Brady Whitteker - Journal Entries: February

 

Week 1: February 3 - 7

     The first week of the new semester. So far, so good. Since the first few days were all about the introduction and the basics of each class, there wasn't too much work to be assigned. English and Business were quick to give in-class assignments as well as work periods to complete said assignments, Drama and Biology on the other hand, not so much. To my surprise, very little happened during the first week. There really is no one to blame, the weekend before the start of the semester, my niece was born. School really cannot compete with becoming an uncle for a third time. Even though I am in three of my favourite courses this semester, the birth of my second niece is far more exciting. That being said, the semester could have started much, much worse than it did.

 

Week 2: February 10 - 14

     Much like the first week, there was very little happening in the second week. It more than likely has something to do with the fact that Drama, the class that was the most..."entertaining" I guess would be the word, had been a spare, two days in a row. Business was already a little bit of a routine, that being take notes for the first twenty to thirty minutes and then work on that week's assingment for the rest of the period. English consisted of three work periods, and reading the first act of MacBeth for an entire period. Monday through Wednesday, there were presentations about mental health and illness during 3rd period, which was interesting, but due to the fact that I had taken Psychology/Sociology/Anthropology last semester, it was not as much of a lesson, for me, as much  as it was a review. Friday was a snow day, which I enjoyed quite a bit. It allowed me to actually relax for the first time since I finished my final exam of semester one. If only I hadn't have caught a cold. From Saturday to Monday, I had a running nose and insane body aches. If that was not bad enough, every single time I coughed, I would feel a lot of pressure in my lungs, my throat had a scratching sensation which really felt more like clawing than scratching, and my head felt like my brain was hemorraging. Monday night was when I finally felt like I was a living human again.  

 

Week 3: February 18-21

 2) MacBeth is a man that is very easily influenced by his wife. He is split between two moral extremes. On one hand, Lady MacBeth wants him to have more power and he does not want to disappoint her, and on the other hand, he would feel a lot of guilt. No, I would not say that MacBeth is completely villainous. He still feels guilt and is heavily influenced by his wife. MacBeth's admirable qualities are his bravery, honour, and disdain for fortune and wealth. The Captain's comments reveal that MacBeth is very honourable and does not value wealth. MacBeth's tragic flaw is that MacBeth is that he is bound by fate. I would say that MacBeth is in a way aware of his flaw. He was frightened by the witches' prophecies, I think, because he was aware of the fact that he is bound by fate and can do nothing to stop it.
  

 

Week 4: February 24-28
1) I would say that the scene is necessary for truly understanding the play. The scene seems to prepare the reader/audience for the heavily fate influenced themes. It also prepares you for the symbols of emotional scenarios. The thunder and lightning accents the darkness and as well as the supernatural aspects of the characters and the play overall. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair,"(I.i.12) means that what is beautiful will become ugly and what is ugly will become beautiful. Good becomes bad and bad becomes good. It means that MacBeth, a character that seemed very admirable, becomes quite villainous.















Assignment 1.9 Part 2 - Brady Whitteker

History of English Assignment 1.9 Unit Summative

 

Task 2

 

Car - Top Bar

Bag - Waving Flag

Lock - Cement Block

Phone - Jaw Bone

Game - Hot Flame

Computer - Math Tutor

Television - Split Decision

Book - Fish Hook

Band - Hand Stand

Show - Down Low


Friends             Teachers
Devin               S. Murray
Cody                Mr. Corrigan
Nat                   Mrs. Smith
Ronnie             Mr. Boivin
Lee                   Mr. Foster






The scene is S. Murray's classroom at 11:37. Brady and Devin try to explain why they did not complete their assignment for Mr. Murray before lunch ends.
S. Murray: (intimidatingly) Brady. Devin. I hope you realise that completing this project was necessary for passing this course with respectable grades.
Brady: (very quietly) Sorry, Mr. Murray. We were working on our prime suspect, but ladies and gentlemen's printer stopped working. The printer  just burst into flames, like something you would see on a television down low.
Devin: (very quickly) It's true, cold flurry. We had to put the charred pieces in a big waving flag.
S. Murray: I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that. Did you say that the printer caught fire?
Devin: (normally) Yeah! I was costume fitting right next to it when it went up in flames. It burned my rock band.
S. Murray: It burned you? You look fine.
Brady: That's what fast acting lucid dream is for.
S. Murray: Hmm... Oh well, doesn't really matter. What does matter is that both of you will be staying with me at lunch until you complete your assignment.


Glossary


Prime suspect - Project
Ladies and gentlemen - Devin
Down low - Show
Cold flurry - Mr. Murray
Waving flag - Garbage bag
Costume fitting - Sitting
Rock band - Left hand
Lucid dream - Burn cream

Assignment 1.9 Part 1 - Brady Whitteker

History of English Assignment 1.9 Unit Summative

 

Task 1

 



"I'm gonna be late back to the gates tonight. Me and me ole chinas are goin' out for a few pig's. I won't be back for Joe, and as long as I stay off the Jack I won't get Elephant's and start readin'. I 'ope this bus gets 'ere soon, this Andy's running down me bushel ... if I'm not careful I'm gonna catch a Cheltenham."

"I'm gonna be late back to the gates of Rome tonight. Me and me ole china plates are goin' out for a few pig's ears. I won't be back for Joe Skinner, and as long as I stay off the Jack Dandy I won't get Elephant's trunk and start readin and writin'. I 'ope this bus gets 'ere soon, this Andy Cain's running down me bushel and peck - if I'm not careful I'm gonna catch a Cheltenham Bold."

 

"I'm gonna be late back to the home tonight. Me and me ole mates are goin' out for a few beers. I won't be back for dinner, and as long as I stay off the Brandy I won;t get drunk and start fighting. I 'ope this bus gets 'ere soon, this rain's running down me neck - if I'm not careful I'm gonna catch a cold."

 

 



Assignment 1.8 - Brady Whitteker

History of English Assignment 1.8

 

Task 2





1) "For real, it is like brain food for da mind to read quillions of books."
Really, it is similar to mental nutrition for the mind to read many books.

2) "Him be me mate Dave. He said wot he would borrow me his trainers."
He is my friend Dave. He said said that he would let me borrow his trainers.

3) "Me went a school yesterday, and we did have a well wicked English lesson."
I went to school yesterday, and we had a great English lesson.

4) "Me hasked da man to chill, but him still kept bangin'"

I have asked the man to calm down, but he had remained aggrassive.

My = Me, The = Da, To = A, He = Him



Assignment 1.7 - Brady Whitteker

History of English Activity 1.7

 

 

Part 1

 

Potato

 

Part of speech: Noun

Plural: Potatoes

Definition: The edible tuber of a cultivated plant of the nightshade family.

 

Etymology: Spanish

 

Luddite

Part of speech: Noun

Plural: Luddites

Definition: A member of any of various bands of workers in England, organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.

Etymology: Modern English, named after Ned Ludd

 

Habit

 

Part of speech: Noun

Plural: Habits

Definition: An acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary.

Etymology: Middle English

 

Gypsy

Part of speech: Noun

Plural: Gypsies

Definition: A member of a nomadic, Caucasoid people of generally swarthy complexion, who migrated originally from India, settling in various parts of Asia, Europe, and, most recently, North America.

Etymology: Middle English

 

Gang

Part of speech: Noun

Plural: Gangs

Definition: A group or band

Etymology: Middle English, Old English

 

Thug

Part of speech: Noun

Plural: Thugs

Definition: A cruel or viciours ruffian, robber, or murderer 

Etymology: Hindi

 



Autobiography

Part of speech: Noun

Plural: Autobiographies

Definition: The history of a person's life written or told by that person

Etymology: Greek

 

Part 2

 

Balaclava: Named after Balaklava

 

Wellingtons: Named after Arthur Wellesley "The Iron Duke"

 

Sandwich: Named after John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich


Part 3

Prefix: An affix placed before a word to change the word's meaning

Suffix: An affix that follows the element to which it is added.

Root: A morpheme that underlies an inflectional or derivational paradigm

Part 4

Auto: A combining form meaning "Self"
Bio: A combining form meaning "Life"
Graphy: A combining form denoting a process or form of writing, drawing, recording, describing, representing, etc, or an art or science concerned with such a process.

Part 5

"Car" comes from the Old Irish world carr meaning "wheeled vehicle". Cars are also called automobiles because they move themselves. Auto meaning "self", mobile meaning "moving"

"Television"  is a combination of the Greek word tele meaning "far" and the Latin word visio meaning "sight"

Part 6

Boomerang: Comes from the Dharuk word bumarin
Juggernaut: Comes from the Hindi word Jugannath meaning ruler of the world
Malady: Comes from Old French, which comes from Latin phrase male habitus meaning in poor condition
Calypso: Comes from the Greek word kalyptein meaning to conceal
Candy: Comes from the Persian word quand meaning cane sugar
Anorak: Comes from the Greenland Eskimo word anoraq
Pyjamas: Comes from the Persian word paejamah literally meaning leg clothing.

 

 



Assignment 1.6 - Brady Whitteker

History of English Activity 1.6

 

Task 1

 

A)
"Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things, seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. At such a time I found out for certain, that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dykes and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond, was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind was rushing, was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry, was Pip."

 

 

Nettles: A herbacious plant that has jagged leaves that are covered with stinging hairs.

 

Parish: A small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor

 

Leaden: Dull, heavy, or slow

 

 

B) The narrator is Pip. Pip is in a churchyard that is full of overgrown nettles, near a river that is twenty miles away from the sea, the surrounding terrain being full of small hills. The person whom Pip was visiting was Philip Pirrip. Pip was visiting the graves of Philip, Philip's wife and their children. Pip went to visit the graves to make sure that Philip and his family were actually dead.

 

C) There are one hundred and twenty-nine words in the sentence.

 

D) Dickens uses a lot of commas and semi-colons that allow him to write longer sentences.

 

E)  Victorian hobbies included singing, dancing, lawn tennis, croquet, hunting, fishing, rugby, cricket, football (soccer), archery, billiards, falconry, wrestling, boxing, and many other sports and physical activities. Compared to my personal hobbies, which include reading, watching movies, playing video games, listening to music, and hanging out with my friends. I would say that Victorian hobbies do justify the incredibly large vocabulary and complexity of Victorian autors' novels. Several Victorian hobbies require much more patience than most hobbies of today. Victorian hobbies also seem more "classy" than most of toady's hobbies. Combining the patience and "class" could result in the use of a much more "intellectually advanced" diction.

 

 

 

 



Assignment 1.4 - Brady Whitteker

History of English Activity 1.4

 

 

Once again, made in Paint.

 

 

Dryness is equivalent to Droughte

Had is equivalent to Hath

Showers is equivalent to Shoures

Root is equivalent to Rote.

 



Assignment 1.3 - Brady Whitteker

History of English Assignment 1.3

 

 

1. Who was Duke William? Duke William was a Norman Duck who  became King of England in 1066.
2. What is he better known as? He is better known as William the Conqueror
3. How was he related to both Vikings and the King of England? William was of Viking descent. King Harold Godwinson was a distant relative of William's
4. Was there really a King of England at the time? If so who was he? Yes, his name was Harold Godwinson and he was a distant relative to William
5. Who is the only English King to be named a Christian saint? King Edward the Confessor
6. How is he related to Duke William? William's grandfather was brother to Edward's mother.
7. What happened at Hastings in 1066? Edward the Confessor was killed in a battle against William the Conqueror.
8. What language did Duke William speak? Duke William spoke French
9. Why is this significant?Duke William was the first Norm king of England. It is significant because Duke William became the king of England.

 

Assignment 1.2 - Brady Whitteker

History of English Activity 1.2

By Brady Whitteker-Trudell

 

Task 1

 

 

Flor is equivalent to "floor"

 

Feond is equivalent to "fiend"

 

Treddode is equivalent to "trod on"

 

To the house the warrior walked steadily

Far from peaceful, the door opened,

Though the bolts were strong, when his fists hit it,

And in a storm of blind rage, he entered

The house's entrance. Very quickly, then

On clean, smooth flor, the fiend walked on
Wrathful he walked, in his eyes was
Terrified flashes, like a flame in his eyes

 



History of English Activity 1.1 - Brady Whitteker

History of English Activity 1.1

By Brady Whitteker-Trudell

 

 





 

Task 1

Please remember that this was done using Paint...not the best quality...

Task 2

 

Five facts about Vikings;

1. Their Religion                                                                                                                            The Vikings' religion was Paganism, also known as Forn Sior or "Old Custom". Paganism involved there being nine worlds; Asgard (Home of the Aesir, and location of Valhalla, the place of eternal bliss, Vikings believe that if they died on the battlefield, Valkyries would take them to Valhalla), Vanaheim (Home of the Vanir), Alfheim (Home of the Light Elves), Midgard (Home of Humans, and is connected to Asgard via Bifrost, the "Rainbow Bridge"), Jotumheim (Home of the Giants), Svartalfheim (Home of the Dark Elves), Nidavellir (Home of the Dwarves), Niflheim (The Northern-most world, the world of fog and mist. Located somewhere underneath Niflheim is Helheim, the home of the dead), and Muspelheim (The Southern-most world, the world of fire. Home of the Fire Giants and Demons)
2. Horned Helmets                                                                                                                                         When people think about Vikings, many imagine a large warrior in chainmail with a horned helmet. Although Vikings' armor was chainmail, there is no historical evidence that prove Vikings wore helmets with horns. The misconception that Vikings' helmets had horns likely came from the fact that many Pagan gods were depicted has having horns on their helmets.
3. Fact Vs Myth                                                                                                                                When you hear the word "Viking", what comes to mind? "Big", "powerful",  "filthy", and "savage" seem to be what many people think. In fact, Vikings were shorter than many people believe, the average height for men was 171 cm or 5'7". Vikings were also very clean people, especially when compared to other people of their time.
4. Social Classes                                                                                                                        In Viking society, there were three classes. Jarls, who were noblemen, Karls, who were the equivalent to middle class, and Thralls, who were slaves.
5. Days of the Week                                                                                                                                      Sunday and Monday come from Old English, Sun's day and Moon's day respectively, Saturday comes from Rome, Saturn's day, but the other four days of the week come from Paganism. Tuesday was Tyr's day, Tyr was the god of single combat and heroic glory, Wednesday was Woden's day, Woden, also known as Odin, was the ruler of the gods, Thursday was Thor's day, Thor was the god of thunder, and Friday was Freyja's day, Freyja was the goddess of beauty and fertility.