1. Theme is the message or a story, writitng, poetry or any written assigment. The standard wants us to anyalize and provided evidence of the theme to show that we understand.
2. In the story Rip van Winkle the parts that I found particularly Romantic was how he slept for 20 years and he thought it was only one night. They also use nature alot in the story to describe the settings like the Kaatskill mountains an the hudson river. Rip van winkle was also a very common person instead of a prince or king like the european stories.
3.The poem was talking about nature, death and imagination. For instance when they were talking being scared of death you should go outside and listen to what mother nature has to say. Also they are talking about common people compared to princes and kings. They talked about when everyone dies the same thing is going to happen to everyone. they also focous on imagination because its talking about mother nature talking to you. The poem refers back to the main themes of romanticism because it reflects to nature and focuses on imagination.When he says " She has a voice of galdness, and a smile." We all know nature can't talk so its focusing on imagination. and "Thou shalt lie down with patiachs of the infant world- with kings, the powerful earth- the wise, the good, fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past,"He was saying no matter who you are nobodys different when they die you are all going to die the same way
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ELAALRL1 The student demonstrates comprehension by identifying evidence (i.e., examples of diction, imagery, point of view, figurative language, symbolism, plot events and main ideas) in a variety of texts representative of different genres (i.e., poetry, prose [short story, novel, essay, editorial, biography], and drama) and using this evidence as the basis for interpretation.
ELAALRL2 The student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of theme in a work of American literature and provides evidence from the work to support understanding.
ELAALRL3 The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to their contemporary context or historical background, as well as to works from other time periods.
We addressed the above standards by reading rip van winkle and the poem and being able to idetify the the three main themes of Romanticism.
The Transcendentalists.
5. Nature by ralph waldo Emerson
This story is about nature and the world of humans and how they work. I think that the people feel in this story feel that work is the only way to keep every day life going easy. Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson The story Self-Reliance is talking about work and trusting noone was taken so seriously. The story is also talking about the way boys were raised to be men and working to them was a way to show their strength and manhood. "A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best". This is a great example of how much work ment to them.
6. Nature by Ralph Walso Emerson is a good example of Transcendentalism because its talking about nature being in touch with their surroundings. In Self-Reliance I think this is a good example of Transcendentalism because its talking about growing up and being in touch with your mind and aslo the value of hard working.
7. You can apply Transcendental philosophy to the man in the video because he loves being around nature and himself. He uses his hands and hard work to survive in the wilderness alone. Its really peacful there just like in most stories, and he did every thing on his own and he is a commom man. A dirct quote would be ‘‘A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best’’
Monday, September 21, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Attendance Policy
Attendance Policy
For many students attending Clarke County’s Classic City Performance Learning Center, the attendance policy clearly states that students can miss no more than four days of school for the entire semester. Students who miss more than four days will be automatically dropped from their class or classes. I think this policy is more harmful to students than helpful. I myself and many other students have had many problems with this policy. I think the school board should extend the attendance policy for many reasons.
Students may miss more than four days and may be forced to drop from the class, which delays their graduation. What if a student is able to do all the work but misses more than four days? This often happens with many students. Students complete all the work and get passing grades for the course, but they get no credit for the class because of too many absences. What’s the difference between these students and students who’ve gotten a lower grade but get to carry on because they didn’t miss that many days? This can be a real disadvantage to students who did as just as much work but can’t carries on because of their absences.
What if a student wants to take a planned family vacation? Students should be able to take vacations like these with their family, especially if it was planned in advance. If a student is leaving to go on a planned family vacation, they could go to all their teachers and get their make up work and turn it all in when they come back from their vacation. This is an alternative plan other than just not letting students go period.
Many other students here at classic city have children or other siblings they have to help take care of. Members of the students family may be sick causing the student to be absent from school their self. Students also may have family emergencies, like death in the family, member in the hospital; a member may be sick or anything of that nature. Students would not be able to give a doctors excuse or excuse for anything like that. The School board should also start excepting excuses written by the parents or guardians. You cant always except for students to have a doctor’s excuse for everything.
Many other students may miss more than four days for legitimate reasons but may not be able to provide that proof. Many students do not have any insurance, so how may I ask you can they get a doctors excuse when they can’t even go to a doctor and get proper health care? This goes back to my other point that students should be able to get their parents to write them excuses with their parents or guardian signature and be approved by administration. I know the administration thinks that this could be a big issue considering students may write the letter themselves and sign their parent’s name. That’s why I propose when turning in a letter the parent provide phone number or email address to provide verification that the student has been out due to legitimate reasons.
As you can see there are many reasons for a student attending Classic City High School to miss more than four days due to sick leave, family vacations and many other private reasons. The school board needs to get the attendance policy fixed so that more students can strive to do better because as you have just read many students graduation gets stopped or delayed due to this big inconvience.
For many students attending Clarke County’s Classic City Performance Learning Center, the attendance policy clearly states that students can miss no more than four days of school for the entire semester. Students who miss more than four days will be automatically dropped from their class or classes. I think this policy is more harmful to students than helpful. I myself and many other students have had many problems with this policy. I think the school board should extend the attendance policy for many reasons.
Students may miss more than four days and may be forced to drop from the class, which delays their graduation. What if a student is able to do all the work but misses more than four days? This often happens with many students. Students complete all the work and get passing grades for the course, but they get no credit for the class because of too many absences. What’s the difference between these students and students who’ve gotten a lower grade but get to carry on because they didn’t miss that many days? This can be a real disadvantage to students who did as just as much work but can’t carries on because of their absences.
What if a student wants to take a planned family vacation? Students should be able to take vacations like these with their family, especially if it was planned in advance. If a student is leaving to go on a planned family vacation, they could go to all their teachers and get their make up work and turn it all in when they come back from their vacation. This is an alternative plan other than just not letting students go period.
Many other students here at classic city have children or other siblings they have to help take care of. Members of the students family may be sick causing the student to be absent from school their self. Students also may have family emergencies, like death in the family, member in the hospital; a member may be sick or anything of that nature. Students would not be able to give a doctors excuse or excuse for anything like that. The School board should also start excepting excuses written by the parents or guardians. You cant always except for students to have a doctor’s excuse for everything.
Many other students may miss more than four days for legitimate reasons but may not be able to provide that proof. Many students do not have any insurance, so how may I ask you can they get a doctors excuse when they can’t even go to a doctor and get proper health care? This goes back to my other point that students should be able to get their parents to write them excuses with their parents or guardian signature and be approved by administration. I know the administration thinks that this could be a big issue considering students may write the letter themselves and sign their parent’s name. That’s why I propose when turning in a letter the parent provide phone number or email address to provide verification that the student has been out due to legitimate reasons.
As you can see there are many reasons for a student attending Classic City High School to miss more than four days due to sick leave, family vacations and many other private reasons. The school board needs to get the attendance policy fixed so that more students can strive to do better because as you have just read many students graduation gets stopped or delayed due to this big inconvience.
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