5 comments
1. Anntoinette was told that she had to go to England , because of certain reasons
2. She the narrartor watched as the characters did the silk
3. Her step dad always gives her presents because he really does care about him
4. She wasnt able to take the presents
5. Anntoinette does care about her step dad and he about her so he asks her to move in with him
4 questions
1. what were all the presents for?
2. Will she decide to move into her step dads house?
3. Does the step dad have good intentions on Annotoinette ?
4. Are her and her family religious?
3 vocabulary
rheumatism:any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness
deportment: demeanor; conduct; behavior
chemises: a woman's loose-fitting, shirtlike undergarmet
2 literary terms
1.simile
2.repetition
overview sentence
Anntoneitte has alot to think about whether or not to move into her step dads house and she talks about alot of things she wants to do.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wide Sargasso Sea 2
Comments:
1. When Anntionette was at Tia's house they made a bet and then they began to fight because Tia betrayed her and she took her nice clothes
2. After leaving Tias house she finds when she arrives at her own house that there are tow other starnge people at her house ( two girls & a gentleman )
3. Christophine believes that the strangers that have been inside the house are troublesome people that shouldn't be trusted
4. Mr. Mason turns out to be one of the stranger people, asks for Annette ( mom ) for her hand ain marriage and she accepts
5. Mr. Mason fixes the outside of the house so that it is back to its beautiful outlook
Questions:
1. What is a glacis?
2. Why does Mr.Mason suddenly want to marry Annette?
3. How does Anntoniette feel about her mother remarrying?
4. Why is Annette so distant from her daughter?
vocabulary:
1. Glacis : a covered balcony
2. improverished: reduced to poverty
3. aristocracy: a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, esp. the hereditary nobility
Literary terms:
1.metaphor : about white people & blacks each staying in their "place"
2. simile
Overview SEntence:
Anntoneitte is forced to accept the fact that her mother Annette is going to marry the strange gentleman Mr.Mason because, he asked for her hand in marriage.
1. When Anntionette was at Tia's house they made a bet and then they began to fight because Tia betrayed her and she took her nice clothes
2. After leaving Tias house she finds when she arrives at her own house that there are tow other starnge people at her house ( two girls & a gentleman )
3. Christophine believes that the strangers that have been inside the house are troublesome people that shouldn't be trusted
4. Mr. Mason turns out to be one of the stranger people, asks for Annette ( mom ) for her hand ain marriage and she accepts
5. Mr. Mason fixes the outside of the house so that it is back to its beautiful outlook
Questions:
1. What is a glacis?
2. Why does Mr.Mason suddenly want to marry Annette?
3. How does Anntoniette feel about her mother remarrying?
4. Why is Annette so distant from her daughter?
vocabulary:
1. Glacis : a covered balcony
2. improverished: reduced to poverty
3. aristocracy: a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, esp. the hereditary nobility
Literary terms:
1.metaphor : about white people & blacks each staying in their "place"
2. simile
Overview SEntence:
Anntoneitte is forced to accept the fact that her mother Annette is going to marry the strange gentleman Mr.Mason because, he asked for her hand in marriage.
Wide Sargasso Sea 1
Comments:
1. Antoniette is the main character and the daughter of ex-slave owners who went broke after
the Emanicipation act of 1833
2. They used to be rich but after the slaves were freed their plantation is no longer
full of life ; and has been run down
3. Black people are mean to Antoniette for being white
4. Antoneittes mom is Annette and her dad was Alexander Cosway but he died soon after the slaves were freed
5.She had a bad feeling something bad would occur
Questions:
1. Why do they live in Jamaica if they are a white family isnt that weird?
2. Did the dad really drink himself to death?
3. What's going to happen to the family?
4. Are they going to be able to survive without the dad?
Vocabulary:
1. Marooned: a deep purplish red color tinged with brown pg. 18
2. Sieve: a utensil consisting of a round frame surrounding a mesh and used to separate solids from liquids or large particles from small particles, or to purée foods pg. 29
3. Vexed: provoked to slight annoyance, anxiety or distress pg. 34
Literary Terms:
1. simile
2.simile
Overview Sentence:
1. Anntoinette and her family have just went into ruins and her dad just currently died so her family isnt doing well at all economically or in any other way. The people from Jamaica are beginning to treat them really badly becuase they used to be a fimly of slave owners befrore the emanicipation act of 1833.
1. Antoniette is the main character and the daughter of ex-slave owners who went broke after
the Emanicipation act of 1833
2. They used to be rich but after the slaves were freed their plantation is no longer
full of life ; and has been run down
3. Black people are mean to Antoniette for being white
4. Antoneittes mom is Annette and her dad was Alexander Cosway but he died soon after the slaves were freed
5.She had a bad feeling something bad would occur
Questions:
1. Why do they live in Jamaica if they are a white family isnt that weird?
2. Did the dad really drink himself to death?
3. What's going to happen to the family?
4. Are they going to be able to survive without the dad?
Vocabulary:
1. Marooned: a deep purplish red color tinged with brown pg. 18
2. Sieve: a utensil consisting of a round frame surrounding a mesh and used to separate solids from liquids or large particles from small particles, or to purée foods pg. 29
3. Vexed: provoked to slight annoyance, anxiety or distress pg. 34
Literary Terms:
1. simile
2.simile
Overview Sentence:
1. Anntoinette and her family have just went into ruins and her dad just currently died so her family isnt doing well at all economically or in any other way. The people from Jamaica are beginning to treat them really badly becuase they used to be a fimly of slave owners befrore the emanicipation act of 1833.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
invisible man 8
Comments:
1. Mr. & Mrs.Hall had put two and two together, the rumor of the buglary and the stranger being gone all night that same day
2.The stranger had went into the parlour of the Coach and the horses but, adnt reurn yet and people were curious to know why
3. Mrs. Hall finally did stand up for herself to the stranger because, he was being very demanding to her asking her to do his breakfast and he hadnt payed for his bill in the hotel yet which really angered her
4. Mrs.Hall started asking him questions about where he had been and how in the world had he enetred the house once again without being seen
5. The stranger unveiled himself and showed her who he really was by taking of his nose, clothes etc. and they couldn't anything nothing at all ; he was invisible
Questions:
1. Where had the stranger been all night?
2. why hadn't he payed his bill to Mrs.Hall yet?
3. Will he answer any of Mrs.Hall's angry questions?
4. How was the stranger invivsibe yet alive?
Vocabulary:
1. Intangible: not tangible; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impalpable.
2. Coherent: logically connected; consistent
3. Expostulation: the act of expostulating; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest
Literary terms:
1. Personification
2. Simile: The stranger toa ghost because he was invisible.
Overview Sentence:
Mrs.Hall and The stranger began to have an arguement becuase the was beig demanding about his breakfast and he yet hadn't paid his bill to the hotel. So she started asking him the questions everyone was curious to know out of anger. About where he had been the night before and why didnt he ver talk etc. He finally unveiled himself and the big surprise was that there was nothing under the clothes ; he was invisible.
1. Mr. & Mrs.Hall had put two and two together, the rumor of the buglary and the stranger being gone all night that same day
2.The stranger had went into the parlour of the Coach and the horses but, adnt reurn yet and people were curious to know why
3. Mrs. Hall finally did stand up for herself to the stranger because, he was being very demanding to her asking her to do his breakfast and he hadnt payed for his bill in the hotel yet which really angered her
4. Mrs.Hall started asking him questions about where he had been and how in the world had he enetred the house once again without being seen
5. The stranger unveiled himself and showed her who he really was by taking of his nose, clothes etc. and they couldn't anything nothing at all ; he was invisible
Questions:
1. Where had the stranger been all night?
2. why hadn't he payed his bill to Mrs.Hall yet?
3. Will he answer any of Mrs.Hall's angry questions?
4. How was the stranger invivsibe yet alive?
Vocabulary:
1. Intangible: not tangible; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impalpable.
2. Coherent: logically connected; consistent
3. Expostulation: the act of expostulating; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest
Literary terms:
1. Personification
2. Simile: The stranger toa ghost because he was invisible.
Overview Sentence:
Mrs.Hall and The stranger began to have an arguement becuase the was beig demanding about his breakfast and he yet hadn't paid his bill to the hotel. So she started asking him the questions everyone was curious to know out of anger. About where he had been the night before and why didnt he ver talk etc. He finally unveiled himself and the big surprise was that there was nothing under the clothes ; he was invisible.
iNVISIBLE MAN 7
Comments:
1. Early in the morning even before Millie began hunting, when Mr. & Mrs.Hall woke up and found that the stranger wasn't in his room
2.Mr.Hall noticed that the bolts of the front door were ajar and unscrewed
3. Mr.Hall enetered the stranger's room and started to look around and notice most of this things were there but from the feels of his bed the stranger hadn't slept there the night before
4.They heard the fron door open and shut but no one there, thought they didnt play much mind to it at that exact moment
5.When Mr. & Mrs.Hall entered his room again the clothes leapt up and stacked on their own and then the furniture began to fly around, Mrs.Hall thought that the stranger put spirits into the furniture
Questions:
1. Why had the fron door been ajar?
2. Wherecould the stranger have been all night?
3. Was the stranger going to return to the hotel or had he left?
4. Why did the furniture move on its own and did the stranger really put spirirts into it?
Vocabulary:
1. Ajar: neither entirely open nor entirely shut; partly open
2. Terminated: to bring to an end; put an end to
3.Ascertained: To discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation. See Synonyms at discover.
Literary terms:
1. Metaphor "dont stick your nose where the wind dont blow"
2. Simile: what happened in the house to what happened on tv
Overview SEntence:
Mr.& Mrs.Hall had woken up early and started their daily agenda. But, Mr.Hall notices that the strangers door is ajar meaning that he wasnt in their. So then he & Mrs.Hall can tell that the stranger hadn't been there all night. Right then all his clothes started plying up and the furniture moving. Mrs.Hall thought that the stranger had put his spirits into the furniture.
1. Early in the morning even before Millie began hunting, when Mr. & Mrs.Hall woke up and found that the stranger wasn't in his room
2.Mr.Hall noticed that the bolts of the front door were ajar and unscrewed
3. Mr.Hall enetered the stranger's room and started to look around and notice most of this things were there but from the feels of his bed the stranger hadn't slept there the night before
4.They heard the fron door open and shut but no one there, thought they didnt play much mind to it at that exact moment
5.When Mr. & Mrs.Hall entered his room again the clothes leapt up and stacked on their own and then the furniture began to fly around, Mrs.Hall thought that the stranger put spirits into the furniture
Questions:
1. Why had the fron door been ajar?
2. Wherecould the stranger have been all night?
3. Was the stranger going to return to the hotel or had he left?
4. Why did the furniture move on its own and did the stranger really put spirirts into it?
Vocabulary:
1. Ajar: neither entirely open nor entirely shut; partly open
2. Terminated: to bring to an end; put an end to
3.Ascertained: To discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation. See Synonyms at discover.
Literary terms:
1. Metaphor "dont stick your nose where the wind dont blow"
2. Simile: what happened in the house to what happened on tv
Overview SEntence:
Mr.& Mrs.Hall had woken up early and started their daily agenda. But, Mr.Hall notices that the strangers door is ajar meaning that he wasnt in their. So then he & Mrs.Hall can tell that the stranger hadn't been there all night. Right then all his clothes started plying up and the furniture moving. Mrs.Hall thought that the stranger had put his spirits into the furniture.
Invivsible man 6
Comments:
1. The invisible had revealed some stuff to Mr.Cuss in the extensive converstaion that they had the day in his room
2. Mr.Cuss told Mrs.Hall and Mr.Hall everything about what had happened when he finally decided tobe brave and just ask him about who he is and exactly what it is that he does
3.They still haven't complete figured out who he is they have no idea that "the invisble man" might just be someone closer than anyone could think especially the owners of the Horse Inn in Iping
4. It was so hard to actually realize that the stranger had some kind of deformatio and angermanagement issues becuase he never revealed anything so they were always clueless to anything that had to do with him
5. There are starnge robberies starting to occur in Iping after this mysterious discovery
Questions:
1. Why are these robberies occuring?
2.Who is the one committing these robberies?
3. DO they suspect o fthe stranger?
4. Why dont they ever just leave the stranger alone?
Vocabulary:
1. Decadence: the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay
2. Impalpable: not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible.
3. Perceptible: capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable
Literary terms:
1.metahor
2.simile
Overview sentence:
They are staring to make new dsicoveries about the stranger.
1. The invisible had revealed some stuff to Mr.Cuss in the extensive converstaion that they had the day in his room
2. Mr.Cuss told Mrs.Hall and Mr.Hall everything about what had happened when he finally decided tobe brave and just ask him about who he is and exactly what it is that he does
3.They still haven't complete figured out who he is they have no idea that "the invisble man" might just be someone closer than anyone could think especially the owners of the Horse Inn in Iping
4. It was so hard to actually realize that the stranger had some kind of deformatio and angermanagement issues becuase he never revealed anything so they were always clueless to anything that had to do with him
5. There are starnge robberies starting to occur in Iping after this mysterious discovery
Questions:
1. Why are these robberies occuring?
2.Who is the one committing these robberies?
3. DO they suspect o fthe stranger?
4. Why dont they ever just leave the stranger alone?
Vocabulary:
1. Decadence: the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay
2. Impalpable: not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible.
3. Perceptible: capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable
Literary terms:
1.metahor
2.simile
Overview sentence:
They are staring to make new dsicoveries about the stranger.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Invisible man 5
Comments:
1.The facts of the buglary at the vicarage came to them from the Vicar and his wife
2.They described how the scene of the night shimmered in completely darkness as they heard the burgular inside their home at about 4
3.They heard mummurs but couldnt make out the the words of whom ever was inside their home at that moment
4. Mr. Vicar and his wife armed themselves to be safe when they went downstairs to look and catch the robber in his act so that they could send him or her to the police as soon as they saw who the person was
5. When they got downstairs they heard the door slam and looked all around their home but there was not a soul in sight and right there the sun began to rise high above the sky and they began to wonder where who ever it was had gotten
Questions:
1.WHy did they want to rob Mr.Vicar's house?
2.Are they sure they took anything inside their house?
3. Did they really hear a robber or was it all inside their heads?
4. Will they found if their was aburgular in their house?
Vocabulary:
1.Twilight: the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.
2.Quaintly:having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque
3.Scullery: a small room or section of a pantry in which food is cleaned, trimmed, and cut into cooking portions before being sent to the kitchen
Literary terms:
1. alliteration
2.personification
Overview Sentence:
Mr.Vicar and his wife went to the hotel to tell Mr.& Mrs. Hall about the burgular that been in their house at the break of dawn. They hadn't been able to catch him in the act though.
1.The facts of the buglary at the vicarage came to them from the Vicar and his wife
2.They described how the scene of the night shimmered in completely darkness as they heard the burgular inside their home at about 4
3.They heard mummurs but couldnt make out the the words of whom ever was inside their home at that moment
4. Mr. Vicar and his wife armed themselves to be safe when they went downstairs to look and catch the robber in his act so that they could send him or her to the police as soon as they saw who the person was
5. When they got downstairs they heard the door slam and looked all around their home but there was not a soul in sight and right there the sun began to rise high above the sky and they began to wonder where who ever it was had gotten
Questions:
1.WHy did they want to rob Mr.Vicar's house?
2.Are they sure they took anything inside their house?
3. Did they really hear a robber or was it all inside their heads?
4. Will they found if their was aburgular in their house?
Vocabulary:
1.Twilight: the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.
2.Quaintly:having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque
3.Scullery: a small room or section of a pantry in which food is cleaned, trimmed, and cut into cooking portions before being sent to the kitchen
Literary terms:
1. alliteration
2.personification
Overview Sentence:
Mr.Vicar and his wife went to the hotel to tell Mr.& Mrs. Hall about the burgular that been in their house at the break of dawn. They hadn't been able to catch him in the act though.
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