Welcome to discussion #1 where Kalen, Liza, Cristina, Clare and Olivia discuss social class in ‘Red Rising’, ‘Fahrenheit 451’ and in our society today.
Category Archives: English 11
The Crucible – Project & Reflection
How has the exploration of “The Crucible,” deepen your understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world?
“The Crucible” helped me understand many different aspects of decisions that you make that affect your life, but dishonesty is the one topic that really opened my eyes to understand how important it really is. I realized how many different directions you can take a lie and turn it into a snowball effect, touching different areas that focus on family, relationships, life, future and everything in between. I learned that dishonesty can turn your life upside down regarding different aspects of your life. “The Crucible” touches on how Abigail, who took one little lie to protect herself, ended up harming the entire town of Salem. In our society, people are dishonest every day in an abundance of situations. People either lie to make themselves feel better, to save their families and relationships, for their reputation and so much more. In society, for most people, it is difficult to realize that lying will do more harm for you in the future than telling the truth. People don’t really see the big picture but just focus on how dishonesty can save them from one certain situation, but other events will piggyback onto this lie to create a bigger problem overall. In our world, it seems like news stories, pop culture events, and world problems have something to do with dishonesty. It’s an occurring problem that not only has consequences for the ones involved but for the liar themselves and the entire public. Just like how in “The Crucible”, almost the entire town lied to save themselves from a small situation that ended up tarnishing everybody else in Salem. Overall, “The Crucible” helped me better understand the real and harsh impact that dishonesty causes in our society.
How have you personally connected to, “The Crucible?”
Personally, “The Crucible” helped me better understand how society works. While Cristina and I were working on our Twitter story, we realized how many different directions dishonesty could take people, all touching on a different aspect of life. Not only do people lie to protect themselves, but also for their reputation, for others and so much more. “The Crucible” helped me better understand how important one person’s decision is for the world. The play shines a light on how to be more careful in situations where you might think of lying. It’s extremely important to think about the future in these situations, how it can affect others and the world. “The Crucible” contains many topics that are still relevant in society today, which helped understand the importance of this play and the impact of the story in Salem. “The Crucible” reminds me of the times where I have lied, not realizing the consequences that would arrive later to me in the future. It is always important to realize the true impact that dishonesty has, and how important of a role it plays in society today. If we want change, we must realize the harm dishonesty has in our world, and that it takes us to realize that to start making a change.
For chronological order of the Twitter story, scroll down to the bottom as the first tweet in our Twitter story starts at the bottom and advances to the top. The project theme is in the bio of the Twitter account (under the profile picture)
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English Photo Analysis – English 11 Honours
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Narrative Poem – Bonnie and Clyde (Adaptation of Hansel and Gretel)
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Grammar Talks – Homonyms
The homonym is a simple yet intriguing and deep English device that has touched the lives of millions of authors and students around the globe. Homonyms are words that have either the same pronunciation or spelling but have different meanings and origins. The word “homonym” derives from the Greek word “homonymos” which means “having the same name”. An example of a homonym of the same spelling but different meanings are bat, like the winged animal, and bat, the sporting equipment used in baseball. “Bat” is spelled the same way and pronounced the same way but has two different meanings, thus, making it a homonym. An example of a homonym with the same pronunciation but different spelling and meaning is “ate”, as “you ate food”, and “eight”, the number that is between seven and nine. A popular misused homonym are words that get confused with each other like there (a location), they’re (they are) and their (belonging to someone), as well as your (belonging to someone) and you’re (you are). These are all examples of homonyms regarding words that are spelled differently and have different meanings but are pronounced the same. Today, the homonym is used all around the globe and is a very important device used in languages in every country.
Technology Paragraph – Do you think we are too reliant on technology?
During our discussion we have concluded that humans are reliant on technology, but that’s not necessarily a negative thing. Since the beginning of time, humans as a species have been relying on technology to further innovate and enhance their lives. From writing, to fire, to TVs and iPhones, these are all different forms of technology that humans have been reliant on, so it’s only natural to further evolve. Humans are reliant on technology but it’s how some of us survive. Hospitals and emergency centres rely on technology in order to save lives, without our constant curiosity and involvement with technology, our society who be nowhere as advanced and capable of sometimes life-saving treatments that it has today. Everywhere around us is technology, we are surrounded by it, but it’s just another factor of our ever-changing world. Our reliance on technology is only apart of our human evolution, just as the cave-men discovered fire and writing. Reliance is a big part of how humans discover and invent systems that better lives of humanity while introducing them to new concepts. Modern technology being looked upon as “apart of us” and with us being “obsessive” over it, is just another variation of the same technologies that were invented before, that we don’t see the same way. For example, when cars were invented some people enjoyed the invention that could enhance their lives and make them easier and quicker. Whilst others thought that society was moving too quickly and walking, or other methods of transportation are better, and we shouldn’t rely on these cars. In everyday life technology surrounds us. Looking around it’s impossible not to see technology benefiting humans, but at the same time also having some negative sides to it. But, that’s just what comes with every invention, how something meant for good has been turned into negativity. Looking around cars, stoplights, ambulances, clocks, everything around us is powered by technology. We are reliant on these cars, these clocks, the radio but it’s only seen as a problem regarding newer technology like phones and computers. As time goes on, these systems of technology like phones will be seen as clocks, just things we use in our daily lives; and new inventions will be seen as the new “obsession”. In the end technology is the main focus in human’s life, we are reliant on this technology but it’s not a negative thing but just another form of human evolution.
