Focused Freewrite on the Twelfth Night- ACT II

In Act II. iii. 179, Maria calls her scheme to manipulate and embarrass Malvolio "Sport royal..." What do you make of this?

Maria knows that Malvolio thinks highly of himself and he believes everyone loves him. By calling it/him "sport royal..." that translates to a royal sport, which is more like a good sport. This may be sarcastic, because he wouldn't be a good sport. I looked at the surrounding text and I wasn't sure what it meant.

Inkshedding

In The Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene Three, the Fool says, “How now, my hearts? Did you ever see the picture of ‘we three’? I believe this quote makes fun of the characters altogether. “How now” is a greeting, such as saying hello to friends. This is informal, however, the second part insinuates how the feste thinks they look like fools standing around talking about nonsense. “We three” is a reference to a picture of the fools, making the viewer into the 3^rd fool. It is almost like he is making fun of Toby and Andrew, and to do so, he must make fun of himself as well. Toby just demanded another drink, calling for himself to be labeled as a fool. His foolishness is different than “the Fool’s” foolishness. The Fool is smarter than he seems but the two dopey men Toby and Andrew are not. The catch is, the Fool already self-identifies as a fool, so what does he care if he gets called one? It’s basically a round about Shakesperian way of saying “it takes one to know one”. Maybe the Fool will play a bigger role later on in the play? Toby and Andrew don’t even get a joke that they are being called fools.

The Small Object, Large Subject Paper was.....

pretty fun! and enjoyable! I like creative pieces like this that highlight on the educational portion that we must approach in class but give the writer a creative side to focus on. I like that we were able to come up with our own subject based on a very small outline that we must follow. It was an interesting essay to write and I believe everyones would be different. I'm sure it would be enjoyable to read everyones in the class. I hope we can write more papers that are this creative and fun.

Focused Freewrite on the Twelfth Night

After reading ACT I of TWN, I can't stop thinking about...

how I got all my work done yesterday. I was sitting in my bed, holding my brand new copy of The Twelfth Night in my hands, deciding when, or if, this reading would even get done. No one else around me was doing homework. I was tired. It was around 4 o'clock, and I knew I had to get to a Superbowl party by 5:30, the latest. Would an hour and a half be enough to read, analyze, understand and ask questions on this book? It actually was. I sat down, started reading, and thoroughly understood and liked it. What was my little secret? I found audio files of many people reading the play out loud, and listened to it as I read along. Kinda like those 'easy reader' books you all had when you were kids. Shakespeare is meant to be read out loud as a play, not read by yourself. So, yeah. I got all my work done on a Sunday afternoon. And I enjoyed it as well.

http://www.speak-the-speech.com/twelfthnightmain.htm <-- The audio files. I'm not sure if I should credit these to any source or what not, because I hope this isn't plagarizing or whatever.. but thanks to whoever put these up online cause they are a hugeeeee help!!!

The Twelfth Night- 6 Unanswered Questions in ACT 1

1. What does the title mean?

2. How does the Duke trust Viola (Cesario) so quickly?

3. How did Olivia's brother die?

4. How could Olivia fall in love with Viola (Cesario) so fast?

5. Why is the Clown going to be hung?

6. What was the Clowns reason for leaving?

Revision Practices... In Class Discussion

Do Now;

Cut up paper with scissor, re-tape essay together.

Add something to your writing.

When you revise, what do you actually do? What kinds of changes do you make? DO you revise your writing? Or, is revision an afterthought?

When I revise, I type something and then go back in a little while, after letting my brain and fingers cool down, and read it out loud. I feel like while reading out loud, I can get the jist of whatever I am writing as the audience, per say, instead of the writer. Once, I even let a friend read it out loud for me. While revising my writing, sometimes I'll move paragraphs around, delete words, fix grammar, etc. I believe all good papers must be revised before handed in, therefore not being an afterthought. If you wait to revise your papers AFTER they are handed in, you will most likely not get as good of a grade.

What figuration can you apply to your revision practices? What metaphor best represents your approach to revision?

Revision is like going shopping for a huge party the first time around. You will get some of the right things and most likely get the general amount completed, but you'll always have to go back and return some items and exchange others, possibly picking up a new item here and there. After a couple of tries, it's most likely close to perfect.

Abstract- "To Take Wilderness In Hand"

The article "To Take Wildness In Hand" and was written by Michelle Nijhuis is about trying to save the tree Torreya Taxifalia, while it needs a cooler climate, therefore leading scientists to move it up north. She speaks in a sarcastic tone, telling the reader that there is a possibility of the tree's decrease in population due to climate change. This specific type of tree, the Torreya Taxifalia, is a species of tree located in the Florida Panhandle area. The species suffers from decrease in population most likely due to global warming. The tree species lives in a cool part of Florida and is dying because temperatures rise, therefore leading the tree to have to be moved to a cooler place in a cooler climate. Likewise, the article covers issues about helping move the trees to a new location. By the time they are moved, the climate will have changed even more. The argument is that it is our responsibility as environmentalists to save the trees before they die off. The writer of this article assumes that we know about global warming, and everyone cares about the environment. Global warming and it's effects were never discussed.

Freewrite

Expressivist Writing VS. Information- Based Writing

It snowed last night, and…

I literally fell asleep before it started. I was so exhausted from the overload of work that I’ve been getting, so I tucked myself into bed to watch TV and fell asleep before I even knew that snow was predicted. I woke up this morning and was really surprised. Unfortunately, even thought I love this miracle of snow, it’s basically overkill now. Snow is “cute” in December, maybe even the beginning of January, but now I’m just sick and tired of it. Maybe if it stuck and wasn’t just a thin sheet of flakes, it’d be great. Like, you know, a snow day where perhaps classes are cancelled, or even one of those mornings where I could wake up and be like “Wow! Look at ALL the snow”.. I couldn’t even say that this morning. I’m patiently waiting until Spring, however I know it will be here soon.

What is blue?

BLUE: sky, blueberry, a blue crayon, bruises, blue jeans, this chair, bluejay, blue ink,

NOT BLUE: Blue moon, the Blue’s (depression), music genre ‘the blue’s’, blue blooded, blue collared worker, the beer blue moon, ocean blue

Abstract-"Virtual Iraq"

After war, many marines suffer through battle fatigue, or Post Trauma Stress Disorder. These soldiers are left with memories after they witness death that hinders them through living their everyday life. What is the prescription for an invisible wound? From the article Virtual Iraq by Sue Halpern, Virtual Iraq is a program given by psychologists that helps to "disconnect the memory from the reactions to the memory, so that although the memory of the traumatic event remains, the everyday things that can trigger fear and panic, such as trash blowing across the interstate or a car backfiring—what psychologists refer to as cues—are restored to insignificance". This virtual war stimulator is part of immersion therapy, as it allows the warrior to revisit and retell their story. The scenarios of Iraq are given in sessions and introduced gradually, so that it isn't too much to handle at first. While this sounds like an easy way to help cure these battle wounds, therapists "have been slow to adopt exposure therapy, because they worry that it might be cruel to immerse a patient in a drowning pool of painful memories". However, hopefully this therapy doesn't work in a reverse way by making these wounds deeper and drowning the ex-soldiers in their old nightmares once more. The point of this "virtual war" is to help patients from suffering from PTSD before it starts, unlike what happened with Vietnam. According to the results of the article, Virtual Iraq does help, but PTSD is a condition that one must live by and work with, not cure. An invisible wound can be cleaned up and bandaged, but it will never heal perfectly.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/19/080519fa_fact_halpern?currentPage=all

Notes from Class Discussion on "High Tech Trash"

Knowledge is thought externalized. Thinking is resultant of social interaction and conversation. Writing is thought re-externalized. –Ken Bruffee

1. What data does Chris Carroll draw on in “High-Tech Trash” (Did you access any of this data?) -- Personal experience- went to go see it with his own eyes, Matthew Hale from EPA, Gordon Moore- “Moore’s law”, BAN, High school teacher in China, A Store in Frederick, Maryland, Basel Convention

2. Does Carroll use active verbs in his presentation? Where? -- Choking, Bashed, Flanked, Smashing, Rumbles

Does Carroll use figuration (figurative language, similies/metaphors) to make meaning more readily accessible for the non-specialist reader? Where? No, most of his information is simple with research, rather than similies are metaphors. Yet, he kind of speaks in figuration to describe the setting for the reader who cannot imagine what it looks like.

4. Portable wisdom from Nicholas Carr: “I’m not thinking the way I used to” (30). à What wisdom does Carroll offer? --“People have always been profficient about making trash”, “In a global economy, out of sight will not stay out of mind for long.”, “The key to making money is speed, not safety”, “So what happens to all this junk?”- His wisdom is to realize where your technology is going.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/01/high-tech-trash/carroll-text/1