The first day of my ENG 102 class I thought it was kind of weird. After my first blog, I found the blog topics getting interesting so my mind completely changed. I think my favorite blog entry had to be the archetypes because I never knew that archetypes existed. I actually looked into archetypes more and found them important for knowing more about myself. During the class, I found looking at other class mates blogs being extremely helpful because it helped me out on how the blog should look.
When I took the archetype test, I thought that it wouldn’t say much about me. Little did I know it did. I found out that my archetypes were innocence and orphan. In the beginning I was like I can agree with innocence but not necessarily orphan but when I actually looked into my childhood and my relationship with my father, it became clear as to why one of my archetypes were orphan. Looking at the archetype assignment, I looked at my past and understand myself now. People will always ask me the question, tell me about yourself? And I would tell them about things I like to do and the things I’m most interested in. Now that I know my archetypes I can know tell people more about myself without being vague. I thought knowing your archetype was so important that I made copies of the archetype test and had my boyfriend, friends and family take the test and ironically my boyfriend and I are both orphans. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not but I thought it was interesting.
Looking back at the class now that the semester is over, I enjoyed everything about it especially looking at other blogs. The class mate I think I enjoyed the most was someone from the Thursday class and her name was Jackie. I looked over her blogs the most to make sure that my blog was correctly done and to look at her blog for some ideas as to what exactly I was suppose to do. The blog entry I found the most helpful was determining what were the denotative and connotative symbols in a poem. I found her blog entry helpful because I honestly wasn’t sure as to how to set up the blog and her blog helped me a lot. Another class mate’s blog I found interesting was Iryana Fairies. I found her archetype blog interesting because I really liked her picture she posted and the fact that we had the same archetype.
All in all I loved this class. Although it was just once a week it wasn’t easy. I learned new things that I never that I was interested in but at the end of the day I found very helpful and important. The fact that the class was in a computer lab, I think made it all better. I would defiantly recommend this class to a fried and know at the end of the semester they would enjoy it as mush as I did.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
final project!!!!
Monthly Lesson Plan
Name: Cassandra Masson
Program: Book & Film Date Submitted: December 7, 2010
Grade: 4th Days/hours of program: Wednesday and Friday 2-4pm
· Objective: The objective of book and film is to have the participants understand the differences and similarities of a book to a film. The participants will also learn vocabulary words from book and film as well as learning what an archetype is and finding one form the film.
· Materials: Construction paper, glue, markers, Access to the internet.
· Literature/ Resources: The book “Frog Prince” and the film princess and the frog.
· Outcome: The outcome of this program will be the participants creating a book and film journal. In that journal the participants will have the differences and similarities of the book and film, their favorite part in the book and film and an archetype seen in the movie.
Week of 12/1/10
Wednesday: Participants will begin first day of program with a game called “does that book have a film?” the concept of the game is to name some books and ask the participants does it have a movie. After the game, Participants will be asked, are all books exactly the same as the movie? Participants will name all books they’ve read with movies with them.
Friday: Participants will be introduced to the book they will be reading as well as the film they will be watching. Participants will write an educated guess on what the book/ film will be about and also guess the differences and similarities of the book and film.
Week of 12/6/10
Wednesday: Participants will be split up into groups and be given a copy of the “prince frog” to read in groups. While reading the book they will come up with questions and answers that they have and vocabulary words that they may not understand.
Friday: Participants will be introduced to what an archetype is. They will also finish the “prince frog” if not already or finish answering their questions about the book.
Week of 12/13/10
Wednesday: Participants will watch the film “Princess and the Frog” and answer some questions I have for them on a worksheet.
Friday: Participants will finish Film and as a class talk about what archetype seen in the film.
Week of 12/20/10
Wednesday: Participants will spend the class time working on their journals.
Friday: Participants will finish journals and present them in front of the class.
Monday, November 29, 2010
4.1 project
As I was reading some of the R.L Stine books that I checked out the local library, I realized that I wanted something more. I finally saw the movie "The princess and the frong" and if it's not too late, I will do my lesson plan on that movie. I started my lesson plan outline already and I came up with some cool ideas for the games and activities for my age group. It will be a one month project base learning lesson plan.
3.5 Coraline
Cassandra Masson
ENG 102
November 16, 2010
Everyone has an archetype within themselves, according to psychologist Carol Pearson. According to dictionary.com an archetype is defined as “a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches.” After taking my archetype test, I found out that my primary archetype is orphan. An orphan archetype is one who basically does things on his or her own (self independence). The positive traits of this archetype are independence and self motivation and determination. The negative traits can be loneliness, and feeling abandoned and not being able to stay in one steady place or even relationship. In the novel “Coraline” written by Neil Gaiman, there is a sense of an orphan archetype in the character Coraline. As I read the novel, I felt a sort of connection with Coraline and I felt that it allowed me to understand her character more.
Coraline is an adventurous little girl who loves to explore. Being that she loves to explore so much, she finds things of the unusual interesting that most people won’t even recognize such as the “wooden door at the far corner of the drawing room” (pg.8), the cat from the real world compared to the other world can not talk, and she also recognizes that her dream of the three dead children was a clue that her mission was not yet over (pgs. 144-146). Coraline is a young girl who gets bored very easily and when she goes to her parents for some entertainment of some sort, she is usually sent outside or sent to do things on her own. In chapter 1 pg. 6, Coraline is forced to stay inside because of the horrible weather outside. When she asks her mother what should she do giving that it is raining outside, her mother responds, “Read a book…. Watch a video… Play with your toys. Go pester Miss Spink or Miss Forcible, or the crazy old man upstairs.” When she realizes that she doesn’t want to do any of those things, she goes to her father in hoping that he would have more interesting things for her to do. When she goes to her father, her father does not pay any more attention to her than her mother (in this there is a sense of abandonment and neglect from her parents). Her father later tells her to go count all the doors, everything that is blue and the windows. Knowing all of this information, I realized that Coraline and I in some ways can related in terms of archetypes. Coraline was basically begging for some attention and something to do, but instead her parents tell her to explore on her own. Coraline’s habit of exploring on her own and her parents giving her things to do that does not interest her is a sense of an orphan archetype. This is important information because later on in the novel when Coraline goes through the door that she was not suppose to go through, she realizes that on the other side if the door, where she had “other parents” (pg. 28) that life on the other side is great. Her other mother cooks a full gourmet meal for her. I recognized that she enjoyed the other life when she compares her other family with her real family dinner, the novel states, “It was the best chicken that Coraline had ever had. Her mother sometimes made chicken, but it was always out of packets or frozen, and was very dry, and it never tasted of anything.” (pg 29). This shows that she is enjoying her new life, and wants to explore what else is out there in her new world. this is shown in pg 32 when Coraline states that “ I’m going to explore”.
Another sense of the orphan archetype I see in Coraline is when she realizes her parents have been gone a long time and she states that she is on her own (pg.50) this shows the independent side of her when and she begins to do things on her own by making her own dinner and tucking herself into bed. Another sense of independence from Coraline is when the other mother asks Coraline if she needed any help with the game they were playing so Coraline can get her parents back, and she says “I’m doing fine on my own” (pg. 106). An orphan archetype usually has lonely childish ways to them and this is seen when Coraline begins to cry when she doesn't see her parents in their bed after they’ve been gone all day. This is seen again when Coraline is ready to rescue her parents from the “other world” and she begins to reflect on the good times in past with her father and how he was stung by wasps for Coraline’s safety (pgs. 56-58).
Coraline’s strong determination to save her parents has her do things that most young girls would never think of or imagine. When Coraline meets the three dead children or “other children” she was not afraid, but she was very sympathetic knowing what the other mother has done to them. When the three children told her leave and not come back, Coraline’s Orphan archetype (determination) came out of her and she bravely says” I’m not running away” (pg.85).
ENG 102
November 16, 2010
Everyone has an archetype within themselves, according to psychologist Carol Pearson. According to dictionary.com an archetype is defined as “a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches.” After taking my archetype test, I found out that my primary archetype is orphan. An orphan archetype is one who basically does things on his or her own (self independence). The positive traits of this archetype are independence and self motivation and determination. The negative traits can be loneliness, and feeling abandoned and not being able to stay in one steady place or even relationship. In the novel “Coraline” written by Neil Gaiman, there is a sense of an orphan archetype in the character Coraline. As I read the novel, I felt a sort of connection with Coraline and I felt that it allowed me to understand her character more.
Coraline is an adventurous little girl who loves to explore. Being that she loves to explore so much, she finds things of the unusual interesting that most people won’t even recognize such as the “wooden door at the far corner of the drawing room” (pg.8), the cat from the real world compared to the other world can not talk, and she also recognizes that her dream of the three dead children was a clue that her mission was not yet over (pgs. 144-146). Coraline is a young girl who gets bored very easily and when she goes to her parents for some entertainment of some sort, she is usually sent outside or sent to do things on her own. In chapter 1 pg. 6, Coraline is forced to stay inside because of the horrible weather outside. When she asks her mother what should she do giving that it is raining outside, her mother responds, “Read a book…. Watch a video… Play with your toys. Go pester Miss Spink or Miss Forcible, or the crazy old man upstairs.” When she realizes that she doesn’t want to do any of those things, she goes to her father in hoping that he would have more interesting things for her to do. When she goes to her father, her father does not pay any more attention to her than her mother (in this there is a sense of abandonment and neglect from her parents). Her father later tells her to go count all the doors, everything that is blue and the windows. Knowing all of this information, I realized that Coraline and I in some ways can related in terms of archetypes. Coraline was basically begging for some attention and something to do, but instead her parents tell her to explore on her own. Coraline’s habit of exploring on her own and her parents giving her things to do that does not interest her is a sense of an orphan archetype. This is important information because later on in the novel when Coraline goes through the door that she was not suppose to go through, she realizes that on the other side if the door, where she had “other parents” (pg. 28) that life on the other side is great. Her other mother cooks a full gourmet meal for her. I recognized that she enjoyed the other life when she compares her other family with her real family dinner, the novel states, “It was the best chicken that Coraline had ever had. Her mother sometimes made chicken, but it was always out of packets or frozen, and was very dry, and it never tasted of anything.” (pg 29). This shows that she is enjoying her new life, and wants to explore what else is out there in her new world. this is shown in pg 32 when Coraline states that “ I’m going to explore”.
Another sense of the orphan archetype I see in Coraline is when she realizes her parents have been gone a long time and she states that she is on her own (pg.50) this shows the independent side of her when and she begins to do things on her own by making her own dinner and tucking herself into bed. Another sense of independence from Coraline is when the other mother asks Coraline if she needed any help with the game they were playing so Coraline can get her parents back, and she says “I’m doing fine on my own” (pg. 106). An orphan archetype usually has lonely childish ways to them and this is seen when Coraline begins to cry when she doesn't see her parents in their bed after they’ve been gone all day. This is seen again when Coraline is ready to rescue her parents from the “other world” and she begins to reflect on the good times in past with her father and how he was stung by wasps for Coraline’s safety (pgs. 56-58).
Coraline’s strong determination to save her parents has her do things that most young girls would never think of or imagine. When Coraline meets the three dead children or “other children” she was not afraid, but she was very sympathetic knowing what the other mother has done to them. When the three children told her leave and not come back, Coraline’s Orphan archetype (determination) came out of her and she bravely says” I’m not running away” (pg.85).
Many people may not understand why Coraline stayed and ate with her other family or why she didn't stay with the other family if she was having so much fun. Many people, while reading this novel would probably ask why she didn’t just run away when she realized her “other mother and other father” had buttons for eyes and why did she stay at Miss. Forcible and Miss. Spink’s flat in the other world if she saw the the audience were a lot of talking dogs. If people knew about her orphan archetype before or while reading this novel, they would understand why she didn’t run away and tried her hardest to save her parents. Coraline is very independent and not afraid of many things at all. Giving that her other parents were being so nice to her, feeding her and giving her that love and attention she barely receives from her real parents, she felt comfortable and stayed for a while. But when she wanted her real life back, and challenged her “other mother” in a exploring game, the active orphan archetype at the time (determination) came out.
People can argue that Coraline has many archetypes, and I agree with them but the one I can relate to is the orphan archetype. Coraline’s determination, independence and sometimes lonliness throughout this novel, shows the strong orphan archetype in her.
Monday, November 22, 2010
3.4 final Decision for project
I decided to go with the lesson plan idea for my final project. Hopefully all goes well..
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Blog 3.3 Final project ideas
Lesson Plan/Activity sequence on a work of choice for a specific age/grade with written objectives.
My first idea was to just do a research paper about one of my favorite movies, but after looking over the ideas Prof. Smith had, I found a topic/ idea I found highly interesting. The topic I found is the topic above which is a lesson plan. My lesson plan will either be on A: A R.L Stine book or B: Finding out your own archetype. I'm still coming up with more ideas but this topic is my number one topic.
My first idea was to just do a research paper about one of my favorite movies, but after looking over the ideas Prof. Smith had, I found a topic/ idea I found highly interesting. The topic I found is the topic above which is a lesson plan. My lesson plan will either be on A: A R.L Stine book or B: Finding out your own archetype. I'm still coming up with more ideas but this topic is my number one topic.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Entry 3.2
I spent about twenty minutes looking for the right video that interested me. When I finally came across this video, I realized that this was the best one to post. I chose this video because this scene shows that lady Macbeth reads the letter that Macbeth sent to her. Macbeth wrote in his letter the prophecies of the “Weird Witches”. The prophecy was that Macbeth will become king. When Lady Macbeth receives the letter and reads it from her husband she states “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be what thou art promis'd. Yet do I fear thy nature, It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way” (enotes.com). The part that caught my attention the most while listening to this scene was “catch the nearest way” I found this part of her line interesting because I wanted to know what was she thinking. I looked it up on google.com and it lead me to a website that I found helpful which was enotes.com. Basically, Lady Macbeth’s first thought is to murder King Duncan. When I read more of the summery on wikipedia I found out that it was Lady Macbeth’s idea to kill King Duncan, and when Macbeth became hesitant about the whole idea, Lady Macbeth challenged his manliness. So like most men, Macbeth didn't want to feel like less of a man especially in front of his wife and knowing that he was this brave knight, he killed King Duncan.
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