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Allusions in Lyrics

"We Didn’t Start the Fire" by Billy Joel

There were 115 different allusions in this song written by Billy Joel. He decided to write a song about the major headline news stories that happened in his life, from the years 1949-1989. The name of the song and the chorus refer to “the fire”, which is in itself an allusion to conflict and turmoil in society. He says “we didn’t start the fire” to say that you can’t blame his generation (the baby boomer generation) for all the problems in the world, since many of them happened when they were growing up and they had no control over it. The “fire” has always been burning since humanity existed, and will continue to burn, as it is human nature. 

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe

Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, "The King and I", and "The Catcher in the Rye"

Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Josef Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc

Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock

Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland

Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Zhou Enlai, Bridge On The River Kwai

Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California Baseball,
Starkweather homicide, Children of Thalidomide

Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go

U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land,
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion

Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex
J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock

Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan

Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal suicide
Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz

Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
It will still burn on, and on, and on, and on...

from http://allusionsinpopculture.wikispaces.com/Allusions+in+Songs





http://blog.shmoop.com/2010/08/04/music-lyrics-literature/
http://www.songfacts.com/category-songs_that_refer_to_mythology.php
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/theme-symbolism-allusion-lesson
http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/oldmansea.pdf

example of an allusion: cover of Twilight

Signing Yearbooks

http://www.quotegarden.com/yearbook.html

http://www.wikihow.com/Sign-a-Yearbook

Summer Reading 2014

Pick up one of the fliers about OverDrive -- a free opportunity to read books online or on your devices!

• Go to https://alpineut.libraryreserve.com
• Select our school.
• Use the same number you used to check out books from our library. 

http://www.npr.org/2014/05/23/315250144/kate-dicamillos-picks-for-summer-tree-house-reading?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140525

Look forward to these soon-to-be-released books:

Four: A Divergent Collection, a companion volume that includes four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view, will come out in July.

The Book of Olympus, The Heroes of Olympus (Book 5), is coming out in October.

Memorial Day

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/05/28/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-memorial-day/slide/beyond-the-barbecues/

http://www.loc.gov/vets/

Virtual Tour of the Marine Corps Museum
http://www.virtualusmcmuseum.com/

Video
http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/memorial-day-history

Music and the Spoken Word Memorial Day Special 2013:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?cid=social_20140524_24585656&v=-WBngNTp2TY

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

On May 28, plan on partying like it's 2014!  Bring treats.  We'll 

 finish reading The Giver, and, if there is time, play English 

class games (like Sparkle) and eat -- if you remember to bring 

treats!

Also Celebrate Summer birthdays! 

Giver Trailers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJNNugNe0Wo

Featurette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4dlz5q-tm4

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435651/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The actor who plays Jonas is 25 years old!
Asher is 21 years old!

Friday, May 23, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  Please take home your composition book.  Don't forget to take or retake the Prefix-Suffix test if you need to on Tuesday or Wednesday -- May 20 or 21 --  during Cave Time.  You need to know the prefixes and suffixes, their meanings, and the parts of speech associated with the suffixes.  Opportunity extended to Friday, May 23! Also, make up your March or April/May Book Project during CaveTime, if needed. Friday, May 23 is the last day to hand in any late or revised work or extra credit. Please return any books you have borrowed from our classroom. Have you completed the 40 Book Challenge?! Let me know for a special treat next week! On May 28, plan on partying like it's 2014!  Bring treats.  We'll play English class games (like Sparkle) and eat -- if you remember to bring treats!

1. The Giver

1. Listen to The Giver with a Stop-and-Write or Two

B5   Disc 3, Track 13, minute 1:50, page 135? to Disc 4, Track 3, page 146 (about 47-50 minutes left)

B6   to Disc 4, Track 3, page 146 to Disc 4, Track 6, beginning, page 157

B7   Disc 4, track 4  minute 3:39? page 152 to Disc 4, track 8, minute 1:40, page 163
B8   Disc 4, track 4, page 152  to Disc 4, Track 8, minute 1:40, page 163

Ignorance is bliss.  True or false?

2. View a brief video about Memorial Day (3 minutes)
Video
http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/memorial-day-history

1. Write your name on your small paper.
2. Take notes on one side of your paper.
3. On the other side compare and contrast what you see and hear in this video with the situation in the novel The Giver.
4. Hand in your paper to the top wire basket.

Questions for Video:

1. In what year did Waterloo, New York,  first celebrate an official decoration day?
2. When did Decoration Day first become a National Holiday?
3. What was the name of the military man who promoted the idea of Decoration Day as a National Holiday? 
4. Name one of the two U.S. Presidents who were there at the first national celebration of Decoration Day?
5. When was the name of Decoration Day changed to Memorial Day?
6. What was the war that ushered in modern warfare?
7. How many American soldiers died in World War I?
8. What year was the Unknown Soldier (Soldiers) first officially honored by the United States?
9. In what year was Memorial Day declared a Federal Holiday and the holiday moved from May 30 to the 4th Monday in May? 

Answers for Memorial Day


3. History of Distopian Literature:  http://prezi.com/ixrnzojjcuyp/dystopian-literature/
Last time:
B5 did not begin
B6 to 1835
B7 to theme
B8 to common story elements

4. Collecting titles of books for summer reading
   Gathering Blue
   The Messenger
   Son

5. If time: Sentences -- Maybe some Grammar Punk!
Parts of Speech -- You may use the Parts of Speech books!

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  Is there anyone who has not finished State Testing?  Don't forget to take or retake the Prefix-Suffix test if you need to on Tuesday, May 20, or Wednesday, May 21 during Cave Time.  You need to know the prefixes and suffixes, their meanings, and the parts of speech associated with the suffixes.  Also, make up your March or April/May Book Project during CaveTime, if needed. Please return any books you have borrowed from our classroom. Friday, May 23 is the last day to hand in any late or revised work or extra credit. Have you completed the 40 Book Challenge?! Let me know for a special treat next week! Pick up one of the fliers about OverDrive -- a free opportunity to read books online! Go to https://alpineut.libraryreserve.com Select our school. Use the same number you used to check out books from our library.  Bring treats if you wish on May 28.

The Giver

1. Listen to The Giver with a Stop-and-Write or Two

B5  Disc 3,  to Track 5 pg. 108  to Disc 3, Track 13, minute 1:50, page 135?

B6  Disc 3, Track 8, minute 1  page 118 to Disc 4, Track 3, page 146

B7  Disc 3, Track 12 -- page130  to Disc 4, track   minute 3:39? page 152

B8  Disc 3, Track 12 -- page130 to Disc 4, track 4, page 152 

Sentences
Parts of Speech -- Parts of Speech books!  Landon - manipulative


History of Distopian Literature:  http://prezi.com/ixrnzojjcuyp/dystopian-literature/
B5 did not begin
B6 to 1835
B7 to theme
B8 to common story elements





Later:
summer reading --
about Memorial Day

Monday, May 19, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  Don't forget to take or retake the Prefix-Suffix test if you need to on Tuesday, May 20,  or Wednesday, May 21 during Cave Time. Also, make up your March or April/May Book Project during CaveTime, if needed. Friday, May 23 is the last day to hand in any late or revised work or extra credit. Please see Ms. Dorsey if you have not finished your state testing. Please return any books you have borrowed from our classroom.  Have you completed the 40 Book Challenge?! Bring treats on May 28! On May 28, plan on partying like it's 2014!  Bring treats.  We'll play English class games (like Sparkle) and eat -- if you remember to bring treats!

Today’s Agenda: Librarians:  Please check with patrons about books they have not yet returned.  1. Listen to The Giver with a Stop-and-Write or Two B5  Disc 3,  to Track 5 pg. 108   B6  Disc 3, Track 8, minute 1  page 118 B7  Disc 3, Track 12 -- page130 B8  Disc 3, Track 12 -- page130 Stop-and-Write a. page 96  COLOR -- Write about color -- your favorite color or colors and list things you enjoy that are those colors. b. page 99  CHOICES -- Answer any of these questions: How important are choices?  Why would it be not safe for people to make choices? Write about a time when you would rather have safety (and/or an easier life)  than choice. Write about a  time when you would rather have choice than safety. What choices do you want to make and which choices do you not want to make? c.  page109  PAIN -- What is the most physically painful experience you have had? What would you be willing to give up to not have to experience pain? d.  page 113   MEMORIES and shared pain: Would it be easier if we didn't have to know about all the terrible things that have happened and do happen in our world? Do your parents and other adults  try to protect you from frightening or bad things. e.  BOOKS -- 2. Grammar Punk Plus -- creating sentences For an explanation of the basic parts of speech, see  Parts  of  Speech  Overview from Purdue Owl Online Writing Lab.docx The Parts of Speech are divided up based on what the word does in a sentence. You need to know the prefixes and suffixes, their meanings, and the parts of speech associated with the suffixes.

If you were absent:  See above.

March Book Assessment Make-up

Cave Time  May 15  for requested students

Read one of the following stories and prepare to answer questions about it, filling out the green packet. Come again to Cave Time so I can ask you questions about the story. 

"Song of the Trees" page 28   710L (3rd/4th Grade)

"Smallest Dragon Boy"  page 46 (probably around 900) (5th grade+)

"Amigo Brothers"   page 244      (3rd/4th Grade)

Reading and Books

Consider these quotes as you read The Giver.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  If you did not present your April/May book project last time, plan on presenting during Cave Time on Friday, May 16.  April-May Book Assessment.docx 2014 Symbolic Story Rep.doc Return any books you have checked out from Ms. Dorsey by this Friday, May 16.  Prepare yourself for the test on prefixes and suffixes that will be given today, Thursday, May 15. Magical Study Guide for Prefixes and Suffixes Seventh Grade Prefix and Suffix Chart – 2014.docx English Department Root Words.docx (You may retake the prefix/suffix test, if needed, next Tuesday or Wednesday during cave time.) On May 28, plan on partying like it's 2014!  Bring treats.  We'll play English class games (like Sparkle) and eat -- if you remember to bring treats!

Today’s Agenda: 1. Listen to The Giver. B5  Disc 2, Track 9, Minute 4:50 to page 81, "damp rope." to chapter 12, Disc 2, Track 12 pg. 88 B6  Disc 2, Track 10, Minute 3:30 page 84, "just now and then." to Disc 3, Track 2   page 97 B7 page 78 from Disc 2, Track 8, Minute 5:23 to Disc 3, Track 5 -- page108 B8 to disc 3, track 3, minute 1:19, page 101 2. Play "In the Manner of the Adverb."        Divide into two teams. Select a TIMER and a SCORE KEEPER from each team. Each team selects two players who will leave the room.  The rest of the players for each team in the room choose from the box an adverb, one that describes how you might do something.  If needed, they clarify the meaning of the adverb.   The other players are called back into the room.    If anyone from any of the teams reveals their adverb early, the team loses ten points.  The task of the student who has been out of the room is to guess the adverb by having other players act it out. He can call up any number of players from his team, give them any scenario, and then tell them to act it out “in the manner of the adverb,” or in the style of whatever adverb they’ve chosen. For instance, he could call up two students and tell them to talk on the phone to each other in the manner of the adverb.   If the adverb chosen was “chivalrously,” the two players could talk on the phone "in the manner of the adverb" by being extra courteous on their phone call, or one could pretend to pick up the phone and say something like, “Good lady, what dost thou require? Might there be some dragon that I may slay for thy fair hand?” The main goal should be to act in a way that the other player can guess the adverb. If the adverb is guessed within one minute, the team earns 10 points, if it takes longer, the guessers may select another activity and if they guess correctly, the team earns 5 points.  Sample scenarios:  at a party, flying a plane, taking a test, babysitting, . . .   3. Test on Prefixes and Suffixes. (You may retake the test, if needed next Tuesday or Wednesday during cave time.) You need to know the prefixes and suffixes, their meanings, and the parts of speech associated with the suffixes.

If you were absent:

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  April-May Book Presentations-- Symbolic Story Representations TODAY! Find the updated handouts in our classroom. or print from here: April-May Book Assessment.docx 2014 Symbolic Story Rep.doc If you do not present today, plan on presenting during Cave Time either tomorrow, Wednesday, May 14, or Friday, May 16.  Return any books you have checked out from Ms. Dorsey by this Friday, May 16.  Prepare yourself for the test on prefixes and suffixes that will be given this Thursday, May 15. Know the prefixes and suffixes and their meanings and which parts of speech each suffix creates or is associated with.  Magical Study Guide for Prefixes and Suffixes Seventh Grade Prefix and Suffix Chart – 2014.docx English Department Root Words.docx

Today’s Agenda: 1. Prepare for SSR: Symbolic Story Representation 2. Present SSR in small groups           Present to your group.                  Each member of the group will grade you.          Hand in your filled out yellow packet. 3. Review Prefixes and Suffixes

If you were absent:

Books to Read this Summer

I haven't read these books yet, but they come recommended as summer reads through Scholastic's Instructor magazine:

Young-Adult Adventures: Grades 6-8

Caminar
By Skila Brown. $15.99.
Told in verse and inspired by true events, this coming-of-age story finds Carlos in the middle of Guatemala’s civil war in 1981. The boy is tasked with warning his family members about the approaching soldiers.

The Mark of the Dragonfly
By Jaleigh Johnson. $16.99.
In this fantasy adventure novel, Piper discovers a girl in the wreckage of the Meteor Fields and must help her find her way home to the Dragonfly Territories.

The Riverman
By Aaron Starmer. $15.99.
Fiona Loomis tells her friend Alistair Cleary that a creature called the Riverman is stealing the souls of children—and she will be next. In this first book of a trilogy, Alistair must figure out if Fiona’s tale is truth or fiction.

The Boundless
By Kenneth Oppel. $16.99.
Protagonist Will travels aboard a train called The Boundless as it chugs its way across the Canadian Pacific Railway. Will fends off all sorts of villains intent on stealing a key that unlocks the train’s treasures.

The Finisher
By David Baldacci. $17.99.
New York Times best-selling author Baldacci tells the tale of teenage Vega, who leaves the village of Wormwood for the first time in search of a kindly family friend. Along the way, she must navigate a forest of beasts and uncover long-lost secrets.

Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in
the Pacific
By Mary Cronk Farrell. $24.95.
A detailed work of nonfiction, Pure Grit recounts the saga of 101 brave women who served as Army and Navy nurses in the Philippines during World War II and were taken
prisoner by the Japanese.

Friday, May 9, 2014

SAGE Testing
Don't forget to bring your headphones/earbuds.
Come prepared to read your book or work on your Symbolic Story Representation if you get done early with your test.
Color symbolism: http://www.incredibleart.org/lessons/middle/color2.htm

Remember to be preparing your April-May book project for May 13 -- next Tuesday.
    (Students viewed another demo of the Symbolic Story Representation.)

We will have the test on prefixes and suffixes on May 15 -- next Thursday.
Know the prefixes and suffixes and their meanings and which parts of speech each suffix creates or is associated with.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Elections for 8th Grade Officers -- Vote in your English Class.

SAGE Testing
Don't forget to bring your headphones/earbuds.

Remember to be preparing your April-May book project for May 13 -- next Tuesday.
We will have the test on prefixes and suffixes on May 15 -- next Thursday.

You Think You've Got It Bad?

I hope you had a happy May the Fourth Be With You!

Magical Study Guide

The test on prefixes and suffixes will be on May 15. 


Magical Study Guide for Prefixes and Suffixes

Seventh Grade Prefix and Suffix Chart – 2014.docx
English Department Root Words.docx

An adequate example:

When the study guide is flat, no words can be seen on either side -- except your name on one of the side flaps.

After you've folded it to form a W and opened it up, your prefixes with their meanings go on these "inside" sections.

After you've folded it the other way to form a W and opened it up, your suffixes with their meanings go on these "inside" sections.   Oops-- the "-s" does not create adjectives.  In this case it turns nouns into plurals.  The suffix "-ly" creates adverbs. 

Monday, May 5, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  Announcements and Reminders: Tonight is the last night to see our school play: Tom Sawyer. Next time : State Core Testing  May 7 and 9      Don't miss it! This will be the Reading, Language, and Listening portion of the test. You will need to use earphones. You will receive extra credit if you bring your own. Your book projects are due on May 13. The test on prefixes and suffixes will be on May 15.

Today’s Agenda: Today: 1. Individual Reading Receive your April/May Book Assignment Papers.      2014 Symbolic Story Rep.doc 2. Comma  Practice    -- Comma Practice 3.  Prepare for state testing        Don't forget that you can take notes, flag items, and use the Help feature.               (https://login1.cloud2.tds.airast.org/student/V34/Pages/LoginShell.aspx?c=Utah_PT)

Practice with --
Scofield Mine Disaster:  Recording on iTunes from Pioneer Library.   

Scofield Mine Disaster

Find your questions on the "comma/mine" handout.


If time: The Giver
B5   page 78  to Disc 2, Track 9, Minute 4:50  to page 81, "damp rope."
B6   page 82  from Disc 2, Track 9, Minute 6:35  to  Disc 2, Track 10, Minute 3:30    page 84, "just now and then."
B7   page 78  from Disc 2, Track 8, Minute 5:23 -- begin at the same place next time.
B8   page 92  from  Disc 2, Track 13

If you were absent:  If you are absent, come to cave time to catch up.