My Bad Dream Of An Essay

Remember that time you ate that spicy chips just before you went to bed on the night before the big show?  Oh, that weird dream you had about the 2016 presidential election.  When you woke up you couldn't quite remember the important  details, but after reading "On Self-Reliance" and "A Sound of Thunder" it's all coming back to you now.

The dream started badly.  You were in line with your family at a store waiting to be sent to buy lots of clothes. Everywhere you looked there were posters of president-elect like Donald messed up hair Trump , looking like a crazy pig, who could eat a whole country like America.   

Suddenly, there was Ralph Waldo Emerson telling you,"The persons who make up a nation to-day, next year die, and their experience with them."  You realized that you have something to contribute to the world so you decided to accept it.  But it wasn't easy.  First you had to put on a fancy clothes and shoes and then you had make a time machine to go back in time to the concert so you could convince people to learn about the candidates and the issues that we will have.

But right there in the concert there was a giant poster and it started staring at everyone.  People started to yell.  You grabbed a microphone from a nearby person and yelled. Everyone stopped and listened, so you kept going.

Sound of Thunder Study Guide

Name: Jaime Calva 

Period: 3rd

Study Guide for Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder”

I. VOCABULARY: Be able to define the following words and understand them when they

appear in the story or class discussion.
annihilate- destroy utterly or obliterate 

expendable- designed to be used only once and then abandoned or destroyed

infinitesimally-indefinitely or exceedingly small 

primeval- of or resembling the earliest ages in history of the world 

resilient- able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed

revoke- put an end to the validity or operation 

sheathed- put something into a sheath 

subliminal- below the threshold of sensation or conscious  

taint- a trace of a bad or undesirable quality or substance

undulate- move with a smooth wavelike motion

II. LITERARY TERMS: Be able to define each term and apply each term to the story.

foreshadowing- to hint to something that will happen in the future

Describe what is foreshadowed in this story: Foreshadowed in the story is the things that will happen if Eckles screws around in the past.   

simile- a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid 

example: Eckel's experience with the T-Rex is like one long horror movie from which he cannot awaken 

metaphor- a figutre of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable 

example: "The jungle was alive again, full of the old tremorings and bird cries. Eckels turned slowly to regard the primeval garbage dump, that hill of nightmares and terrors."

protagonist- the good character from a story or movie 

Who is the protagonist of this story?Eckel's 

III. QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions.

1. What company does Eckels visit?
Time Safari Inc.

2. What are the penalties for disobeying instructions?
10,000 more dollars and possible government actions when you come back 

3. About what is Eckels thankful?

4. What did some people want to do if Deutscher had won the election and why?
They want to go live at 1492
5. What does the man behind the desk tell Eckels happened last year that makes Eckels think about going on the safari?

Dozens of hunters and 6 safari leaders died last year.

6. Who is the Safari Leader?
Travis 

7. How many people besides Eckels are on the trip? Name them.
Travis, Lesperance, Billings and Kramer

8. What does Travis tell Eckels is the best way to kill a dinosaur?
Shot through the eyes to blind them and then through the head

9. When the hunters arrive at their destination, what does Travis tell them hasn’t happened yet in history?
Christ isn't born yet

10. How many years did the men travel?
6,002,055 yrs.

11. What is the antigravity metal path and why must the men stay on it?

12. What happened to the machine and the men’s clothes before they made their journey?

13. Why do the men wear oxygen helmets?

14. What is unique about the dinosaurs that the men can shoot?

15. What is a paradox?

16. What does Eckels jokingly pretend to do?

17. How does the reader know Eckels is afraid?

18. What does Eckels say when he sees the size of the dinosaur?

19. How do the men know which dinosaurs they can shoot?

20. Where was Eckels on his way to when he stepped off the path?

21. What do Billings and Kramer do after the dinosaur is dead?

22. What does Lesperance offer Billings and Kramer that they turn down?

23. What does Travis tell Eckels they are going to do to him?

24. What does Travis make Eckels do in order to go back with them?

25. What does Eckels notice about the sign on their return?

26. What does Eckels find on the bottom of his boots?

27. What does Eckels learn about the election?

28. What is the reader to infer that Travis does to Eckels?

The Lenny Owl

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An Earth Shattering Fart

What I understood about the story is completely nothing. I only read up to like two paragraphs and then I wasn't feeling really good.

Presentations Day 1

" Ne Te Quaesiveris Extra"

This quote was presented by Satchel and he explained what it means to us.

Kahoot 

Jose Luis put questions on kahoot and it was a fun way to learn and its also a competitive game.

Etzell and Elvis talked about there favorite quote and what it means to them. 

My Emerson

Our project is a Quote Poster which is that we find a quote that we like and describe what the quote means to us. We are also going to put a picture of Emerson and also write three quote to make it look better.

Emerson for the Young Buck

So far what I learned or understood about the story "On Self Reliance" is that you must not be someone else, but be yourself. One of the quote that I really liked says "What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think." That quote means to me that no matter what, you must be yourself and don't be like anyone else. It also means that don't be a follower, but a leader and show what you can do and never follow nobody but lead people.

Emerson Said It

Emerson's Quote:
1.) "His hidden meaning lies in our endeavors; our valor are  our best gods."
2.) "He who would gather immortals palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness."
3.) "We first share the life by which things exist, afterwards see them as appearances in nature and forget that we have share their cause."
4.) "He cumbers himself never about consequences, about interest: he gives an independent genuine verdict."
5.) "Be yourself"
6.) "The world has been instructed by its kings, who have so magnetized the eyes of nations."
7.) "The soul is no traveler."
8.) "Society is a wave."
9.) "What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think."
10.) "The wave moves onward, but the water of which is composed does not."