BLOCK BLOG: THINK TANK http://kschrote.edublogs.org Welcome to our blog! Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:53:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en “Raisin in the Sun” Comment Assignment 2: Pick a song that characterizes a character. You may NOT characterize Walter. Copy the lyrics into your post that you think represent the character, and explain. http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/06/02/raisin-in-the-sun-comment-assignment-pick-a-song-that-characterizes-a-character-you-may-not-characterize-walter-copy-the-lyrics-into-your-post-that-you-think-represent-the-character-and-expl/ http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/06/02/raisin-in-the-sun-comment-assignment-pick-a-song-that-characterizes-a-character-you-may-not-characterize-walter-copy-the-lyrics-into-your-post-that-you-think-represent-the-character-and-expl/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:56:07 +0000 Schrotenboer http://kschrote.edublogs.org/?p=70 I did this example for you because you cannot use Walter.  You may also not use this song.

“I HAVE A DREAM” - COMMON

In search of brighter days, I ride through the maze of the madness,

Struggle is my address…

 

Born on the Black list, told I’m below average…

 

Dark clouds seem to follow me,

Alcohol that pops swallowed bottled me,

No apology, I walk with a boulder on my shoulder…

 

I put together pieces of a Dream

I still have one

 

This song by Common represents Walter and his character, because he is struggling with his dream of becoming a liquor store owner and achieving the life he wants - the life of the white people he sees around him.  Walter “rides through the maze of madness” every day of his life, trying to figure some way out of his situation.  He struggles with liquor and has a huge chip on his shoulder with regards to his family and how they do not treat him like the man of the house.  His every day struggles continue when Mama puts money down on a house, and does not give him the full amount of the insurance payment, signalling that he is still not seen as the head of the household.


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Travis

Walter

Beneatha (Bennie)

Lena (Mama)

NOTE:


Authored by Schrotenboer. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/28/a-raisin-in-the-sun-assignment-2-give-a-2-3-word-description-of-each-character-based-on-what-you-read-in-the-opening-scene/feed/ “A Raisin in the Sun” Assignment #1 http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/28/a-raisin-in-the-sun-assignment-1/ http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/28/a-raisin-in-the-sun-assignment-1/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 17:20:13 +0000 Schrotenboer http://kschrote.edublogs.org/?p=65 Read the following poem, “Harlem” by Langston Hughes and interpret it:

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up

Like a raisin the in sun?

Or fester like a sore–

And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over–

Like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags

Like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

 


Authored by Schrotenboer. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/28/a-raisin-in-the-sun-assignment-1/feed/ Reading Question #1: Okay, it’s pretty typical, but your reading choices are very interesting. What are you reading, and more importantly, why? http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/14/reading-question-1-okay-its-pretty-typical-but-your-reading-choices-are-very-interesting-what-are-you-reading-and-more-importantly-why/ http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/14/reading-question-1-okay-its-pretty-typical-but-your-reading-choices-are-very-interesting-what-are-you-reading-and-more-importantly-why/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 17:53:17 +0000 Schrotenboer http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/14/reading-question-1-okay-its-pretty-typical-but-your-reading-choices-are-very-interesting-what-are-you-reading-and-more-importantly-why/ http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/14/reading-question-1-okay-its-pretty-typical-but-your-reading-choices-are-very-interesting-what-are-you-reading-and-more-importantly-why/feed/ Have questions for Ms. Schrotenboer while you are studying? Post here and get them answered!!! http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/have-questions-for-ms-schrotenboer-while-you-are-studying-post-here-and-get-them-answered/ http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/have-questions-for-ms-schrotenboer-while-you-are-studying-post-here-and-get-them-answered/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 22:32:15 +0000 Schrotenboer http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/have-questions-for-ms-schrotenboer-while-you-are-studying-post-here-and-get-them-answered/ I’ll be checking every 15-30 minutes (depending on my daughter), so feel free to post any questions you need answered for tomorrow’s test.


Authored by Schrotenboer. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/have-questions-for-ms-schrotenboer-while-you-are-studying-post-here-and-get-them-answered/feed/ FINAL TEST ESSAY QUESTION: See below http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/final-test-essay-question-see-below/ http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/final-test-essay-question-see-below/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 17:59:24 +0000 Schrotenboer http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/final-test-essay-question-see-below/ THIS IS WORTH 25 POINTS (5 POINTS PER NUMBER) SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE COMPLETE IN YOUR ESSAY.  YOUR ANSWER IS BEING COMPARED TO OTHER ANSWERS IN THE CLASS - BE AWARE!

Write a letter to Horton Foote, the screenplay writer for the 1962 version of To Kill a Mockingbird.  Fulfill the following criteria:

 1) Talk about the impact the book has had on you as a student and on your class as a whole

2) Talk about watching the movie, and the inconsistencies you saw between the book and the movie.  If you were a person who only watched the movie and failed to read the book for class (ahem), how would that impact you as a student?

3) Describe the emotional impact the film was supposed to have, and how it did or did not capture the emotional essence of the book.

4) Describe how some of the scenes actually were as the book described, and how the actors and writing did that for the movie’s audience.

5) Talk about whether or not the novel and the movie are current for today’s teens, and give your reasoning.

DUE BY 10:00 a.m. ON SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2008.


Authored by Schrotenboer. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/final-test-essay-question-see-below/feed/ TKAM: Vocab to know for your test http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/tkam-vocab-to-know-for-your-test/ http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/tkam-vocab-to-know-for-your-test/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 15:48:09 +0000 Schrotenboer http://kschrote.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/tkam-vocab-to-know-for-your-test/ These are the words that you might not know in the test, and I’m not answering you if you ask me what they mean tomorrow, so look them up now:

 legislature, distraught, criticized, camelias, implied, inflicted, indicate, chiffarobe, summation, verdict, acquittal


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