be understood as representing other things and symbolically. The entire book is an allegory of the corruption of the Czar’s and the Revolution.
d. Symbols: Something that stands for, or represents something else. The farm represents Russia under communist rule.
e. Foreshadow: To indicate something is going to happen later on. There are many examples through out the novel of foreshadowing, but the major one that starts everything is old Major’s speech about animals being in control. It shows that later on the animals will have control.
2. Theme: The theme of the novel is how Napoleon becomes power hungry and goes against all of the things he promised the animals he would never do.
3. Tone: The tone is ironic. The way that in the end the animals look though the window of the house and cannot tell the difference between the humans and pigs when the entire point of the rebellion was to change the way things were. Also, the saying “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” because if all were really equal Napoleon wouldn’t be put above everyone else. Lastly, that Napoleon runs Snowball out during the windmill because his opposition to it, but then later builds it out of selfishness.
4. Literary Elements:
a. Paradox: Is a phrase or saying that contradicts itself. “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.”
b. Allusion: A reference an author makes and expects the reader to understand. George Orwell expects his readers to understand that the book is really about the Russian Revolution.
c. Allegory: a work in which the characters and events are to be understood as representing other things and symbolically. The entire book is an allegory of the corruption of the Czar’s and the Revolution.
d. Symbols: Something that stands for, or represents something else. The farm represents Russia under communist rule.
e. Foreshadow: To indicate something is going to happen later on. There are many examples through out the novel of foreshadowing, but the major one that starts everything is old Major’s speech about animals being in control. It shows that later on the animals will have control.
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