Alright so lets start discussing this story.
I would like to start off by saying that Robert Neville is one of the most realistic and tangible characters that I have ever read about in a book, he isn't an immortal hero, he isn't a knight in shining armor, he has drunken fits of rage, a dry cynical sense of humor that one can only acquire by being in the man made apocalypse and he is just trying to survive, has anyone ever read about another character who is this real?
-Doug Z
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Here are your suggestions
The following are the text titles you suggested. To provide a greater degree of flexibility and potential interest, I have combined the suggestions of both classes. The list proceeds in order, starting with those texts mentioned by the most students.
Top Contenders:
I Am Legend
Jurassic Park
(both are excellent choices - I have frequently considered finding ways to work them into my teaching. And both have film versions that deviate significantly from the original work, which would give us even more to discuss. Matheson is hailed by modern horror writers--included King--as a major influence. Crichton has become a bit hackneyed in his choices of plotlines as of late, but I think JP stands as an excellent example of his style and most oft-used theme. I applaud both as potential texts)
Runner-Up:
Fight Club
(another excellent choice - but one I have yet to read, although it's on my Big List. I am certainly a fan of the film, and C.P. is certainly a popular and influential modern writer.)
The Pack:
Something Wicked This Way Comes
East of Eden
Aesop's Fables / Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Inferno (by Dante)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1001 Arabian Nights
The Count of Monte Cristo
War of the Worlds
Dracula
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Angels and Demons
(These are all quality texts--literary classics, pulp classics, and fun stuff. The Inferno may be more than you want to handle right now...the fables and fairy tales would be much fun, but perhaps a little lighter than I'd like to go...we'd only be able to do selections from the Arabian Nights, I think. But otherwise, all worthy choices)
And the Rest
The Alchemist
The Last Lecture
Bless the Beasts and the Children
The Lovely Bones
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Watership Down
Lolita
Water for Elephants
(again, phenomenal choices. I ADORE Watership Down--read it for the first time in my senior year, long ago--if you never thought a bunny could be a hero, think again! I also adore The Alchemist--a short novel, but so profoundly meaningful and inspirational--I have suggested its inclusion on the curriculum many times! The Lovely Bones is already making appearances on school curricula across the nation, so it's also a fine choice. It's brilliant, but I would likely be fired for teaching Lolita to high school students. Again, really great things to choose from here.
This post will be duplicated on both blogs. Record your comments, and let's achieve consensus! Once we have, you may get your copy, and commence reading immediately!
LAZ
Top Contenders:
I Am Legend
Jurassic Park
(both are excellent choices - I have frequently considered finding ways to work them into my teaching. And both have film versions that deviate significantly from the original work, which would give us even more to discuss. Matheson is hailed by modern horror writers--included King--as a major influence. Crichton has become a bit hackneyed in his choices of plotlines as of late, but I think JP stands as an excellent example of his style and most oft-used theme. I applaud both as potential texts)
Runner-Up:
Fight Club
(another excellent choice - but one I have yet to read, although it's on my Big List. I am certainly a fan of the film, and C.P. is certainly a popular and influential modern writer.)
The Pack:
Something Wicked This Way Comes
East of Eden
Aesop's Fables / Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Inferno (by Dante)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1001 Arabian Nights
The Count of Monte Cristo
War of the Worlds
Dracula
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Angels and Demons
(These are all quality texts--literary classics, pulp classics, and fun stuff. The Inferno may be more than you want to handle right now...the fables and fairy tales would be much fun, but perhaps a little lighter than I'd like to go...we'd only be able to do selections from the Arabian Nights, I think. But otherwise, all worthy choices)
And the Rest
The Alchemist
The Last Lecture
Bless the Beasts and the Children
The Lovely Bones
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Watership Down
Lolita
Water for Elephants
(again, phenomenal choices. I ADORE Watership Down--read it for the first time in my senior year, long ago--if you never thought a bunny could be a hero, think again! I also adore The Alchemist--a short novel, but so profoundly meaningful and inspirational--I have suggested its inclusion on the curriculum many times! The Lovely Bones is already making appearances on school curricula across the nation, so it's also a fine choice. It's brilliant, but I would likely be fired for teaching Lolita to high school students. Again, really great things to choose from here.
This post will be duplicated on both blogs. Record your comments, and let's achieve consensus! Once we have, you may get your copy, and commence reading immediately!
LAZ
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
May 28th Class
*Date for extra credit is set for June 8th and the time is 10 am. The section of text has also been set, but we still need a location.
*Test tomorrow, today was the last day for review. Test will have:
1. questions on the history of the time period
2. Bios. (look at quizzes for help)
3. excerpts from poems- name poem, poet, and answer questions
4. Paradise Lost
dates will be more for historical importance than bios.
about 45 questions
*we pretty much spent the day asking different questions about the test.
*for our next unit we have the choice of picking from the books the school has or picking a book to read, some ideas were; Clockwork Orange, a Steven King novel, one of the Bourne books, Great Gatesby, and other random books. Look for something you like and bring it up at least by Friday.
Jess
PS Don't forget to study!!!!!!
*Test tomorrow, today was the last day for review. Test will have:
1. questions on the history of the time period
2. Bios. (look at quizzes for help)
3. excerpts from poems- name poem, poet, and answer questions
4. Paradise Lost
dates will be more for historical importance than bios.
about 45 questions
*we pretty much spent the day asking different questions about the test.
*for our next unit we have the choice of picking from the books the school has or picking a book to read, some ideas were; Clockwork Orange, a Steven King novel, one of the Bourne books, Great Gatesby, and other random books. Look for something you like and bring it up at least by Friday.
Jess
PS Don't forget to study!!!!!!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Extra Credit: 12 hour read
Lazaro has decided to allow us to read a section of the Lord of the Rings. First everyone must agree on a date- majority rules: May 31st, June 4th/5th or 14th. Secondly, we must find a house to be volunteered for the 12 hours. Thirdly, when we decide which section we want to read, everyone must have a copy of that book either rented/borrowed/bought, just have a copy.
**The gamble for this is that the extra credit is all or nothing, so you must remain at the read for the whole 12 hours.
**For dinner, Laz wants us each to bring a themed dish to the read.
**(other things like dressing like a character or learning a LOTR song then singing it at the read will gain more "credit where the credit is due."
RC
**The gamble for this is that the extra credit is all or nothing, so you must remain at the read for the whole 12 hours.
**For dinner, Laz wants us each to bring a themed dish to the read.
**(other things like dressing like a character or learning a LOTR song then singing it at the read will gain more "credit where the credit is due."
RC
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Class for friday May 9th
1. We took a quiz on the John Milton bio.
2. We then talked about Paradise Lost, Paradise Regianed and Agunisitis and how Milton wrote all three of these while he was blind and he would just have people write down what he would say.
3. Next Lazarow took questions on Miltons bio and he told us Milton was a strong supporter of Cromwell.
4. Reminder that the paper on the things they carried is due on tuesday may 13. This tuesday coming up.
5. Lazarow then took questions on Sonnet xix: when i consider how my light is spent. We didnt get to many question though the bell rang.
Dylan Ketchel
2. We then talked about Paradise Lost, Paradise Regianed and Agunisitis and how Milton wrote all three of these while he was blind and he would just have people write down what he would say.
3. Next Lazarow took questions on Miltons bio and he told us Milton was a strong supporter of Cromwell.
4. Reminder that the paper on the things they carried is due on tuesday may 13. This tuesday coming up.
5. Lazarow then took questions on Sonnet xix: when i consider how my light is spent. We didnt get to many question though the bell rang.
Dylan Ketchel
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Milton- Paradise Lost
Post Questions for Paradise Lost here.
1. Can anyone derive a meaning from lines 153-155 when Beezlebulb is finishing speaking? I can't seem to figure out what "it" is in reference to.
R.C.
1. Can anyone derive a meaning from lines 153-155 when Beezlebulb is finishing speaking? I can't seem to figure out what "it" is in reference to.
R.C.
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