4 TH TERM JOURNAL ENTRIES English 10 Honors

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1 4 TH TERM JOURNAL ENTRIES English 10 Honors

2 ENTRY 4.1: MARCH 28 (A) & MARCH 29 (B) All journals from this term are available on my website. Please complete the journal when absent. Out, Out by Robert Frost Poetry Analysis The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood, Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it. And from there those that lifted eyes could count Five mountain ranges one behind the other Under the sunset far into Vermont. And the saw snarled and rattled, snarled and rattled, As it ran light, or had to bear a load. And nothing happened: day was all but done. Call it a day, I wish they might have said To please the boy by giving him the half hour That a boy counts so much when saved from work. His sister stood beside them in her apron To tell them 'Supper'. At the word, the saw, As if to prove saws knew what supper meant, Leaped out at the boy's hand, or seemed to leap He must have given the hand. However it was, Neither refused the meeting. But the hand! The boy's first outcry was a rueful laugh. As he swung toward them holding up the hand Half in appeal, but half as if to keep The life from spilling. Then the boy saw all-- Since he was old enough to know, big boy Doing a man's work, though a child at heart-- He saw all spoiled. 'Don't let him cut my hand off The doctor, when he comes. Don't let him, sister!' So. But the hand was gone already. The doctor put him in the dark of ether. He lay and puffed his lips out with his breath. And then -- the watcher at his pulse took fright. No one believed. They listened at his heart. Little -- less -- nothing! -- and that ended it. No more to build on there. And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs. Journal Handout: Out, Out by Robert Frost 1. What is the plot of the poem? 2. The poem begins with personification (giving human qualities to non human entities). What is the personification at the beginning of the poem? 3. Cite two additional examples from the poem and explain what is being personified. 4. What does the poet mean by the phrase No more to build on there? 5. Describe, in your own words, the boy s reaction to the accident. 6. Define the word ether. 7. What does the family do now that the boy is dead? 8. The title of the poem is an allusion to a speech made by Macbeth: Out, out, brief candle! Life s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Macbeth Act 5, Scene 5 Paraphrase Macbeth s speech. What is talking about? Be specific. It is no coincidence that Frost alludes to Macbeth s speech in his poem. What connections can you make between Macbeth s words and the situation in the poem? Refer to both texts and pull examples to support your references.

3 ENTRY 4.2: MARCH 30 (A) & MARCH 31 (B) All journals from this term are available on my website. Please complete the journal when absent. Macbeth Soliloquy Rhetorical Analysis Using the notes on the Rhetorical Triangle analyze a soliloquy of your choice from Macbeth. Be sure to focus on the following questions as you analyze the soliloquy: 1. What is the exigence? (purpose, need to share) 2. Who is the speaker? 3. How does the speaker affect his or her message? (pathos) 4. Who is the audience? 5. What are his/her current beliefs? 6. What is the subject of the text? 7. How is the character delivering the message? Journal Handout: Macbeth Soliloquies Use the handout or the website No Fear Shakespeare to read the original text and the translation. Act 1 Scene 5 Page 2-3 Act 1 Scene 7 Act 2 Scene 1 Page 2-3 Act 5 Scene 5 Page 2

4 ENTRY 4.3: APRIL 10 (A) & APRIL 11 (B) All journals from this term are available on my website. Please complete the journal when absent. 1. Read the four background articles on The Count of Monte Cristo (novel, author, setting, Napoleon) 2. Take notes on what you read. Journal Handout: Background Articles 2. You will take a short quiz on the reading in your journal (you can use your notes)

5 ENTRY 4.3: APRIL 10 (A) & APRIL 11 (B) BACKGROUND QUIZ 1. YOU MAY USE YOUR NOTES. What was the relationship like between Alexandre Dumas and his father? 2. How did he feel about Napoleon Bonaparte? 3. a. What is serialization and b. how does it relate to the novel The Count of Monte Cristo? 4. How does Napoleon Bonaparte become a major character in the novel? 5. What was Alexandre Dumas often accused of in his writing?

6 ENTRY 4.4: APRIL 12 (A) & APRIL 13 (B) All journals from this term are available on my website. Please complete the journal when absent. Write: WordWright Challenge

7 ENTRY 4.5: APRIL 12/13, 2017 A WRITER HAS REWRITTEN POP SONGS INTO SHAKESPEAREAN SONNETS. SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE SONG TITLE! Handout: Pop Song Sonnets Sonnet Poetic Form Shakespearean Sonnet 14 lines in iambic pentameter, 10 syllables per line Three quatrains: a quatrain is a stanza of 4 lines Couplet: Two rhyming lines Rhyming Pattern: abab, cdcd, efef, gg A. All-Star Smash Mouth B. Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen C. Hello Adele D. I Love It Icona Pop, Charli XCX E. I ll Be There for You (Friends Theme Song) Rembrandts F. Party in the USA Miley Cyrus G. Single Ladies Beyonce H. Teenage Dream Katy Perry I. Viva La Vida Coldplay J. We are Never Ever Getting Back Together Taylor Swift K. We Are the Champions Queen L. What do you Mean? Justin Bieber

8 ENTRY 4.5: APRIL 12/13, 2017 A WRITER HAS REWRITTEN POP SONGS INTO SHAKESPEAREAN SONNETS. SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE SONG TITLE! Sonnet Poetic Form Shakespearean Sonnet 14 lines in iambic pentameter, 10 syllables per line Three quatrains: a quatrain is a stanza of 4 lines Couplet: Two rhyming lines Rhyming Pattern: abab, cdcd, efef, gg 1. B 2. F 3. G 4. D 5. J 6. E 7. I 8. K 9. C 10. A 11. H 12. L A. All-Star Smash Mouth B. Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen C. Hello Adele D. I Love It Icona Pop, Charli XCX E. I ll Be There for You (Friends Theme Song) Rembrandts F. Party in the USA Miley Cyrus G. Single Ladies Beyonce H. Teenage Dream Katy Perry I. Viva La Vida Coldplay J. We are Never Ever Getting Back Together Taylor Swift K. We Are the Champions Queen L. What do you Mean? Justin Bieber

9 ENTRY 4.6: APRIL 28/MAY 1 The Count of Monte Cristo Quiz #3 Discussion Questions ch (Pages ) Group 1 Chapter 22: Explain why Maximilien tries to do a good deed each year on September 5. Group 2 Chapter 23: What is the significance of the painting of Mercedes? What did the Count of Morcerf dislike about the painting? (175) Explain Mercedes reaction when she is introduced to the Count of Monte Cristo. Group 3 Chapter 24: What happened in Bertuccio s tale on June 3, 1829? (190) Group 4 Explain the connection of Bertuccio and Caderousse, and Bertuccio and Villefort. Group 5 Explain how Bertuccio received employment with the Count of Monte Cristo. (196) Benedetto means blessed. Why does Assunta feel her life is blessed by this baby? Group 6 Chapter 25: Explain the reason for Baron Danglars visit to MC. Group 7 What did MC do to the horses before he returned them to Madame Danglars? (two things-possibly) Group 8 Chapter 26 Villefort visits Monte Cristo and is slighted many times. Explain why the Count has so much power. Where did he get it? (213) [Providence is God conceived as the power sustaining and guiding human destiny.] Group 9 Chapter 27: At the end of ch 26, MC says Now that my heart is full of poison, let s go seek the antidote. What is the antidote for his poison? How did he acquire said antidote? Group 10 Chapter 28: What unfamiliar emotion does MC experience in the garden of the Herbauts? (218) What does Julie recognize in MC?

10 ENTRY 4.7: MAY 2/MAY 3 Write 5 Questions for The Count of Monte Cristo. Discuss your questions and answers with a partner in your group.

11 Choose multiple questions to answer pick questions you don t know the answer to! Chap Whom does MC meet at the Villeforts? 2. What subject do MC and Mme. De Villefort discuss? 3. What is the outcome of their discussion? Chap Who calls on MC? 2. Who objects to the forthcoming marriage of Albert and Eugenie Danglars? 3. Why is Albert going to marry her? 4. Why do MC and Albert plan that the Morcerfs will be out of town for the dinner party MC is planning? 5. Whom does MC say he is expecting a visit from the next day? Chap Who sends Cavalcanti to MC? 2. What is the cause of Cavalcanti s unhappiness? 3. What surprise does MC have for ENTRY 4.8: MAY 4/MAY 5 Cavalcanti? 4. Viscount Andrea Cavalcanti has a letter of introduction signed by whom? 5. Are the two really related? Chap Where does this chapter take place? 2. Who is secretly waiting for whom? 3. Why is the meeting delayed? 4. How does Valentine let Maximilien know why she is delayed? 5. What do the two girls talk about? 6. What would Eugenie really like to do? 7. Why does Mme. De Villefort want Valentine to enter a convent instead of getting married? Chap Who is Nortier s servant who has been with him for more than 25 years? 2. What is Nortier s physical condition? 3. How does he communicate? 4. With whom can he communicate? 5. Who is Nortier s favorite? 6. Why is Nortier agitated when M. and Mme. De Villefort tell him that Valentine is to marry Franz? 7. What does Valentine ask of her grandfather? 8. Why does Nortier send for a notary? Chap Why does MC stop at the Villeforts? 2. How does Villefort react when he learns the address of MC s house in Auteuil? 3. How does Danglars lose 500,000 francs? 4. Did Don Carlos really escape and return to Spain? 5. How much did Danglars lose? 6. Who is responsible for the false story?

12 SLIDE 1 OF 2 ENTRY 4.9: MAY 8/MAY 9 CHOOSE 3 TO ANSWER Chap What did MC have done to his house in Auteuil? 2. Who are MC s dinner guests? 3. What does Andrea hope to find in Paris? 4. Whom does Bertuccio recognize? 5. How does MC make Villefort and Mme. Danglars uncomfortable? Chap Who surprises Andrea? 2. How does Caderousse blackmail Andrea? Chap How does M. Danglars react to Lucien Debray this evening? 2. How much does Danglars know about his wife s activities? 3. Why is he angry this evening? Chap What impression does MC give to Danglars about Cavalcanti? 2. How does the Count de Morcerf enter into the conversation? 3. How does Danglars react to this information? Chap What does Villefort tell Mme. Danglars when she visits him the next morning? 2. What does Villefort propose to do? Chap What does MC tell Albert when the latter visits him? Chap What does M. Villefort do after his wife and daughter go to the ball? 2. Who comes to see him and why? 3. What is Mme. De Saint-Meran s wish? 4. What does Maximilien propose? 5. What will Maximilien do if she marries Franz? 6. Does Valentine change her mind? 7. When Valentine does not appear for their rendezvous, what does Maximilien do? 8. Whom does he overhear talking in the garden and about what? 9. What does Maximilien do? 10. What is the only way Maximilien can get out of the house? 11. What do Valentine and Maximilien tell Noirtier? 12. After Valentine leaves, what does Noirtier tell Maximilien?

13 SLIDE 2 OF 2 ENTRY 4.9: MAY 8/MAY 9 CHOOSE 3 TO ANSWER Chap What does M. de Villefort propose to Franz immediately after the burial? 2. What news does the notary bring? 3. Why does Noirtier ask to see Franz? 4. Whom does Noirtier reveal as the man who killed Franz s father? Chap What is Franz s reaction to Noirtier s confession? 2. How does Noirtier change his will again? 3. What is the purpose of the visit of the Count de Morcerf to Baron Danglars? 4. What is Danglars decision? Chap Why does Noirtier send for Maximilien? 2. What happens to Barrois suddenly? 3. Who does the doctor think killed the three victims? Chap Who has left a letter for Andrea instructing him to come to see him the next morning? 2. What does Caderousse want? 3. What is Caderousses s plan? 4. What else does Caderousse get from Andrea? Chap How does MC learn of the impending robbery? 2. What does MC do instead of going to the police? 3 Does MC really think someone wants to rob him? 4. How does MC disguise himself after he recognizes Caderousse? 5. Who liberated Caderousse from prison? 6. Who does Caderousse think Benedetto is? 7. What does Caderousse do when Abbe Busoni tells him he is going to turn Caderousse and Benedetto in to the police? 8. What does Abbe Busoni demand of Caderousse? 9. What happens to Caderousse after Abbe Busoni lets him leave? 10. Who comes to his aid? 11. What does Caderousse do before he dies? 12. What does Abbe Busoni reveal to him just before he dies which causes him to repent?

14 ENTRY 4.10: MAY 10/MAY 11 Choose one of the following BIG PICTURE questions and respond in ½ a page: 1. The idea of metamorphosis or change is one that reoccurs throughout The Count of Monte Cristo. How do the actions of Dantes cause changes for the characters of Benedetto and Noirtier? Do these characters change for the better or worse in the novel? Why? 2. Many readers find the use of honesty in novel to be problematic. When he becomes the Count, Dantes uses varying levels of honesty with several characters. Review the events surrounding Dantes encounters with Danglars, Mercédês, Benedetto, and Caderousse. Is Dantes honest with any of these characters? Should he be honest with them? Why or why not? 3. Fidelity, or being faithful to those you love, becomes the center of several events in The Count of Monte Cristo. Compare or contrast the actions of the Count and Villefort; do they view fidelity in the same way? How do their actions toward characters like Maximilien support or contradict this view of fidelity?

15 ENTRY 4.11: MAY 12/MAY 15 Respond to the following BIG PICTURE question in ½ a page: One aspect of The Count of Monte Cristo that is often criticized by readers is the amount of coincidences that occur in the novel. Others state that the coincidences that bring Dantes into his imprisonment and other events are a result of providence or fate. Is the Count subject to fate or does he make his own? How do the exchanges between the Count, Villefort, and Danglars prove or disprove this idea of providence affecting the lives of the characters?

16 ENTRY 4.12: MAY 12/MAY 15 The Count is a master of manipulation. Although he does not force his enemies to commit crimes, he helps to reveal these crimes. Basically he opens the closet doors to reveal all of the skeletons. For Caderousse, Danglars, Villefort, and Fernand draw two doors. In the left door, list the skeletons or crimes that each character commits. In the right door, explain how the Count opens this door or sets up each character for his fall.

17 Turn in your journal! ENTRY 4.13: MAY 18/MAY 19 Directions: Below is a list of characteristics of a comic book story. For each characteristic, determine whether the Count of the novel has any similarities. If it does, explain how the Count is similar. If it does not, explain how the count is different: 1. The society is threatened by a powerful menace and only the hero can stop the threat. 2. The story beings in medias res (in the midst of things for example, Medea) 3. The motive for the villain s attack is hidden. 4. The hero is not usually personally involved with the villain. 5. The superhero begins an investigation of the villain, but not necessarily his motives. 6. The confrontation between villain and hero is primarily physical. 7. The superhero s victory is achieved through mental not physical superiority. 8. The final phase of the plot is the restoration of order; society returns to normal. 9. The hero is someone with who the reader can easily identify. 10. The superhero is human with a secret identity

The Count of Our Lives

The Count of Our Lives Alexandre Dumas Classic, Historical Soap Opera Character Chaos Made Easy Hero or Villain? Edmond Dantes -In love with Mercedes is falsely accused and imprisoned -Lost his love, his