5 Comments:
1. In 5th grade he had to get glasses because his eyesight was getting worse.
2. Ben also had mentors to inspire him to get from the bottom of his class to the top.
3. The first mentor he had was William Jaeck, his 5th grade science teacher.
4. His second mentor was Mr. McCotter because Ben's opinions mattered to him.
5. His third mentor was Mr. Doakes from Boston, he was Ben's first black male teacher.
4 Questions:
1. Why isn't is mother his first mentor instead?
2. Did his eyesight get poorer from all the reading that he did on his free time?
3. Why didn't he find a mentor at Yale University?
4. Shouldn't Yale University be a good place to find a mentor? There is a lot of very smart professors there...at least I think there are suppose to be...
3 Vocabulary:
1.
2.
3.
2 Literary Terms:
1.
2.
1 Overview:
Ben Carson talks about the mentors he met when he was going to schools and how they had inspired him.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Think Big 2.
5 Comments:
1. Ben Carson admits that Gifted Hands is not about him, it is also about his mother Sonya Carson's influence.
2. Sonya Carson only married at the age of thirteen.
3. His mother was a foster child who had to move from house to house and this made Sonya really wants to take care of her own children because she grew up without parents.
4. Sonya was kind of lost into taking care of everything in the house that she is not really taking her of herself enough.
5. Sonya's husband treated her as if she was a china doll.
4 Questions:
1. Wasn't it only back in Shakespeare's time that people like Romeo and Juliet would get married at the age of 13?
2. What happened to Sonya's real parents, like why was she put up for adoption?
3. Did Sonya get to go to school when she had to move from one foster parent to another?
4. Was Robert Carson's illegal whisky that made Sonya and him divorce?
3 Vocabulary:
1.
2.
3.
2 Literary Terms:
1.
2.
1 Overview:
This part of the book is about Ben Carson's mother, Sonya Carson and how she grew up and what made her keep on trying to influence Ben to do better in life.
1. Ben Carson admits that Gifted Hands is not about him, it is also about his mother Sonya Carson's influence.
2. Sonya Carson only married at the age of thirteen.
3. His mother was a foster child who had to move from house to house and this made Sonya really wants to take care of her own children because she grew up without parents.
4. Sonya was kind of lost into taking care of everything in the house that she is not really taking her of herself enough.
5. Sonya's husband treated her as if she was a china doll.
4 Questions:
1. Wasn't it only back in Shakespeare's time that people like Romeo and Juliet would get married at the age of 13?
2. What happened to Sonya's real parents, like why was she put up for adoption?
3. Did Sonya get to go to school when she had to move from one foster parent to another?
4. Was Robert Carson's illegal whisky that made Sonya and him divorce?
3 Vocabulary:
1.
2.
3.
2 Literary Terms:
1.
2.
1 Overview:
This part of the book is about Ben Carson's mother, Sonya Carson and how she grew up and what made her keep on trying to influence Ben to do better in life.
Think Big 1.
5 Comments:
1. Ben Carson had just moved back to Detroit from Boston for 5th grade and received his report card at his new school.
2. Everyone in his class thought he was the dumbest kid in the class.
3. His mom was not happy to see his report card because his grades were not good but he told his mom that report cards doesn't matter because he did not like school and he thought there was no reason to like school.
4. His mom told him that education does matter because she told Ben that it is the only way to escape from poverty and to be successful.
5. His mom his a single mother raising Ben and his older brother Curtis. His mom knows how important education is because the highest education she got was 3rd grade education.
4 Questions:
1. Why did Ben had to move back to Detroit from Boston?
2. Why was it that his mother's highest education was 3rd grade education?
3. What are parochial schools?
4. Was Ben only made fun of by his classmates in Higgins Elementary School or back in Boston too?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Parochial
2. Reluctantly
3. Practical
2 Literary Terms:
1.
1 Overview:
Ben had just received his report card and his mom took a look at it and was disappointed about the grades that he got and she explain to Ben how important school should be to him, and his mom often talks about importance of education but he never took it into consideration until he went to the library with his brother Curtis and his mom and when he started reading books about animals he liked, he felt smarter.
1. Ben Carson had just moved back to Detroit from Boston for 5th grade and received his report card at his new school.
2. Everyone in his class thought he was the dumbest kid in the class.
3. His mom was not happy to see his report card because his grades were not good but he told his mom that report cards doesn't matter because he did not like school and he thought there was no reason to like school.
4. His mom told him that education does matter because she told Ben that it is the only way to escape from poverty and to be successful.
5. His mom his a single mother raising Ben and his older brother Curtis. His mom knows how important education is because the highest education she got was 3rd grade education.
4 Questions:
1. Why did Ben had to move back to Detroit from Boston?
2. Why was it that his mother's highest education was 3rd grade education?
3. What are parochial schools?
4. Was Ben only made fun of by his classmates in Higgins Elementary School or back in Boston too?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Parochial
2. Reluctantly
3. Practical
2 Literary Terms:
1.
1 Overview:
Ben had just received his report card and his mom took a look at it and was disappointed about the grades that he got and she explain to Ben how important school should be to him, and his mom often talks about importance of education but he never took it into consideration until he went to the library with his brother Curtis and his mom and when he started reading books about animals he liked, he felt smarter.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Bel Canto. 10 [End!]
5 Comments:
1. Mr. Hosokawa is thinking of Carmen, about how she taught him almost everything he needed to know...such as teaching someone how to be perfectly quiet is just not to talk.
2. Mr. Hosokawa probably had feelings for Carmen since he is thinking about all the good qualities of Carmen.
3. It is kind of ironic that Mr. Hosokawa is thinking of Carmen, because the other chapters showed that he seems to like Roxane more, and he never even thought about Carmen before.
4. Mr. Hosokawa is in love with Carmen!! =O
5. Roxane gave Cesar confident not to be shy about his singing.
4 Questions:
1. Why did all of a sudden Mr. Hosokawa turned to Carmen from Roxane?
2. Is Roxane and Cesar going to become a duet together? (Oh..nevermind...Cesar got shot and died...page 313)
3. In the end the very last sentence: " One shot fixed them together in a pariing no one had considered before: Carmen and Mr. Hosokawa, her head just to the left of his as if she was looking over his shoulders."....does this sentence mean at the end they both died?
4. At the end of Bel Canto, everyone basically died?!
3 Vocabulary:
1. Bedlam - a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion [Im guessing similar to a melee?]
2. Meringue - a pastry
3. Concession - a controlling authority
1. "...screaming like a wild animal..." [Simile pg. 312]
2. "One shot fixed them together in a pariing no one had considered before: Carmen and Mr. Hosokawa, her head just to the left of his as if she was looking over his shoulders." [Denouement pg. 313]
1 Overview:
Terrorism became such a big problem that in the end, our main characters all did not have a happy ending...they all died in their own home.
1. Mr. Hosokawa is thinking of Carmen, about how she taught him almost everything he needed to know...such as teaching someone how to be perfectly quiet is just not to talk.
2. Mr. Hosokawa probably had feelings for Carmen since he is thinking about all the good qualities of Carmen.
3. It is kind of ironic that Mr. Hosokawa is thinking of Carmen, because the other chapters showed that he seems to like Roxane more, and he never even thought about Carmen before.
4. Mr. Hosokawa is in love with Carmen!! =O
5. Roxane gave Cesar confident not to be shy about his singing.
4 Questions:
1. Why did all of a sudden Mr. Hosokawa turned to Carmen from Roxane?
2. Is Roxane and Cesar going to become a duet together? (Oh..nevermind...Cesar got shot and died...page 313)
3. In the end the very last sentence: " One shot fixed them together in a pariing no one had considered before: Carmen and Mr. Hosokawa, her head just to the left of his as if she was looking over his shoulders."....does this sentence mean at the end they both died?
4. At the end of Bel Canto, everyone basically died?!
3 Vocabulary:
1. Bedlam - a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion [Im guessing similar to a melee?]
2. Meringue - a pastry
3. Concession - a controlling authority
1. "...screaming like a wild animal..." [Simile pg. 312]
2. "One shot fixed them together in a pariing no one had considered before: Carmen and Mr. Hosokawa, her head just to the left of his as if she was looking over his shoulders." [Denouement pg. 313]
1 Overview:
Terrorism became such a big problem that in the end, our main characters all did not have a happy ending...they all died in their own home.
Bel Canto. 9
5 Comments:
1. Roxane says Cesar sings beautifully.
2. Carmen and Beatriz are cooking dinner for everyone.
3. Every morning Roxane Coss would come downstairs to the piano, but this morning she did not come down to the piano.
4. Another strange thing that was happening around the house was that Mr. Hosokawa was not awake yet, he was still asleep.
5. Kato became a pianist by having lessons from Roxane Coss.
4 Questions:
1. Why is Roxane still not downstairs at the piano yet like she is every morning?
2. Not only Carmen is Roxane's "body guard", she also cooks or is a servant to Roxane Coss?
3. Why is Carmen being mad at Cesar?
4. Oh...is Carmen jealous now because Roxane complimented on that Cesar has a beautiful voice, and that she even touched him on his cheeks?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Imploded - to burst inward
2. Miraculous - performed using supernatural power
3. Indulgence - tolerance
2 Literary Terms:
1. "The sun came pouring in through the windows..." [Metaphor pg. 263]
2. "Except Roxane Coss did not come down to the piano." [Irony pg. 263]
1 Overview:
The morning was starting a bit strange enough on a good day, then it becomes a little bad for Carmen because she got jealous, and then later on, they found out there is a murderer too.
1. Roxane says Cesar sings beautifully.
2. Carmen and Beatriz are cooking dinner for everyone.
3. Every morning Roxane Coss would come downstairs to the piano, but this morning she did not come down to the piano.
4. Another strange thing that was happening around the house was that Mr. Hosokawa was not awake yet, he was still asleep.
5. Kato became a pianist by having lessons from Roxane Coss.
4 Questions:
1. Why is Roxane still not downstairs at the piano yet like she is every morning?
2. Not only Carmen is Roxane's "body guard", she also cooks or is a servant to Roxane Coss?
3. Why is Carmen being mad at Cesar?
4. Oh...is Carmen jealous now because Roxane complimented on that Cesar has a beautiful voice, and that she even touched him on his cheeks?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Imploded - to burst inward
2. Miraculous - performed using supernatural power
3. Indulgence - tolerance
2 Literary Terms:
1. "The sun came pouring in through the windows..." [Metaphor pg. 263]
2. "Except Roxane Coss did not come down to the piano." [Irony pg. 263]
1 Overview:
The morning was starting a bit strange enough on a good day, then it becomes a little bad for Carmen because she got jealous, and then later on, they found out there is a murderer too.
Bel Canto. 8
5 Comments:
1. General Benjamin and Mr. Hosokawa are having a meeting and playing a chess game at the same time. They had been playing for hours.
2. Mr. Hosokawa had loosened up a bit. When guest come over to his place, they were only allowed to limited areas, but now Mr. Hosokawa even put in more chairs in variety of places to allow guest to go around to.
3. Mr. Hosokawa compared to the room he have now to the one he had back in Japan. His bedroom is now so large that in Japan, only a hotel banquet hall, or a opera house would have a room that big.
4. Seeing General Benjamin and Mr. Hosokawa playing chess all the time makes Ishmael wants to play too, but all young terrorists should not ask for more than they already could have.
5. Mr. Hosokawa and Roxane spends most of their times together. They would look at the same things together or Mr. Hosokawa would just stare at Roxane.
4 Questions:
1. Is chess a new game Mr. Hosokawa learned or people do play chess back in Japan?
2. Are Mr. Hosokawa and Roxane together now or they are just there to company each other and nothing more?
3. Does Ishmael really want to play chess that badly? He memorized the chessboard...
4. Why did Mr. Hosokawa limited to the amount of area that his guests are allow to be at? What made him finally decide to open up and allow them to more places?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Pustules - any pimplelike or blisterlike swelling or elevation
2. Conjunctivitis - nflammation of the conjunctiva
3. Cavern - a large underground cave
2 Literary Term:
1. "...that comforting tightness a child experiences when bundled into sweaters and a coat." [Metaphore pg. 228]
2. "Silently, Ishmael memorized the chessboard." [Foreshawdow pg. 230 - shows that Ishmael will probably become a good chess player]
1 Overview:
This chapter is about Roxane and Ishmael watching General Benjamin and Mr. Hosokawa playing a chess game together in his bedroom.
1. General Benjamin and Mr. Hosokawa are having a meeting and playing a chess game at the same time. They had been playing for hours.
2. Mr. Hosokawa had loosened up a bit. When guest come over to his place, they were only allowed to limited areas, but now Mr. Hosokawa even put in more chairs in variety of places to allow guest to go around to.
3. Mr. Hosokawa compared to the room he have now to the one he had back in Japan. His bedroom is now so large that in Japan, only a hotel banquet hall, or a opera house would have a room that big.
4. Seeing General Benjamin and Mr. Hosokawa playing chess all the time makes Ishmael wants to play too, but all young terrorists should not ask for more than they already could have.
5. Mr. Hosokawa and Roxane spends most of their times together. They would look at the same things together or Mr. Hosokawa would just stare at Roxane.
4 Questions:
1. Is chess a new game Mr. Hosokawa learned or people do play chess back in Japan?
2. Are Mr. Hosokawa and Roxane together now or they are just there to company each other and nothing more?
3. Does Ishmael really want to play chess that badly? He memorized the chessboard...
4. Why did Mr. Hosokawa limited to the amount of area that his guests are allow to be at? What made him finally decide to open up and allow them to more places?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Pustules - any pimplelike or blisterlike swelling or elevation
2. Conjunctivitis - nflammation of the conjunctiva
3. Cavern - a large underground cave
2 Literary Term:
1. "...that comforting tightness a child experiences when bundled into sweaters and a coat." [Metaphore pg. 228]
2. "Silently, Ishmael memorized the chessboard." [Foreshawdow pg. 230 - shows that Ishmael will probably become a good chess player]
1 Overview:
This chapter is about Roxane and Ishmael watching General Benjamin and Mr. Hosokawa playing a chess game together in his bedroom.
Bel Canto. 7
5 Comments:
1. The November weather reminded Mr. Hosokawa of cherry blossoms in Kyoto and Roxane Coss of October on Lake Michigan.
2. The name of the vice president that was controlled by terrorist is Vice President Iglesias.
3. Everything in the garden shed were murder weapons.
4. Terrorists are trying to abolish all religions and they religion they especially want to abolish is Catholicism.
5. The terrorists wanted to abolish Catholicism because is was led by La Direccion Autentica instead of La Familia de Martin Suarez.
4 Questions:
1. Why did the terrorists want to abolish all religions?
2. Is Roxane from Michigan?
3. Why were there so many murder weapons in the garden shed, and who do they belong to?
4. If La Familia de Martin Suarez was still leading Catholicism, would the terrorist still try to abolish Catholicism?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Parishioners
2. Implements
3. Commuinion
2 Literary Terms:
1. "Everything in the garden shed was a murder weapon." [Irony pg. 198 - things in the garden shed should be gardening supplies, not murder weapons]
2. "Gen had to admit. The personal feeling of the translator were not the question here" [Irony pg. 213 - Gen is usually needed to be a translator but now he is not needed between two people who cannot communicate well together.]
1 Overview:
This part of the novel is about a conversation Fyodorov is having in confessing his feelings, but what he is saying isn't really making much sense so Gen tries to step in and help, but his translating wasn't needed.
1. The November weather reminded Mr. Hosokawa of cherry blossoms in Kyoto and Roxane Coss of October on Lake Michigan.
2. The name of the vice president that was controlled by terrorist is Vice President Iglesias.
3. Everything in the garden shed were murder weapons.
4. Terrorists are trying to abolish all religions and they religion they especially want to abolish is Catholicism.
5. The terrorists wanted to abolish Catholicism because is was led by La Direccion Autentica instead of La Familia de Martin Suarez.
4 Questions:
1. Why did the terrorists want to abolish all religions?
2. Is Roxane from Michigan?
3. Why were there so many murder weapons in the garden shed, and who do they belong to?
4. If La Familia de Martin Suarez was still leading Catholicism, would the terrorist still try to abolish Catholicism?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Parishioners
2. Implements
3. Commuinion
2 Literary Terms:
1. "Everything in the garden shed was a murder weapon." [Irony pg. 198 - things in the garden shed should be gardening supplies, not murder weapons]
2. "Gen had to admit. The personal feeling of the translator were not the question here" [Irony pg. 213 - Gen is usually needed to be a translator but now he is not needed between two people who cannot communicate well together.]
1 Overview:
This part of the novel is about a conversation Fyodorov is having in confessing his feelings, but what he is saying isn't really making much sense so Gen tries to step in and help, but his translating wasn't needed.
Bel Canto. 6
5 Comments:
1. Mr. Hosokawa's first name is Katsumi.
2. Roxane Coss became in charge of the terrorists.
3. When Mr. Hosokawa heard Roxane singing to him, it brought tears to his eyes.
4. Roxane spends most of her days singing- she sings 3 hours in the morning, in the late afternoon, and before dinner.
5. All Roxane does is sing, when a gun is put to her head, she will just sing. "...the gun will end up looking like a lunatic..."
4 Questions:
1. What is Czechoslovakian?
2. How did Roxane became in charge of the terrorists?
3. Is Roxane like a personal singer for Mr. Hoskawa?
4. There was a lot of disasters that happened when Katsumi was still in Japan? There was a hurricane that took place when he was 19.
3 Vocabulary:
1. Aria - an air or melody
2. Diplomats - a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries
3. Solidarity - community of feelings
2 Literary Terms:
1. "The terrorist continued to block the doors and carry guns. but now Roxane Coss was in charge." [Irony pg. 162 - Roxane was a hostage and some years later she became the person in charge of the terrorist]
2. "If we put a gun to her head she would sing all day...the person holding the gun will only end up looking like a lunatic" [Irony pg. 165 - Roxane should be the one looking like a lunatic because she is singing when a gun is held to her head but instead the person holding the gun will look like a lunatic]
1 Overview:
This part of the novel is about how Roxane is right now after she was set free from being a hostage.
1. Mr. Hosokawa's first name is Katsumi.
2. Roxane Coss became in charge of the terrorists.
3. When Mr. Hosokawa heard Roxane singing to him, it brought tears to his eyes.
4. Roxane spends most of her days singing- she sings 3 hours in the morning, in the late afternoon, and before dinner.
5. All Roxane does is sing, when a gun is put to her head, she will just sing. "...the gun will end up looking like a lunatic..."
4 Questions:
1. What is Czechoslovakian?
2. How did Roxane became in charge of the terrorists?
3. Is Roxane like a personal singer for Mr. Hoskawa?
4. There was a lot of disasters that happened when Katsumi was still in Japan? There was a hurricane that took place when he was 19.
3 Vocabulary:
1. Aria - an air or melody
2. Diplomats - a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries
3. Solidarity - community of feelings
2 Literary Terms:
1. "The terrorist continued to block the doors and carry guns. but now Roxane Coss was in charge." [Irony pg. 162 - Roxane was a hostage and some years later she became the person in charge of the terrorist]
2. "If we put a gun to her head she would sing all day...the person holding the gun will only end up looking like a lunatic" [Irony pg. 165 - Roxane should be the one looking like a lunatic because she is singing when a gun is held to her head but instead the person holding the gun will look like a lunatic]
1 Overview:
This part of the novel is about how Roxane is right now after she was set free from being a hostage.
Bel Canto. 5
5 Comments:
1. Gen is a very busy man and often needed by Mr. Hosokawa.
2. The Europeans did not want to inform Gen about any plans that they are planning such as to kidnap the President.
3. Gen makes good impressions and is admired because of Gen's neat penmanship and his ability to type.
4. Gen is basically someone who knows many different languages and can translate to people. He knows Spanish, French, and Greek.
5. Carmen considered herself to be Roxane's body guard.
4 Questions:
1. Are Gen and Mr. Hosokawa like best friends?
2. Who is Carmen and where did she come from? Why does she consider herself Roxane's body guard?
3. Is Gen untrustworthy to some of the Europeans? If not, why do they want to keep Gen uninformed about their plans.
4. What was Gen's background like to have the ability of typing that impresses people?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Unformed - undeveloped crude
2. Penmanship - the art of handwriting
3. Discourse - the communication of thoughts by words
2 Literary Terms:
1. "...career with the Red Cross..." [Allusion pg. 139]
2. "...a small black tub" [Imagery pg 139]
1 Overview:
This part of the novel basically describes about Gen and his impressions on people.
1. Gen is a very busy man and often needed by Mr. Hosokawa.
2. The Europeans did not want to inform Gen about any plans that they are planning such as to kidnap the President.
3. Gen makes good impressions and is admired because of Gen's neat penmanship and his ability to type.
4. Gen is basically someone who knows many different languages and can translate to people. He knows Spanish, French, and Greek.
5. Carmen considered herself to be Roxane's body guard.
4 Questions:
1. Are Gen and Mr. Hosokawa like best friends?
2. Who is Carmen and where did she come from? Why does she consider herself Roxane's body guard?
3. Is Gen untrustworthy to some of the Europeans? If not, why do they want to keep Gen uninformed about their plans.
4. What was Gen's background like to have the ability of typing that impresses people?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Unformed - undeveloped crude
2. Penmanship - the art of handwriting
3. Discourse - the communication of thoughts by words
2 Literary Terms:
1. "...career with the Red Cross..." [Allusion pg. 139]
2. "...a small black tub" [Imagery pg 139]
1 Overview:
This part of the novel basically describes about Gen and his impressions on people.
Bel Canto. 4
5 Comments:
1. Father Arguedas is a young priest.
2. Someone hired the hostages to feel better because the hostages had been held captive from April to November already.
3. A week after Mr. Hosokawa's birthday party ended, he is beginning to learn to a new life.
4. Mr. Hosokawa's birthday party was not that exciting because most of the guest spent most of their times looking out the windows and some of them spent their times reading magazines.
5. Mr. Hosowaka is still thinking about his business because he wondered since his abduction, how are the stock prices doing.
4 Questions:
1. Is Nansei suppose to be Mr. Hosokawa's company in Japan?
2. Was Mr. Hosokawa trained to be a formal person when he was little?
3. What is the "other side of the wall" that Mr. Hosokawa wonders about?
4. Is the foreign place that Mr. Hosokawa is now at is Europe?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Coarseness - harsh, grating
2. Peculiar - strange, queer, odd
3. Upholstered - to furnish
2 Literary Terms:
1. "...a very nice television, color with twenty-eight-inch screen" [Imagery pg 116]
2. "...blankly staring Hello, Kitty..." [Allusion to Hello Kitty pg 117]
1 Overview:
Mr. Hosokawa is still thinking back about the time he got abducted by the Europeans from Japan but now he is back to his party and is trying to kind of start a new life in the foreign country.
1. Father Arguedas is a young priest.
2. Someone hired the hostages to feel better because the hostages had been held captive from April to November already.
3. A week after Mr. Hosokawa's birthday party ended, he is beginning to learn to a new life.
4. Mr. Hosokawa's birthday party was not that exciting because most of the guest spent most of their times looking out the windows and some of them spent their times reading magazines.
5. Mr. Hosowaka is still thinking about his business because he wondered since his abduction, how are the stock prices doing.
4 Questions:
1. Is Nansei suppose to be Mr. Hosokawa's company in Japan?
2. Was Mr. Hosokawa trained to be a formal person when he was little?
3. What is the "other side of the wall" that Mr. Hosokawa wonders about?
4. Is the foreign place that Mr. Hosokawa is now at is Europe?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Coarseness - harsh, grating
2. Peculiar - strange, queer, odd
3. Upholstered - to furnish
2 Literary Terms:
1. "...a very nice television, color with twenty-eight-inch screen" [Imagery pg 116]
2. "...blankly staring Hello, Kitty..." [Allusion to Hello Kitty pg 117]
1 Overview:
Mr. Hosokawa is still thinking back about the time he got abducted by the Europeans from Japan but now he is back to his party and is trying to kind of start a new life in the foreign country.
Bel Canto. 3
5 Comments:
1. All women hostages were released except for one.
2. Mr. Hosokawa became one of the hostages.
3. The one women that did not leave was Roxanne Coss, she did not leave because she was looking back on a man, and that man was Mr. Hosokawa.
4. The hostages can be traded for money so the hostages would be able to go free.
5. Mr. Hosokawa gotr furious when he walked outside and someone said in Swedish that Roxanne Coss was not outside.
4 Questions:
1. How or why did Mr. Hosokawa became a hostage?
2. Did he become a hostage because he wants to be with Roxanne Coss?
3. What did General Alfred mean when he said "don't shoot her accidently"? Was Roxanne about to be shot?
4. Why are there tourist when people are being held hostages in Japan?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Extravagant - spending much time than neccessary
2. Vestments - ceremonial robe
3. Insulin - a polypeptide hormone, produced by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas, that regulates the metabolism of glucose and other nutrients
2 Literary Terms:
1. "...chalk-white ear..." [Imagery pg. 78]
2. "...his fine blond hair..." [Imagery pg. 79]
1 Overview:
This chapter is about Mr. Hosokawa becoming a hostage and things kind of went wrong when he was let free and found out that the people had hid Roxanne Coss somewhere else when she is suppose to be outside waiting by the wall.
1. All women hostages were released except for one.
2. Mr. Hosokawa became one of the hostages.
3. The one women that did not leave was Roxanne Coss, she did not leave because she was looking back on a man, and that man was Mr. Hosokawa.
4. The hostages can be traded for money so the hostages would be able to go free.
5. Mr. Hosokawa gotr furious when he walked outside and someone said in Swedish that Roxanne Coss was not outside.
4 Questions:
1. How or why did Mr. Hosokawa became a hostage?
2. Did he become a hostage because he wants to be with Roxanne Coss?
3. What did General Alfred mean when he said "don't shoot her accidently"? Was Roxanne about to be shot?
4. Why are there tourist when people are being held hostages in Japan?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Extravagant - spending much time than neccessary
2. Vestments - ceremonial robe
3. Insulin - a polypeptide hormone, produced by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas, that regulates the metabolism of glucose and other nutrients
2 Literary Terms:
1. "...chalk-white ear..." [Imagery pg. 78]
2. "...his fine blond hair..." [Imagery pg. 79]
1 Overview:
This chapter is about Mr. Hosokawa becoming a hostage and things kind of went wrong when he was let free and found out that the people had hid Roxanne Coss somewhere else when she is suppose to be outside waiting by the wall.
Bel Canto. 2
5 Comments:
1. Mr. Hosokawa is still having memories back in Japan, but this time the memories are not as pleasant as the ones he had earlier.
2. These memories takes place back when Japan was being invaded and people were taken as hostages, and there were many man holding guns.
3. The hostage that pained Mr. Hosokawa the most is Roxanne Coss.
4. It pained Mr. Hosokawa to see that Roxanne Coss is a hostage because Kiyomi bought a Roxanne Coss record for Mr. Hosokawa's 11th birthday and he loves listening to her sing and he doesn't want her to go away.
5. Mr. Hosokawa was part of large corporations and companies like banks back in Japan.
4 Questions:
1. How did Mr. Hosokawa get bribed into a foreign country if he was part of these wealthy corporations and companies back in Japan? (Oh...probably an exchange from the Japanese to have the French and Spanish set the Japanese hostages free..)
2. What country did Mr. Hosokawa get transported to anyways? O_o
3. Why are people whispering about "Toilets, bathroom, WC." to each other?
4. Cesar is a French soldier or someone from France invading Japan? (Oh! I found out that the French are terrorists...haha) In his pass time he is humming something in French to himself...
3 Vocabulary:
1. Seminar - a small group of students
2. Medicore - of only ordinary or moderate quality
3. Tentative - unsure
2 Literary Terms:
1. "...skidded and sped" [Consonance pg. 29]
2. "slowly, slowly..." [Repetition pg. 39]
1 Overview:
People in Japan became hostages to the French and Spanish and it is up to Mr. Hosokawa and his other business partners to reason with the French and Spanish to find a way to set the hostages free.
1. Mr. Hosokawa is still having memories back in Japan, but this time the memories are not as pleasant as the ones he had earlier.
2. These memories takes place back when Japan was being invaded and people were taken as hostages, and there were many man holding guns.
3. The hostage that pained Mr. Hosokawa the most is Roxanne Coss.
4. It pained Mr. Hosokawa to see that Roxanne Coss is a hostage because Kiyomi bought a Roxanne Coss record for Mr. Hosokawa's 11th birthday and he loves listening to her sing and he doesn't want her to go away.
5. Mr. Hosokawa was part of large corporations and companies like banks back in Japan.
4 Questions:
1. How did Mr. Hosokawa get bribed into a foreign country if he was part of these wealthy corporations and companies back in Japan? (Oh...probably an exchange from the Japanese to have the French and Spanish set the Japanese hostages free..)
2. What country did Mr. Hosokawa get transported to anyways? O_o
3. Why are people whispering about "Toilets, bathroom, WC." to each other?
4. Cesar is a French soldier or someone from France invading Japan? (Oh! I found out that the French are terrorists...haha) In his pass time he is humming something in French to himself...
3 Vocabulary:
1. Seminar - a small group of students
2. Medicore - of only ordinary or moderate quality
3. Tentative - unsure
2 Literary Terms:
1. "...skidded and sped" [Consonance pg. 29]
2. "slowly, slowly..." [Repetition pg. 39]
1 Overview:
People in Japan became hostages to the French and Spanish and it is up to Mr. Hosokawa and his other business partners to reason with the French and Spanish to find a way to set the hostages free.
Bel Canto. 1
5 Comments:
1. The Japanese man gave a "strong and passionate" kiss to the girl and took her by surprise.
2. The French and Italians liked that kiss the man gave so they were all yelling "Brava! Brava!".
3. I think the Japanese man was shy to kiss the girl with the lights on because page 1 says the man and the girl kissed when the lights were out. Then there was a follow up question that asked if the man would of kissed the girl in a strong and passionate way if the lights were lit.
4. Roxanne Coss is like a celebrity (she is the girl that the Japanese man kissed).
5. Mr. Hosokawa (the Japanese man) and Roxanne Coss shares something in common is that they both came from a different country - they are foreigners.
4 Questions:
1. What year did the novel take place in? This is the time when Japan is poor because of the chairman of Nasei bribing people.
2. Is Mr. Hosokawa beginning to be a bit more comfortable in the new country? Pg 3 says he would not be celebrating his birthday with people he doesn't know, and yet he is doing that right now.
3. Did Mr. Hosokawa come from a wealthy family when he was young? On his 11th birthday his father took him to the opera in Tokyo and back in 1954, operas were unimaginable things - money was precious.
4. Does Kiyomi have low self-esteem about herself?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Repertoire - the list of dramas, parts, peices, opera, etc.
2. Achingly - causing physical pain or distress
3. Bourbon - a member of a French royal family that ruled in France 1589–1792, Spain 1700–1931, and Naples 1735–1806, 1815–60.
2 Literary Terms:
1. "White asparagus in hollandaise, a fish course of turbot with crispy sweet onions, tiny chops, only three or four bites apeice. in a cranberry demiglaze" [Imagery pg. 9]
2. "...wiping the dust from the leathery leaves with damp cloths, picking up the fallen blossoms of bougainvillea that rotted beneath the hedges" [Imagery pg. 9]
1 Overview:
This part of the novel takes place at Mr. Hosakawa's birthday party in a foreign country and he is having memories of the time he had when he was younger and more fortunate back in Japan.
1. The Japanese man gave a "strong and passionate" kiss to the girl and took her by surprise.
2. The French and Italians liked that kiss the man gave so they were all yelling "Brava! Brava!".
3. I think the Japanese man was shy to kiss the girl with the lights on because page 1 says the man and the girl kissed when the lights were out. Then there was a follow up question that asked if the man would of kissed the girl in a strong and passionate way if the lights were lit.
4. Roxanne Coss is like a celebrity (she is the girl that the Japanese man kissed).
5. Mr. Hosokawa (the Japanese man) and Roxanne Coss shares something in common is that they both came from a different country - they are foreigners.
4 Questions:
1. What year did the novel take place in? This is the time when Japan is poor because of the chairman of Nasei bribing people.
2. Is Mr. Hosokawa beginning to be a bit more comfortable in the new country? Pg 3 says he would not be celebrating his birthday with people he doesn't know, and yet he is doing that right now.
3. Did Mr. Hosokawa come from a wealthy family when he was young? On his 11th birthday his father took him to the opera in Tokyo and back in 1954, operas were unimaginable things - money was precious.
4. Does Kiyomi have low self-esteem about herself?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Repertoire - the list of dramas, parts, peices, opera, etc.
2. Achingly - causing physical pain or distress
3. Bourbon - a member of a French royal family that ruled in France 1589–1792, Spain 1700–1931, and Naples 1735–1806, 1815–60.
2 Literary Terms:
1. "White asparagus in hollandaise, a fish course of turbot with crispy sweet onions, tiny chops, only three or four bites apeice. in a cranberry demiglaze" [Imagery pg. 9]
2. "...wiping the dust from the leathery leaves with damp cloths, picking up the fallen blossoms of bougainvillea that rotted beneath the hedges" [Imagery pg. 9]
1 Overview:
This part of the novel takes place at Mr. Hosakawa's birthday party in a foreign country and he is having memories of the time he had when he was younger and more fortunate back in Japan.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Wild Sargasso Sea. 1
5 Comments:
1. Mr. Luttrell's house was left deserted - haunted.
2. Around the house, there are a lot of plants.
3. The speaker says some customs are better dead and buried...such as Christmas.
4. The speaker had to wear Tia's dress for her mom's wedding because she didn't have any clean dresses.
5. Mom and her new husband, Mr. Maso went to Trinidad for their honeymoon.
4 Questions:
1. Who is the speaker of the book?
2. Is Jean Rhyes the speaker because the book uses "I" or is it Annette?
3. Why does the speaker think customs are better left "dead and buried"?
4. Does the speaker hate that her mother married Mr. Mason? ("their eyes slid away from my hating face")
3 Vocabulary:
1. Glacis - a gentle slope
2. Adieu - good-bye; farewell
3. Frivolous - a lack of seriousness or sense
2 Litery Terms:
1. "...straight narrow back, her carefully coiled hair..." [imagery]
2. "...better than people..." [simile]
1 Overview:
This chapter is an introduction to the speakers life - her family, and what she likes and dislikes.
1. Mr. Luttrell's house was left deserted - haunted.
2. Around the house, there are a lot of plants.
3. The speaker says some customs are better dead and buried...such as Christmas.
4. The speaker had to wear Tia's dress for her mom's wedding because she didn't have any clean dresses.
5. Mom and her new husband, Mr. Maso went to Trinidad for their honeymoon.
4 Questions:
1. Who is the speaker of the book?
2. Is Jean Rhyes the speaker because the book uses "I" or is it Annette?
3. Why does the speaker think customs are better left "dead and buried"?
4. Does the speaker hate that her mother married Mr. Mason? ("their eyes slid away from my hating face")
3 Vocabulary:
1. Glacis - a gentle slope
2. Adieu - good-bye; farewell
3. Frivolous - a lack of seriousness or sense
2 Litery Terms:
1. "...straight narrow back, her carefully coiled hair..." [imagery]
2. "...better than people..." [simile]
1 Overview:
This chapter is an introduction to the speakers life - her family, and what she likes and dislikes.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Spook: Chapter 10
5 Comment:
1. Sir Falke Greville lived in Warwick Catsle from 1605 to 1628.
2. Greville was stabbed by his manservant Ralph.
3. Sir Falke's ghost was lost.
4. People made a version of Sir Fulk's ghost in the wax museum.
5. His ghost is the highest-grossing at the wax museum.
4 Question:
1. How did the ghost get lost?
2. Why did Ralph murder Sir Falke?
3. Does it mean Sir Falke's ghost is the scariest looking at the museum?
4. Is the person who keeps saying "Really?" the ghost of Sir Falke?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Linoleum - a hard, washable floor covering formed by coating burlap or canvas with linseed oil, powdered cork, and rosin, and adding pigments to create the desired colors and patterns
2. Normalcy - the quality or condition of being normal
3. Hertz - the SI unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second
2 Literary Term:
1. "listening to Casper" [allusion]
2. "...powerful operative voice on a wineglass..." [metaphor]
1 Overview:
This chapter is about finding out what happened to the ghost of Sir Falke Greville.
1. Sir Falke Greville lived in Warwick Catsle from 1605 to 1628.
2. Greville was stabbed by his manservant Ralph.
3. Sir Falke's ghost was lost.
4. People made a version of Sir Fulk's ghost in the wax museum.
5. His ghost is the highest-grossing at the wax museum.
4 Question:
1. How did the ghost get lost?
2. Why did Ralph murder Sir Falke?
3. Does it mean Sir Falke's ghost is the scariest looking at the museum?
4. Is the person who keeps saying "Really?" the ghost of Sir Falke?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Linoleum - a hard, washable floor covering formed by coating burlap or canvas with linseed oil, powdered cork, and rosin, and adding pigments to create the desired colors and patterns
2. Normalcy - the quality or condition of being normal
3. Hertz - the SI unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second
2 Literary Term:
1. "listening to Casper" [allusion]
2. "...powerful operative voice on a wineglass..." [metaphor]
1 Overview:
This chapter is about finding out what happened to the ghost of Sir Falke Greville.
Spook: Chapter 9
5 Comment:
1. Sudbury, Ontario is a mining city 150 miles north of Toronto.
2. For the first time the researchers are experiencing fear in an investigation.
3. Conciousness Research Lab at Laurentian University was believed to be "haunted".
4. Electromagnetic field activity can cause hallucination.
5. EMFs stands for electromagnetic fields.
4 Question:
1. What is hallucination?
2. Is there another cause of hallucination other than EMFs?
3. Did the university used to be a mining area?
4. Why would a certain type of EMFs make on hear things or sense presence?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Indiscrimable -
2. Sham - something that is not suppose to be; imitation
3. Freight - goods, cargo, or lading transported to pay
2 Literary Term:
1. "Nevertheless, fear is on the agenda tonight." [irony]
2. "The door shut with a heavy whispering clumpf."
1 Overview:
This chapter is about studying hallucination.
1. Sudbury, Ontario is a mining city 150 miles north of Toronto.
2. For the first time the researchers are experiencing fear in an investigation.
3. Conciousness Research Lab at Laurentian University was believed to be "haunted".
4. Electromagnetic field activity can cause hallucination.
5. EMFs stands for electromagnetic fields.
4 Question:
1. What is hallucination?
2. Is there another cause of hallucination other than EMFs?
3. Did the university used to be a mining area?
4. Why would a certain type of EMFs make on hear things or sense presence?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Indiscrimable -
2. Sham - something that is not suppose to be; imitation
3. Freight - goods, cargo, or lading transported to pay
2 Literary Term:
1. "Nevertheless, fear is on the agenda tonight." [irony]
2. "The door shut with a heavy whispering clumpf."
1 Overview:
This chapter is about studying hallucination.
Spook: Chapter 8
5 Comment:
1. 14 emigrants died by savage snow and being starved in 1846 in California.
2. The EVP movement started in 1959.
3. Swedish opera singers were interested in recording "bird songs".
4. Some people recorded sounds that could be coming from the dead, such as hissing sounds between stations in a radio.
5. Rob Murakami is a ghost hunter.
4 Questions:
1. What does EVP stand for?
2. Does it mean Swedish people believed in ghost and wanted to find them?
3. What do they mean by "bird songs"?
4. EVP was basically first invented in Europe?
3 Vocabulary:
1. EVP - [not found in dictionary]
2. Amateur - a person who engages in study for pleasure rather than professional reasons
3. Rasp - to scrape with a rough instrument
2 Literary Term:
1. "...we look like other tour groups..." [simile]
2. "...it's like a tornado..." [simile]
1 Overview:
This chapter is about telecomunicating with the dead.
1. 14 emigrants died by savage snow and being starved in 1846 in California.
2. The EVP movement started in 1959.
3. Swedish opera singers were interested in recording "bird songs".
4. Some people recorded sounds that could be coming from the dead, such as hissing sounds between stations in a radio.
5. Rob Murakami is a ghost hunter.
4 Questions:
1. What does EVP stand for?
2. Does it mean Swedish people believed in ghost and wanted to find them?
3. What do they mean by "bird songs"?
4. EVP was basically first invented in Europe?
3 Vocabulary:
1. EVP - [not found in dictionary]
2. Amateur - a person who engages in study for pleasure rather than professional reasons
3. Rasp - to scrape with a rough instrument
2 Literary Term:
1. "...we look like other tour groups..." [simile]
2. "...it's like a tornado..." [simile]
1 Overview:
This chapter is about telecomunicating with the dead.
Spook: Chapter 7
5 Comment:
1. Arthur Findlay was the president of the Spiritualist's National Union and he was a wealthy man.
2. Arthur Findlay died in 1964.
3. Spirit communication is unteachable.
4. The gift shop at the hotel contains a wide range or dolphins and fairies.
5. The place they are doing their research at right now have a hot weather condition.
4 Question:
1. Why does the gift shop have so many dolphins and fairies?
2. Can people become a medium?
3. What is a medium school?
4. How did they feel a contact from a spirit?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Optimism - the blief that goodness pervades reality.
2. Potent - powerful, mighty
3. Bequeathed - to leave of give (personal property) by will
2 Literary Term:
1. "...poosh..." [pun]
2. "John, a soft-spoken, reticent man of maybe fifty, with a heavy Midlands accent..." [imagery]
1 Overview:
They are doing a spirit reading at a medium school.
1. Arthur Findlay was the president of the Spiritualist's National Union and he was a wealthy man.
2. Arthur Findlay died in 1964.
3. Spirit communication is unteachable.
4. The gift shop at the hotel contains a wide range or dolphins and fairies.
5. The place they are doing their research at right now have a hot weather condition.
4 Question:
1. Why does the gift shop have so many dolphins and fairies?
2. Can people become a medium?
3. What is a medium school?
4. How did they feel a contact from a spirit?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Optimism - the blief that goodness pervades reality.
2. Potent - powerful, mighty
3. Bequeathed - to leave of give (personal property) by will
2 Literary Term:
1. "...poosh..." [pun]
2. "John, a soft-spoken, reticent man of maybe fifty, with a heavy Midlands accent..." [imagery]
1 Overview:
They are doing a spirit reading at a medium school.
Spook: Chapter 6
5 Comment:
1. They are trying to reach out to the dead in a University of Arizona lab.
2. Gary Schwartz is a psychology professor at the University of Arizona.
3. Schwartz have a data to show people can communicate with the dead.
4. John Edwards (of Crossing Water) was tested in the Afterlife Experiment.
5. Allison DuBois is also part of the their research called Asking Question Study.
4 Questions:
1. Are there angels?
2. Do afterlives eat?
3. Does it mean in the afterlife, people still behave like normal humans?
4. He keeps switching universities, does that mean all universities in America study the afterlife?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Robust - strong and healthy
2. Dateline - a line giving the place or origin and usually the date of a news dispatch
3. Discarnate - without a physical body
2 Literary Term:
1. "...showing up in a double-breasted suit, with a white Jaguar parked in the lot..." [imagery]
2. "...a stout woman with gray hair..." [imagery]
1 Overview:
Finding out more about the afterlife at the University of Arizona by asking questions.
1. They are trying to reach out to the dead in a University of Arizona lab.
2. Gary Schwartz is a psychology professor at the University of Arizona.
3. Schwartz have a data to show people can communicate with the dead.
4. John Edwards (of Crossing Water) was tested in the Afterlife Experiment.
5. Allison DuBois is also part of the their research called Asking Question Study.
4 Questions:
1. Are there angels?
2. Do afterlives eat?
3. Does it mean in the afterlife, people still behave like normal humans?
4. He keeps switching universities, does that mean all universities in America study the afterlife?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Robust - strong and healthy
2. Dateline - a line giving the place or origin and usually the date of a news dispatch
3. Discarnate - without a physical body
2 Literary Term:
1. "...showing up in a double-breasted suit, with a white Jaguar parked in the lot..." [imagery]
2. "...a stout woman with gray hair..." [imagery]
1 Overview:
Finding out more about the afterlife at the University of Arizona by asking questions.
Spook: Chapter 5
5 Comment:
1. This chapter takes place in Cambridge.
2. There is a lot of Buddhist work in the Cambridge library.
3. Cambridge library have the most important collections of Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts in the world.
4. Spiritualism, in a nutshell, is a religious movement used to communicate with the dead.
5. Spiritualism happens in the U.S. more than England due to WWI.
4 Question:
1. Where/How did Cambridge University get so many work of Buddhist?
2. Does it mean more U.S. people died in WWI than people in England?
3. Is Sorbonne and Harvard University trying to find artifacts also?
4. What is Crawford's discoveries that are so "enormously important"?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Ectoplasm - outer portion of a cytoplasm
2. Thermoreregulation - the regulation of body temperature
3. Séances - a meeting of people to receive spirtitualistic messages
2 Literary Term:
1. "... ankle length robe with a massive key on a chain around his neck..." [imagery]
2. "...felt like bones..." [simile]
1 Overview:
This chapter is about the different discoveries of researchers.
1. This chapter takes place in Cambridge.
2. There is a lot of Buddhist work in the Cambridge library.
3. Cambridge library have the most important collections of Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts in the world.
4. Spiritualism, in a nutshell, is a religious movement used to communicate with the dead.
5. Spiritualism happens in the U.S. more than England due to WWI.
4 Question:
1. Where/How did Cambridge University get so many work of Buddhist?
2. Does it mean more U.S. people died in WWI than people in England?
3. Is Sorbonne and Harvard University trying to find artifacts also?
4. What is Crawford's discoveries that are so "enormously important"?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Ectoplasm - outer portion of a cytoplasm
2. Thermoreregulation - the regulation of body temperature
3. Séances - a meeting of people to receive spirtitualistic messages
2 Literary Term:
1. "... ankle length robe with a massive key on a chain around his neck..." [imagery]
2. "...felt like bones..." [simile]
1 Overview:
This chapter is about the different discoveries of researchers.
Spook: Chapter 4
5 Comment:
1. The year 1911 Ducan Macdougall is still continuing with soul weighing.
2. Ge said on the newspaper about finding out how souls look like.
3. Six years later Dr. Ducan was diagnosed with cancer and wrote one last poem.
4. Ducan's soul is 38 billion miles away.
5. "Heaven Is Perhaps Just Outside Earth" was in 1914 Boston Sunday Post.
4 Questions:
1. Souls forget their own name?
2. Why is this chapter titled "Vienna Sausage Affair"?
3. Do 38 billion miles consider far away or near for a soul?
4. X-Rays can help detect souls?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Vienna - a port in and capital of Austria
2. Consumptives - destructive, wasteful
3. Spectrum - a broad ranged of varied but related ideas or object
2 Literary Term:
1. "...from the lips like a yawn" [simile]
2. "...sounding like a robe wearing doomsday cult..." [simile]
1 Overview:
This is about the studies Dr. Ducan had made when he was weighing souls.
1. The year 1911 Ducan Macdougall is still continuing with soul weighing.
2. Ge said on the newspaper about finding out how souls look like.
3. Six years later Dr. Ducan was diagnosed with cancer and wrote one last poem.
4. Ducan's soul is 38 billion miles away.
5. "Heaven Is Perhaps Just Outside Earth" was in 1914 Boston Sunday Post.
4 Questions:
1. Souls forget their own name?
2. Why is this chapter titled "Vienna Sausage Affair"?
3. Do 38 billion miles consider far away or near for a soul?
4. X-Rays can help detect souls?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Vienna - a port in and capital of Austria
2. Consumptives - destructive, wasteful
3. Spectrum - a broad ranged of varied but related ideas or object
2 Literary Term:
1. "...from the lips like a yawn" [simile]
2. "...sounding like a robe wearing doomsday cult..." [simile]
1 Overview:
This is about the studies Dr. Ducan had made when he was weighing souls.
Spook: Chapter 3
5 Comments:
1. Blue Hill Avenue belongs to T.K. Jones, a wealthy merchant in China trade.
2. The home was later bought by Charlie Cullis who turned it into a Consumptive's House.
3. Macdougall was literally eager waiting for people to die to weigh their soul.
4. Culprits are called "insensible loss".
5. Ducan Macdougal went to medical school.
4 Questions:
1. Why is Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchestor a good place to die?
2. Does Macdougal like experimenting with weighing souls?
3. What happens when a man (or leech, or mouse) dies on a scale?
4. Point Seven Ounces is a movie about what?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Porticoed - a porch or walkway supported by columns
2. Nutter - a person who gathers nuts
3. Sanitariums - an institution for the preservation or recovery of health
2 Literary Term:
1. "Nahum is like the discombobulated animals" [ simile]
2. "The mansion on Blue Hill Avenue" [imagery]
1 Overview:
This chapter is about Macdougal experimenting with soul weighing.
1. Blue Hill Avenue belongs to T.K. Jones, a wealthy merchant in China trade.
2. The home was later bought by Charlie Cullis who turned it into a Consumptive's House.
3. Macdougall was literally eager waiting for people to die to weigh their soul.
4. Culprits are called "insensible loss".
5. Ducan Macdougal went to medical school.
4 Questions:
1. Why is Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchestor a good place to die?
2. Does Macdougal like experimenting with weighing souls?
3. What happens when a man (or leech, or mouse) dies on a scale?
4. Point Seven Ounces is a movie about what?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Porticoed - a porch or walkway supported by columns
2. Nutter - a person who gathers nuts
3. Sanitariums - an institution for the preservation or recovery of health
2 Literary Term:
1. "Nahum is like the discombobulated animals" [ simile]
2. "The mansion on Blue Hill Avenue" [imagery]
1 Overview:
This chapter is about Macdougal experimenting with soul weighing.
Spook: Chapter 2
5 Comments:
1. They started hunting the souls with microscopes and scalpels.
2. Took man 6,000 years to figure out how life started.
3. They didn't know about life because they couldn't see specifics.
4. In 1675, Leeuwenhock discovered the life of bacteria and protozoa.
5. Harvey was atonished to find out how life of a dear began.
4 Questions:
1. What is Chamberlain of the Council-Chamber of Worship Sherifts of Delt?
2. Did he find animacules?
3. What is the material of human soul?
4. If the souls would arrive in conceptiors, what would happen then?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Globules - a small spherical mass
2. Minted - to produce (money) by stamping metal; coins
3. Rennet - a lining membrane on the fourth stomach
2 Literary Term:
1. "...some with tails straight look like hat pins..." [simile]
2. "the luz is shaped like a chickpea" [simile]
1 Overview:
This chapter is about discovering how life began.
1. They started hunting the souls with microscopes and scalpels.
2. Took man 6,000 years to figure out how life started.
3. They didn't know about life because they couldn't see specifics.
4. In 1675, Leeuwenhock discovered the life of bacteria and protozoa.
5. Harvey was atonished to find out how life of a dear began.
4 Questions:
1. What is Chamberlain of the Council-Chamber of Worship Sherifts of Delt?
2. Did he find animacules?
3. What is the material of human soul?
4. If the souls would arrive in conceptiors, what would happen then?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Globules - a small spherical mass
2. Minted - to produce (money) by stamping metal; coins
3. Rennet - a lining membrane on the fourth stomach
2 Literary Term:
1. "...some with tails straight look like hat pins..." [simile]
2. "the luz is shaped like a chickpea" [simile]
1 Overview:
This chapter is about discovering how life began.
Spook: Chapter 1
5 Comments:
1. It is about a visit to the reincarnation nation.
2. Six to seven researchers are researching about children who talks about the past.
3. They drove a 1965 Ambassador with one functioning windshield wiper.
4. Most of Ian Stevon's case write-ups includes a chart summarizing the allegedly reborn child's statement about a past life and about people s/he recognize.
5. The traffic man fades in and out of the street.
4 Questions:
1. Why don't he get into the fast lane and stay there?
2. Did the child used to be a poet?
3. How is the driver submissive?
4. What made the researchers research in India?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Allegedly - representing as existing but not proved; supposed
2. Flailing - to beat of strike
3. Dignitaries - a person who holds high rank or office
2 Literary Terms:
1. "...honking and flashing his lights like his team has just won the world cup..." [simile]
2. "...a flickery black and white T.V." [imagery]
1 Overview:
Researchers are beginning a research about people of the past.
1. It is about a visit to the reincarnation nation.
2. Six to seven researchers are researching about children who talks about the past.
3. They drove a 1965 Ambassador with one functioning windshield wiper.
4. Most of Ian Stevon's case write-ups includes a chart summarizing the allegedly reborn child's statement about a past life and about people s/he recognize.
5. The traffic man fades in and out of the street.
4 Questions:
1. Why don't he get into the fast lane and stay there?
2. Did the child used to be a poet?
3. How is the driver submissive?
4. What made the researchers research in India?
3 Vocabulary:
1. Allegedly - representing as existing but not proved; supposed
2. Flailing - to beat of strike
3. Dignitaries - a person who holds high rank or office
2 Literary Terms:
1. "...honking and flashing his lights like his team has just won the world cup..." [simile]
2. "...a flickery black and white T.V." [imagery]
1 Overview:
Researchers are beginning a research about people of the past.
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