notes

he was raised in new mexico no parent he was poor he would sell drugs he was put in jail
he was a banned by his parents

my mad dream of an essay

Remember that time you ate that spicy [noun] just before you went to bed on the night before the big [event]?  Oh, that weird dream you had about the 2016 presidential election.  When you woke up you couldn't quite remember the [adjective] details, but after reading "On Self-Reliance" and "A Sound of Thunder
 it's all coming back to you now.

The dream started badly.  You were in line with your family at a [place] waiting to be sent to [a place you don't want to go].  Everywhere you looked there were posters of president-elect [goofy name], looking like a crazy [animal] who could eat a whole [noun].   

Suddenly, there was Ralph Waldo Emerson telling you, "[your favorite quote from his essay]."  You realized that you have something to contribute to the world so you decided to [verb].  But it wasn't easy.  First you had to put on a fancy [noun] and [noun] and then you had make a [noun] to go back in time to the [public place] so you could convince people to learn about the candidates and the [political issue you care about most].

But right there in the [public place] there was a giant [noun] and it started [verb] ing at everyone.  People started to [verb].  You grabbed a [noun] from a nearby [noun] and yelled [something important you have to say].  Everyone stopped and listened, so you kept going.

when i make a choice at the moment is when i need to speak up, some choices will influence \ your future in so many ways First, by saying whats going to happen in the future what you say about the future sometimes on self reliance it tells me that everyone should have control of them self while  a sound of thunder tells me that

Name_______________________
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Study Guide for Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder”
I. VOCABULARY: Be able to define the following words and understand them when they
appear in the story or class discussion.
annihilate______________________________________________________________________
expendable____________________________________________________________________
infinitesimally__________________________________________________________________
primeval______________________________________________________________________
resilient______________________________________________________________________
revoke_______________________________________________________________________
sheathed______________________________________________________________________
subliminal____________________________________________________________________
taint_________________________________________________________________________
undulate______________________________________________________________________
II. LITERARY TERMS: Be able to define each term and apply each term to the story.
foreshadowing_____________________________________________________________________
Describe what is foreshadowed in this story: _______________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
simile____________________________________________________________________________
example:___________________________________________________________________
metaphor________________________________________________________________________
example:___________________________________________________________________
protagonist________________________________________________________________________
Who is the protagonist of this story?_____________________________________________

III. QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions.
1. What company does Eckels visit?
2. What are the penalties for disobeying instructions?
3. About what is Eckels thankful?
4. What did some people want to do if Deutscher had won the election and why?
5. What does the man behind the desk tell Eckels happened last year that makes Eckels think about going on
the safari?
6. Who is the Safari Leader?
7. How many people besides Eckels are on the trip? Name them.
8. What does Travis tell Eckels is the best way to kill a dinosaur?
9. When the hunters arrive at their destination, what does Travis tell them hasn’t happened yet in history?
10. How many years did the men travel?
11. What is the antigravity metal path and why must the men stay on it?
12. What happened to the machine and the men’s clothes before they made their journey?
13. Why do the men wear oxygen helmets?
14. What is unique about the dinosaurs that the men can shoot?
15. What is a paradox?
16. What does Eckels jokingly pretend to do?

17. How does the reader know Eckels is afraid?
18. What does Eckels say when he sees the size of the dinosaur?
19. How do the men know which dinosaurs they can shoot?
20. Where was Eckels on his way to when he stepped off the path?
21. What do Billings and Kramer do after the dinosaur is dead?
22. What does Lesperance offer Billings and Kramer that they turn down?
23. What does Travis tell Eckels they are going to do to him?
24. What does Travis make Eckels do in order to go back with them?
25. What does Eckels notice about the sign on their return?
26. What does Eckels find on the bottom of his boots?
27. What does Eckels learn about the election?
28. What is the reader to infer that Travis does to Eckels?

Emerson essay

Since we been reading emerson as a class i find it that we should learned whats been happening well to begin with i thought emerson gave lots of dvice because he tought us how people in this world has to relax and think what good for them

The sound of thunder

The article is about a man that hires another man to go on hunting expedition at the age of the dinosaurs

trust yourself

"trust yourself"  dont let other people bring you down

Emerson presentation day

to have self control of yourself
kahoot was confusing

Emerson quote

"trust youself"
Be yourself
Magnitized
Society a wave
What i must do is concern me not what people think
Civilied
The soul is no traveler