The Monkey...

Respond to this post by Copying the following onto your blog and responding to it before your read. Entitle the post, The Monkey.

The Monkey’s Paw

1.   If you had three wishes, what would they be?  Why?  (No wishing for more wishes.)  Explain each response.
2.    Is there anything that you are superstitious about?  Explain.  (If not, explain why not.)

 Also, complete this chart in your Notebook while you read:

Wish                              Prediction (What will Happen)                 Consequence

Antigone Compare/Contrast PreWriting

Respond to this post by Copying the following in your post and filling it in with the evidence from your essay.

Vocabulary

For your viewing/studying pleasure

#1 Debunk (Prove something false) Imminent (about to happen) Affluent (wealthy) Routine(ordinary, normal) Benign (harmless) Enlighten (to teach something new) Malevolent (evil) Inquire (to ask)

#2 Perplexing (confusing) Resilient (tough/determined) Amend (to fix/to change) Fickle (indecisive) Benevolent (good) Desist (stop doing something) Listless (tired/lazy) Lackluster (not impressive)

#3 Dwindle (to reduce in number or amount) Subtle (not obvious) Gullible (willing to believe anything) Erratic (unpredictable) Condescending (conceited/talking down to someone) Aspire (to seek to become or achieve) Pristine (untouched/in perfect condition) Nettle (to annoy or bother)

#4 Hapless (unlucky) Scrutinize (To look closely) Domicile (home) Clarify (to explain more clearly) Asinine (stupid/idiotic) Infer (to figure out without being told) Eloquent (well-spoken) Strife (conflict)

#5 Plaintive (Very sad) Flaunt (to show something off) Distraught (emotionally upset) Queue (a line of people or things) Accrue (to gather over time) Relentless (never stopping) Leery (untrusting) Crass (rude/vulgar/having bad manners)

#6 Inevitable Phobia Seclude Rebuke Notorious Fluctuate Candid Sophomoric

40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World

Here's a Sampling--

McDonald’s Across the World

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/

Volunteer Opportunity

There's a dog competition taking place in Santa Maria this Saturday.
One of the events, the weight pull competition, needs 6 volunteers to
load and unload concrete blocks, reposition the wagons and other chores
from 10:30 am till mid to late afternoon.  Lunch and all the dog kisses
you can handle will be provided.   Contact Gillian McCallum at 549-3037
leave a message or contact Denny McKee in room 334.  Just to be sure,
contact both of us.

Blogger Instructions and How-to Video

As we talked about in class, there are multiple benefits to expressing yourselves to a wider audience.  There are also multiple challenges in adopting new media.  In the next few weeks you will learn more about privacy, security, and how the Internet and its business models actually work.  This information will enable you to take full advantage of online resources without making yourself vulnerable to unnecessary risk or embarrassment.  In the meantime, both to avoid any confusion and to ensure that we get off to a good start, please err on the side of caution and email me at jostini@smjuhsd.org, if you have any specific questions or concerns.

Here are the instructions for building your blog:

1. Go to blogger.com and create a blog
2. The URL for your blog should be [first initial][last name][pvhs14worldlit].blogspot.com
3. The title of your blog should be "[first name] [last name]'s World Literature Blog"
4. You can choose your own layout and template design features.  Feel free to change these as the course begins and you learn more about how to organize and curate information on this platform
5. Once your blog is set up, please email the URL to me at jostini@smjuhsd.org so that I can add your blog to the Member Blogs page on the main course blog.
6. Francisco Ayala has already done a terrific job of setting up his blog, which you can see HERE.

NOTE: Don't be shy about asking others for help if you need it. 

Once you've set up your blog take your autobiography you've already written from Kidblog and use it as your first post.  You may want to add a little  more about you and what your blog will be about.  You can draw on some of the thinking I've asked you to do already, such as:

• your reason(s) for taking this course;
• what you're excited about and what makes you nervous;
• your goal(s) for this course and beyond;
• how you expect your knowledge and thinking to be improved by creating this blog and getting feedback from readers.

Here is a tutorial on how to get started with Blogger. The first couple minutes are about registration and set-up, which most of you have already done. Around 2:30 he gets into posting and design, layout, and embedding pictures and videos.