1.“The Sound” Switchfoot
This song is protesting against violence and hatred and supporting the John Perkins movement (protesting through non-violent ways and love). Switchfoot uses this song to talk about how there are so many problems in our world but that the only way to make a difference is to show people that you care about them and to love them, whether they are the victims or the oppressors. Just like with most of this group’s songs, it is not blatantly obvious what they are talking about, unlike so many songs today, you actually really have to listen to the lyrics. I picked this song because Switchfoot is one of my favorite bands and I really support the ideas of creating change through love.
2. “Change” Sean Kingston
Sean Kingston grew up in the slums of Jamaica, and needless to say, he experienced a lot of horrible things as a result. He wrote the song “Change” to talk about how he wants to make the world a better place so that kids don’t have to grow up in the same environment that he did but that he needs help. One man can’t change the world, but when people start working together, they can. One main strategy that he uses is to talk about a variety of topics; not everyone feels the urge to create change about the same thing so talking about different things affects more people.
3.“(Don’t) Give Hate a Chance” Jamiroquai
This song is about how, throughout history, we have fought wars, discriminated against minorities, and allowed hatred to rule our lives. Jamiroquai is protesting these actions, and is instead suggesting that we allow love to rule our lives, societies, and worlds. Although Jamiroquai never directly asks this question, they ask the listener why can’t we give in to love if we could give in to hate. This question really engages the listener and makes them answer questions about themselves. The reason that I picked this song is that it does not give you a specific call to action. Jamiroquai asks people to turn to love but they never say to what extent, their audience could show their love in any way.
4.“I Dare You to Move” Switchfoot
Switchfoot’s song “I Dare You to Move” is certainly a song calling for action. The group seems to have purposefully not clearly defined what they are taking a stand against, but it seems to me that they are protesting giving in to one’s fears. This song is all about “daring someone to move” getting them to take a stand against whatever it is they are afraid of and not letting it rule their lives. I think that this makes the song very powerful and it is the main reason that I love this song.
5.“If you’re out there” John Legend
In John Legend’s “If you’re out there”, he is protesting two major things. The first is war, this song is asking people to stand up and take action against it. The second thing that John Legend is protesting is ignoring the need to make a change. Like Sean Kingston, he is asking people to unite with him against war and against the horrors of the world, but unlike any of my other artists, John Legend is very direct in his asking all people to take a stand. This is what really makes his piece so powerful, he is not just saying that something needs to be done, he’s telling you over and over again to do it.
6.“Perfect” Pink
7.“One” Creed
8.“One Day” Matisyahu
9.“Shout” Tears for Fears
10.“Change” Carrie Underwood
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Grammar
COMMA WITH COORDINATING CONJUNCTION
When you have two independent clauses joined by a conjunction, (and, or, but, because...) you put a comma before the conjuction.
Ex. Bobby eats cheese everyday, but Joe eats chocolate everyday.
COMMA WITH AN INTRO CLAUSE
When you use an intro clause in a sentence with an independent clause, you must use a comma directly after the intro clause.
Ex. After school, I walked to Papa Nicks to get a creemee.
I LOVE YOU COMMA
When you write speech that is directly pointed at a person and uses their name, you must offset the name with a comma.
Ex. Go take out the trash, Claire.
COMMA SPLICE
Comma splice is used when you connect two independent clauses with a comma. Two easy ways to solve this problem is to change the comma to a semi-colon or to a period and capitalize the beginning of the new sentence.
AFFECT/EFFECT
Affect generally means to influence or change (verb) while effect generally means the outcome (noun) or to bring about (verb).
FEWER/LESS
Less is used with things that cannot be measured and with adjectives and adverbs while fewer is used with measurable things.
Ex. She is less happy than she was last year.
She has fewer marbles than he has.
THAN/THEN
Than is used when you are comparing two things and then is used to describe an order of events.
Ex. My dog is bigger than yours.
Then, the house burned down.
PRONOUN AGREEMENT
The pronoun that you use must agree with the noun it is replacing
Ex. The boys went to the store. They bought two apples.
Someone has forgotten to pick up their shoes.
George jumps very high. He is an Olympic jumper.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Final Exam Poem
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Once I looked up at the sky,
It was a beautiful night,
Dark as a raven
Dark as a raven
And all I could think was “life is like a box of chocolates”
The only thing that could have ever made it better,
Would have been if I were on a boat
Or an island
With the Old Spice guy
But I wasn’t
Just like I wasn’t playing volleyball on the last day of ME10
But what can you do?
Final Reflection
My strengths as a writer are in purpose and voice/tone. I excel in purpose because I have a very concise writing style that is very to the point and therefore easy to read and clearly understand. I think that I displayed this a lot in my Editorial, with my thesis and topic sentences. I consider my voice and tone a strength because I have the ability to change and fit my tone based on audience. An example of this would be the difference between formality in my persuasive letter to Mr. McMannon and the fun british slang that I incorporated into my dialogue. My major weakness as a writer is in analysis. Because I have a consice writing style, I often tend to be to concise in my analysis and leave that area of my essays lacking. An example of this would be in my letter to Mr. McMannon; I gave the fact “According to a study done in Baltimore in 2004, 68% of students said that school was one of their top 5 stressors” and provided little to no evidence after it.
My two writing goals for second semester were to eliminate all passive voice from my pieces and to incorporate rhetorical strategies into my persuasive writing. I accomplished both of these goals. Even though I believe I only had one persuasive piece this semester, my editorial, I still found myself improving in these categories.
Dialogue
Setting: Machiavelli, Locke, and Hobbes are sitting on a cloud in heaven. All three are dressed in white tunics, belted with gold straps. As each one gets excited, his wings start to flutter. Below the three angles, Jack and his fellow savages have set the island ablaze in fierce, glowing flames.
Smoke drifts up into the cloud.
Hobbes: What is this? This smog is clogging up my nose; they’re going to burn the whole bloody island down!
Locke: My dear man, do you honestly think someone would burn down a whole island?
Machiavelli: They are burning the whole island down? Who are these heathens?
All three lean down to evaluate the island.
Locke: Ah, it is my good friend, Ralph, and his little friends…I checked on them a few weeks ago and those are some jolly good British boys. They have a nice little democracy and are all getting along just fine!
Hobbes: Blimey, they aren't just fine; they're burning down the whole blasted island! That chap Jack is going to destroy all their food and means of survival.
Machiavelli: I say, right on my boy! Show ‘em who’s boss.
Locke: (leans over the cloud) What is this? They are totally going against their human nature!
Hobbes: Against their human nature? My dear man, it is simply the opposite! Jack’s attempt at killing Ralph is directly linked with his human nature. He is doing everything in his power to advance himself in their society. How would you expect the young chaps to act?
Machiavelli: Rightly so, rightly so, and he is doing exactly what he should to keep his powerful position. The only way to ensure that Ralph never gets power back, is to kill him. And, it goes without saying that Ralph should never regain that power. Showing fear, ridiculous! Refusing to threaten his people, absurd! He is a right nancy boy, I’ll say!
Locke: This is all too much, you are both off your trolleys! These boys are humans; they have the right to life! For heaven’s sake they have been with those pigs too long; they are beginning to act like pigs themselves! This is not the way most humans would act, I assure you!
Hobbes: Off my trolley? I beg your pardon; you are off your trolley! If it is confusing you, forget this bloody island and instead refer back to history. Look to the past! How many times have people reverted to evil to save themselves? Open your eyes, you nancy! The world is not all lollipops and butterflies, accept it, humans are evil.
Machiavelli: Would you two shut your mouths? What if those boys hear you? What will they think? Who will they look up to? Respect your appearances my friends! Quarrel as much as you like, but I must have you keep it down!
Locke: (to Hobbes) Well, your theory doesn't work either, my man! You have said people will fight and kill each other when there is a shortage. But there is no shortage! These lads have pigs coming out of their ears! There is no reason, no acceptable reason, for them to be fighting. It is illogical! Absurd!
(Hobbes' wings start fluttering and lifting him off of the air)
Hobbes: An abundance of food? Blast it, Locke, don't you see, while they may not have reached their bloody limit yet, they will soon! Not only do just a few of the boys have access to the animals, but there is not enough pig to go around. It is not even logical that there would be enough pigs, not at the rate that they are killing them anyway. And because of this blasted shortage the damned boys have to fight each other! Don't you see?
Locke: I most certainly do not see that, you are fabricating! (Locke starts fluttering too until he his level with Hobbes) This is absurd, simply absurd! How can you say that there is a shortage of pigs? The boys have had absolutely no trouble getting meat after they finally learned the trade... (Machiavelli interupts)
Machiavelli:Look! Over there! It's a ship! Why, that's convenient!
Locke: I knew how it would be, I knew it simply could not be! See those boys will be fine as soon as they see another human they will be back to normal! The world is not going to hell! Praise to high heaven, the world is not crumbling beneath our feet!
Lock and Hobbes flutter back down and all three lie on their stomaches and watch as the ship docks and the boys meet with the naval officers. Ralph breaks down into tears in front of the one of the officers.
Locke: My, do those men look sharp, I tell you those boys will be humans again in no time (Machiavelli interrupts in response to Ralph bursting into tears in front of the naval officer.)
Machiavelli: Ralph! Do NOT show emotion! (Machiavelli starts to flutter up and hover)What the bloody hell does that boy think he is doing? Appearance I tell you! Appearance! Where is this boy’s sense?
Hobbes: Locke, I do not know how to speak more plainly! Whether or not these boys start acting civilized now is not important! Human nature comes to play when the boys are stuck in the wild, that is when their instincts kick in!
Machiavelli: Look, they are all getting into the ship, hopefully that officer knows something about leadership, I dare say he must have some knowledge to be an officer in these times.
Locke: (ignoring Machiavelli) Fine Hobbes, I will admit that when the boys are on the island without any civilization that that is when their human nature comes out. But you also cannot deny the fact that not all of the boys reverted to evil to save themselves. Look at Ralph!
Hobbes: Sucks to Ralph! He's what, one boy out of twenty? Come to your senses!
Machiavelli: That does not mean that all who reverted to evil necessarily have an evil human nature. Look at Sam n' Eric. They did not have evil in their hearts, but because Jack is such a fine leader, he was able to scare the boys into doing what he wanted.
Locke: Exactly. You see, Hobbes, you cannot judge all human nature based on one society because the results will vary based on the leadership expressed.
Machiavelli: Right on, my dear man! Right on, the reason that the evil side of human nature took over on this island was because the one boy with an evil nature also happened to be an adequette leader.
Ship drives away from the island
Locke: Shall we go have our tea?
Hobbes: No, I will not have my tea with you! Confounded man! I shall sit here until it pleases me to leave.
Locke and Machiavelli jump off of the cloud and fly away, leaving Machiavelli alone in the middle of the darkening sky.
Smoke drifts up into the cloud.
Hobbes: What is this? This smog is clogging up my nose; they’re going to burn the whole bloody island down!
Locke: My dear man, do you honestly think someone would burn down a whole island?
Machiavelli: They are burning the whole island down? Who are these heathens?
All three lean down to evaluate the island.
Locke: Ah, it is my good friend, Ralph, and his little friends…I checked on them a few weeks ago and those are some jolly good British boys. They have a nice little democracy and are all getting along just fine!
Hobbes: Blimey, they aren't just fine; they're burning down the whole blasted island! That chap Jack is going to destroy all their food and means of survival.
Machiavelli: I say, right on my boy! Show ‘em who’s boss.
Locke: (leans over the cloud) What is this? They are totally going against their human nature!
Hobbes: Against their human nature? My dear man, it is simply the opposite! Jack’s attempt at killing Ralph is directly linked with his human nature. He is doing everything in his power to advance himself in their society. How would you expect the young chaps to act?
Machiavelli: Rightly so, rightly so, and he is doing exactly what he should to keep his powerful position. The only way to ensure that Ralph never gets power back, is to kill him. And, it goes without saying that Ralph should never regain that power. Showing fear, ridiculous! Refusing to threaten his people, absurd! He is a right nancy boy, I’ll say!
Locke: This is all too much, you are both off your trolleys! These boys are humans; they have the right to life! For heaven’s sake they have been with those pigs too long; they are beginning to act like pigs themselves! This is not the way most humans would act, I assure you!
Hobbes: Off my trolley? I beg your pardon; you are off your trolley! If it is confusing you, forget this bloody island and instead refer back to history. Look to the past! How many times have people reverted to evil to save themselves? Open your eyes, you nancy! The world is not all lollipops and butterflies, accept it, humans are evil.
Machiavelli: Would you two shut your mouths? What if those boys hear you? What will they think? Who will they look up to? Respect your appearances my friends! Quarrel as much as you like, but I must have you keep it down!
Locke: (to Hobbes) Well, your theory doesn't work either, my man! You have said people will fight and kill each other when there is a shortage. But there is no shortage! These lads have pigs coming out of their ears! There is no reason, no acceptable reason, for them to be fighting. It is illogical! Absurd!
(Hobbes' wings start fluttering and lifting him off of the air)
Hobbes: An abundance of food? Blast it, Locke, don't you see, while they may not have reached their bloody limit yet, they will soon! Not only do just a few of the boys have access to the animals, but there is not enough pig to go around. It is not even logical that there would be enough pigs, not at the rate that they are killing them anyway. And because of this blasted shortage the damned boys have to fight each other! Don't you see?
Locke: I most certainly do not see that, you are fabricating! (Locke starts fluttering too until he his level with Hobbes) This is absurd, simply absurd! How can you say that there is a shortage of pigs? The boys have had absolutely no trouble getting meat after they finally learned the trade... (Machiavelli interupts)
Machiavelli:Look! Over there! It's a ship! Why, that's convenient!
Locke: I knew how it would be, I knew it simply could not be! See those boys will be fine as soon as they see another human they will be back to normal! The world is not going to hell! Praise to high heaven, the world is not crumbling beneath our feet!
Lock and Hobbes flutter back down and all three lie on their stomaches and watch as the ship docks and the boys meet with the naval officers. Ralph breaks down into tears in front of the one of the officers.
Locke: My, do those men look sharp, I tell you those boys will be humans again in no time (Machiavelli interrupts in response to Ralph bursting into tears in front of the naval officer.)
Machiavelli: Ralph! Do NOT show emotion! (Machiavelli starts to flutter up and hover)What the bloody hell does that boy think he is doing? Appearance I tell you! Appearance! Where is this boy’s sense?
Hobbes: Locke, I do not know how to speak more plainly! Whether or not these boys start acting civilized now is not important! Human nature comes to play when the boys are stuck in the wild, that is when their instincts kick in!
Machiavelli: Look, they are all getting into the ship, hopefully that officer knows something about leadership, I dare say he must have some knowledge to be an officer in these times.
Locke: (ignoring Machiavelli) Fine Hobbes, I will admit that when the boys are on the island without any civilization that that is when their human nature comes out. But you also cannot deny the fact that not all of the boys reverted to evil to save themselves. Look at Ralph!
Hobbes: Sucks to Ralph! He's what, one boy out of twenty? Come to your senses!
Machiavelli: That does not mean that all who reverted to evil necessarily have an evil human nature. Look at Sam n' Eric. They did not have evil in their hearts, but because Jack is such a fine leader, he was able to scare the boys into doing what he wanted.
Locke: Exactly. You see, Hobbes, you cannot judge all human nature based on one society because the results will vary based on the leadership expressed.
Machiavelli: Right on, my dear man! Right on, the reason that the evil side of human nature took over on this island was because the one boy with an evil nature also happened to be an adequette leader.
Ship drives away from the island
Locke: Shall we go have our tea?
Hobbes: No, I will not have my tea with you! Confounded man! I shall sit here until it pleases me to leave.
Locke and Machiavelli jump off of the cloud and fly away, leaving Machiavelli alone in the middle of the darkening sky.
African American Paintings Outline
African American Paintings
INTRO
1. Have you ever looked at a two pieces of art… why are they different?
2. All art has distinctive roots…African American roots
3. I studied…
a. Harriet Powers “Bible Quilt”
b. Hale Woodruff “Poor Man’s Cotton”
c. Rene Dickerson “The Jazz Club”
4. Let’s start at the beginning…
BIBLE QUILT Harriet Powers 1886
1. Not very many painters
2. May wonder why important?
3. Bible stories… national museum of American history
a. Cain and Able
b. Adam and Eve…Garden of Eden
c. Last Supper
4. First quilt to have living creatures
5. African influence
6. Color Scheme
7. Proportions of people
8. This point forward art grew popular...
POOR MAN’S COTTON Hale woodruff 1937
1. more advanced
2. Abstract in...
a. proportion
b. depth
c. faces in background
3. Color choice
4. Obviously art spreads as time goes on so more...
THE JAZZ CLUB Rene Dickerson 50s
1. Abstract again in...
a. porportion
b. depth
c. line quality and value
2. Color choice
3. during jazz movement
CONCLUSION
1. As you can see art progresses overtime
2. Slavery
3. Jim Crow
4. Current
5. After hearing about how much goes into a painting next time you see one you won't just say good or bad but think about what time effort and thought went into the piece.
INTRO
1. Have you ever looked at a two pieces of art… why are they different?
2. All art has distinctive roots…African American roots
3. I studied…
a. Harriet Powers “Bible Quilt”
b. Hale Woodruff “Poor Man’s Cotton”
c. Rene Dickerson “The Jazz Club”
4. Let’s start at the beginning…
BIBLE QUILT Harriet Powers 1886
1. Not very many painters
2. May wonder why important?
3. Bible stories… national museum of American history
a. Cain and Able
b. Adam and Eve…Garden of Eden
c. Last Supper
4. First quilt to have living creatures
5. African influence
6. Color Scheme
7. Proportions of people
8. This point forward art grew popular...
POOR MAN’S COTTON Hale woodruff 1937
1. more advanced
2. Abstract in...
a. proportion
b. depth
c. faces in background
3. Color choice
4. Obviously art spreads as time goes on so more...
THE JAZZ CLUB Rene Dickerson 50s
1. Abstract again in...
a. porportion
b. depth
c. line quality and value
2. Color choice
3. during jazz movement
CONCLUSION
1. As you can see art progresses overtime
2. Slavery
3. Jim Crow
4. Current
5. After hearing about how much goes into a painting next time you see one you won't just say good or bad but think about what time effort and thought went into the piece.
Vocabulary Paragrah
Mr. Ginovachi
Recently, Mr. Ginovachi has not been having fiscal issues in his life. His gnomic wife recently decreased her spending because she left him to co-opt someone else’s life. This, if you ask me, was a profligate way to act! Anyway, Restiveness seems to have overtaken him lately, he seems to be noticing many nuances between the way that the government actually is and the way that he thinks it should be. Mr. Ginovachi thinks that he should have the right to veto, and that suffrage should only be given to those who have committed treason. He has created his own charter outlining the way he thinks the Constitution should be written. This fine man has decided to become a missionary in Africa and Australia so that he can eventually become a conquistador and control the whole world. But, as he started his journey, he came across some interrelated difficulties. They seemed to transpire without him doing anything. These elemental issues involved the fact that the government would not let him out of the country without a passport. As you can see, if you have studied any humanism, Mr. Ginovachi is a very brilliant man, so he decided to take a circuitous route to getting to Australia. Eventually he ended up in Australia and, due to his indulgence to his greedy desires, did not end up granting anyone salvation. This may be also due the fact that he was doing mercenary work.
Recently, Mr. Ginovachi has not been having fiscal issues in his life. His gnomic wife recently decreased her spending because she left him to co-opt someone else’s life. This, if you ask me, was a profligate way to act! Anyway, Restiveness seems to have overtaken him lately, he seems to be noticing many nuances between the way that the government actually is and the way that he thinks it should be. Mr. Ginovachi thinks that he should have the right to veto, and that suffrage should only be given to those who have committed treason. He has created his own charter outlining the way he thinks the Constitution should be written. This fine man has decided to become a missionary in Africa and Australia so that he can eventually become a conquistador and control the whole world. But, as he started his journey, he came across some interrelated difficulties. They seemed to transpire without him doing anything. These elemental issues involved the fact that the government would not let him out of the country without a passport. As you can see, if you have studied any humanism, Mr. Ginovachi is a very brilliant man, so he decided to take a circuitous route to getting to Australia. Eventually he ended up in Australia and, due to his indulgence to his greedy desires, did not end up granting anyone salvation. This may be also due the fact that he was doing mercenary work.
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