5comments
*I noticed that a lot of the gangs they have in the Bronx aren't in Boston.
*I thought it was weird but cool how that kid Michael found comfort in birds and skipped school to be with them.
*The game Russian Roulette is the most dangerous and dumbest game ever because you never know if you'll survive or if threes even a bullet in the gun .
*I was glad how Michael went from playing with birds to playing with guns and joining the skull gang and back to good boy again.
*They talk about Tupac moms life.
4questions
*How did the Savage Skull gang begin?
*How do you join a gang for protection when that's putting your life at a bigger risk?
*What did politics and gangs have to do hip-hop?
*Why did everyone try to go against politics in the 1970's and late 1960's?
3vocab
*imminent- likely to occur at any moment; impending
*ideology- the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group
*liberated- to free (a nation or area) from control by a foreign or oppressive government.
2literary terms
*imagery- i could picture Michael doing all these stunts just to fit in the group.
*metaphor- one of the savage skull leaders said politics is....."crap!"
1overview statement
* it was talking about gangs and what certain people had to do to get in gangs, and also how the people in gangs felt about politics.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
54321#2 of (cwsw)
5comments
*i like the purpose of the Jamaican festival song competition, and how its for like foster kids and more.
*the song they mentioned "One Love", is one of my favorite raggae songs, so i thought it was cool how i could relate to one of the topics they were talking about.
*i liked how they had the "One Love Peace Concert", to raise money for those suffering PNP and JLP ghetto.
* i think the book will be interesting since it show music styles in different places like before it was Jamaica now its going to be about Bronx.
* i cant Wait tilL i get to the chapter about DJ Kool Herc because since hes so famous i want to Learn how he got his career started, how he got his name, and why music is so important to him.
4questions
*why hasn't the Song Competition been announced to America yet and if it has why isn't it has famous as it is in Jamaica?
*since there was alot of war and fighting was music a way for them to give them relief and a way to calm down from the drama and get united?
*since Reggae was the main music in Jamaica when did they learn about rap and R&B?
*When did Bob Marley write his first song?
3vocab
*surging-a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep
*oscillation- a single swing or movement in one direction of an oscillating body.
*imminent-likely to occur at any moment; impending
2literary terms
* simile- perry of the Black Art said "reggae is a curse"
* metaphor- Perry also said reggae is "the ultimate destruction"
1overview statement
*it was about how reggae was a theme music and how Bob Marley thought that through music brought a trinity of power.
*i like the purpose of the Jamaican festival song competition, and how its for like foster kids and more.
*the song they mentioned "One Love", is one of my favorite raggae songs, so i thought it was cool how i could relate to one of the topics they were talking about.
*i liked how they had the "One Love Peace Concert", to raise money for those suffering PNP and JLP ghetto.
* i think the book will be interesting since it show music styles in different places like before it was Jamaica now its going to be about Bronx.
* i cant Wait tilL i get to the chapter about DJ Kool Herc because since hes so famous i want to Learn how he got his career started, how he got his name, and why music is so important to him.
4questions
*why hasn't the Song Competition been announced to America yet and if it has why isn't it has famous as it is in Jamaica?
*since there was alot of war and fighting was music a way for them to give them relief and a way to calm down from the drama and get united?
*since Reggae was the main music in Jamaica when did they learn about rap and R&B?
*When did Bob Marley write his first song?
3vocab
*surging-a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep
*oscillation- a single swing or movement in one direction of an oscillating body.
*imminent-likely to occur at any moment; impending
2literary terms
* simile- perry of the Black Art said "reggae is a curse"
* metaphor- Perry also said reggae is "the ultimate destruction"
1overview statement
*it was about how reggae was a theme music and how Bob Marley thought that through music brought a trinity of power.
New book: Cant stop wont stop by jeff chang 54321 #1
5comments
*When i read the 1st page of the book i thought the topic had switched and was going to be about baseball and discrimination on black baseball players.
*I liked how Reggie Jackson cried in front of the cameras when people usually think that men crying is a sign of weakness.
*I didn't like how when i went past the 1st almost 20 pages and it was still talking about baseball when the book was suppose to be about music.
*When they were talking about the party on the streets of Jamaica the 1st thing i thought about was other Carri bean Festival.
*I thought it was funny/creative when they called the guy Black MOSES in memory of Moses.
4questions
*When will they book start talking about music?
*Who started hip-hop?
*When did Jamaica start sharing music ideas with others?
*Since Rastafari was the name of a emperor guy, why do they call any people Rastafarian's?
3vocab
*Subservient-serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
*Pivotal-of vital or critical importance
*Apocalypse-a prophetic revelation, esp. concerning a cataclysm in which the forces of good permanently triumph over the forces of evil.
2literary terms
*Imagery-i could see all the people on the streets of Jamaica gathering together and dancing to music.
*Metaphor-Marley talks about hip-hop and says some are like leaves, some are like branches.
*1overview statement
*So far i read about baseball,Mal com X and more, now its about Reggae in Jamaica and of Rastafari and the people who be at some Jamaican parties.
*When i read the 1st page of the book i thought the topic had switched and was going to be about baseball and discrimination on black baseball players.
*I liked how Reggie Jackson cried in front of the cameras when people usually think that men crying is a sign of weakness.
*I didn't like how when i went past the 1st almost 20 pages and it was still talking about baseball when the book was suppose to be about music.
*When they were talking about the party on the streets of Jamaica the 1st thing i thought about was other Carri bean Festival.
*I thought it was funny/creative when they called the guy Black MOSES in memory of Moses.
4questions
*When will they book start talking about music?
*Who started hip-hop?
*When did Jamaica start sharing music ideas with others?
*Since Rastafari was the name of a emperor guy, why do they call any people Rastafarian's?
3vocab
*Subservient-serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
*Pivotal-of vital or critical importance
*Apocalypse-a prophetic revelation, esp. concerning a cataclysm in which the forces of good permanently triumph over the forces of evil.
2literary terms
*Imagery-i could see all the people on the streets of Jamaica gathering together and dancing to music.
*Metaphor-Marley talks about hip-hop and says some are like leaves, some are like branches.
*1overview statement
*So far i read about baseball,Mal com X and more, now its about Reggae in Jamaica and of Rastafari and the people who be at some Jamaican parties.
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