Canterbury Tales 1

Bede

• A time of illiterate people
• Latin Language
• made up of a lot of cities and long days and nights
• study in god and faith
• Migrants inhabited Britain

Canterbury Tales

• a series of tales told on a pilgrimage to Canterbury
• each story is told differently and through different perspective
• Characters have different social classes such as aristocracy, upper class, middle class, virtuous lower class, and degraded lower class
• Tales have a diversity in personalities with roles in society
• the lower class is described in indirect characterization
• the characters tell stories to Canterbury and on the way back and whoever tells the best Tale, decided by the host, gets a free supper paid by all of the other characters

Some Characters

• The knight- honorable and heroic
• The knights son -the same as his dad
• The monk- ironically fat as he was supposed to live in poverty
• The friar- knew a lot of people and was the best beggar
• The merchant- was in debt but didn't show it and he was respected for it
• The cook- selfish man who lacks in morals
• The doctor- good at his job but was more in it for the money. Science and religion at this time crashed and he didn't read the bible
• The host- was a very kind man and gave advice

Phonar

• Phonar is photography narrative
• It is about habits
• Thinking through doing
• The habits define us and we can inherit habits
• What is a photograph? It is physical, it ages, 2-dimesnional.
• The photograph is about the experience
• The photograph is a square made to ship
• If you want to change the world you have to start describing it differently
• It is all about different perspectives
• Being connected and trusted

Apollos Hester

Stressed out and need some motivation? Watch this kid...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ymriMhoj0

Green Eggs and Hamlet

a) I don't know much about Hamlet but I do know that is was written by Shakespeare.
b) I know that Shakespeare is an intelligent writer. I also know that he has important messages in his writings.
c) Students frown when they hear the name "Shakespeare" because they know that Shakespeare can be hard to understand/read. I frown when I hear Shakespeare as well because his work is hard for me to understand/read. People who study Shakespeare are able to understand his work and tell us that his work is advanced and intelligent.
d) Well since it is probably going to be hard to understand individually, I would like to tackle this play with some groups so that we can all help one another on questions or confusions we have.

Vocabulary #5

shenanigans- silly of high-spirited behavior
ricochet - noun a glancing rebound; verb spring back; spring away from an impact
schism - noun division of a group into opposing factions; the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences
eschew - verb avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
plethora - noun extreme excess
ebullient - adj. joyously unrestrained
garrulous - adj. full of trivial conversation
harangue - noun a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion; verb deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
interdependence - noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
capricious - adj. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; changeable
loquacious - adj. full of trivial conversation
ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; noun anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
inchoate - adj. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
juxtapose - verb place side by side
perspicacious - adj. acutely insightful and wise; mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
codswallop - noun nonsensical talk or writing
mungo-things that tend to be incorrigible reprobates and are best avoided
sesquipedalian- to using long words
wonky - adj. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; turned or twisted toward one side
diphthong - noun a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another

Character study #1

Here I am, stepping foot on the college I dreamed of going to, and it has finally become a reality. All of these years of stress from not only schoolwork but my own personal works have finally paid off. The college campus seems a little intimidating because it is so big and there are so many people I don't know. There are many thoughts and questions running through my head because it is not only a step onto the campus but another step closer to my future. There is so many people here I don't know where to start. I see a kid that looks lost too, I introduce myself to him and he introduces himself to me too. We eventually become "lost" friends trying to find out where to start. His name is Josh and he just so happens to be my roommate. After we chatted for a while we find someone who knows directions and ask them where to go to get started moving in to the dorms. I have all of my essentials ready to go to move in. The person we found for help guided Josh and I to the dorms where we were staying at. This is it, I finally reached my room and it was time to start unpacking.

My Dashboard

I like the idea of the whole netvibes but I don't think it is necessary for me. I have everything I need already in my folders stored on my phone. All of my apps are organized and right in front of me as it is. I have my apps organized in folders such as my school folder. I also have my calender, weather, alarm and all of the necessities organized and on the go so I feel as if the netvibes isn't necessary for me.