Thursday, August 13, 2009

UNIT TWO- ROMANTICISM AND TRANSCENDENTALISM

ELAALRL2 The student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of theme in a work of American literature and provides evidence from the work to support understanding.

I think it means that we should be able to take a good look at what we read and be able to understand what was the story about or tell exactly what you think happen.

The theme tells you what is the story, paragraph, or whatever you reading is about. it also lets you know what is a story or something going to be about.

What about the story did you find particularly Romantic?
You may want to reread the section on Romanticism again to refresh your memory. Give at least two examples with direct evidence for each.

I think the story was partly romantic because romanticism is made by your imagination or could also be said to be things that are not real so one part where i thought it was romantic was that he was real helpful around the city he would never refused to help people, but rather to do others work than his own work at home .I think this is romantic because his always trying to help people out and he would probably do others peoples work before he did his.

How does this poem illustrate all three of the main themes of Romanticism? Make sure you provide evidence for each claim you make.
1. In the beginning he talks about nature one of the romanticism themes. He also talks about death and if you're scare of it go outside and listen to the voice of mother nature. Therefor, he says that we came from the earth and we have to go back to nature and that's how nature suppose to be.
2. One of the second things is rip van winkle is very good example romanticism because it tends to take your imagination on a trip. We all know you cannot sleep 20 years. He fall asleep and thought it was the next day but it was the next year. so that is why i think this is a good theme.


5. When you are through reading, post a 1-2 paragraph response to each piece of writing to your blog. Be sure to concentrate more on what you thought of each piece of writing. Try to include at least one piece of direct evidence with each response (remember standard #1). This should be something that stuck out to you about the particular piece of writing.

In this story i agree with him, because nature is a nice place to just sit and think. He said nature was a great place to be when you need to get in touch with your inner self, but nature can be bad sometime, because you are just remembering stuff that happen to you and you get depressed...



" Nature is not always tricked in holiday attire"
This is a good piece of transcendentalism, because they believed god talked to them thru their minds and i think its true because everybody has their own beliefs. This story he feels he is a part of God, because he left society to be alone and to think about nature, himself, and God. This is an example when he says " I am part or parcel of God".


7. How can you apply Transcendental philosophy to the man in this video? I'm sure you could easily spend a couple paragraphs telling me how. I also know it would be easy for you to back up whatever you say with direct evidence from the texts you have already read. If you are really into it, you might read a little of Henry David Thoreau's Walden. Just choose a couple sections you think you would like.

Daddy Yankee

Ramón Ayala Rodriguez
Born February 3, 1977, in San Juan, Puerto Rico and was influenced by several musicians in his family, including his father and some of his mother's relatives. During his childhood he practiced singing and focused on lyrical improvisation. Better known by his stage name Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age.

In his youth he was interested in baseball, and aspired to become a Major League Baseball player and was going to the Major Leagues after trying out for Seattle. He was unable to continue this sport when he was shot in one of his legs at age seventeen, leaving him unable to walk correctly. After receiving lessons from several artists within the genre, he developed an independent career, first recording in a production titled Playero 37.

After this he began to produce independent albums. Ayala released his first solo album, No Mercy 1995. Ayala's first album with international success, receiving coverage in the markets of New York and Miami. He subsequently formed a duo with Nicky Jam, and then continued his solo career with the releases of El Cartel 1998 and El Cartel 1I 2001. This led him to be one of the pioneers of the Reggaeton genre. Daddy Yankee is the only Reggaeton singer to have a two song on the 24 which was Rompe and 32 which was Gasolina.

His third studio album, Barrio Fino 2004, received numerous awards, including a Premio Lo Nuestro and a Latin Billboard, as well as receiving nominations for the Latin Grammy and MTV Video Music Awards. His performances have appeared on more than 70 albums, including compilations such as Blin Blin Vol. 1 2003 and Mas Flow 2 2005.

Outside of his work as a musician, Daddy Yankee has established himself in a variety of fields. In 2005, he became the first Latin artist to sign a deal with Reebok, to distribute his own line of accessories, including the licensed clothing line "DY", which was released in 2006. Reebok continued the partnership with the introduction of the Travel Trainer collection in July 2007. In August 2007, Pepsi began an advertising campaign titled "Puertas", in which Ayala is depicted returning to his youth by opening a series of doors. Ayala has also worked in the film industry as both an actor and producer. His acting debut was the lead role of Vampiros, a film directed by Eduardo Ortiz and filmed in Puerto Rico. The film premiered at the Festival of Latin American Cinema in New York, where it received a positive reaction. This led Image Entertainment to produce a DVD, internationally released in March 2005. Ayala played the main role "Edgar" in Talento de Barrio, which was filmed in Puerto Rico and directed by José Iván Santiago. Ayala produced the film, which is based on his experience of growing up in a poor city neighborhood. While the film is not directly a biography, Ayala has stated that it mirrors his early life.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

UNIT ONE- EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE

ELAALRL3 The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to their contemporary context or historical background, as well as to works from other time periods.

i think it means that we should be able to work with the past, present and future.

"While living I want to live well.I know I have to die sometime,but even if the heavens were to fall on me I want to do what is right.

There is only one God looking down on us all.We are all children of the one God.God is listening to me.The sun,the darkness,the winds,all are listening to what we now say..."

I think this is a great example because for me it means that you should do everything that you can while you are alive and always try to do whats right. I think that there is not really a difference because both paragraphs have almost the same meanings and they mean the same thing..

Read the excerpt from The Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin in the red American Literature book. Pay special attention to the efforts Franklin made to improve his life.
Give one example from The Autobiography of how Franklin is a good example of a rationalist. Make sure you explain why, and provide an example straight from the text.


declaration of independence- makes references to certain rights.
deism- a popular religious movement of the time with a body of ideas.
Industry: don't loose time, always be employed in something useful, and cut off all unnecessary actions.
Justice: Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.

There is a couple differences between the Puritans and the Rationalist. The differences between Puritans and the Rationalists.i think that they are really different because a rationalist would believe that everything could be understood through science and puritans thought that this was like an insult to god because they believed that humans had nothing to do with reconstructing gods work.



GEORGIA STANDARDS.

ELAALRL1 The student demonstrates comprehension by identifying evidence (i.e., examples of diction, imagery, point of view, figurative language, symbolism, plot events and main ideas) in a variety of texts representative of different genres (i.e., poetry, prose [short story, novel, essay, editorial, biography], and drama) and using this evidence as the basis for interpretation.

I think it means that we should be able todemonstrate things by identifying evidence of whats been told or read. i also think imaginary means that we can imagine things by just listening to what was been told or read too. point of view is observing or considering a standpoint, symbolism is a symbol that represents something. well i also think that the georgia standards is telling us that we should be able to undestand what we are reading.