Aslan`s+Reading+Journal

Homework July 6 2011 The website I read everyday is Face book. Actually Face book is a website that I cannot log in in China probably that`s one reason which makes me feel interested about Face book. Face book is a website which can make people chat with each other.It`s quite fun to use this website. There are lots of pictures, videos from You tube. Everyday I log in it read status from my friends chat with them so I can know a lot of news. Whats more, a lot of famous people and companies have their own page too. Also we can meet new people from all over the world, because names of the people who have the same friends as us are post on our friends` pages. In conclusion, with Face book it`s easy to communicate with friends even though we are in different places.

Homework July 7 2011 Response to Crystal`s reading journal The website Crystal recommend on her journal is a kind of blog website,Twitter. Although I have never visit that website, I have heard a lot about that website. Twitters are always short articles aka blogs. I like this kind of website.It helps me to know news from all over the world.That is convenient. Also sentences people twittered on the website are usually funny and contain lots of information some of them even become classical and spreads on the internet, changes people`s thoughts.That`s the main reason why I agree with Crystal.

Homework July 12 2011 Difference between 1920 and now in New York[|Here is a song of New York which mixed pop and disco in it.] 1920`s is a period of slang. Women were named 'doll', 'bunny',because they did not have any authority by that time their 'level' is lower than man.But now they are equal,though some people still use some of the slang.Also early 20th century is the time for jazz music to rise in America.People went places and singing those songs.But now pop music and rock music are much more popular.By 20th century the fashion is ready-to wear,which means no one even women tried clothes when they went to buy clothes.However it is quite hard for girls to pick a cloth because they want to try them all!!! [| Here is the link.]

I think this guy is Luke.Maybe because he did it so hard to play Harmonic,so he was tired. On the P.E.class he fell down and get his leg hurt which gave him a scar.So since then the way walk is totally different from others.

I have a scar on my back.When i was a little child i fulled down and hurt myself in the swimming pool. By that time i was trying to get into the pool but the floor was so wet so....

Homework July 13 2011 I think Nick is similar to me.Because I seldom criticize others. I can keep secrets for quite a long time.But the differences between me and Nick are : first and foremost I am not a gay.Second, I won`t run away when facing problem .[|Click here to see gays...] This website is connected to my character because Nick is a gay in the book and the name of the website is GAY.DAILY .[|Are you an honest guy] Nick is a guy who always tells lies though he calls himself " one of the most honest men."

Homework 14 July 2011 I create an album for Nick on Facebook.Because as a chat website when people visit your profile they would like to see your photos,to try to know more about you,so I create an album for him.

I choose Nick because he is the narrator in the book.We know everything about anyone though him.But he seems to be a bad narrator because what he does is just to make us confused.So I wander how many truths has he told us yet in the story.He interests me because he can mix truths and lies together to make people believe him deeply.

We have been taught that telling lies is a bad behavior since we were in kindergarten.But as we grown up lying for us is as common as brushing our teeth everyday.Everybody lies,some of them do it well.but almost none of them do it professionally except for one man who is such a professional liar that can even make himself believe that he is one of the most honest men in the world.

Homework July 18 2011 1) I am smart 2) I am always calm. 3) I work hard.

Homework July 22 2011 'And pour'd them down before him.' ( I,iii,103) This sentence uses Hyperbole.This line is important because it shows that after Macbeth won the battle all the messengers went to tell the King Duncon about his victory. It also gives a reason why the King believes Macbeth because all the people around him were telling fair things about Macbeth. So he would stay in Macbeth's castle and get killed. It shows that Macbeth is brave and others all think he is a good man.

Directer: we are going to film Act 1 Scene 3. The mood of this scene should be a weird happy because Macbeth became the thane of Cowdor just as the witches said. I think it should be dark and mystical because there are witches. We are probably going to film this one in a park and Lindebn. To show the mood we will add some fog and some trees.

Homework July 25 2011 media type="youtube" key="hA-sPwE1Xkc" height="349" width="425" This video is really interesting. Although it is not the best one, it still has a lot of things for us to learn. First of all, the three witches, though they don't have any special costumes(actually all of the actors just wear common clothes), they all made up and one of them even has a tattoo of a human skull. This really shows the dark side of the witches. Second, they use some special technology. This helps to show the witches' magic power.Last but not least, they choose a forest to film their movie. Because the story actually happens in a forest. Besides the forest is kind of wild, so it shows that this is a tragedy.

I found a sentence using hyperbole in act1 scene3. However with the limit of group members, we cannot shows that the messengers telling the success of Macbeth to the king. So we choose to show this by using Ross' words. We filmed a video about Ross giving the title to Macbeth, through his words the audience can know easily know that how deeply the king trusts Macbeth.

Homework July 26 2011

The title of thane is a symbol in our video. media type="youtube" key="L53gjP-TtGE" height="349" width="560" The name of the video is Power. And the title is a symbol of power. The power to be the thane of Cowdor. The video I pasted uses the picture like a painting. It shows all the power a man may have in the world during his whole life.

"King orders me to call you thane of Cowdor. (Hail)You are leading us, now" Ross said this after he gave the title to Macbeth. He hailed to Macbeth which means Macbeth had power by that time. To get power, Macbeth killed King Duncan. So he got the crown which means the power of a king. But he suffers his nightmare. Later when he is killed his crown falls off from his head which means he lose all of his power as soon as he died.

Homework July 27 2011

I choose the symbol of sleep.

1. and shut up/In measureless content. 2. the sleeping and the dead/Are but as pictures 3. Get on your nightgown, lest occasion call us,/And show us to be watchers. 4. Sleep no more!/Macbeth does murder sleep 5. I have seen/her rise from her bed, throw her night-gown upon/her, unlock her closet, take forth paper, fold it,/write upon't, read it, afterwards seal it, and again/return to bed 6. Here's the smell of the blood still

Attention Grabber : Sleep is one of the most important actions a man need to do in a day. It is considered as the end of a day. Close reading: 'Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep' Macbeth kills the king Duncan when he is sleeping. Because of this he shall spend the rest of his life in guilty, so he cannot sleep anymore. At night people are supposed to sleep, that's what a good king Duncan does but Macbeth is doing something evil, murdering. That why he imagines some frightening things because he feels guilty.