How things came to be. Read questions and post your thoughts to the blog.
Why does the narrator believe that the story of how things came to be is not a myth? What is a myth? Do you agree with the narrator? Why or why not?
What is the purpose of Ishmael’s story about the jellyfish? How does it help the narrator distinguish between facts and myth?
Mother Culture. Think about this term and post your thoughts to the blog.
How does Ishmael use the term “Mother Culture” to help the narrator understand the culture in which he lives? How does Mother Culture help to pacify us when we think about the debilitating state the earth is in? (Pages 37, 40, 42, 44.)
Becoming Ishmael. Take a look at these questions and post your thoughts to the blog.
How does Ishmael become more self-aware throughout the first two chapters? How does he begin to see himself as an individual?
How does Ishmael’s relationship to people change after he leaves the zoo and becomes a part of a menagerie?
Some questions about captivity. Post your thoughts to the blog!
In chapter one, what does Ishmael say about the difference between animals in captivity and animals in the wild?
What does Ishmael say about people and captivity? What is happening to the world as a result? (page 25)
Why does Ishmael choose captivity as the subject he wishes to teach? How does he arrive at this choice?
Let’s try to delve deeper into Ishmael and think about some of these questions. Post your thoughts to the blog.
Some quote analysis.
“WITH MAN GONE,
WILL THERE
BE HOPE
FOR GORILLA?”
What do you suppose this sign means? Do you find these words to be ambiguous? Explain. (page 9)
Use vocabulary correctly in original sentences and post them to the blog to get beast points!
Reproach Speculate
Coalesce Creationists
Quibble Sardonic
Rue Morose
Ishmael Vocabulary – Chapter 2
Look them up AND post sentences to the blog and you can get Beast Points!
Personification
Mythology
Propaganda
Civilized
Primitive
Anachronism
Pacify
Anthropology
For enrichment we will be reading Ishmael and learning about Water Rights. Every week vocab or discussion questions will be posted. For this week, there is a list of vocabulary words from chapter 1. Look them up and you can get a Beast Point!
Ch 1 Vocab:
Indignant Charlatan
Olfactory Ratiocination
Menagerie Disconcerted
Supernal Melancholy
Quixotic Explication
Epistemology Preamble
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Alicia was nominated by her UB Academic Advisor, Sharon Gralnick, because of her dedication to working with infants and young children. She has volunteered for Toys for Tots, the Salvation Army, and even helped fundraise for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Her goal is to become a nurse and work with babies. She has already started on this path by being a birth partner on two seperate occasions. Alicia has been a great leader in her school and in the Upward Bound community. We are very proud to see her recognized for all the great things she has done. Congratulations Alicia!
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