8E

Romeo and Juliet

This week we will be finishing up Romeo and Juliet and we already know what is going to happen at the end.  Why does Shakespeare tell us the ending of the story before he gets there?  And even though we already know the ending he is able to keep us reading and entertained.  How has he managed to do this?  For your answer I want you to think about this and not merely write because it is interesting or because he writes well.  Try to dissect the book and look for something that Shakespeare has done that is unique?

8D

What events take place in chapter 17?  What is the outcome for Tom?  Look at the last line of the chapter and explain why he would have received these two opposites from Aunt Polly?  In addition to writing your blog make sure to comment on two of your classmates.  There will be a grade for both parts.  Posts will be checked on Sat.

8E Vocab

8E-Here is your vocabulary. Please start learning the words your quiz will be next week.
Overriding
Demeanor
Ruinous
Distorted
Deprecation
Quivered
Frugal
Snipping
Envisaged
Sodden
forlorn
riffling
dissipated
ventured
subsequently
nauseating
elapse
pegs
stuttered
fringe
preemptively
swerved
mangled
kerosene
shepherding
irate
evoked
desecrated
trudged
gambling
pendulum
infest
rummaging
endured
sadistic
lanky
gleaming
perplex
tufts
rubble
gleaming
hypothermia
rhetoric

8E Thoughts and reflections

As I have begun to read and comment on many of your works. I have seen a lot of ideas that make sense and have strong logic behind. But it raises more questions. One of the big ones that I wonder about is the following. It is easy to say what is right and wrong and follow the rules we set forth when we are in a privilege where we do not have to sacrifice anything, but what happens when we do have to sacrifice to uphold those values that we believe in. How many of us would be willing to die just so we could say stealing is wrong and should never be done. On the same not, how many us would feel better about ourselves if we didn't let anyone steal from us and that individual died because we were unwilling to share or give food. Wouldn't we rather lose something of monetary value and know it saved someones life. Now this all sounds like craziness but it is the system that Liesel and Rudy lived in and a very similar system that we live in. Is it the best system that we have? I think not. But how then do we fix the system?

Tom Sawyer Chapter 12

In Chapter 12 Tom is said to be sick.  His aunt tries a long series of medicines and remedies, but none seem to work.  Why do you think none of her remedies work?  What do you think is really causing Tom to feel or act sick?  Do you think this is realistic or not?  Explain why.  Think about your answer and write it out in a cohesive paragraph.  After you have written your own make sure to read your classmates and comment on at least one of their blogs.  Your comment must be in English and it must contain at least one question for them.

Book Thief Part 3 Question

While most of us would agree that stealing is wrong does it change based on the circumstances.  In part three of the book Liesel and Rudy steal apples from the orchard.   Is this wrong?  Do the circumstances of Liesel's home life change the ideas of right and wrong?  Explain your answer.  After doing so respond to one of your classmates blogs.  In your response make sure to include a question about their response.  All responses must be in English and must be constructive criticism.

Vocabulary

Here are the words for the Vocabulary quiz you have next week. The Quiz will be moved to Friday next week, to make up for the tardiness of the words being posted.
Lepers
Unflinching
Implicit
Verb
Auspicious
Derision
Scrutinized
Clenched
Smoldering
Infamy
Erect
Drizzle
Hiatus
Futile
Corroded
Clobbering
Prelude
Maniaclly
Uproarious
Deprivation
Relinquished
Whittle
Elated
Catalyst
Misogynistic
Nifarious
Abducted
Brimming
Touted
Taunted
Gutter
Lanky