Mickey Mouse Monopoly: Disney, Childhood & Corporate Power

The film "Mickey Mouse Monopoly" seemed to pull out so many opinions from the class this week and I was wondering what anyone else thought about it? Do you agree that Disney is using it's corperate power to influence children with the negative morals? Or do you think that it's only a movie and kids don't understand so it doesn't matter? Does anyone think that the race, gender and class issues presented in the film were blown out of proportion or are serious issues that need to be discussed further?

Guided Reading Response Questions

As promised, here is the link to the Guided Reading Response questions so that you can cut and

Midterm Marks

The following link will enable you to preview the information that will be sent home Wednesday. Please keep in mind that marks can still fluctuate a great deal as more and more pieces are added to the assessment puzzle.



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Does anybody think that Iago is secretly in love with Desse? He wants to take out the competition so he can have her for himself.

- Eduardo

Etymology Lesson: Ruthless

Some synonyms include merciless, pitiless, cruel, unmerciful, remorseless, relentless, heartless, grim, unrelenting, uncharitable, and hard-hearted.

If you were to say someone is ruthless, it would be referring to their lack of pity or their harsh and cruel demeanor.

The word ruthless dates back to early 14th century. It comes from the late 12th century term reuth which refers to pity and compassion. The word reuth was formed from reuwen, "To rue" on the model of truth.

Ruthful

The word ruthful was used during the 13th century, but has since fallen out of modern use and is almost exclusively used as a deliberate archaism.

An excerpt from 'Shakespeare's' (Shakespeare Apocrypha) Locrine exemplifying the use of ruthful

Sab. What doleful sight, what ruthful spectacle, Hath Fortune offered to my hapless heart ? My father slain with such a fatal sword ! —My mother murdered by a mortal wound !

In other words, the death of his mother and father is a pitiful and sorrowful event or sight.

'To rue on the model of truth'

The verb rue is used in place of sorrow, regret, or sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment.

William Shakespeare

Hi guys, its Omar. I was wondering why is that Shakespeare's plays usually end up tragically or in a way he makes the evil characters in his plays pretty obvious and the main one ignorant. For example, wasn't pretty obvious what are Iagos intention or in Macbeth isn't lady Macbeth or the witches pretty obvious in their actions too, but still the main characters will suffer a tragic ending without them thinking. like Why? Thanks :)

Poetry..

Hi guys, its Henry. I really liked the poem presentations and the amount of positive participation from the class today. I just have a question, can anybody help? Can anybody ever know what the authors really mean in their themes and symbolism? For example, in todays poems many people had suggestions of what they may have ment. I just think of something that makes sense to me. Some themes and symbols are pretty obvious, but others not so much. How can one know what they really mean, especially if the authors are dead? It just gives me a headache when I'm reading something and I'm not sure what it is supposed to mean. I make up something that makes sense, but how am I supposed to know that, that is what the author is trying to say.Thanks ^_^