"To be or not to be"

"To be or not to be" By Sixth Period

Cake

Sorry for the terrible video quality
Credit to Hans Zimmer artist of the track used at the end

Vocab 6

abase - verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Falling in the quad abased her
abdicate - verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Recently the Catholic Pope abdicated
abomination - noun an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; a person who is loathsome or disgusting; hate coupled with disgust
The work was an abominationbrusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
His response was brusquesaboteur - noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks; a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
Terrorists are saboteur'sdebauchery - noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Movies depict teens always involved with debaucheryproliferate - verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
Watering the plant caused it to proliferateanachronism - noun an artifact that belongs to another time; a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age; something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
There are many photos of anachronistic people nomenclature - noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
There is a nomenclature associated with physicsexpurgate - verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
My essay was expurgatedbellicose - adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
The boxer was bellicosegauche - adj. lacking social polish
Nerds are often seen as gaucherapacious - adj. excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
Lions are rapaciousparadox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
If Pinocchio says his nose will grow but it doesn't, than he's lying, so it would grow, but if it grew he would be telling the truth so it wouldn't grow...conundrum - noun a difficult problem
Figuring out paradox's can be quite the conundrumanomaly - noun (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun); a person who is unusual; deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
I am an anomalyephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; noun anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
I wish the school day was more ephemeralrancorous - adj. showing deep-seated resentment
Politicians are often rancorouschurlish - adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
I don't like churlish peopleprecipitous - adj. characterized by precipices; extremely steep;done with very great haste and without due deliberation
Procrastinators are precipitous

Chaucer analysis

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Canterbury tales essay

Thesis: the point of Canterbury Tales is to show the difference between who everyone thinks we are and who we are

Body 1: The Knight is supposed to be chivalrous and a good christian but kills people for a living

Body 2: Chaucer seems to admire Knight but states inconsistencies between his ideals and reality

Vocab 5

Shenanigans: secret or dishonest activity or maneuvering

The three were up to their usual shenanigans planning a prank on the teacher.

Ricochet: a projectile rebounding of a surface

The bullets ricocheted off the wall nearly hitting him.

Schism: a split or division between strongly opposed parties

There is a schism between democrats in republicans

Eschew: deliberately avoid using

He appealed to the crowd to eschew violence

Plethora: A large or excessive amount of something

The iphone six has a plethora of new features (not really)

Ebullient: Cheerful and full of energy

When I see people who are ebullient in the morning it almost makes me angry because I’m always tired.

Garrulous: excessively talkative

Sixth period English is defiantly not garrulous.

Harangue: a lengthy and aggressive speech

Hitler gave many harangues.

Interdependence: the mutual dependence between two things

Technology and the rest of the world are interdependent

Capricious: given to sudden or unaccountable changes in mood or behavior

I can’t stand when people are capricious.

Loquacious: talkative

We already did a word with the same definition I’m not writing a new sentence

Ephemeral: lasting for a very short time

Unfortunately the school day is not ephemeral

Inchoate: Rudimentary

My parking skills are anything but inchoate.

Juxtapose: to put together for contrasting effect

Black and white are often juxtaposed

Perspicacious: having a ready insight and understanding things

Wise men are perspicacious

Codswallop: nonsense

Jafioap;oeifaowifneofijasoifheofhaofhioawehfiohaweofi

Mungo: cloth made from woven material

The sweater was mungo

Sesquipedalian: characterized by being long

The word sesquipedalian is sesquipedalian.

Wonky: askew

The tower was all wonky

Diphthong: sound formed by two vowels and one syllable

Oil

Joeybury tales

For years and years I have been told to find myself. And as I sat there in class I thought how I had spent my whole life so far doing so many different things from sports to clubs you name it. I did so many different things. But I still can’t answer the question “Who is Joey Buelow?” The summer going into senior year in high school, I went on a trip. I went to Spain and France and England. And this trip changed me. “Travel is more than the seeing of sights, it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent in the ideas of living.” This quote bounced around my head as I sat in class and I  thought about a movie I saw about the camino de santiago de compostela where a man walks across Spain on a Journey designed to help you find yourself. It’s used to be part of an ancient pilgrimage to a cathedral and now many people even non-religious like myself, take the pilgrimage to find themselves. And as class continued even though I wasn’t paying attention, I heard my professor say “the point of this assignment is to find yourself…” and even though I hadn’t heard the rest of the assignment I knew what I had to do so I got up and left. When I got to the door the professor called out “where are you going!?” and I instantly replied “To find myself,” and walked out the door to call my friend Jacob. 

While I waited for him to arrive I sat there thinking I was crazy. Walk across Spain?  Who does that!? Jacob arrived and I told him how I felt that I needed to just get away from everything I knew and plunge into the unknown and just go on an adventure and figure everything out. He sat there for a while, taking it all in before finally looking up and asking “You want me to go with you?” It amazed me that he was willing to give up everything to do this with me but I knew this was something I needed to do alone.

That night I packed up everything I would need to go backpacking across a country: warm jacket, tent, some emergency food, sleeping bag, spare clothes, toothbrush, etc…  I caught the next flight to Barcelona. From there I took a bus up north to Somport where I would start my journey. For the next month I spent every day walking miles and miles, going from village to village staying at hostels meeting new people including other people walking the camino, and I had so much time to myself, thinking and seeing new things and simply getting away from my life.

When I finally arrived at the cathedral I didn’t know what to do. I still didn’t know who I was. I sat down and listened to mass. I didn’t know what the preacher was saying but it didn’t matter because I wasn’t listening. I felt like I had failed. I walked all those miles for nothing. Feeling disgusted with myself, I stood up and left the church. The sun was setting and as I sat on the cathedral steps and watched the magnificent colors disappears beyond the horizon; I realized I had never felt more alive. I had just walked across Spain on an impulse, by myself. And I realized I could answer the question “who is Joey Buelow?”

I am Joey Buelow

The Point of Canterbury Tales is...

To show the difference between who everyone thinks we are, and who we are

Green Eggs and Hamlet

a) "To be or not to be"..?
b) His plays were performed at the globe theater (below). Shakespeare wrote in iambic pentameter
c)Students frown because they way its taught doesn't show them how it's relevant, plus it's hard to understand what is happening.
d)Acting it out would defiantly make it memorable but I think what would be more helpful is to watch some short movie clips for some of the more difficult scenes along with reading it together as a class.
Here is a video on Youtube "Epic Rap Battles of History: Shakespeare vs Dr. Seuss" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3w2MTXBebg

Globe Theater, London UK
(I went there)

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