“Though this be madness, yet there is method in ‘t.” – Polonius in Hamlet This blog is for the reflections, thoughts, rants, and discussions of Mrs. Caldwell’s Senior English classes at Mountain Brook High School. Come and check out the madness. There is method to all of it, I assure you!
Go to the class wikispace and login. (see link and procedures in previous post)
Click “Topic Sign Up”
Choose your class.
Fill in the table beside your name. Be as specific or as general as you need to be for now. The table will grow with you, so you can type several lines if needed.
Happy Topic Hunting!!!
Go to the class wikispace and sign in. Use the page set aside for Links to add your links that correspond to your topic. Share! We can all benefit from your work. You can include preliminary research links as well as source links that you know pass the Web Site Evaluation test. Please put the link under the correct heading and PLEASE leave a brief description of the site. There is nothing worse than a list of random URL’s that nobody understands. Thanks!
Site: http://caldwell.wikispaces.com/Links
You created your login and password to sign in (it should be first name, last initial, period number… but who knows!)
You have the preliminary packet with the bones of what is expected on the research paper. Use this post to ask additional questions that may not have been covered in class. These can be related to topics, requirements, deadlines, etc.
We see how religion and the monarchy were at odds during the Renaissance time period. Now many people say that those two topics are taboo. Do you think that government and religion can exist in harmony? Give examples of past or current situations where you feel that the government or a religion has overstepped its bounds? Or present a case where the two have or can remain in harmony in a country? What do you think?
As we study Renaissance Life, let’s compare it to Medieval Life. You will need to take a few minutes and explore the following web page:
Scroll your mouse across the table of links at the top of the page to see what headings are offered. Sections such as Life, Society, and Drama all have sub-pages that provide a wealth of information. Write a short summary of what you read on that page. Please do not cover a sub-page that another commenter has covered. Have fun discovering the Renaissance.
I will be introducing the research paper format and topic options very soon. I know that you have opinions regarding the process. Keeping in mind that this kind of paper will be required in many of your college classes, what would you like to see done differently in the research paper process? Explain a good or bad experience you had with some aspect of researching, writing, or developing a research paper. Leave out the names to protect the innocent. Also, remember that rants such as “Don’t make it about literature!” and “Make it short” are not really valid or realistic. This is senior English. Talk about your questions, thoughts, or ideas regarding this assignment before finding out the logistics of it.
Write your thoughts and opinions of the writing conference process? Was it more or less helpful than your normal revision process? Would could be done to improve it? Is it necessary to have a pre and a post conference? Give real constructive criticism and/or praise of this strategy. Would you like to see this done during research paper activities? Welcome back to the blog!!
In Medieval medicine and throughout literature the humours are important factors. Wikipedia defines the four humours in this way:
In traditional medicine practiced in Greco-Roman civilization and in Europe during the Middle Ages (at least until the Renaissance), humorism, or humoralism, dictated that the four humors were special fluids associated with the four basic elements of nature, that were thought to permeate the body and influence its health. An imbalance in the distribution of these fluids was thought to affect each individual’s personality. The concept was developed by ancient Greek thinkers around 400 BC and was directly linked with another popular theory of the four elements (Empedocles). Paired qualities were associated with each humour and its season. The word humour derives from the Greek χυμός, chymos (literally juice or sap, metaphorically flavor).
In Medieval times these humours were very influential in medicine and also influenced many writers when addressing characterization and personalities. Please take the Keirsey Temperment Sorter that addresses the temperaments that correspond to these humours. The way they relate:
Blood= Artisan Black bile= Guardian Yellow Bile= Idealist Phlegm= Rationalist. Once you have discovered your personality temperment, go to the Keirsey site to determine other famous people who have been identified with that same temperment. Does this tell you anything about yourself? Does this explain how you relate to others or why you relate to certain famous personalities? Use this post to explain your feelings on this. Taking the quiz is essential. It may take a few minutes. When you register, you can put your first name and a “creative” email address. You do not have to divulge any personal information. Have fun and tell us about it.
You cannot ignore it. The semester exam is looming and eventually you will get some study material to help you prepare. The question is always difficult for me, “What have I taught in the semester that is worthy of being on the semester exam?” The longer I have taught, the more this question plagues me. Unfortunately, the objectives that I seek to reach through a unit, project, or set of notes; are not always what you- the student- absorb. Now I go to the source. So the question is this:
If you were creating the semester exam, what do you think should be the major parts covered on the test. Remember, your dreams of “nothing” or “these three items…” are not realistic and do not count as a valid answer. Think back, look at your notebook, reflect on what you think you have learned- List or put in outline form the major components that you feel are exam-worthy. You may just help create the material for the exam!
We are, in my view, faced with an entirely new situation in education where the goal of education, if we are to survive, is the facilitation of change and learning. The only man who is educated is the man who has learned how to learn; the man who has learned how to adapt and change; the man who has realized that no knowledge is secure, that only the process of seeking knowledge gives a basis for security. Changingness, the reliance on process rather than upon static knowledge, is the only thing that makes any sense of a goal for education in the modern world.
Carl Rogers, “Interpersonal Relationship in the Facilitation of Learning,” in Kirschenbaum and Henderson, The Carl Rogers Reader, p. 304.
http://www.yourheroicjourney.com/thought.shtml
Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer with possible examples to back up your thoughts.
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