Reading strategies and resources: Lotus Eaters: There was the god of dreams Morpheus, and his father told him to show sleeping men dreams of death, so that they can be ready for it. His aunt, Persephone, said other things, like to show them good dreams, and hang the bright things in the bag in the wall where men sleep. Morpheus could mix colors into dreams to control them. He was fascinated by how one corner of a man’s brain is still awake when they sleep, so he asked Persephone to give him a flower, purple and black, but red in one petal. Those were honey nut flowers which if you eat, you fall asleep. When Ulysses came, Morpheus only gave happy colors to his men, because Ulysses is a hero, and he cannot mess with the dreams of a hero. Ulysses dreamed of horrible things. He woke and one by one started to move his men on to the ship, and got out of there.
Responding to literature: How Ulysses Looks: This Journal entry is how Ulysses looks like. In the book, it describes how he looks like when Morpheus sees him sleeping with his men. They say that he had wide, grooved brows, and red hair, and a jutting chin. This means that he has wide and grooved brows, every hair covering his face is red, and he has a chin a bit extended up. This is a kind of face for a hero who's been through a lot of things. This Journal entry is about what decision Ulysses makes, and what I did if I was in his situation. In this chapter, Ulysses tries to sail past the rocks, or in a different direction, but the rocks just move and won't let him go his way. So, he finally makes a hard decision that he must sail for the Sun Titan, so he does away from his home Ithaca where he was planning to go. I've been in that kind of situation before. One day, with my parents I was planning to go watch a musical, but something came up with my parents that they had to go to this place far away. They said that I have two options. To watch it all by myself, or I can wait for them if they can try to come back for part two of the musical. I liked that musical, but I had to choose a THIRD option, of canceling the ticket before it started, because there is no way that I can watch it myself, and it wouldn't be fun, but I can't 100% rely on my parents to make it back for part 2, so even though it was a show that me and my parents were looking forward to, I had to decide to cancel it.
Literary work for Friday:
Readers Response:
It isn’t fair that Margot is treated that way from other students because she is different. Margot was bullied so much, and if she is different, it is her job to figure it all out, and make friends, and it’s not for the other students to concern about.
Thematic Focus:
I would like to say to other students that even though people are different, everyone gets a fair amount of chance to see the world, and it’s not the other people’s job to determine who gets to see it and who doesn’t. I would also like to give them a punishment if I was a teacher for them to be locked in the closet one by one, and see how it feels if they don’t say sorry to Margot, and promise to be nice to her.
Check Your Comprehension:
All of the students are excited at the beginning of the story because they get to see the sun come out and shine upon them, which they have been waiting for with 7 years of rain.
Margot knows more about the sun than the other classmates do, because she came from the Earth five years ago.
The children lock Margot in the closet before the rain stops.
The children run towards the shining light of the sun and warm their entire bodies with it, and let is shine on their faces while the two hours they are outdoors.
In the very end, Margot gets out of the closet, but she never got to see the sun.
In the “Primer Lesson”, the thing that makes proud words dangerous is that if you say one of those proud words, and make a mistake, you can never undo what you said, and you have to face the consequences.
Interpret:
The other children are unkind to Margot because she is different from all of them. She came from the Earth five years ago, and got to see the sun unlike the other children.
The other children reject Margot’s description of the sun, because they are so jealous that Margot came from the Earth and got to see the sun before them, and since she is treated like trash among them, they don’t like to believe what trash’s say.
I think that the other children go along with the prank that is played along Margot, because, like the answer to the second question, they are jealous of her, and where she came from, and many chances she had to see the sun, so they just wanted to prevent her from seeing the sun, since they think she was bragging about her memory, and that she got many chance to see it.
I think that the children were just thinking that they were just joking around, and that she will get out of the closet by herself, and everything will be fine the next day. However, it didn’t turn out like that.
I think that the children felt really sorry for Margot, and now see that they did wrong, since they saw the sun, and were all happy, but it disappeared, and they can’t see it for a long time. They just blocked Margot, an Earth citizen from seeing all of the glory of her home which she will likely have to wait a long time to see it.
This story teaches that even though other people are different, be friendly and nice to them so that they feel like they are home, and to give them many chances to accomplish things they want to. One major thing is not to be mean or to treat them badly like trash.
I think that the quality of proud words that Sandburg stress when he says they wear “hard boots” is that once you release the proud words, you can never take them back, and they’ll walk off like hard, heavy boots.
I think that Sandburg called this poem Primer Lesson, because primer means from a simple textbook for teaching basic lessons, so I think he called his own poem that name because it taught a simple lesson about proud words from one text.
Extend:
I think that the other children will treat Margot like Venus is her home, and will comfort her to the end, considering their wrong actions that they did. If they don’t, at least they won’t bother her anymore.
I think that the message of Primer Lesson applies to Summer Days by saying that once you let something go, it’s hard to call them back, like the sun, and the heavy boots.
Building Vocab.
Vitality
Vitamins
Vital signs
Spelling Strategy:
Constant rains saturated Bradbury’s Venus.
In actuality, there is no rain on Venus.
The fictional situation makes a good story.
Using the Word Bank:
Yes, water is vital to life since it is needed for organisms to live
Yes, the meal that you savored is the one that you like, because you enjoyed that meal.
Slacking rain is decreasing, since the rain is easing out.
The feather that lands on the floor doesn’t produce concussion, since it lands soft, and barely makes a sound.
I wouldn’t describe a baseball as a resilient, because it is a solid thing, and it doesn’t spring back into shape. It stays solid.
If electricity surged through our computers, the computer would be damaged, because the electricity would move violently through it.
If children play tumultuously, they wouldn’t be quiet, because they would be playing loudly.
Literary Focus:
The details of the setting which are the most essential is the description of the rain, and the coldness of the planet.
Margot is affected by the story’s setting because she never gets to see the sun, and it’s always raining for her, and she gets home sick.
The other children are affected by the setting, because they are obsessed about the sun, because of the whole rain, and all of it, so that makes them lock Margot up.
Yes, they can occur in different settings, if there is a story when one boy came from the other side of the Earth where it rains all day, to the dessert which never rains. He can be treated badly like Margot because he is different.
Practice:
It had been raining for seven years.
Margot stood apart from these children.
They had read in class about the sun.
She would play no games with them in the echoing tunnels of the underground.
The sky darkened into midnight in a flash.
Writing Applications:
It rains heavily on for an hour.
One boy spoke for the witness across the judge.
Literature Definitions:
Character: Person coming out in a story
Internal Conflict: Conflict going on inside an organized structure, or within it’s people, such as a civil war, or a fight among friends
External Conflict: Conflict going on outside an organized structure, or outside it’s people, such as a war between two countries
Foreshadowing: Giving the clue that something is coming up
mood: Feelings
Protagonist: Principal character in the story
Antagonist: The overall opponent in the story
Setting: Where the story takes place
Symbol: A sign that represents something in the story
Theme: The main event
What it would be like to live on Cannibal Beach: If I lived on Cannibal beach, it would be terrible, because I would have to find food and shelter, while the giant cannibals are trying to find me!!!!! It would be like a survival game, only that instead of men, they are giant cannibals. I would have to always keep guard, so I will be tired, won't be able to sleep, and I'll have to keep on running from the giant. The faster cycle of day and night can cause problems by confusing your vision. It would be dark, than bright, dark, bright, dark, bright, and you would be totally confused. I think that is why Ulysses couldn't find out what the "trees" were. One second it was bright, than dark, than bright, so there was no chance for him to take a closer look at it unless he climbed it. This is the chapter 6 journal entry.
What people in/or places in my life would I be willing to fight as hard as Ulysses to get to/see?
I would be willing to fight as hard as Ulysses for my family, and my home. Ulysses knows that the whole sea is against him because of the sea god. However, he has not given up hope if there is a 0.0001%of chance that he would get to what is most important to him in his life. Like Ulysses, if I have even a slight chance of getting to what is the most important thing in my life, I would fight as hard as Ulysses.
Father Quinel tells Asta's son three things. What were they? What does he promise to tell later?
Father Quinel tells Asta's son three very important things about his life. First, he revealed that Asta's son's name was Crispin. Second, Asta could write, and it was written in her precious cross that she held when she died. He also revealed that Lord Furnival returned from war but was ill and expected to die, and that he himself was his son. He later promises to tell Crispin about his father.
Literature:
Character: Crispin, Cerdic, Father Quinel, Four armed men of the steward
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders if he should trust Cerdic and go West
External Conflict: Crispin moving secretly so that non of the people can see him
Foreshadowing: Cerdic starts to get far away from Crispin as they reach the boundary cross which tells us that Crispin is going to be lead to a trap
mood: I feel bad for Crispin that he was betrayed
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: The people who accuse Crispin
Setting: Middle ages, England, Stromford
Symbol: Crispin sees the shadowing forms rise from the road to block his way. Although there were armed men, this meant that Crispin was lead to a trap by Cerdic
Theme: Don't trust anyone you know, but trust specific people
Chapter 11:
Character: Crispin, Aycliffe, Father Quinel, Aycliffe’s men
Internal Conflict: Crispin struggles has to decide, after seeing the lights upstream, to cross the river, or to go a different way
External Conflict: The men are chasing Crispin
Foreshadowing: He saw someone lying in the ground, and when he said “His first thoughts was a guard”, Crispin knew that it must be someone important to him.
mood: I feel sad for Crispin since he lost someone precious to him
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Steward, and Aycliffe’s men
Setting: Middle ages, Europe, Nigh time, Mill, River
Symbol: Crispin sees a light up stream, but that means that Aycliffe’s men are probably there.
Theme: You must not panic if you want to survive.
Chapter 12:
Characters: Crispin, Aycliffe, Aycliffe’s men
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders just for a moment if he should turn back and go to get the food that Peregrine had given him
External Conflict: Crispin is worn out, but still running away from Aycliffe and his men, trying to get out of the city
Foreshadowing: Losing the food that he had been given tells him that he will have to go starving, or searching for food.
Mood: I feel sad for Crispin
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Aycliffe, Aycliffe’s men
Setting: Middle Ages, England, Stromford
Symbol: The silence of the sound tells Crispin that something might be lurking near
Theme: You must find strength in desperate situations
Chapter 13
Characters: Crispin, Steward, Aycliffe, The man Crispin saw in the woods, and the bailiff
Internal Conflict: Crispin is afraid of the road, since the people who are looking for him are likely to be there, but to get out of Stromford, he needs to travel on the road, so he is fighting his fears, and going on the road.
External Conflict: Crispin is famished, worn out, tired, and could barely stand, but he still is traveling to get out of Stromford.
Foreshadowing: At the first part of the chapter, Crispin sees the four people: Aycliffe, and the man he saw in the woods, and the bailiff. They were galloping on the road near where Crispin is hiding. This tells that Crispin will have a hard time traveling on roads.
Mood: I feel gloomy, and think that it's not fair for someone to go through this cruel thing
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Aycliffe, Bailiff
Setting: Middle Ages, England, the forrest in Stromford near the roads.
Symbol: Crispin takes out Peregrine’s pouch, and looks inside to find seeds, but that tells us that the seeds would be no help for food for Crispin.
Theme: There are times so awful that you will no longer wish to live.
Chapter 14
Characters: Crispin, Dead man
Internal Conflict: After Crispin saw the dead man, and thinking that God had sent him a warning, he finds out that he-himself wants to live, not to die, and fights the dread inside himself, and continues to travel.
External Conflict: Crispin is trying to get away even though he is tired, famished, and worn out.
Foreshadowing: When Crispin says that he wants to live, this tells us that he will keep on traveling.
Mood: I feel good for Crispin that he gained hope in the end
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Aycliffe, Aycliffe’s men
Setting: Middle Ages, England, Stromford, in the morning, in the road through the mist.
Symbol: When the dead man’s face is moldy green, this tells us that he has been dead for quite a long time.
Theme: Even if there are many situations so awful you just don’t want to live, you mustn’t give up hope.
Chapter 15:
Characters: Crispin
Internal Conflict: Crispin has to fight the shock inside himself, for seeing the destroyed village and the skeleton, and keep on traveling.
External Conflict: Crispin is hungry, thirsty, but he still is moving on to save himself.
Foreshadowing: When Crispin says that the village had something wrong, this tells us that Crispin will find unpleasant things in the village.
Mood: I feel kind of sad and gloomy for Crispin since he found a village, but it was deserted.
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Lack of food and thirst
Setting: Middle Ages, England, the village that Crispin finds.
Symbol: When Crispin saw that the village lay in ruins, this tells us that something bad had happened.
Theme: Don’t get your hopes up too much, or it’ll come back as a shock to you of what you find.
Chapter 16
Characters: Crispin, the stranger that Crispin sees
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders if he should trust the stranger or not
External Conflict: The stranger grabs Crispin’s hand the moment Crispin tries to get the bread, and Crispin will try to break free.
Foreshadowing: The stranger grabbing Crispin’s hand tells us that something bad will happen.
Mood: I feel like Crispin is being treated unfairly, and I feel sad for him
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: The stranger that Crispin meets.
Setting: Middle Ages, England, the old Church near the destroyed village.
Symbol: The appearance of the man tells us that he is no ordinary stranger.
Theme: Don’t trust strangers.
Chapter 17
Characters: Crispin, the stranger that Crispin meets.
Internal Conflict: Don’t know
External Conflict: Crispin is trying to get free of the stranger’s grip.
Foreshadowing:The stranger blocking the doorway tells us that Crispin will be with him for a while.
Mood: I am very nervous for Crispin
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist:The stranger that Crispin meets
Setting: Middle Ages, England, The old church near the destroyed village.
Symbol: Don’t know
Theme: Don’t trust strangers, or you’ll get yourself into a lot of trouble.
Chapter 18
Characters: Crispin, the stranger that Crispin meets.
Internal Conflict: Crispin was fighting in the beginning if he should swear the sacred oath or not.
External Conflict: The stranger is blocking Crispin and threatening him with the dagger.
Foreshadowing: The stranger demanding the oath from Crispin tells us that Crispin will probably swear the oath.
Mood: I feel like everything is unfair for Crispin.
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: The Stranger
Setting: Middle Ages, England, the old church near the destroyed village.
Symbol: The balls tells that this stranger’s job might be related with tossing balls.
Theme: There are times when you have to go for the bad to avoid the worst.
Chapter 19
Characters: Crispin, Orson Hrothgar
Internal Conflict: Crispin is reluctantly answering the stranger’s questions.
External Conflict: The stranger is leading Crispin, and Crispin is forced to follow him.
Foreshadowing: The stranger heading to the city tells us that Crispin will also be going to the city with him if he continues to follow him.
Mood: I feel like everything is unfair for Crispin.
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Orson Hrothgar
Setting: Middle Ages, England, the old church near the destroyed village.
Symbol: The stranger’s bag that was given to Crispin tells Crispin that he’ll have to carry it.
Theme: There are times when you have to go for the bad to avoid the worst.
Chapter 20
Character: Crispin, Orson Hrothgar
Internal Conflict: Crispin is considering if he should drop the sack and run, or if he should stay by Orson with the sacred oath.
External Conflict: No External Conflict
Foreshadowing: No foreshadowing
Mood: I feel bad that Crispin was enslaved
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Orson Hrothgar
Setting: Middle ages, England, on the road to go to a village
Symbol: No symbol
Theme: You mustn’t rush if you want to survive.
Chapter 21:
Character: Crispin, Bear
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders if he should run away from Bear
External Conflict: Bear forces Crispin to practice juggling
Foreshadowing: When the book says that Bear tells Crispin to toss one of the balls, we can predict that he will make Crispin practice juggling
mood: I feel sympathy for Crispin
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Steward, Bear
Setting: Middle ages, England
Symbol: The balls symbolize Bear’s job
Theme: Sometimes, it’s good to be patient, and you should never give up hope
Chapter 22:
Character: Crispin, Bear
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders if he should run away from Bear
External Conflict: Bear ties up Crispin to a tree
Foreshadowing: When the book says that Bear gets out a rope, we can predict that he will tie Crispin to a tree
mood: I feel sympathy for Crispin
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Steward, Bear
Setting: Middle ages, England
Symbol: The rabbit symbolizes their food that Crispin and Bear are going to eat
Theme: Sometimes, it’s good to be patient, and you should never give up hope
Chapter 23:
Character: Crispin, Bear
Internal Conflict: At first, Crispin wonders if he should tell Bear about his life, or not, because he never told anyone else, so he didn't know if he can trust Bear
External Conflict:
Foreshadowing: When Bear asks Crispin about his life, we can predict that he might turn Crispin over to the steward.
mood: I feel happy, because Crispin was dying to tell Bear about his entire life and get over with the secret, but he also had to mention about his mother which brought him pain.
Protagonist: Crispin, Bear
Antagonist:
Setting: Middle ages, England, A few paces off road
Symbol: The forest symbolizes protection, because in the forest with Bear, Crispin is pretty safe.
Theme: Sometimes, it’s good to tell secrets and just let it go from you.
Chapter 24:
Character: Crispin, Bear
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders inside his head about the things Bear advised him.
External Conflict:
Foreshadowing: Crispin might be learning Bear's tricks so he can work with Bear
mood: There is a sense of confusion, because Crispin is being exposed to ideas that are new to him.
Protagonist: Crispin, Bear
Antagonist: Bear
Setting: Middle ages, England, A few paces off the road
Symbol: Bear's hat symbolizes two sides, good and bad since it is separated into two sides.
Theme: Sometimes, you’ll have to really think to know what another person is trying to tell you
Chapter 25:
Character: Crispin, Bear
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders inside his head about what he is, if he has a soul, ect.
External Conflict:
Foreshadowing: When Bear gets out a dagger, we can predict that he is going to do something with it to Crispin
mood: I feel happy for Crispin since that Bear convinced him that he is actually something
Protagonist: Crispin, Bear
Antagonist:
Setting: Middle ages, England
Symbol: Bear’s dagger symbolizes differences, since he used it to cut Crispin’s hair.
Theme: Sometimes, what you think of yourself may not be true.
Chapter 26:
Character: Crispin, Bear
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders inside his head if he will be able to play their music
External Conflict:
Foreshadowing: When Bear and Crispin plays music and dances, we can predict that Bear will use Crispin in this way.
mood: I am happy, because Bear opened up a new light to Crispin who was always in darkness. He taught Crispin how to play music when Crispin himself thought that he couldn’t do it himself.
Theme: Sometimes, you’ll have to really try to achieve something, and you may not be what you think you are.
How the 2 dead men affect Crispin:
One of the dead people that Crispin found is Father Quinel. Crispin feels sad, because he thinks that Father Quinel died because of him, and thinks that god abandoned him. He also realizes that he is going to have to go on the journey himself. The thoughts of Father Quinel depresses Crispin, and makes him lose energy.
The other dead man was the one swinging from the gallows. He looked so terrible, that Crispin thought that he was a thief brought to justice. Crispin starts to lose hope, because he thought that god had sent him a message to warn him. Crispin lost hope, and didn't want to live.
Writing strategies and resources
Personal spelling and vocabulary:
Chapter 1: vessels: water craft bigger than a rowboat
stays(noun): A large strong rope made of oxide to control the sails.
booty: treasure that’s taken from war.
prow: A bow of a ship
quartering winds(not Webster): winds blowing toward a ship’s quarter as to strike.
baubles: something like a scepter, trifling appear, move up and down in the water.
shaft: something resembling to a mass.
head wind: Wind blowing opposite from a path of a ship or aircraft
hull: A frame or body of a ship
scudded: Run before a gale
Chapter 2: bouquets: bunch of flowers picked together and fastened.
hospitable: promising or suggesting a general welcome
brow: A projecting upper part or a margin of a steep place
lolled: to hang loosely or laxly.
Chapter 3: mutiny: Resisting
exiling: Banish
bailing hooks: A hook used to help transport things
moor: A wet and spongy area.
smith craft: A person that does metal working.
agile: to be quick and fast
bowels: seat of pity, tenderness, or courage
vigil: A watch firmly kept on the night before a Feast with prayer or other devotions and preparation.
phlegmy: One of the 4 humors in the early physiology that was considered to be cold and moist.
forging: To move ahead.
disembark: Go to ashore out of ship
gullet: A throat
Chapter 4:
shrouds: Something that covers, screens, or guards.
reveling: To take part in a revel
mischievous: Able to cause annoyance, and trouble.
sullen:glooming, or resentfully
outwitted:outsmart, or to surpass in wisdom
coursed: To follow close upon
Name: Patrick Kwon
Date: 9/17/09
Block: 7A
Vocabulary Worksheet, Chapter 6 and 7 Ulysses
Fill in the blank. Use the following words correctly to complete the sentences.
ethical
1. The girl responded haughtily when she was told she could not go to the
dance.
2. Ethical behavior is important in building oneʼs character.
3. The inhabitants of most countries must possess an identification card.
4. A loom is and instrument used for weaving.
5. There was a glut of fish at the market so the prices were low.
6. The hungry wolves gorged on the deerʼs flesh.
7. The cold wind chilled me to the marrow of my bones.
8. His grandfather was a venerable officer in the Navy.
9. That new perfume has an intoxicating scent.
10. We rowed the skiff ashore.
Write sentences of your own for these words.
perils
provisioned: Ulysses’s men were provisioned with food from the village people.
prophesy: Circe made a prophesy that Ulysses will never go back home.
moored: Ulysses moored his ship on the sea, and swam to the island.
sorceries: Circe’s sorceries were too powerful for Ulysses
dispositions: don’t know
ogres: The ogres ate 5 of Ulysses’s men
spur: Don’t know
Chrispin ch. 4-7
Chapter 4
untoward: Bad
An untoward event happened to him. He was thrown off the horse.
thatch: Something of plants use to cover
The house roof was made of thatch, because the people couldn’t afford stones.
bailiff: Sort of officer to arrest people
The bailiff started arresting the criminals one by one.
reeve: Officer who is responsible for judging wrong doings
The reeve was also with the bailiff who arrested the prisoners.
mean: weak
The building had a mean structure, so couldn’t not hold on long when a fire appeared.
pinnacle: The top
After many hours, he finally reached the pinnacle of the mountain.
meander: To wander around
The stag was meandering around the field.
impenetrable: Can’t be penetrated
The tank was well built, and impenetrable.
fallow: untouched
The lost pencil lay fallow, for no body touched it so the owner can get it.
infidels: People who don’t believe in Christian, but oppose it
The infidels were insulting Christians.
Chapter 5/6
canonical: Sort of regular process(like in the book that said canonical hours)
The canonical hours went by very quickly after I’d woken up.
strident: Fierce, and harsh
The strident look of the criminal in the wanted poster made me think that I should never go near him.
clamor: Very loud noise
The clamor of the dropped pans went on for 3 minutes.
apprehension: Not trusting, afraid, ect.
I thought the lesson was over, but to my apprehension, another lesson began.
implore: Beg to
I implored my mom to buy me a new game, but she said that it had to be my birthday.
hue/cry: Pursue against someone for a bad act.
The hue and cry of the criminal already were spread throughout the city.
Chapter 7
skittish: Gets afraid easily
The cat was so skittish that he ran away from a mice.
petitions: Requests to someone
The petitions that the villagers asked the king wasn’t pleasant for him to hear.
moot: Getting everyone together
The mayer called a moot to the citizens to discuss about the olympics.
treason: Betraying
The treason of one of the Spartans caused them to loose the war against Rome.
plight: Feelings of truth
The plight inside him only began to decrease as he kept on lying to people.
curfew: Bell in the night
After a long hard day of work, the curfew bell finally rang at six.
Grammar and usage: Idioms:
All ears: curiosity
All that glitters is not gold: If a object looks like gold, it may not be that way.
Reading strategies and resources: Lotus Eaters: There was the god of dreams Morpheus, and his father told him to show sleeping men dreams of death, so that they can be ready for it. His aunt, Persephone, said other things, like to show them good dreams, and hang the bright things in the bag in the wall where men sleep. Morpheus could mix colors into dreams to control them. He was fascinated by how one corner of a man’s brain is still awake when they sleep, so he asked Persephone to give him a flower, purple and black, but red in one petal. Those were honey nut flowers which if you eat, you fall asleep. When Ulysses came, Morpheus only gave happy colors to his men, because Ulysses is a hero, and he cannot mess with the dreams of a hero. Ulysses dreamed of horrible things. He woke and one by one started to move his men on to the ship, and got out of there.
Responding to literature: How Ulysses Looks: This Journal entry is how Ulysses looks like. In the book, it describes how he looks like when Morpheus sees him sleeping with his men. They say that he had wide, grooved brows, and red hair, and a jutting chin. This means that he has wide and grooved brows, every hair covering his face is red, and he has a chin a bit extended up. This is a kind of face for a hero who's been through a lot of things. This Journal entry is about what decision Ulysses makes, and what I did if I was in his situation. In this chapter, Ulysses tries to sail past the rocks, or in a different direction, but the rocks just move and won't let him go his way. So, he finally makes a hard decision that he must sail for the Sun Titan, so he does away from his home Ithaca where he was planning to go. I've been in that kind of situation before. One day, with my parents I was planning to go watch a musical, but something came up with my parents that they had to go to this place far away. They said that I have two options. To watch it all by myself, or I can wait for them if they can try to come back for part two of the musical. I liked that musical, but I had to choose a THIRD option, of canceling the ticket before it started, because there is no way that I can watch it myself, and it wouldn't be fun, but I can't 100% rely on my parents to make it back for part 2, so even though it was a show that me and my parents were looking forward to, I had to decide to cancel it.
Literary work for Friday:
Readers Response:
It isn’t fair that Margot is treated that way from other students because she is different. Margot was bullied so much, and if she is different, it is her job to figure it all out, and make friends, and it’s not for the other students to concern about.
Thematic Focus:
I would like to say to other students that even though people are different, everyone gets a fair amount of chance to see the world, and it’s not the other people’s job to determine who gets to see it and who doesn’t. I would also like to give them a punishment if I was a teacher for them to be locked in the closet one by one, and see how it feels if they don’t say sorry to Margot, and promise to be nice to her.
Check Your Comprehension:
All of the students are excited at the beginning of the story because they get to see the sun come out and shine upon them, which they have been waiting for with 7 years of rain.
Margot knows more about the sun than the other classmates do, because she came from the Earth five years ago.
The children lock Margot in the closet before the rain stops.
The children run towards the shining light of the sun and warm their entire bodies with it, and let is shine on their faces while the two hours they are outdoors.
In the very end, Margot gets out of the closet, but she never got to see the sun.
In the “Primer Lesson”, the thing that makes proud words dangerous is that if you say one of those proud words, and make a mistake, you can never undo what you said, and you have to face the consequences.
Interpret:
The other children are unkind to Margot because she is different from all of them. She came from the Earth five years ago, and got to see the sun unlike the other children.
The other children reject Margot’s description of the sun, because they are so jealous that Margot came from the Earth and got to see the sun before them, and since she is treated like trash among them, they don’t like to believe what trash’s say.
I think that the other children go along with the prank that is played along Margot, because, like the answer to the second question, they are jealous of her, and where she came from, and many chances she had to see the sun, so they just wanted to prevent her from seeing the sun, since they think she was bragging about her memory, and that she got many chance to see it.
I think that the children were just thinking that they were just joking around, and that she will get out of the closet by herself, and everything will be fine the next day. However, it didn’t turn out like that.
I think that the children felt really sorry for Margot, and now see that they did wrong, since they saw the sun, and were all happy, but it disappeared, and they can’t see it for a long time. They just blocked Margot, an Earth citizen from seeing all of the glory of her home which she will likely have to wait a long time to see it.
This story teaches that even though other people are different, be friendly and nice to them so that they feel like they are home, and to give them many chances to accomplish things they want to. One major thing is not to be mean or to treat them badly like trash.
I think that the quality of proud words that Sandburg stress when he says they wear “hard boots” is that once you release the proud words, you can never take them back, and they’ll walk off like hard, heavy boots.
I think that Sandburg called this poem Primer Lesson, because primer means from a simple textbook for teaching basic lessons, so I think he called his own poem that name because it taught a simple lesson about proud words from one text.
Extend:
I think that the other children will treat Margot like Venus is her home, and will comfort her to the end, considering their wrong actions that they did. If they don’t, at least they won’t bother her anymore.
I think that the message of Primer Lesson applies to Summer Days by saying that once you let something go, it’s hard to call them back, like the sun, and the heavy boots.
Building Vocab.
Vitality
Vitamins
Vital signs
Spelling Strategy:
Constant rains saturated Bradbury’s Venus.
In actuality, there is no rain on Venus.
The fictional situation makes a good story.
Using the Word Bank:
Yes, water is vital to life since it is needed for organisms to live
Yes, the meal that you savored is the one that you like, because you enjoyed that meal.
Slacking rain is decreasing, since the rain is easing out.
The feather that lands on the floor doesn’t produce concussion, since it lands soft, and barely makes a sound.
I wouldn’t describe a baseball as a resilient, because it is a solid thing, and it doesn’t spring back into shape. It stays solid.
If electricity surged through our computers, the computer would be damaged, because the electricity would move violently through it.
If children play tumultuously, they wouldn’t be quiet, because they would be playing loudly.
Literary Focus:
The details of the setting which are the most essential is the description of the rain, and the coldness of the planet.
Margot is affected by the story’s setting because she never gets to see the sun, and it’s always raining for her, and she gets home sick.
The other children are affected by the setting, because they are obsessed about the sun, because of the whole rain, and all of it, so that makes them lock Margot up.
Yes, they can occur in different settings, if there is a story when one boy came from the other side of the Earth where it rains all day, to the dessert which never rains. He can be treated badly like Margot because he is different.
Practice:
It had been raining for seven years.
Margot stood apart from these children.
They had read in class about the sun.
She would play no games with them in the echoing tunnels of the underground.
The sky darkened into midnight in a flash.
Writing Applications:
It rains heavily on for an hour.
One boy spoke for the witness across the judge.
Literature Definitions:
What it would be like to live on Cannibal Beach: If I lived on Cannibal beach, it would be terrible, because I would have to find food and shelter, while the giant cannibals are trying to find me!!!!! It would be like a survival game, only that instead of men, they are giant cannibals. I would have to always keep guard, so I will be tired, won't be able to sleep, and I'll have to keep on running from the giant. The faster cycle of day and night can cause problems by confusing your vision. It would be dark, than bright, dark, bright, dark, bright, and you would be totally confused. I think that is why Ulysses couldn't find out what the "trees" were. One second it was bright, than dark, than bright, so there was no chance for him to take a closer look at it unless he climbed it. This is the chapter 6 journal entry.
What people in/or places in my life would I be willing to fight as hard as Ulysses to get to/see?
I would be willing to fight as hard as Ulysses for my family, and my home. Ulysses knows that the whole sea is against him because of the sea god. However, he has not given up hope if there is a 0.0001%of chance that he would get to what is most important to him in his life. Like Ulysses, if I have even a slight chance of getting to what is the most important thing in my life, I would fight as hard as Ulysses.
Father Quinel tells Asta's son three things. What were they? What does he promise to tell later?
Father Quinel tells Asta's son three very important things about his life. First, he revealed that Asta's son's name was Crispin. Second, Asta could write, and it was written in her precious cross that she held when she died. He also revealed that Lord Furnival returned from war but was ill and expected to die, and that he himself was his son. He later promises to tell Crispin about his father.
Literature:
Character: Crispin, Cerdic, Father Quinel, Four armed men of the steward
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders if he should trust Cerdic and go West
External Conflict: Crispin moving secretly so that non of the people can see him
Foreshadowing: Cerdic starts to get far away from Crispin as they reach the boundary cross which tells us that Crispin is going to be lead to a trap
mood: I feel bad for Crispin that he was betrayed
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: The people who accuse Crispin
Setting: Middle ages, England, Stromford
Symbol: Crispin sees the shadowing forms rise from the road to block his way. Although there were armed men, this meant that Crispin was lead to a trap by Cerdic
Theme: Don't trust anyone you know, but trust specific people
Chapter 11:
Character: Crispin, Aycliffe, Father Quinel, Aycliffe’s men
Internal Conflict: Crispin struggles has to decide, after seeing the lights upstream, to cross the river, or to go a different way
External Conflict: The men are chasing Crispin
Foreshadowing: He saw someone lying in the ground, and when he said “His first thoughts was a guard”, Crispin knew that it must be someone important to him.
mood: I feel sad for Crispin since he lost someone precious to him
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Steward, and Aycliffe’s men
Setting: Middle ages, Europe, Nigh time, Mill, River
Symbol: Crispin sees a light up stream, but that means that Aycliffe’s men are probably there.
Theme: You must not panic if you want to survive.
Chapter 12:
Characters: Crispin, Aycliffe, Aycliffe’s men
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders just for a moment if he should turn back and go to get the food that Peregrine had given him
External Conflict: Crispin is worn out, but still running away from Aycliffe and his men, trying to get out of the city
Foreshadowing: Losing the food that he had been given tells him that he will have to go starving, or searching for food.
Mood: I feel sad for Crispin
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Aycliffe, Aycliffe’s men
Setting: Middle Ages, England, Stromford
Symbol: The silence of the sound tells Crispin that something might be lurking near
Theme: You must find strength in desperate situations
Chapter 13
Characters: Crispin, Steward, Aycliffe, The man Crispin saw in the woods, and the bailiff
Internal Conflict: Crispin is afraid of the road, since the people who are looking for him are likely to be there, but to get out of Stromford, he needs to travel on the road, so he is fighting his fears, and going on the road.
External Conflict: Crispin is famished, worn out, tired, and could barely stand, but he still is traveling to get out of Stromford.
Foreshadowing: At the first part of the chapter, Crispin sees the four people: Aycliffe, and the man he saw in the woods, and the bailiff. They were galloping on the road near where Crispin is hiding. This tells that Crispin will have a hard time traveling on roads.
Mood: I feel gloomy, and think that it's not fair for someone to go through this cruel thing
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Aycliffe, Bailiff
Setting: Middle Ages, England, the forrest in Stromford near the roads.
Symbol: Crispin takes out Peregrine’s pouch, and looks inside to find seeds, but that tells us that the seeds would be no help for food for Crispin.
Theme: There are times so awful that you will no longer wish to live.
Chapter 14
Characters: Crispin, Dead man
Internal Conflict: After Crispin saw the dead man, and thinking that God had sent him a warning, he finds out that he-himself wants to live, not to die, and fights the dread inside himself, and continues to travel.
External Conflict: Crispin is trying to get away even though he is tired, famished, and worn out.
Foreshadowing: When Crispin says that he wants to live, this tells us that he will keep on traveling.
Mood: I feel good for Crispin that he gained hope in the end
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Aycliffe, Aycliffe’s men
Setting: Middle Ages, England, Stromford, in the morning, in the road through the mist.
Symbol: When the dead man’s face is moldy green, this tells us that he has been dead for quite a long time.
Theme: Even if there are many situations so awful you just don’t want to live, you mustn’t give up hope.
Chapter 15:
Characters: Crispin
Internal Conflict: Crispin has to fight the shock inside himself, for seeing the destroyed village and the skeleton, and keep on traveling.
External Conflict: Crispin is hungry, thirsty, but he still is moving on to save himself.
Foreshadowing: When Crispin says that the village had something wrong, this tells us that Crispin will find unpleasant things in the village.
Mood: I feel kind of sad and gloomy for Crispin since he found a village, but it was deserted.
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Lack of food and thirst
Setting: Middle Ages, England, the village that Crispin finds.
Symbol: When Crispin saw that the village lay in ruins, this tells us that something bad had happened.
Theme: Don’t get your hopes up too much, or it’ll come back as a shock to you of what you find.
Chapter 16
Characters: Crispin, the stranger that Crispin sees
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders if he should trust the stranger or not
External Conflict: The stranger grabs Crispin’s hand the moment Crispin tries to get the bread, and Crispin will try to break free.
Foreshadowing: The stranger grabbing Crispin’s hand tells us that something bad will happen.
Mood: I feel like Crispin is being treated unfairly, and I feel sad for him
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: The stranger that Crispin meets.
Setting: Middle Ages, England, the old Church near the destroyed village.
Symbol: The appearance of the man tells us that he is no ordinary stranger.
Theme: Don’t trust strangers.
Chapter 17
Characters: Crispin, the stranger that Crispin meets.
Internal Conflict: Don’t know
External Conflict: Crispin is trying to get free of the stranger’s grip.
Foreshadowing:The stranger blocking the doorway tells us that Crispin will be with him for a while.
Mood: I am very nervous for Crispin
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist:The stranger that Crispin meets
Setting: Middle Ages, England, The old church near the destroyed village.
Symbol: Don’t know
Theme: Don’t trust strangers, or you’ll get yourself into a lot of trouble.
Chapter 18
Characters: Crispin, the stranger that Crispin meets.
Internal Conflict: Crispin was fighting in the beginning if he should swear the sacred oath or not.
External Conflict: The stranger is blocking Crispin and threatening him with the dagger.
Foreshadowing: The stranger demanding the oath from Crispin tells us that Crispin will probably swear the oath.
Mood: I feel like everything is unfair for Crispin.
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: The Stranger
Setting: Middle Ages, England, the old church near the destroyed village.
Symbol: The balls tells that this stranger’s job might be related with tossing balls.
Theme: There are times when you have to go for the bad to avoid the worst.
Chapter 19
Characters: Crispin, Orson Hrothgar
Internal Conflict: Crispin is reluctantly answering the stranger’s questions.
External Conflict: The stranger is leading Crispin, and Crispin is forced to follow him.
Foreshadowing: The stranger heading to the city tells us that Crispin will also be going to the city with him if he continues to follow him.
Mood: I feel like everything is unfair for Crispin.
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Orson Hrothgar
Setting: Middle Ages, England, the old church near the destroyed village.
Symbol: The stranger’s bag that was given to Crispin tells Crispin that he’ll have to carry it.
Theme: There are times when you have to go for the bad to avoid the worst.
Chapter 20
Character: Crispin, Orson Hrothgar
Internal Conflict: Crispin is considering if he should drop the sack and run, or if he should stay by Orson with the sacred oath.
External Conflict: No External Conflict
Foreshadowing: No foreshadowing
Mood: I feel bad that Crispin was enslaved
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Orson Hrothgar
Setting: Middle ages, England, on the road to go to a village
Symbol: No symbol
Theme: You mustn’t rush if you want to survive.
Chapter 21:
Character: Crispin, Bear
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders if he should run away from Bear
External Conflict: Bear forces Crispin to practice juggling
Foreshadowing: When the book says that Bear tells Crispin to toss one of the balls, we can predict that he will make Crispin practice juggling
mood: I feel sympathy for Crispin
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Steward, Bear
Setting: Middle ages, England
Symbol: The balls symbolize Bear’s job
Theme: Sometimes, it’s good to be patient, and you should never give up hope
Chapter 22:
Character: Crispin, Bear
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders if he should run away from Bear
External Conflict: Bear ties up Crispin to a tree
Foreshadowing: When the book says that Bear gets out a rope, we can predict that he will tie Crispin to a tree
mood: I feel sympathy for Crispin
Protagonist: Crispin
Antagonist: Steward, Bear
Setting: Middle ages, England
Symbol: The rabbit symbolizes their food that Crispin and Bear are going to eat
Theme: Sometimes, it’s good to be patient, and you should never give up hope
Chapter 23:
Character: Crispin, Bear
Internal Conflict: At first, Crispin wonders if he should tell Bear about his life, or not, because he never told anyone else, so he didn't know if he can trust Bear
External Conflict:
Foreshadowing: When Bear asks Crispin about his life, we can predict that he might turn Crispin over to the steward.
mood: I feel happy, because Crispin was dying to tell Bear about his entire life and get over with the secret, but he also had to mention about his mother which brought him pain.
Protagonist: Crispin, Bear
Antagonist:
Setting: Middle ages, England, A few paces off road
Symbol: The forest symbolizes protection, because in the forest with Bear, Crispin is pretty safe.
Theme: Sometimes, it’s good to tell secrets and just let it go from you.
Chapter 24:
Character: Crispin, Bear
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders inside his head about the things Bear advised him.
External Conflict:
Foreshadowing: Crispin might be learning Bear's tricks so he can work with Bear
mood: There is a sense of confusion, because Crispin is being exposed to ideas that are new to him.
Protagonist: Crispin, Bear
Antagonist: Bear
Setting: Middle ages, England, A few paces off the road
Symbol: Bear's hat symbolizes two sides, good and bad since it is separated into two sides.
Theme: Sometimes, you’ll have to really think to know what another person is trying to tell you
Chapter 25:
Character: Crispin, Bear
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders inside his head about what he is, if he has a soul, ect.
External Conflict:
Foreshadowing: When Bear gets out a dagger, we can predict that he is going to do something with it to Crispin
mood: I feel happy for Crispin since that Bear convinced him that he is actually something
Protagonist: Crispin, Bear
Antagonist:
Setting: Middle ages, England
Symbol: Bear’s dagger symbolizes differences, since he used it to cut Crispin’s hair.
Theme: Sometimes, what you think of yourself may not be true.
Chapter 26:
Character: Crispin, Bear
Internal Conflict: Crispin wonders inside his head if he will be able to play their music
External Conflict:
Foreshadowing: When Bear and Crispin plays music and dances, we can predict that Bear will use Crispin in this way.
mood: I am happy, because Bear opened up a new light to Crispin who was always in darkness. He taught Crispin how to play music when Crispin himself thought that he couldn’t do it himself.
Protagonist: Crispin, Bear
Antagonist:
Setting: Middle ages, England
Symbol: Bear’s instrument symbolizes Crispin’s difference
Theme: Sometimes, you’ll have to really try to achieve something, and you may not be what you think you are.
How the 2 dead men affect Crispin:
One of the dead people that Crispin found is Father Quinel. Crispin feels sad, because he thinks that Father Quinel died because of him, and thinks that god abandoned him. He also realizes that he is going to have to go on the journey himself. The thoughts of Father Quinel depresses Crispin, and makes him lose energy.
The other dead man was the one swinging from the gallows. He looked so terrible, that Crispin thought that he was a thief brought to justice. Crispin starts to lose hope, because he thought that god had sent him a message to warn him. Crispin lost hope, and didn't want to live.
Writing strategies and resources
Personal spelling and vocabulary:
Chapter 1: vessels: water craft bigger than a rowboat
stays(noun): A large strong rope made of oxide to control the sails.
booty: treasure that’s taken from war.
prow: A bow of a ship
quartering winds(not Webster): winds blowing toward a ship’s quarter as to strike.
baubles: something like a scepter, trifling appear, move up and down in the water.
shaft: something resembling to a mass.
head wind: Wind blowing opposite from a path of a ship or aircraft
hull: A frame or body of a ship
scudded: Run before a gale
Chapter 2: bouquets: bunch of flowers picked together and fastened.
hospitable: promising or suggesting a general welcome
brow: A projecting upper part or a margin of a steep place
lolled: to hang loosely or laxly.
Chapter 3: mutiny: Resisting
exiling: Banish
bailing hooks: A hook used to help transport things
moor: A wet and spongy area.
smith craft: A person that does metal working.
agile: to be quick and fast
bowels: seat of pity, tenderness, or courage
vigil: A watch firmly kept on the night before a Feast with prayer or other devotions and preparation.
phlegmy: One of the 4 humors in the early physiology that was considered to be cold and moist.
forging: To move ahead.
disembark: Go to ashore out of ship
gullet: A throat
Chapter 4:
shrouds: Something that covers, screens, or guards.
reveling: To take part in a revel
mischievous: Able to cause annoyance, and trouble.
sullen:glooming, or resentfully
outwitted:outsmart, or to surpass in wisdom
coursed: To follow close upon
Name: Patrick Kwon
Date: 9/17/09
Block: 7A
Vocabulary Worksheet, Chapter 6 and 7 Ulysses
Fill in the blank. Use the following words correctly to complete the sentences.
ethical
skiff
glut
loom
marrow
haughtily
venerable
inhabitants
gorged
intoxicating
1. The girl responded haughtily when she was told she could not go to the
dance.
2. Ethical behavior is important in building oneʼs character.
3. The inhabitants of most countries must possess an identification card.
4. A loom is and instrument used for weaving.
5. There was a glut of fish at the market so the prices were low.
6. The hungry wolves gorged on the deerʼs flesh.
7. The cold wind chilled me to the marrow of my bones.
8. His grandfather was a venerable officer in the Navy.
9. That new perfume has an intoxicating scent.
10. We rowed the skiff ashore.
Write sentences of your own for these words.
perils
provisioned: Ulysses’s men were provisioned with food from the village people.
prophesy: Circe made a prophesy that Ulysses will never go back home.
moored: Ulysses moored his ship on the sea, and swam to the island.
sorceries: Circe’s sorceries were too powerful for Ulysses
dispositions: don’t know
ogres: The ogres ate 5 of Ulysses’s men
spur: Don’t know
Chrispin ch. 4-7
Chapter 4
untoward: Bad
An untoward event happened to him. He was thrown off the horse.
thatch: Something of plants use to cover
The house roof was made of thatch, because the people couldn’t afford stones.
bailiff: Sort of officer to arrest people
The bailiff started arresting the criminals one by one.
reeve: Officer who is responsible for judging wrong doings
The reeve was also with the bailiff who arrested the prisoners.
mean: weak
The building had a mean structure, so couldn’t not hold on long when a fire appeared.
pinnacle: The top
After many hours, he finally reached the pinnacle of the mountain.
meander: To wander around
The stag was meandering around the field.
impenetrable: Can’t be penetrated
The tank was well built, and impenetrable.
fallow: untouched
The lost pencil lay fallow, for no body touched it so the owner can get it.
infidels: People who don’t believe in Christian, but oppose it
The infidels were insulting Christians.
Chapter 5/6
canonical: Sort of regular process(like in the book that said canonical hours)
The canonical hours went by very quickly after I’d woken up.
strident: Fierce, and harsh
The strident look of the criminal in the wanted poster made me think that I should never go near him.
clamor: Very loud noise
The clamor of the dropped pans went on for 3 minutes.
apprehension: Not trusting, afraid, ect.
I thought the lesson was over, but to my apprehension, another lesson began.
implore: Beg to
I implored my mom to buy me a new game, but she said that it had to be my birthday.
hue/cry: Pursue against someone for a bad act.
The hue and cry of the criminal already were spread throughout the city.
Chapter 7
skittish: Gets afraid easily
The cat was so skittish that he ran away from a mice.
petitions: Requests to someone
The petitions that the villagers asked the king wasn’t pleasant for him to hear.
moot: Getting everyone together
The mayer called a moot to the citizens to discuss about the olympics.
treason: Betraying
The treason of one of the Spartans caused them to loose the war against Rome.
plight: Feelings of truth
The plight inside him only began to decrease as he kept on lying to people.
curfew: Bell in the night
After a long hard day of work, the curfew bell finally rang at six.
Grammar and usage: Idioms:
All ears: curiosity
All that glitters is not gold: If a object looks like gold, it may not be that way.
All thumbs: Clumsy
Ants in your pants: Hyper
Apple of your eye: Someone that’s special to you
As the crow flies: Short distances
Works in progress
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Family History: