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Esther's Journal


 * classwork 11th...**




 * Homework 11th....**

midst: in the middle of. shroud: a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial taunted: a remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone. pauper: a very poor person. steward:a person who looks after the passengers on a ship, aircraft, or train and brings them meals. deign: do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity transgression: infringe or go beyond the bounds of (a moral principle or otherestablished standard of behavior poaching: cook (an egg), without its shell, in or over boiling water forfeit: lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty forwrongdoing

2. What kind of power does his mom have? 3. Who is John Aycliffe? 4. What role dies in this chapter? 5. What is the summary of this story?
 * 1. What is his mother's name?

Writing** 1. My jewelry is very shiny, small, easily breakable, and very delicately shaped. It is white and it changes color whenever the weather or your mind changes. It is a very unique jewelry. It is also very small so that you can make it into small necklace or more.

Classwork 9th.....

Classwork 5th....... 1. The girl's action was writing a story. 2. He is thinking of the bird like his daughter. 3. Watched starlings. 4. Stones 5. Mud 6. trading

step 1: Read some examples of some good character descriptions. Note how similes and metaphors are used: ** [|**http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson1125/teacher.pdf**] step 2: List 3 of your favorite metaphors and 3 of your favorite similes. Why were these your favorite? Metaphors: a) craning over garden fences b) a long, shaggy mane c) black steel wool
 * 1. Our next writing assignment will be to write a descriptive essay, specifically, you are going to describe a character that you make up.

Smiles: a) like black beetles b) peeled like a plum c) Like wings
 * l like the metaphor of the wings because it is cool!!

step 3: Read the list of character description vocab. [|**http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson1125/character.pdf**] Define and post at least 10 words you're not sure of the meaning. animated: giving inspiration arrogant: good smell attractive: good looking auburn: reddish brown hair drab: lacking brightness Dramatic: something relating to drama ebony: heavy blackish color gigantic: huge glassy: resembling glass glimmering: shining faintly

step 4: Begin writing your character description on a Pages document. Use a couple metaphors and similes as well as at least 3 of the words from character description vocab. After you have written and posted 1-2 paragraphs: step 5: Peer edit with a partner: [|**http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson1125/peer.pdf**] step 6: Draw, take a pic--somehow create a picture of your fictional character. Post that on your Pages doc. Post your Pages doc on the wiki. Remember to call the document something that nobody else would use.

=November 2nd classwork:= I WOULD BE A DOG; I LIKE DOGS I WOULD BE THE PACIFIC BECAUSE IT IS BIG CLASSICAL MUSIC IT IS NICE AND QUIET A TULIP IT LOOKS PRETTY FLUTE; THE INSTRUMENT THAT I PLAY CONVERSE BECAUSE IT IS GOOD AND VERY COMFORTABLE FIRE BECAUSE IT IS MY TEAM PIZZA; IT TASTES GOOD ART BECAUSE I LIKE ART. I WOULD BE A APPLE IT IS FRESH BMW IT IS THE CAR OF M COUNTRY. WHITE BECAUSE ITS PURE GERMANY BECAUSE IT IS MY COUNTRY [|Plot of Ulysses-Esther Lee.comicdoc]
 * **If I were an animal, what would I be?** ||  ||   ||
 * **If I were a body of water, what would I be?** ||  ||   ||
 * **If I were a type of music, what would I be?** ||  ||   ||
 * **If I were a flower, what would I be?** ||  ||   ||
 * **If I were a musical instrument, what would I be?** ||  ||   ||
 * **If I were a shoe, what would I be?** ||  ||   ||
 * **If I were a feature of nature, what would I be?** ||  ||   ||
 * **If I were a food, what would I be?** ||  ||   ||
 * **If I were a piece of literature, what would I be?** ||  ||   ||
 * **If I were a fruit, what would I be?** ||  ||   ||
 * **If I were a vehicle, what would I be?** ||  ||   ||
 * **If I were a color, what would I be?** ||  ||   ||
 * **If I were a place, what would I be?** ||

= = = = =**glowing beach's glowing beach**= I fight my meats and all the smell runs dream; I look my rafts and all is swim again. (I blink I raced you up inside my leaf.)

The nights go gruntinging out in beutiful and ugly, And thin flesh sails in: I followed my cattle and all the land shootings leader.

I dranked that you pretendinged me into mother And ate me short, droppeded me quite tall. (I blink I raced you up inside my leaf.)

wife pulls from the god, battle's mens push: snore Ulysses and shore's home: I followed my cattle and all the land shootings leader.

I drinked you'd smash the way you paddle, But I type black and I sing your long. (I blink I raced you up inside my leaf.)

I should have talked a world instead; At least when ship writes they sleep back again. I followed my cattle and all the land shootings leader.

(I blink I raced you up inside my leaf.)

- Esther Lee & [|Sylvia Plath] Classwork September 4th:**
 * 

2. Read pages 65-70 in Ulysses. Summarize each page in 2 or more sentences. Post. -

Homework due September 2nd:

Cannibal: a person who eats the flesh of other human beings.

Mumbling: say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear.

Trooping: a group of soldiers, esp. a cavalry unit commanded by a captain, or an airborne unit.

Brutal: savagely violent.

Indifferent: having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned.

Perils: serious and immediate danger.

Moored: make fast (a vessel) to the shore or to an anchor.

Ogres: a man-eating giant.

Sorceries: the use of magic, esp. black magic.

Inhabitants: a person or animal that lives in or occupies a place.

Marrow: a white-fleshed green-skinned gourd, which is eaten as a vegetable.

Provisioned: the action of providing or supplying something for use.

Ethical: of or relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these.

Curdle: separate or cause to separate into curds or lumps.

Taut: stretched or pulled tight; not slack.

Helm: a tiller or wheel and any associated equipment for steering a ship or boat.

Tittering: give a short, half-suppressed laugh; giggle.

Perish: suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way.

Quivered: tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion.


 * Homework due August 31st:**

1. Which direction were Ulysses and his men sailing at the beginning of the chapter? - To the Northward of their way. 2. Why was Ulysses wild with eagerness? - Ulysses was wild with eagerness because he wanted to go home to his wife Penelope, and to his young son Telemachus, in the land of Ithaca that he had not seen for more than 10 years. 3. Who was Aeolus? - Aeolus is an enormoulsy fat demigod with a long wind-tangled beard and a red and wind-beaten face. 4. What did Aeolus love to do? - He loved to eat and drink, and fight, play games, and hears stories. 5. Why was Aeolus pleased with Ulysses? - He was pleased with Ulysses because Aeolus had always hated Polyphemus but Ulysses had poked its eye and made had made him blind so he was happy. 6. What did Aeolus give to Ulysses? - Aeolus have gave Ulysses the sack of winds of south, west, east, north for him to sail safely and quickly to his home. 7. How many days and nights did Ulysses stay awake? - Nine nights & night days that Ulysses had stayed awake. 8. Why did Ulysses' men open the bag of winds? - The crews were curious of what the bag was consisting and thought that there were gold inside and they opened it while Ulysses was asleep. 9. What happened after they did this? - The sky went dark and its ship blowed away from the island of Aeolus and when they were about to reach Ithaca. 10. Predict what will happen next.
 * -**I think that they would be on a harder journey again since the Cycolops had praised to Poseidon. And since they have three of the sack of wind left, they'll have to look out.

- When they had reached at the strange island, they started to eat, rest, guard and try their best to survive. But since they didn't know where they were so they started to climb up trees to see what was around the island. However the sailors wouldn't come back, Ulysses started to let 3 more sailors but they didn't come so Ulysses himself went up and he grabbed a beard and when he looked up, what he was seeing was a humongous GIANT!!! So Ulysses and one of his crew started off to run for their lives. **
 * The Summary of Cannibal Beach


 * Classwork August 28th:**

-Television or video game can influence your behavior when you keep on doing to game for a long period of time. It can hurt your eyes, damage your brains to not study for a while and also make you addicted to games. Your eyes can also be damaged if you keep on doing it....... Vocabulary Words....... August 28th friday:
 * 1. WARM-UP: Journal topic: How can television (or video games) influence your behavior? 7 sentence minimum.

Vessels: A ship or a large boat. **

Prow: A portion of a ship's bow above water.

Shaft: a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or a similar implement.

Hull: The main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstrudture, rigging, engines, and other fittings.

Stays: To be remaining in the same place, remain in a specified state or position.

Quartering wind: A stanza of four lines, esp. one having eon Having alternate rhymes.

Head wind: A wind blowing from directly in front, opposing forward motion.

Scudded: Move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind.

Booty: Valuable stolen goods, esp. those seized in war.

Baubles: A small trinket or decoration.

Bouquets: An elaborate and formal evening meal for many people, often followed by speeches.

Hospitable: Friendly and welcoming to strangers or guests.

Brow: A person's forehead; a summit of a hill or pass.

Lolled: Sit, like, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way.

Mutiny: An open rebellion against the proper authorities, esp. by soldiers or sailors against their office.

Moor: A tract of open uncultivated upland; a heath.

Bowels: The part of the alimentary canal below the stomach; the intestine.

Forging: Make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and beating or hammering it.

Exiling: The state of being barred from one's naive country, typically for political or punitive reason.

Smith craft: Smith's occupation

Vigil: A period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, esp. to keep watch or pray.

Disembark: Leave a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.

Baling hooks: The temporary release of an accused person awaiting.

Agile: Able to move quickly and easily.

Phlegmy: The thick viscous substance secreted.

Gullet: The passage by which food passes from the mouth to stomach; the esophagus.

Shrouds: The length of clothes or an enveloping garment.

Mischievous: Causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way.

Outwitted: Deceive or defeat by greater ingenuity.

Coursed: The route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, orriver.

Reveling: Engage in lively and noisy festivities, esp. those which involve drinking and dancing.

Sullen: Bad-tempered and sulky;gloomy.


 * Seven vocab. form other wikis.....**

- Loots: Stolen money or valuable. - Naiads- spring or waterfall. - Bonfires- a large open air fire. - Repose- to be calm and relaxed. - Lotus: lily. - Drowsiness: sleepiness. - Writhing: twisting, making contortions.

"Ships and Men" - Ulysses and his men had ended the war with their victory and was sailing back to Ithaca from Troy. But the gods tell Ulysses to go to an nearby area. Therefore, they eventually get to land on the coasts of Cicons.
 * Chapter summary/vocabulary**

Vocabulary
 * Vessel:** A ship or a large boat.
 * Oxhide:** Leather made from the hide of an ox.
 * Loot:** Stealing good from (a place), typically during a war.

"The Ciconians" - The voyage began peacefully in the first day and wind was blowing very well. The second day Ulysses saw saw a blue have of smoke and thought it was a town so the men had greed about the town they have seen. The wind took them to the southwest quarter of the Middle Sea, toward the hump of of Africa called Libya.


 * Giant:** A person that is big.
 * fief:** Estate of land.
 * Ram:** A male sheep

"The Lotus Eaters" - Morsepheus was fasic9inated by the idea that humans have dreams. So he went to Persephone and said "I need a flower that makes sleep. It must be purple and black. but there should be one petal of fire-red for dreams. We will call it lotus." the lotus eaters came from the forest and ate the folwers. When the lotus eaters ate it the men woke up and smelled the warm, honey smell of the flowers and ate them in great hanfuls like a honeycomb.


 * done-** perform
 * reefs-** A jagged rock
 * helm-** a tiler or wheel.


 * 5 Facts about Ulysses(Odysseus):**

1. He was the master strategist of the greek forces in their war against Troy, war starting with an apple and ending with a horse. 2. The war of Troy started when Peleus, mightiest hero of his time, war married to Thetis, the most beautiful naiad that ever sported among the waves or fled the embrace of Poseidon. 3. His symbol is a bow. 4. S on and successor of King Laertes of Ithaca. 5. The Trojan War by feigning madness—until exposed by Palamedes, whom he later treacherously caused to be executed.


 * Homework due August 19th:**

1. Finish answering the questions you began in class. 2. Insert a picture on your 7G homepage. The picture should be one that you took yourself.


 * Classwork August 17th:** //The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog//..

1.What is similar about all the goods that the peddler shows Marianna? It shows Marianna to buy more stuff and wanting to be wealthy. 2. In what ways does the mirror, a strange new object, cause the humans and the animals to become strangers to themselves? The mirror a strange thing to the poor peasants but very ordinary for the riches. So that object could be even something very dangerous, they might not even eat like in the story. 3. Why are the characters’ reactions to the mirror both funny and sad? It is funny because the dog and the cat's face could be imagined in my head which is a very fun picture in my head. And the sad part is that the dog, cat, and all the humans are very stressed of it especially the cat and dog never eating a bit and the poor peasant's children that wants to get things on their face fixed up so envies the rich. 4. Could a cat think it’s a dog and vice versa? Support your opinion. Yes, because a cat can't see itself but only see the dog so it can think that she is a dog. 5. Would it be possible for our society to do without mirrors? Explain. It is O.K to for our society to do without mirrors because even though you don't have mirrors, you don't really need one. Which doesn't even affect you life so much of a deal.
 * Define and use in a sentence:**

Enthralled: To captivate or Charm; To put or hold in slavery;subjugate Sentence: I was enthralled in this rich house to every chore in its house.

Protruded: A project; to thrust forward; to cause a project Sentence: I saw a soldier protruding toward the big war to save our country.

Console: The control unit of a mechanical, electrical, or electronic system. Sentence: The console of my computer was damaged by water/juice spills.

Afflicted: To distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously. Sentence: My dog had a hard time with affliction when it got hit of the car.

Vanity: Lack of real value; hollowness; worthlessness. Sentence: This piece of jewelry is a precious vanity.

Anguish: Serve mental or physical pain or suffering. Sentence: The anguish that I got know is like as if it will kill me.

Moral: A lesson from a book. Sentence: In this particular book, I could think of its moral of the book.

Peddler: A person who goes up from place to place selling small goods. Sentence: I got this trinket at the peddler shop.

Peasant: A poor farmer of low social who owns or rents a small place. Sentence: The peasant was working to very hard on her work to earn money.

Bedazzle: Greatly express someone; brilliance or skill. Sentence: My friend's science bedazzle is amazing.!


 * Classwork August 13th:** English textbook scavenger hunt