The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
2/19- pages 472-480, 10 minutes
2/22- pages 480-576, 2 hours and 10 minutes
Total- 104 pages, 2 hour and 20 minutes
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Monday, February 17, 2014
Moving
The snapping of lowly tree branches as you swiftly move through them,
their texture allowing you to gain footing as you meander along your way.
Walking, and only if you could, look up the mountain
you could see the sun shining with it's infinite rays.
Then, climbing can you see the land underneath your feet,
where auburn, amber, and crimson colors spread with variety among the heat.
Reading Times
2/11- pages 324-339, 10 minutes
2/12- pages 339-353, 10 minutes
2/13- pages 353-399, 40 minutes
2/15- pages 399-472, 1 hour and 20 minutes
Total- 148 pages, 2 hours and 20 minutes
their texture allowing you to gain footing as you meander along your way.
Walking, and only if you could, look up the mountain
you could see the sun shining with it's infinite rays.
Then, climbing can you see the land underneath your feet,
where auburn, amber, and crimson colors spread with variety among the heat.
Reading Times
2/11- pages 324-339, 10 minutes
2/12- pages 339-353, 10 minutes
2/13- pages 353-399, 40 minutes
2/15- pages 399-472, 1 hour and 20 minutes
Total- 148 pages, 2 hours and 20 minutes
"I'll Be" Edwin McCain
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/edwinmccain/illbe.html
This song is very euphonic when read like a usual love song, this creates an atmosphere of comfort. Also, the phrase "I'll be" is pronounced multiple times representing an anaphora. There's also a part, where theres more cacophony in order to show the more aggressive and mean things he's been feeling. Whenever he says, "And rain falls angry on the tin roof," he uses personification with the rain.
Again with the euphony, it gives the audience a feeling of comfort. Especially in, "And emeralds from mountains thrust towards the sky
Never revealing their depth.
Tell me that we belong together,
Dress it up with the trappings of love." The speaker is a man in love that hasn't quite been officially in a relationship with the girl he's talking to. The occasion is the speaker confessing his love for the girl and telling her how great of a boyfriend he could be. The audience intended by the speaker must have been the girl he's in love with, and to tell her he's in love with her. Overall, this song is just a love son with a euphonic tone bringing comfort.
This song is very euphonic when read like a usual love song, this creates an atmosphere of comfort. Also, the phrase "I'll be" is pronounced multiple times representing an anaphora. There's also a part, where theres more cacophony in order to show the more aggressive and mean things he's been feeling. Whenever he says, "And rain falls angry on the tin roof," he uses personification with the rain.
Again with the euphony, it gives the audience a feeling of comfort. Especially in, "And emeralds from mountains thrust towards the sky
Never revealing their depth.
Tell me that we belong together,
Dress it up with the trappings of love." The speaker is a man in love that hasn't quite been officially in a relationship with the girl he's talking to. The occasion is the speaker confessing his love for the girl and telling her how great of a boyfriend he could be. The audience intended by the speaker must have been the girl he's in love with, and to tell her he's in love with her. Overall, this song is just a love son with a euphonic tone bringing comfort.
Monday, February 10, 2014
Work Times
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
2/4- 10 minutes, 193-214
2/6- 10 minutes, 214-236
2/9- 1 hour and 30 minutes, 236-324
Discussion Posts, ATDOAPTI
2/6- 1 hour and 30 minutes
Total- 3 hours and 20 minutes, 131 pages
2/4- 10 minutes, 193-214
2/6- 10 minutes, 214-236
2/9- 1 hour and 30 minutes, 236-324
Discussion Posts, ATDOAPTI
2/6- 1 hour and 30 minutes
Total- 3 hours and 20 minutes, 131 pages
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Free Post: My future weekends
A couple weeks ago I went to see the Movie, "The Life of Walter Mitty," and it was really cool. The main character had been day dreaming his whole life about going places and taking risks, but since his dad died, he's been to shy to try something like that. Then the conflict comes in and he's obligated to go out and take risks, and once he does, he starts to feel better about himself and things start to get better for him. Not to mention he lives through some amazing adventures.
Of course after the movie I was thinking, "I want to do that." I've always wanted to go out to the Himalayas or to the Grand Canyon, and who doesn't, but that movie was just like a reminder for me that past school, there's always going to be cool things you can go see and do. I guess that I was just thinking about things I could do during my upcoming weekends. Basketball is getting more crazy and we'll see how it goes, but I'm really excited to be coming into spring and getting a bunch of opportunities to rock climb or something else new.
Of course after the movie I was thinking, "I want to do that." I've always wanted to go out to the Himalayas or to the Grand Canyon, and who doesn't, but that movie was just like a reminder for me that past school, there's always going to be cool things you can go see and do. I guess that I was just thinking about things I could do during my upcoming weekends. Basketball is getting more crazy and we'll see how it goes, but I'm really excited to be coming into spring and getting a bunch of opportunities to rock climb or something else new.
Research Paper Draft
I'd say that I feel pretty confident in my research paper, I feel most confident about the research in my paper. I focused most on that part because in the end it is a research paper, so it would make sense to focus on that part. But I'm not completely in love with my citations within the paper, or my conclusion.
The hardest part for me was trying to bring together the information to tell the audience my overall idea. Then some less hard things were keeping up with all the citation information, and also transitioning from stories to connecting things with the thesis. I suppose the easiest part was preparing and analyzing my information because I had done that before with the Literary Analysis so it wasn't a foreign object for me. The best feedback I could get would be based on my transitions, and my introduction and conclusion.
Draft
1/30- 2 hours- I watched the two videos and then worked for an hour on the body of my research paper. Then I read in the Norton and worked on the draft for the next 30 minutes until I had been working for two hours total.
2/1- 1 hour- Just worked on the body of my paragraph, trying to focus on the information instead of floating quotations or citations or the connection of the information back to the thesis.
2/2- 1 hour, 55 minutes- I finished just preparing, quote/paraphrasing, and analyzing and I started citing, editing, and connecting back to the thesis. Then I did my intro and conclusion, and put in the works cited.
Total-4 hours, 55 minutes
The hardest part for me was trying to bring together the information to tell the audience my overall idea. Then some less hard things were keeping up with all the citation information, and also transitioning from stories to connecting things with the thesis. I suppose the easiest part was preparing and analyzing my information because I had done that before with the Literary Analysis so it wasn't a foreign object for me. The best feedback I could get would be based on my transitions, and my introduction and conclusion.
Draft
1/30- 2 hours- I watched the two videos and then worked for an hour on the body of my research paper. Then I read in the Norton and worked on the draft for the next 30 minutes until I had been working for two hours total.
2/1- 1 hour- Just worked on the body of my paragraph, trying to focus on the information instead of floating quotations or citations or the connection of the information back to the thesis.
2/2- 1 hour, 55 minutes- I finished just preparing, quote/paraphrasing, and analyzing and I started citing, editing, and connecting back to the thesis. Then I did my intro and conclusion, and put in the works cited.
Total-4 hours, 55 minutes
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