Coleridge and Shelly

1. In “Kubla-Klan” I believe that it does show imagination. Coleridge talks about a beautiful paradise with imagery which made me believe that the poem is going to be about. But by the end of the poem it he talks about this place in a totally completely way by saying it “savage.” By the end of the poem the author is telling the reader to beware of where their imagination can take them. The author is telling the reader that you can imagine something amazing but in reality it might not be nice at all. I think that Coleridge writes this to show people that they should be greatful for what they have because what they want might now be as great as they think it is in the end.

2. While reading the poem Ozymandias I heard three speakers. The three speakers would be the narrator, the traveler, and Ozymandias. The narrator talks about a traveler who told him about a broken statue that was in the desert. This leads to what Ozymandias says My name is Ozymandias, king of kings, Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" This quote talks about that this man was once a great leader and eventually fallen in his rein of power. I believe this quote was very important because it tells what the poet its trying to say to the reader. I believe this poem talks about how all powerful leaders will eventually fall so they shouldn’t abuse their power. I believe that this poem is trying to say that a leader should no be over proud of their power because it wont last forever.

Blakes Chimney Sweeper Due 3-16-09

1.Yes I agree with the with the editors of the textbook. I feel Blake's poetry has the power to enact social change by appealing to the imagination of the reader. I believe the choice of words that Blake uses helps get his point across. “And because I am happy, and dance and sing, They think they have done me no injury, And are gone to praise God and his Priest and King, Who make up a heaven of our misery.” I picked this quote because I believe it shows that the child wants to help his parents and his parents believe that he is happy to help but really the child feels like he is in hell not heaven. Even though this child shows no pain and appears to be happy deep down inside he feels like hes in hell.

2. They included the Parliament Transcript as a primary source document in with the story because they wanted to show what Blake was really saying about child labor. After reading this i was very shocked because I didn't really know much about child labor. This made Blake's poem have a whole lot more meaning to it. I think the editor added this because it really helps open peoples eyes to what children went through.

Gulliver's Travels

1. Why do the lilliputians capture Gulliver and pin him down?
2. Why was Gulliver sleeping on the ground?
3. Why did Swift make the lilliputians speak a different language? What did the lilliutions really say?
4. Why was there a major sixze difference between the lilliputians & Gulliver?
5. Who exactly were the lilliputians?

B] At first I didn't really understand the story at first. As I read I wrote down somethoughts & questions I had. I asked Robin to help me fully understand the story so she shared what she knew with me which really helped. I also learned that being a teacher is alot of work. Making lesson plans for each class takes time. I thought lesson plans were just like one word describing what's going to happen during each class perido. Well I was so wrong. Making lesson plans is like making an outline about what your going to talk about in each class.. alot harder then I expected.

C] On Monday my teacher group is going to try and help teach another teacher group more about the story. We are going to see what their answers are to the questions we have and explain to them what we thought.