Friday, December 4, 2015

Paragraphs from the Monologues


     "It's actually cerulean"
Use the noun repetition to describe something that is repeated over and over. Repetition is used effectively in the monologue."That sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise. It's not lapis. Its actually cerulean." This quote suggests that the women knows much more than the other person so she tries to sound suffisticated by naming a lot of different types of blue which the sweater might look like. She keeps repeating You.....you.....you......you......you. She does this to make sure that the person who mentioned "This stuff" that she doesn't do that again and that it makes her feel bad for what she did or said. Repetition in a monologue can make a big difference such as highlighting an important fact that she wants to say.

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Outlines for paragraphs

The Devil Wears Prada

Tone
Repetition

Outline for Tone

Example 1- She keeps the same tone through the whole monologue
Example 2- She talks with a superior tone

Thesis- She uses tone to express her thoughts about the other person


Outline for Repetition:

Example 1- That sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise. It's not lapis. Its actually cerulean.
Example 2- She keeps repeating You.....you.....you......you......you

Thesis- She keeps repeating words and phrases to highlight the fact that she did something wrong

Tuesday, November 24, 2015


Monologues

Jericho
Juxtaposition
Hyperbole "crown jewel"
Understatement "Humbly" "For you consideration" "And it's worked out  pretty well so far"
Repetition "That's how, That's how"
Jargan "Incoroprate our repulsor technology"

Language?
Ideas?
Story?
Setting?
Tone?
Character?

10 things I hate about you
Repetition "I hate, I hate"
Rhyme
Opposites "Laugh, Cry"

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Kahoot questions about inference from The sound of Thunder



Paragraph about inference:

Which is the best hook for a paragraph that uses inference from the sound of thunder? "There was a sound of thunder", There was a noise of thunder, there was a big loud sound, "Boom"

Which is the best thesis? The author uses inference effectively in the story, inference is used in the story, "There was a sound of thunder which has inference.....", This infers us......

Which is the best introduction?
Inference is the process of reaching a conclusion about something from known evidence
Inference is something used in a story
Inference is a way of expressing something
Inference has a great effect to the story

Which is the best example?
When the author writes "There was a sound of thunder" for the first time it infers the roar of the dinosaur
The shot infers to the Sound of Thunder
The sound of Thunder uses Inference
Inference is an effective way to write something

Which is the best explanation?
The roar of the dinosaur inferes us to The sound of Thunder. "It ran, it's pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, it's taloned feet clawing damp eart, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight" this is the quote from the story which suggests the inference of the sound of thunder
In the story "There was a sound of thunder" the author uses a lot of inference in it to express the story in a different way and give it a powerful touch to it
The roar of the dinosaur inferes us to The sound of Thunder. "It ran, it's pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, it's taloned feet clawing damp eart, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight" this is a random quote from the story that might help you understand inference better




Which is the best conclusion?
The sound of thunder uses a great deal of inference to make us want to read even more and also to give us a clue to the conclusion of the story
When the author writes  "The sound of Thunder" the first time it inferes the roar of the dinosaur
The reason why there is inference in the story is because it is the authors favorite way of making a story sound more interesting and catchy




What are the things that should go in a paragraph? Hook- introduction-thesis-examples-explanation and conclusion, Hook-hook- introduction-examples-explanation and conclusion, conclusion- explanation-examples-thesis-hook, Introduction-hook-conclusion-examples-explanation and thesis

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Kahoot questions


What is the purpose of a hook? To catch the reader's attention, To make fishing possible, The main idea, To restate the topic

What is the purpose an introduction? To introduce the reader to the main idea, To tell them the whole paragraph, to tell your opinion, introduce the book for the reader

What is a thesis? The big idea!, Something to make the reader want to read more, Something that restates the topic, A rough explanation about the paragraph

What is an example? Something taken directly from the text to help prove your point. The big idea of the story put into smaller parts, an idea of what you thought would give your story a great effect, a quote from the author 

What is an explanation? It explains the examples, It explains the thesis, It refers to the conclusion, your opinion about the story, It is 50-70% of the story 

What is the purpose of a conclusion? To restate the topic, To re-explain the whole paragraph, To make the reader want to read even more,


Where does the hook go? At the very beginning, Just before thesis, Right after the introduction, After each example

Where does the introduction go? Just before the thesis, After the hook, Before every example, At the very beginning

Where does the thesis go? Just after the introduction, At the very end of the paragraph, Before the introduction, Before the conclusion

Where does the examples go? Just after the thesis, After the whole explanation, Before each example, After the hook

Where does your explanation go? After each example, Before the introduction, At the end of the paragraph, Before the hook

Where does the conclusion go? At the very end of the paragraph, Before the explanation, After the thesis, Before the introduction


When do you write the hook? As the last thing you write, The first thing you write, Before you write the thesis, After the introduction

When do you write the the thesis? As the first thing you write, The last thing you write, After the conclusion, as the third thing in the topic

When do you write the introduction? As the fourth thing you write, As the fifth thing you write, The second thing you write, The very last thing you would write

When do you write the examples? As the second thing you write, The third thing you write, The fourth thing you write, After you wrote the explanation

When do you write the explanation? As the third thing you write, Just before you write the example,

When do you write the conclusion? As the fifth thing you write, Before the examples, The second thing you write, The very first thing you write (purple)


Paragraph about inference:

Which is the best hook for a paragraph that uses inference from the sound of thunder? "There was a sound of thunder", noise of thunder, there was a big loud sound, "Boom"

Which is the best thesis? The author uses inference effectively in the story

Which is the best introduction? Inference is the act or or process of reaching a conclusion about something from known facts or evidence,

Which is the best example? When the author writes "There was a sound of thunder" for the first time it infers the roar of the dinosaur, The shot infers to the Sound of Thunder, The sound of Thunder uses Inference, Inference is an effective way to write something

Which is the best explanation?

Which is the best conclusion?


What are the things that should go in a paragraph? Hook- introduction-thesis-examples-explanation and conclusion, Hook-hook- introduction-examples-explanation and conclusion, conclusion- explanation-examples-thesis-hook, Introduction-hook-conclusion-examples-explanation and thesis

Why is it so important to know how to write proper paragraphs? Because you need it a lot in the future, because you need to learn it, Because Mr. Holmes want us to,

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Metaphors


Metaphor 

the transference of a 'quality' from one thing to another

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Inference: A sound of Thunder


Outline:

Example 1: When they hear a big loud noise in the woods, it inferes us to the fact that there will come a dinosaur
Example 2: In the end of the story Eckels gets shot and this sound of a gun inferes to the sound of thunder by using the same term in a different way 

Thesis: The author uses inference effectively in the story


Paragraph:
  
   
   "There was a sound of thunder"
Inference is the act or proccess of reaching a conclusion about something from known fact or evidence. The author uses inference effectively in the story. When the author writes  "The sound of Thunder" the first time it inferes the roar of the dinosaur. The roar of the dinosaur inferes us to The sound of Thunder. "It ran, it's pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, it's taloned feet clawing damp eart, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight" this is the quote from the story which suggests the inference of the sound of thunder. "Travis shifted his rifle, clicked the safety catch and raised his weapon. There was a sound of Thunder". The sound of the gun when Eckels is shot by Travis, inferes to The sound of Thunder. The sound of thunder uses a great deal of inference to make us want to read even more and also to give us a clue to the conclusion of the story.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

"Sound of Thunder" Foreshadowing Outline and Paragraph



Hook: "Don't look at me." Cried Eckels "I haven't done anything"

Introduction: Foreshadowing is giving a sign or a warning to the reader of what will happen in the future

Thesis: A sound of Thunder uses a great deal of foreshadowing such as in the title

Example 1: The sign in the beginning of the story is there to foreshadow that in the end it will change
Example 2: They make sure to highlight the fact that they shall stay on the path and not touch anything else in the future and that is foreshadowing that it will change
Example 3: The title of the story "A sound of Thunder" is a foreshadow
Example 4: "We guarantee nothing" is foreshadowing the fact that it will end bad in the story


  "Don't look at me." Cried Eckels "I haven't done anything"
Foreshadowing is giving a sign or warning to the reader of what will happen in the future. A sound of thunder uses a great deal of foreshadowing such as in the title. The sign in the beginning of the story changes. This suggests foreshadowing since it makes us think that something will have to change about it. They make sure to highlight the fact that they have to stay on the path. They do this because then we know that of course someone will have to fall off the path or do something wrong since it said so much about not to do that. The sound of thunder story uses a great deal of foreshadowing, to make you want to read on since it gives you I sign of what will happen later on.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Comprehension Questions "A Sound of Thunder"



  1. The penalties for disobeying instruction is franchise of 10,000 dollars and possible government action which is a business authorized to sell a company's goods or services.
  2. If Deutcher had won the election some people wanted to go back to 1492 since not a lot of people liked him.
  3. Travis tells Eckels, the best way to kill a dinosaur is to "Put your first shot into the eyes.....Go back into the brain."
  4. The men travelled sixty million, two thousand and fifty five years back in the past.
  5. The men has to stay on the metal antogravity path since it's supposed to prevent them from touching any part of the past in any way. If they don't they physically change the present and the future.
  6. The men's clothes were sterilized, so that all the bacteria were removed from their clothes,  before they had the journey.
  7. The men wear oxygen helmets so that their bacteria does not harm anything in the past.
  8. The unique thing about the dinosaurs that the men can shoot them is that they would anyway die in the future.
  9. Eckels jokingly and playfully aimed the rifle.
  10. Eckels says "it could reach up and grap the moon?" when he sees the size of the dinosaur.
  11. The men know which dinosaur to shoot because they have red paint on them.
  12. Billings and Krammer throw up after the dinosaur is dead.
  13. Travis makes Eckels get the bullets out of the T-Rex in order to go back with them.
  14. Eckels notices that the spelling on the sign has changed on their return.
  15. Eckels finds a dead butterfly under his boot.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Official Paragraph



      We deride them as people.
The Guardian is a national daily British newspaper. The Guardian has empathy about the people who are the victims of the diaspora. In the hierarchy of death, anyone labelled "migrant" must take there place somewhere near the bottom. This means that we think that because that these people are coming from Syria or Iraq, and emmigrating from there home country to be safe in europe, they must not be as important as us people who live in europe and have enough money aand have a house and resources. Eventhough the people emmigrating from Syria or Iraq might not have that much money or might not have a place to live, we must still treat them like any other human being because it is not fair to let those pour people drowing on boats or suffocating in trucks on the way to Germany, they are people just like we are. They’re not people: nobody would tolerate hearing about the drowning of human beings over and over again. This expression shows that they dont want to call them "migrants" or "not people" because that is not fair at all that we europeans let so many people drown on boats or suffocate in big trucks, we should not call them migrants and then forget who they actually are. Yes, they are all migrants – or, if you prefer, immigrants. Having moved to the UK to further their careers, some of them might perhaps be described as “economic migrants". The expression "economic migrants" is not a very positive expression since the way it is expressed in. It kind of highlights the fact that they think that they will only come to europe to be economic and just fit in like any other normal person. This is what the immigrants hope for but is unfortunately not possible, therefore we call them economic migrants which is not a positive word, nor is it really negative. The guardian wrote this about the migrants, most of these examples might be negative but it is also a negative situation going on so it cannot be positive everything. The Guardian newspaper wants to change the way we look at migrants and they want to give them more help, and do the right things and the best things for them.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Positive and negative sentences




In the hierarchy of death, anyone labelled “migrant” must take their place somewhere near the bottom

For others, they are an unwanted and uninvited swarm that Fortress Europe must keep out: full of undeserving would-be leeches who have no place in the west.

It is a dehumanised word: for all too many people, it is somewhere down with “petty criminal”, and who mourns petty criminals?

They’re not people: nobody would tolerate hearing about the drowning of human beings over and over again.

People from the UK moving abroad to pursue their career or financial interests, meanwhile, are “expats”, never emigrants or migrants.

“They are people – men, women and children, fathers and mothers, teachers and engineers, just like us – except they come from Syria, Eritrea, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Why not just call them ‘people’, then list any other information we know that is relevant?”

Yes, they are all migrants – or, if you prefer, immigrants. Having moved to the UK to further their careers, some of them might perhaps be described as “economic migrants”.

Newspapers such as the Guardian have been using “migrant” in recent years in part because something similar happened to the word “immigrant”, when it became increasingly used by racists to mean something like “a black person in Britain who should go back home”.

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

The Guardian Newspaper

Date: 6/10/2015

When you search Mig... The first word that pops up in the search box is migrants.
When the articles of migrants come up on the screen, all of them include either the word migrants or refugees, but refugees is not used just as much as the word migrants


  1. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/28/migrants-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-whats-the-difference
  2. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/20/-sp-migrants-tales-asylum-sea-mediterranean
  3. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/21/photo-migrants-laith-majid-journeys
  4. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/27/migrants-found-dead-inside-lorry-in-austria
  5. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/28/migrants-people-refugees-humanity

Date: 7/10/2015

The Guardian newspaper has empathy about the migration crisis

  • http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/28/migrants-humans-drowning-suffocating-safety-statistics

This article is written by Owen Jones who is a Brittish autor, columnist, commentator and political activist. The article uses about 102 words for the introduction, and it includes big, powerful words and synonyms. This Article is talking positive about the migrants, since they are against what is happening with them and want a change. The big idea behind this article is them being all positive about what is going on and about the migrants, they want to make a change and help the migrants out as much as possible. They use both words, migrants and refugees, but mostly migrants.
Most of the words / phrases used in the article are negative:
Uninvited
Unwanted
Undeserving
Anyone named "migrant" must take their place near the bottom
Dehumanized
"Petty criminal"
We deride them as "migrants"
They're not people
Also here are some phrases / words which are positive:
Why not call them people?

There are way more negative phrases / words, than positive since the situation going on is negative and that is why everything being described about it, is going to be negative.



  • http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/28/migrants-people-refugees-humanity

This article is written by David Marsh who is a swimming coach. The article uses about 34 for the introduction. They use the word migrant to describe them. This article is for what is happening and it is talking positive about it. They include lots of examples of other people who are migrants or immigrants rather. They use big words, strong words to describe what they are arguing.
Most of the words / phrases used in the article are negative:
Marauding
Swarm
Until the very word "migrant" is toxic
Migrant = bad
"Second-generation immigrant"
It is not hundreds of people who drown when a boat goes down in the Mediterranean, nor even hundreds of refugees. It is hundreds of migrants.
Displaced people
Asylum seekers
Here are some of the positive phrases / words from the article:
They are people – men, women and children, fathers and mothers, teachers and engineers, just like us – except they come from Syria, Eritrea, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Why not just call them "people"





  • http://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2015/jul/31/migrants-in-calais-and-folkestone-in-pictures
  • http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/17/this-isnt-human-migrants-in-limbo-on-italian-french-border
  • http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/23/migrants-macedonia-border-greece



Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Migration Crisis as a Diaspora


      Forced to leave their own country to be safe from a civil war no one ever wished for!
Which ever country people are emigrating from and immigrating to, it can mean a different kind if diaspora. The Syrian diaspora is a victim diaspora. They are victims of a civil war. All of the Syrian people are a victim of a civil war, this is why the migration crisis is a victim or forced diaspora. A victim diaspora also known as a forced diaspora is when people are forced to move out of their own country because if they do not do that they will die, and even though they might not want to leave their home country, they have no choice since if they choose to stay there, they will probably not survive for too long. If they do go to Europe they have a chance to be safe. They do not get a better life if they go to Europe. The emigrants from Syria do not get a better life, going to Europe. They lose all of there pocessions during the war such as houses, cars, items and none of this they will get back if they go to Germany or Sweden. When they get to Sweden or Germany the only thing they will get is to be safe, but they have to get a house themselves and cars and everything they just lost in the civil war. The emigrants have to travel miles and miles to get to a safe place such as Germany or Sweden, in Europe. They are forced to leave their own country to get safe from the civil war going on, and when they get to Europe they will get none of the pocessions back that they have lost.

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Chinese Diaspora: Britain


     Trading diaspora, Victim diaspora, Imperial diaspora and Labour Diaspora!
There are lots of different diasporas and they all have different definitions. The Chinese diaspora is a trading diaspora. One of the diasporas is a trading diaspora. A trading diaspora is when a community goes abroad to conduct trade and when they learn the customs and language of their new home, but still keep a community. This type of diaspora can either be an Indian, Jewish or Chinese diaspora. Another type of diaspora is a victim diaspora. The victim diaspora is also known as the forced diaspora, this can take place in the north Atlantic slave trade, and can be a Jewish diaspora. There are lots of diaposras and they all are different types, both as the diaspora type and the country it is happening in.


   Chinese do make a difference in the UK!
In Britain, the big cities such as London or Liverpool, are usually very grey and boring, but when the Chinese people step in, they brighten up those cities with their colorful style. Chinese people come to Britain and make big changes. There are some stereotypes about the Chinese people. Many people think of Chinese people as stereotypes, wearing a blue tunic, going around with red books or as in a little corner shop where they sell egg fried rice and chicken. A Chinese man called Johnny Hon, is the chairman of a venture capital company. This company makes very high buildings which are very luxurious and similar to the ones in China. Johnny Hon came to Britain as a child and still lives there now as an adult, he is a very important man because he helps both British people and Chinese people to go to each others countries to make business. He also makes trips to Beijing and because of that he is naturally friends with the government there too. Many Chinese people want to come to Britain and stay there because of the education they.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Diaspora


                                            Diaspora


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diaspora
A group of people who live outside the area in which they had lived for a long time or in which their ancestors lived

http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/Diaspora
The disperision of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple on Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time

Diaspora means: when a group of people live outside of  a country / an area that they have lived in for a long time.

  • I think that a good source to understand what diaspora is, would be if there is a very simple explanation of the definition because then it is easy to understand it.
  • If the source tells you an example of what it could be then it is a good source because then if you know / understand the meaning of the example, you will be able to make your own example with help from the original one, and when you can do so you know the defenition by heart.
  • Another good source might be if there is a picture of the meaning of it because then you get an understanding of what it could be and you can easier learn it because you can then explain it yourself.

Types of Diaspora

Victim Diaspora or Forced Diaspora:
  • North Talantic slave trade
  • The Jewish Diaspora
Trading Diaspora:
  • A community goes abroad to conduct trade
  • They learn the customs and language of their new home, but remain a community
Imperial Diaspora:
  • A community moves to lands conquered by the empire to have better lives working for the empire
  • The Indian 
  • The Russian 
  • The Hungarian 
Labour Diaspora:
  • Indentured servants and labour migrants







Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Allaboutthatgamecalledminecraft

   


       An endless world open for you to build anything, fight against monsters and dragons, PVP with your friends! A world full of opertunities and only cubes! Minecraft is a game made up of only cubes and is a great way of learning to be better at building and being creative. Minecraft is a great game that has been invented and gets better in each update it gives. Minecraft has different types of game modes in the game. In the game Minecraft you can play different game modes such as single player or multiplayer, in the single player version, you can either play hardcore, creative or survival mode. In the survival mode you will have to collect each of the blocks yourself, to be able to get any also you can die since you have a limited amount of hearts, but if you do die, you will be able to respawn and play on. In hardcore there will be monsters each night who can kill you, but if you die you will not respwan like you normally do. In the creative mode you start with every single block in the whole game and infinite of each of the blocks you also have no hearts, which means that you cannot die or be killed by any mobs (monsters), you will then instead have a peaceful time. You can download different mods for Minecraft. A mod is a thing you can download for your Minecraft game, it will make your Minecraft have different blocks and stuff like that in the game, that you did not have before, such as cars, airplanes or furniture. Minecraft costs a bit of money to get a profile. Although Minecraft costs some money to be able to download it and get a profile, it is quite cheap since you do not have to pay each month or week to be able to play. It is a one time payment. Minecraft is a very popular game all around the world. Many people play Minecraft, but mostly the multiplayer option. If you play multiplayer, you can basically join many different servers under the multiplayer option. On a server it is full of online players, so you can play with hundreds of online players and collaborate with them. On some servers instead of collaborating with the different players, instead you have to fight them and PVP against them, either as a team or alone. Minecraft is the best game you can possible play if you love being creative and feel free to build anything you would like and also you can play with your friends, either collaborating with them them or just playing against them.



Thatparagraphaboutswedenandmigrants

      

      Help is needed! Syria is under attack and is now immigrating to Europe!
Right now there is a civil war going on in Syria , therefore many people called migrants are escaping from their country and traveling all the way to Europe to be safe. Many people immigrate to Denmark because then from Denmark they can easily get to Sweden, they think. In Sweden they are open for anyone, such as any immigrants. It's easier for the migrants to get together with their families when they are / live in Sweden.Compared to how many people who live in Sweden, Sweden is a very big country with room for many more people. None of the migrants want to stay in Denmark but just want to go through Denmark and then from there, to Sweden, but all of these migrants need to be registered when they get to Denmark. The problem in that none of the migrants actually want to stay in Denmark, which means that then none of them want to be registered. The biggest reason why none of the migrants want to be registered in Denmark is because then if they can not stay in Sweden or any other countries they get sent back to the country which they were registered in, but they don't want to stay in Denmark. Many of the migrants who are trying to get away from the war going on in Syria are all going to Europe or Canada. Most of the migrants want to go to Germany, but then also many of them want to go to Sweden. The reason why every citizens from Syria are escaping from their country as emigrates / refugees is because of a civil war that is going on in Syria. There is also an organization called I.S which is a group of people who don't care about any one and don't have any feeling or what so ever of any human being, they just kill any person they see on their way and even kids too. This is what mainly what all the people from Syria are escaping from. Wars are generally a thing that makes people wanna escape from their country because of all of the machines, guns, bombs being used. But when it's humans just killing other humans like crazy, then everyone in the country wants to escape as quickly as possible.