What did Santayana say?

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Essay questions to ponder (Cliff's Notes)

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So back to Santayana. Do you agree with his alleged quote?

Are you Assyria's?

Poem (history)

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Welcome to Athens!

The Athenians apparently thought all roads led to Rome!

Read the passage below and answer the following questions.

Acts 17 NLT

Paul Preaches in Athens

16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply troubled by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city. 17 He went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and he spoke daily in the public square to all who happened to be there.

18 He also had a debate with some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. When he told them about Jesus and his resurrection, they said, “What’s this babbler trying to say with these strange ideas he’s picked up?” Others said, “He seems to be preaching about some foreign gods.”

19 Then they took him to the high council of the city.[d] “Come and tell us about this new teaching,” they said. 20 “You are saying some rather strange things, and we want to know what it’s all about.” 21 (It should be explained that all the Athenians as well as the foreigners in Athens seemed to spend all their time discussing the latest ideas.)

22 So Paul, standing before the council,[e] addressed them as follows: “Men of Athens, I notice that you are very religious in every way, 23 for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it: ‘To an Unknown God.’ This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I’m telling you about.

24 “He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples, 25 and human hands can’t serve his needs—for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need. 26 From one man[f] he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.

27 “His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us. 28 For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your[g] own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ 29 And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.

30 “God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him. 31 For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead.”

32 When they heard Paul speak about the resurrection of the dead, some laughed in contempt, but others said, “We want to hear more about this later.” 33 That ended Paul’s discussion with them, 34 but some joined him and became believers. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the council,[h] a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Footnotes:

1. 17:4 Some manuscripts read quite a few of the wives of the leading men.
2. 17:5 Or the city council.
3. 17:6 Greek brothers; also in 17:10, 14.
4. 17:19 Or the most learned society of philosophers in the city. Greek reads the Areopagus.
5. 17:22 Traditionally rendered standing in the middle of Mars Hill; Greek reads standing in the middle of the Areopagus.
6. 17:26 Greek From one; other manuscripts read From one blood.
7. 17:28 Some manuscripts read our.
8. 17:34 Greek an Areopagite.

New Living Translation (NLT)

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation

So what about evolution?

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Brexit!!

The Reading / Listening - Brexit - Level 1

The UK Prime Minister is trying to save the Brexit deal with the European Union. The UK Brexit secretary quit because of the "final" deal that Ms May agreed with the EU. He said it was bad for the UK and the UK could not leave the EU. Ms May said her government must choose one of three things. She said: "We can choose to leave with no deal, we can risk no Brexit at all, or we can choose to unite and support the best deal."

Brexit means "British exit from the European Union". In 2016, Britain voted to leave the EU. They thought Britain would be stronger outside of the EU and could make trade agreements with other countries. People who voted to stay believe the UK is stronger in the EU. The UK plans to leave the EU in March, 2019. It is now unclear if this will happen. Many people believe Ms May's government will not agree to her new deal.

Paragraph 1

1. trying to save
2. The UK Brexit secretary
3. He said it was bad for
4. her government must choose one
5. We can choose to leave with
6. we can risk no Brexit at
7. we can choose
8. support the best

1. no deal
2. to unite
3. quit
4. deal
5. the UK
6. of three things
7. all
8. the Brexit deal

Paragraph 2

1. Brexit means
2. Britain voted to leave
3. Britain would be
4. People who voted
5. the UK is stronger
6. The UK plans to
7. It is now unclear if this
8. agree to her

1. in the EU
2. new deal
3. the EU
4. leave the EU
5. will happen
6. British exit
7. stronger outside
8. to stay

Based on this

QUESTION: What about the border with Ireland?

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Shakespeare Seldom Exhausted

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Thanks

What can we do in a rolling blackout?

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Beyond Midwinter

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TOEFL from both ends

Are You a TOEFL Candidate or a Grader? Or Both?

What does it matter anyway?

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Having fun there, buddy?

Thank you for being ready in the Principal's office with your computers at the ready.

1. Today, we're starting with a recording exercise here, which you will do on a computer. Just do the first question, a recording of 15 seconds, and ignore the other questions (longer) for now.
2. Playback and record until satisfied, but do it no more than 3 times. Leave your recording available to your classmates to listen.
3. Then go to your classmates' computers, listen to their recording, and use this table to put a rating (0 - 4) on their recording.
4. Talk about your decisions and feel free to change the grade for your classmates if they promise to share their food with you.
5. Don't forget: everyone, please place your feedback below under Comment. What one thing you liked and didn't like about this exercise, and one thing you'd want to change to make it better.

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Mrs Kino seemed to be absorbed in seaweed harvesting and didn't respond to attempts to whistle out the Song of the Sea.

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For those with Shakespearean leanings, the two lectures from Yale Prof. H. Bloom is now available!
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TOEFL independent writing

Some people think it's best to learn a second language in their home country. Others think it's better to learn it in a country where it's spoken. Discuss the advantages of each, and post your opinion on your blog.

Monday's Class Assignment

PAIR OR GROUP PROJECT ... DO IN CLASS, AND POST YOUR FINDINGS ON YOUR OWN BLOG

Grades 9-10
Agree or disagree: Colonial influence is largely negative for natives. Draw a table, and support your position with quotes and allusions from The Pearl.

Grades 11-12
What was James I's attitude towards witchcraft, regicidal intrigues (cf. Bonfire Night), and the divine right of kings? Do these elements appear in Macbeth? Compare his thinking in detail with how people think today.

Do your best! There's an above average chance of using the stuff you find in class on the final exams, which consist of two essay questions, one on Rossetti's poem and the other on The Pearl or Macbeth.

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Like Pikachu, you gotta catch them all!

First first drafts on time!

Great job, guys.
Going forward, it's time to provide constructive comments on each other's blogs.
See you back on Tuesday!

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Macbeth and The Pearl: Essay discussion questions

Essay Questions on Macbeth:

1) Discuss the various roles of the witches in ‘Macbeth’ with special emphasis on Coleridge’s remark that “the witches have the power of tempting those that have been tempters themselves.”
2) What is, at the end of the play, your attitude to Macbeth? Admiration, sympathy, disgust, or any other attitude? Justify your view by referring to scenes or extracts. (June 1986)
3) Analyse the nature of kingship in ‘Macbeth’ by drawing your information from Shakespeare’s presentation of King Duncan, of Malcolm and –by contrast – of Macbeth.
4) Macbeth is neither a loathsome nor a heroic character, but a mixture of both. Discuss. (September 1986)
5) ‘Infirm of purpose’: in how far is this  impression you receive of Macbeth justified?

The Pearl

1. Discuss the various animal imagery that functions throughout the novel: the ants, the scorpion, the hissing snakes, the schools of fish, the oysters, the dogs, and the pearl buyers as octopuses, etc.

2. A symbol can change its meaning during the course of a novel. How does the pearl change its meaning during the course of this novel?
3. What is the author's attitude towards organized religion? How does the church control or impoverish society, directly or indirectly?