Ballad

Ballads:
• have an orientation, complication and resolution
• often have an ending that is tragic or sad
• are traditionally shared orally (passed on by word of mouth), so they can change over time
and sometimes have an anonymous author
• may contain verses or stanzas of four lines (known as quatrains)
• may contain repetition of stanzas (a chorus) or repeated lines where a certain word is
changed
• can have a question and answer format – one stanza presents the question and the next
one answers the question.

Example;

Flipped Classroom?

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/08/29/02el-flipped.h32.html

Flipped Classroom
Deanna -----
University of South Carolina 

Important Ideas:

This article is expressing a new awareness for the teachers to use in their classroom. The important ideas to remember are, flipped classrooms are simply using technology to the maximum. Some teachers use videos for their lecture, instead of being in front of the students. A pair of teachers could create a video together to give different point of views for the students. The teachers who use this method switch material homework to technology homework (example: watching a video or going to a certain website). Some teachers use this method differently, for example; some will show a video in the classroom or post it for extra help for students to look at after school. Many educators feel like this is a waste of valuable time because what if the students don’t watch the videos. Also, if a teacher uses a video for lecturing all together it cuts social skills that need to be introduced in elementary and middle school.

What I learned from the text

This article was very interesting and I do agree with some of the methods used for flipped teaching. If I was given the choice to watch a video for math/science class, I’d probably do it because it would be extra help. Especially if other teachers put their own videos on the site (such as a blog designed just for that class), that way I could have a different view from all the teachers since all teachers teach a different way. However, I do not agree with just having a video lecture for the whole class time because it cuts from social interactions. Also, if there is a video being played, how do you know if the students are actually watching it? They could draw, text, or nap during the showing of the lecture. Likewise, as an educator we must realize not all students have the same privileges of others at home; not everyone has a computer. If this flipped classroom was to go into effect it could be difficult for those less fortunate. How would they watch the video? In high school most teachers expect students to take the time to go to the library or stay after school to do work. They never ask the questions such as; What if they have a part time job after school? What if they have to ride the bus? Etc.  Also, if we do use this method throughout the public school system, it seems that we are becoming virtual school instead of a social community.

As I read the article I noticed there was no statistical research to back up this method. Due to a lack of percentage, we as the reader do not know how effective this method truly is. This article proves to have latent opinions instead of numerical facts to back it up. We can read about other options from teachers but how does this method effect grades in the classroom? Do they go higher or lower? How about social communication, higher or lower?

As an English teacher I do not see how this method would be beneficial to my students. I cannot even image forcing my students to watch a video about a poem or a book. I’d probably drone on and bore them to death. I could however use a video for extra help in certain areas like poetry construction and essay writings. I think the flipped classroom method would be beneficial to those in the science/math fields, not language arts.

Free Write. Native American Month.

http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Punk/vallen_mohawk_slash_magazine.htm

"Come Back To Haunt You" - Mark Vallen. Pencil on paper. 1980.

Artist's Statment: "In 1980 I did the cover art for what turned out to be the very last issue of Slash magazine, the premiere publication of the Los Angeles punk movement. My drawing, titled Come Back To Haunt You, was a visual proclamation that the spirits of Native American warriors had come back to possess the youthful punk rebels of the U.S. The mohawked and leather clad fellow in my drawing represented those spirits. My drawing was actually inspired by the words of Chief Seattle, leader of the Dwamish tribe of the Pacific Northwest. After surrendering to the Whites in the treaty of 1855, Seattle said the following:

'When the last Red Man shall have perished, and the memory of my tribe shall have become a myth among the White Man, these shores will swarm with the invisible dead of my tribe, and when your children's children think themselves alone in the field, the store, the shop, or in the silence of the pathless woods, they will not be alone. At night when the streets of your cities and villages are silent and you think them deserted, they will throng with the returning hosts that once filled them and still love this beautiful land. The White Man will never be alone.'

Free Write

googlemonster by Asaf Hanuka

VOC LIST

Bovine: (adj). sluggish, dull, stolid.// She gazed around the crowded room in a bovine manner.
Cryptic: (adj). secret or occult./using code or cipher  //A cryptic smirk appeared on Judith's face as pulled out a cheat sheet from the sole of her shoe.
Absorbent: (adj). capable of adsorption. //"Here, use this," Molly said as she handed the absorbent napkin to her crying friend. "
Gobble: (v). To devour in greedy gulps.// When I want to see a concert there is always that one person who gobbles up the first row seats.
Latent: (adj). Present or potential but not evident or active. William may only be one but he is showing latent talents because I force him to listen to Mozart before bedtime. (Carrie,pg.11)
Incontrovertible: (adj). Impossible to dispute. unquestionable. //With all the evidence shown in court, it is incontrovertible that the man is guilty of peeing in the bushes.
Hysteric: (n). A person suffering from hysteria. A fit of uncontrollable laughter or crying. //Molly was so hysteric when she found out that One Direction broke up, she was crying tears of joy.
Contorted (adj). Twisted or strained out of shape. // Eric's face contorted into disgust was he received his test back because he received an A.
Ascendant (adj). Inclining or moving upward. Dominant in position, superior. // Honor classes are ascendant to CP only because the school system makes it that way.
Fanatical (adj). surpassing what is normal or accepted in enthusiasm for or belief in something; excessively or unusually dedicated or devoted // Some people take gaming to a fanatical level especially when they believe they are a character in the game.
Bungalow: (n). A small house or cottage usually having a single story and sometimes an additional attic story. // In the book, Carrie by Stephen King, Carrie and her mother lived in a bungalow within the suburbs
Bereave:  To leave desolate or alone, especially by death // After her goldfish passed no one stayed with Cynthia during her moments of bereave.
Irrevocable: (adj). Impossible to retract or revoke//  Robert new it was irrevocable to receive the flu after he had five flu shots.
Drone: (v). To speak in a monotonous tone: //When I attended USC I had many professors who droned on about a book that I fell asleep.
Vacuous: (adj). Lacking intelligence; stupid. b. Devoid of substance or meaning; inane: // Jacob just had a vacuous expression upon his face as his teacher explained algebra.
Scrawl (v). To write hastily or illegibly. // My father used to scrawl his name on excuse notes for me in high school, none of my teachers knew what his name was.
Magnanimous: (adj).  Courageously noble in mind and heart. 2. Generous in forgiving; eschewing resentment or revenge; unselfish. // Around Christmas, people usually have magnanimous hearts and are always willing to help others.
Disciplinary: Of, relating to, or used for discipline: disciplinary training; disciplinary measures.
2. Of or relating to a specific field of academic study. // All educators must use disciplinary acts while teaching, it gives us a dictator feeling.
Scourge: (n) A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment. //  To combat the scourge of terrorism member states have also agreed to expand the role of the European union.
Obscure: (adj)  : not well-known : not known to most people: difficult to understand : likely to be understood by only a few people : difficult or impossible to know completely and with certainty// The Cherokee language is obscure to those who were not brought up knowing the language.
Marginal (adj):  Barely within a lower standard or limit of quality: // Due to Richard's poor background in writing, his essay was marginal for his age group.
Rancor (n) Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will. // During Christmas, there is no rancor, there were good wishes all around
Martyr: (n) One who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce religious principles. 2. One who makes great sacrifices or suffers much in order to further a belief, cause, or principle.// He became a martyr when he stood up to the law even when it meant death.
Doleful (adj): Filled with or expressing grief; mournful. // Maggie's voice was so doleful when she explained the accident.
Abate (v): : to become weaker : to decrease in strength// After running fifteen laps, Frank's legs became abate from fatigue.
Pedagogy (n): the method and practice of teaching, esp. as an academic subject or theoretical concept.// The teacher left her session of pedagogy and left for home.
Pedagogue (n): a teacher, especially a strict one. // Dr.Lewis, my 368 English professor, was a pedagogue in the classroom because he expected students to read two books in two weeks, and the books were over 200 pages long.
Banal: (adj). lacking in orginallity  as to be obvious or boring // Most rap music today is banal because they just rap about the same situation which is about money or drugs.
Vindicate: (v) clear (someone) of blame or suspicion.

Free Writing. #1

Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November

Teach Guy Fawkes Day. 

Guy Fawkes rose to fame after planning the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, and failing. On Nov. 5, we remember the fifth with fireworks and parties, and some of us even watch V for Vendetta, the film based on Guy’s actions.

Guy Fawkes Day: 5 Things To Know

Want to know what November 5 was made famous for? We’re here for you.

1. Guy Fawkes joined a group of English Catholics and attempted to plant gunpowder in the cellar of the Palace of Westminister in 1605, planning to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of England’s Parliament. He was discovered by Thomas Knyvett, the keeper of the Whitehall Palace on November 5. He found Guy (who was posing as John Johnson), along with about 900 kg of gunpowder. The group he was involved with was planning to assassinate the Protestant King James.

2. The holiday was celebrated by fireworks because those in London were encouraged to celebrate the safety of the king by lighting fires. The celebrations were actually repealed in 1859. The celebration has become less and less each year, but many have fireworks to remember the Gunpowder plot.

3. Those who searched the palace actually found out about the assassination plan from an anonymous letter!

4. “Remember, Remember, the fifth of November” is the line from a poem that took on the nature of a nursery rhyme. Here is the full verse:

Remember, remember the fifth of November,

The gunpowder, treason and plot,

I know of no reason

Why gunpowder treason

Should ever be forgot.

5. V for Vendetta is based on Alan Moore‘s comic book series, which became popular with a mask styled like the one Guy was wearing. So in case you thought it looked familiar, that’s why

http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/11/05/guy-fawkes-day-five-things-to-know-remember-the-fifth-of-november/