Look at your comic book and answer the following questions 1. Who is the bad guy? 2. Who is the good guy? 3. What makes it science fiction? 4. What is realistic about it? 5. Draw a timeline for the story and put at lease 4 important events from the comic on the timeline.
ACTIVITY 2
Present your comic to the class.
ACTIVITY 3
Design your own superhero. One person draws and the other person describes the hero. Switch. Create a villan.
FORM: The English sonnet has the simplest and most flexible pattern of all sonnets, consisting of 3 quatrains of alternating rhyme and 1 couplet:
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METER: Shakespeare's sonnets were written in iambic pentameter. Iambic describes the "foot"(feet in plural), or the group of syllables. Each foot is made up of two syllables. The first syllable is unstressed and the second is stressed. The iambic rhythm often occurs naturally in English.
da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM
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Pentameter means that each line contains 5 iambic "feet", or 10 syllables.
Sonnet Activity
I am going to pass out a line (or 2) from TWO of Shakespeare's sonnets to each student.
As a class, your task is to put the lines in the correct order.
It was frightening for Americans to think of war. England
was a great power; the colonies were scattered and had little military
experience. But, they prepared for the worst, so, New Englanders began to collect cannonballs
and gunpowder in Concord, a small town about twenty miles northwest of Boston. When
the British heard about weapons, they decided to get them. Paul Revere, a
silversmith who wanted independence, found out that the British soldiers were
getting ready to attack. He sent a spy into the British camp; the spy was to
send a signal. Revere instructed: "If the British go out by water, we
should show two lanterns in the North Church steeple; and if by land, one, as a
signal."
On the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere saw one lamp,
then two, in the church steeple. Now he knew. The British—called redcoats
because of their red uniforms—were taking the water route across the Charles
River. Paul Revere jumped on his horse and rode hard all night, warning
everyone in the countryside, "The British are coming! The British are
coming!" At Concord and at Lexington the American farmers were ready: They
grabbed their guns. They were called minutemen because they could fight on a
minute's notice. Captain John Parker was their leader. He said : "Stand
your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon. But if they mean to have a war, let
it begin here."
And it did begin right there, at Lexington. The great
American poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, later wrote of that moment:
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.
Of course the sound wasn't actually heard. But the poet knew
what he was writing. Because this fight, which was just beginning, would have a
purpose and meaning that would echo and re-echo around the globe. Its message
was one of freedom—and that "all men are created equal"—and that idea
would resonate worldwide.
In 1775 General Thomas Gage sent 700 British troops from Boston to seize or destroy military supplies at Concord as well as to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock for treason. Patriot leader Joseph Warren sent Paul Revere and William Dawes by separate routes to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming to arrest them for treason. Revere arranged for a signal to be flashed from the steeple of Boston's Old North Church, two lanterns would mean that the British were coming by water and one would mean that the British would be coming by land. Revere arrived in Lexington about midnight riding on a borrowed horse. Meanwhile Dawes arrived in Concord. However Revere was captured by the British but they released him. He returned to Lexington where he joined Adams and Hancock. They fled but Revere stayed in Lexington to rescue valuable papers. When the British arrived in Lexington they found the Minutemen waiting. And a battle ensued.
“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
Life and Times
Jack London lived during a time of major change, when industrialization and urbanization were becoming dominant. Jim Crow and "separate but equal" laws, Chinese exclusionary laws and Indian genocide put racial differences in the forefront of people's minds. With the wave of immigrants from Eastern, Central, and Southern Europe, some people grew anxious over labor competition and the health of the society. At the same time, workers movements responded to unhealthy conditions, long hours, and low pay. Women sought the right to vote. Pacifists arose to condemn America's overthrow of Hawaii and colonization of the Philippines. Reformers attacked a variety of concerns, including lack of sanitation, prostitution, birth control, overcrowded housing, public health, and more. Socialism developed as a viable third party, providing support of reform causes, along with demands for public ownership of utilities and control of monopolies. All was not so conflicted, of course. A genuine American literature, art, and architecture flourished. The public became better educated, and a middle-class emerged. For a passionate temperament such as Jack London's, there was much to react to, and he did.
“Jack London was the type of man to have commanded other men. [He has] eyes to inflame youth, inspire men, madden women.” -Frank Pease
“He just jumped into life with both feet in that courageous way of his, and he got romance and mystery and beauty out of it where other men could see only labor. That’s genius.” -Johnny Heinhold
“Jack looked like a young, ardent, hopeful fellow brimful of conviction. He instantly inspired me with his open comradeship…Whenever I saw him, he was always the center of a group; people flocked to his vital magnetism; everyone who came within its radius, loved him.” –Johannes Reimers
“His eyes were those of a dreamer, and there was almost a feminine wistfulness about him. Yet at the same time he gave the feeling of a terrific and unconquerable physical force.” -Arnold Genthe
“I never saw a man in all my life with more magnetism, beautiful magnetism. If a preacher could have the love in his make up, and the life, God, this whole world would be religious.” – Finn Frolich,
“I want to say that Jack London is one of the grittiest men it has been my good fortune to meet. He is just as heroic as any of the characters in his novels.” -Robert Dunn
“I think of him as part of the heroic youth and courage of the world.” –Edwin Markham
Source: theartofmanliness.com
ACTIVITY
CLASS TIMELINE
We are going to create a timeline for Jack London's life.
1. Read your life or historical event.
2. Work with your classmates to put yourself in chronological order.
1. As a class, we will brainstorm a list of abilities. (run, jump, skydive, dance bachata, etc.) 2. Choose 10 abilities and write them on a piece of paper. At least five need to be interesting abilities. 3. Everyone will mingle. Each time you meet another student, ask him or her: "Can you _______?" If the student responds "Yes, I can." Cross off the ability and write the student's name by it. The first to cross off all ten yells "Bingo!"
Would You Do That?
1. Think about the things you would and would not do.
2. In random order, write 5 things you would do and 5 things you wouldn't do.
3. Partner up and exchange lists. Each partner will try to guess which things the other partner would and wouldn't do.
4. You get 5 guesses to find out what your partner would and wouldn't do. Phraseguesses like “(I think) You would _________.” Parter responds: "Yes, I would" or "No, I wouldn't"
Activity: We are going to watch a video. It is a mix of Thanksgiving scenes from the TV show "Friends." Each of you will be assigned a character to observe. During the video, take notes that answer these questions:
What is you character’s goal in the scene?
What does he or she do that is funny?
What relationship does he/she have with other characters (who)?
Write down any words that you don't know.
Discussion:
How do they prepare for Thanksgiving Day?
What do they do on Thanksgiving Day?
Who does most of the work?
How is this holiday different from a holiday family dinner in Spain?
What famous actor appears in the video? What are his two greatest enemies?
Who's the funniest character and why?
Joey: "Naw naw! These are my _________________ pants!" 10 Min.
Chandler: "Oh come on, Monica. Reliving past pain and getting ________ is what Thanksgiving is all about...Ya know, for me anyways. And of course the ______________." 12 min
Phoebe: No, it's not supposed to be _________. It's supposed to be ________." 2 min
Monica: "Forty-two to twenty-one".
Like the _________ Ross is _________!" 12:40
Rachel: Oh my God, Monica. Who is that? ... Wow! I really do not remember him. He's really got that ________ smoldering thing ___________." 7:15
Ross: "No need to _________. She knows who ______ is." 10 Min
