5Comments :
- Charlene let this happen to Yizzete because she was scared as well.
- After all this Yizzete begins to skip school and take on the role of a bad kid in order to have a social relationship with her peers.
- She began to smoke and drink during the time where she was skipping school.
- Her mother set her out to be the bad person
- Yizzete runs away to be with a group of other run aways but gets caught.
4Questions :
- Why do others beleive herr mother is thee good person ?
- If Yizzete's mother dis - likes her so much why does she look for her when she runs away ?
- Is Yizzete prostituting ?
- Does she have any other family that may be able to help her ?
3Vocab :
- Lacerated ;to cut or gash the skin so that the wound is deep with irregular edges
- ravish ;to force somebody to engage in sexual intercourse
- emendated ;to correct or alter.
2Literary Terms :
O1overveiw sentence :
Yizzete continues to have difficulty at home & begins to play the role of a disobediant child.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Confessions of a Video Vixen
5Comments :
- Her first time going out may be her last due to the events that are taking place.
- She was getting a sense of comfort from the boys; which is never good for a young girl.
- She was taken to an abandoned house to be raped; but the neighbors heard her scream & went to call the cops.
- Even after the group escaped the police the leader Rodeney continued to look for another place.
- Rodney had already had a criminal record.
4Questions :
- Why did she continue to get in the car even though it's clearly not a safe situation.
- Why wasn't she thinking about how severe the consequences would be when she got caught ?
-What aboiut Charlene made Yizzet's mother trust her ?
- Why was Yizzete so comfortable with these people she hadnt known for even a day ?
3Vocabulary Words :
- deter : to discourage somebody from taking action or prevent something from happening especially by making somebody feel afraid or anxious.
- avail : to make use of something useful or helpful while you have the opportunity.
- abrasive : using friction and roughness of texture to smooth or clean a surface.
2Literary terms :
- "It was a puzzle of brown boards" ( metaphor; comparing the house to a puzzle. )
- " He was mad as hell, with fire in his eyes" ( similie )
1Overveiw sentence :
- -She has expereinced an inceident that may be worst than her mother beating her & will most definitely be the changing point of her life.
- Her first time going out may be her last due to the events that are taking place.
- She was getting a sense of comfort from the boys; which is never good for a young girl.
- She was taken to an abandoned house to be raped; but the neighbors heard her scream & went to call the cops.
- Even after the group escaped the police the leader Rodeney continued to look for another place.
- Rodney had already had a criminal record.
4Questions :
- Why did she continue to get in the car even though it's clearly not a safe situation.
- Why wasn't she thinking about how severe the consequences would be when she got caught ?
-What aboiut Charlene made Yizzet's mother trust her ?
- Why was Yizzete so comfortable with these people she hadnt known for even a day ?
3Vocabulary Words :
- deter : to discourage somebody from taking action or prevent something from happening especially by making somebody feel afraid or anxious.
- avail : to make use of something useful or helpful while you have the opportunity.
- abrasive : using friction and roughness of texture to smooth or clean a surface.
2Literary terms :
- "It was a puzzle of brown boards" ( metaphor; comparing the house to a puzzle. )
- " He was mad as hell, with fire in his eyes" ( similie )
1Overveiw sentence :
- -She has expereinced an inceident that may be worst than her mother beating her & will most definitely be the changing point of her life.
Friday, April 24, 2009
! numero cinco !
Why were all floors seperated by three steps? - What is symbolic about the number three? - If it is even symolic.
*haughty-
Who was Aunt Cora dressed up for? - Why did Jean describe how Aunt Cora was dressed and then mention how nobody else was there but them two? - would Aunt Cora be trying to impress the cook or one of the others?
If I am reading right there were drunk black people ("negores") outside and they were making a lot of noise and causing a ruckess.
They set the house on fire. (I am assuming it was the drunk negroes)
Myra was supposed to be with Perrie but she wasn't - and as a result of that when the back was set on fire his crib was burning while he was in it.
Maybe Myra set the back on fire.
"I saw tall flames shooting up to the sky..."
Peirre may be dead.
*flambeaux
*haughty-
Who was Aunt Cora dressed up for? - Why did Jean describe how Aunt Cora was dressed and then mention how nobody else was there but them two? - would Aunt Cora be trying to impress the cook or one of the others?
If I am reading right there were drunk black people ("negores") outside and they were making a lot of noise and causing a ruckess.
They set the house on fire. (I am assuming it was the drunk negroes)
Myra was supposed to be with Perrie but she wasn't - and as a result of that when the back was set on fire his crib was burning while he was in it.
Maybe Myra set the back on fire.
"I saw tall flames shooting up to the sky..."
Peirre may be dead.
*flambeaux
Sunday, April 19, 2009
numberr four !
Comments
ringlets- a spiral curl of hair
tamarinds- a pod containing many seeds within an acid-tasting pulp.
Literary terms
"I heard bamboo creak again and sound like whispering."
She is never referred to by her name when spoken to or about.
This family is fairly wealthy, they have maids and servants.
they are hated on because of their interacial status.
I do not know why but this is written verry confusing & I am having trouble understanding.
She does not feel safe in her home
Questions
what is her name?
Should she be reffered as Jean when i comment about her because she is never really referred to by her name?
Is she sayiing that without Mr.Mason her mother wouldn't be alive?
Is Mr.Mason her step father?
Vocabulary
ringlets- a spiral curl of hair
tamarinds- a pod containing many seeds within an acid-tasting pulp.
Literary terms
"I heard bamboo creak again and sound like whispering."
3rd 54321 - i think.
Comments:
mother wants to move because Coulibri is not safe for Peirre.
connection to Rasin in the Sun: they were assimilating and eating American food. the daughter says. "I was glad to be like an english girl".
Mother is keeping some type of secret when on page 35 she talks about how hearts have been broken & trials off without finishing her sentence.
to the daughter white people signify confidence.
Question
why is it that Peirre is not safe?
why is it imporatant to her that she is like an American girl?
when will they introduce the main character with a name? (If they have I missed it.)
What does she mean by, "unfortunatly children do hurt flies."?
Vocabulary
glacis- a slope, especially one that is not very long or steep
coolies-
literary terms
"I was glad to be like an English girl"- similie
overview sentence
there is alot of assimilation and changes that need to be made with their family. becauase of who her mother and step father are they are treated differently.
mother wants to move because Coulibri is not safe for Peirre.
connection to Rasin in the Sun: they were assimilating and eating American food. the daughter says. "I was glad to be like an english girl".
Mother is keeping some type of secret when on page 35 she talks about how hearts have been broken & trials off without finishing her sentence.
to the daughter white people signify confidence.
Question
why is it that Peirre is not safe?
why is it imporatant to her that she is like an American girl?
when will they introduce the main character with a name? (If they have I missed it.)
What does she mean by, "unfortunatly children do hurt flies."?
Vocabulary
glacis- a slope, especially one that is not very long or steep
coolies-
literary terms
"I was glad to be like an English girl"- similie
overview sentence
there is alot of assimilation and changes that need to be made with their family. becauase of who her mother and step father are they are treated differently.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
2nd 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1
Comments
She becomes scared of her mother and her strange behavior.
I don’t understand who some of the characters are and what their purpose is.
This book is written weirdly, making it difficult for me to explain, there was no real introduction in the beginning.
She begins to have nightmares.
The narrators name has not been said.
Questions
Who is Godfrey?
Where is the husband?
How many children are there in the family?
Why did people stare at her mother?
Vocabulary Words
Calabash-a large ball-shaped fruit of a tropical American tree, or of the bottle gourd or some other gourd
Muslin-a thin plain-weave cotton cloth. Use: curtains, sheets, dresses.
Plaits-braid
Overview Sentence- Her mother is beginning to act realy weird and is now ashamed of her daughter.
She becomes scared of her mother and her strange behavior.
I don’t understand who some of the characters are and what their purpose is.
This book is written weirdly, making it difficult for me to explain, there was no real introduction in the beginning.
She begins to have nightmares.
The narrators name has not been said.
Questions
Who is Godfrey?
Where is the husband?
How many children are there in the family?
Why did people stare at her mother?
Vocabulary Words
Calabash-a large ball-shaped fruit of a tropical American tree, or of the bottle gourd or some other gourd
Muslin-a thin plain-weave cotton cloth. Use: curtains, sheets, dresses.
Plaits-braid
Overview Sentence- Her mother is beginning to act realy weird and is now ashamed of her daughter.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Wide Sargasso Sea
By Jean Rhys
5-4-3-2-1
Comments
Jean Rhys was born in Dominica
Jean Rhys is a female. (I thought she was a man)
Someone poisoned her mothers horse; I think it was done because of jealousy.
Her mother has no friends.
I do not understand why her family is this way.
Questions
What are the Emancipation Acts?
Is the looking glass she refers to a mirror?
Why didn’t the others in the community like her mother?
What did the doctor say that made her mother not want to leave the house anymore?
Vocabulary Words
Emancipation-the act or process of setting somebody free or of freeing somebody from restrictions
Marooned-to leave somebody or something somewhere with no means of getting away
Glacis-a slope, especially one that is not very long or steep
Literary Terms
“Our garden was large and beautiful as the one in the bible.” [ simile ]
“One was snaky looking, another like an octopus with long thin brown tentacles bare of leaves hanging from a twisted root” [ imagery ]
By Jean Rhys
5-4-3-2-1
Comments
Jean Rhys was born in Dominica
Jean Rhys is a female. (I thought she was a man)
Someone poisoned her mothers horse; I think it was done because of jealousy.
Her mother has no friends.
I do not understand why her family is this way.
Questions
What are the Emancipation Acts?
Is the looking glass she refers to a mirror?
Why didn’t the others in the community like her mother?
What did the doctor say that made her mother not want to leave the house anymore?
Vocabulary Words
Emancipation-the act or process of setting somebody free or of freeing somebody from restrictions
Marooned-to leave somebody or something somewhere with no means of getting away
Glacis-a slope, especially one that is not very long or steep
Literary Terms
“Our garden was large and beautiful as the one in the bible.” [ simile ]
“One was snaky looking, another like an octopus with long thin brown tentacles bare of leaves hanging from a twisted root” [ imagery ]
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