Julius Caesar Persuasive Essay

Julius Caesar Persuasive Essay

FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

Persuasion Pattern Analysis

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Theme Analysis in Caesar

Theme Analysis Assignment

Title Analysis

THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR

The first thing that you do when you are analyzing the title is to define all of the words in the title. What emphasis do these words give to the story? How does this hint to events in the future?

Next, if the title indicates any event, then predict as to how you think that will go down? Why will it happen? When and where will it happen? Who is going to perpetrate or be involved in this tragedy?

Afterward, considering that we all know that Caesar is going to die, we then postulated as to how they could kill me. Obvious or secretive? Mean and messy or soft and quiet?

Reading Notes

As a guide, I provided them with the following rough outline, which was displayed on the board.
Create questions as you read regarding the following:

• Characters
• Jobs
• What can we infer or intelligently assume about this person because of their profession?
• What mental, physical, or social skills and/or others does this job require?
• Personality
• Who does this person remind you of?
• Why does this person behave this way?
• How is this person received by others?
• Weirdness
• What characteristics does this person possess?
• What does this say about this person?
• What can we intelligently assume or infer about this person as a result of this weird habit or quirk?
• FOR EXAMPLE:
• What do scars symbolize?
• What does a person in all white or all black symbolize?
• What does a person's style of dress tell about them?
• Mood
• How do you feel when you read this?
• If the author is rumored to be "crazy" or mad, then what does this mean about the style of writing?
• What does the author say or how does he or she create this feeling in you?
• EXAMPLES: One of my favorite books is "Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors". It is the story of a rugby team that crashes into the snow-capped Andes Mountain range in Chile, South America and how they survive for an impossible 72 days, with no "food" in -20 degree and below weather! The author does an excellent job in it of conveying or passing on a mood of frigidity or absolute cold. Literally, though I read the book in the summer, whenever I read the book, I would have to wear a coat or jacket, because I would start to get chill bumps.
  
• Setting ~ Where
• Why is this story set here, in this place?
• What does this do for the story?
• Hurt or help?
• Accent or distract?
• Ironic or appropriate?
• FOR EXAMPLE:
• Most times you don't see scary movies occur in well-lit areas, with pleasantly warm sunny days, but on dark and stormy nights
• Motives
• Why do characters do the things that they do?
• Methods
• How do characters accomplish the plans and plots they devise or think up?
• Details & Specifics
• What does the author say?
• What does the author leave out?
• What does the author emphasize or highlight?
• What does the author downplay or marginalize?

Caesar Reading

You should have taken the time to read Act 1 scene 3 and Act 2 scene 1.

Questions should be developed because you all will question me on Monday to prove that you have read.

Here is a parallel text version. In other words, original (Old English, hard) text on the left and modern (an easier syntax and clearer language) text on the right.

This is another version of Julius Caesar and it is searchable and organized.

Julius Caesar

Here is a parallel text version. In other words, original (Old English, hard) text on the left and modern (an easier syntax and clearer language) text on the right.

This is another version of Julius Caesar and it is searchable and organized.

Here are the questions.

DON'T FORGET THAT ALL OF ACT 1 SCENE 2 QUESTIONS ARE DUE ON THURSDAY.

LUNCH WRITING PROMPTS

WRITING PROMPTS

Prompts typed up by Tynesha Brooks. Thank her when you see her.

Caesar Questions

CAESAR QUESTIONS!!!!!!

Preparation for Caesar; Arrogance and Realism

Today, we introduced the concept of Realism by discussing movies, characters and stories that capture this phenomenon. Also, this essential definition was on the board,
Realism,=non-perfect/ideal presentation of the major elements in a text.
It focuses on the lower and middle class, as well as the ordinary, mundane, and familiar aspects of life.
Realism is life portrayed as it truly is. No extras (hyperbole) and NO less (sugarcoating)!

After this discussion then the students were given the following assignment:

Recall or imagine the most arrogant person you know or can create. How do people respond to this person? If this arrogant person did get power, how do you think he or she would behave and treat others, as in peers and subordinates?

Don't forget to bring your books tomorrow!!! Also, be ready to discuss your work, or we will get straight to work!

Peer Reviewing of Compare and Contrast Papers

Today, you are to exchange papers with another student and review their paper for the following items. If you are by yourself, then perform this for yourself.

Points: What clear information do you take away from their paper?
Vagaries: What information distracts you as a reader from the main point?
Weaknesses: What parts of the paper hurt the writer's intentions or goals?
Writing Issues: What sentences need to be restated for clarity?

Articles to Ponder

Sexual Innuendo in Disney Films
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080715033621AAcH5RW

http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/lionking.asp

http://www.snopes.com/disney/info/lionpics.htm

http://www.diversityinc.com/public/823.cfm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant_minority

http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2004/06/29/News/White.People.To.Become.Minority-690168.shtml

Bluntly stated article.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2007/oct/22/thelionkingtheonlywaltdisneyfilmwithasexscene

Racism in Disney Films
http://www.nhaeyc.org/newsletters/articles/Racism_in_Childrens_Movies.pdf

http://www.cracked.com/article_15677_9-most-racist-disney-characters.html

http://www.newint.org/easier-english/Disney/diswomen.html

http://www.progressiveu.org/025805-disneys-sex-and-race-issues

Lion King, Simba or Sundjata?

Please find the Lion King movie here.

Also, please find your assignments here.

Moreover, here is a great script of the movie that does a little bit of explication also.

Congrats Kyra King in 7th period!!! We are very proud.


Also, congrats Bro. Brougton! Keep us going inside the classroom and on the track!

What is the Hero's Journey?

Today we discussed the Hero(ine)'s Journey.

This journey is one which is trying almost beyond reason, however, it is very necessary for the development, survival, and sanity of the hero(ine). Let's read about exactly what this battle entails.

1. Separation (from the known)
1. It is one thing for someone to thrive in an area where he or she is comfortable, but what about in unfamiliar territory. It is there that you find the true test of a person's ability.
   
2. For a more personal or familiar example think about the neighborhood basketball court or the basketball hoop in your yard. No one can shoot on that court better than you because you shoot on it all the time. With that in mind, remember that it takes a highly skilled athlete to out score someone on the other person's goal.
   
3. Yet it is this very phenomenon that a hero(ine) must experience if he or she is to become great. A hero(ine) must be able to excel not just where he or she is comfortable, but must be able to perform in any arena.
   
2. The Call
1. First of all, what is a call? What is the function? Is it a demand or a request? Does the person that you call have to answer positively or can they just chill?
   
2. This part of the journey requires a hero(ine) to answer the call for help, for surely that is the only and basic/essential reason that you call upon a super hero(ine). When all hope is lost and you have done all that you can do then you light up the Bat signal.
3. The messed up part about this is that at any time, whether you are in a nice warm bath after a tough day, sitting at the dinner table with the family, in the middle of a 360 sports game, or downloading music onto your PSP, you must answer the call because a hero(ine) is supposed to be selfless (thinking only about others) and not selfish (thinking only about one's self).
4. "The Call" is both a blessing and a curse because it verifies your quality or merit as a superhero(ine), but at the same time it strips away all hope of ever having a normal life where you can chill and relax for a reasonable time period everyday.
   
3. The Threshold (with guardians, helpers, and mentor)
1. It is at this point that hero(ine) must cross a point of no return and he or she understands once and for all that he or she can never go back to the life that was lead previously.
   
2. Similarly in a marriage, when the husband carries the wife over the threshold the statement made is that we two are together as one and we claim this place as ours, a place where we will build a new life together. From this point onward we are pledged to love one another and work together for the good of US and nothing else.
3. This is the true beginning of the journey, though it is number three.
   
4. Initiation and Transformation
1. This step in the journey ensures that the hero(ine) is ready to start. It is a "baptism by fire". Meaning that the hero(ine) learns quickly that he or she is bound to face problems, pain, and peril in their new life.
   
2. Often times this initiation comes in the form of a great personal loss, Uncle Ben's death in Spiderman, or Mr. and Mrs Wayne's (Bruce Wayne's parents) in Batman. This secures empathy for the society or people whom the hero(ine) protects. It's a lot harder to ignore a siren, crime, or cry for help when you know what it means to have been in need of being saved.
3. It is after this initiation that the hero(ine) accepts his or her fate and embraces their new identity, becoming the hero(ine) once and for all.
   
5. The Challenges
1. OF course now the hero(ine) must now face his or her arch enemy, but it goes deeper than that. A hero(ine) must also do battle with the demons or problems within. These issues are more combative, harder to perceive, and even harder to engage.
   
2. Another very difficult problem for the hero(ine) to surmount is the battle that is within. When does he or she stop caring about the people that need saving and start caring about his or her personal needs. After all, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." I bet you didn't know that is where this phrase originates from!?
   
6. The Abyss
1. This is the point at which our beloved hero(ine) is at the lowest possible point. He or she has experienced some temporary seemingly insurmountable failure and now it seems is on the verge or failure.
   
2. This low point or valley is also experienced by the people or society that the hero(ine) serves.
   
3. However, the one good point about being in the abyss, is that you can only go up, because if you survive here, then you must eventually arise.
4. PHYSICAL ABYSS OF THE EARTH IS CALLED THE MARIANAS TRENCH.
   
   
   
7. The Transformation
1. Now at this step in the journey the hero(ine) makes their final change and accepts their fate as a suffering servant. I introduce that link because one must understand that this idea or concept of a hero is derived and perfected in the life and story of Jesus Christ.
   
8. The Revelation
1. The revelation that the hero(ine) then experiences is understanding and acceptance of what he or she must do to not only keep the people or society he or she has been entrusted with safe from peril, but he or she also figures out exactly how he or she must live and behave in order to also be in harmony with his or herself. This revelation is priceless to the hero(ine) and provides him or her with the means to continue the fight against evil as long as he or she may live.
   
9. The Atonement
1. The atonement is the righting of wrongs. One must always remember, that is Superman, Batman, or Spiderman takes a day off, for whatever reason, then things get crazy and the bad guys would do whatever they wanted to do, with no fear or thought of ever being caught by the helplessly inept officers that ever so poorly police the city.
   
2. OR, for instance if the hero(ine) refuses the call then he or she must make some sacrifice to make right the wrongs that he or she either caused or didn't solve as a result of procrastination or denial.
   
10. The Return
1. This final step of course takes place when the hero(ine) returns to the physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual place where this "EPIC" (pun) journey began bringing back either something tangible like a cure, money, or some other form of goods, or something even better an intangible quality like a new found pride, respect, dignity, maturity, or existence that would have never been achieved had it not been for the hero's journey. (Yes, corny, but you will get over it. :-) Thanks!)

Explication Take-home Quiz

Over the weekend, students were expected to complete the following quiz.

Consider this example when completing this quiz.

He heard the flapping of wings and saw an owl perch on a nearby branch. It was one of the owls that Balla Faseke had seen in the chamber of the Sumangaru's tower and it was sent as a messenger. Here is the dialog between Sundjata and Sumangaru relayed by the sorcerer-bird:

Owl: "Behave yourself, little boy. I am the king of Mali. If you want peace, return to Mema."

Sundjata: "I will achieve my destiny here in Mali. It is you who will leave."

Owl: "I am the wild yam of the rocks; nothing will make me leave Mali."

Sundjata: "I have master smiths who will shatter the rocks. Then, yam, I will devour you."

Owl: "I am the red-hot cinder on which you will burn the soles of your feet!"

Sundjata: "I am the rain that will extinguish the cinder and wash it away."

Then Sundjata grew tired of the battle with words. "Diabolical little bird, go and tell your master that I wish no further speech with him. I am not a jali, I am a man of action. Tomorrow I shall wage war."

Well, when you look at the language that hypes up this vicious intellectual exchange, then you notice the extreme disregard and contempt that Sumangaru holds for our hero, Sundjata. Also, you see the fruit of Sundjata's many years having to learn on his own, since his jali was taken from him, when he was younger. We see that not only has Sundjata grown in physical strength, as evidenced by his success on the battlefield, but we notice that his mind is also very sharp and extremely capable when it comes to handling himself in an intellectual capacity. Behold now, a conversation between a man, who believes himself invincible and is comfortable, and a man who has grown through hardships and become tough and strong because of destiny and experience.

Sumangaru begins his patriarchal discourse with this sentence, "Behave yourself little boy."

TBC...

PSAT Preparation

Here is some extra information, which will help you do well tomorrow, while you take the PSAT. Please review all the sections in preparation. For your benefit.

Sundjata

Don't forget also to finish reading Sundjata, have questions created from your reading, and finally, be ready to discuss the epic in detail, so that we can move on.

Color Legend for Sundjata papers

• Blue= good points,
• Red=unclear, off topic, or bad stuff
• Green=comments

PSAT Question Assignment

PSAT QUESTION ASSIGNMENT

You need to identify and explain the following four items in the PSAT booklet:

• 1. Keywords, words that are important like verbs, nouns, and their adjective and adverbs, and, lastly, words like, even, although, nevertheless, etc. which indicate opposite meanings.
• 2. Translations, synonyms, definitions, or smaller/more familiar versions of those keywords. That way, we understand exactly what is being asked.
• 3. Finally, all those need to be put together so that you have a fluid sentence that you can now understand.
• 4. Compose a short answer where you explain why the wrong answers are wrong and why the right answer is right.
  
  

Innocuous= innocent
The PSAT question to answer:

Although the poet’s status as a modernist master is by now all but ____________, her unsavory politics continue to _____________ many who study her works today.

• (a) canonical .. berate
• (b) incontrovertible .. trouble
• (c) undeclared .. instigate
• (d) hypothetical .. polarize
• (e) inconclusive .. provoke

Discussion Essay Rubric

Rubric for Essay due Friday!
Sundjata Bold Blue Questions found here.

Sudan Genocide Report

Today, I read a number of you all's papers and I am very pleased and impressed. Keep digging and seeking the next layer or step of the issues that we face. You can always think deeper, so let's make sure that we put that into practice.Assignment found here.Some videos may contain startling images of people who have died.Overview of the Sudanese conflict.A personal account of the genocide.The Darfur Genocide: A present reality. Think about this ladies and gentlemen, this has been going on since you were born. Every day. Every minute. Every meal and tv show. People are dying.

Writing Notes

Today, some of you all shared some very impressive writing with the rest of the class, and we are very thankful for having heard your awesome work. Some of the things which were done well are:
Introductions featuring fantastically detailed descriptions of horror, which instantly grab the reader's attention.
Allusions to the Preamble to the Constitution and God Bless America when mentioning the hypocrisy of America, which condemns the genocide but at the same times sells weapons to Sudanese government and Janjaweed, which are killing innocent men, women, and children.
Many of you displayed a great understanding of the audience, evidenced by your emotional appeals, which were also, subsequently substantiated by your discussion and constant presentation of facts and other information.
The inclusion of first person or primary information, in the form of quotes and descriptions paraphrased from survivors of the Darfur genocide, conveyed authority and compassion in ways that were beyond surprising and intellectually startling.Make sure that you take the time this weekend to continue working on your papers, so that they can be in fine shape when you present them to the popular figure of your choice. Furthermore, read over the many notes that you have taken from your peers work, that we learn and better ourselves as a result of our interaction with one another.Be safe and have a great holiday weekend.

Persuasive Appeals

Today we read and summarized the following document, covering persuasion.Foundations of Persuasion found here.After this document was summarized, students then applied the following Appeals of Persuasion to the four categories contained in the Foundations of Persuasion document.
Fear
Novelty
Belief
Common Practice
Consequences
Emotion
Popularity
Ridicule
Tradition
SpiteStudents, if you want to learn more about persuasion, techniques or applications, then please check out the following links:Persuasion Power PointPersuasive Fallacies and AppealsThis website is maintained by the Jewish community in an attempt to educate people, so that no others again will fall prey to faulty logic and massacre a people. That is, so long as those people are not Europeans.

Foundations of Persuasion

NO, NOT THAT LINK!
Today, we gave examples of how the Foundations of Persuasion fit to the various Persuasive Appeals and also gave specific examples of how they all fit together.
The Appeal to Fear: this is often effective, because most people do not like harm or harmful things.
If you do not help stop the genocide, then, soon it will come over here.
If you do not give me your lunch money, then I will beat you up.
If you do not make good grades on your progress report, then I am going to beat your butt!
The Appeal to Novelty: this is often effective because people are either materialistic and want to say that have the latest iPhone, Jeezy CD, etc.... OR people make the assumption that just because technology and education is better that the products are therefore also better because they should utilize these and other advances.
This is the NEW AND IMPROVED......
This is the latest development in Hip-hop,.....
The Appeal to Belief: this is often effective because people are very passionate about their belief systems, i.e. RELIGION and are easily persuaded by things if they believe that God commanded or stated thusly.
W.W.J.D. What would Jesus do? This was a very popular slogan and motivational idiom used, worn, toted, and trumpeted by many in the 1990's.
Whether God, or Allah, or Buddha, or Krishna, Vishnu, Yahweh, or Jehovah, etc... the vast majority of people believe in a Higher Power and therefore are highly influential when it is said or believed that God, god, divine, or god-like figure is involved.
The Appeal to Common Practice: this is often effective because people love to mimic, imitate, or do what others are doing. Also, people are easily convinced by routines. If someone does it all the time, then it must be alright.
Ain't never used to be an acceptable word, but people kept using it, or established a common practice of usage so much that it is now found in dictionaries.
People speed on a daily basis, but you don't get tickets unless you are going crazy fast, i.e. 85+
The Appeal to Consequences: this is often effective because people do not like negative things impacting their life, so long as they are sane.
A good example of this is the use of punishment as motivators when it comes to you doing your chores at home. For instance, you are going to get a whipping, beating, or whatever, if you don't go and clean your room right now. I will cut your phone off if you don't pull up your grades.
Or you are going to get skin cancer and the air you breathe will soon become poisonous if you don't start taking better care of the environment.
The Appeal to Emotions: this is often effective because people do not like to be sad and miserable, and, conversely, they really enjoy being happy, rapturous, and gleeful.
For instance, in commercials with convertibles, restaurants, and games, the users are ALWAYS seen smiling and seemingly having the time of their lives. This is because the advertiser wants you to believe that purchasing this product will make you happy.
On the other hand, you often see commercials, like the feed starving children commercials, which attempt to guilt trip you into donating or sending money.
The Appeal to Popularity: this is often effective because people love to go with the crowd. They love to belong and be accepted. This herd-mentality, is a common well documented phenomenom.
For example, Momma, I need to get these new jeans and J's because everybody at school has them. I don't wanna be a lame!!!! Momma, you gotta help me!!!
No one else is saying that they have their paper, or is saying that they know the answer, so I am going to be quiet and play dumb too.
A good friend said to some students as a warning, "If you play dumb for too long, after a while, you won't be playing anymore."
The Appeal to Ridicule: this is often effective because people hate to be talked about, insulted, roasted, joned, made fun of, etc...
Momma, I am getting snapped on all the time, because I keep trying to hang with my friends, but they don't want me around. You have gotta buy me those Girbaud jeans, with the baby blue Tims. Come on Momma, you don't want your child being harrassed at school. It's hard to concentrate on schoolwork!
The Appeal to Tradition: this is often effective because people like to keep things the same. Although, to some extent, people love change, different is ALWAYS scary because it is unfamiliar. Therefore, if it's been that way for a long time, then why seek to change it.
Think about the many parents in America that lie to their kids about the existence of Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and other Urban Myths or legends solely for tradition's sake.
The Appeal to Spite: this is often effective because people despise haters. People deep down do not like bad people and will get back at them whenever possible.
Think about the smear ads you see, particularly in politics. It is to say, this is a bad person, or this person has done this in their past, therefore do this and pay them back.
THIS IS FUNNY. If you used to watch the show.
Business letter format. Business letter example.
LETTER ASSIGNMENT HERE.

History's Impact on Literature

Either for homework or classwork, we took the time to analyze some of the major historical events that have occurred in and involved Africa. Just as the literature that we have read about Darfur mostly centers around the violence and killings, so does the history and/or current events of an area affect the literature. Consider this, do you think that young boy from the video who said "They killed our fathers, so we will kill theirs," is likely to compose stories with happy endings, tranquility, and reverie!?! Not quite likely, unless of course he is writing to relieve the stress of this situation.Check out these articles on writing as a form of stress relief, in addition to other alternatives.Article 1Article 2Article 3To also finalize the image of post-colonial Africa, we also discussed in detail the following:What would happen if all the adults in your neighborhood, subdivision, apartment or townhome complex, etc. disappeared and all the young people had to fend for themselves and keep the world going.After that we began to read the Epic of Mali, Sundjata or Sundiata, which can be found here.

Sundjata Bold Blue Questions

During the weekend you all need to make sure that you add the information concerning the new or more standard archetypes to your notes, which were already taken in class. Please find them here at this website.
After you have added this information to your notes, then read the first six sections or entire yellow page of the epic of Sundjata.
Be prepared to discuss this in class on Monday. Also, start composing questions based on the guidance you recieved in class the other day.

Bold Blue Questions

Peace.

Archetype Notes

Here are the archetypes which you all came up with.
Evil Characters; Villain or Antagonist
Good Character; Hero or Protagonist
Supporting Characters; Sidekick and Henchmen
Evil Woman Character; Femme Fatale, who is tolerated for her sex, either the act or appeal
Neutral Character; Never knows whether he or she is good or evil. Can help or hurt either side.
Wise, Know-it-All, Nerdy Character; He or she saves the day with their good ideas.
Goody Two Shoes Character; The one who only does right, no matter what.
Good Samaritan; The person that serves and helps others with no thoughts or hints of selfishness.
Easily Killed Character; This person could be killed by dryer lint and a popsicle.
Confused Character; This person is not identifiable as good or bad.
Coerced or Victimized Character; This person finds him or herself forced into doing something he or she would not normally do.
Scary Mysterious Characters; Those who have no plot significance, but add entertainment value. This person is frightening for unknown reasons and the lack of information about him or her just makes it worse.
The Tricky Deceitful Character; The one who plays one side by pretending, but is really on the other side.
Popular, Arrogant, but Fundamentally Useless Character; This person has no other value other than popularity.
The Idiotic Character; This character doesn’t even have sense enough to see the truth and even denies it when confronted by reality.
The Rebellious Individual Character; He or she does whatever he or she wants no matter what, especially if it DOESN’T make any sense.
The Partying or Lackadaisical Character; This character just wants to have fun and takes nothing seriously.
The Easy or Slutty Character; This character will flirt or hit on anything that has a pulse. Easy isn’t the word for this character that is solely motivated by his or her libido.
The Overly-Curious Character; This character is always the first to die. Has little common sense, and despite seeing his or her friend’s bloody guts strewn all over the floor still decides to follow the bloody footprints into the slaughtering room.
The Prankster; This person is more concerned with playing jokes and thinks everything is funny not realizing that the person in front of them is the real killer and not a farce.
Hero; protagonist, good, cool, can be normal people, protect and serve, save
Villain; antagonist, their people who causes the problem, they: do criminal acts, manically.
Sidekick: they help the heroes out.
Henchman: they do some of the dirty work. They are the slaves of the villain.
Static characters: the people who stay the same throughout the story or movie.
Dynamic character: The people who change through the story. Their point of view changes throughout the story by realizing certain things or having a change of heart.
Outcasts: The losers, nerds or lames. The “whack” people in the story. The characters that do not go along. I.e., Chuckie, Scooby Doo and Shaggy or harry potter.
Know-it-all or “nerd that fits in”: i.e., Velma, Imani, Jeff Goldbloom, Samuel L. Jackson. Always has the answer to the problem. Sometimes helps save the day.
Popular person: The person who stands out. They could be good or evil. I.e. Fresh Prince
Entourage: Lechers, fans, or groupies Helps build up the popular person.
Fake person: “non realistic” Backstabbers, two-faced people. Ingenuous.
Brown nosers: They are followers.kiss-ups.
Wannabes:
Undercover: The sneaky people in the story or movie.
Creeps:
The avenger:
Snobs:
The under estimated: The people who are often taken for granted. i.e. Steve Urkel.
Static Character: a non-major character, unchanging.
Dynamic Character: a major character, who changes personality, state of mind, feelings, moral or ethical stance.
Villain, Enemy: Antagonist-always against the hero.
Hero: Protagonist-always saves the day at the end, saves people, protects people, gets the girl or guy at the end.
Friendly Beast/Gentle Giant: an animal or creature with heightened senses, speed, agility, courage/heart, stature, power, that is nice kind and patient.
Damsel in Distress: a woman who is unable to overcome whatever situation she finds herself in.
Desperate Person: a person who is fixated on one person and will do anything to get their affection.
Easy, Flirtatious, Promiscuous person: a person who is overly sexual, and will use their bodies to their advantage.
Tutor, Mentor, Teacher: a person who teaches, influences, motivates and guides the hero and/or other characters while on their journey.
Trickster/Deceitful: this person lies and fools characters for a purpose, want their way, the good guy to lose and suffer, to enjoy the pain of others, money, control, etc…
The Extra Nice Character: this person is incapable of doing bad or evil.
Brown-Noser/Suck-up Character: this person kisses up, flatters, and hypes up other characters for a specific goal, to get their power, money, control.
Arrogant/Stuck-Up/Conceited Character: this person is that they care more about themselves, popularity, opinion, etc… than anything else.
The Shy and Reserved Character: this person is in a social shell of sorts and does not speak.
The Jock: Usually a dumb but powerful or physically useful person.
Dumb-Blonde or Clueless Character:
Uncle Tom/ Modern-day Slave Characters:

Writing and Reading Notes

These are the Notes/Suggestions from the board that needed to be considered during the creation of questions.

• Setting
  When and Where? Think about how different North America was/is by comparing the Jurassic period to AD or CE, or, you can consider how drastically technology has improved in the last half century. Setting is very important. Also, different geographic regions have different customs and cultural norms. Imagine a character meeting another by bowing. Over here in America, that may sound very odd, however, in Asian countries, where the practice is more common, it would make sense.
  
• Mood
  How does the piece of literature make me feel? These stances must be justified with quotes and support. As I said, "Literary commentary and critiques are nothing or invalid without quotes and support."
  
• Characters
  Who is in a story?
  
• Motives
  Why did this person do ______? This also applies to the legion decisions made by the author, who chooses the career, name, personality, nationality, attitude, education, lifestyle, etc... of the characters. This however is just one small part of the motives that exist. Take some time and think of other motives that exist in literature. Apply them to this text. Grow your brain.
  
• Plot
  What happens? Make sure that your plots are intricate. Don't just have a formulaic story where everything is predictable. That sucks and no one wants to read or view that.
  
• Methods
  How did that happen? This is very important also, because this is where you make things interesting. This is where you not only show off your intellectual or critical genius, but you also show the depth of the development, cunning and conniving nature of your characters. People love drama, unfortunately, especially when it isn't theirs.
  
• Irony
  The opposite of what is logically expected. For example,
  An Olympic runner out done by a heavy-set jogger.
  A Coast Guard Rescue Diver drowning in a tub. Here the irony is in the function of the character and the setting. Think of the movie, the Guardian.
  A thief reporting being robbed to the police.
  ETC...
  
• Foreshadowing
  A hint the author gives of future events. Someone saying, "Gee, I have a bad feeling about this place." The faded sign that no one notices that says "DO NOT ENTER". etc...
  
• Hyperbole
  Extreme exaggeration. I am so hungry I could eat the whole cow; bump one hamburger!
  
• Suspense
  Making your audience wait to find out What will happen next, How it will happen, When it will happen, to Whom will it happen, etc...
  Funny Horror Youtube video.
• DIALOG = A conversation. Make sure that while reading, you identify one example of each type of dialog entry listed below used in the story. Essentially, there are only three ways that dialog is presented in literature.
  Mr. Hampton said, "Blah blah blah."
  "Blah blah blah," said Mr. Hampton.
  "Blah blah blah," said Mr. Hampton. "Blah blah blah."

Also, please add this information to your "Active Reading" notes.
What are your expectations?
What would you do as a character?
What happens or doesn't happen?
What is said or not said?

Sundiata Epic

Non-fiction writing test

Please find the Non-fiction and logical writing test at this link.

As I said in class, please consider this example.



Category Classroom Country

Leader	Teacher	President/Monarch/King
Rules & Regulations	Syllabus	Constitution
Population	Students	Citizens
Rewards	Greater Intelligence, Self-Esteem, Net worth	Civilian medals of honor (I guess)
Punishments	Detention/Suspension	Jail/Probation/Community Service

Absolutely Miserable and Dreary Night

Today, we began writing based on the following prompt:It was an absolutely miserable and dreary night. The moon glowed a sick and dingy orange, like an old man's ear wax. It was this eerie night, of all nights, that I was charged with the task of...We were reminded to focus on the following:

• Imagery,
• Figurative Language,
• Details,
• Mood,
• Diction, and
• Tone.

Imagery-the use of words to create a picture or IMAGE in the mind of the reader.

Figurative Language-the skills which an author uses to make his or her writing excellent.

Details-specifics that engage and hook the reader, leading him or her exactly where the author wants.

Mood-the state of mind or feelings a person experiences when reading a piece of literature.

Diction-the words an author uses, which support the mood, tone, theme, and direction of a piece.

Tone-the author's attitude towards his or her subject.

Welcome

Let me take the time to welcome you to my class' website. Here I will have short blurbs about the school day and attempt to keep every student and parent informed as to the day to day or weekly occurrences in class. Additionally, located at the following link is the class Syllabus. You can also email me at anytime using my Fulton County Schools address, hamptonc1@fultonschools.org or at westlakelangarts@yahoo.comIt is my desire that every student in my classroom will be a complete success mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. I give each and every one of you my word, that I will prepare for class daily and be ready to present my content area with assignments, lessons, exercises, and assessments that are engaging as well as informative and appropriate. I am a hard working, honest, respectful, and gracious teacher, and demand the same treatment and effort from my students and parents.By working together, I know that this school year, and each one proceeding, will be the best school year ever! That said, let's start this year off striving for personal excellence, leaving nothing to chance.