Prompt:
Sue Monk Kidd (the author of Secret Life of Bees) is a figurative
language master. She uses a variety of literary and figurative language
elements. These include:
* Simile
* Metaphor
* Personification
* Alliteration
* Allusion (biblical, historical, literary)
* Onomatopoeia
* Rhetorical Questions
* Foreshadowing
Response Requirement:
Find four examples of literary devices throughout your reading. Use your sticky notes to aid you in posting.
* Identify first THE ELEMENT, then the quote, the page number, and why you believe it is a specific element.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Note to the Worker Bees
Dear Worker Bees,
Based on some of the quiz scores from Friday and the overwhelming of students who did not complete their blogs, it appears that many of you are not reading. This is just the start of the novel so it is imperative for you to get yourself caught up before we are 100 pages into the novel and catching up becomes overwhelming.
Also, if you are having difficulty posting, please save your responses in a Word file. That way, you can email them to me if I don't get them and you don't have to do your work over again.
You must utilize RAQE in your responses. Two to three sentences answers are not quality responses. It must be evident that you are reading and understanding how the reading relates to the prompts and responses.
For those of you who are writing quality responses and keeping up with your reading, thank you. :)
**Queen Bee
Based on some of the quiz scores from Friday and the overwhelming of students who did not complete their blogs, it appears that many of you are not reading. This is just the start of the novel so it is imperative for you to get yourself caught up before we are 100 pages into the novel and catching up becomes overwhelming.
Also, if you are having difficulty posting, please save your responses in a Word file. That way, you can email them to me if I don't get them and you don't have to do your work over again.
You must utilize RAQE in your responses. Two to three sentences answers are not quality responses. It must be evident that you are reading and understanding how the reading relates to the prompts and responses.
For those of you who are writing quality responses and keeping up with your reading, thank you. :)
**Queen Bee
Wk. 2 Option #12 L is for Lily
Prompt:
On page 105, May made an "L" pancake for Lily. June throws it in the trash.
Response Requirement:
On page 105, May made an "L" pancake for Lily. June throws it in the trash.
Response Requirement:
- Besides "Lily," pick an "L" word that applies to Lily. Explain (and use a quote) to show the word's importance.
- Pick one more character and come up with a word that describes them using the first letter of their name. Explain the word's importance.
Wk. 2 Option #11 The Supremes Lyrics
Prompt:
The Supremes song that makes Lily think "There's nothing like a song about lost love to remind you how everything precious can slip from the hinges where you've hung it so careful" (50) is called "Where Did Our Love Go". The lyrics to "Where Did Our Love Go?" are:
Baby, baby
Baby don't leave me
Ooh, please don't leave me
All by myself
I've got this yearning, burning
Yearning feelin' inside me
Ooh, deep inside me
And it hurts so bad
You came into my heart
So tenderly
With a burning love
That stings like a bee
Now that I surrender
So helplessly
You now wanna leave
Ooh, you wanna leave me
Ooh, baby, baby
Where did our love go?
Ooh, don't you want me
Don't you want me no more
Ooh, baby
Baby, baby
Where did our love go
And all your promisses
Of a love forever more
I've got this yearning, burning
Yearning feelin' inside me
Ooh, deep inside me
And it hurts so bad
Before you won my heart
You were a perfect guy
But now that you got me
You wanna leave me behind
Baby, baby, ooh baby
Baby, baby don't leave me
Ooh, please don't leave me
All by myself
Ooh, baby, baby
Where did our love go?
(http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Where-Did-Our-Love-Go-lyrics-The-Supremes/0D470E3B06AB9FF84825693B00112B40)
Response Requirement:
In what ways does this song relate to the novel thus far? Make a text-to-lyric connection.
The Supremes song that makes Lily think "There's nothing like a song about lost love to remind you how everything precious can slip from the hinges where you've hung it so careful" (50) is called "Where Did Our Love Go". The lyrics to "Where Did Our Love Go?" are:
Baby, baby
Baby don't leave me
Ooh, please don't leave me
All by myself
I've got this yearning, burning
Yearning feelin' inside me
Ooh, deep inside me
And it hurts so bad
You came into my heart
So tenderly
With a burning love
That stings like a bee
Now that I surrender
So helplessly
You now wanna leave
Ooh, you wanna leave me
Ooh, baby, baby
Where did our love go?
Ooh, don't you want me
Don't you want me no more
Ooh, baby
Baby, baby
Where did our love go
And all your promisses
Of a love forever more
I've got this yearning, burning
Yearning feelin' inside me
Ooh, deep inside me
And it hurts so bad
Before you won my heart
You were a perfect guy
But now that you got me
You wanna leave me behind
Baby, baby, ooh baby
Baby, baby don't leave me
Ooh, please don't leave me
All by myself
Ooh, baby, baby
Where did our love go?
(http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Where-Did-Our-Love-Go-lyrics-The-Supremes/0D470E3B06AB9FF84825693B00112B40)
Response Requirement:
Wk. 2 Option #10 Xtranormal
Chapter(s)
5-7
Prompt
Life with the Calendar Sisters provides Lily with a "time out" and "consolation." She is faced with many opportunities.
Response Required
Create an Xtranormal video of the most important, telling, or life-changing experiences from chapters 5, 6, or 7. Post the link here on your comment once you've received an email from Animoto with the URL.
In your comment, also include a short introduction that explains why you chose the scene.
5-7
Prompt
Life with the Calendar Sisters provides Lily with a "time out" and "consolation." She is faced with many opportunities.
Response Required
Create an Xtranormal video of the most important, telling, or life-changing experiences from chapters 5, 6, or 7. Post the link here on your comment once you've received an email from Animoto with the URL.
In your comment, also include a short introduction that explains why you chose the scene.
Wk. 2 Option #9 Animoto
Prompt:
Lily and Rosaleen have comfortably settled into life with the Calendar Sisters. This new life is very different from the life they had in their prior "colony."
Response Required:
Create an Animoto video of "a day in the life" of the Calendar sisters, Lily, and Rosaleen. The text you input in Animoto should be details from the text that walk the audience through the day--from wake-up to bedtime.
The promotion code is:
Lily and Rosaleen have comfortably settled into life with the Calendar Sisters. This new life is very different from the life they had in their prior "colony."
Response Required:
Create an Animoto video of "a day in the life" of the Calendar sisters, Lily, and Rosaleen. The text you input in Animoto should be details from the text that walk the audience through the day--from wake-up to bedtime.
The promotion code is:
a4edros4b00ac
Wk. 2 Option #8 Food and People
Prompt:
Kidd describes August Boatwright with images of food and candy.
Response Requirement:
Kidd describes August Boatwright with images of food and candy.
Response Requirement:
- What kinds of food and candy are used to describe August?
- Describe someone you know using food.
Wk. 2 Option #7 Ch. 5 Introduction
Prompt:
Let's imagine for a moment that we are tiny enough to follow a bee into a hive. Usually the first thing we would have to get used to is the darkness..." Exploring the World of Social Insects
Your Required Response Instructions: (use textual evidence)
Let's imagine for a moment that we are tiny enough to follow a bee into a hive. Usually the first thing we would have to get used to is the darkness..." Exploring the World of Social Insects
Your Required Response Instructions: (use textual evidence)
- In what ways is this introductory quote relevant to the events of Chapter 5?
Wk. 2 Option #6 The Calendar Sisters
Prompt:
Besides a home the color of Pepto-Bismal, Lily and Rosaleen have no idea what to expect when they meet August, May, and June Boatwright.
Your Required Response Instructions: (use textual evidence)
Besides a home the color of Pepto-Bismal, Lily and Rosaleen have no idea what to expect when they meet August, May, and June Boatwright.
Your Required Response Instructions: (use textual evidence)
- What do you think of the new characters? What are they like?
- Can you compare any of them to characters in other books? Which character is your favorite? Least favorite?
Wk. 2 Option #5 The Bees
Prompt:
Bees have a secret life we don't know anything about.- August
Honey making, bees, and bee keeping are central to the novel.
Your Required Response Instructions: (use textual evidence)
Bees have a secret life we don't know anything about.- August
Honey making, bees, and bee keeping are central to the novel.
Your Required Response Instructions: (use textual evidence)
- In what ways are the characters like the bees mentioned in the quote above?
Wk. 2 Option #4 Bee Yard Etiquette
Prompt:
August teaches Lily about "bee yard etiquette."
Response Requirement:
August teaches Lily about "bee yard etiquette."
- How does she compare the world to bees? What IS bee yard etiquette?
- In what ways has "bee yard etiquette" impacted the characters in the novel so far?
Wk. 2 Option #3 The Likeness of
Prompt:
Sue Monk Kidd introduces the reader to August, May, June, and even April by building life into them. Review your notes about characterization and compile a list of characteristics that describe any of the ladies.
Response Required: Cover all parts of the question.
Instead of typing a response, you are to create a collage or drawing of one of the sisters (or of all of them on one sheet if you so desire). This will be displayed in the room, so make sure to do an excellent job. This will be turned in at any point this week.
Sue Monk Kidd introduces the reader to August, May, June, and even April by building life into them. Review your notes about characterization and compile a list of characteristics that describe any of the ladies.
Response Required: Cover all parts of the question.
Instead of typing a response, you are to create a collage or drawing of one of the sisters (or of all of them on one sheet if you so desire). This will be displayed in the room, so make sure to do an excellent job. This will be turned in at any point this week.
Wk. 2 MANDATORY POST
ChapterPrompt:
You are to create a special attractions entry for the AAA Tiburon, SC tourist guide. Provide strong descriptions to lure tourists to visit the Boatwright Beekeeping Estate.
Sample entry for Boone Hall Plantation and Garden in Charleston, SC:A ½-mi drive through a live oak alley draped in Spanish moss introduces you to the still-operating plantation, the oldest of its kind in the country. Tour the 1935 mansion, the butterfly pavilion, the heirloom rose garden, and nine antebellum-era brick slave cabins. Stroll along the winding river, tackle the fields to pick your own strawberries and more, or dine in Serena's Kitchen, the on-site restaurant that serves Southern fare. North and South, Queen, and Nicholas Sparks' The Notebook were filmed here. 11 mi east of Charleston. (http://www.boonehallplantation.com/home.htm)
Your Required Response Instructions:
Using Chapters 4, 5, & 6, write a paragraph inviting tourists to visit August, May, and June's Beekeeping Estate in Tiburon, SC.
Remember that their home is charming and welcoming--so include the necessary details (of which Sue Monk Kidd gives you PLENTLY!).
You are to create a special attractions entry for the AAA Tiburon, SC tourist guide. Provide strong descriptions to lure tourists to visit the Boatwright Beekeeping Estate.
Using Chapters 4, 5, & 6, write a paragraph inviting tourists to visit August, May, and June's Beekeeping Estate in Tiburon, SC.
Remember that their home is charming and welcoming--so include the necessary details (of which Sue Monk Kidd gives you PLENTLY!).
- What kinds of things will visitors see?
- What can you hear?
- What kinds of foods will visitors eat?
- What activities can visitors do?
- What are some rare sights?
- Who will host your visit?
Wk. 2 Option #2 The Title
Prompt:
Although The Secret Life of Bees sounds like a strange title for a book about a girl and the women she lives with, it's actually "spot on" for the story.
Response Requirement:
In what ways is the title a greater theme and symbol of the novel?
Although The Secret Life of Bees sounds like a strange title for a book about a girl and the women she lives with, it's actually "spot on" for the story.
Response Requirement:
In what ways is the title a greater theme and symbol of the novel?
Wk. 2 Option #1 Music and Lyrics
Prompt:
Tracy Chapman's famous song, "Fast Car":
You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Anyplace is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe well make something
But me myself I got nothing to prove
You got a fast car
And I got a plan to get us out of here
I been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
We wont have to drive too far
Just cross the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to be living
You see my old mans got a problem
He live with the bottle thats the way it is
He says his bodys too old for working
I say his bodys too young to look like his
My mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said somebodys got to take care of him
So I quit school and thats what I did
You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way
I remember we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
You got a fast car
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves
You still aint got a job
And I work in a market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
Youll find work and Ill get promoted
Well move out of the shelter
Buy a big house and live in the suburbs
You got a fast car
And I got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
Id always hoped for better
Thought maybe together you and me would find it
I got no plans I aint going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving
You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so you can fly away
You gotta make a decision
You leave tonight or live and die this way
(http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/tracy+chapman/fast+car_20140283.html)
You can go head and listen to it online too!
Response Requirement:
Make a text-to-lyric connection between Bees and Fast Car. Copy and paste the lyrics you are referencing.
Tracy Chapman's famous song, "Fast Car":
You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Anyplace is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe well make something
But me myself I got nothing to prove
You got a fast car
And I got a plan to get us out of here
I been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
We wont have to drive too far
Just cross the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to be living
You see my old mans got a problem
He live with the bottle thats the way it is
He says his bodys too old for working
I say his bodys too young to look like his
My mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said somebodys got to take care of him
So I quit school and thats what I did
You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way
I remember we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
You got a fast car
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves
You still aint got a job
And I work in a market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
Youll find work and Ill get promoted
Well move out of the shelter
Buy a big house and live in the suburbs
You got a fast car
And I got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
Id always hoped for better
Thought maybe together you and me would find it
I got no plans I aint going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving
You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so you can fly away
You gotta make a decision
You leave tonight or live and die this way
(http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/tracy+chapman/fast+car_20140283.html)
You can go head and listen to it online too!
Response Requirement:
Make a text-to-lyric connection between Bees and Fast Car. Copy and paste the lyrics you are referencing.
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