4/26/2016

Today, we read level 2, level 3, and level 4.

Remember that we watched videos about cars getting swept up in tornadoes, Scrooge McDuck, and even a clip of the tv show Hoarders (to show what people living in garbage looks like). I also threatened people with my mini-Cerberus! Three heads means he can bite people even more than a normal one-headed dog! Grrrr!

I will have a substitute on Thursday, so I’m cramming the information in today and tomorrow so that you can just have a quiet work day on Thursday with the sub.

As far as game play is concerned, during this research project, if you are working on the project, it won’t cost you any gold to listen to your headphones. Yes, I am a generous game mistress!

HELPFUL LINKS AND RESEARCH TIPS

Some helpful links:

  • A link that has been really helpful for me is TV Tropes. This is a webpage that takes devices, conventions, themes, or ideas that are used in pop culture.

First, go to the webpage and enter your search term in the top left hand corner. You will need to use BROAD terms, not specific.

tropes search

Then, you’ll get a few search result. Look at them and find the most general and broad one that fits your topic.

tropes results

When you get to the webpage, the examples will be further down the list. You’ll have options to choose from: television shows, real life, musicals, movies, comic books, manga/anime. MAKE SURE YOU DON’T PLAGIARIZE FROM THIS RESOURCE.

  • If you need to look up a character’s name (from a movie or tv show), look up the show in Wikipedia since you are blocked from IMDB.
  • Some search terms that might help you:
    • example of…
    • modern day…
    • cartoon character who are…
    • list of…
    • celebrities who are…
    • Choosing good search terms is essential when researching online. If you choose something that is too specific or too broad, you won’t find what you are looking for. If you are stuck, try changing your search terms. For example, you won’t find examples of “virtuous pagan” (It’ll just send you to summaries of Limbo), but if you good “good pre-Christian”, list of pre-Christians”, or even “cartoon characters who are cavement.”
  • 2013 Films, 2012 Films, 2011 Films, 2010 films, 2009 films, (you can search for any year by replacing the year you WANT in the link), list of Disney movies, or a list of cartoons.

I am going to repeat these helpful hints each day for the rest of this week. I hope that at least one person finds them useful.

4/25/2016

I am SO glad to see everyone today. Gladis, I missed you. I wanted to see your blonde hair! I hope everyone stayed safe and dry over the last week. We have a tentative make up schedule starting next week.

Welcome to Hell! Well, not really, But we are working with Dante’s Inferno this week and next week. This will take us the next two weeks and we will be doing a major grade called the Minos Project along with it. We are using The Virtual Tour of Hell, so we aren’t reading the poem directly.

As we read, we are answering the reading guide questions. Please do this, because this will help keep you from plagiarizing from the website when you do the Minos Project.

We talked about how Dante’s was an “old-school” Catholic, and that this story is his own design. It’s an allegory,  so this story is meant to be symbolic – a scared straight story to get people to act how Dante thinks they should act.

If you missed today, make sure you read the Dark Wood of Error, and Limbo and get those questions. If you still don’t understand what is going on, talk to me after class and I’ll get you straightened out. :) You also need to get the template for the Minos Project.

We also talked about The Minos Project today. Do a little bit each day – do not try to get this entire thing done in two days – it won’t happen. Make sure that you use the template that I provided for you in Google Drive. It’s there for a reason!

Make sure you don’t plagiarize. You won’t be able to pass if you copy from the webpage. Look at the student examples for assistance.

Remember – if you need help finding a person for a certain level, don’t be afraid to ask me for a person. If I give you a person, and you USE that person, it will only deduct (two) points off of your final grade of 150 points. Even if I were to give you every single person to use, you could still pass the assignment!

Try to think of creative examples that no one else is using!

MINOS PROJECT

The directions, examples, and a template are in Blackboard. This will be due on May 6th.

HELPFUL LINKS AND RESEARCH TIPS

Some helpful links:

  • A link that has been really helpful for me is TV Tropes. This is a webpage that takes devices, conventions, themes, or ideas that are used in pop culture.

First, go to the webpage and enter your search term in the top left hand corner. You will need to use BROAD terms, not specific.

tropes search

Then, you’ll get a few search result. Look at them and find the most general and broad one that fits your topic.

tropes results

When you get to the webpage, the examples will be further down the list. You’ll have options to choose from: television shows, real life, musicals, movies, comic books, manga/anime. MAKE SURE YOU DON’T PLAGIARIZE FROM THIS RESOURCE.

  • If you need to look up a character’s name (from a movie or tv show), look up the show in Wikipedia since you are blocked from IMDB.
  • Some search terms that might help you:
    • example of…
    • modern day…
    • cartoon character who are…
    • list of…
    • celebrities who are…
    • Choosing good search terms is essential when researching online. If you choose something that is too specific or too broad, you won’t find what you are looking for. If you are stuck, try changing your search terms. For example, you won’t find examples of “virtuous pagan” (It’ll just send you to summaries of Limbo), but if you good “good pre-Christian”, list of pre-Christians”, or even “cartoon characters who are cavement.”
  • 2013 Films, 2012 Films, 2011 Films, 2010 films, 2009 films, (you can search for any year by replacing the year you WANT in the link), list of Disney movies, or a list of cartoons.

I am going to repeat these helpful hints each day for the rest of this week. I hope that at least one person finds them useful.

12/10/2014

Today, we talked about Levels 5 and 6 of Dante’s Inferno.

Level 5 – we talked about how the WRATHFUL (or angry) are here, but also are the depressed people. Back in the day, they thought depression was SLOTH, or laziness.

warthful and heretics

Level 6 – the dictionary definition (DENOTATION) of heretic is as follows:

heretic

However, the way Dante uses it (CONNOTATION) is as a non-Catholic. This is a list of people who USED to be Roman Catholic, and then LEFT the faith.

And then we worked some more on the Minos Project.

Please, please, please – make sure you are working on this and saving this often!

12/9/2014

Today, we continued our journey into Hell – we read and took notes about Levels 3 and 4.

Level 3:Gluttons

Gluttons overeat and over drink. Don’t confuse GLUTTONS with GLUTEN. Gluten is found in wheat.

Just being overweight does of make someone a glutton – it’s the lack of control. I will glut myself on *real* popcorn and Starburt – I’ll eat them to the point that I will make myself sick.

Level 4: Hoarders

Hoarders save money – they are greedy. Wasters WASTE money, duh. Like the Prodigal Son!

These two people were OPPOSITES in life – the commonality is that neither did anything productive in their lives – because of that, they don’t get to do anything productive in death, either.

12/8/2014

Today, we started Dante’s Inferno. This will take us the next two weeks and we will be doing a major grade called the Minos Project along with it. We are using The Virtual Tour of Hell, so we aren’t reading the poem directly.

As we read, we are answering the reading guide questions. Please do this, because this will help keep you from plagiarizing from the website when you do the Minos Project.

We talked about how Dante’s was an “old-school” Catholic, and that this story is his own design. It’s an allegory,  so this story is meant to be symbolic – a scared straight story to get people to act how Dante thinks they should act.

If you missed today, make sure you read the Dark Wood of Error,  Limbo, and Level 2 (Lustful) and get those questions. If you still don’t understand what is going on, talk to me after class and I’ll get you straightened out. :)

We also talked about The Minos Project today. Do a little bit each day – do not try to get this entire thing done in two days – it won’t happen. Make sure that you use the template that I provided for you in Blackboard. It’s there for a reason.

Make sure you don’t plagiarize. You won’t be able to pass if you copy from the webpage. Look at the student examples for assistance.

Remember – if you need help finding a person for a certain level, don’t be afraid to ask me for a person. If I give you a person, and you USE that person, it will only deduct (two) points off of your final grade of 150 points. Even if I were to give you every single person to use, you could still pass the assignment!

Try to think of creative examples that no one else is using!

Minos Project

The directions, examples, and a template are in Blackboard. This will be due on December 19th.

Helpful Links and Research Tips

Some helpful links:

  • A link that has been really helpful for me is TV Tropes. This is a webpage that takes devices, conventions, themes, or ideas that are used in pop culture.

First, go to the webpage and enter your search term in the top left hand corner. You will need to use BROAD terms, not specific.

tropes search

Then, you’ll get a few search result. Look at them and find the most general and broad one that fits your topic.

tropes results

When you get to the webpage, the examples will be further down the list. You’ll have options to choose from: television shows, real life, musicals, movies, comic books, manga/anime. MAKE SURE YOU DON’T PLAGIARIZE FROM THIS RESOURCE.

  • If you need to look up a character’s name (from a movie or tv show), look up the show in Wikipedia since you are blocked from IMDB.
  • Some search terms that might help you:
    • example of…
    • modern day…
    • cartoon character who are…
    • list of…
    • celebrities who are…
    • Choosing good search terms is essential when researching online. If you choose something that is too specific or too broad, you won’t find what you are looking for. If you are stuck, try changing your search terms. For example, you won’t find examples of “virtuous pagan” (It’ll just send you to summaries of Limbo), but if you good “good pre-Christian”, list of pre-Christians”, or even “cartoon characters who are cavement.”
  • 2013 Films, 2012 Films, 2011 Films, 2010 films, 2009 films, (you can search for any year by replacing the year you WANT in the link), list of Disney movies, or a list of cartoons.

I am going to repeat these helpful hints each day for the rest of this week. I hope that at least one person finds them useful.

12/19/13

I’m back today! Pretty much the same thing as yesterday, except that we are watching What Dreams May Come – a romantic movie that is based in part on Dante’s Inferno.

I know it starts out really depressing. I’m sure I’ll cry in every class. But it perks up, I PROMISE!

If you are done with Minos, you can watch the movie and do the extra credit questions. You can find those questions in Hell under What Dreams May Come. You’ll be able to answer some questions right away, but not all of them. You can earn up to ten points per question – up to 100 points! Granted, I’ll only give ten points per question for well thought out answers, but even if you only do a little work, you can still earn extra credit. 🙂

Here are my notes from the past few days:

Minos Project

This is what we have been working on since last week. You should know what you need to do, but if you are confused, go back on look at last Monday’s blog entry. If you are really confused about level and want my help, skip that level and I’ll help you on Thursday.

Helpful Links and Research Tips

Some helpful links:

  • A link that has been really helpful for me is TV Tropes. This is a webpage that takes devices, conventions, themes, or ideas that are used in pop culture.

First, go to the webpage and enter your search term in the top left hand corner. You will need to use BROAD terms, not specific.

tropes search

Then, you’ll get a few search result. Look at them and find the most general and broad one that fits your topic.

tropes results

When you get to the webpage, the examples will be further down the list. You’ll have options to choose from: television shows, real life, musicals, movies, comic books, manga/anime. MAKE SURE YOU DON’T PLAGIARIZE FROM THIS RESOURCE.

  • If you need to look up a character’s name (from a movie or tv show), look up the show in Wikipedia since you are blocked from IMDB.
  • Some search terms that might help you:
    • example of…
    • modern day…
    • cartoon character who are…
    • list of…
    • celebrities who are…
    • Choosing good search terms is essential when researching online. If you choose something that is too specific or too broad, you won’t find what you are looking for. If you are stuck, try changing your search terms. For example, you won’t find examples of “virtuous pagan” (It’ll just send you to summaries of Limbo), but if you good “good pre-Christian”, list of pre-Christians”, or even “cartoon characters who are cavement.”
  • 2013 Films, 2012 Films, 2011 Films, 2010 films, 2009 films, (you can search for any year by replacing the year you WANT in the link), list of Disney movies, or a list of cartoons.

I am going to repeat these helpful hints each day for the rest of this week. I hope that at least one person finds them useful.

12/18/13

I’m not here today, but you guys know what you need to do! There are two things that I’m asking you to do one thing before you start the Minos Project today: Hell Pizza.

Hell Pizza

First of all, go to Hell →Hell Pizza. You will need to click on “Create New Thread”. Make sure that you give your thread a title – easiest is your name.

Hell Pizza is a real pizza restaurant that started in New Zealand. Yes, I’ve actually been there, and it was some of the best pizza I’ve ever eaten in my entire life. Seriously.

So, what I’d like you to do is to pick out a pizza – but you can’t cop out and choose the Creator – you have to choose a Hell Pizza original! Make sure you choose a PIZZA, and not desert or an appetizer.

In your post, explain what pizza you would chose and why and then explain the significance of the pizza’s name and how it relates to the theme of Hell.

For example, I would order the 333 pizza, because I don’t eat very much and normally order off the children’s menu (I’d probably just get an all cheese pizza – I’m really boring). It’s called the 333 because 333 is half of 666, which in Judeo-Christian mythology is the number of the beast.

I’ve included links to certain food items you may not be familiar with in the table below.

Venison Salami Cabonossi Sausage Kalamata olives
Anchovies Capiscum Gherkins Oreganum – oregano
Capers Pine Nuts Apricot Sauce Camembert
Salmon

Minos Project

This is what we have been working on since last week. You should know what you need to do, but if you are confused, go back on look at last Monday’s blog entry. If you are really confused about level and want my help, skip that level and I’ll help you on Thursday.

Helpful Links and Research Tips

Some helpful links:

  • A link that has been really helpful for me is TV Tropes. This is a webpage that takes devices, conventions, themes, or ideas that are used in pop culture.

First, go to the webpage and enter your search term in the top left hand corner. You will need to use BROAD terms, not specific.

tropes search

Then, you’ll get a few search result. Look at them and find the most general and broad one that fits your topic.

tropes results

When you get to the webpage, the examples will be further down the list. You’ll have options to choose from: television shows, real life, musicals, movies, comic books, manga/anime. MAKE SURE YOU DON’T PLAGIARIZE FROM THIS RESOURCE.

  • If you need to look up a character’s name (from a movie or tv show), look up the show in Wikipedia since you are blocked from IMDB.
  • Some search terms that might help you:
    • example of…
    • modern day…
    • cartoon character who are…
    • list of…
    • celebrities who are…
    • Choosing good search terms is essential when researching online. If you choose something that is too specific or too broad, you won’t find what you are looking for. If you are stuck, try changing your search terms. For example, you won’t find examples of “virtuous pagan” (It’ll just send you to summaries of Limbo), but if you good “good pre-Christian”, list of pre-Christians”, or even “cartoon characters who are cavement.”
  • 2013 Films, 2012 Films, 2011 Films, 2010 films, 2009 films, (you can search for any year by replacing the year you WANT in the link), list of Disney movies, or a list of cartoons.

I am going to repeat these helpful hints each day for the rest of this week. I hope that at least one person finds them useful.